Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

I miss it already! Team118 at 11:36am 12.29.10 Catalina 30 4/1746 I can't wait for April, 2011 to get here! I was looking at a few videos I took of my boat this yea
Name The Location (1) aduffE37 at 10:55am 12.29.10 Destinations 38/13843 Lets see if this works. Can you recognise this place?
1987 S2 7.3 - Shopping for a boat rvroamn at 10:31am 12.29.10 S2 3/2567 I'm shopping for a boat and found a 1987 S2 7.3. There is not a lot of information about this model
Main Hatch Leak? Chuck32 at 10:04am 12.29.10 Catalina 30 6/3674 I have a 1987 Catalina 30 and for as long as I've had the boat (~ 20 years) it's been as dry as a bo
Bimini top nauticalrich at 9:49am 12.29.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1795 I have a 1985 31 foot Oday with the sugar scoop. I want to get a bimini top, rail mount and wonder i
It's the simple things... kpgraci at 7:48am 12.29.10 Day Sailers 10/2221 Just put my new sailcovers on - which means no more putting on and taking off the sails every time I
Salon Table Bearing metalman at 4:14am 12.29.10 Big Boats 1/1349 Our 1994 35.5 salon table has a mechanism to allow movement of the height for table use or for bunk
Theft Alert Andy1237 at 7:54pm 12.28.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1920 Our club recently had over 5 shore power cords stolen. While I will be scouring Craig's list and E-
Crowd-Sourced Charts rpwillia at 7:34pm 12.28.10 Ask All Sailors 27/5162 In Cruising World there is an article about Navionics coming out with what they call User Generated
Sail Mods Weasel at 6:42pm 12.28.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2741 This might seem like a stupid question but my curiosity is getting the best of me. We have a roller
Hunter 35 Legend PHRf Ted5610 at 4:38pm 12.28.10 Racing 7/8153 Just bought a 1988 Hunter 35 Legend. Trying to figure out PHRF rating. Winged keel. Our local listin
Keel/metal primer Query seadoggie at 4:20pm 12.28.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1335 Thanks to other postings, I have learned about 3M 5200 to seal up areas on the keel/glass interface.
Davits on a 309 thendel at 3:59pm 12.28.10 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/2594 Hello all, I'm just wondering if anyone has fitted davits to a 309? I'd like to do it (luckily ca
Prop. shaft centering? Joel H. at 3:39pm 12.28.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1704 I recently purchased a 1978 C27 with a atomic 4. Today I attempted to check the Prop. shaft to see
Battened mainsail Jessie Fender at 2:44pm 12.28.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1420 Does anyone have experience with a fully battened mainsail on a Hunter 34, which has the swept-back
standing rigging sternface at 2:41pm 12.28.10 Ask All Sailors 7/3901 I have a tall rig 30 Catalina. It was recently suggested that I adjust the mast by tightening the f
Hunter 34 Windlass possibilities? Jessie Fender at 2:36pm 12.28.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1898 I currently own a 1986 Hunter 34 and I want to install a windlass. As you may know it has a shallow
Musings Regarding External Voltage Regulation (1) Maine Sail at 12:45pm 12.28.10 Musings With Maine Sail 36/54966 Lately there has been a lot of discussion around external vs. internal voltage regulation so I wante
Retractable Keel skipwaite at 10:14am 12.28.10 Pearson 0/1408
Evolution of the H34 Design (1) Ketoj at 9:55am 12.28.10 Big Boats 14/4089 In various topics and threads there has been a good deal of discussion on the evolution of the Hunte

Recent Replies

New to us Hunter 40.5 artboas at 5:19pm 08.08.22 First of all, congrats on figuring out the windlass. In my opinion, you did the right thing by mount
Catalina Fuse Box Stu Jackson at 5:14pm 08.08.22
Cabin water leak Calif. Ted at 5:13pm 08.08.22 On my 320 the forward tank under v-berth is higher and will drain to the rear tank if both valves ar
Rebuild Perkins Diesel jssailem at 5:13pm 08.08.22 That one shouild be decent for a 51 foot boat of say 30,000 pounds displacement. The 4.107 moved my
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor jssailem at 5:08pm 08.08.22
New to us Hunter 40.5 artboas at 5:07pm 08.08.22 I used the Ambassador Marine Trinidad Head Shower Combo with Classic Sprayer. You will also need th
Cabin water leak kappykaplan at 5:06pm 08.08.22 Could the tank have a crack in it?
Mixing elbow cracked. ggrizzard at 5:03pm 08.08.22 If you are asking about the un-install, the existing elbow is attached to the exhaust manifold by a
Two Things Hunter 49 Georgedoyle at 5:01pm 08.08.22 The sheared screw was in a slotted opening on the engine mount foot. I suspect it was loose and was
Mixing elbow cracked. dlochner at 4:58pm 08.08.22 Shouldn't be a big problem. Take a look at HDI marine for a replacement. https://hdimarine.net
Two Things Hunter 49 Georgedoyle at 4:57pm 08.08.22 I checked and tightened everything. One lag would not tighten. It was spinning, so I drilled the hol
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor Rick Webb at 4:48pm 08.08.22 Thanks for the corrections. What do you recommend my boat have? I will be sailing mostly in protec
Raymarine Wind failure artboas at 4:46pm 08.08.22
Two Things Hunter 49 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 4:40pm 08.08.22 Have you checked the tightness of the remaining lags? Perhaps the sheared lag was loose.
Cabin cushions sail sfbay at 4:28pm 08.08.22 Welcome to the forum!! Suggest contacting S2 Sailboat owner who might be interested in them.....do
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 4:19pm 08.08.22 We have discussed the idea of removing the pan. If even possible which is in doubt, what ever happen
Navigation electronics for a trailer sailor rgranger at 4:15pm 08.08.22 I understand most of these systems are not needed for the tried and true sailer who has many hours
Two Things Hunter 49 Georgedoyle at 4:14pm 08.08.22 That what it seems like happened. As I watched the engine while it was put into gear, I could see th
Flush! Tally Ho at 4:02pm 08.08.22 Dear Fellow Sailors, I have a new-to-me boat with a full head and holding tank. Not sure if I nee
Two Things Hunter 49 Tally Ho at 3:58pm 08.08.22 First thing: I finally got around to installing my Gori three blade folding prop and promptly sheer

Contact
About
Terms of Use