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Jibaway Furling System Buzzlovelace at 1:01pm 03.07.10 Mid-Size Boats 0/1748 I have the Main hub for the Furling system,on my Catalina 27' but am lacking the top peice. Can any
Texas ICW frank balcer at 12:45pm 03.07.10 Ask All Sailors 11/3293 My friend is wanting to go from the Mississippi river to Brownsville via the ICW. Any areas to be co
ssb antenna on hunter B & R rig 376 - need imput reraft at 11:48am 03.07.10 Big Boats 10/3400 we are installing a SSB on our 1996 376 ' am looking for imput on antenna ideas with no backstay - t
jib control on H23.5 and similar boats Nicky17000 at 10:47am 03.07.10 Smaller Boats 5/1415 I was considering improving the jib control system on our H23.5 I know that this was discussed befor
170 center foot rail construction and repair advise (3) neptunedwb at 10:28am 03.07.10 Day Sailers 4/2736 I added some pics of the cracks that my H170 has I have begun grinding the edges of the transom crac
Hunter 28.5 keel issue (5) stevec22206 at 9:50am 03.07.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/8746 I looked at an 86' H28.5 yesterday. I took the included pictures of the keel as it sits now. I asked
Detaching Lewmar Hatches jjgizara at 8:13am 03.07.10 Big Boats 0/999 has anyone removed a lewmar hatch, otside half, using a power tool. The new electric multi purpose
gulf Coast get together (2) Chuck Creel at 7:18am 03.07.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1978 Looking forward to the Gul Coast Get Together March 27th. 6-8 PM at Fly creek Cafe'. There are 3 sli
Making a rudder jforbes at 6:29am 03.07.10 Day Sailers 2/1741 Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have a customer that has given me a 2001 Hunter
Make a rudder, centerboard jforbes at 6:24am 03.07.10 Trailer Sailors 3/3251 Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have a customer that has given me a 2001 Hunter 1
Mast Carrier AnnapCoveJim at 5:09am 03.07.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1755 Where is the best place to get replacement parts for my 26M? Specifically I would like to replace
Hunter 34 Deck Joint/Cap Rail Imagine That at 3:29am 03.07.10 Big Boats 14/2538 Does anyone know if the upper holed part of the toe rail on the 1983-1986 Hunter 34 has any longitud
1987 Hunter 23 lcoop at 8:15pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1889 I just purchased a 1987 Hunter 23 and would like an owners manual anyone know where I can get one.
lost centerboard Robert Holson at 8:01pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1358 hi all, got a BIG problem, to wit, the centerboard has fallen off my Hunter 26 water ballast sailboa
Ugly Pedestal/ Nice Improvements (2) Hermit Scott at 7:49pm 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 27/8882 I made a GPS holder and cup holder(that will hold a 40 of malt liquor). The cockpit table is complet
missing boom justsailing at 7:22pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1286 Im trying to rebuild a Hunter 27 1981 and its missing a boom, where can i find one use ? I been look
Oh Joy Resto 03/06/10 and a B-Day party... (10) CharlieCobra at 7:14pm 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1899 I got in some of that big Locust today. A single board weighs right at 100 Lbs. Ya oughta try wres
Westerbeke Parts Source Marquesas at 6:44pm 03.06.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1418 New owner to a Westerbeke 30B Three engine. Boat is located in Toronto. Trying to located an inexpen
Beneteau 361 performance br111 at 6:26pm 03.06.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/15248 By my signature line, you can see we haven't picked a boat yet. I've been researching 361s, remember
Drill to power winches Eric Mitterndorfer at 4:50pm 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 50/22534 I have heard of people who use a cordless drill with a couple of batteries as a driver for boat winc

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can't pump out waste tank sailme88 at 4:47am 05.25.22 When the macerator on our boat failed it became necessary to autopsy the system.. The holding tank w
Preventer for a Hunter 420 RoyS at 4:45am 05.25.22 My boom only has the two bails, one for the preventer and one for the mainsheet. In prior seasons to
Magma grill kappykaplan at 4:41am 05.25.22 Could you get/make a rubber insert to put inside the clamp?
can't pump out waste tank All U Get at 4:03am 05.25.22 We met some cruisers with a similar problem. The tank was plugged so bad that neither the macerator
Anyone know what this is? Apex at 3:16am 05.25.22 freeze cap?
can't pump out waste tank sabbatical88 at 3:06am 05.25.22 Hi, Thought I'd finally follow up on this and ask another question. I went to the pump out station a
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training FastOlson at 11:11pm 05.24.22 Chatting with the CG petty officer, he said he could read the boats name as they made their run ove
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training jssailem at 10:47pm 05.24.22 Crossing the Columbia bar is on my bucket list. Been up to the CG Bar observation tower. There is a
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 10:23pm 05.24.22 Well I didn't think that fingerprints on the bottom side of the glass would matter, but the print ha
Bed-It Tape is back! ggrizzard at 9:59pm 05.24.22 Hooray!
Anyone know what this is? ggrizzard at 9:55pm 05.24.22 I can't see any normal holes in it, But... It might be a very old shaft coupler that somehow got le
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 9:46pm 05.24.22 ... Well that's about all the important stuff for tonight... oh I got the right hand part printing
Intake Silencer Richard19068 at 9:30pm 05.24.22 You have to keep i filled with DSF (diesel silencing fluid). Yes but isn't that very hard to get n
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 8:53pm 05.24.22 I got 1/2 of the new version 4 panel printed. This time it is black and the print turned out perfec
Alternators mikeracca at 8:44pm 05.24.22 Over the past 7 years exploring the Salish Sea and Puget Sound, if you focus on getting from marina
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training Stu Jackson at 8:39pm 05.24.22 but we would like to develop the skills to cross the Columbia Bar Start reading. Seriously. Use Go
MacGregor 25 Classification stickinthemud57 at 8:37pm 05.24.22 There seem to be two types of sailors - serious racing sailors and everybody else. Racing boats tha
Alternators mikeracca at 8:36pm 05.24.22 I don't understand why you would pay that much money for a disposable Chinese alt (you don't even w
Engine overheats at idle, cools at 15k RPM's. Stu Jackson at 8:28pm 05.24.22 1. Make sure about your plumbing to the water heater. If it is shut off, it could also shut off t
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) Sgt B Powell at 7:57pm 05.24.22 Good timing, I am about to do the same thing. Thanks for the insight.

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