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On the hard or on the water - Comp.Post Dubo at 7:36am 12.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1162 I'd like to take the weight off the compression post so I can snake a wire up the mast. After I loos
Wet slip or on trailer storage kito at 7:04am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 33/10180 I would like thoughts from trailer sailors who have wet slipped your sailboat, trailor stored it at
Suunto compass leaking oil adirondacktom at 5:59am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 5/8454 Suunto disappointing - here's my latest (and last) communication with them: (to customer service):
Cat 36- How much wind can she take? BayMan at 4:54am 12.03.12 Big Boats 5/2657 Been boat shopping for awhile now. Been looking at some heavier boats with SA/Disp in the high 200s.
Horizon express motor jumbyway at 4:31am 12.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/3749 I'm looking for a spare motor for my Simpson Lawrence Horizon Express windlass. Before leaving the
Motor Recomendation for 26d / 26S Kokani at 10:51pm 12.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2969 Hi everyone I reacently lost my ob motor I forgot to secure it with bolts or a cable and with high w
...interesting boat name (1) fox islander at 7:17pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 15/4571 I thought I'd just about seen every boat name there was...until this...and on a sailboat no less.
Hunter 34 Boathook at 5:42pm 12.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2374 I have a 1984 hunter 34. Can any one tell me what the purpose of the small compartment that is betwe
Transmission sticking in reverse svapolagia at 5:36pm 12.02.12 Big Boats 0/1040 I have a problem with the transmission on my 1989 Hunter Legend 37 occasionally sticking in reverse.
Mast Height rtmccue at 5:33pm 12.02.12 Big Boats 5/2200 Did any Hunters going south have any bridge problems going down the ICW this year .
Help Postings Lost Parent at 5:13pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1118 Please everyone when posting a new thread for help on a particular boat please supply boat make and
First race - Damage report Jared1048 at 3:30pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3458 We raced around Vashon island (30 miles) in 20-30 knot winds and 2-4 ft waves. Some boats registered
I Have Arrived (2) Roger Long at 3:25pm 12.02.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/6471 OK, enough traveling. I'm putting down roots in the form of a two anchor Bahamian moor and I'm goin
Oday 25 deck core? ebsail at 3:24pm 12.02.12 Day Sailers 1/1265 Is there a core in the deck of an Oday 25? Or is it just an outer and inner shell with nothing in b
Friend looking for a 310 to buy SBinNSB at 1:23pm 12.02.12 Catalina 310 10/3889 The couple in the slip next to us is looking to move up from a C30 to the 310 If you are thinking
Battery acid on the teak. (2) Ed Schenck at 1:16pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 21/8947 This is more of a warning than a question. While my boat was "away", it in Florida and me in Ohio,
New York to Sandusky via erie canal nesscapade at 1:15pm 12.02.12 Destinations 5/3592 I just bought a Hylas 54 (70' mast, 6'3 draft) in Newport RI and want to bring it to detroit. My pl
BrokenLink Stretch at 12:33pm 12.02.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/10991 when I am on the forum and then go to browse the store, I went ''store'', then hit ''anchor and dock
1998 Hunter 410 Tri-Cabin Matress Sizes jsmac at 12:16pm 12.02.12 Big Boats 2/1231 HI Everyone, I am buying some new sheets and covers for our Hunter 410 and don't know the mattress
GPS, garmin vs. magellan? $300-$500 range centerline at 12:06pm 12.02.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2933 with all the features available on the newer GPS units in this price range, which is the most prefer

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First time sailboat owner Terry Cox at 4:23am 01.09.23 During our recent CG inspection of our documented vessel, the officers pulled along side and asked f
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Prairie Virgin Sailor at 4:20am 01.09.23 We watch the channel Sailing JibSea and others featuring Canadians in Europe and none of them ever
First time sailboat owner kappykaplan at 4:15am 01.09.23 Yes Then your hailing port should be on the stern.
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 4:14am 01.09.23 hatchclan, is the boat USCG documented? Yes
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Gene Neill at 3:52am 01.09.23 I don't have a problem with the wheel steering if that is what floats your boat. https://images.h
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 3:47am 01.09.23
Occaisional Head Smell (1) john2 at 1:35am 01.09.23 Well.... i got the smell out!
Contessa 32 Owners ... Mifeo at 1:18am 01.09.23 I think this guy is sailing a Contessa 32: https://youtube.com/@ErikAanderaa He is adventuring out
Rain water through the mast (1) jonelli at 10:04pm 01.08.23 I was reading somewhere in another old post about how it is "supposed" to work by original design: T
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? jssailem at 9:38pm 01.08.23
First time sailboat owner jssailem at 9:37pm 01.08.23
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 9:35pm 01.08.23 Actually since 2009 Canadians operating any powered pleasure craft must have a Pleasure Craft Opera
Rain water through the mast jssailem at 9:32pm 01.08.23 That is what I have in my mast. The hole is near the base of the mast, and above the mast step.
New sailing toy for Christmas Leeward Rail at 9:28pm 01.08.23 Wait until you retire. Then you will need one of these That clock is wrong if you are retired...
Contessa 32 Owners ... mermike at 9:22pm 01.08.23
Contessa 32 Owners ... dlochner at 7:58pm 01.08.23 I think the woman sailor in Maiden Voyage circumnavigated in a Contessa 26. Way back when, Tania
Contessa 32 Owners ... Kings Gambit at 7:44pm 01.08.23 The Contessa 32 & 33 have high reputations for seaworthiness, as folks above have noted. We have a 3
Rain water through the mast (2) jonelli at 7:06pm 01.08.23 Went to my boat today and discovered that I have two little access panels on either side of the mast
First time sailboat owner kappykaplan at 5:39pm 01.08.23 What David said. :beer:
First time sailboat owner Davidasailor26 at 5:37pm 01.08.23 Requirements and guidelines for name and hailing port placement for Documented vessels are at: https

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