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Adding pumpout and Uniseal port (1) mike75bug at 10:10am 01.18.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/5255 I am working on getting my boat ready for this summer and need to update my sanitation system. Curr
Best Handheld GPS? r.oril at 9:18am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3244 Searching the site, I see the Garmin GPSMAP 76 (CSX) as the choice of many. I would like to buy a u
winter cover rich5665 at 9:00am 01.18.11 Pearson 1/1805 Hi I am a new pearson owner, 7-10, and was wondering if there is anyone who knows about a winter cov
272LE Running Rigging Captn Mapache at 8:34am 01.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1710 Does anyone know the length of the original furler line on a 1987 O Day 272LE with the original furl
Using Garmin Forerunner for boatspeed mark_swart at 8:21am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1843 I live in salt water and my knotmeter transducer fouls due to growth. Cleaning it is a pain and I'm
Winter on the middle Cheasapeake Bay (10) Ian McGain at 7:43am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2067 couple of pictures at Tolchester Marina Eastern shore Maryland
Sumners Anchor sail walt at 7:11am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 36/5392
Mac 26M CDI furler bottom clevis pin size Billiam at 6:49am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1619 I lost the clevis pin that attached my CDI flexible furler to my boat. When I went to my supply box,
Google Earth Fun - Too Cool. Roger Long at 6:37am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2002 As we learned in the SPOT thread (after a little thread drift), it's possible to have Google Earth f
Proper way to climb the rigging. Roger Long at 5:50am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3200 Note that the hands are gripping the shrouds and not the ratline battens. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.n
water pump inlet fitting to engine block rmouton at 5:39am 01.18.11 Irwin 0/2136 as you all know , when it comes to building an engine , most manufacturers do not know what anti- si
Propane cylinder prroots at 5:26am 01.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6711 I'm purchasing a Beneteau 411 which comes with a single 10# propane cylinder. The compartment has ro
yanmar 3qm30 engine rmouton at 5:13am 01.18.11 Irwin 0/2616 as the new owner of 40' citation, this has been a learning curve when it comes to this engine.it see
Negative battery switch prroots at 2:20am 01.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/4813 I'm purchasing a 2001 Beneteau 411. There are 3 battery switches corresponding to start, house, and
New to sailing, need to rig my sails baxonlakewinnie at 2:16am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2334 Hello, New to sailing with a Macgregor 25 covered for the winter in my driveway. I'm finding lots
O'Day 22 lifelines pfschmid at 1:44am 01.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2772 I am purchasing a '76 O'Day 22 and would like to install lifelines that will run from the bow pulpit
surfing and posting and pictures night mare steveebryant at 10:38pm 01.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1330 I can't seem to load a picture for my profile and don't know why; I know the pic I am trying to post
How do others hold/weigh down edge of mosquito net? Cruiser1 at 8:06pm 01.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/15346 I have purchase a mosquito net 200L x 80W x 150H to go over the top of the pop top on "Myuna". Figur
Watermakers Gin's CL at 6:05pm 01.17.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1412 Has anyone installed a watermaker in a Hunter 290? If so, where did you mount it and what brand of
Replace Sails for H31 1984 Jorge Ojeda at 6:01pm 01.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1596 I need to change my sails (main and genova) any advice and place to buy it be apreciated. Regars.

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On the hard liveaboard or storage locations with boat ramps SW Florida so we can launch/sail during the season... Partners? juggler at 6:24pm 08.17.22 Thanks
New to us Hunter 40.5 (1) SV Maverick at 5:33pm 08.17.22 Thanks Smokey. Baycloud, If you notice hysteresis (due to a loose chain) which could lead to hunting
Going to Rio jviss at 5:23pm 08.17.22 Thanks for the update!
European boat owners: Tell me about your holding tank fitting Tedd at 5:14pm 08.17.22 Thanks, @Peggie Hall HeadMistress . I'd like to avoid the push-and-hold kind, but it's a good option
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks knappytime at 5:13pm 08.17.22 Thanks "sail sfbay". Totally agree with that process. Small wrinkle just now as I'm in Alaska and
On the hard liveaboard or storage locations with boat ramps SW Florida so we can launch/sail during the season... Partners? ggrizzard at 5:03pm 08.17.22 Your post mentions two problems. 1. In SW Florida. Not that many "dry" storage yards for sail boats
Going to Rio (2) DArcy at 4:57pm 08.17.22 CORK racing was a bit challenging for Branwen, she was working on pushing the start line to avoid th
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks sail sfbay at 4:41pm 08.17.22 Welcome to the forum!! Look to see if there is s manufacturer name and size on it. Then go online a
Air Pax circuit breaker (2) JHorr at 4:37pm 08.17.22 I found the problem. After removing the cover on the breaker aft in front of the shore power transom
European boat owners: Tell me about your holding tank fitting Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 4:35pm 08.17.22 This one should work in any deck pumpout fitting, metric or otherwise and will mate up with any dock
European boat owners: Tell me about your holding tank fitting (1) sail sfbay at 4:34pm 08.17.22 Congrats on your new sailboat!! Please post a photo of what you are trying to find. Is it a pumpout
Protecting My House Batteries in the Winter Davidasailor26 at 4:33pm 08.17.22 Also be sure to throughly clean the top of the batteries so that there is no film of electrolyte to
European boat owners: Tell me about your holding tank fitting Ralph Johnstone at 4:32pm 08.17.22 Do you have a thread gauge ?
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Ralph Johnstone at 4:24pm 08.17.22 Hi @robm and welcome to the site. Your write up is excellent compared to the usual "my boat don't f
Shipping a 22 overseas ? sail sfbay at 3:48pm 08.17.22 Not a 22, but quoted prices to ship my Hunter 386 from California to Southhampton, England in 2015 w
New to us Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 3:35pm 08.17.22 Hey Maverick, how did you access the steering wheel chain? I've been wanting to check/tighten mine.
Shipping a 22 overseas ? Rltgold at 3:24pm 08.17.22 Lakeshark, You might be up to something ! Maybe I could join a 22 racing group and when they ship a
New method to wash boat Calif. Ted at 3:17pm 08.17.22 Due to the water shortage in the west, temporarily unavailable. I was thinking we should all order
Shipping a 22 overseas ? LakeShark at 3:15pm 08.17.22 There must be a way that works somehow. After all they ship Lasers, Wasp's and other smaller race b
Protecting My House Batteries in the Winter Rich Stidger at 3:10pm 08.17.22 Also be sure to throughly clean the top of the batteries so that there is no film of electrolyte to

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