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1999 Hunter 310 Air Conditioner new install crewzen at 10:54pm 06.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2648 I currently own a Hunter 27, however I am purchasing a 1999 Hunter 310. It does not have air condit
Largest Trailerable Sailboats (3) Sail123 at 10:30pm 06.14.12 Trailer Sailors 49/52509 Know of Harstad 31, the couple of versions of Clipper Marine 32's ' Hobbe 33, but what other big fis
Newport 17 back from the dead gaethllewelyn at 8:15pm 06.14.12 Trailer Sailors 6/4280 Hi all, am restoring a Newport 17 from a basket case to a day sailor for Greenwood Lake NY. I would
Sharing four months of work... (6) njwtech at 8:06pm 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3483 I just wanted to share some pics of the work I have done on my old Watkins 27 since I bought it in J
Costa Concordia Salvage Plan Revealed RichH at 7:50pm 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1694 A very unique, and never attempted on a ship of this size, salvage plan has been developed to roll,
Where to Anchor overnight on Lower Potomac River. JasonC at 7:48pm 06.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3876 Going to sail from Quantico to Tanger Island this weekend, looking for a nice place to anchor overni
Exhaust manifold riser (2) paulj at 7:34pm 06.14.12 Catalina 310 3/1925 Found out where the leak was coming from that deposited all that white salt around the heat exchange
rub rail teacher63 at 7:30pm 06.14.12 Smaller Boats 6/2028 I need help with a bad piece of rub rail. I took pictures before and sent them but they were not g
Boat name heelingsoul at 7:14pm 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2213 A year a go , I bought a used boat , This boat had two owners , . The last owner( previous me) ch
Sailboats are worth it. rhythmsurfer at 6:59pm 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2285 I thought you may enjoy this. I am new to video editing but I wanted to share so you may enjoy. This
fresh water in a 25 oday pamacm at 6:56pm 06.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/3643 how do you fix the system when you pump the handle but no water flows ?
Manson Anchor lehigh375 at 6:25pm 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1622 I would like to replace my fluke Danforth anchor with a 25 lb Manson Supreme. It seems I would also
Lewmars All U Get at 3:04pm 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1675 Hi all, I have winches that are Lewmar 30ST's and have my reefing lines for the roller furling set t
Shoal draft Catalinas papabenn at 1:47pm 06.14.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1457 I am interested in purchasing a shoal draft Catalina 27-30. Did Catalina make any 30s that are less
rub rail coming loose VictorB at 1:45pm 06.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/943 What is the best way to secure rubrail 5200 or what ?
replacing cockpit engine gauges bdaylewis at 12:27pm 06.14.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1451 The tach, and other gauges in the cockpit are broken (hence not of much use). Suggestions on where
Trailer guides? maiettan at 11:38am 06.14.12 Catalina 22 24/6612 After a kind of scary experience at the ramp last saturday, my girlfriend and I have decided that we
Trailer guides? maiettan at 11:33am 06.14.12 Catalina 22 0/1100 After
Sistering Lags into the keel? jGo at 11:14am 06.14.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1953 I am brand new to the world of boat ownership...I bought a 1973 Catalina 27 on Tuesday! The boat
Garmin steps up Tim R. at 11:12am 06.14.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1538 I have a Garmin GPSMAP 3206 that stopped working properly after a thunderstorm. Nothing else on the

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Bermuda dLj at 4:35pm 01.20.23 No excitment is desired. I'm sailing with weather windows. Nice tip on the bus pass! Looks like the
What did he mean when he said this? DArcy at 4:26pm 01.20.23 I enjoy sailing my Robert Perry designed Islander Freeport 36. He certainly has drawn a lot of very
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat ggrizzard at 3:37pm 01.20.23 I'll buy your winches. And I'll pay shipping or come and pick them up. G.
Anchor light - battery operated and rechargeable ggrizzard at 3:27pm 01.20.23 There is an 'approved', LED, battery operated, all around, white anchor light available. The compan
What did he mean when he said this? thinwater at 3:11pm 01.20.23 With all due respect to Mr. Perry I have to conclude he is not sailing on the Indian River Lagoon h
Bermuda PaulK at 3:10pm 01.20.23 Have sailed to Bermuda more than a half-dozen times. Crossing the Gulf Stream is different every ti
Mattress Underlayment ggrizzard at 3:09pm 01.20.23 :plus: for Hypervent. My buddy boat and I have used it for years. We've never seen any
Mattress Underlayment PaulK at 2:59pm 01.20.23 We used the Froli plastic spring system on our previous boat. Adjusted easily to fit the awkward sp
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths Tally Ho at 2:38pm 01.20.23 I installed a Garmin Airmar P79 in-hull transducer. The transducer reads depths >15FT very accurate
Hunter 260 Trailer Mods Rick Webb at 2:24pm 01.20.23 Thanks Rick. I'll definitely be trying these ideas. Just wondering what type of plastic? Is it t
Bermuda smokey73 at 2:23pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. I am assuming you are refering
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths dlochner at 2:21pm 01.20.23 i have only used it in the muddy chesapeake bay. But I am still able to get good readings in the mu
Bermuda dLj at 2:18pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except du
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 2:14pm 01.20.23 Cool. Great idea. Thank you!
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths tenacity31 at 2:09pm 01.20.23 There may be a Gain adjustment on the sounder. When the gain is too high it will pick up false ech
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths tenacity31 at 2:07pm 01.20.23 What is the bottom like? Depth sounders like nice hard bottoms. Softer bottoms absorb the pings rat
44ds rudder drop dmax at 1:53pm 01.20.23 Yes, once I pressed the pin flush I used a bolt (actually was same size as pin) to push it the rest
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths Davidasailor26 at 1:29pm 01.20.23 There may be a Gain adjustment on the sounder. When the gain is too high it will pick up false echo
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat (10) PGIJon at 1:29pm 01.20.23 212344212345212346212347212348212349212350212351212352
Bermuda Don S/V ILLusion at 1:27pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except dur

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