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Buffalo to Atlantic Capt Andy at 9:50pm 05.14.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1620 I am planning a trip from Great Lakes to the Atlantic, 9/1/2011, via the Erie Canal ' Hudson. Can so
New Boat! (1) FourPoints at 9:01pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1619 Ok, not exactly new, but it is performing like a New One! I just got the new sails from Neil Pryde t
Folding Tiller jimfrankelly at 8:47pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 0/1370 Has anyone put a hinge in the metal tillers used on the Hunter 260 ' 270 models??? Picture would be
Dulce, two week update (13) CharlieCobra at 8:41pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2040 It's been two weeks since we started on Dulce. Here are some shots of the progress. Here's some sho
Hunter 54 two week update (11) CharlieCobra at 8:16pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2019 It's been a long two weeks on the H-54. As you can see the cabin sole is done except for some trim,
New h23 shore power (4) C Jones at 6:28pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 1/1346 Just finished it this week. I used a Square D, 30amp. load center with 2- 120 volt breakers. One 20
Registration numbers "hidden" on boat 1Goldie at 6:13pm 05.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2971 We failed our free safety check because we did not have our registration numbers somewhere inside on
Throttle lever - not controlling engine robfmcc at 5:22pm 05.14.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1937 It seems that my throttle lever isn't controlling the RPMs of the engine, it will put the boat in ge
Mounting a fluxgate compass. Slade at 4:35pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4213 I've got a Raymarine ST40 fluxgate compass. No problem with mounting the display away from interfer
Saturday... (2) Timo42 at 4:09pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1364 5kts off Malibu. Realtime
CAtalina 30 Main Bulkhead replacement ron albert at 4:01pm 05.14.11 Catalina 30 7/7989 Hi all. Anyone ever replaced the main bulkhead on a Catalina 30. Mine is water damaged and cosmeti
Sliding Hatch Cover betzhunter at 3:58pm 05.14.11 Big Boats 7/2449 My boom fell from the line that it was attached to and cracked the hatch cover on my H34. Now i need
ethanol/ stable/ sea foam Chuck Creel at 3:36pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 47/9086 Ahoy all boaters with outboards. I am experiencing a problem that i know others are having with the
transom ladder GarEi at 2:44pm 05.14.11 Pearson 4/2629 All you Pearson 303 owners, I have a question. Stock transom ladder enters the water by 17" one rung
Mast Spreader Help! Falconer at 2:31pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/6319 Proud new owner of a M25. Don't know anything about sailing. Refinishing the boat then starting this
Hunter 23.5 Mast Damage (1) davidb at 2:16pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 12/5837 I was trying to step the mast on my 1995 Hunter 23.5 today, when it twisted of to one side. This to
Mounting solar panels on adustible feet thinwater at 12:57pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 3/3291 Although using studs to make an adjustable mount is hardly a new idea (engines, street lights), I ad
MacGregor 25 Running Rigging from Ebay MidwestMac at 11:29am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2908 I recently purchased a 1985 Mac 25 that is without any of the running rigging. Given that I am n
O'Day 25 trailer question jsachetti at 10:43am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/5166 My O'Day came with a wooden cradle sitting on a flat iron trailer that the previous owner would have
How to buy vessel from LLC? KittyB at 8:40am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3023 Hi, all, We are trying to get some advice on purchasing a boat from an LLC. We reached an agreement

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What's this hole in the shelf for? jdrutten at 8:40am 09.23.22 Is there any chance that the published boat literature might show it as a feature? I tried looking
Invest 98L (1) JamesG161 at 8:32am 09.23.22 As of 1am 9/23/22, the models are in close agreement on TD 9. The steering currents shifted to the
New Boat - 1988 Wing Keel! Zinger88 at 8:24am 09.23.22 He doesn't own a mk2.... Welp...ya can't blame a guy for trying! Thought we had another MkII'er
New Boat - 1988 Wing Keel! ...3TacksontheWater at 8:18am 09.23.22 Zinger88: Thank you for the reply and sorry for the confusion. I do have the New Design, but I did
Hunter 34 Harken Unit 2 Furler Line Size jssailem at 8:02am 09.23.22 My Harken MkIV furler came as a complete system. It included the stanchion kit.
Hunter 34 Harken Unit 2 Furler Line Size jssailem at 8:01am 09.23.22 Just have to know their site. Here is the link. https://www.harken.com/en/shop/mkiv-unit-2/stanchio
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:50am 09.23.22 I'm a bit late getting into this (I was out of town for a week)... After reading all the comments
Hunter 34 Harken Unit 2 Furler Line Size kloudie1 at 7:26am 09.23.22 I just bought a replacement furling line for the same furler. I bought 5/16" low stretch,; I think I
More 26S vs 25: Height above the waterline? stickinthemud57 at 7:22am 09.23.22 You might want to research comfort ratios and S# at the above links. These attempt to predict stabil
More 26S vs 25: Height above the waterline? stickinthemud57 at 7:18am 09.23.22 A quick google search reveals this among several diagrams: http://www.epsails.com/images/rig-meas.g
More 26S vs 25: Height above the waterline? HeelBoy at 7:14am 09.23.22 Look at the P dimensions t What does the P dimension measure? Mast heigh from waterline? Just loo
More 26S vs 25: Height above the waterline? stickinthemud57 at 6:58am 09.23.22 Well, sfbay beat me to it! These photos illustrate how much roomier and accessible the queen berth
More 26S vs 25: Height above the waterline? sail sfbay at 6:53am 09.23.22 Is the 26s Higher on the water than the 25? 26s appears to be higher. Look at the P dimensions to g
Hunter 34 Harken Unit 2 Furler Line Size Ilanortho at 6:35am 09.23.22 Thank you! Where did you find this? I looked on their site.
where to add a second halyard ingramsail at 6:23am 09.23.22 Thanks for the information. Where did you mount it?
Tropical Depression 7 jssailem at 6:23am 09.23.22 Big waves. Fall surfing along the East Coast.... 10meter wave action in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
Tropical Depression 7 (1) JamesG161 at 6:09am 09.23.22 What are you seeing with Fiona now? Very closed central Eye. Bermuda is experiencing 65 mph winds
where to add a second halyard SkookumZac at 6:00am 09.23.22 Yes, you can get the OEM parts from US Spars. Look at the diagrams in the Parts Catalog and find th
Hunter 33, 2015 dLj at 5:09am 09.23.22 Those torque values seem really high. On my Sabre with 1" SS bolts the recommended torque is 90 lbs
H34 Companionway Doors Tally Ho at 4:53am 09.23.22 Very salty looking doors!

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