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35.5 seems to tick the boxes jonas (Sueco) at 6:01pm 06.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/468 Having sold all our boats 4-5 years ago, we are getting the itch. Another hole in the water . We liv
Water Line Fitting (1) Tom-in-Annapolis at 3:58pm 06.12.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/841 From my 1986 H34. Is there a common name for this 90 degree fitting? Are they still available. Th
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? ShawnL at 1:27pm 06.12.22 Catalina 22 8/790 I have a '72 Catalina 22 that I've had for just over a year. One of my projects last year before sp
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? jssailem at 11:21am 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 8/2422 As the various Chart Plotter manufactures buy up the providers of custom chart systems (i.e Navionic
Yamaha 30 - prop shaft thrust bearing replacement (2) Blue Horizon at 10:04am 06.12.22 Yamaha 8/2914 I seem to have some bearing noise coming from the prop shaft thrust bearing. I'd like to put a new
Forestay transportation (1) Ihtiandr at 7:52am 06.12.22 Sirius 21/22 6/2029 Hello, Everyone! Who has a good idea how to properly secure forestay with furling roller drum? The f
Grounding two isolated battery banks (1) Hayden Watson at 7:51am 06.12.22 Musings With Maine Sail 28/11371 This is a question about proper grounding of the start and house batteries. Is this the proper conn
Paper Charts Tayana at 5:27am 06.12.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1233
Legend 40.5 Chainplates baycloud at 10:02pm 06.11.22 Big Boats 6/1530 Hey all, how are the chain plates constructed, and how can we (or can we) inspect them? It seems lik
Grand Traverse Bay tips! Epic1969 at 8:20pm 06.11.22 Destinations 8/3313 Looking for any local tips End-July launching from Traverse City area with daughters 13,15 hoping t
Spinnaker use "cruising style" (4) ricksoth at 7:07pm 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 17/2474 I hoisted the spinnaker that came with my Cal 27 today in near zero wind with the tack tied to the a
New jib sail ? Ingram at 5:52pm 06.11.22 Smaller Boats 9/1439 What is the best size for the roller furling jib/genoa sail on a H26 100%, 110%,120% ?
Roller furling issue (3) lsavocchi at 5:51pm 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 18/1845
Stray Current Corrosion Problem BigEasy at 2:30pm 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 31/4186 Apparently, I am having a new corrosion problem. Diver told me this week that my shaft zinc was co
315 Winds & Sails & Heel Angles asalotto at 10:54am 06.11.22 Catalina 310 9/1610 Hello fellow 315 owners! I was sailing yesterday in 10 kts, with slightly reefed main and slightly
Waterline Width CHris F at 8:49am 06.11.22 Ask An Oday Owner 3/889 I am getting a new trailer for my O'Day 20 - does anyone know the waterline width of an O'Day 20. I
Epoxy questions (2) jaysweet at 7:46am 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1779 I have 3 different projects which will require epoxy, and I'd like to save money by just buying one
The Death of a Boat MikeHoncho at 7:07am 06.11.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1081 Qe5-bPiz2wA Happened a couple days ago in Spain. The supply ship had a malfunction and was stuck in
Trying to find source of leak in 23.5 (1) waterman30 at 6:12am 06.11.22 Smaller Boats 4/575 Hi - I found delaminated fiberglass on bulkhead in bow (just aft of sealed flotation foam). I cut so
Balsa in a 1994 Hunter H26 Mergatroid at 6:08am 06.11.22 Trailer Sailors 2/631 I have a 1994 Hunter H26. There is a soft spot to the port side of the mast tabernacle. Is there b

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Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 5:14am 07.27.25
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? colemj at 5:07am 07.27.25 Even on a main halyard, many boats have active masts that will bend as the sail is tensioned or forc
Garmin GPSMap 276C - Worth Keeping? Joe at 5:02am 07.27.25 Hello All, I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig and the PO handed me this device as a "gift".
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Davidasailor26 at 3:45am 07.27.25
Marina Maneuvers Foswick at 2:45am 07.27.25 I think I probably have pulled in stern first. Yeah, I'm very comfortable with the method you desc
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) garymalmgren at 9:55pm 07.26.25 Just to add. With a deck fill, black plastic semi-rigid hose is used as a marker stick. On the initi
Its funny Friday! (3) JamesG161 at 9:30pm 07.26.25 233253 and 233254 finally 233255 Jim... aka Chemical Engineer
Fuel gauge location jssailem at 9:11pm 07.26.25 If you have a plastic tank and can see the fuel in the tank. You can shine a flashlight in to the f
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) garymalmgren at 7:49pm 07.26.25
Fuel gauge location smokey73 at 7:39pm 07.26.25 You might try looking for a mechanical gauge on the top of the tank.
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Seb6226$ at 7:09pm 07.26.25 All works well for some reason since I changed the oil and the filter. Fingers crossed. Thanks to al
Power at ignition On & Off oscar326 at 6:30pm 07.26.25 Hi there, I have a hunter 326 2002, can anyone help? Ignition is in and off with power. When its of
Power at ignition On & Off dlochner at 6:22pm 07.26.25 Is this a Yanmar?
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? dLj at 6:14pm 07.26.25 Say the halyard is tensioned to 1000 pounds. You increase mainsheet tension 200 pounds. The tension
Electrical charging problem DaveJ at 5:33pm 07.26.25 :facepalm:
Its funny Friday! Captain Larry-DH at 4:01pm 07.26.25
Merit 22 owners (2) grumpygiant at 3:54pm 07.26.25 So it begins 1985 merit 23 currently called sqamp thing by my son
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? thinwater at 3:37pm 07.26.25 @thinwater I'm not following exactly. graph on the left hand side of the graph prior to the yield
Catalina 22 Step bolt sadsailor at 3:28pm 07.26.25 Thank You just to be safe I took it to a professional welder he is filling in the hole and then re d
Marina Maneuvers capta at 1:46pm 07.26.25 I think I probably have pulled in stern first. Take your boat to an open slip or dock somewhere and

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