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Water Ballast Boat on Great Salt Lake, Drawbacks? Eric Jacobsen at 12:40pm 06.03.12 Smaller Boats 1/1130 Is there any issue using a water ballast boat on the Great Salt Lake? I assume the higher density c
Replacement stanchion base for 1985 Hunter 34 (2) horizon1 at 12:32pm 06.03.12 Parts Search 2/3341 Does anyone know where to locate a replacement Stanchion base for Hunter 34 , around 1985 or so ???
Need Help locating Stanchion Base (2) horizon1 at 12:27pm 06.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1026 :confused:Hi, Has anyone out there been able to find a replacement stanchion base for the 1984 or so
How much Hypalon glue do I need? Rich Stidger at 10:34am 06.03.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2888 I just bought a set of boat number plates for my Achilles dinghy. They are 3.5" x 18" and I have tw
That was fun David W at 10:28am 06.03.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/2352 Had the boat out for its first run yesterday. Running at 2500 rpm, the cooling hose running out of t
Sudden Drama (2) Roger Long at 10:11am 06.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/5243 I went down to check the boat yesterday just before this weather bomb came in on top of a forecast f
Whale supersub smart 650 Bilge Pump users or opinions??? Bigjer40 at 9:59am 06.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/816 Have a very shallow bilge in 1984 Hunter 27 (4" deep in deepest spot). Traditional pumps leave a mes
Hunter 41 AC Florecent light replacement Mystique at 9:49am 06.03.12 Big Boats 1/1094 Looking for LED replacements for the 10 Florecent tubes, everything else has been converted to LED a
boat wash after waxing ironhors42 at 8:47am 06.03.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1664 I know a few of members on this site has done Mainsail procedure of buffing and waxing their boats.
Opinions about transom ladders? centerline at 8:02am 06.03.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5226 I am wanting to add a ladder to my transom and would like opinions on what brands or models to consi
Why won't my engine won't go above 1700 RPM? kappykaplan at 7:31am 06.03.12 Engines and Propulsion 11/3656 Took the boat out yesterday - glorious 50NM on the water. Going out and coming in, engine easily got
First Sail dj2210 at 7:16am 06.03.12 Catalina 30 12/2064 Well after owning my 1990 C30 for 3 weeks and after finishing the compression post block repair, eng
Beautiful Evening (3) Jim Seamans at 5:54am 06.03.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1832 Picture is at Ft Pickens, Pensacola, Fl. Great evening watching the sunset and the Coast Guard stop
H23 Mast With No Hole For Gin Pole Annapolis Day Sailor at 5:25am 06.03.12 Smaller Boats 5/2492 My first lesson learned: do more than cursory forum searching PRIOR to trying something you have not
MP 4 Connection to Radio Albanach at 1:40am 06.03.12 Catalina 310 6/1835 Has anyone ever connected a MP 4 player to the 310 Radio/CDplayer output? Would it be possible?
Logic? Albanach at 1:11am 06.03.12 Ask All Sailors 44/6125 It eludes me why the Raymarine Smartpilot is not smart enough to calculate true wind speed from SOG,
Propshaft thru hull (2) Forever Wild at 9:48pm 06.02.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2733 Propshaft thru hull For the life of me I cannot find the part I'm looking for online - I believe I'
Looking for ideas with issues with new e36 Oliverhg at 9:07pm 06.02.12 Big Boats 28/6297 I changed from a 2004 Hunter 33 to new e36 late last year. After sailing it for a number of times n
Cal 28 grtsct at 8:09pm 06.02.12 Cal 0/2499 I have my eye on a Cal 28 that I might buy, does anyone have an opinion on them good or bad? Do yo
Electrical Fire (1) sfgary at 6:53pm 06.02.12 Ask All Sailors 35/5827 Well I had a very interesting day, I left my slip about 9:45 this morning and not more than a 1/2 mi

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Aftermarket diesel engine parts jssailem at 4:19pm 11.07.22 Here is a UK source... https://yanmarshop.com/en-GB/catalog/all/servicebom/yanmardata-1014037/yanmar
Where Should I list a Brand New 150 Genoa for Sale? Sail22Capri22 at 4:17pm 11.07.22 I was told by the dealer that the boat I purchased was a customer order that was abandoned because i
Aftermarket diesel engine parts ggrizzard at 4:07pm 11.07.22 Hopefully someone will name a reliable alternative source for parts
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... Tally Ho at 3:55pm 11.07.22
Single handing kappykaplan at 3:46pm 11.07.22 We had vinyl letters printed. Same here. Looking to replace them during winter refit.
Main sheet cleat options- running to rear kappykaplan at 3:45pm 11.07.22 I have a self-tailer for my main halyard - means I can focus on grinding instead of grinding and tai
Single handing patbratton at 2:38pm 11.07.22 When you had the name of your boat put on, did you have it painted or stencil? I think I am thinkin
Do you put your bimini down? (1) stickinthemud57 at 2:25pm 11.07.22 Several responses mention difficulty of storage as a reason for leaving the bimini on the boat. I ri
Do you put your bimini down? ifmdalvey at 2:18pm 11.07.22 Up in the spring after launching and down in the fall before haul out, cannot think of a reason to t
Single handing kappykaplan at 2:17pm 11.07.22 The red is reflective paint. Shine a white light up at night - quite visible.
Single handing WI Rigger at 2:12pm 11.07.22 Does anyone know why Mast top weather vanes are red?
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... stickinthemud57 at 1:58pm 11.07.22 Yes, definitely overkill, but I like that it has such low stretch characteristics. As short as these
Main sheet cleat options- running to rear bonkle at 1:56pm 11.07.22 Ran into a problem (maybe) while eyeballing everything today. Would I want a self tailing winch for
TS Nicole - Every time a bell rings a storm is named kappykaplan at 1:45pm 11.07.22 Tks, John. Looks like a wet weekend here - well, for 1.5 days of a three-day weekend. :beer:
Where Should I list a Brand New 150 Genoa for Sale? jssailem at 1:25pm 11.07.22 Understand buying a new boat and wanting to get alternate sails. Perhpas you might want to add to yo
Where Should I list a Brand New 150 Genoa for Sale? jssailem at 1:18pm 11.07.22 While our Classifieds are free to all members, there is a delay I believe is 90 days membership to e
Where Should I list a Brand New 150 Genoa for Sale? kappykaplan at 1:14pm 11.07.22 You can try here: Used gear for sale
Can't Find that darn leak ! buddy0 at 12:53pm 11.07.22 You didn't mention checking the stuffing box / prop shaft.
TS Nicole - Every time a bell rings a storm is named rgranger at 12:44pm 11.07.22 Good info.... As always... THANKS!
First Oil Change Parsons at 12:19pm 11.07.22 I have a few solutions to finding that exact spot to drill a hole like that. One is to drill from t

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