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Ratsey taken to task FourPoints at 10:30am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1565 Came across this old newspaper article from 1903 when searching for something else about City Island
Help with measurement of opening port on 40.5 PrincessoftheLake at 10:04am 04.26.11 Big Boats 8/1928 Last year one of our charter guests somehow managed to break the strut that opens the overhead hatch
Footing Off Don Guillette at 9:32am 04.26.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/33726 I get most of the questions that come up on the forum from listers I talk to or from personal emails
Mast Cleanup charles baird at 9:02am 04.26.11 Big Boats 2/1246 My Mast is looking a little ratty with old tape from winter storage and scratches is there a cleaner
Mainsail Dimensions gabriel.donnelly at 8:37am 04.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/3810 Hey anyone know or know where I can get the sail Dimensions online... A guy offered to send me a us
How to stop the sail from binding on a hunter 45 margotlevy@telus.net at 8:36am 04.26.11 Big Boats 5/2257 Hi there anyone got any great input for stopping the sail from binding at the batten points? We just
God forsaken curved port lights for a 1988 hunter legend 45 margotlevy@telus.net at 8:27am 04.26.11 Big Boats 5/2469 Does anyone have a line on the fixed port lights with a curvature to the top quarter for a 1988 Hunt
Conversion from direct discharge to holding tank soric at 7:55am 04.26.11 Catalina 30 3/1830 We are thinking of buying a 1987 Catalina C30 that only has a direct discharge for the head. Has any
edson plastic throttle control jackpot at 7:09am 04.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1364 Does anyone have one of the old plastic throttle controls to sell? Or know where I can get one? Ed
Outboard Remote 26S Miller26S at 7:08am 04.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2971 Does anyone have remote throttle and shift set up in the classic model 26 mac. Getting ready to chan
Electrical Schematic 1992 35.5 mysticrun at 7:03am 04.26.11 Big Boats 4/1697 Hello all. I am going into my first full season with Mystic Run. The former owner created a unique
Pannel Switch for the Beneteau 381 sailortaylor at 7:01am 04.26.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1103 Does anyone know where to get a Carling Switch for the electrical pannel. I need a 34-10 AMP ( blac
Little Squall Line kloudie1 at 6:58am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2075 starting early.. These can come crawling through during the summer but this one is a bit early.. Th
A lovely new bottom (1) PrincessoftheLake at 6:51am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3421 Finally got one good weather day in Bayfield which allowed the completion of Emmanuel's bottom paint
Rigging my old drifter (2) DJN51 at 5:14am 04.26.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/6505 i would like to use on my 23.5 hunter with CDI furler.What I did was removed hanks,added double gro
Key West and Dry Tortugas seadaddler at 4:39am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2183 Still planning to leave am this thursday for Key West /Dry Tortugas and hoping for good weather and
Fitted sheets grandcrew at 4:00am 04.26.11 Big Boats 4/3459 I'm a new boat owner(hunter 38) and while i've seen a number of posts i'm trying to find the best so
Foul Weather + Anti-foul Hull Sanding Ducati at 3:29am 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1609 Very little time before launch and the boat bottom had to be sanded and no better way to wet sand Ba
If it were your choice bad_com_pany at 3:28am 04.26.11 Smaller Boats 28/4512 Am waging the sides on boat upgrades here 1993 23.5h what would you do ? a. new 9.9 fourstroke out
flimsey mast carrier on 1997 M-26X kevinkappler at 1:59am 04.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1439 I just bought a 1997 M-26X and the mast carrier bent even before it got into the water. It was tied

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Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 rajhnsn at 3:43pm 12.29.21 Much to think about. I'm going to the boat on Friday to take a first crack (hopefully not literally
Single handing Will Gilmore at 3:42pm 12.29.21 I usually describe it as feeling like the bass string on a guitar, but yeah, no tunes. Parking lots
catalina 25 red bimini... sail sfbay at 3:37pm 12.29.21 Might use the cloth to make sheet bags or LifeSling cover.
Beached boat on oak island Will Gilmore at 3:34pm 12.29.21 "My friends the Sea was angry that day ..." You remember what happened to Kris Kristofferson when
Bristol 38.8 Fresh Water Cooling System DBG21661 at 3:28pm 12.29.21 Might look at the cooling system diagram in the attached parts list and operator manual attached bu
Beached boat on oak island (4) rgranger at 3:27pm 12.29.21 201319201320 201321
Interstate Trailer Sailing Rick Webb at 3:25pm 12.29.21 Were it me I'd put new bearings in and keep the old ones as spares
Self tailing winches rgranger at 3:13pm 12.29.21 You can purchase beige ceiling liner caps from a good hardware store to cover up the two holes whic
Beached boat on oak island shemandr at 3:02pm 12.29.21 "My friends the Sea was angry that day ..."
Beached boat on oak island BigEasy at 2:53pm 12.29.21 All's well that ends well! Guess that the local law enforcement / beach patrol called Sea Tow to get
Paint looks horrible - contour sanding to look good? jssailem at 2:53pm 12.29.21 Check out https://www.boatworkstoday.com/videos
Engine access Tally Ho at 2:44pm 12.29.21 Greg, you are correct there is room once you remove the engine cover. On the other hand The older a
Engine access Crusty Ol Salt at 2:32pm 12.29.21 Greg, you are correct there is room once you remove the engine cover. On the other hand The older an
Paint looks horrible - contour sanding to look good? sunlover at 2:26pm 12.29.21 What exactly are you painting (hull, non skid, deck)? What paint system are you applying? What prep
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 Charles Erwin at 2:19pm 12.29.21 I have had a PSS installed in my O'day 35 since 2012, and I disagree with both of these points. I
NEED Hunter 25.5 Trailer, Central Texas. sail sfbay at 1:57pm 12.29.21 If you buy that trailer the repair costs appear to be minimal and you will have good functional trai
Beached boat on oak island dlochner at 1:55pm 12.29.21 At some point he lost all of his anchor chain (?????). If you have an all chain rode and if the b
Hatch Lens Replacement Frank H at 1:54pm 12.29.21 Thanks Dave and Ted. I watched the Hatch Masters videos and now have to go to boat to verify my hat
True Internet-worthy WiFi on board dLj at 1:32pm 12.29.21 My ATT phone plan provides unlimited data on the phone (or the iPad) and a 20 Gig cap on hot spots.
Paint looks horrible - contour sanding to look good? sail sfbay at 1:28pm 12.29.21 What exactly are you painting (hull, non skid, deck)? What paint system are you applying? What prep

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