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Sailing To Bahama's seadaddler at 5:17pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1384 Hi all I am leaving for the Bahama's this coming July 5 on a friends 42 Outlander sailboat and do s
H28.5 Cockpit Hatch Rubber Stops 49North at 5:17pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2406 I'm having a hard time locating a source for those little rubber stops on the underside of the lazar
New forum member Don Nevile at 5:05pm 07.01.10 Sirius 21/22 1/2494 I am new to this forum. I have a 1978 Sirius 21, hull name "SLIPPERY WHEN WET". I live in Waterloo
S2 CC ketch 26' hayyous2 at 4:14pm 07.01.10 S2 1/1732 I have found a S2 26' CC factory ketch. Swim platform Extra ports. All hardware matches.. Has anyo
engine instruments jumbyway at 3:05pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1495 The Volvo D55 on our Beneteau 423 only has a tack and oil pressure guage, along with temp, alternato
yamaha outboart howard at 2:38pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2148 I have a yamaha 8hp two cycle. The carb has been rebuilt within the year but i do not use it enough.
Not a big fan of biminis... malyea at 2:01pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1792 ...most of the time. I don't like the cluttered look they present when they're folded back out of
Drowning - Read especially if you have kids. Roger Long at 1:52pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2655 Seeing MaineSail's beautiful photo took me back to my days as father of young children and this item
Racing handicap for H146? tpzahm at 1:35pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1316 Has anyone raced their Hunter 146 in a handicapped race? If so, what was the handicap? (PHRF, Port
O27 suggestions for reinforcing the stanchion backing plates? JonnyQuest at 1:26pm 07.01.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2128 My stanchions for the life lines are pretty are anchored pretty weakly, and any lateral pressure cau
Bow Light replacement? LarryH at 1:24pm 07.01.10 Smaller Boats 3/1472 Has anyone replaced their bowlight? I am wondering where to find a replacement. I also need to repac
New Sensibulb - Even Brighter Than The Last Ones (2) Maine Sail at 1:06pm 07.01.10 Musings With Maine Sail 1/3555 The new Sensibulb, that just began shipping last week, is nearly 40% brighter than the ones I tested
Plastimo roller furler 608-T stx203 at 12:26pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 1/3379 I snapped a section of my Plastimo rollerfurler 608-T and need a replacement. Does anyone know of a
Sailmaker looking for info on Catalina 250 Jib Sam Salter at 10:57am 07.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1693 Looking for info: A customer has given me a 110 furling jib off a 2004/6 Catalina 250 (swing keel)
port hole screens elk at 8:49am 07.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2079 We have a 2006 350 and have always had problems fitting the screens that came with the side ports. T
Looking for Year of Boat ctaylor at 8:38am 07.01.10 Day Sailers 2/1344 I am trying to find the year of my boat. The serial is XDYG2318M79J. Any help would be appreciated.
Hiding the Mac 25 gas tank ffaubert at 7:15am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 31/9909 Hi, Has anyone figured out a way to hide the gas tank on a Mac 25'? I searched the site and fo
Water storage and gray water removal ffaubert at 7:08am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2586 Hi, How do you hook up the galley to supply fresh water and remove gray water? I checked Sum's
Drilling holes in the inside liner ffaubert at 6:55am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1330 Hi, I was wondering if anyone has drilled limber holes from the inside liner to the bilge area in
TP CLOG!!!! part 2, broke the d*** head duality at 5:32am 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2016 ok, good news is i got the clog out by taking the pump out hose to the joker valve elbow. it sucked

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Pop top trouble rogerbalz at 2:16pm 06.18.22 Any pictures of where to clip on the mast?
1994 33.5 Recessed Hood Furling system rubbing Crazy Dave Condon at 1:46pm 06.18.22 Over the years I have seen the rake too far back. I readjusted the tuning like @dsalvail suggested w
Looking for tubing bender jssailem at 1:37pm 06.18.22 I have not had any experience bending SS 316 steel. Found this UK Youtube showing their tube bender.
Looking for tubing bender MikeHoncho at 1:31pm 06.18.22 Interesting thread - I'm actually in the process of rebuilding my old tube bender - it's probably 5
Selling a Boat Without a Broker jssailem at 1:30pm 06.18.22 If a Broker can get more for the boat than you think it is worth, then the Broker is worth his/her c
Knotmeter jssailem at 1:28pm 06.18.22 strong broad reach and surfing down swells, hit almost double hull speed. Good story anyway... :)
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? jssailem at 1:24pm 06.18.22 Note @Epic1969 The suggestion is coming from an armadillo on his back, in the road, with a bottle o
New Catalina 30 Owner (1) mikeracca at 12:16pm 06.18.22 Just a quick update. My fuel gauge arrived from CD and here it is installed! Ok off to put this in
Knotmeter PlaneTom at 10:56am 06.18.22 We dismounted our paddle wheel speed meter because our handheld GPS (and backup) are so much more a
Removing old Thru-Hull ShawnL at 10:37am 06.18.22 Got started today. I sanded the area under the boat where the thru-hull normally is. It's in a bit
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? Rick Webb at 10:28am 06.18.22 Surreptitiously get a line onto one of those Matson ships and let it drag you back to Long Beach or
Selling a Boat Without a Broker capta at 10:25am 06.18.22 Otherwise, brokers serve little more than as a phone answering machine in my view, some not even go
Looking for tubing bender Tedd at 10:16am 06.18.22 @DArcy 's post reminded me of another method I've had some success with. I bought one of the dies fo
Boat Needs A Little Work (1) WayneH at 10:13am 06.18.22 Wait a second.. We have one that just came into our marina. It needs a bit of paint, too. was fixed
Knotmeter DArcy at 9:59am 06.18.22 If you are not racing speed through the water isn't really all that important, SOG from a GPS is. Ra
Looking for tubing bender DArcy at 9:52am 06.18.22 I had to replace some aluminum tubes for my winter cover frame and made a bender out of wood. I doub
Selling a Boat Without a Broker danm1 at 9:28am 06.18.22 I don't use brokers and a feel sorry for the sellers who do when they pay their commissions, but I
Stays/Shrouds Too Short Fix dlochner at 9:10am 06.18.22 Woke up in the middle of the night last night and realized every sailboat does that when you discon
Selling a Boat Without a Broker Don S/V ILLusion at 8:56am 06.18.22 You can pay a broker a nominal fee for a yacht world listing which depending on the amount, might be
Selden in mast furling line drive problem solved Stu Jackson at 8:52am 06.18.22 Nice that you found and shared a solution. Please know that you do not have to post this kind of ma

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