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Knock-off anchors any good? RonRelyea at 1:23pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 32/9090 I'm in the market for a CQR type plow anchor .... and I've seen knock-off CQR "style" anchors for sa
Custom toggles and 3/4 inch turnbuckles steveebryant at 11:57am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2468 I have a Hunter 30. There is a headsail furler well in the bow of the boat. I have purchased a new H
Laptop GPS Compatibility MKirk51 at 11:35am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 22/4700 I'm gonna be getting a laptop, GPS and road navigation software real soon. I'm on the hard so I'll h
Any Artists out there? codfather at 9:21am 12.09.09 Sails Call Lounge 16/5973 My wife and I are both artists. I was wondering if there are others on this site that are into doing
Cutlass bearing replacement chrisericson at 8:59am 12.09.09 Ericson 0/1868 Has anyone had experience replacing the cutlass bearing on an Ericson 29 ?
Continued Autopilot Woes... Levin at 8:25am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1902 Hello everyone... Seems I can never get away from Autopilot woes. I had all kinds of problems wit
I've been hit ! Pat T at 8:15am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2868 The boat is alll put away for winter on cradle, custom cover on, batteries disconnected ' charged, e
fixing a teak hatch... Valentina at 7:32am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1545 Hey there sailors. As my winter project I am fixing up a sliding companionway hatch on E27 It is mad
sailing schools jimmyp at 5:43am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1632 I plan to take my family to St. Petersberg, Fla for the holidays. I plan to enroll them into a sail
Tampa to the Keys IrishLunaSea at 4:40am 12.09.09 Smaller Boats 13/11394 Hello, I am sailing my 23.5 out of Tampa Bay and plan to head to the keys for a few weeks at Christm
Sailing fast with instruments Quoddy at 4:13am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 27/5372 Does wind instrumentation help you sail faster? If so, how?
Id Decals For Tools BroadReach at 10:53pm 12.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1647 Over the summer months I had several problems on my Hunter Legend 35 that require my metric and SAE
How Far Offshore Single-Handed???? Sumner at 7:59pm 12.08.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3482 Just interested in knowing if any of you have sailed single-handed off-shore: 25-50 miles? 50-10
Taking a poll...changing bulbs in the mast BobM at 6:56pm 12.08.09 Ask All Sailors 22/6131 At some time in your life you will be faced with a mast light failure. In a discussion elsewhere I
Change in prop pitch BobM at 6:49pm 12.08.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2754 Will going from a 16RH9 to a 16RH12 pitch be a significant change? The later is a folding Martec an
Boom Vang Bale sightline at 6:34pm 12.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2412 How far from the mast is the Boom Vang Bale attached to the boom?
Electrosense tank monitor YorkshireLad at 5:53pm 12.08.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/3771 I am getting around to replacing the holding tank on my h40.5. No leak yet, but from what I read, i
New-sail prices jcherubini at 5:35pm 12.08.09 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2526 Is it me; or are the Doyle prices on the HOW sail loft/chandlery WAY higher than Sail Warehouse and
25 O'Day 1979 stern port side access boards huffwahoo at 4:30pm 12.08.09 Day Sailers 4/1726 I recently purchased a 1979, 25 Oday, centerboard configuration that I am in the process of restorin
water pump alans at 4:09pm 12.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1570 hi, i have a yanmar 2gm20f, noticed my water pump dripping. would you recommend a rebuilding kit or

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Active Solar Vents for original Bomar hatches - Recommendations? sail sfbay at 12:45pm 08.21.21 Same subject came up on this recent thread and post #5 seems to be the one folks like the best Repla
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. (1) kloudie1 at 12:43pm 08.21.21 The "jack line" allows the sail to be reefed/lowered without opening the mast track gate . Without t
Replace Dorade with Solar Vent (1) sail sfbay at 12:39pm 08.21.21 Do those move more air than the pitiful little PVC ones? Do not know.......they just look good vs.
SELF TAILING WINCH ARM DIRECTION (1) Sailfanatic at 12:20pm 08.21.21 That piece is called named the feeder arm. It's purpose is, as the sheet is winched, to extract the
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues (1) Nodak7 at 12:01pm 08.21.21 I'm about to embark on doing PM on mine (2007 H38 saltwater boat). It is currently working fine, b
Making use floor grid space H34 (&others DeniseO30 at 11:59am 08.21.21 Kloudie thank you! I can see now the bilge is much larger than I thought! but of course the plywood
What do you do while stuck awaiting outside repairs? BigEasy at 11:54am 08.21.21 John, Good luck with the window leak, I just finished a major project to replace a fixed skyli
Using a trolling motor on small boat Murgatroid at 11:52am 08.21.21 Hi, all. After years of sailing medium-sized Hunters (sold my last of those after a move a few year
Oceanis 37: leaking Volvo Stern Gland shaft seal when engine is running BigEasy at 11:46am 08.21.21 Rob, Out of balance prop shaft, prop, coupling would all cause excessive shaft vibration; same as
SELF TAILING WINCH ARM DIRECTION twodzusfittings at 10:47am 08.21.21 Yes, the question is regarding the arm's orientation
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues flightlead404 at 10:46am 08.21.21 I'm about to embark on doing PM on mine (2007 H38 saltwater boat). It is currently working fine, bu
Replace Dorade with Solar Vent flightlead404 at 10:43am 08.21.21 ramoore.......a little off the OP's topic but thought I would share that I purchased 2 highly polis
Best of Luck kloudie1 at 10:19am 08.21.21 Since the storms aren't rare here on the gulf coast, I usually get an e mail at the beginning of the
Leaking Volvo Stern Gland shaft seal/Yanmar 3YM30 Rob Heath at 9:49am 08.21.21 Thanks for the ideas...it has been burped and greased, and it isn't the caulking. Has anyone any exp
Best of Luck JamesG161 at 9:40am 08.21.21 email to advise me of their claim departmenty contact as a result of the impending storm. That's a
Best of Luck Don S/V ILLusion at 9:38am 08.21.21 Interestingly enough, my marine boat insurer, Chubb, just send me an email to advise me of their cl
SELF TAILING WINCH ARM DIRECTION Davidasailor26 at 9:35am 08.21.21 The arms on our jib sheet winches are at 6:00. On the port winch that conveniently brings the bitter
Best of Luck sail sfbay at 9:29am 08.21.21 Interestingly enough, my marine boat insurer, Chubb, just send me an email to advise me of their cla
Beneteau courtesy light controller Davidasailor26 at 9:29am 08.21.21
What do you do while stuck awaiting outside repairs? sail sfbay at 9:16am 08.21.21 I am currently waiting on 4 custom stainless steel portlights from Taiwan and expect to receive them

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