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Marine Growth... Capt Morgan at 10:22am 08.13.12 Ask All Sailors 20/4434 Removing Marine Growth (by hand)... Turns out my feathering prop isn't feathering very effectively
Beaching a 22 timshaw at 10:01am 08.13.12 Catalina 22 4/3853 We want to visit the marine parks around the Puget Sound, but without a dinghy we might need dock sp
For hunter 36 zinc Parker Chang at 9:06am 08.13.12 Big Boats 2/1039 hi I'm from Taiwan I would like to ask the 2005 vintage of the hunter 36 need zinc? Taiwan's agent t
New sirius 21 owner c bowers at 8:56am 08.13.12 Sirius 21/22 2/3583 Hi Everyone I just bought a 1979 Sirius 21 and have limited sailing experience. Hope to learn lot
Fenders Dunham at 8:48am 08.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1620 We've heard that the best place to tie up fenders is on the lifelines instead of the stanchions.
Chesapeake Bay Hunter Rendezvous ! Bob 04 H260 at 8:23am 08.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/874 I found out about the Chesapeake Bay Hunter Rendezvous on this website. Sherry and I decided to m
Great Tool chasmoyer at 8:19am 08.13.12 Big Boats 1/1081 I recently acquired a hooknife and telescopic handle to cut away debris from the bow anchor and/or p
venting the head area to the outside? centerline at 8:11am 08.13.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2182 what type of systems are there for venting the head on a boat? what type of thru deck vents are ther
CDI Furler sailinlou at 8:11am 08.13.12 Com-Pac 0/15642 I currently have a CDI Furler on my Compac 16/2 and I'm thinking about buying another CDI w/Ball Bea
good reasons for introducing fresh air to the bilge area.. centerline at 8:00am 08.13.12 Ask All Sailors 18/7334 It seems to me that have a venting/blower system for the bilge area would be advantageous for a few
mac 25, questions about bilge area between hull and liner centerline at 7:39am 08.13.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1623 on the mac 25, how do you know if you have any water in the rear part of the bilge? it seems like th
Stern rail motor mount... Doug/Karen at 7:29am 08.13.12 Big Boats 7/2773 We have acquired a small (40 lbs.) outboard motor for use with our inflatable. I am interested in s
fractional vs. masthead rigged, pros and cons? centerline at 7:29am 08.13.12 Ask All Sailors 24/11876 I am familiar with a masthead rigged boat and its easy to figure out how to tune the rigging, but th
sea water in bilge meirgerner at 7:10am 08.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1481 I have a H 33 when we sail for few hours in high inclinations we notice that sea water is accumulate
Stiff Rudder on C&C32 MartinHodgkinson at 6:46am 08.13.12 C&C 3/3581 I bought my 1983 C'C32 a four years ago. The wheel steering has always been really stiff. I have f
Fripp Island sailing RDS2012 at 6:11am 08.13.12 Trailer Sailors 1/1979 We've been invited to spend a weekend with friends on Fripp Island. I'm thinking of pulling our boat
Force 10 BBQ-brass orifice Rodd at 6:11am 08.13.12 Parts Search 4/3161 Looking for the brass orifice that goes into the regulator on a large Force 10 propane grill. I bou
Yanmar sour spot Dubo at 6:10am 08.13.12 Engines and Propulsion 5/2385 I am trying to smooth out my 2GM20F's idling roughness. I find between 1200 and 1400 RPM the engine
Cabin top liner keith w at 10:32pm 08.12.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/991 Looking to change cabin top winches. To gain access I need to take the cabin liner down in the aft b
Returning a new boat; Too many problems hunter e33 GreggL at 7:28pm 08.12.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/31 New to the whole cruising world and frankly, I'm sick of it already. Starting to think that it's not

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Reefing Sail Trim David in Sandusky at 7:31pm 01.09.23 A reefed main should be flat. Our reefing system drops an eye in the luff over a hook on the boom en
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? (1) Sailavie1 at 7:05pm 01.09.23 212108
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? (1) Sailavie1 at 7:03pm 01.09.23 If you are willing to look outside the North American box, then the Tes 24 has very impressive specs
Beneteau house-starter battery switches Syversens at 7:03pm 01.09.23 Excellent, thanks! Not sure I'll go all the way with the negative bus and repurpose of the negative
What Sailboat Cabin doesn't feel like a hole? ShalomOrchard at 6:01pm 01.09.23 After much searching, it may be the boat I saw was a Pearson 300, although I thought it was shorter.
Contessa 32 Owners ... AlastairLC at 5:53pm 01.09.23
Ugly wallpaper Davidasailor26 at 5:52pm 01.09.23 A similar project was documented on the Sail Life YouTube channel. He starts around 1:15 at IJDTwJMn
help on hunter 34 keel pan (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:46pm 01.09.23 Boat was on the water therefore could not check the keel but owner said that the bottom was done fe
Beneteau house-starter battery switches Davidasailor26 at 5:42pm 01.09.23
Ugly wallpaper (2) Hollyberry at 5:38pm 01.09.23 Check out my thread on a similar upgrade..... https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/mods-to-our
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? (1) CowboyWay at 5:38pm 01.09.23 Was that TV antenna mounted up high on the mast? I have one just like it, but I keep it stored on
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 5:31pm 01.09.23 Do most of you sail wearing gloves? Or are gloves for the heavy duty larger boats? Thanks I wear t
Contessa 32 Owners ... Morgan donor at 5:30pm 01.09.23 Reminds me of an old school Olin designed SS boat from the 60-70's. Narrow beam'd lead bomb. With so
Treadmaster TreadCote Reconditioner - Gray PJL at 5:27pm 01.09.23 Not with that... Living in Mexico and had my deck redone. First coat was Alumagrip (sp) as were al
Ugly wallpaper Timm R Oday25 at 5:15pm 01.09.23 Roughly two weekends . I spent perhaps most of a day making templates and figuring out how to work a
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? Project_Mayhem at 5:05pm 01.09.23 If you have bushing based sheaves in your masthead, adding some grease will work wonders
Busted Mast sbrogden at 5:04pm 01.09.23 If I can find a 6061 -T6 pipe the right size, I'm comfortable it can be repaired; it's close to the
Busted Mast Project_Mayhem at 5:01pm 01.09.23 Ouch! That's a bad break in a bad spot! I'd be concerned that any repair would make it difficult to
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? Ralph Johnstone at 4:59pm 01.09.23 Not sure its worth replacing the mast mounted lights with LED since I don't really sail at night?
Occaisional Head Smell Project_Mayhem at 4:58pm 01.09.23 Well.... i got the smell out! Leave the stink in the head not the cockpit! I started off using t

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