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Anyone have an ARB fridge? bugbitten at 8:07am 07.27.12 S2 2/2206 I think my wife's enthusiasm for the boating life would greatly improve if there were always the pro
Owners/Installation Manual Credibility..? Maine Sail at 6:20am 07.27.12 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3524 I got the below message from a guy trying to figure out where to wire his DC refrigeration and how t
Adding Inspection Port - Rear Deck---OK? andymorto at 6:14am 07.27.12 Day Sailers 2/1539 I have one of the "newer" javelins (second generation hull design)--and I suspect there is a lot of
'89-'94 H27-2 - Q on original jib size Charles94 at 5:38am 07.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1003 1989 Hunter 27-2 Purchased a year ago with new Doyle sails. The furling genoa is ~150%. With the
Water ballast Hunter sailboats centerboards and rudders Crazy Dave Condon at 5:32am 07.27.12 Smaller Boats 0/1294 Hunter no longer builds the centerboards, rudders nor centerboard brackets. Foss Foam built the ru
Site was down overnight Phil Herring at 5:23am 07.27.12 Ask All Sailors 18/2717 All of our sites were down from approximately 6pm Thursday to 3:30am Friday (PT). The data center
Bulkhead Gauge Replacement (8) StanFM at 6:23pm 07.26.12 Catalina 22 13/5112 When I bought the boat, there was an old inoperable depth gauge in the bulkhead. In fact, it looked
Bought my first sailboat USAF93 at 6:04pm 07.26.12 Day Sailers 2/1657 I picked up a 2001 Hunter 170 with a few cracks on the deck. Nothing on the bottom. I've found a f
Broken outhaul inside of closed Isomat boom Jared1048 at 5:26pm 07.26.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2131 Got caught in some gusty weather and broke my outhaul (broke the block in two that gives you 2-1 pur
It's Going to Take a Little Longer Than I Thought (2) Roger Long at 5:12pm 07.26.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/7335 I just returned from a week visiting the Long family seat in upstate New York, http://www.cruisingon
Windstar 223 kick-up rudder Bluff Kid at 3:36pm 07.26.12 Other Sailboats 1/1980 would some one e-mail me photos of their kick up rudder and how they rig it to keep it from kicking
Winch rubbers shanepandront at 3:19pm 07.26.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1110 Hi I am a new owner and i would like to know whether the blue inserts around the shaft of the winche
Jib downhaul and line routing (1) Chester at 3:00pm 07.26.12 Catalina 22 24/12008 We've come to the conclusion that it is not fun if someone has to go forward in 30-40 knot winds to
Webasto problem Dave555 at 2:19pm 07.26.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1183 I have a webasto 3500 heater in my beneteau and today when i tried to start it, it was all dead. No
Quick disconnect for electronics dbecker68 at 12:25pm 07.26.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2405 I have a GPS and a depth meter that are not permanently mounted on my boat, and I plug and unplug th
Sailing lull (1) kpgraci at 12:17pm 07.26.12 Ask All Sailors 16/3263 I haven't been sailing in weeks, perhaps months, I don't remember when. It's the darn heat and the g
H30 Cherubini toe rail Phil Herring at 11:36am 07.26.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/683 I have a customer looking for a scrap of toe rail for this boat; the company that manufactures the r
Front Hatch - I hate this! (1) CaptGregg at 11:14am 07.26.12 Catalina 22 6/1462 In the picture, my front hatch which is vertical because it's open shows where a PO had screwed teak
Thanks Jack sailnoproblem at 11:06am 07.26.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1030 Jack I want to thank both you and Al for all your help today, rigging my sails. It's amazing how muc
Holding tank in V-berth in Oday 30 griffy2000 at 10:24am 07.26.12 Bigger Boats 6/2050 Does anyone have a photo (s) of their holding tank located under the v-berth (stock or modified) of

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Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Hayden Watson at 9:55pm 10.19.22 It is very true that if you use a 12v pump it must not run if the engine is not turning. The conseq
Catalina 310 Shaft Removal BigEasy at 9:50pm 10.19.22 Helped a friend remove his shaft on a Catalina 350 w/o removing rudder. With rudder in specific loc
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback Richard19068 at 9:49pm 10.19.22 Looks great. Thanks for the inspiration. Have you done anything with your eyebrows?
sand and finish Teak and aHolly BigEasy at 9:42pm 10.19.22 Finished the sole on my 1988 hunter 33.5 many years ago. Sanded lightly with 220/320, vacuumed, w
Kirie Elite 29 Elite29Owner at 9:24pm 10.19.22
Kirie Elite 29 sail sfbay at 9:20pm 10.19.22 Welcome to the forum!! The Kirie Elite Elite 29 in your Avatar is awesome!!
sand and finish Teak and aHolly Mark Maulden at 8:23pm 10.19.22 Seadek??
Hull Condition on a 1980 22 ft sailboat Dnea at 7:25pm 10.19.22 The owner says that it is where barnacles were scraped off so to me that sounds better than blisters
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. jaysweet at 6:52pm 10.19.22 Correct. I found one for $2000. The sails look good, the hull is solid, the trailer made it home, a
chartplotter BC Bernie at 6:40pm 10.19.22 I installed the Garmin 942 as well and bridged the existing SeaTalk network with NMEA2K.
Winter Cover Jstonge at 6:27pm 10.19.22 Location, Location, Location... It really depends on where you are.. Sounds like you are either at
Catalina 310 Shaft Removal SwanSong at 6:26pm 10.19.22 Well I have answered my own question... The rudder NEEDS TO BE LOWERED enough to remove the shaft on
sand and finish Teak and aHolly Siamese at 6:25pm 10.19.22 Veneer for sure. I'd be thinking of it as being the thickness of a piece of copy paper. 220 is fin
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dLj at 5:10pm 10.19.22 @Davidasailor26 - I didn't even think to open up Navionics... In complex waterways especially like t
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Tally Ho at 5:04pm 10.19.22
Clipper Marine 21' As The Story as it was told, newly weds purchased in 1975, sola fide at 5:02pm 10.19.22 Hey thank you for the kind responses. It sure sails great and it is fast for when I sailed it went
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:59pm 10.19.22 Not sure about slack tide, typically I just look at times for high and low tide. If you want more g
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Tally Ho at 4:54pm 10.19.22 WOW! What great advice. Thank you. I am pursuing Hayden's advice and looking into a 12v pump. I fig
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft heritage at 4:50pm 10.19.22 Hmm, i can see i made a mistake in refering to those "other boats" as dogs, no disrespect intend a
Tongue Extensions Tedd at 4:44pm 10.19.22 Gentleman used a floor jack to see if he could lift the 3rd wheel off the ground.....his extension t

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