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Squirrels swimming? Trinkka at 2:35pm 01.03.12 Day Sailers 10/4035 Has anyone ever seen a squirrel swimming in the river or any body of water? A friend of mine who is
Tuning Jib Furling John1534 at 1:00pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2022 I am having a problems get the front edge of my 1995 Hood jib furling sail to line up right. The fro
Moving Boat with Sheared Shaft Strut tomgrigsby at 12:36pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 18/3942 My 1979 H30 has a sheared shaft strut (sound of weeping here). It sheared off clean at the hull. T
Seepage from Waste Line Vented Loop... JoyRide28 at 11:56am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2757 Hi Peggy, et., al., Happy New Year. I have what I hope is a fairly simple question. I have noticed t
Gasoline vs. Propane. Benny17441 at 11:19am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4338 One of our friends posted a reply to a thread and he raised the safety issue of using propane vs gas
Crack in Hunter 17 Deck James White at 11:05am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/5906 Need help please- from ANYONE- I want to buy a Hunter 17 (love these boats) but it has a 14" crack
Jabsco Head rebuild or replace...? Squidd at 10:50am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 37/16519 I posted this on another forum and just got reamed and basicly told I was a fool... so please be gen
1984 H34 HWH - What is this valve? (1) dqb24 at 10:45am 01.03.12 Big Boats 23/6041 Starboard/outboard side of the hot water heater...small diam petcock - was frozen - after PB blaster
new FX mainsail Jordan grant at 10:38am 01.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2054 Incemy last post Ive gotten to try out the new sail so I can answer my original post from +months ag
emergency tiller question Bergovoy at 9:39am 01.03.12 S2 6/2092 hey all... I have a 1980 S29.2a and it has a plastic deckplate on the back seat/bench area... unde
Stern Rail Seat (1) Scott2 at 9:12am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1198 Laast summer my H240 went through a horific lake storm that blew up quickly.Winds were estimated at
Now I know what's under that 8.0CC sole ewoden1 at 8:21am 01.03.12 S2 0/1074 Opened up the sole on my 8.0CC this past week. Interesting piece of, ahem, engineering. Recall I
Anchor Sizeing Great Lakes Squidd at 7:47am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 31/7698 Looking thru my gear and I have a "S13" Danforth which I assume is a 13# anchor, I have 30' of 3/16"
Bull Creek Buffet (Video) Roger Long at 7:16am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3217 I stuck my head out the companionway this morning just in time to see a feeding frenzy of dolphins,
House Battery Replacement JeffThompson at 4:27am 01.03.12 Big Boats 8/1574 Over the holidays, our house battery finally decided to go to the great battery graveyard in the sky
Moment of Truth Roger Long at 4:09am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2376
Removable cockpit table paul1938 at 9:46pm 01.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/1897 I have a 2005 H33 and while the folding table is great when we are docked, it's a pain when we are s
San Diego Trailer Sailors davenlynn at 9:45pm 01.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1985 Are there any marinas on either Shelter Island or Harbour Island that rent slips for a day or two?
Hunter 376 A/C and genset cahenesy at 7:03pm 01.02.12 Big Boats 11/4460 Hello all, I am in the process of purchasing a 1997 Hunter 376. I mostly sail on Lake Sidney Lan
Hunter 22 bilge pump location question SenecaDaze at 6:43pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 23/9205 the boat is a 1981 model,there was no bilge pump mounted when i bought boat,i have a small bilge pum

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Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. shemandr at 3:50pm 11.18.22 75 and just now diagnosed with hypertension! That's pretty good! I was diagnosed by age 25. I ag
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. Tally Ho at 3:47pm 11.18.22 There are also some new winches where the motor is inside the winch body, requiring less room under
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. ShawnL at 3:09pm 11.18.22 There are also some new winches where the motor is inside the winch body, requiring less room undern
C22 Pop Top Assist ShawnL at 3:04pm 11.18.22 I installed mine with the mast up (CD Kit). I ended up doing it so that the pop-top just touched th
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. Captain Larry-DH at 3:02pm 11.18.22 Thanks Rich. I would have thought the hardest task would be to furl the Genoa in strong winds. My
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. Tally Ho at 2:50pm 11.18.22
Hunter 30T issues before buying? Tally Ho at 2:43pm 11.18.22 Hey all! I am looking at a 1991 Hunter 30T for possible purchase. My question to you guys is are th
CDI FF2 patbratton at 2:09pm 11.18.22 I used a topping lift and a downhaul for the pole. You can make out the black topping lift line in
Questions About Bottom Paint Parsons at 1:37pm 11.18.22 Wait you forgot this... k like this? Not knocking you, @fstbttms , but I don't think you'd look tha
CDI FF2 (1) CrispyCringle at 1:20pm 11.18.22 I used a topping lift and a downhaul for the pole. You can make out the black topping lift line in t
Hunter 280 mast Question rgranger at 1:14pm 11.18.22 A web search for "Mast Exit Blocks" will yield a plethora of exit block images from which to select
Source for pex fitting clips & collars? H41DS '08 Nachismo at 12:17pm 11.18.22 Many thanks!
Dyneema for furler line (1) thinwater at 12:09pm 11.18.22 Watching those images in sequence, I agree with @dlochner observations. The spring block is not hel
Source for pex fitting clips & collars? H41DS '08 jdrutten at 12:05pm 11.18.22 Is that a Seatech fitting? Looks like it could be. I ordered this exact part a couple weeks ago. It'
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil Mark Maulden at 11:57am 11.18.22 Plain ole diesel..
Do you like Pocket Yachts stickinthemud57 at 9:51am 11.18.22 Uh oh, this is beginning to sound like the "What's a blue water sailboat" discussion! :):beer: Al
Do you like Pocket Yachts stickinthemud57 at 9:46am 11.18.22 Here's a Compac in Dallas: https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/7551844739.html
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. Kings Gambit at 9:34am 11.18.22 Reduce the stress on the sail by blanketing with the main sail. Use of a winch on a furling system
Questions About Bottom Paint kloudie1 at 9:29am 11.18.22 Jim, I saw that guy come out from under my boat the other day when a diver was scraping! Then the ga
Hunter 280 mast Question jssailem at 9:19am 11.18.22 A web search for "Mast Exit Blocks" will yield a plethora of exit block images from which to select

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