Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

The Best Charles Charger Retrofit Battery Charger SailJunkie at 11:16am 05.18.22 Catalina 310 11/3498 Hi Gang, So, thanks to my marina, my Charles SP5000 series 2 bank 20 amp charger is cooked. As Cha
Hunter 240 Motor jurovichfa at 10:54am 05.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/882 Hi All, My name's Frank, and I recently purchased my first boat--a 2003 Hunter 240. I believe that
Thru-Hull Stats Plymouth Sailor at 9:49am 05.18.22 Ask All Sailors 62/5232
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 9:19am 05.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1825 Dear Hunter experts, My gear control cable suddenly got sticky after the marina made a service on m
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator adamv at 9:11am 05.18.22 Newport 13/2347 Hi, I recently bought an '84 28 mk2 and trying to figure some basic things out as the survey highlig
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII EdWard3 at 7:34pm 05.17.22 Big Boats 18/3995
Galley Stove Manual EdWard3 at 7:30pm 05.17.22 Big Boats 1/890 Any one have a stove manual for a 2003 36 MKii?
silly question on gas detector (1) sunlover at 4:24pm 05.17.22 Ask All Sailors 23/2870 I was going to install this in the aft cabin which is next to the galley and where the propane line
Free O-rings for 41DS Deck Plate Caps (1) dkinzer at 2:53pm 05.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/483 I removed the O-ring from one of the deck plate caps on our 2007 41DS for inspection and found that
Installing a kicker backplate on a 26M (2) David B. at 1:06pm 05.17.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1568 I'm looking for advice on where to install a kicker backplate. I've included a couple of pictures o
Bottom Paint? RichardSprince at 11:59am 05.17.22 Ask All Sailors 11/2402 Hi, Still in the procewss of buying my boat, pricing out costs. I saw some posts on doing your own
Trailer for a Fin Keel? RichardSprince at 11:52am 05.17.22 Trailer Sailors 8/1910 Hi, Looking at purchasing a Catalina Capri 22 with a fin keel. It's already in the water, and does
MRBF Fuse Required (1) Nichole340 at 11:27am 05.17.22 Ask All Sailors 4/670
34 Hunter install Raritan Hold n' Treat System with Electro Scan and 15 Gallon Tank and Raritan Four Gallon Salt Feed Tank with fetterswr at 11:14am 05.17.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1259 I just purchased the following items Raritan Hold n' Treat System with Electro Scan and 15 Gallon Ta
Asymmetrical spinnaker sheets catch on bow pulpit. (1) Hayden Watson at 8:56am 05.17.22 Ask All Sailors 14/2759 I typically set my Asymmetrical spinnaker sheets to do an outside gybe with the lazy sheet going out
Port hatch on Hunter23 help (3) Billleathen at 8:13am 05.17.22 Trailer Sailors 9/1680
'73 Javelin Rotting Cuddy Floor NeilboBaggins at 7:31am 05.17.22 Day Sailers 4/1227 Hey there O'Day fam. I bought a '73 Javelin last year. All in all it's in pretty good shape but, as
Recommendations for Boom Brake and placement on 2008 Hunter 45 CC jim01749 at 7:12am 05.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/509 Hi, Was hoping someone can offer some advice or thoughts on what is a good boom break for 45 CC and
Is this a terrible idea (1) dannoz at 8:21pm 05.16.22 Ask All Sailors 25/1807 I'm pretty handy and enjoy a good project. I found this on our lake, it's been sitting there over t
Snark Mayflower Restoration Questions Purple Kawasaki at 7:28pm 05.16.22 Trailer Sailors 0/874 I started restoring a Snark Mayflower today. I've found a good amount of info on Snark restoration o

Recent Replies

Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 3:56pm 04.11.25 Barren means batten one day past cataract surgery. I hope your surgery went well! I have heard o
Cheap Fenders ... and I Knew Better dLj at 3:54pm 04.11.25 The most durable long lasting fenders on the cheap are old tires. dj
Daysailer 3 roller furling Sunbird22358 at 3:53pm 04.11.25 Marke14, The Wire-Luff furlers will not work for reefing for a few reasons, the luff-wire does not h
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions shemandr at 3:50pm 04.11.25 Barren means batten one day past cataract surgery.
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? Rick Webb at 3:43pm 04.11.25 I'd use rivets, most likely stainless ones. If you go with machine screws, consider these to drill a
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? thinwater at 3:36pm 04.11.25 True. I'm worried that its such a thin area of threads though. I feel like the expanded rivet wou
Sailing Tender Foswick at 3:04pm 04.11.25 I think I might end up with a nesting design. It is probably the only way I will be able to actually
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? dLj at 2:51pm 04.11.25 They are. They look every bit as good in person as they do in pics. machining and finish is excep
Sailing Tender dLj at 2:41pm 04.11.25 I'd looked at nesting dinghy's years ago and ran across this one that looked quite good. I never did
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? BAD ORCA at 2:37pm 04.11.25 I sometimes find my boat has a minor list to the port side, that is because that's the side I store
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? BAD ORCA at 2:34pm 04.11.25 How many steps will you need? 5 seems would get you up high enough to work with the main sail. Ab
H310 Shoal Keel Bent KenK13623 at 2:33pm 04.11.25 Thanks for all the replies .. I too have OCD CDO ADD ADHD and a couple other tendencies that probabl
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 2:30pm 04.11.25 An additional benefit of having the sailmaker to the boat is to locate spreader patches, and stanch
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? dLj at 2:28pm 04.11.25 ha! i could but i'm a bit of a fastener hoarder. I would just buy like (100 or 200) and have extra
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? jssailem at 2:23pm 04.11.25 How many steps will you need? 5 seems would get you up high enough to work with the main sail.
Alternator Temperature Sensors dlochner at 1:59pm 04.11.25 In addition the cable lengths are much different. The alternator temperature sensor (MC-TS-A) is 5
Sailing Tender azambella at 1:49pm 04.11.25 There are plans for nesting dinghy's that are interesting. Full sized boat. half the space and two
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions shemandr at 1:48pm 04.11.25 An additional benefit of having the sailmaker to the boat is to locate spreader patches, and stanchi
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? BAD ORCA at 1:43pm 04.11.25 Or be a cheap skate like me and simply cut them to a better length... Very easy to do, the biggest
Rivets or machine screws for mast steps? BAD ORCA at 1:38pm 04.11.25 Have you purchased these mast steps already? Looking at their web site, I don't see how long the su

Contact
About
Terms of Use