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Valuations John Hosty at 9:29am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1177 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 2/1279 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 11/5107 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 5/1595 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 7/1646 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 4/4523 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 17/2544 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 5/6300 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 8/1672 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 6/1599 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 22/2343 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 2/1181 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 5/1192 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 14/3873 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 4/1631 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 0/833 Retired couple, ex liveaboard available for boat sitting. Mid-Atlantic to FL for sure, other areas
Sink through hull fitting russlmiller at 12:27pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/899 Sure this has been asked before however I am about to put my 1973 Oday 22 back in the water and was
WC Headmate flap valve assembly marchem at 12:14pm 07.03.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1474 I did a rebuild on my WC Headmate and realized that I'm not sure which way the inlet flap valve goes
Sea Waif spinnaker Bazzer at 11:43am 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1876 I have a small spinnaker on my Hans Christian called a Sea Waif by Watts Sails. It's old and left by
"Y" Electrical Connectors Stu Jackson at 11:41am 07.03.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2632 What's been your experience with these connectors? I paralleled the power wires to our refrigeratio

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Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... Crusty Ol Salt at 5:25pm 05.08.23 I've never heard of a boat sinking because of blisters, and been sailing 24 years. I had only 2 on
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. Goobs at 5:21pm 05.08.23 Just to be safe. First things first, you did not mention if you have closed the raw water thru-hul
Spreader repair kit hunter 23.5 or 26 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:16pm 05.08.23 Who did you order the spreaders from, US Spars or the forum store? Call Dave at US Soars outside
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. Hayden Watson at 5:12pm 05.08.23 Just to be safe. First things first, you did not mention if you have closed the raw water thru-hul
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. (1) jssailem at 5:11pm 05.08.23 Im not sure which one is 'B'
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. jviss at 5:09pm 05.08.23 Thats fine. Thank you for your aborted apology. But before we can engage any further, you have to
Hunter 240 mast replacement Crazy Dave Condon at 5:08pm 05.08.23 Forget the sleeve idea if it broke plus they do not have one. US Spars is actually ZSpar but that i
Head (toilet of course) plumbing help Scott T-Bird at 5:07pm 05.08.23 So it looks like you have a built-in fiberglass tank hanging underneath the v-berth platform. All t
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. Goobs at 5:01pm 05.08.23 Hey, I just want to help, that's why I replied to the post. Not interested in any more arguments.
No power at electrical panel on B331 Stuermer at 4:51pm 05.08.23
Refrigerator Insulation Upgrade? Tally Ho at 4:10pm 05.08.23 I cut a piece of Reflexite (thin air-filled metallic insulation) to tightly fit inside the top box o
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. (1) Goobs at 4:09pm 05.08.23 Did you open the valve "B" on the pump? Fuel should flow out of there. Im not sure which one is 'B
Self Tacking Jib Experience jssailem at 4:02pm 05.08.23 Lots of boats use self tacking jibs. At least the ones that are not "Racing". You can buy one like t
Bilge pump wowes!!! Tally Ho at 3:58pm 05.08.23 So, it just quits working? Does your boat leak a lot? Can you remove it from the strainer baske
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. jssailem at 3:43pm 05.08.23 Did you open the valve "B" on the pump? Fuel should flow out of there.
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. Goobs at 3:41pm 05.08.23 Just broke open my manual and the fuel bleed procedure was on page 6. iguration and I have good fue
Solar panel/battery charger suggestions 1986 C22 AaronD at 3:36pm 05.08.23 My notes start here. My Rogue MPPT controller isn't manufactured any longer; if I were starting over
Solar panel/battery charger suggestions 1986 C22 dlochner at 3:35pm 05.08.23 New C22 owner here. Looking to setup my factory electrical system with a trickle charger and solar
Head (toilet of course) plumbing help bonkle at 3:31pm 05.08.23 OMG, that IS an inspection port, not a port hole! But why are hoses running through the inside of
Head (toilet of course) plumbing help dlochner at 3:31pm 05.08.23 OMG, that IS an inspection port, not a port hole! But why are hoses running through the inside of

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