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Easily steppable mast, shoal draft and a motor. FlashGumby at 1:31pm 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 8/4397 I grew up with Lasers, Sunfish and Hobies and eventually lived aboard a 38 ft Panda in San Francisco
Next on the Bucket List...Celestial Navigation gpd955 at 1:01pm 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1993 I've been focusing less on the career, since I am on the dowside of it now, and spending more time o
The good old days... (1) Maine Sail at 12:59pm 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2177 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 0/936 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 2/1209 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 4/1647 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 3/7273 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 8/1897 Has anyone installed a stack pack on their Oday?
Sam's Batteries Ron20324 at 10:15am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1942 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 3/1150
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 22/6056 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 0/745 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 6/1902 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 14/10721 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 7/3560 We are still trying to figure out why our Raymarine 4000 Autopilot directional heading deviates from

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Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Project_Mayhem at 11:17am 01.12.23 The reviews for the amazon listing say its the MSD version. Since it's amazon a returns are easy
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Alan Gomes at 11:05am 01.12.23 That AMazon listing has been up for years...and while it's listed as the MSD version, it's actually
replacing internal mast halyards on tartan 33 LloydB at 10:41am 01.12.23 Find a local rigger to make an assessment and estimate the cost of adding those halyards. It's worth
The keel... is done rgranger at 10:37am 01.12.23 :beer:
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:33am 01.12.23 I assume you meant that you no longer can recommend these units? Yes...I meant to type "Discontinue
Hunter 380 muffler CAVU at 10:31am 01.12.23 That is exactly what we did. Local fiberglass team re glassed the entire exterior. In preparation th
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:26am 01.12.23 Thetford 550P MSD. They are no longer in production, but you can still find them out there. That A
Rainwater leak under cockpit deck Hollyberry at 10:08am 01.12.23 Clean off and out as much of the hardened caulking that you can then replace with butyl tape. The b
Rainwater leak under cockpit deck LloydB at 10:02am 01.12.23 Clean off and out as much of the hardened caulking that you can then replace with butyl tape. The bu
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? LakeOntario270 at 10:01am 01.12.23 Goo-gone, soap/car wash and water are all I would use. Any abrasive to clean the spreaders will rem
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Prairie Virgin Sailor at 9:58am 01.12.23 there were a few Contessa 32s sold recently in BC. Here is one in Ontario: https://www.bayshoreyach
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Prairie Virgin Sailor at 9:51am 01.12.23 It's a harmonized tax in the EU and the UK. Think GST +PST You MAY not have to pay the U.K. VA
old fixer upper. winter movie PaulK at 9:45am 01.12.23 Interesting boat and video. Hope Coronet Coronet1885 comes out as nicely.
Hunter 380 muffler kloudie1 at 9:42am 01.12.23 It probably can be patched and reinforced with some fiberglass cloth and epoxy.. A local fiberglass
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 9:34am 01.12.23 Because I am unable to find any Contessa 32s in Western Canada, I would come to the UK to purchase
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator LloydB at 9:31am 01.12.23 ''I'd buy it regardless of any price." you can find it but if you wanna delete it you have to pay a
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 9:22am 01.12.23 I'm not familiar with "VAT". Can you expand on this? It's a harmonized tax in the EU and the UK.
Spider Cracks in gel coat Davidasailor26 at 9:16am 01.12.23 All good ideas above about exploring the area and possible ways to repair the core. If the deck surf
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

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