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Useful item! (3) Watercolors! at 10:13am 12.01.11 Catalina 22 10/2575
Avoiding those Pesky Nets Bad Obsession at 9:56am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1507 In my area the commercial fishery for striped bass saturates the river when the season is in. It is
Mounting a GPSMAP 720 feltensteingw at 9:41am 12.01.11 Big Boats 3/1572 Has anyone found a way to mount a larger GPS on the stock H34 steering pedestal guard. I can't fi
Prop decision: Axiom fixed vs Autostream Old Sailor 2 at 9:25am 12.01.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3559 As a newbie here at Hunter I need some advice. I am replacing the prop on my 42 Passage. I current
BVI Cruising Guide rgallagher at 8:53am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 24/5819 My wife and I are thinking about chartering bareboat or flotilla in the BVI next year. I want to get
Looking to Buy a 31'/Engine issues/temp solution..outboard? mtnmankeith at 8:51am 12.01.11 Grampian 0/3046 Hey folks, Long time lurker about to take the plunge. I have my eye on a Grampian 31. She's a bit
Installing Electric Brakes rgranger at 8:23am 12.01.11 Trailer Sailors 23/7899 So I'm hoping someone on this list has installed their own electric brakes on a trailer. I recently
Water Intrusion/Balsa Core atrometer at 7:14am 12.01.11 Day Sailers 5/2370 Apparently a lot of boats (O'Day included) get water intrusion/wet balsa (rotted) under stanchions,
Best book for structural fiberglass repair? brian3820 at 6:46am 12.01.11 Big Boats 10/4594 Hi everyone. As many know, we are restoring and refitting a 1984 H34. I do have a couple cracks in t
Mustang Recalls 2 Inflatable PFDs Soundbounder at 6:00am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1375 Mustang Survival is voluntarily recalling all model number MD2010 and MD2012 Inflatable Personal Flo
Devastation Roger Long at 5:23am 12.01.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/4378 We waited out the windy and rainy day at R. E. Mayo in Hobucken. It was a delightful stop, a place
Feeling / Kirie Boats reworb at 5:08am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 14/16482 My house is located on shallow water and I really would be most comfortable with a boat that draws a
Safety measure to prevent demasting Mich222 at 4:25am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 10/4822 Have you installed a second set of lines/wires/ropes/ standing rigging as a safety measure backup o
Teak question jfrench at 4:13am 12.01.11 Catalina 22 7/2379 I can never remember the nautical name for the cabin door boards, but the broker who sold my boat de
Quandry over New Holding Tank System for 1983 Pearson 37 kappykaplan at 3:33am 12.01.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3522 Peggy, one of the items on my refit list for this winter is to get rid of the 5-gallon bladder that
Hope all boats are OK Kestle at 2:36am 12.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/989 It is 2:30 am, and we have been getting gusts north of 40 knots in Los Angeles. I'll make a trip do
H27 pulpit wanted DianaOfBurlington at 8:59pm 11.30.11 Parts Search 1/2063 Looking for a bow pulpit from a later-vintage (1980-ish) Hunter 27. It will have four legs, a bowma
Triple Spreader Mast Russf at 7:32pm 11.30.11 Ask All Sailors 6/6134 I understand that a triple spreader mast requires a great deal more effort and skill to tune than a
Motor mount screws dvpatton at 6:55pm 11.30.11 Day Sailers 9/3699 Hello, everyone. I've had a heck of a time with the screws that affix the motor mount to the deck of
Winch Loop Ralph Lee Terry at 6:26pm 11.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1597 The loop that is used to wench the boat onto the trailer is loose. How do you get to the back side t

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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
Filling Instrument Holes hutch5151 at 7:00am 11.11.22 Portlight
Filling Instrument Holes shank at 6:51am 11.11.22 That's a great idea too with the vents. These old SR Mariner holes are larger than most instruments
Black Widow vs VC-17M? BarryL at 6:47am 11.11.22 Hi, It's great to read about racing! My season is over, so this is better than winterizing the boat
Filling Instrument Holes (1) BlowMeAway at 6:40am 11.11.22 Hello, I removed an old SR Mariner depth sounder and knotmeter in my Catalina 27. What's the best
Stepping a mast The_Sailing_Pelican at 6:30am 11.11.22 Hello again Quick question Average price for a marina to do so... Boat is in SW Florida area. Thx C
Black Widow vs VC-17M? stickinthemud57 at 6:20am 11.11.22 This thread has morphed (appropriately) away from the question of stripping and re-doing the bottom
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 RitSim at 6:18am 11.11.22 My compressor controller was shot and the repair of the older controller was almost the cost of a ne
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! (2) Scott T-Bird at 6:11am 11.11.22 210832 I take this off for racing!
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil RitSim at 6:08am 11.11.22 I read a test (don't remember where) but their first pick was 50/50 acetone and transmission fluid.

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