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Help Identify? (1) Airbornne at 1:58pm 12.14.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2530 Can someone tell me what kind of boat this is? It is described as a 1976 28 dutch sailboat with 2 cy
Great Lakes tour (2) Caboteur at 11:49am 12.14.12 Destinations 14/14754 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, As winter is closing in and Caboteur is on the hard, my wife
stuffing gland issues mikewhite7314 at 11:36am 12.14.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2226 I have a Hunter vision 32 which has developed a leak from the stuffing gland on the prop shaft. At
splice fitting bassstar at 10:55am 12.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/965 Has anyone used a splice fitting on their standing rigging for a temporary fix? Are they hand swaged
Leaking prop shaft mikewhite7314 at 10:32am 12.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1325 I have recently acquired a Hunter Vision 32 and have noticed a leak in the aft cabin coming from the
Fuel tank pickup tube Therapyg at 9:40am 12.14.12 Bigger Boats 1/1218 Hello, Anyone have any experience replacing the fuel tank pickup tube in the O'Day 34? Mine appears
Bucket of money (5) John Howitt at 10:17pm 12.13.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1845 I first saw this boat ,and had the royal tour by the elderly owner, back in 2007, in BC, Canada ,whe
CNG Fill Adapter - Where can I get one smokey73 at 8:31pm 12.13.12 Ask All Sailors 12/11143 Does anyone know a source for an Adapter to fill the CNG tank from one of the CNG auto fill stations
12 C-22's Coming to Havasu (2) CaptDon01 at 7:51pm 12.13.12 Catalina 22 0/1071 I just checked the list, and a couple more C-22's have signed up to attend the Havasu Pocket Cruiser
Need Boat yard.. New Jersey to Rhode Island Finally! at 7:27pm 12.13.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3089 I am looking for a reputable boat yard to do repair work; glass and paint, rigging and railing work
To all S2 owners timtim at 5:54pm 12.13.12 S2 5/2678 I've just been here a month, new to sailing and the S2 8.0. Thank you for the help you have given me
Gaskets? SailArkansas at 5:37pm 12.13.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1918 I am needing to rebed several stanchions on my P28 and the first one I did still leaks. I used plent
Algae around rub rail. Hunter 33 syoun10 at 5:22pm 12.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1176 I've always had a problem with green slimy algae growing underneath the rub rail on my 2006 Hunter 3
New motor mount slowdog at 4:46pm 12.13.12 Engines and Propulsion 2/2606 I got a new to me motor mount its rated for 15 hp I thank it should work for my 9.9 I tried to add t
Mayan Apocalypse and the Day After (1) Roger Long at 3:58pm 12.13.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 10/3653 My substitute for the dodger and bimini top readers keep asking about is to just stay put on rainy d
US Sailing Report on Loss of Aegean Rick D at 3:38pm 12.13.12 Racing 2/41708 The US Sailing site is unresponsive, but you can get the PDF download from this news report: http:/
Cherubini throttle position on my 33 oneeyedcoach at 3:17pm 12.13.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1100 The throttle on my 33 cherubini goes back to accelerate and forward to slow down. All other throttl
Fouled Furler capta at 2:38pm 12.13.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2125 We have a ProFurl on the head stay. Today when we were trying to bring down the Yankee the head swiv
Installing A Solbian Solar Panel (12) Maine Sail at 1:07pm 12.13.12 Musings With Maine Sail 25/28160 First let me apologize for the poor image quality. All I had with me that day was my point ' shoot..
Broken Mast H23 nwkennard at 12:13pm 12.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1165 Hey all, I'm in need of a new mast (H23 89) and am wondering if I can possibly use one from a diff

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Zinc on strut? jssailem at 9:27am 04.07.23 A proper zinc on your shaft will serve to address all metals that are connected to the same ground w
Adding Furler to a 76 30ft Catalina jssailem at 9:16am 04.07.23 See the answers here.... New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina
Long distance boat ownership jssailem at 8:51am 04.07.23 If I was a betting man, - A boat that: is not too big, but not too small... is not too much money
Long distance boat ownership Hollyberry at 8:42am 04.07.23 So.... what boat (brand/style/size) is on the retirement horizon?
Long distance boat ownership jssailem at 8:19am 04.07.23 Part of the thought was instead of the $$$$ going to a charter it would offset ownership cost and w
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains patbratton at 7:44am 04.07.23 Yes, my 240 had the exact same curtains from the factory. My 260 had them also, but the P.O. remove
Removing Dyneema Core dlochner at 7:39am 04.07.23 The strength of the line lies in the core, not the cover. There should be at least one cored wrap ar
Potential first boat for me? LakeShark at 7:27am 04.07.23
AITA? Racing situation that came up stickinthemud57 at 7:11am 04.07.23 Shouldn't they have done 2 sets of turns? They fouled a competitor and they hit the mark. I think
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains caverun at 7:08am 04.07.23 Yes, my 240 had the exact same curtains from the factory. My 260 had them also, but the P.O. removed
Removing Dyneema Core Ward H at 6:45am 04.07.23 Warp speed sounds like overkill for a furling line. I use 5/16 Sta Set on my C30 and I used the same
Potential first boat for me? Chase Hartzell at 6:36am 04.07.23 2. brand new, top of the line SAILS. when buying an old, used boat, the very first thing i do is
Bilge drain holes on Hunter keels? JamesG161 at 6:26am 04.07.23 There are voids in the bilge that can not be drained from inside the boat. Bilges around the Engin
No bottom paint thinwater at 6:26am 04.07.23 In Florida it will foul quickly, so I'd limit it to 1-week in the water unless you love scrubbing, a
Bilge drain holes on Hunter keels? murrayabbott at 6:14am 04.07.23 If a boat has a bilge drain hole, there is usually a bolt in it. You remove the bolt when the boat i
Alternator temperatures Maine Sail at 6:13am 04.07.23 Thanks Rod. I was planning to install the thermistor to my alternator by using a metal P-clip to h
Bilge drain holes on Hunter keels? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:12am 04.07.23
Long distance boat ownership Allowishish at 6:05am 04.07.23 My opinion is....... wait. You are just going through the excitement phase of this decision you tw
Bilge drain holes on Hunter keels? kappykaplan at 5:58am 04.07.23 Seems unlikely that anyone would put bilge drain holes in a keel, as that would provide a path for o
Upgrade Cabin Fabric Curtains (1) patbratton at 5:57am 04.07.23 Pat Curtains were not offered or put on the water ballast sailboats as standard equipment nor as op

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