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Thinking of buying this boat... toddorts at 11:57am 07.04.13 S2 14/3779 Hi everyone. I was referred to your expert advice by someone over at Cruisers Forum. I'm thinking ab
change tiller to wheel? tmiller1116 at 10:33am 07.04.13 Catalina 30 10/7030 1983 Catalina 30.... with tiller. I like a tiller for a variety of reasons, but wifey has too much
BOMAR Hatch Acrylic John Hosty at 10:13am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/611 I recently had trouble finding a new acrylic for the 13" hatch on my H41. Just wanted to let everyon
House Battery Location Aking7667 at 10:05am 07.04.13 Big Boats 1/1044 Hello. Does anyone happen to know where the original location of the house battery bank for a 1987
Valuations John Hosty at 9:29am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1123 Does anybody have any thoughts on how I might be able to find historical fair market values? For exa
Boat Cover Billycor6 at 8:08am 07.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1246 I am renting dock space ,what kind of cover should I use and where is the best place to buy it?
Bilge Discharge Hose Routing Blitz at 7:27am 07.04.13 Ask All Sailors 11/4735 I'm having the common issue after relocating my bilge pump to the deepest part of my shallow bilge (
Sailing at 46kts YVRguy at 6:22am 07.04.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1557 Saw this in the Times this morning. I had no idea they had come this far... http://www.nytimes.c
Hunter 30??? piball at 10:26pm 07.03.13 Mid-Size Boats 7/1546 This question will drive mathmatitions and engineers nuts. Probably English teachers too. My yacht
Repair of cracks in deck of 1983 O'day 25 ddooher at 8:23pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/4415 I am developing thin spider cracks on the deck, that I have seen in numerous older O'Days. The crac
Finally got to Two Harbors caguy at 7:20pm 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 17/2435 Could not get a better mooring especially 1 day before the 4th https://plus.google.com/app/basic
Tangier Island rgranger at 6:34pm 07.03.13 Destinations 5/6193 Hey All I'm heading to the Chesapeake Bay in the morning with my family and my new-2-me Balboa 26
Windspeed, heel, and comfort zone. Sixgun77 at 6:15pm 07.03.13 Smaller Boats 8/1546 I'm curious: What windspeed is the max that is safe to take my 25 out in? It's the 4 foot draft vers
Please don't laugh at me.... cymeyer at 5:59pm 07.03.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1518 We have had a 321 for about 14 years and love the boat. Have not done any cruising and had never le
dang,,,grounded again kpgraci at 5:12pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2213 in preparation for launch day I put the motor (72 merc 7.5) through its paces, well, no tell tale.
Question About Draft flabrewer at 3:58pm 07.03.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1119 Hi folks, new sailor here looking at a '83 30' Tall Rig with 5'3" draft. I plan on doing most o
Furling Gennaker on my h23 C Jones at 3:53pm 07.03.13 Smaller Boats 5/1154 I think this will help with our low winds every summer. I flew it today, alone with 3 knots of air a
need a new outboard mdsdurango at 3:16pm 07.03.13 Trailer Sailors 14/3656 The little Nissan 3.5 two stroke that came with my Montgomery 15 was, as I expected, the weak link t
Yanmar 3G Overhaul DavidWDempsey51 at 2:37pm 07.03.13 Big Boats 4/1581 Hello Hunter Owners. Our 1986 Hunter 34 has a 3G F Yanmar diesel with 2225 hours. Seems to get gre
ex-liveaboard available for boat sitting KD3PC at 2:21pm 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 0/815 Retired couple, ex liveaboard available for boat sitting. Mid-Atlantic to FL for sure, other areas

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H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat Crusty Ol Salt at 8:43am 01.27.23 Truly sorry to hear this. Since they offered to let you strip it. I would be heart broken but do the
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat JamesG161 at 8:42am 01.27.23 To see my notes on Progressive Totaling my boat look here, my post #58. Repairing boat after Hurric
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat JamesG161 at 8:30am 01.27.23 Since my boat was damaged by Hurricane Zeta and I have Progressive Ins too, this is how they declare
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat PGIJon at 8:27am 01.27.23 Nice looking boat. What damage caused it to be declared totaled? Thank You. Mast Step, Found salt
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat Project_Mayhem at 8:18am 01.27.23 Nice looking boat. What damage caused it to be declared totaled?
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Ralph Johnstone at 8:05am 01.27.23 It's horrendous. This may offer a solution to annoying jet skis and others .....................
Need a "double" block at the mast base (1) jssailem at 7:52am 01.27.23 My memory isn't what it was. :what: Ah Justin. Don't be too hard on your self. I am sure it works
Fuel Gauge jssailem at 7:46am 01.27.23 I have a new sealed read switch designed sensor in my Starboard Tank. Like you I wanted "reliabili
Need a "double" block at the mast base Justin_NSA at 7:39am 01.27.23
Hunter 356 in-mast sailing conversion to hanks/rope and halyard option jssailem at 7:38am 01.27.23 Being a Gentleman or Sailing to Windward.
Need a "double" block at the mast base Justin_NSA at 7:36am 01.27.23 Hi Justin, if I understand your intent, an alternative might look like this: Hunter 42 Owner Modifi
Missing boom jssailem at 7:34am 01.27.23 Outside on deck, I like the TOTAL BOAT GLEAM 2.0 VARNISH for it's ease application, flows well, no s
Oday 35 Adding Bimini eherlihy at 7:32am 01.27.23 Whew! That is a really nice set up! I'm guessing you had a professional set this up for you. If so
Line routing to cockpit Dalliance at 7:28am 01.27.23 Would install another winch on the STBD side just like is currently present on the port side. Was t
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat (2) PGIJon at 7:27am 01.27.23 H34 in Better days and on Final Cruise....
Jibing The Mainsail jssailem at 7:27am 01.27.23 Ok, this is new to me, how do you rig a preventer? what is needed? @Mifeo 's diagram shows the the
Missing boom PRoberaon at 7:23am 01.27.23 What's the difference between marine varnish and and a good brand box store varnish?
Hunter 356 in-mast sailing conversion to hanks/rope and halyard option rgranger at 7:14am 01.27.23 Gentlemen choose not to sail to windward. I've never been accused of that....;)
Oday 35 Adding Bimini RoyS at 7:01am 01.27.23 I had one made by a canvas shop at my marina. It was expensive at $4,500 and I waited almost a year
My hunter 420 passage has a bad creaking sounds in aft cabin. jssailem at 7:00am 01.27.23 Check out BoatworksToday. Andy does some neat tabbing on his Bertram transom. _47sW0XYVTE

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