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Changing toilet Gparker at 4:25pm 09.25.10 Mid-Size Boats 14/5983 I have just purchased a 1983 Hunter 27' and the toilet is leaking around the base. I am a rookie sai
newbie 45ds owner question maneframe at 3:38pm 09.25.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2059 Hi, all.... Just signed a contract on a new 2009 45ds to launch in the spring. Mariner's package, ma
Lazy Jack Question spadaforaj at 2:00pm 09.25.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3732 How well will a lazy jack work with a only partially battened mainsail ? I have a 1981 Hunter 33
Purple Bird Crap Ducati at 12:24pm 09.25.10 Ask All Sailors 27/12113 Looking for suggestions as to what is the best sniper rifle that I can use to pick-off the birds tha
Catalina 18 docking lines and cleats utyak at 11:54am 09.25.10 Smaller Boats 6/3186 Just bought a 2004 Catalina 18. The cleats on the boat are too small to fit the splice of the eye of
Stability Testing David Warren at 10:27am 09.25.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1393 We own ' operate a 1986 Beneteau Idylle 15.5 charter boat in the Virgin Islands. We now need to have
Water tank rotten egg smell Dajupp47 at 9:35am 09.25.10 Big Boats 2/2606 My Catalina 445 is only 1 year old and the freshwater has a rotten egg smell. I live on the Texas c
Bulkhead Burning Peter18006 at 6:59am 09.25.10 Catalina 310 4/2685 I know this was posted in the past, but I had a problem while motoring yesterday and would like to b
Recommended Upgrades H23.5, H24, H26 sea_casper at 6:40am 09.25.10 Smaller Boats 28/7247 Recommended Upgrades H23.5, H240, H26 Since I am moving up to a H33,and selling my H26, I have com
Took the wife moon light sailing last night RECESS at 6:04am 09.25.10 Ask All Sailors 23/5643 That just never gets old. We ended up staying on the boat. It was night removed from being full and
1975 Cherubini 25 whttnbrg at 5:33am 09.25.10 The Cherubini Hunters 13/3093 I have a old 25 that was neglected after Katrina. (before she was mine) The wooden floor is rotten a
Maxwell 14 Winch Beckeresq at 4:46am 09.25.10 Smaller Boats 2/5029 In the process of restoring an 1986 23 WK, and it's missing two Maxwell 14 winch "caps." Anyone kno
cockpit scupper repair Kim Gilbertson at 3:26am 09.25.10 Seafarer 4/5020 I need some advice about repair of the connection between the cockpit scupper and the transom where
boat restoring shawnmerrill at 8:28pm 09.24.10 Chrysler 10/7251 i have a chrysler mutineer i would like to separate the hull from the deck.when i took off the alumi
lacing for sail slugs Bob 04 H260 at 8:14pm 09.24.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2729 on my last boat I had a UK mainsail. It had a line that laced the slugs to the luff up to the first
Four aboard BobM at 7:54pm 09.24.10 S2 0/1224 I took out a coworker, his Sister and two friends. They were great company and I had no problem wit
washer/dryer Capt Andy at 7:44pm 09.24.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2388 We did not get the washer/dryer on our CM-440, Island Time. Now that our cruising days are approachi
Chicken head on a mac 22 brokenfeather at 5:28pm 09.24.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/7011 Have any of you Mac 22 owners ever installed a chicken head on your mast? If so how well did it work
East Coast Florida Favorites? sea_casper at 4:14pm 09.24.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1896 We on our Hunter 33, will be heading to Georgia from Stuart FL on or after Nov 1, We hope the shuttl
Purchasing an 86 Hunter 31 Emerald Lady II at 4:07pm 09.24.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/1739 Hi there, I am considering purchasing an 86 Hunter 31. The engine is a Yanmar Diesel and it's or

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Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware dlochner at 10:48am 07.13.22 It has become common for batteries to have one ?" post and one 5/16" post. Some have 2 ?" posts. No
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? dlochner at 10:39am 07.13.22 Again, if your source of charging is fossil fuel, ( and it is mostly), using an electric motor is n
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race Davidasailor26 at 10:33am 07.13.22 Are you suggesting poling the foresail to the same side as the main (basic broad reach), or vice-v
hunter 23.5 centerboard haul line replacement and how to jack up boat bmorr at 10:32am 07.13.22 Bob, Dave has the right idea. I am facing the same thing and in asking around I have a bus Maintenac
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? dlochner at 10:28am 07.13.22 Your experiment is silly. It says nothing about the greenhouse gas theory, since the bottle is the
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Thaniel at 10:18am 07.13.22 Pleasure craft under 20 feet have to have a max capacity stated on a plate; over 20 feet the calcul
dingy oar length Boomer2it at 10:16am 07.13.22 Look into "drift boat" Oars.
Low battery warning on ev1 autopilot jviss at 10:14am 07.13.22 I have heard that using a square or hex crimp ferrule then clamping the ferrule into the terminal b
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Thaniel at 10:03am 07.13.22 Just checking in to say I'm staying the heck out of this thread. ummmm..... too late.
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? jviss at 10:01am 07.13.22 :poke: Oh boy.... I see this getting moved to the sails call lounge Here goes:dancing: Weather yo
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race stickinthemud57 at 10:00am 07.13.22
Hunter 45DS propeller pitch kappykaplan at 9:56am 07.13.22 Reach out to PYI - PYI Inc. \| Max-Prop Automatic Feathering Propellers
Port flange screws loose odaydokay at 9:50am 07.13.22 If I get the time, which I probably won't. Took 37 years for this "issue" to occur so at age 76 I m
45DS mainsail furling seanmadian at 9:41am 07.13.22 All - As promised, looping back after some experimentation. Although we did not test this in high wi
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... kappykaplan at 9:33am 07.13.22 Saw this on the news this morning - very sad. The article posted by @Scott T-Bird postulated that i
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 07.13.22
Oil Change 18hp Yanmar (1) Tally Ho at 9:17am 07.13.22 I also have a 2GM20F engine. I purchased one of the on Amazon and it includes several different siz
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race markwbird at 9:17am 07.13.22 Generally, off wind is faster up to a point. That point being when the wind is very strong allowing
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race (1) jon hansen at 9:07am 07.13.22 do you want to win races? it's all about the wind speeds on the course. put you vessel in stronger w
Oil Change 18hp Yanmar LynnM at 9:02am 07.13.22 I have the identical engine. Thanks, I'll try several other places. The smallest tube I could find w

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