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Irwin 27 1970 Compression arch JoeMulc at 7:55am 11.29.12 Irwin 0/1945 I am replacing my main bulkheads and have already removed mast and bulkheads. Evidence indicates th
Oday 22 Trailer trouble (2) Northwoods Sailor at 7:26pm 11.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 18/5538 Just purchased my O'Day 22 this past year. She sails great - but I have an awful time loading her o
Venture 21 one design sailboat racing assoc. (1) mcfast at 6:58pm 11.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1760 Dedicated to Racing and Restoring the "Original Sport Boat" The model years 1966-1973 with non fully
Help with aft head shower Hawkwind at 6:43pm 11.28.12 Irwin 0/1932 Hi there, We own a 1978 52' Irwin. It appears as though we have a serious leak in a hose running be
Didn't Wear the Tee Shirt Today Roger Long at 6:03pm 11.28.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/5793 This one: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p206x206/538831_3195263940942_1846371638_n.jp
Ram mounts for GPS or chartplotter pictures walt at 5:10pm 11.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 33/10831 Assuming that I can use the MapCreate 7 mapping software I bought for a Lowrance GPS a few years bac
Owners Manual for Hunter 18.5 Beltman at 2:07pm 11.28.12 Smaller Boats 3/3151 I am a new sailboat owner and was wondering if anyone had an owner's manual or service manual for th
Off the wall question re: inmast furlers . . . Clark at 1:38pm 11.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2107 It's a slow hump day so here goes: Does anyone have a clue how much it might cost to convert to inma
Help with Simpson Lawrence 45700 Windlass BWagner at 9:37am 11.28.12 Big Boats 2/1303 Hello, Can anyone give me some advice on how to remove the gypsy from my windlass? I remove the
inexpensive radar choices Richard19068 at 9:13am 11.28.12 Ask All Sailors 33/9668 I've been thinking about adding radar to my O'Day 31 and there are several choices for under $2,000.
Dodger on a H34 betzhunter at 8:14am 11.28.12 Big Boats 21/4215 Looking for some pictures of a H34 with a dodger attached. Anyone have some they could share. We'r
Envirocomfort AC unit by Dometic Paul and Judy at 7:59am 11.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1364 I am in the process of purchasing the Envirocomfort 16K Air/heat unit and have the following questio
Friend and Contact Problems (and other problems) Nodak7 at 6:46am 11.28.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 14/4478 I have a "Friend" and "Contact" request waiting and when I try to accept them it just clocks and clo
Standard Horizon WS100 gettinthere at 6:07am 11.28.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1870 Seems my Horizon WS100 Wind/Speed instrument has given up. Occasionally, it would freeze up after a
No 39.9 Irwin Info captrice at 5:34am 11.28.12 Irwin 2/6081 Hey sailing world I just bought a 39 Citation in fair condition. Here's the deal and I hope you guy'
What a Difference a Peninsula Makes Roger Long at 4:13am 11.28.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2081 I had the same experience running the last couple miles of the Pongo that I have sometimes had in th
Leaking skylight navyguyrb at 12:54am 11.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/3948 I have a beneteau393 (2006) and the skylight has started to leak...any others had this problem?
Need advise on Hunter-18 boat cover for winterizing ! (1) jacksonwang at 12:20am 11.28.12 Smaller Boats 1/1336 Need your help and advise for a Hunter-18 boat cover for winter ! Does anyone have a picture to show
Huzzah for the forum!!!! Bad Obsession at 11:25pm 11.27.12 Ask All Sailors 22/4664 Ladies and Gentlemen, I haven been here for 8 years. Since then there has been a few changes, but t
Out with the old inboard, in with e the new outboard?? Lazysailer at 10:08pm 11.27.12 Engines and Propulsion 8/5350 Hi all, my 1st post, congrats on the nice website btw! I've got an old yanmar 8hp inboard that's it

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Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? thinwater at 7:04am 01.08.23 If you know the length, you can often pull the new cable using the old cable and a coupling nut.
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement (1) frimi_captain at 7:02am 01.08.23 Defender has this bit of info. https://www.defender.com/pdf/ReplacingOldRayInstr.pdf That is help
Contessa 32 Owners ... dlochner at 6:47am 01.08.23 The Class Association will be your best source. https://www.co32.org
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement frimi_captain at 6:45am 01.08.23 https://www.ebay.com/p/552261714 CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 6:13am 01.08.23
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Hayden Watson at 5:49am 01.08.23 I still contend that the real sin of the PO was allowing it to partially sink or flood with rainwate
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 01.08.23 Still check the mast mfg As there were different masts at the end of the Hunter 26 production line
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 4:31am 01.08.23 I like tillers in boats under 30'. But I don't think that is that bad. It puts the helmsman in th
Set screw.... sailme88 at 3:49am 01.08.23 Consider yourself lucky....Murphy's first rule states, " Objects dropped or falling on a sailboat w
Set screw.... artboas at 11:17pm 01.07.23 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging? Many years ago, On
Single handing Will Gilmore at 10:22pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th I hope you meant to type that
Think your PO made mistakes? Calif. Ted at 8:44pm 01.07.23 Biggest chore with many boats is fixing the "Improvements" made by a previous clueless owner.
Dingy conversion (1) rgranger at 7:27pm 01.07.23 I'm envisioning a duct tape seam popping open while planing across a bay.... dj Lol
H26 Main sail rigging twalker H260 at 6:42pm 01.07.23 According to OP profile they have a 26, not 260.
Dingy conversion dLj at 6:09pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as i
Rain water through the mast JoeWhite at 4:28pm 01.07.23 On my c36, water was leaking into the bilge from leaky windlass shaft seals aswell.
Think your PO made mistakes? Siamese at 4:26pm 01.07.23 A wheel on a Catalina 22. Maybe we can do a thorough search of the SailboatOwners site, and find th
Rain water through the mast jonelli at 4:14pm 01.07.23
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Orbweaver at 4:08pm 01.07.23 One thing that we REALLY like about the 23.5 is the windows: between the ones on the sides and the c
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Project_Mayhem at 3:26pm 01.07.23 Do not consider an O'Day 25. It's trailerable but not easily

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