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Downwind Surfing Sailm8 at 6:58am 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1609 Just returned from a two week trip and I was wondering. I had to motor sail to keep up with our gro
h-34 mast unstepping JFitz at 6:55am 04.21.12 Big Boats 8/2257 I'll be unstepping my H-34 mast for the first time. If I recall correctly, I attach the the crane lo
What would you improve? Maury Wray at 6:44am 04.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2338 I'm completely refitting a 1981 Venture from the ground up. If you stripped your boat of all riggin
Raymarine Speed Wheel Tim Gunderson at 6:26am 04.21.12 Smaller Boats 4/1618 Hi, My Raymarine Speed Wheel seems to stop turning occasionally, so my speed gauge stops working in
28 FT Rudder Bushing set up (3) Mick143 at 5:50am 04.21.12 Bigger Boats 2/1733 Trying to get the rudder so it does not thump on the mooring. When I took it out I photoed the bush
Hunter 2008 14.6 Rudder needed jwbus2004 at 5:34am 04.21.12 Parts Search 0/2604 I'm looking for 2008 Hunter 146 rudder. Thanks.
Nissan 9.9 oil filter wrench Tim Gunderson at 5:26am 04.21.12 Smaller Boats 2/1121 Hi, I have a 2001 Hunter 260 with a Nissan 9.9 outboard. I like to change the oil myself but the o
Chartplotter Baffled Quoddy at 4:51am 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1527 Our chartplotter, Raymarine C70, has 9 different trip logs. Log Trip Log Trip Ground Log / Trip 1 Gr
'84 25.5 Hunter... can someone help me with information... (1) windsurfer101 at 9:00pm 04.20.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2304 Recently purchased 84 25.5 Hunter - NEED HELP Hello to everyone on this site! I recently purchase
LED Cabin lights, and electric water pump (3) MontanaSailor at 8:57pm 04.20.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3943 Installed 2 white LED 6 bulb surface mount strip lights. 1 above galley , 1 facing forward into a v
1981 hunter 22 light astern??? SenecaDaze at 8:13pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 23/5020 launched my hunter today for the first time,and seems to be front heavy,ill post some pics maybe tom
Hunter 240 Regatas? audriuskanape at 7:10pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 1/1058 Hi, is it any racing or regattas for the boat like Hunter 240 in Great Lakes region? Thanks
Bought a Venture 23 hull Seymore04 at 7:01pm 04.20.12 Trailer Sailors 15/9136 Well I bought myself a project to get back into sailing. I have purchased what I believe to be a 197
Toerail Blaise at 6:09pm 04.20.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1057 I had recently (last year) reported that I had replaced both toerails on Midnight Sun because of a c
Did I make a mistake buying this boat? (2) Ward H at 5:28pm 04.20.12 Ask All Sailors 59/23507
H23 Jib & Spinnaker Halyard Blocks in Mast (3) carboman at 5:16pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 3/1406 What are these really called? I need to replace two of these, but need the correct name for seaarch
B-4 and after settee (6) redhead78 at 4:30pm 04.20.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1492 Hey all here is some of what I have been doing this winter, I loaded 5 pics, would not fly, they are
Deck painting with interlux r.bostic356 at 4:14pm 04.20.12 Catalina 22 1/1229 Anyone with experience in spraying interlux 1 part epoxy? I am looking for the ratio of paint to sp
Motor Stand (1) cb32863 at 4:07pm 04.20.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1207 Not my design but I decided to build this today. Shelves for battery, fuel, and a tub to run it in t
this Cal sails itself.... seadude61 at 4:00pm 04.20.12 Cal 2/3209 Seasters, a 1979 Cal 31' I recently acquired, seems to be able to sail itself with little sail trim

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Caframo Mark Maulden at 3:56pm 12.15.22
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast shemandr at 3:54pm 12.15.22 Dog's safe. Prolly still loyal to its caretaker. See if the skipper's wife is (An old joke). I'm
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast Scott T-Bird at 3:44pm 12.15.22 I suspect they did not plan to go offshore, out of the CG radio's reception. The CG can receive a
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast Rick486 at 3:35pm 12.15.22 It's hard to add anything enlightening to this audience regarding this incident. I can say it woul
Hunter 41DS auto-pilot 'brain' install location and other questions (2) ice breaker at 3:33pm 12.15.22 Definitely not the case on my 2005 41DS. One is labeled from the factory for the propane, the other
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast dlochner at 3:15pm 12.15.22 We weren't there, we weren't part of the trip planning, so I am hesitant to offer much criticism of
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 3:01pm 12.15.22
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 2:44pm 12.15.22
373 Shallow Draft Depth (1) jssailem at 2:37pm 12.15.22 Your image does look like a "Shallow Draft". Wonder if it was a refit alteration. Here is an image
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:36pm 12.15.22 jssailem, enquiring minds are curious about the state of this project. :beer:
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast shemandr at 2:14pm 12.15.22 It's hard to add anything enlightening to this audience regarding this incident. I can say it would
373 Shallow Draft Depth Mechone at 2:11pm 12.15.22 Mars keels in Ontario Canada made most of beneteau, catalina , hunter , tartan ,C&C ,most sailboats
Sails and Stack Packs (1) drewlamparello at 1:39pm 12.15.22 Congrats... I own Number 34, a 2017, in Charleston. I'm the second owner. The original owner acqui
Single handing BigEasy at 1:39pm 12.15.22 To protect and help keep the surface clean we use wax on all smooth surfaces and Woody Wax on all n
Sheet line Hatch/Solar vent protection?? jssailem at 1:08pm 12.15.22 I am with @dmax . build a mock up and test your theory. The nylon line would be good. You might also
disconnect headstay turnbuckle to replace CDI flexible furler interior halyard capta at 1:05pm 12.15.22 I agree with isaksp00 But my preference is always the spinnaker halyard, just case I need to go alof
Exhaust soot Yanmar 4JH3E jssailem at 1:04pm 12.15.22 What are your engine specs for WOT? Have you discussed the issue with Max Prop? I would suspect tha
Sheet line Hatch/Solar vent protection?? dmax at 11:46am 12.15.22 Those grab rails should work but before you drill holes in your boat see if you can rig up a line or
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 11:26am 12.15.22 We just use the plain Woody Wax. Looks like the Tower Wax is more oriented for Tina towers and thing
disconnect headstay turnbuckle to replace CDI flexible furler interior halyard isaksp00 at 11:22am 12.15.22 Or jib halyard which may be a little easier.

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