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Furler recommendations for Sirius 21 sailboat SiriusCanada at 5:15am 11.22.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1294 Hi all!....the Sirius I bought recently came with a foresail furler, but the foil is damaged and unu
De-powering water heater for winter D. Inscho at 2:51pm 11.21.22 Ask All Sailors 22/1953 I'm winterizing my pressurized water system and wanted to get ideas on how to unpower an electric Ku
Need pics of rigging the back of the sail to the back end of the boom. Mac V222 1976 Slavik at 2:50pm 11.21.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2573 Hello. Trying to get the proper rigging diagram for the main sail attachment to the back end of the
Key issues with C275. Mike8074 at 2:41pm 11.21.22 Catalina 275 11/2818 Hi Team. I have an accepted offer on a C275. Boat goes to survey tomorrow. Any concerns from your
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 1:52pm 11.21.22 Ask All Sailors 17/5546 While watching one of our favorite sailing channels on YouTube I was surprised to learn that the Eur
Possible Issue with RayStar 125 GPS, Raymarine RS125 dkinzer at 1:38pm 11.21.22 Ask All Sailors 0/637 I'm in the midst of planning an upgrade of my chartplotter from a Raymarine E80 to a Raymarine Axiom
Hunter Legend 37 (1988) rudder bearings help Stella Orion at 12:41pm 11.21.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/865 Does anyone have the drawings for the upper and lower rudder bearings for Hunter Legend 37? The only
Painting over sanded non-skid surface CharlieCot at 12:27pm 11.21.22 Ask All Sailors 12/2113 I recently replaced the 50 year old leaky teak-over-ply deck of my 38 ft keelboat with glass over pl
Looking for expert Bene opinions! (7) Syl at 9:39am 11.21.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/3061 Looking for some feedback about how common crazing is on the 423 / 473 range, especially around the
Keel crack (2) jdrutten at 9:06am 11.21.22 Ask All Sailors 25/3607
Racing rule questions (2) stickinthemud57 at 8:20am 11.21.22 Ask All Sailors 22/3094 Two scenarios - both boats on same tack, not overlapped and overlapped. Per rules 11 and 12, in bot
New member sbrogden at 8:12am 11.21.22 Sailing Motorcyclists 2/5930 I've been riding motorcycles (street) since 1970 and started sailing in 1972. Currently have a 1985
Hunter 240 Sail Size & Other Options (1) Chucktown Charger at 6:29am 11.21.22 Smaller Boats 4/2238 Hi folks! I have a 2000 Hunter 240. Love my boat. She has taken anything I've thrown at her in str
23.5 bottom paint question RTsailsJ29 at 5:46am 11.21.22 Smaller Boats 6/1577 Group, I just purchased a 23.5 that has never had bottom paint, I wanted to know if the factory scri
Growth below my starboard rub-rail a continuous problem (1) MichaelStacy at 5:20am 11.21.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1665 Anyone find a 'cure' for this growth? We wash and scrub it away only to find it back in a few weeks
New friend is a crow? (1) Gene Neill at 6:55pm 11.20.22 Sails Call Lounge 16/2466 This little fella just flew down to the ground, hopped up to me, and opened his beak. Lucky for him,
Holiday Decorations Crusty Ol Salt at 5:16pm 11.20.22 Ask All Sailors 5/846 I know many people one here pull and winterize their boats for the winter. Many of us how live south
Winterizing the A/C Semper Sailor at 5:07pm 11.20.22 Big Boats 11/2077 I bought a 2002 456 last November and am winterizing for the first time this season. I'm almost com
Looking for Hunter 410 Parts EmeraldCoastSailor at 3:39pm 11.20.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/863 I am helping to refit a 1999 410 that was damaged in Hurricane Michael. We need stern pulpits, laza
Refinish Cabin Sole ChrisHunter at 9:37am 11.20.22 Mid-Size Boats 9/3229 I need to refinish the cabin sole of my 92 Hunter 30. There is no water damage, just need to keep m

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Refitting Hunter 40-1, need some advice... Canuck Sailorguy at 8:25am 08.24.25 Thank you - good suggestions. I've just had a professional look at them, and we seem to be ok. I pla
Hunter 40-1 Refit - Will the Engine Start? Canuck Sailorguy at 8:18am 08.24.25 It was a tense moment... :) I'm still grinning over my great good luck.
Hunter 40-1 Refit - Will the Engine Start? shemandr at 8:15am 08.24.25 That's a great write up. I think just about all inboard engine boater's have those same thoughts wh
O'Day 28 Keel bolts Clutch Cargo at 8:01am 08.24.25 My 1985 does not have an encapsulated keel.
Help with Diesel Tank Cap dimension DaveJ at 7:43am 08.24.25 Mine is the same size for the waste tank. Not at the boat now, Hope this helps. Cheers
Short but sweet.. shemandr at 7:23am 08.24.25 I've come off fast boats with my back compressed. Not fun! 15 knots is about as fast as I care to
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? shemandr at 7:16am 08.24.25 Anyone who has cleaned a bottom in the water learns pretty fast that they need to use suction cups t
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash dmax at 6:56am 08.24.25 If they dropped the boat, there will be impact evidence on the bottom of the keel - look it over car
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? FastOlson at 6:48am 08.24.25 There may be other reasons why this service/device has not happened. About 20 years ago we had a hul
Bent mast step ...3TacksontheWater at 6:05am 08.24.25 Did the seller state that the bolts sheared out, or are you assuming that that is what happened? IMO
Assymetric for a 27.3 petercra at 5:44am 08.24.25 2007
How to clean flat mast tracks? thinwater at 5:41am 08.24.25 http://www.jasperandbailey.com/canvas/track.html Yes, that is where they came from. They sent the
Assymetric for a 27.3 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:55am 08.24.25 What year is your boat?
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? sailme88 at 4:02am 08.24.25 They have and they are available.. Look very similar to a pool bot...google it !
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? Foswick at 2:57am 08.24.25 Hi, and welcome. I've spent some brain time on this idea and believe there is a decent market oppor
Sail Slides Project_Mayhem at 1:41am 08.24.25 It might be a good idea to try cleaning the track some more. Salt and bird droppings can get in the
How to clean flat mast tracks? Project_Mayhem at 1:37am 08.24.25 Thank you! A bit pricey but they have a monopoly and I'm short on time for experiments!
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island jssailem at 9:45pm 08.23.25 I like Jacks for calamari in Sidney. They use Humboldt squid.
Question about O'Day Mariner bridle jssailem at 9:42pm 08.23.25 since the mast will stay raised, definitely mode the lifting point closer to the mast as the boat wi
Question about O'Day Mariner bridle Foswick at 9:14pm 08.23.25 I think there is a fair amount of confusion because what you are asking about is very unusual. I hav

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