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May be selling Bad Obsession at 2:28pm 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 72/9092 Ugh....I never thought that this day would come. I have spent 7 years pampering my boat and getting
Guests Who Arrive By Boat....... (1) Maine Sail at 2:12pm 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1403 Guest who arrive by boat get the extra strong cocktails.;):D (compared to those who come by car):doh
Need mast extrusion for Hunter 30T dneipert at 2:08pm 05.04.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/654 I have a 1994 Hunter 30T with damage to the lowest foot of the mast. Rigger wants to do a sleeve bu
C27 cockpit scupper enlargement. Joel H. at 1:31pm 05.04.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1021 So, has anyone here ever delt with improving the cockpit drainage on a 70s era C27?I'm finding that
Mixing elbow temp-fix?? (1) KandD at 1:22pm 05.04.13 Engines and Propulsion 6/1687 I need to move my Hunter40 in a hurry, I have the next few days while I'm in town. I sold it to a pe
Trust Tom Hoffman at 1:01pm 05.04.13 Trailer Sailors 19/8465 Well, my day just went in the toilet. For some of you who don't know my story about my American,
Weird Electrical Gremlin: Suggestions??? Rick D at 12:59pm 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1077 I really need some guidance here. I am chasing an electrical problem dealing with the bow running li
GPS WilsonDan at 12:13pm 05.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/641 I am a new sailor and have been sailing on an inland lake for a little over a year. I am going to s
What is this called? (2) shanker at 11:24am 05.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/580 After checking my rigging, I found a crack in this piece. It connects my furler to the deck and has
Just a Complaint of Life. geehaw at 10:29am 05.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/697 Well winter here is just not going away. WE just had the third coldest April on record. Would have b
New Control Handles rpell46 at 10:09am 05.04.13 Catalina 30 4/1044 Hi all, Before I go tearing things apart again, so that I might "fix" a problem, I thought it migh
New Moorage (3) Lost Parent at 10:06am 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 0/712 Just moved into my new slip in Nanaimo BC five minute walk to town ten minute walk to work ten minut
1984 C-30 alternator voltage sensing wire windyjazz at 10:06am 05.04.13 Catalina 30 6/4090 I recently replaced my M25 alternator mounting bracket from the original to the universal modificati
Removing faded boat name FB111A at 9:59am 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1752 My boat has 6 year old Algrip and very faded name/ port lettering. What's the best way to buff off
hunter 23.5 windows seal not holding teebutch at 9:55am 05.04.13 Smaller Boats 5/2053 I have a 1993 23.5 and one of my large windows is leaking. It is loose and I need to remove it and
New Moorage (2) Lost Parent at 9:53am 05.04.13 Parts Search 0/788 Just laying back today in my new moorage in Nanaimo BC five minute walk to town ten minute walk to w
Mainsheet length Lost Parent at 9:40am 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1696 Just sitting out back in my new moorage and wondering when I install my new mainsheet how much extra
Splash day coming soon :-) c_witch at 9:13am 05.04.13 Trailer Sailors 8/6976 Well looks like May 26th will be my splash date. I still have to drop the keel scrape sand and paint
Hunter 34 Review YVRguy at 8:05am 05.04.13 Big Boats 0/2236 Not sure what everyone else has found but while I was researching the purchase of my Hunter 34 I had
9.6' SD290 Saturn Inflatable Boat Styx at 7:20am 05.04.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1901 Does anyone have any experience with this boat? We have a 26' sailboat and thought this might be a n

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Winch Installation Tally Ho at 7:15pm 07.11.22
Beneteau Oceanis - tips for draining bilge? SycloneDriver at 7:09pm 07.11.22 My boat doesn't drain well either. Some of the stringers do not have holes that would allow the wat
Re-leather the Wheel? Rick D at 7:08pm 07.11.22 PM me who. thanks.
Halyard choice opinions... (1) jonelli at 7:03pm 07.11.22 We have been using NE Ropes VPC for several years. It has a low stretch high tech core and a polyes
Starting my LFP build. Hayden Watson at 6:56pm 07.11.22 Wow, that's awesome. I mean, the battery system, and your reporting on it! My "dream" system woul
Halyard choice opinions... dlochner at 6:43pm 07.11.22 We have been using NE Ropes VPC for several years. It has a low stretch high tech core and a polyest
Starting my LFP build. Hayden Watson at 6:43pm 07.11.22 Thank you! Ugh, the height might prevent me from implementing this on my Tartan 3800. This boat w
Funny Friday!!! Crusty Ol Salt at 6:42pm 07.11.22 The PO told you that he just changed all the filters https://i.postimg.cc/mDmjyK2w/20220710-110423.
Beneteau Oceanis - tips for draining bilge? Davidasailor26 at 6:41pm 07.11.22
Winch Installation dlochner at 6:37pm 07.11.22 Redo it for the backing plate or adding more butyl along with filling with epoxy? Fill the old ho
Winch Installation SailorElliot at 6:22pm 07.11.22 Easy answer, fix them. An alternative to a backing plate is to use double thick fender washers. St
H41ds steering lube Nachismo at 6:18pm 07.11.22
Winch Installation dlochner at 6:06pm 07.11.22 Easy answer, fix them. An alternative to a backing plate is to use double thick fender washers. Sta
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Brian D at 6:01pm 07.11.22 The Marina management is reaching out to local marinas asking for assistance in a way that would hel
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? CowboyWay at 5:39pm 07.11.22 I think you need to hit "go to", I don't use the "route to" at all because I only steer to one wayp
House Battery Recommendation dlochner at 5:33pm 07.11.22 Its that time - I have two Lifeline 4DL 210 aH AGM batteries that now need to go.......anyone have
solution for rigid solar panels on hunter 45 ds 2010 (1) Jack Barnes at 5:30pm 07.11.22 We put 2X160 panels on the davits and above the help and bimini,
Im pretty proud of this so posting it here too dlochner at 5:29pm 07.11.22 Man... the shed envy here is strong! Almost every time I post a picture the shed gets comments!
High Alt Low at tip of Yucatan? jssailem at 5:18pm 07.11.22 Have not found anything off of Yucatan. There is a Disturbance that is a low level concern 30% ht
House Battery Recommendation jviss at 5:00pm 07.11.22 You can replace 400 ah AGM with 300 ah LiPo I think LiPo's are too dangerous for boats. When I ch

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