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Planning to either take a beach cat or the Mac26x to Destin Fl. Meeting non sailing family there th
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Plotting a summer adventure to Monroe Harbor this year! Gonna try to coincide with my wife's busine
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I should know this but here goes - I need to install a switch on a 12 v cabin fixture. Should it b
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Assuming the wiring on my 1998 Hunter wiring (OEM) and Heart Interface charger/inverter is correct..
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I'm ordering a new genoa for a 30MkIII I'm purchasing, I don't know the performance well of the boat
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Looking to book a bareboat charter in the BVI Christmas this year. Figured try to book now. Lookin
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I used Laishley Park for ramp, slip, and a port to sail from and return to. http://www.laishleymari
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Hi Everyone, Appreciate any thoughts and opinions here, We are getting ready to purchase a boat for
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any trailer sailors in south florida sailed a 25 footer over to the bahamas? I would like to pull m
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After a short search of the forums I didn't really find a place where I can find what to expect duri
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practical sailor did a test of anchor veering in their current edition. very interesting but I'm wo
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I have an oday 25 with an outboard motor, which allows a huge area under the cockpit. I used my boa
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GrampaArt at 3:09pm 01.31.13
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This newly purchased 1984 boat is stored in heated barn. No moisture near mast but don' want to miss
HEINZIR at 11:06am 01.31.13
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My daughter's father-in-law, Art Brooker, surprised me last week with this 1:18 scale model of Chiqu
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Technically the Marlin got the revenge, but I'd like to think as the cousin of a Sail Fish, he was d
rtshinn at 8:14am 01.31.13
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Interesting! http://phys.org/news/2013-01-materials-ship-scum.html
MarkW at 8:05am 01.31.13
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I had to have a throttle cable replaced this summer and my Knot meter stopped working after the repa
Catch the Sun at 8:00am 01.31.13
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Hello Sailors, I am planning to replace my mast lights this spring with new ultra bright LED ligh
bobkehoe54a at 7:59am 01.31.13
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I have just been given an oday widgeon to restore and am trying to establish its age. It has a tag w

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Beneteau Oceanis 34 2012 - How to rig the foot of an asymmetrical sail   (1)
Davidasailor26 at 2:34pm 03.31.23
Davidasailor26, What you describe seems like my best option. I don't want to drill holes in the bow
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home
CrispyCringle at 2:24pm 03.31.23
They are good little boats and there is a good supply of parts available, This is the right forum fo
Running halyards internal: PVC or PEX
Hollyberry at 1:11pm 03.31.23
You run wires and cables inside a conduit... but not halyards!
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home
KE5HVM at 12:56pm 03.31.23
Awesome, and very helpful thread. I know this is coming two years since this was all posted, but I m
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand
Alan Gomes at 12:35pm 03.31.23
If someone has been messing with the engine, you may have loose fuel injectors and/or glow plugs..
REPAIR THE RUDDER---BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER
Mechone at 12:25pm 03.31.23
Find someone small because you have to crawl in to drop it to do bearings
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand
kloudie1 at 12:03pm 03.31.23
If someone has been messing with the engine, you may have loose fuel injectors and/or glow plugs..
MPPT controller location
Tom J at 12:02pm 03.31.23
I have a 'standard' two-battery setup with one of those big red dials on the electronics control pa
Survey Question
BigEasy at 11:22am 03.31.23
I had a similar issue on a 1988 Hunter 33.5 many years ago; however, in my situation the wooden com
Electrical Question (Advice Needed)
rlongfield at 11:06am 03.31.23
USB-C carry up to 5A at 48V depending on the outlet and device. That would be 20A at 12V I had no
Chart plotter choice overwhelm
iNavX at 10:35am 03.31.23
The Vesper Marine unit is the WatchMate XB-8000 smartAIS It has its own GPS antenna. here is a link
Chart plotter choice overwhelm
iNavX at 10:18am 03.31.23
If you have an NMEA capable VHF you could get an NMEA to Wi-Fi bridge that puts the AIS sentences o
Survey Question
Joe at 9:46am 03.31.23
I'd make my offer contingent on a new survey.
Survey Question
Hollyberry at 9:39am 03.31.23
Generally I'd say you're more likely to find similar issues in similar aged boats than not. As Don s
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into?   (5)
rgranger at 9:25am 03.31.23
This (or similar) .. (or something similar) 214172 (Potassium Hydroxide will also work) Into a PV
Survey Question
Greg_D at 9:16am 03.31.23
Anything is repairable for a price. Depends on how extensive the damage is, i.e., is compression po
Survey Question
Don S/V ILLusion at 9:02am 03.31.23
Any rough idea on how much something like that would cost? Anything is repairable for a price. De
Survey Question
Greg_D at 8:54am 03.31.23
Such issues are repairable, even DIY for some.. and not uncommon on a nearly 40 yr old boat. The de

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