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Catalina Island One Room School House Rick D at 10:44am 01.01.12 Destinations 0/2060 Here's a story about a one-room school house in SoCal's Catalina Island which has been funded in a m
Hunter 23.5 Spinnaker Gear charlieyacht at 10:23am 01.01.12 Smaller Boats 4/2297 Can anyone help with some pictures of the factory installed spinnaker gear set up. Particularly the
Hunter 35.5 folding Prop bgreen at 9:38am 01.01.12 Big Boats 14/5035 I own a 1987 Legend 35.5. With a yanmar 3gm30 and currently have a 2 plade fixed prop and i want to
Hurth/ZF transmission model msade at 9:33am 01.01.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1984 I am trying to identify the transmission model that I have . The boat is beneteau oceanis 440 and th
Raymarine display fogging (1) Rich Stidger at 9:32am 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 17/8140 I have a Raymarine RL80CRC+ display that develops fogging on the screen when the screen is exposed t
Hunter 35.5 Ports bgreen at 9:18am 01.01.12 Big Boats 3/1374 Happy new year to all, i bought a 35.5 legend, couple things i want to work on ove the winter and an
Marine Battery Chargers - Installation Tips & Considerations (18) Maine Sail at 9:12am 01.01.12 Musings With Maine Sail 3/25912 NOTE: This article has been edited, updated and had more information added. I have not had the time
Impeller mysteries ... Scott T-Bird at 8:23am 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 23/3525 The thread on the temperature alarm got a response from Benny which really rang a bell with me so, r
air conditioning install Jon4399 at 7:43am 01.01.12 Big Boats 2/1226 I am a fairly new Hunter owner, a legend 37.5. The boat has no air conditioning nor refrigeration.
Bugs! Roger Long at 6:00am 01.01.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/2728 I'm starting 2012 with a bit of an antidote to the envy evident in replies to my last post. I've be
Mast Bend Scott2 at 5:05am 01.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/3728 I bought my 2003 H240 three years ago, but have never been satisfied with the mast bend. It seems ex
Bilge Schematic - 361 BananaToe at 3:35am 01.01.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1787 I seem to get about 1 litre of water in my bilge every week or two- Here's what I know: It's fre
butyl tape, paint removal polishing. AtlanticAl at 1:00am 01.01.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1568 Lancer 28 rebuild, need to find butyl tape to re bed the toe rails, i have glassed in the joints, wh
New to site Valere Oddoux at 12:55am 01.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1394 Hi all I just found this site today and I'm wrapped. I have a mid 70's mariner V2+2 in restoration
DC Panel Lumination Bermuda Breeze at 9:11pm 12.31.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1312 Has anybody replaced the lumination for the switches on the dc panel? My boat is a 2005 41AC.:) This
Safety wire for spreaders stepayetta at 6:29pm 12.31.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2569 Can anyone please explain how to attach the safety wire to hold the shrouds inside the tips of the s
Perfect Dec 31 On SF Bay For My Cherubini Hunter 36 (2) rardiH36 at 5:38pm 12.31.11 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2102 Saturday December 31st 2011: Sailed the central San Francisco Bay from Sausalito, around Treasure
Cq Cq Cq sullyj020 at 4:59pm 12.31.11 SSB and Ham Operators 3/4315 Where is everyone?
Hunter 23' On a Trailer Pic (1) carboman at 4:21pm 12.31.11 Smaller Boats 6/1643 Is this pretty accurate as to how a 23' sits on a trailer? Maybe minus the lack of board between th
CM-93 version II charts c_witch at 4:09pm 12.31.11 Destinations 0/1992 Hiee all, Any comments on the offshore cm-93 ver II charts of the 'full' carribean sea? Thanx,

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Companion Way Screens danooxnard at 8:58am 11.11.22 I have been pondering the same question for my C22. Thanks for sharing the link to the SBO Store sc
O'Day 39 mast step Procrastin8er at 8:57am 11.11.22 Thanks all, for your thoughts. Rudy at D&R gave me the name of a shop in MA that fabricates this stu
Furling jib sail Hollyberry at 8:23am 11.11.22 Another consideration besides sail area is the luff tape size - it needs to match the foil on your f
Furling jib sail Kings Gambit at 8:22am 11.11.22 Use a pennant to lengthen the luff (functionally) from the head. The smaller sail might be OK in str
Stepping a mast Kings Gambit at 8:16am 11.11.22 I think you might need to visit a boat yard, unless you know of a marina in Tampa that does it. Ther
Holding Tank Ventilation Tedd at 8:15am 11.11.22 Forcing air into the tank, I see the potential for a nasty mishap :poop: Exactly. As I said in my
Black Widow vs VC-17M? jssailem at 8:15am 11.11.22 I have to strike a balance between what to keep on the boat and what to load on when we go out over
Timidly rebedding stanchions Parsons at 8:12am 11.11.22 Our old friend @Kermit answered this question : Hunter 260 Backing Plates And @Crazy Dave Condon ch
Furling jib sail jssailem at 8:11am 11.11.22 :biggrin:That will be a sail to small. You can still use it.... It will not be optimum for your boa
Holding Tank Ventilation THECUSCUS at 8:08am 11.11.22 Forcing air into the tank, I see the potential for a nasty mishap :poop:
Holding Tank Ventilation Tedd at 7:59am 11.11.22 Hi @Peggie Hall HeadMistress , I knew there had to be something important missing from my explanati
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Scott T-Bird at 7:51am 11.11.22 In the race the OP described, he did not use the 150, only the 110. The boat's rating is based on t
Furling jib sail (1) RKMCCORKLE at 7:47am 11.11.22 I've got a 1986 Hunter 25.5 with a roller furler. I've blown out an old sail and need to replace it
Stepping a mast dlochner at 7:34am 11.11.22 The cost will depend on whether the marina has a gin pole or crane or if a crane has to be hired. Le
Black Widow vs VC-17M? dlochner at 7:31am 11.11.22 I must be missing something but I don't get it at all why it would be helpful to know results with
Stepping a mast rgranger at 7:28am 11.11.22 Google said... $250/hour with a typical time of 30 minutes. ... and here is a discussion on anoth
Timidly rebedding stanchions rgranger at 7:27am 11.11.22 A dab of JB weld in the hole will hold it for sure.... but you will never get that screw out again.
Black Widow vs VC-17M? dlochner at 7:26am 11.11.22 This thread has morphed (appropriately) away from the question of stripping and re-doing the bottom
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Scott T-Bird at 7:25am 11.11.22 Yes, I should have included that in my list of considerations. Tallying up all the "non-essentials"
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Scott T-Bird at 7:20am 11.11.22

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