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The good old days... (1) Maine Sail at 12:59pm 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2176 A buddy just posted a pic I thought was looooong gone. In fact I was having a discussion with anothe
Best Hunter 340 prop rope cutter wavehunter at 12:38pm 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/935 Hi All, Need to fit a rope cutter to prop shaft of Hunter 340 ? What is effective and also an easy f
One Good Answer Don Guillette at 12:13pm 05.01.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/4911 A Florida shipmate called me today regarding a situation that happened to a dockmate friend. The fri
updating mast and jack plate Doncolombel at 12:02pm 05.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1208 I'm interested in swapping out my 2 piece mast and jack plate to the new style mast and jack plate o
Running Rigging Through Traveler Support dsturdy at 11:53am 05.01.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1646 I have a 1982 Catalina 30 TR and would like to bring the main halyard, and other control lines from
Race Ratings and Outboards Charles94 at 11:14am 05.01.12 Racing 3/7272 Base Ratings for racing require boats be equiped will all standard equipment ie strpping the interio
Spartan Marine Hardware out of business?? Ted at 10:54am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1966 I've been trying to contact a real live person at Spartan Marine Hardware with no success. Nobody ha
Stack Pack Scherzando at 10:31am 05.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1896 Has anyone installed a stack pack on their Oday?
Sam's Batteries Ron20324 at 10:15am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1941 Okay, so a guy walks in to Sam's club with exactly $300 to buy 2 batteries to replace his size 31's.
Buying a Spinnaker, need advice, thanks. azdawgfan at 10:07am 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1149
GPS Wiring Thru Pedestal JimLor at 9:48am 05.01.12 Pearson 4/3306 Ok, got the toilet in, replaced a transducer, got the boat in the water, and have actually gone out
Window Replacement (2) SailAway1 at 9:41am 05.01.12 Catalina 22 22/6055 Hey everyone! Last fall I opened a thread related to replacing the windows on our C22's with Plexigl
2nd Reef line length Old Sailor 2 at 7:38am 05.01.12 Big Boats 0/744 I am in Denver, my boat is in San Diego. So, could someone give me an idea of how long one thinks t
Cover insulating AC side of Panel Richard Bryer at 7:22am 05.01.12 Big Boats 6/1901 One of the recommendations made by the surveyor on our recent survey for insurance was to " Provide
Tried & True Barnacle Removal? JulesinVT at 7:20am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 14/10719 I've read many posts here of what folks have suggested, but I'm less sure of what the original inqui
Jib install noprob2 at 7:09am 05.01.12 Big Boats 7/1621 Well, put jib onto furler this weekend and had a hell of a time getting up the last 6 feet or so Dro
Engine wires (1) mprc25 at 6:53am 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/892 I just bought a 1995 29.5. The engine has 3 loose wires on the port side. Does anyone know what th
Fluxgate compass locaiton... Doug/Karen at 6:50am 05.01.12 Big Boats 7/3555 We are still trying to figure out why our Raymarine 4000 Autopilot directional heading deviates from
Huntet Marine is up and running artboas at 5:16am 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/982 Hunter has just moved their email server from St. Augustine to the Hunter facility. They apologize
Storm sail and furled head sail Scotian at 4:35am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2771 Have opportunity to purchase a storm sail but it has shanks to go on forestay. If need to use storm

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Spider Cracks in gel coat jssailem at 8:57am 01.12.23
Spider Cracks in gel coat shemandr at 8:08am 01.12.23 It seems to me the area of craze lines is fairly broad. I'd say that could mean a broader area of s
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 Scott T-Bird at 7:46am 01.12.23 If you should make an offer on this boat, factor in the cost of the new halyards and the cost of i
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Scott T-Bird at 7:38am 01.12.23 Sounds to me like you will need to gain some specific knowledge both for your new boat's registratio
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 dlochner at 7:37am 01.12.23 When purchasing a boat the common advice is to have the seller pay to fix whatever needs fixing. The
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 Scott T-Bird at 7:26am 01.12.23 The bicycle chain trick is probably the most commonly used way by yard workers. If it's not your bo
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Prairie Virgin Sailor at 7:18am 01.12.23 OK, you shouldn't have need of a license beyond what your country requires as long as you buy and l
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 yawstick at 6:50am 01.12.23 the exit holes were up off the deck a fair amount and 3 feet or so apart vertically there is winch t
H240 bulkhead thickness patbratton at 6:29am 01.12.23 I'm building a wooden organizer to add some storage for sunglasses, sunscreen, reading material, et
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 Leeward Rail at 6:28am 01.12.23 a piece of bicycle chain works well as the weight. Use a magnet to fish the chain out of the exit s
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Project_Mayhem at 6:21am 01.12.23 I''m seeing enough complaints about it to continue recommending it. I assume you meant that you no
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 Leeward Rail at 6:18am 01.12.23 Since this a "new to you" boat... I would want to drop the mast and inspect the rigging, wiring, she
The keel... is done HeelBoy at 6:14am 01.12.23 Love the arrows on that bullseye! I was going to mark mine with inch-increments, but the arrows are
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 shemandr at 6:08am 01.12.23 I've sailed a lot on a Tartan 33 and on the one I'm most familiar with there is an access/exit hole
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 dlochner at 6:07am 01.12.23 The mast is still up... the main halyard is there... would replace it for sure... I'm thinking you
Jibing The Mainsail Kings Gambit at 6:06am 01.12.23 Those are uncontrolled jibes. I can understand your concern. I would not jibe in that fashion. Fir
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 yawstick at 5:37am 01.12.23 The mast is still up... the main halyard is there... would replace it for sure... I'm thinking you w
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 Parsons at 5:22am 01.12.23 If no messenger lines, and the mast is up, then someone has to climb the mast. Presumably, the main
The keel... is done (2) THECUSCUS at 5:05am 01.12.23 Interesting fix and nicely done. It looks like the area of the keel where the lock down bolt goes i
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 shemandr at 5:04am 01.12.23 Make the seller replace the halyards as a condition of sale. This shouldn't be your problem. If i

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