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roller furling prob marshall lewey at 7:25am 05.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2025 When I pull my jib sail out, the sail will wrap around the front stay. I can back it up some to get
h37 cutter rudder Blaise at 7:00am 05.10.10 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2113 Coming back from Mexico we heard a loud bang, and the rudder left the boat. That left us 240 miles t
roller furling prob marshall lewey at 6:58am 05.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1198 My sail is wraping around the front stay when I try to roll it out. I can back it up a little to get
Rig Tuning Hunter 33.5 Glenn8732 at 5:28am 05.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/5655 I am a new owner of a 1990 Hunter 33.5 and I need some help tuning my rig. My boat went in last wee
Fresh water leak mc2sail at 5:26am 05.10.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1575 I am an owner of a Beneteau 461. I filled my water tanks in preparation for a passage. The bilge p
Fabricating a keel Propnut30 at 5:14am 05.10.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2360 I have been thinking about a way to make a keel and I have an idea that might be marketable. I don't
manual needed for 1990 26 "Classic" barryheath at 9:26pm 05.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2724 I believe the 1990 26 is called the classic after MacGregor redesigned their boats. Mine is a dagger
Leaking Hurst HBW-50 seal garyvanzee at 8:42pm 05.09.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2946 I am hulling my Catalina 28, doing the bottom, and replacing the cutlass bearing. I think my Hurst
Putting pride aside - Novice Question Lpenrose at 8:37pm 05.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2868 We've had our Hunter 25.5 shoal draft for almost a year. I'm gradually getting better at sailing and
Newbie eddyguevara75 at 8:16pm 05.09.10 Catalina 22 11/2173 hello... I'm new to the forum.. Just bought my first sailboat... a catalina 22.. I'll be doing
Talking about roughing it (1) Scott B at 7:15pm 05.09.10 Ask All Sailors 43/6317 I had to chuckle when I saw this, after the interesting discussion on 12v hairdyers and generators..
Skeg Weeping (3) capjules at 6:13pm 05.09.10 Ask All Sailors 14/4695 Skeg Weeping Hello, I have Fantasia 35 Hull 69, year 1980 My skeg is weeping where it joins t
Skeg Weeping (2) capjules at 6:09pm 05.09.10 Fantasia 35 0/448 Hello, I have Fantasia 35 Hull 69, year 1980 My skeg is weeping where it joins the hull just beh
Replacement of the Transmission Cable Rob.bell59 at 5:20pm 05.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1209 I have purchased a 1989 30 ft Hunter and the transmission cable has recently broke at the Clevis at
Cabin Top Winches jorgefife at 5:51pm 05.09.10 The Cherubini Hunters 7/4663 I know I asked a similar question before, but that was how to bed the 2 winches; that I have done, b
H310 - Does my jib look strange? (2) mcaswell at 5:36pm 05.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1683 I've noticed while sailing, my jib seems to be positioned low... the foot of the sail is impinged up
Manual teacher63 at 5:28pm 05.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/966 I also need a manual. I am picking a 1987 Hunter 23, the boat is in NJ. I am desperate for a man
Pure Oceans Ablative reviews? Drifter26 at 5:26pm 05.09.10 Ask All Sailors 2/2136 I'm trying to select an ablative bottom paint that won't break the bank and will keep the slime off
Spare bilge pump/Barlow winch (2) Mitch at 4:59pm 05.09.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2808 Hello all. More questions as usual. I have an electric bilge pump and a hand operated one in the coc
Automatic Bilge pump for 11.0A Spike033 at 4:02pm 05.09.10 S2 4/1625 I bought an 11.0A last July and was told by the surveyor that there was a Bilge pump that he couldn'

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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
Stays/Shrouds Too Short Fix LloydB at 8:45am 06.18.22 Woke up in the middle of the night last night and realized every sailboat does that when you disconn
Selling a Boat Without a Broker dlochner at 8:33am 06.18.22 I've done both, sold with and without a broker. Whether using a broker will work for you depends on
Looking for tubing bender Tedd at 8:18am 06.18.22 All good points, @dLj . The times I've done it I haven't been overly concerned with finish.
Looking for tubing bender dLj at 8:07am 06.18.22 That looks like amazing stuff! It's probably overkill for this application, though. I've done up to

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