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1980 hunter chainplate glenn mosley at 2:43am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 8/1892 looking for a chainplate for a 1980 hunter 33
Compression post surgery (5) Jared1048 at 12:52am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 17/6293 I've been kicking around different ideas on how to fix this and finally took some action. Placing a
Packing Ralph Johnstone at 8:00pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 0/2 For a number of years I have been chiming in here on packing glands and the fact I have run mine bon
Singlehanded Deck Hardware Removal GorillaToast at 7:04pm 11.20.11 Catalina 22 7/1809 Anyone got any tips and tricks on how to get at the nuts and bolts of deck hardware from both sides
S2 8.5 question fiatracer163 at 6:35pm 11.20.11 S2 5/3028 Is there access to the keel bolts on the 8.5? I looked into the hatch below the stairs, and tried to
Good Old Boat Magazine Article Mainsheet99 at 6:20pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1561 In January of this year Good Old Boat Magazine hired me to cover the 2nd Annual Good Old Boat Regatt
Life line installation kits Florida sail at 4:14pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3089 Does anyone have any experience with the available kits for lifeline installation? Input greatly app
mast rigging question chiefaponte at 3:58pm 11.20.11 S2 0/1042 while reading a post on stepping the mast, I came accross an interesting stament. The person stated
loose rudder eberns at 3:55pm 11.20.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1578 Rudder vibration due to a loose rudder post in the sleeve, which appears worn. Yard recommends dropp
looking for some info tattooworm at 3:37pm 11.20.11 Islander 1/4365 I just bought an islander bahama 24, and looking to findall I can about it
Attaching an assymetrical spinnaker to a Hunter 33 bow jbrelin at 2:48pm 11.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2196 Hello, I have been trying to understand the assym spinnaker tack attachment for a Hunter 33, 2004.
Lewmar Winch for O'Day 23 sba55 at 2:05pm 11.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1112 Was out sailing today when the port side winch literally exploded and came flying off the mount. Pre
H36 Prop Size? Spcharby at 1:08pm 11.20.11 Big Boats 7/1690 After one and a half seasons of use, I am now suspect that the prop on Belle is not correctly matche
Minimum Effective Sail Size (1) ibero at 12:50pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 11/4221 http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif Sell one like this 21' Luff 7' 9" foot North Sails Sailboat
Dripless Shaft Seal bria46 at 12:44pm 11.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1016 Has anyone out there self-installed a PYI or Lasdrop dripless shaft seal? my shaft is one inch and t
Harken furler Don Crowther at 12:12pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 19/5372 Good Day After talking to my sailmaker he suggests replacing the bearings in my swivel on my furle
Need to replace my table in my Hunter 26 pilotsteve100 at 11:40am 11.20.11 Smaller Boats 7/3005 I am a new boat owner and I want to refinish my table in my hunter 26. I would love if someone can s
Fiberglass refinishing advice needed admeyers at 9:46am 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3993 Hello, I know this topic has been discussed a lot but I could still use some help. I recently boug
mystery leak WJM53 at 9:29am 11.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1179 My 1990 h-28 has a leak on the deck that defies being found. The jib car tracks were rebedded last y
Fixing a cracked water tank (3) Rich18864 at 9:21am 11.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2712 I finally figured out where all the water was going, when I was cleaning and refilling my freshwater

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Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 5:06pm 11.09.22 Please @mermike - there are a bunch of folks that would love to see any photos or descriptions of y
What we learn from sailing - hurricane prep for home jssailem at 4:51pm 11.09.22 There is an excellent book about wind... " And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind " A natural history oof
Its funny Friday! 31seahorse at 4:49pm 11.09.22 Inquiring minds want to know........ How did all those people already know what dog poop tasted lik
What we learn from sailing - hurricane prep for home SailingLoto at 4:21pm 11.09.22 Hahaha... my wife complains that I talk about wind all the time... My boss is always amazed by
What is the proper response? rpwillia at 4:14pm 11.09.22 Thank you all for your responses. I actually feel a little bit smarter.
Its funny Friday! JamesG161 at 4:07pm 11.09.22 HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. The
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Sanitation hose recommendation requested Hello Below at 3:48pm 11.09.22
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (1) kappykaplan at 3:43pm 11.09.22 Safety Supervisor and Captain.
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (5) JamesG161 at 3:21pm 11.09.22 We had many helpers and extra brain power to design the hoist inside the boat. This was the concept
New Instruments FastOlson at 2:38pm 11.09.22 For years I have patronized our (last) local bricks-n-morter marine electronics store. They do exper
New Instruments Scott T-Bird at 2:26pm 11.09.22 I would take a close look at the Defender pricing. I just bought a new 12" Zeus3 for about half pri
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Single handing patbratton at 1:57pm 11.09.22 Dave Are you saying this because most people do not make a secure eye splice? There is a lot
What is the proper response? Scott T-Bird at 1:46pm 11.09.22
Solar Confusion jssailem at 1:28pm 11.09.22 Using charts or calculators, are great cheats/hacks to avoid doing the actual calculations. You can
Hunter Vision 32 1989 jssailem at 1:23pm 11.09.22 It lifts the chain aprox one foot per crank. As a young man that would be an "easy 33 cranks in 1
Solar Confusion Johann at 1:21pm 11.09.22 I think Nodak may be surprised that I see the BlueSeas table says 6 feet 80A as 4awg, but maybe it
New Instruments LloydB at 12:51pm 11.09.22 One reason why you might want an installer has already been mentioned and that is they might be able
Teak Cockpit Panels on My 2000 Oceanis 461 (2) Hollyberry at 12:51pm 11.09.22 Our Bene 35s5 had the teak slats in the cockpit, many of which were cracked/broken/missing. Since th

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