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help on hunter 34 keel pan (7) iceblue77 at 5:16pm 01.09.23 Big Boats 10/1634 Hi Everyone, I recently checked a Hunter 34 from 1984 and got a surprise when checkin the bilge, i f
Beneteau house-starter battery switches Syversens at 5:04pm 01.09.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2281 Hey all, Our new to us Beneteau has lithium house bank and a lead acid starter battery. There is a
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? (5) CowboyWay at 4:00pm 01.09.23 Catalina 310 11/2293 I have my mast down this winter for general maintenance and have the spreaders at home to clean up.
Busted Mast sbrogden at 3:26pm 01.09.23 Trailer Sailors 38/4792 When I bought my boat a few weeks back, it was a cold and windy day. The mast had a slight bend in i
New Daggerboard (1) sbrogden at 12:01pm 01.09.23 Trailer Sailors 2/910 I drove to Bobby's Boatworks near La Grange, Texas to pick up my new daggerboard. Made of Mahogany.
Ugly wallpaper Project_Mayhem at 11:07am 01.09.23 Ask All Sailors 15/1529 Ugly wallpaper is what the awful burlap sack looking material on the inside of my cabin has been nic
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? (1) dkinzer at 10:39am 01.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1889 I've been trying to understand how the battery switch panel works in my 2007 H41AC - I believe that
Reefing Sail Trim Don Guillette at 8:57am 01.09.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/9011 A San Fran sailor of a Bene 38, who has been sailing those water for 60 years, contacted me yesterda
Dometic Refrigerator Update (5) patbratton at 7:41am 01.09.23 Smaller Boats 6/1903 The new refrigerator is almost perfect. It was a little too tall to keep under the cockpit on my H24
H240 bulkhead thickness chriscampbell at 7:31am 01.09.23 Smaller Boats 12/1860 I'm building a wooden organizer to add some storage for sunglasses, sunscreen, reading material, etc
Swing Keel Fittings (2) pcharn01 at 6:58am 01.09.23 Catalina 22 13/1989 Anyone run into swing keel fittings not seating completely? Boat had fitting installed upside down
Dealing with water spots on cove stripe stickinthemud57 at 5:49pm 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 2/519 My black cove stripe really shows water spots, and cleaning them off is part of my winter maintenanc
Changing to electric throttle control for 2001 Yanmar Mclovin at 3:03pm 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 3/1517 Hi, I have a 2001 Yanmar 4JH3-TE and looking at possibly add an electronic throttle control in place
2008 H41DS w/ mixed Raymarine and Garmin Nachismo at 10:39am 01.08.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2648 Anybody have advice on where to go from here? I'm in year-3 living aboard Floaty here in Tacoma. F
Treadmaster TreadCote Reconditioner - Gray FlimFlamII at 9:26am 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 1/675 Has anyone had any experience with this product?
Contessa 32 Owners ... Prairie Virgin Sailor at 6:36am 01.08.23 Ask All Sailors 26/6130 I have narrowed my list of "what will be my next boat" down to (most likely) a Contessa 32. Are the
Replacing shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 Capt JimF at 8:22am 01.07.23 Ask All Sailors 3/693 Hi SailboatOwners, hope your day is going well. Anyone experienced replacing the shift ' throttle c
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement frimi_captain at 8:19am 01.07.23 Ask All Sailors 11/3267 I have an Autohelm ST30 with direct connections to the depth and speed sensors. I would like to repl
Barlow Self Tailing Arms (1) Zom-B-Land at 6:39am 01.07.23 Ask All Sailors 13/2540 Hi All I am looking for the arms for my Barlow self tailing winches size 27 Can anybody help please?
Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Richardd at 11:26pm 01.06.23 Smaller Boats 4/1090 Does anyone know who is the manufacturer of the hunter 25 2008 Mast ? is it selden ? I am having som

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Experience Organizing Regatta or Similar? dlochner at 5:08pm 06.30.25 All this discussion is about a pretty speculative venture. Is there space for another R2AK or WA360
Cover for cubbyholes Rick Webb at 5:03pm 06.30.25 We always had canvas covers that snap on and off
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. dlochner at 5:03pm 06.30.25 NOAA puts high tide at the Throggs Neck Bridge at 06h07 on 05JUL. Tide Predictions - NOAA Tides & C
Cover for cubbyholes PaulK at 4:59pm 06.30.25 It would seem easy to make hatchcovers out of plywood with little feet on the inside bottom that hoo
RayMarine ST60+ wind instrument erratically cuts out JoeWhite at 4:54pm 06.30.25 Be sure to turn off the power when disconnecting, otherwise it will need to be recalibrated. After C
Experience Organizing Regatta or Similar? PaulK at 4:50pm 06.30.25 Sounds more like you want to organize a cruise than a regatta. You have a bunch of boats that want t
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. PaulK at 4:37pm 06.30.25 NOAA puts high tide at the Throggs Neck Bridge at 06h07 on 05JUL. Tide Predictions - NOAA Tides & Cu
Sea Flo Dry Bilge System - Impressions Clutch Cargo at 4:36pm 06.30.25 No worries, we've all done it!
Ranger 12 Sail Batten question jssailem at 4:34pm 06.30.25 Fifty years ago, battens were often made using thin slices of wood. They had their issues to include
In modern age do people use their big water tank or go to bottled water, tank seems health risk? Removing front h26 tank would free up room. - D Tally Ho at 4:22pm 06.30.25
Shaft Seal (almost a fail) Charles Erwin at 4:18pm 06.30.25 Please tell everyone how things went - that way you get to do it and the rest of us can applaud you
In modern age do people use their big water tank or go to bottled water, tank seems health risk? Removing front h26 tank would free up room. - D Justin_NSA at 4:10pm 06.30.25 The last few years I've been using the Pentek Floplus-10. It's the same 0.5 micron performance, bu
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. dlochner at 4:04pm 06.30.25 @shemandr is correct. Current changes lag tide changes by anywhere from a few minutes to nearly an h
Sailing Instruments dlochner at 4:00pm 06.30.25 Yes this is a DIY project. The only really challenging part is the hole for the through hull sensors
Sailing Instruments JBP-PA at 3:35pm 06.30.25 If you are a handy DIY type person, sure it is a great DIY project. Not too complicated (although r
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. shemandr at 3:29pm 06.30.25
Solar controller overcharging batteries dlochner at 3:17pm 06.30.25 Where did you buy this? I couldn't find dealer in the US. I suggest you go over to Peter Kennedy's s
Experience Organizing Regatta or Similar? Foswick at 3:11pm 06.30.25 you are already:"Commodore - West Neverland Yacht Club" Yes, we are a very old club with a complet
Major Increase in Bahama Cruising - Fishing - Anchoring Fees Starting Tomorrow dlochner at 3:07pm 06.30.25 Peter Swanson's Substack (Loose Cannon) has a series of articles on this. His take on this, it's des
Deck scupper size FastOlson at 3:06pm 06.30.25

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