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Dodger and Canvas Fasteners steve stark at 12:02pm 11.21.11 Ask All Sailors 11/7493 Hey all... Starbright has a dodger that has some years of life left in it but... I am very tired of
Steering Cables adjustment guidera48 at 11:54am 11.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2075 I noticed, while removing the steering turning radius limiter (2x4 screwed to hull liner), and maki
Primary Racor Filter--have they changed? cristberry at 11:43am 11.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2298 I have a 1985 Hunter 31 with a Yanmar 2G motor. The boat yard tells me they can no longer get a rep
Curious, where do you sit/stand while at the helm? iSailor at 11:40am 11.21.11 Catalina 310 15/4805 Just curious how people are piloting thier boats. I have only had my boat out a couple of times and
Insert For Pearson 28-2 Head Deck and Question JimLor at 11:20am 11.21.11 Pearson 7/6626 My wife and I bought a 1986 Pearson 28-2 this Sep. We are going to keep it in Deale, MD once we get
If Foresight was 20/20 and not Hindsight! Scubagirl62 at 10:58am 11.21.11 Smaller Boats 22/4105 If you had it to do all over again, what big dollar item that you purchased for your boat do you wis
Butane in cold weather timebandit at 9:00am 11.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1307 I have a question for those who use those cute single bunner butane stoves. Does the butane work b
disconnect shaft from engine (1) luvitt at 8:52am 11.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 7/3607 ok, i got all the motor mounts free and disconnected all of the hoses, wiring, etc. all thats left
Bent Spinnaker pole FourPoints at 8:41am 11.21.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4582 Last sail of the season this weekend, brought the boat up to Stratford where it is going to be haule
2 strokes on Lake Tahoe? Right On! at 8:16am 11.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/9532 Hi all, Anyone know here if the officials at Lake Tahoe will allow small two stroke out boards on
12 Gal Gas Tank in Hold GorillaToast at 7:41am 11.21.11 Catalina 22 15/2749 I suppose it's silly to ask if Catalina 22s come from the factory with a 12 gal Moeller gas tank in
Fresh Water Pump, Tank Location rkahan at 7:36am 11.21.11 Smaller Boats 8/6267 New sailboat owner. Bought a 1984 Hunter 25.5 as my first and working to restore all "systems". Th
Rardi, about that Rustoleum. Ed Schenck at 7:32am 11.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1910 I plan to bring my Edson pedestal home for refurbishing. The "silver" extension on yours is painted
Late season sailing in Maine Tim R. at 7:25am 11.21.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1664 Sailed to one of our favorite spots this weekend in Casco Bay and spent the night. Awesome sail DDW
Reseal keel on Seidelmann 25 ematheus at 7:04am 11.21.11 Seidelmann 20/12369 Ahoi everyone: I have my Seidelmann 25 on a trailer at home. I'm basically refitting the whole boat
Rigging for a 1983 Hunter 20 Pegfrayne at 6:20am 11.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1289 My Husband and I have been sailing a 1983 Hunter 20 for four years now on the Upper Barnegat Bay in
Rust Marks jorgefife at 6:18am 11.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1722 I have a sail for a Pearson 35 which I got, early days, before I knew the difference from port to st
Water in compression post on 29.5 GrantZ at 6:17am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/2261 Recently, I have noticed water leaking out of the bottom of my steel compression post and collecting
Coin in hull of O'Day Sailboat (1) Shoaldrafter at 5:17am 11.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 48/8577 Rich, You said that you had been all over the hull of the boat while rebuilding. So was I. I did
Flotation in an O'Day dkahley at 3:44am 11.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/5956 I'm rebuilding an O'Day 20 and looking for a better alternative for interior flotation than the styr

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bow eye 1986 Catalina 22.. David Matthews at 3:02am 11.10.22 I have messaged Catalina Yachts, this morning, about this problem, I asked if the anchor box was a s
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater kappykaplan at 2:21am 11.10.22 don't you hate it when work gets in the way of sailing. Or work gets in the way of working on our
TS Nicole - Every time a bell rings a storm is named hatchclan at 1:00am 11.10.22 yup, it is quite bouncy but survivable
TS Nicole - Every time a bell rings a storm is named (2) JamesG161 at 11:35pm 11.09.22 Landfall is happening now. d is huge and the Purple Path over lay is the right route. Hurricane Ni
Sick Ralph Johnstone at 11:10pm 11.09.22 Been sick for most of the year particularly in the past few weeks Sorry to hear that Dave. And n
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:06pm 11.09.22 I am assuming there is a good reason you're not using your macerator pump? This is the idea of what
Help! Engine problem :( twalker H260 at 9:15pm 11.09.22 This tsb might be relevant for you. Looks like it may be your situation - potentially a warranty cl
Sanitation hose recommendation requested pipedream at 9:14pm 11.09.22 Fisheries supply next door has the vetus hose I use. https://www.fisheriessupply.com/vetus-denouden
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home (2) twalker H260 at 8:46pm 11.09.22 Assuming your pump has the appropriate lift you should be able to make an adapter to screw on to the
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home Rich Stidger at 8:26pm 11.09.22 Does the tank have an overboard pump-out? If so, put a 5 gallon bucket under the discharge and run
New Instruments Marmalade at 8:02pm 11.09.22 I can't really think of a good reason to have two chartplotters. Not to discredit @BarryL, but I
What we learn from sailing - hurricane prep for home BigEasy at 7:30pm 11.09.22 We're expecting (little) Hurricane Nicole this morning in central Florida. Do you find yourselves t
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater dlochner at 7:28pm 11.09.22 I ran it on the bench and took some photos with the Flir, will upload one tomorrow. I had some unex
Black Widow vs VC-17M? dlochner at 7:26pm 11.09.22 A few years ago I removed VC 17 from my boat. It was a bear to remove in some areas. Where the paint
Its funny Friday! (1) WayneH at 6:49pm 11.09.22 210773
Help! Engine problem :( SycloneDriver at 6:49pm 11.09.22 Interesting. I don't see that from the pictures but should be easy to check. One side of the gear
Its funny Friday! (3) JamesG161 at 6:03pm 11.09.22 210770 ______ 210771 :pimp::pimp:
Do not lick this Toad! Kermit at 5:59pm 11.09.22 Please stop Licking frogs or toads!!! More to fear than Tongue Warts! ke you sick if you handle t
Help! Engine problem :( Tally Ho at 5:34pm 11.09.22 Is this a new boat to the OP? Did someone change the pump recently? Seems strange that it worked u
Hunter Vision 32 1989 Ralph Johnstone at 5:19pm 11.09.22 An Old Man says "where is the power man... Give me an electric windlass... let's get out of here."

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