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Spreader conundrum lbd at 7:32pm 05.13.12 Ask All Sailors 15/3230 Interested if anyone can shed light on Hunter B'R rig vs traditional rig? My yacht 2004 Hunter 33. A
Lube Edson Steering column harvR at 6:49pm 05.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1732 For the Hunter 310 and similair boats with Edson Wheel Sterring enclosed in a fiberglas pedestal, ho
40.5 Air conditioning bustedrudder at 6:05pm 05.13.12 Big Boats 5/1565 Hauling out soon for bottom and a thru hull for AC. I've been studying older threads on the topic, a
Knotmeter, impeller, and transducer paint obsailor at 5:55pm 05.13.12 Ask All Sailors 8/5035 After carefully painting my depthsounder transducer with special paint this spring, I also applied i
Inverters Jim Beck at 5:39pm 05.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1012 I want to buy an inverter for my H33. A West Marine technical article recommends that, in deciding o
where & how to buy controler for my outboard jeanmarc109 at 5:17pm 05.13.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1661 well, I launched "un jour a la fois II" on friday and she floats !!!! i had some engine problems d
keel condition opinion (2) slowtype at 4:54pm 05.13.12 Catalina 22 11/2068 I am preparing my Catalina 22 for the summer. I just purchased the boat and don't know its history.
Anchor Questions BWagner at 4:35pm 05.13.12 Big Boats 22/4315 We have a 426DS and we need to upgrade the anchor in preparation for our cruise later this summer wh
lead keel blisters (2) Navicula at 4:30pm 05.13.12 Big Boats 2/3116 I took the grinder to the keel.............there was these bumps that looked like they shouldnt be t
Real Time (1) Maine Sail at 4:20pm 05.13.12 Ask All Sailors 22/3542 Wanted to test out my cell phone amplifier and 3G. Took this picture about 6 minutes ago. came back
H33 bow light frankiedogs at 3:28pm 05.13.12 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2502 Today as I was going through the systems of our new 1981 H33 I managed to drop the bow light housing
OMG it's Rock! (1) Roger Long at 2:43pm 05.13.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/4501 A beautiful breeze yesterday and a forecast of strong southerlies convinced me to leave Stamford and
backstay/mainsheet atttachment mike b. at 2:20pm 05.13.12 Ask An Oday Owner 22/6317 The short peice of backstay that attaches to the diamond plate and the chain plate twists causing wi
1971 2-22 Venture vs. 1964 25 Venture MacGreg at 1:21pm 05.13.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2569 My friend wants to sell me one of his Ventures because he is moving and can only tow one off. They a
Launched (1) Balboa22 at 11:22am 05.13.12 Balboa 4/4094 It's in the water now and ready to sail. Interior will get finished at a later date.
Keel tunnel repair Toms Mac 21 at 11:08am 05.13.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1008 My Mac 21 shows significent wear on the keel tunnel. The stop bolt hole is elongated and the tunnel
Spinnaker sheet length teacherspet at 10:52am 05.13.12 Day Sailers 4/1617 What is the length I need for sheets for a Spinnaker for an Oday 25?:)
Storm Taticts Jubilee1985 at 10:46am 05.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/2160 I plan on taking a blue water cruise next year. Does anyone have any advice for handling heavy weath
rigging a amf minifish jsschoenig at 10:29am 05.13.12 Ask All Sailors 8/14219 Someone just gave me a 1974 AMF minifish. I do not know anything about sailing and would like to kno
A better View from my new Helm Seat (5) Witzend at 9:23am 05.13.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2371 Never really liked the lack of visibility after mounting the chart plotter. So I came up with this.

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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
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat PGIJon at 1:18pm 01.20.23 Jon, I'm really sorry to hear about the loss of your H34. From your previous posts I know you put a
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 1:13pm 01.20.23 Interesting idea. Did you have a smaller diameter bolt in the middle to press against the pin?
44ds rudder drop (1) dmax at 1:01pm 01.20.23 I had the same problem - mine had a SS pin stuck in aluminum, bad combo. I made a press out of 1/4"
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths dlochner at 12:51pm 01.20.23 What is the bottom like? Depth sounders like nice hard bottoms. Softer bottoms absorb the pings rath
Bermuda dLj at 12:36pm 01.20.23 St. George sounds good to me. Scooter sounds fun also. Plus it places me a a good point to leave for
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover DArcy at 12:34pm 01.20.23 If the screws go through into the tank then water can get up through the threads. If the gasket is t
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover smokey73 at 12:32pm 01.20.23 If you are talking about the screws themselves rather than the lid (which was in my case), I used B
Bermuda smokey73 at 12:28pm 01.20.23 Made the trip from Bermuda to Rhode Island as crew (2 people sailing and a sick wife of the owner) o
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month JRacer at 12:21pm 01.20.23 Sounds to me like they want the ability to use the site name themselves. Otherwise, it seems they wo
Mattress Underlayment dlochner at 12:15pm 01.20.23 We also used hypervent. Seems to work well. Apparently it was originally invented for use in lands
Missing boom PRoberaon at 11:53am 01.20.23 Good point.
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover Rick D at 11:21am 01.20.23 If you are talking about the screws themselves rather than the lid (which was in my case), I used Bo
Mattress Underlayment (1) jssailem at 11:14am 01.20.23
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month BigEasy at 10:01am 01.20.23 I haven't had any luck with our local dealer. Do you have a good dealer reference? I used Annap
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat BigEasy at 9:50am 01.20.23 Sorry to hear about the loss of your boat. My Hunter 33.5 was totaled after Katrina. I was actuall

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