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Movie for Winter Season (1) Marmalade at 8:16am 01.10.23 Ask All Sailors 9/1136 Just came across this over the weekend, thought some might enjoy. It's something sailing related to
Help IDing a Sailboat (8) christophermoorkelly at 7:47am 01.10.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1699 I found this sailboat on Craigslist and have had a lot of fun restoring her. Only problem is... I ha
Mast light wiring - Catalina 27 arlouper at 7:25am 01.10.23 Mid-Size Boats 2/1406 1983 Catalina 27, standard rig: where in the wide, wide world of sports are the wires for the anchor
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 (3) Kiwidrew at 11:41pm 01.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1510 I managed to break my boom in half on a sail up the New Zealand coast, and need a new one. All of t
Rain water leaking in V berth akabud at 6:59pm 01.09.23 Catalina 30 7/2132 Water collects ahead of the little door under the entrance of V berth when it rains. There is no pat
help on hunter 34 keel pan (7) iceblue77 at 5:16pm 01.09.23 Big Boats 10/1665 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 6/2409 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 11/2384 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 38/4931 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 2/920 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 15/1598 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 6/1977 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 29/9374 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 6/1941 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 12/1935 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 13/2049 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 2/533 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 3/1608 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 18/2706 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 1/699 Has anyone had any experience with this product?

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Winch Maintenance jssailem at 7:33pm 08.03.25 You may need to rotate the stripper until the pin slots line up.
Winch Maintenance (1) Trixster at 7:20pm 08.03.25 Greetings, I am repacking and regreasing my Lewmar 40 winch. All done, expect I can never get thes
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 marcham at 7:08pm 08.03.25 Yeah, the trick is not to let it dry completely.... just give it about 30-60 minutes to get a little
Close-hauled -- how close? dlochner at 6:51pm 08.03.25 When going upwind, it is more important to steer to the wind, especially in gusty conditions. Trim t
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 dlochner at 6:44pm 08.03.25 If you use Sika 291, don't completely tighten the fasteners ... leave about 1-2 turns to finish the
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 Project_Mayhem at 6:26pm 08.03.25 Use TefGel when re-installing so you don't have issues next time the bolt needs to come out
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 marcham at 5:30pm 08.03.25 On my 380, there's no need to access a nut from the bottom.... all the stanchions have embedded meta
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Foswick at 5:20pm 08.03.25 The most interesting part of that repair article was the use of gelcoat over an epoxy repair. Yeah
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 4:43pm 08.03.25 The most interesting part of that repair article was the use of gelcoat over an epoxy repair. I've
Close-hauled -- how close? colemj at 4:19pm 08.03.25 Light, shifty and gusty winds are not the right conditions to make any conclusions about your boat,
Close-hauled -- how close? Don S/V ILLusion at 3:49pm 08.03.25 Not familiar with C22 rig. Vang and sail track (traveler) available to trim the main?
Close-hauled -- how close? Davidasailor26 at 3:09pm 08.03.25 The best way to tell is to measure your tack angles. If your tack angle is close to 90 degrees it me
Close-hauled -- how close? JoeWhite at 2:59pm 08.03.25 With my C36 after many years running around with reefed main and 110 jib and not being able to match
Recommissioning head and holding tank Tally Ho at 2:45pm 08.03.25 I picked up a boat that had been on the hard for a couple of years. We splashed and found some blac
Recommissioning head and holding tank (3) Ralph Johnstone at 2:40pm 08.03.25 But, but, but, that's exactly what I mean. The holding tank contents are "properly treated" by th
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 Tally Ho at 2:28pm 08.03.25 Actually, without cutting through the head liner, not the hull. Hunter may have put a piece of alu
Furling line Q's BigEasy at 2:16pm 08.03.25 If your furler operates satisfactorily & the line only needs replacement, the best method of determi
Furling line Q's fred1diver at 2:02pm 08.03.25 Thank you
Ceiling Replacement and Pleasant Surprises rgranger at 1:56pm 08.03.25 Legit
Furling line Q's rgranger at 1:52pm 08.03.25

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