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Off the trailer.... (6) rgranger at 6:37am 11.14.11 Trailer Sailors 8/3570 Hey All I got a new-2-me project boat two weeks ago and this weekend I got her off of the trailer .
Hunter 23.5/240 Miami msezerino1 at 5:25am 11.14.11 Smaller Boats 1/1211 I own a Nacra 6.0 catamaran which is an awesome boat; but the truth is that I'm considering moving t
Reedville Fishermans Museum Oyster Roast Roger Long at 4:30am 11.14.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/6512 I was watching a radar target astern as I was nearing my destination in a rare Chesapeake Bay fog.
Hunter 33 Furling main - battens lbd at 8:31pm 11.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 5/2379 Interested to know if anyone can provide performance comparison between vertical battened and non ba
God protects children, drunks, and fools. (1) kpgraci at 8:15pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4955
Speeding up brass polishing njl at 8:13pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2863 I have 12 brass portholes that the PO neglected pretty badly. Today I worked away with a copper wire
Gluing Polyethylene ......................... Ralph Johnstone at 7:40pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 14/7492 I am looking at trying to attach a small 1/2" thick plate to the top of a 3/16" polyethylene potable
Demensions for the main sheet MLampner at 7:33pm 11.13.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1439 Oes anyone know the spec on the main sheet on a hunter 30 from 1977. Mine is in need of replacement.
Battery box? ami342 at 6:35pm 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1813 Hi Folks, Does an Oday 22 owner know where the battery originally was located ? I have a wiring n
Lowering a mast Bill Ellis at 6:03pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/4938 I would like to lower the mast on my 1985 Hunter 25.5. The mast is pinned to the cabin top. By remov
Installing inboaard motor on an O'day 23 AWalker at 5:55pm 11.13.11 Day Sailers 11/3772 I have been toying with the idea of putting an electric motor inboard on my O'Day 23. I ran across a
Mac 25 Electrical acox271929 at 4:50pm 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2072 I have a 1984 Mac 25. Need electrical schematic if someone has one. Thanks, Al Cox
The expanding bunk on the old Hunter 30 rochesterdriver at 4:43pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2178 Yep, it's a 78 model, Cherubini of course. There is no evidence that there was ever any fold out,
Slogging Roger Long at 4:21pm 11.13.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2812
Hunter 340 Mainsheet Replacement broble at 2:37pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1320 I recently purchased a Hunter 340 and on the trip home from San Diego the mainsheet let go. It shatt
Hunter 410 Blower Don Lucas at 1:46pm 11.13.11 Big Boats 3/1141 My 410 has a Blower breaker and there's wires to it. But to date I haven't seen a blower in the boat
H22 asy spi cabbyjprs at 10:43am 11.13.11 Smaller Boats 1/1428 Going 7.5 kts spi, jib and main sail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnvjKhmPQ'feature=youtube_gd
Preparing to Head South From Puerto Montt Sequitur at 10:01am 11.13.11 Big Boats 0/877 I have just added a new post to our blog at: Preparing to Leave Puerto Montt There is a lot of info
All i want for xmas is 40+ feet of water. gabriel.donnelly at 9:04am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1805 My lake is dry, my marina is gone. The Knotty Girl is somewhere out there down the channel couple mi
Sail types - ratio? voltzwgn at 9:02am 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1470 Ok I'm sure the question will give it away but I'm pretty new to sailing at leasrat at more than a c

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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.
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! (1) Parsons at 6:08am 11.11.22 Finally decided to upgrade this to a new generation anchor?
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Scott T-Bird at 6:01am 11.11.22 Wait till you see what was on my bow!
Holding Tank Ventilation Don S/V ILLusion at 5:57am 11.11.22 waste treatment plants will do the same: Same principle, different reason. Sewage treatment plan
Timidly rebedding stanchions Tally Ho at 5:55am 11.11.22
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil JamesG161 at 5:45am 11.11.22 I have seen similar test before. The number one in that test = Brake Fluid. #2 = Deep Creep by SeaF
Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 5:19am 11.11.22 Since bottoms foul anyway, even with antifouling paint, we should be coating the bottom with Teflon
Questions About Bottom Paint cousineddy at 5:13am 11.11.22
Happy Birthday Marines (1) Will Gilmore at 4:57am 11.11.22 210829 Happy birthday Marines. Still going strong. -Will
Mystery O-ring RoyS at 4:36am 11.11.22 You can purchase silicon rubber in sheet form on Amazon and cut a gasket out of that.
Mystery O-ring (4) rgranger at 3:46am 11.11.22

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