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Holiday Decorations Crusty Ol Salt at 5:16pm 11.20.22 Ask All Sailors 5/780 I know many people one here pull and winterize their boats for the winter. Many of us how live south
Winterizing the A/C Semper Sailor at 5:07pm 11.20.22 Big Boats 11/1824 I bought a 2002 456 last November and am winterizing for the first time this season. I'm almost com
Looking for Hunter 410 Parts EmeraldCoastSailor at 3:39pm 11.20.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/753 I am helping to refit a 1999 410 that was damaged in Hurricane Michael. We need stern pulpits, laza
Refinish Cabin Sole ChrisHunter at 9:37am 11.20.22 Mid-Size Boats 9/2891 I need to refinish the cabin sole of my 92 Hunter 30. There is no water damage, just need to keep m
Flushing cooling system with Salt Away Urban_Guy at 9:29am 11.20.22 Ask All Sailors 7/2319 Does anyone know if I flush the engine cooling system using diluted Salt Away with seacock closed vi
Your greatest meal aboard Phil Herring at 6:22am 11.20.22 Ask All Sailors 30/2637 Whats the most elaborate meal you or your crew has prepared on your boat? A beautiful rack of lam
Catalina 30 MK2 rudder quadrant replacement Coffee Girl at 9:01am 11.19.22 Catalina 30 21/4849 Hello All, It has become time for me to replace my Edson Steering quadrant due to corrosion. I see
Are you ready to go to sea? jssailem at 6:26am 11.19.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1090 I find it amazing and hard to believe, 2 years ago I was planning for a 1500 nm sailing adventure wi
Bent Roller Furler / Storage for winter (1) towchristopher at 7:11pm 11.18.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1588 When I was taking my Hunter 26 out of the water for the season and de-stepping the mast, my roller f
1982 H36 Fuel Tank Leak chichiflys at 2:55pm 11.18.22 The Cherubini Hunters 0/897 It would appear we have the dreaded pin holes leak in our aluminum (36gal?) fuel tank. Went for a sa
Source for pex fitting clips & collars? H41DS '08 (2) Nachismo at 11:27am 11.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/923 Anybody know a brin ' mortar source for these? I broke a couple of the very important parts. Bumme
Hunter 280 mast Question RLynnRea at 12:06am 11.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1379 Sorry that I don't have a picture to post, but my Hunter 280 has a sizable hole in the starboard sid
Hunter 30T issues before buying? KevinKirby at 7:31pm 11.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2741 Hey all! I am looking at a 1991 Hunter 30T for possible purchase. My question to you guys is are the
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. AlastairLC at 5:45pm 11.17.22 Ask All Sailors 20/1637 My stalwart crew (age 75 like me) has just been diagnosed with hypertension and told not to indulge
Coasta Rica - Where to charter lessons and days aboard RussellBeckner at 5:00pm 11.17.22 Destinations 11/2261 Looking for any experiences from folks who may have sailed in Coast Rica. My wife and I plan to visi
Looking for a captain to sail my boat William Brunes at 1:41pm 11.17.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1517 I am looking for someone to sail my 27 ft Catalina from New York to Florida. Looking to have it move
Capri 26 - Winterizing the Inboard Evan Williams at 12:00pm 11.17.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1519 From my reading, the inboard Universal has a closed internal cooling system with a heat exchanger us
Replacing wire/rope main halyard stanirish at 10:49am 11.17.22 C&C 4/2573 My 1975 31' C'C 1/2 Ton main halyard needs to be replaced; there was only 12 of these boats made but
Lazarette Pad Locks: Battery, Fuel and Companionway John Marrone at 8:51am 11.17.22 Catalina 22 6/970 Locker Latch Pad Locks and Companion Way Hood are not lasting. Looked at Abus and Master. WD and any
Removing Two Stroke Exhaust Marks Project_Mayhem at 8:38am 11.17.22 Ask All Sailors 9/958 Can anyone recommend a solution to clean two stroke exhaust marks from the back of the hull? My old

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Traveler car/track as tether? Foswick at 11:46am 05.05.25 I've been in enough off-shore snotty weather to be really happy to have higher lifelines than 30 i
BATTERY? (2) Hayden Watson at 11:36am 05.05.25 ... @Hayden Watson you say it is far less expensive but what is the conversion cost? Inquiring min
Tight furler jssailem at 11:34am 05.05.25 When I refitted my mast I had the rigger add this backstay adjuster. https://marine.wichard.com/en/s
Non binary boaters (2) Muttondressedaslamb at 11:28am 05.05.25 As opposed to old men who only care about girls, fast cars, sailboats, and relatively expensive bee
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 11:12am 05.05.25 Yipes ! The children. What will the little children think ? Oh the hell with the little rotters,
BATTERY? smokey73 at 11:10am 05.05.25 Always an interesting discussion but it always seems, when talking about the cost, to just list the
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 10:38am 05.05.25 So if I am wiring from the keyed starter switch directly to the battery with an inline 30amp fuse, I
First post. New C22 owner boulevardtalonman at 10:28am 05.05.25 File was too large, sorry
Non binary boaters Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 05.05.25 As opposed to old men Don't say "old." Say experienced.
BATTERY? Calif. Ted at 9:55am 05.05.25 I run 4D's which weigh about 110 lbs. I used to run FLA's but last 2 sets have been AGM's. Battery t
Traveler car/track as tether? Hayden Watson at 9:39am 05.05.25 It's interesting how we get so wrapped up with tether systems and don't talk as much about setting
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass kappykaplan at 9:24am 05.05.25 Tks for closing this out, odaydokay! :beer:
Tight furler Hayden Watson at 9:22am 05.05.25 I will pull the sail and check the top fitting, as well as foils and stay tension. I do notice some
BATTERY? Hayden Watson at 9:12am 05.05.25 Your replacement thoughts "looking at 4D or 8D or GC4s for house batteries" can be done. You have t
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:11am 05.05.25 Consider a 1-foot wide walkway, just as an example, and a relatively modest 20 degree heeling angle
Tight furler skunther at 9:03am 05.05.25 I will pull the sail and check the top fitting, as well as foils and stay tension. I do notice some
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 8:54am 05.05.25 Toe rails have saved me more times than I can count. Is there such a think as too high of lifelines
BATTERY? Hayden Watson at 8:47am 05.05.25 In 2022, I dropped in a couple of 460Ah 8D LFP batteries into my motorhome and have 920Ah total with
Sleeping, quarter berth or settee? BAD ORCA at 8:45am 05.05.25 Ha! thanks for all the great responses. I was just curious more than anything. I know many offshor
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass odaydokay at 8:44am 05.05.25 I wound up taking this to a guy up in Vermont by the name of Bill Austin. He ran a compass repair se

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