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Hunter 28 or 28.5 Rudder HalfAfloatDave at 12:27pm 04.16.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/515 Hi all, anyone have a picture of their Hunter 28.5 or 28 rudder out of the water? Better yet, any d
Managing the water ballast in my Hunter 240 Dolphin55 at 10:24am 04.16.22 Smaller Boats 18/1639 I love this forum. Gives me access to a wealth of knowledge regarding sailing and my boat. As I cont
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted jmczzz at 10:16am 04.16.22 Ask All Sailors 42/3221
Brass tube (1) Paulam at 9:07am 04.16.22 Ask All Sailors 7/490 Hello - new to the site and sailing. I have a 1987 36 Catalina MK 1. In the forward and rear berth t
Will you be ready for sailing? jssailem at 8:26am 04.16.22 Ask All Sailors 3/445 With all this talk about repairing, adding bling, refitting, and painting our boats, I began to wond
Need Water Ballast Valve New or used for Sailboat Hunter 23.5 (1) jjorgensen2311 at 8:18am 04.16.22 Ask All Sailors 4/356 Hi All, Last year when I was putting my Hunter 23.5 Sailboat on the dry I made a mistake when empty
KISS Wind Generator Problem geoffschultz at 8:12am 04.16.22 Ask All Sailors 7/521 I've had a KISS wind generator for almost 20 years, and I now have a problem that I've never seen, n
Anchor locker leaks (4) jaysweet at 7:26am 04.16.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2317 Like making sausage, you probably don't want to know what your anchor locker really looks like: the
Viajar a America del sur Rene Uruguay at 9:42pm 04.15.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/521
Tahatsu 6hp Sailpro for my Hunter 240 Dolphin55 at 7:45pm 04.15.22 Smaller Boats 23/1526 Does anybody have advice whether the Tahatsu Sailpro 6hp will be adequate for my Hunter 240? It is s
What do you think of this...... (1) NYSail at 12:21pm 04.15.22 Ask All Sailors 16/934 So a friend got all new standing rigging over the winter for her boat. She just pulled them out of t
37C Portlight sandpiper10471 at 10:45am 04.15.22 The Cherubini Hunters 4/637 I must replace the entire portlight above the galley stove. Unfortunately, I am about 6 hours from
Best Trailers for 19" Long Keel Lwood at 10:31am 04.15.22 Ask All Sailors 2/296 Hello. I have always had my boat launched and hauled at the boat yard near where my boat is moored
Raymarine I40 wind? fred1diver at 8:25am 04.15.22 Ask All Sailors 3/406 Hello everyone, just wondering if any of you have used the I40 wind on your sailboat and what your t
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits Scott B at 5:35am 04.15.22 Ask All Sailors 29/5174 I know I'm guilty of this. Very interesting. Will put this on my Spring list. 37Y7eSwhfpU
ST70 replacing feet to meter (1) Udi at 4:31am 04.15.22 Ask All Sailors 0/179 Hi! Did anybody encountered a problem with ST70 that you can't replace feet to meter at the setting
40.5: Shaft growth (1) svAtargatis at 8:55pm 04.14.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/541 As a part of my first ever haul out, I had a friend say that this was way to much growth after just
Water Heater Discharge (2) SV Bella at 7:07pm 04.14.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 30/2414 05H41DS - Force 10 11-gallon water heater. I have staining on my port hull from the Water Heater Di
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? (1) svAtargatis at 6:12pm 04.14.22 Big Boats 10/612 We've been having a leak at the deck step with water coming in occasionally. When we unstepped the m
40.5 Furling Mast removal (4) svAtargatis at 3:19pm 04.14.22 Big Boats 10/918 Hi all, I have a 1993 40.5. I have the boat in the yard and the mast off. We have a Forespar EZFurl

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A fresh old gelcoat reveal FastOlson at 1:38pm 04.11.24 It's routine for a yard to sand (rough up) the factory gel coat. Then solvent wash it. Then apply a
A fresh old gelcoat reveal BarryL at 1:21pm 04.11.24 Hi, For me personally, the soda blast guy finished. i spent about a week fairing the keel. Then I p
PNW Summer Cruise 2023 Terry Cox at 12:45pm 04.11.24 Hi John. One of my favorites was our 2006 cruise. That one included the Lasqueti marching band with
Keel Terry Cox at 12:37pm 04.11.24 The yard here estimated $7500.00 put the boat on the hard, pull the mast, pull the keel & reassembl
Electric Windlass Terry Cox at 12:17pm 04.11.24
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 11:32am 04.11.24 My slip is challenging to get in to. Fairly narrow, down wind (blowing off the dock in prevailing w
Electric Windlass capta at 11:04am 04.11.24 From my experience, Lofranz makes very durable and reliable small boat windlasses.
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass capta at 10:48am 04.11.24 We must have different models. Mine was new in 2007 - so "only" 17 years old. It uses both up and d
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: DArcy at 10:39am 04.11.24 Have you seen the stern bridle technique? It worked for me once or twice. Stern bridle (link is to
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading (2) RitSim at 10:26am 04.11.24 I had a similar problem. Did the test and found that the test values were off. I took the instrume
Dufour 500 GL PaulK at 10:13am 04.11.24 The name (Grand Large, which means Offshore in French) makes it sound like it's supposed to be for l
A fresh old gelcoat reveal Drinky Crow at 9:56am 04.11.24 Ok never mind. I has Primocon. Using the word "putty" generically. Of course I have a two part wate
Small Wood sailboat PaulK at 9:55am 04.11.24 The oars, (maybe ash?) are never going to look as good as the varnished rail - the wood doesn't have
A fresh old gelcoat reveal Davidasailor26 at 9:32am 04.11.24 The gelcoat is probably polyester which, by itself, is not completely waterproof and could blister e
Catalina 34 Interior Alansails at 9:27am 04.11.24 Parker & Bailey lemon oil polish. Since 1879 works well on wood, smells nice, and last all season.
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading Alansails at 9:11am 04.11.24 When we bought our 310 the wind instrument was dead, Raymarine sent us a new sending unit at the top
Catalina 34 Interior william24424 at 8:43am 04.11.24 Parker & Bailey lemon oil polish. Since 1879 works well on wood, smells nice, and last all season. $
Electric Windlass Rich Stidger at 8:39am 04.11.24 Simpson-Lawrence, who was bought out by Lewmar, used to use a French-made motor by Leroy-Somner. It
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: kappykaplan at 7:57am 04.11.24 A lot of Captains, myself included, stand forward of the wheel while they back into the slip. :plu
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Tally Ho at 7:54am 04.11.24 i'll try it but with my luck I think half the time id miss the cleat and then go to using a boat ho

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