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New Anti-boater Federal Bill Rick D at 6:55pm 05.12.11 Sails Call Lounge 27/13140
Raritan Head MLampner at 6:42pm 05.12.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6768 Peggy enjoyed the book and found it helpful. My Hunter 30 has a First generation Compact Raritan He
Lightning Storm seadaddler at 5:59pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 32/8499 You are anchored out for the day or night or out sailing far from port and a lightning storm surroun
Honda 5 HP Water Pump Replacement (19) CaptDon01 at 5:54pm 05.12.11 Catalina 22 3/22466 Many of us have the little Honda BF5, 5 HP 4-stroke outboard on our boats. It's not too difficult t
Unusual High Tides on the upper Chessy Witzend at 5:47pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2832 For the past 2 days we have had very high tides, it's not a full moon, no southerly blow'en, no stor
H26 Mast+Steamer+cables and connectors Chiriqui at 5:40pm 05.12.11 Smaller Boats 9/2827 I dropped the mast today to find out why my neither my mast or steamer lights didn't come on. I'm p
Tohatsu MFS6B Outboard Witzend at 4:24pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/6361 I purchased this outboard from Defender industries at the end of December of 2010. I have maybe 1 ho
Boat Wiring Ducati at 3:34pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2077 Last fall just before haul-out I took photos of all of the wiring connections for the mast. I looks
Clearing the decks Roger Long at 3:00pm 05.12.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/5505 I signed the papers today to sell the business I started in 1986, a quarter of a century ago. That
Almost ready to splash. (4) geehaw at 1:14pm 05.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1523 Well the boats bottom is painted the rest cleaned and shiny. No more white butt when ya sit on her.
Need M-15/5411 Engine for Parts Jimd333 at 12:39pm 05.12.11 Catalina 30 7/2782 I'm rebuilding my M-15 and would really like to find someone who is re-engining and would like to se
Need M-15/5411 Engine for Parts Jimd333 at 12:36pm 05.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/966 Rebuilding my engine and would like to buy an engine for parts...anybody re-engining? Thanks, Jim
Insurance Agreed or ???? rhythmsurfer at 12:08pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 20/5661 Now that we have been pouring more and more money into our "boat on the hill." I have decided to get
Alternator Question? simplicity at 12:00pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4270 I am rewiring some of the electrical in my O'Day 34 and want to know if its a problem to wire my alt
Bareboat in Greece rfrye1 at 11:47am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1524 Considering a bareboat in greece (athens area). Other than Sunsail ' Moorings, does anyone have expe
Moving from the Potomac to the Choctawhatchee dennisp at 11:32am 05.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1338 Moving from the Potomac to the Choctawhatchee for retirement. Plan to bring my Hunter 306 from Alex
no turnbuckle on 9.2A forestay? bugbitten at 11:26am 05.12.11 S2 3/1756 I've recently purchased a '80 9.2A and and working through various issues. Bear with me, as I am new
zee in cedros..... zeehag at 10:53am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2463 with starter failure-- is under repair and will be leaving very soon for cabo and mazatlan--- spot
Furler Fairlead/Bullseye highdesertM26 at 10:19am 05.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1850 Where does everyone mount the first fairlead/bullseye coming out of the furler? I've scoured the in
app for boat movement? bstaff2 at 10:10am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1931 Hi, Does anyone know of an app (Android preferrably) using GPS (or whatever) for sensing an anchor d

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2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 7:33pm 08.18.22 Do you have a picture of the boat sittting on the trailers? I am looking for pictures of the hull
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 7:26pm 08.18.22 First. Do you trailer your boat a lot? The boat sits rigged on its trailer about 50' from a launch
Sailors vs. Stinkpoters Leeward Rail at 7:24pm 08.18.22 ..... and what about librarians? Yay, especially when they have red hair and ride a motorcycle. :
Hood furler circa 1980 SycloneDriver at 7:21pm 08.18.22 Thanks
Rudder Stops JamesG161 at 7:19pm 08.18.22 Anyone know (such as 30 deg, 45 deg). It is set when Rudder/AP was commissioned by the dealer. Th
16A breakers dlochner at 6:54pm 08.18.22 mermike and Dave The picture shows breakers as they are at the back of my DC control panel, I use
16A breakers roadkill1964 at 6:41pm 08.18.22 mermike and Dave The picture shows breakers as they are at the back of my DC control panel, I use t
Raymarine Axiom vs. Axiom + jaysweet at 6:38pm 08.18.22 Seeking comments on wether the Axiom + has a better display and faster processor than the Axiom (or
16A breakers dlochner at 6:32pm 08.18.22 Wow, this stirred up the conversation.... the dc panel (in my nav station) is 12V system to my know
16A breakers roadkill1964 at 6:29pm 08.18.22 Wow, this stirred up the conversation.... the dc panel (in my nav station) is 12V system to my knowl
321 air conditioning install dmdiehl64 at 6:27pm 08.18.22 We slip in Tawas and have AC on our 321 which was installed (presumably) when it existed on the Ches
Sailors vs. Stinkpoters jon hansen at 5:58pm 08.18.22 i've got a 24' formula with a 454 rat block in it. red. name's cherrybomb got a few sailboats, go
New to us Hunter 40.5 (1) smokey73 at 5:53pm 08.18.22 Here is a picture of the radial drive from @JamesG161 repairing his boat. This boat is a different
16A breakers mermike at 5:52pm 08.18.22 Granted there are different types of circuit breakers. Some may be more appropriate for some applic
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks knappytime at 5:46pm 08.18.22 Been up here for over 50 years next year. Never tried one of those big fancy ships with no sails an
Hunter 26/260 Inspection Recommendations rs1sensen at 5:44pm 08.18.22 Good suggestions but would suggest taking someone along that is well versed and experienced looking
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jaysweet at 5:42pm 08.18.22 Some more images from the project. here we opened a hole in the bulkhead. These shots show the eng
Not my mast?? morbidfollower at 5:38pm 08.18.22 Thanks @morbidfollower - I got it up Saturday morning... finally. I used the mainsheet attached to
New to us Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 5:20pm 08.18.22 I don't have an autopilot attached to the wheel - mine is a linear type connected to the rudder. I'
1987 Cat 22: 2-pin OEM Deck Bulb LED replacement Gene Neill at 5:19pm 08.18.22 Right here

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