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Carib1550 Roy10289 at 1:47pm 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1837 Can anyone give me more info about a group or organized fleet of private boats that leave from the V
Recommendations requested - boat covers Bostonian at 1:22pm 09.10.10 Day Sailers 18/7687 I decided to un-hijack BlueRunner's topic about winterizing his H170 (http://forums.hunter.sailboato
Install Foot Blocks On Cockpit Sole to Brace Against While Heeling? (1) rardiH36 at 1:03pm 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 16/7695 I'm pondering about mounting a wooden block or two on my cockpit sole behind the helm so that I and
Head issue sgbridge98 at 12:28pm 09.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1574 Lately, one of the heads (but not the other) on my 2 year old H41 flushes but when clean water comes
Structural Integrity Problem? (3) nemosuit at 12:03pm 09.10.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2701 After I fair and paint the hull on my '78 Mac 22, the intent is to take her through a series of shak
cal vin lynyrd1956 at 11:52am 09.10.10 Cal 1/2516 cal hin My boat has had transom repair and I cannot find the hin- how many digits is it typically?
Power Lines Don Crowther at 11:01am 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3931 Hello Does anyone know the min. height power lines have to be above the high water mark. Or if the
Gasoline treatments Brian Schwerdt at 9:12am 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 12/3147 I have a small 4 stroke outboard kicker which has been giving me trouble all summer. I want to try
Racing Season Alan at 6:30am 09.10.10 Racing 3/2970 So how did your racing season go?? Did you learn more about your boat? What little nuances or
lewmar traveler size Mystic51 at 6:09am 09.10.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1374 I want to do some modifications to the lewmar traveler on my 2004 beneteau 331. What size traveler d
just had to share (1) Chuck Creel at 5:39am 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 19/3967 Sometimes you have to just sit in and enjoy the coffee. Sunrise at horn island
Schaefer Furling - no extensions (3) ukrsindicat at 5:27am 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2706 I have recently purchased a Newport 30. So I took it out and run into some troubles. Long story shor
Deck Plans and Owners drl620 at 5:13am 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1341 Looking for some ideas on where I can pick up a set of plans for a 73 Irwin Ketch I am restoring.
Re-bedding Deck Hardware Ducati at 4:57am 09.10.10 Ask All Sailors 18/7211 This is our first year with our used boat (2006). As far as I know the deck hardware has never been
Jessica in the US.... Joe at 10:51pm 09.09.10 Ask All Sailors 2/2058 Just thought I'd mention that Jessica Watson is in the US now, promoting her book. If you go to her
SailRite Kit and sailcoth for crusiers dee.yeah at 8:29pm 09.09.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2571 Recently I'm looking for info on replacing the sails of my Yamaha Y-25II, and came across SailRite.
Automated Mast-Stepping nemosuit at 8:21pm 09.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/5080 I saw a video about a week ago, that showed what I believe was a Mac26 approaching a low bridge-over
How to keep kids from sliding around in the cockpit & below deck rachelmackenzie at 8:04pm 09.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2302 We have a 1977 27' Hunter. We took our kids (4 and 3) out the other day in a solid 20 kt wind; the
Removing a headliner Duke at 7:50pm 09.09.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1816 I want to do some work on the underside of the deck of my Morgan 32 which is currently hidden by a h
autohelm 4000+ problem John at 7:25pm 09.09.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2134 Over this last weekend, I had a repeat of a problem I'd had before with my Autohelm st4000+ autopilo

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Spinnaker Halyard. Scott T-Bird at 9:57am 07.25.22 That is halyard wrap and the only way to prevent it is to keep the halyard away from the halyard swi
How soon is to soon? Hollyberry at 9:47am 07.25.22 If your interim 'storage' location is remote from where you live, on-the-hard makes more sense once
Stopping engine kappykaplan at 9:44am 07.25.22 I don't think it's a decompression handle - rather a fuel stop handle. I have one that I pull, then
Stopping engine Scott T-Bird at 9:44am 07.25.22 Definitely shut engine down before turning the key. Have you killed the diodes in your alternator y
Sailing with no furling winch tfox2069 at 9:44am 07.25.22 I couldn't find a single device that is all of a ratcheting block with stantion mount and ratchetin
How soon is to soon? Scott T-Bird at 9:39am 07.25.22 In my experience, it doesn't take long to find a suitable boat unless you are extremely picky. So t
How soon is to soon? Scott T-Bird at 9:23am 07.25.22 It's never too soon! It's almost always too late! :biggrin: I don't really understand your intent
stormy chi=mac jon hansen at 9:17am 07.25.22 well, now that j111 is not the winner. not anything. and so it goes:banghead:
How soon is to soon? dlochner at 9:12am 07.25.22 It is never too early to look for the retirement boat. You may start today and find it tomorrow or i
Catalina 380 lift/Davit for Dinghy Scott T-Bird at 9:10am 07.25.22 On a Catalina 30? Or are you sailing a larger boat now? I think the stability of a Catalina 30 wou
Mast Plate Broken Hunter 460 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 9:06am 07.25.22 I would contact SBO for the part. Looks to me like it's made of cast aluminum and cracked due to loa
Sailing with no furling winch baycloud at 8:58am 07.25.22 Why can't you replace that last block with a ratchet block with cam cleat? first change will be a
Mast Plate Broken Hunter 460 Windpilot at 8:36am 07.25.22 Contact Allan at Seatek in long Beach for the part, maybe he can recommend a rigger that can replace
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 8:08am 07.25.22
Lake Montauk SEMPERAVANTI41 at 8:07am 07.25.22 Anchored there many times when I lived in NY. You have to follow a channel when you first enter, the
Hunter 33.5 Roller Furling (2) MBroderick at 7:08am 07.25.22 Originally was a Hood, now a ProFurl - see images below.
Sailing with no furling winch dkinzer at 6:54am 07.25.22 Thanks. That does make sense.
Sailing with no furling winch tfox2069 at 6:50am 07.25.22 I replaced mine with a non-ratcheting block with a cam cleat. I'm interested to know the benefit of
Hunter 33.5 Roller Furling Don Crowther at 6:41am 07.25.22 I have a Hood 810 furler. The name was right on the furler head. Sorry I don't have any pictures of
Valid Insurance ? ? ? ? ? dkinzer at 6:37am 07.25.22 As jssailem noted, Oregon requires a Boater Education Card. Interestingly, Washington state does als

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