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Winter Storage on The Forked River NJ Loose Ends at 10:01am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1394 Where do you winter store on the Forked River? Do they have any restrictions on doing your own work
336 owners stevestk at 9:58am 09.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1330 I would like to get some feedback from 336 owners. I looked at one over the weekend and liked a lot
O'Day 25 CB questions cb32863 at 8:01am 09.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/6404 I asked a similar question a while back in the Catalina forum but I would like to know similar infor
Boat Yard Rules when on the hard... BillyK at 7:54am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 66/15970 Question about the rules I've just read in one of the boatyards around here that will block sailboat
Battery Installation CCHer at 7:45am 09.26.11 Catalina 310 14/3917 I'm replacing my OEM 4Ds after 7 years-5 with PO and 2 with me. One has failed and the other is prob
Overheated Outboard Motor Neil McDonald at 7:23am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/5011 The water cooling system on my dinghy's quite new 9 horse Yamaha 2 stroke outboard failed and, not a
O'Day 39 Gary Patterson at 6:22am 09.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1184 Good Day O'Day Owners, We have a 83 O'Day 39. Our questions are all about proper mast setup. 1) O
Trickle charge Bill1565 at 5:40am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2938 I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about a post in a battery thread. Post warned against
replacing holding tank Papa Bruce at 5:34am 09.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1277 I have a leak somewhere in my waste water system and am thinking about replacing the tank as the exi
O'Day Outlaw SchwarckT at 4:12am 09.26.11 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/3641 Someone should save this boat 26' O'Day Outlaw sailboat - eastern CT craigslist26' O'Day Outla
Cockpit cushions template neilmcc at 11:39pm 09.25.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1906 My first mate (wife) is determined that we should have cockpit cushions made to fit our Hunter 336.
Future live aboard Missou at 7:50pm 09.25.11 Big Boats 5/2498 Greetings everyone! I started to sail this past June and took ASA 101 and 103 during the summer. M
Holes in the transom - to fill or not to fill therishel at 7:45pm 09.25.11 Trailer Sailors 13/7814 I am the proud owner of a 1972 Balboa 20 that was abandoned for a few years before I got her. The p
Ok here goes hummingbirdbassist at 7:24pm 09.25.11 Irwin 6/3864 I am new to forum and to boating also! With that being said I have really taking a liking to a 73
Polarity Alarm Help Please Steve Liggett at 6:55pm 09.25.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3934 Went to the boat today after about 3 weeks of non use. The guy two boats up says, "there's been str
New Dinghy! merlinuxo at 6:11pm 09.25.11 Trailer Sailors 11/4538 In preperation of cruising my opulant 44 year old, 24' luxury yacht (old boat that keeps me out of t
i put my deposit down today for hunter23 SenecaDaze at 5:55pm 09.25.11 Smaller Boats 12/2369 settled on a boat after extensive shopping about,and have decided on pursuing a 1986 hunter23 viewed
SHroud tension etc.? Zoomie at 5:30pm 09.25.11 Day Sailers 3/1501 So, I was researching shroud and stay tension. I do not have measuring gage nor do I have much exper
Aluminum Window Frame Cat 30 Dana Point Steve at 5:12pm 09.25.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1318 Hello All, The beautiful Catalina 30 I just purchased looks great except the Aluminum frames arou
Galley Sole taylort100 at 3:39pm 09.25.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1275 Skippers - we have a C380 with the grey sort of button finish plastic sole. I think its the same as

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Loose footed main vs bolt roped main kappykaplan at 12:32pm 10.09.22 My main is loose footed - works fine. :beer:
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) Rich Stidger at 12:32pm 10.09.22 blaster is fine, however i switched to kroil and have much better results. Jon- I have used both P
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? kappykaplan at 12:30pm 10.09.22 Double clamp . . .
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) Rich Stidger at 12:30pm 10.09.22 How much room do you have under those bolts? Do you have room to put like a pry bar and put pressur
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 11:58am 10.09.22 The folks at north sail suggested a bungie cord attached to the bow pulpit to hold the block out and
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Leeward Rail at 11:47am 10.09.22 but if hose breaks or separates any cockpit water from rain has potential to cause you major heartb
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Leeward Rail at 11:43am 10.09.22 Is it Ok to leave the valve closed until I can replace that hose? Yes. Keeping that valve closed w
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Leeward Rail at 11:32am 10.09.22 So that hose clamp is below the water level? Yes.
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Steve_Catalina at 11:18am 10.09.22 Just my observation, I can't telling your working on this. The hose should be upgraded, clear plasti
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Jamesiv1 at 11:16am 10.09.22 So that hose clamp is below the water level? It appears that it is - Yes. Here's what happened...
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) dLj at 11:15am 10.09.22 How much room do you have under those bolts? Do you have room to put like a pry bar and put pressure
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Don S/V ILLusion at 11:10am 10.09.22 So that hose clamp is below the water level?
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Leeward Rail at 11:00am 10.09.22 Yes. That is the way it works. The bottom of the hose is below the surface of the water and the en
Installing a Spinnaker jssailem at 10:54am 10.09.22 My bad. I must have sped read the first sentence. Then the repeated reference to "spinnaker" stuck.
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) jssailem at 10:49am 10.09.22 There are all sorts of chemical concoctions to try and dislodge a corroded fastener. I dislike the
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) jssailem at 10:48am 10.09.22 If the bolt is expendable and shaped as you believe, then grinding off the head may let you lift the
Floor Separated From Dinghy - Inflatible MikeHoncho at 10:05am 10.09.22
Tongue Extensions Tedd at 10:00am 10.09.22 @JBP-PA , any idea what your tongue weight is?
Floor Separated From Dinghy - Inflatible capta at 10:00am 10.09.22 Dear Fellow Sailors, Can I use 5200 to glue an inflatable dinghy? Does anyone have a better idea?
Tongue Extensions JBP-PA at 9:47am 10.09.22 The bar is 10 ft, but some of it must remain in the sleeves, if I use all three sleeves, about 5 ft

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