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rebed chainplates Lake of the woods at 2:13pm 03.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3959 Would someone advise me how and is it a major repair to redo chain-plates on a 26s to stop water lea
Salt water flush AndrewB at 2:00pm 03.30.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3471 Hi We have been in the Bahamas for 4 months and with fresh water costing between $0.10 and $0.80 a g
Norton Yacht Sales service quality? Ivan at 12:43pm 03.30.11 Big Boats 5/1806 A question for all you mid-atlantic sailors: The service at Norton Yacht sales in Deltaville wa
Anchor Scope Illustrated (19) Maine Sail at 10:08am 03.30.11 Musings With Maine Sail 37/15184 Having been asked the question over and over it seems a lot of boaters do not have a good grasp of
Splitting the back stay Sylvain at 10:08am 03.30.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1662 I'm quite annoyed with the back stay on my 33. Its angle on each side of the helm make it difficult
Storage of my O' Day 23 twocreeks at 8:28am 03.30.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1651 Hello! Now that I have the purchase decision behind me, my thoughts turn to how to store the boat pr
GFO Packing Flax for shaft captainpat at 7:40am 03.30.11 Big Boats 3/1409 I want to change to the GFO shaft packing material. The manual of my 426/44 indicates that Hunter us
Help Yer Harbour GreenUp ! Stretch at 7:33am 03.30.11 Sails Call Lounge 2/7155 Local environmentalists are using landscape cloth around creosote and treated dock pilings where he
Stamford CT Starts H.S. Sailing Team Soundbounder at 7:18am 03.30.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1691 At $1,000 per student, the cost is high for a start-up program, though relatively affordable for sai
History of Hunterowners? Stretch at 7:09am 03.30.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/3100 I am curious about the history of this site, is it grown up from an old bbs for sailors ?
Hunterowners Store Navigation Stretch at 7:04am 03.30.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/2527 I was surfing on the store site again When I have found a product and perused it, every time I try
Dropping the mast for repairs- Any suggestions? simpsoned at 7:04am 03.30.11 Newport 1/2340 Have a 78 Newport 30 MK II and have to drop the mast for repairs...I'm not built for scaling it...an
missing cabin window joe graboyes at 6:52am 03.30.11 Parts Search 3/3712 Somehow, the front 1/2 of my port cabin window fell into the water and was lost. I need to repair or
Hunter Vision 32 problems Fredbrillo at 5:42am 03.30.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/17138 Hello everyone, Im considering making an offer on a Hunter 32 Vision and need some advice from so
Vision 32 Pain Points Fredbrillo at 5:31am 03.30.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/13 Im considering purchasing a Vision 32...what are the pain points to look for in this model? Are the
Refinishing Sole Webone at 4:27am 03.30.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3729 I am in the process of sanding and refinishing/replacing the teak/holly sole in my cabin and am curi
What I've learned from Peggie Roger Long at 4:16am 03.30.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/7032 1) A natural vent on a typical sailboat size holding tank will keep the contents sufficiently a
GPS freqs at risk by LightSquared Inc Bill Roosa at 4:02am 03.30.11 Ask All Sailors 19/4959 Apperantly in our rush to ipod, andorid and G5 technology we forgot that there is a limit to how clo
Windows (1) Jkenny13 at 3:38am 03.30.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2305 Hello, I am looking for some advice. I have a 1978 C-27 and the windows are leaking. What have you d
Anyone have the forward stay up as well as a furlow headsail Solace of Freedom at 3:01am 03.30.11 Catalina 22 4/2469 I'm glad to see this forum getting more posts, again, as well. I had been pathetically viewing the B

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Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! rgranger at 7:17pm 08.21.22
Any woodworkers about? Davidasailor26 at 7:15pm 08.21.22 Can you tell if the slots were perfectly straight when the original rails were in place, or do the s
Any woodworkers about? dLj at 7:11pm 08.21.22 The sliding companionway hatch slides against the guides. What is the sliding companionway hatch m
Any woodworkers about? john6206 at 7:11pm 08.21.22 I'm with PaulK on this. Sounds like you have a deflection in the cabin top that was not by design
Any woodworkers about? john6206 at 7:08pm 08.21.22 Teak is not your best wood choice in this application. There are a host of other wood species that
Any woodworkers about? john6206 at 7:07pm 08.21.22 Cut the slot (track) with a guided router bit or table saw with stacked dado blade before you cut t
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Richard19068 at 6:46pm 08.21.22 Hello fellow Captans ! I am a new sailor, and have some questions about sailing. After these few
Any woodworkers about? dLj at 6:46pm 08.21.22 Teak is not your best wood choice in this application. There are a host of other wood species that
Any woodworkers about? DeniseO30 at 6:44pm 08.21.22 Cut the slot (track) with a guided router bit or table saw with stacked dado blade before you cut th
swing keel will not drop on Santana 21 (3) SailorDaveO at 6:38pm 08.21.22 The base of the mast has oxidized and there is a crack in it. Is this normal wear? Would you trust t
Any woodworkers about? berner73 at 6:33pm 08.21.22 "Your description makes it sound like the cabintop is bowed down - cupping to catch water instead o
Any woodworkers about? Ted at 6:02pm 08.21.22 If you bend the wood after the track is cut into it, the track will not be straight. You will end up
Any woodworkers about? Scott T-Bird at 5:59pm 08.21.22 1/4" in 3.5' is barely perceptible. There is no need to steam the wood. It will very readily adapt
Any woodworkers about? PaulK at 5:56pm 08.21.22 Don't quite understand your issue with camber. Generally rails for a sliding hatch run straight fo
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Scott T-Bird at 5:46pm 08.21.22 You don't have to use that gate very often unless you need to remove some slugs to reef or somethi
Radar Repair NYSail at 5:11pm 08.21.22 If it happened right after a storm check the connection at the bottom of the mast where the wire is
Two Things Hunter 49 Georgedoyle at 5:01pm 08.21.22 I got the engine mounts changed. Then I replaced the impeller while it was accessible (it was in gre
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! kappykaplan at 4:59pm 08.21.22 Most men ask when it's already too late. :laugh: Uh, huh!
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Leeward Rail at 4:58pm 08.21.22 You should listen to your wife. :beer: Most men ask when it's already too late. :laugh:
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! kappykaplan at 4:54pm 08.21.22 My wife said I should have posted under a pseudonym. You should listen to your wife. :beer:

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