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Hunter 34 Refit - Day 1 (1) brian3820 at 7:09am 10.21.11 Big Boats 5/2185 Hello all. So, day 1 of my repairs and restoration wasn't so great. As many of you know, I have crac
SBO Forum App for Blackberries? BrianW at 6:42am 10.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1793 Any plans for a mobile forum app for Blackberries? BrianW
Minimum Wind for Water Ballasted Hunters BrianW at 6:37am 10.21.11 Smaller Boats 8/2525 What is the minimum wind velocity that you'll leave home to go sailing on your Hunter water-ballaste
rudder on a hunter 22 popping up while underway hellerjo at 9:13pm 10.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1359 On my last sail, I was sailing with reefed main and jib. (approx 20 mi winds) I dropped the main and
Swamping help 1Bandit at 8:43pm 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3306 Hi, I just bought a 1966 16' O'day Widgeon to relearn sailing. I went out with a new friend, and he
9 boats sunk 11 damaged Ken Honeycutt at 8:01pm 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 19/6428 25 foot waves and 60 MPH winds outside the harbor. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/8318580-418/h
Christmas Island windward54 at 6:50pm 10.20.11 SSB and Ham Operators 5/10639 Hey all, Just a head's up. There is a group on Christmas Island doing a DX Expedition. I was abl
Tough day in Milwaukee OdayDave at 6:34pm 10.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1402 http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20111020-wakeup-wind-damage,0,2507641.story Big winds (50-60 mph)
In need of a head kit (1) rgranger at 5:33pm 10.20.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/4917 Hello All I did a thread search for kits and didn't get a hit but I'm certain that what I'm asking
Gulf Crossing Becka Anne at 4:55pm 10.20.11 Catalina 30 4/2130 :redface:We are getting ready to make our first gulf crossing. We will leave from Appalachicola to C
Lowering the mast on a 25.5 Hunter JShaw at 4:48pm 10.20.11 Smaller Boats 0/1303 I am lowering the mast on my 25.5 tomorrow. I have never done this before. I am intending to use the
anchors mgreen at 4:38pm 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3779 I am looking for a good anchor, and i heard, and read, that the "spade" or "sword" are the best. Is
Boat carnage in Chicago! Joel H. at 3:02pm 10.20.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2701 Huge winds tear boats from moorings in Chicago's Monroe Harbor. If I knew how to link I would. Check
Por 15 rognvald at 2:10pm 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1147 Has anyone used Por 15 paint system to paint their engine? Any feeback would be appreciated. Best, R
Parking in Florida djplatt@cogeco.ca at 2:05pm 10.20.11 Trailer Sailors 20/8383 Anyone know where I could park a truck and trailer in Florida for about 3 weeks while I sail the key
Loose footed mainsail Nodak7 at 1:09pm 10.20.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 33/14711 Don, my main is furling so it is loose footed. If I understand the dynamics correctly is light winds
Running Boom Vang to cockpit Sea22 at 12:14pm 10.20.11 Catalina 22 8/4180 I have an '86 boat with the factory boom vang with a built in cleat on the lower fiddle block. I wo
Interactive Marine Forecast Map geoffschultz at 12:11pm 10.20.11 Ask All Sailors 42/8663 I've just finished implementing an interactive marine forecast map at http://www.geoffschultz.org/w
Raising the mast drock10 at 11:14am 10.20.11 Catalina 22 16/3666 Hey there I was wondering if anyone had any tips on maybe raising mast single handedly. Right now I
Pressurized Water On A Small Boat John Stevens at 10:14am 10.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2704 Thought I'd post this if anyone is interested in having pressurized water on their small boat.

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Electric panel dlochner at 7:18pm 09.07.22 Refrigerator does not come on. I think it is an electrical problem, as there appears be power to t
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? Ralph Johnstone at 7:15pm 09.07.22 Considering you didn't mention the year of your boat, you certainly like to live dangerously. Even
Bottom Paints fstbttms at 7:14pm 09.07.22 At my Club we do not use a bottom cleaning diver. We dive on our own boats. So, there's no one to
Practice?? sesmith at 7:14pm 09.07.22 Agree on practicing docking skills. You really can't get too much of that. Until we started cruisi
Electric panel Ralph Johnstone at 7:01pm 09.07.22 as there appears be power to the switch, but compressor does not start. If you have power to the
1987 Cat 22 Transom Scupper Drain Leeward Rail at 6:57pm 09.07.22 Not me! Mine are glassed in. No insert. Oops crap.. Sorry I just remember you going through a lot
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? baycloud at 6:42pm 09.07.22 Interesting. I've scoured the forums and everyone seems to say (for the forward head) to tie the two
Wire mesh size for A/C and engine seawater intake strainers 4Winds at 6:14pm 09.07.22 That sounds about right. I asked 6-8 vendors on ebay selling the shurflo screens and strainers if th
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:14pm 09.07.22 I recall replacing both - i bought a replacement for the long fwd head only after removing the old o
Just a little surface rust Captain Larry-DH at 6:13pm 09.07.22 Also, if you buy the Scandvik nut driver it makes installation and adjustment much easier. I get o
Interesting Smell - 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 Don S/V ILLusion at 6:11pm 09.07.22 All good suggestions, however, it appear this is another phantom thread in which someone asks a ques
Wire mesh size for A/C and engine seawater intake strainers (1) DeniseO30 at 6:05pm 09.07.22 The strainer baskets are actually expensive, it's less expensive to actually buy the whole strainer
Interesting Smell - 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 baycloud at 5:40pm 09.07.22 I've been having some odors and it's very challenging to determine because there can be multiple sou
Electric panel Benny17441 at 5:36pm 09.07.22 Those breakers in the panel are resettable fuses. There should be a main breaker and if you are goi
Holding tank odour (Peggy ?????) baycloud at 5:29pm 09.07.22 I don't have a lot of experience here, but I am working through the same type of problem right now.
Another Auto-Pilot Accident TimFromLI at 4:54pm 09.07.22 4AM? You snooze, you lose.
1987 Cat 22 Transom Scupper Drain (1) Gene Neill at 4:46pm 09.07.22 All the later C22 have the much better aft scupper design. Installing brass tubes is easy if you h
Thinking of downsizing from my H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:28pm 09.07.22 @rgranger Being a dealer for Compac at SML, wind was not as good as the coast. When Warren Luhr
East coast Florida causing spots heritage at 4:21pm 09.07.22 Active Captain is my go to source for anchorages. Garmin bought the rights to Active Captain but ha
Internet entrance test Rick486 at 3:38pm 09.07.22 The other two current uses I abhor are: 1. "awesome" 2. The absolute worst "..he reach out to me..."

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