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headstay for 23.5 winddarra at 9:11am 05.12.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1166 I may need to buy a new headstay for my Hunter 23.5..... Any suggestions on where to buy? Thanks
BoatU.S Magazine Diesel Engine Myth #2 rardiH36 at 8:52am 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 11/3049 The current issue of BoatU.S. magazine has a very informative article about diesel fuel injectors.
Connecting Batteries andersonjames at 8:45am 05.12.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2110 Good Morning, I have a Hunter 45CC 2006 with the start and the house batteries both being deepcycle
frayed stay winddarra at 8:28am 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 16/5045 Recently when I lowered my mast I noticed my headstay (forestay) has frayed cable at the top. Is t
The Live-Aboard Debate... Looking for a few good opinions! rtdbphoto at 7:49am 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 29/11715 Hello All, I'm currently weighing out all of the pros and cons of living aboard a sailboat. Have f
Hull Liner sagging Michael1964 at 6:17am 05.12.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2827 The vinyl hull liner on my 1997 36s7 is pulling away and sagging. I have tried taping it up, but th
Deckfill in Anchor Locker on 23.5? IndyEd at 5:52am 05.12.10 Smaller Boats 4/1656 I am putting a pressure water system in Saint Somewhere, my 93 23.5, and would like to avoid drillin
Just How Rich Are You? (1) Ctskip at 5:28am 05.12.10 Sails Call Lounge 2/4400 by Jeanine Skowronski Tuesday, May 11, 2010 provided by http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/1
35.5 water tank access captainpat at 5:20am 05.12.10 Big Boats 5/2424 The fresh water tank of the 35.5 is located under the aft 1/2 of the v-berth and is covered by a ply
Ferries John at 2:54am 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 61/10149 I was talking with another sailor who just took a sailing class. He said that they told him that a s
Cockpit scupper 86H23 Mark Major at 1:29am 05.12.10 Smaller Boats 1/1248 Has anyone installed one?
Cockpit cover for h23 lbyonkers at 6:42pm 05.11.10 Smaller Boats 1/1374 Does anyone have a good photo of a cockpit cover for an h23? I want to make one but need some desig
TAK-tenna Brian D at 6:11pm 05.11.10 SSB and Ham Operators 8/13006 I ordered the TAK-tenna last week and it arrived either Thursday or Friday. I assembled the beast on
Catalina 42 Fuel Gauge Dies Sabor! at 4:11pm 05.11.10 Big Boats 3/2615 The fuel gauge on my 1991 Cat 42 just died the other day. Despite being plenty of fuel in the tank,
boom rigging missing grego at 3:56pm 05.11.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1170 after a long winter my mast was bent (thanks for the help ) replaced mast now thr mrigging on the bo
water in tranny galynd at 3:54pm 05.11.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2032 I just purchased a yanmar 3gm30f with a km3p transmission. Since I live in Texas and the purchase c
Wedlock, Ramsay & Whiting Zaren at 3:06pm 05.11.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2649 I used Steve Wedlock for a recent survey and I'm not sure how high the quality of his work was. The
Installing a Head rgranger at 1:53pm 05.11.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3265 Hello I had this post in the "Ask all Sailor" thread and was directed to bring it here.... My orig
How to look like a Giant Smurf! (2) Tom Hoffman at 1:24pm 05.11.10 Trailer Sailors 12/4249 Sand the bottom of an old white sailboat with blue bottom paint. One side done. http://i90.pho
Ladylove's new home. (2) Ed Schenck at 1:00pm 05.11.10 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1758 Finally!! After nine months I actually got to go on my boat. Ladylove is in such a great spot on D

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LiFePo4 Refresh Stu Jackson at 5:26pm 03.10.22 I think I still have one of those Hitachi alternators, the original, gold-painted one that came wit
What are these... Kingjim91 at 4:55pm 03.10.22 Ok in the pics there is some beading made out of a vinyl material and foam or sponge Inside. I have
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL Ward H at 4:46pm 03.10.22 Why is this in the Ask All Sailors forum?
Roller Furler - Prep Kingjim91 at 4:46pm 03.10.22 I always drop my sails for winter storage, even though I usually store the boat mast up. In Wiscons
Roller Furler - Prep dlochner at 4:42pm 03.10.22 I might be wrong, it has happened on a few occasion, but I think the original poster means to load
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 4:36pm 03.10.22 With the old Hitachi alternators the thermistors could only back off the voltage so much. If the LF
3m 4000 Kingjim91 at 4:26pm 03.10.22 Practical Sailor is reporting 3m 4000 is failing after several years. 3m say the product was refor
Roller Furler - Prep fred1diver at 4:15pm 03.10.22 I might be wrong, it has happened on a few occasion, but I think the original poster means to load t
Roller Furler - Prep dlochner at 3:52pm 03.10.22 There is no need in most cases to put the sail on before stepping the mast. In fact, the extra weigh
3m 4000 Hayden Watson at 3:44pm 03.10.22 I used 4000UV last year to bed my new seacock thru-hulls. :banghead::banghead::banghead: I figured
In hull transducer and wax Hayden Watson at 3:22pm 03.10.22
In hull transducer and wax Tally Ho at 3:06pm 03.10.22 I am in the process of installing my third "In the hull" transducer. I have been using the techniq
Roller Furler - Prep Tally Ho at 2:50pm 03.10.22
Houston, we have a Problem - H36 Compression Post (4) chichiflys at 2:50pm 03.10.22 More progress. Was able to cut out the "stump" that was adhered to the keel. Still some cleaning r
Roller Furler - Prep garymalmgren at 2:49pm 03.10.22 Hi Mark. RE: My question: do I need to load the furling jib pre-launch/crane up? The answer is, No
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL rgranger at 2:39pm 03.10.22 Prob has more to do with Cold War politics than ethnicity
Winch Maintenance Tally Ho at 2:36pm 03.10.22 @JRT, what winches do you have on your boat? I have found that they are not all the same. I did a v
Sailboat donation rgranger at 2:36pm 03.10.22
Media --> Supported Album URL's JoeWhite at 2:24pm 03.10.22 Brock, if you are looking for an online album to share your photos and you already have a website ,
Media --> Supported Album URL's Phil Herring at 2:24pm 03.10.22 Hi Brock! Thanks for the suggestion, I can see how that could be pretty cool! One thing we've disco

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