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Bow Hatch Lubberdink at 1:03pm 06.05.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1513 I'm a newbie to cabin sailboats (wife and I have a 16' Skipper Snipe but too much work for us old fo
What size spinnaker? Coxie at 12:17pm 06.05.10 Catalina 22 0/52 :confused: What size is a sys. spinnaker for a C22. Do you go by I ' J dim. ? Where do I start? Also
troble with propane stove James Boss at 11:57am 06.05.10 Ask All Sailors 10/2948 I have a Hunter 326 with a propane stove/oven. The system has a regulator and solenoid. When I turn
H35 LEGEND - mainsail/bimini problem Darryl at 11:34am 06.05.10 Big Boats 6/1955 Our boat has a doger and bimini set up on it from the previous owner. The bimini is 68" clear to the
Replacement faucets for heads (3) Vegas at 11:01am 06.05.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2061 I've never liked the faucets in my two heads on my 1992 38s5. Water would always run down the faucet
Re: Bringing pressurized water aboard at a Marina? Fittings, Ideas, Sources, Photos, Plans? Your Mod abk at 10:27am 06.05.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1284 It's me again... Got a nice slip for a month and I was wondering for help on being able to bring o
Input re: Marina water fittings for pressurized water... abk at 10:04am 06.05.10 Ask All Sailors 21/5640 Got a nice slip for a month and I was wondering for help on being able to bring on board water suppl
weep holes in engine space under engine DrTinyToo at 9:29am 06.05.10 Big Boats 1/1300 I have a 2000 Hunter 450 Passage. Occasionally, water gets into the engine room (most recently by wa
Traveler Question... (4) Sumner at 9:22am 06.05.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1619 I thought I would start a new thread for this question. Take a look at the following pictures and wh
Anyone gone aloft on H260? zigracer at 7:52am 06.05.10 Smaller Boats 6/1560 Has anyone gone aloft on their H260? I stepped the mast the other day and then noticed that I screw
Finger's crossed...hope to get to the boat Sunday. BobM at 6:59am 06.05.10 S2 5/1805 Whew...it has been a busy spring. I haven't seen Triple Play in two months. While I did refinish t
23.5 Bimini Bill Jones at 6:46am 06.05.10 Smaller Boats 2/1587 I'm getting ready to head to the lake to install my new bimini (purchased from Ameriseam for a 19996
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser BobM at 6:43am 06.05.10 Ask All Sailors 9/3547 I picked up a few dirty marks on the new main sail and thought that a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser might b
New sails sandpiper10471 at 5:20am 06.05.10 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1132 Just put on my new Lee sails. Haven't tried them yet but they sure do look shiny, white and slippery
another ob thread piedpiperIII at 4:23am 06.05.10 Catalina 22 6/1743 I have a newer nissan 6hp four stroke on my c22 and it runs great bot the mount on my boat "which se
Need to find the lenght of my 22 foot boom!! Help! gman555 at 9:53pm 06.04.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1853 Hey guys! I just got an oday 22 but the old girl needs a boom. Ive been looking around the net at si
Leak at shaft ukrsindicat at 8:44pm 06.04.10 Newport 2/2651 I am on the market to buy a boat. I had zeroed on this 1968 Newport 30'. As you can imaging I am ver
25.5 pop top questions Shane82 at 7:28pm 06.04.10 Smaller Boats 3/1795 1984 Hunter 25.5 "Daydreamer" So I did some searching around and found out the two holes o
Red bow light not working RECESS at 7:10pm 06.04.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2871 I noticed my red bow light out. So I opened both of them and swapped bulbs to see if it was the bulb
1987 Hunter 23, replacing rigging and lines... bill h. at 4:59pm 06.04.10 Smaller Boats 4/2558 I need to replace my mainsheet, topping lift line, reef line and main and jib halyards. After 23 ye

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'73 Javelin Rotting Cuddy Floor RaleighRancher at 12:43pm 05.21.22 I replaced the cuddy floor on my '74 several years ago. Two triangles of plywood, meeting in the mid
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 12:40pm 05.21.22 Be aware, on some older Hunters, the factory laid some wires that transited the liner/cabin top wit
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 12:38pm 05.21.22 Take this opportunity to use those wires as a messenger and replace the black wires with whatever c
Topping Lift HC37 ggrizzard at 12:37pm 05.21.22 I found a thread with diagrams on this topic that the OP may find helpful' https://www.skippertips.c
Transferring from Blaine to Everett Terry Cox at 12:16pm 05.21.22 Terry, Sometimes I wonder if we are becoming "Cruising the Ditch" enablers. I sure enjoy the route
eenie, meenie, minie, moe ggrizzard at 12:08pm 05.21.22 Be aware, on some older Hunters, the factory laid some wires that transited the liner/cabin top with
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 12:07pm 05.21.22 Your boat was built in Britain? I think the hull came from US but the rest was commissioned here i
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA Stu Jackson at 11:57am 05.21.22 the number of miles we can reasonably expect to cover in 8 to 10 hours per day How fast does your
Fresh/Black Water Tally Ho at 11:54am 05.21.22
Fresh/Black Water Stu Jackson at 11:51am 05.21.22 https://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Selecting-a-Sanitation-System
Life Jacket recommendations mermike at 11:44am 05.21.22 We have the West Marine inflatables on board but the weight was all on the back of my neck and becam
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Tally Ho at 11:41am 05.21.22 if You have some wire, you can connect it to one of the 2 wires at the base of the mast, then lay it
Thru-Hull Stats Tally Ho at 11:30am 05.21.22 These days I thought "grey water" was supposed to go into a holding tank as well as "black water"
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA Crazy Dave Condon at 11:10am 05.21.22 As a kid, I use to fish off the pier and Coast Guard Station
Vacation from a live aboard capta at 10:50am 05.21.22 If you want to be certain your boat will be there, unharmed. when you return, HAUL IT OUT! Covid sho
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA BroncoJohn at 10:49am 05.21.22 Be aware if you go upriver under the York River Bridge, on the left or south side of the river is Y
eenie, meenie, minie, moe capta at 10:45am 05.21.22 Take this opportunity to use those wires as a messenger and replace the black wires with whatever co
Thru-Hull Stats capta at 10:41am 05.21.22 Interesting. All my sinks drain below th e waterline. Of course all direct discharge does also (whe
Help replacing sheave divider on a Hunter 26 RBryn at 10:36am 05.21.22 It's mounted to the base of the mast. No perforations. We'll see about the other issues you mentione
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 10:28am 05.21.22 Clean the insulation. One of the black wires may be a very dirty red on. Thanks but both black

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