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2 blade vs 3 blade prop Roger F at 2:43pm 11.19.09 Mid-Size Boats 12/4811 Hi - I currently have a 2 blade prop. Just realized pitch was off and in process of having that fixe
newbie- bottom paint? digitek718 at 2:32pm 11.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1397 just pulled my oday 25 cb out of the water today...not sure the condition of the bottom paint..how d
2 blade vs 3 blade prop? Roger F at 2:28pm 11.19.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/2 I have an H306 with a 2 blade prop. I have since found that the pitch was off a bit. I am consider
Beerfort Scale Roger Long at 1:34pm 11.19.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1533 Finally! A wind force scale modern sailors can use. Force 0: Sails hanging limp. Tiller tends itse
Anyone have any experience with Somers Cove, Crisfield MD? Ron S at 1:32pm 11.19.09 Destinations 1/3192 Hi, Just wondering if anyone has ever used Somers Cove in Crisfield MD? Thinking of putting a li
Hunter 212 cracks Chris Russ at 1:28pm 11.19.09 Smaller Boats 4/10797 I have a Hunter 212 that was manufactured in 2002. This boat developed cracks on the deck/cabin area
Bottom of wing keel on H23 RobertG-NJ at 10:56am 11.19.09 Smaller Boats 3/1688 This forum is great and I have read many helpful comments on the H23, among the tops being mast rais
New Head lakewash at 10:30am 11.19.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/2849 Presently I have a manual head that I am considering replacing with either an electric or vacu-flush
H23 V-berth shelves RobertG-NJ at 10:06am 11.19.09 Smaller Boats 2/1351 Does anyone know if the glassed plywood shelved in the V-berth of an H23 have any structural functio
Seeking info on previously owned Daysailer mateoyjeri@gmail.com at 9:35am 11.19.09 Day Sailers 0/1285 We owned the daysailer that was in the film Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation. We bought it through an ad
Looking for an LED replacement Sailm8 at 8:42am 11.19.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3013 This is for a dome light in a Hunter 29.5. The replacement bulb is a number 912 and the fixture is
Best sailing lake in the South east and why. biorapper at 7:16am 11.19.09 Ask All Sailors 3/5033 I have sailed most of the larger lakes of the s.e. Just curious what lakes are sailors favorite and
Need roller furling system for Catalina 30 BVIBOB at 6:04am 11.19.09 Catalina 30 0/28 Need roller furling system for Catalina 30. Please e-mail bvibob@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Alden Pearson Countess 44 Capitan Alan at 5:28am 11.19.09 Pearson 1/5779 Hi! If anyone knows where Peason bought the hull portlights for the Countess 44 (1965) I would sure
Cutlass Bearing ontheroadgiv at 4:32am 11.19.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/1732 Ok....I have the new bearings for the rudder...by the way...the shaft for the rudder is fiberglass!!
Mac 22 in shallow lake kbates at 4:17am 11.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2252 I live on a shallow lake 5-7 foot, 1100 acres with some weed,not to surface. Can I sail a Mac 22 wit
Engine Doghouse Wire Keeper truckman at 8:46pm 11.18.09 Catalina 310 2/1648 Does anyone have a fix for the engine doghouse wire. I would like to come up with something that is
Peak a poo Pat at 7:06pm 11.18.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/3248 Have you noticed it takes a long time to ask a head question. Last July we noticed sewage dripping
making a boom crutch for a hunter 22 declan at 6:44pm 11.18.09 Smaller Boats 1/1574 Does anyone out there know where to buy a boom crutch. If I cant buy one I guess I will attempt to
oday 27 pics Eric1991 at 5:44pm 11.18.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1551 I have an oday 27 the model that has the galley forward..i cant find many pics of that style and was

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Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. (1) Brian M H23 at 9:25am 08.18.21 197301
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Brian M H23 at 9:21am 08.18.21 This is not a water ballast boat but a wing keel fixed boat. The first 10 boats was a swing keel w
Hunter 420 Passage trip on the ICW geek_guy at 8:48am 08.18.21 As I stated on an earlier post. We just came up from Marathon to Port Canaveral and all the bridges
Need source for boat plumbing parts Dr. D at 8:20am 08.18.21 After examining all the plumbing again, I'm going the simpler route. The sink drain hose is too shor
Dish Soap Rinsing Cat 310 #1 in GA at 8:04am 08.18.21 On all my other boats, I did as Rich did and had a raw water pump to the sink for washing dishes. I
Beneteau 361 new owner JamesG161 at 7:53am 08.18.21 D. Any info on changing batteries to lithium Make sure your Battery Charger can be set to Lithium
Beneteau 361 new owner JamesG161 at 7:50am 08.18.21 Mine is Z-Spars and the label is on the boom. Jim...
Border Crossing Into BC Tedd at 7:36am 08.18.21 Now we need to get the border working in the other direction!
Wooden shemandr at 7:35am 08.18.21 . ...Based on the small photo, what is there appears to be hexagonal ? I am guessing that that is s
Wooden Tedd at 7:11am 08.18.21 Do they still do that project with new machinists ? I had a machinist working for me who trained i
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues (5) Nodak7 at 7:10am 08.18.21 OK! Just wanted to give you all a heads up regarding the windlass! After researching the cost of a n
Beneteau 361 new owner (1) sail sfbay at 7:10am 08.18.21 Does the inmast furler look like the one in the photo below? If it is it is a US Spar (part of Z-Sp
Catalina 25 trailer help. Project_Mayhem at 7:07am 08.18.21 I thought there was some info in the owner resources but I stumbled upon this when looking for it Ca
Anemometer repair upper Barnagate bay sail sfbay at 7:02am 08.18.21 Might climb the mast and check the connection first. Friend's anemometer recenly became unplugged so
Beneteau 361 new owner RitSim at 7:01am 08.18.21 Mast could also be US Spars. Typically has a adhesive tag on the mast base or on the boom.
Dish Soap Rinsing Project_Mayhem at 6:55am 08.18.21 The frying pans and pots are the problem Learn to season your pots and pans just like you would sk
Anemometer repair upper Barnagate bay Art12050 at 6:53am 08.18.21
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook (3) Nodak7 at 6:52am 08.18.21 Nodak, I thank you very much for your detailed response here. As we have the same boat I may try to
Wooden Leeward Rail at 6:45am 08.18.21 So you could definitely get quite a good flat, true surface on a bronze cast cleat, that way. Yup.
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook sailtheworld79 at 6:35am 08.18.21 The batteries are Trojan T105 Deep Cycle Golf Cart Batteries. Half the size of a 4D. Four (4) will

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