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Charter Company - Solo Sailors Need Not Apply?? Joe Mullee at 5:40am 02.12.10 Ask All Sailors 11/3739 I was all psyched because I found a place in the middle Florida Keys that would charter a Catalina 2
Caught on time (1) Chuck Creel at 4:54am 02.12.10 Ask All Sailors 14/2818 While deciding to give Jacob's Dream a complete face lift with awgrip paint from keel to maast step,
Boat to cross Atlantic (1) Hmm at 4:32am 02.12.10 Ask All Sailors 48/13350 Hello I'm interested in buying a smallish sailboat to be sailed mostly single handed. After spendi
8.0B crack in the keel tpothen at 3:35am 02.12.10 S2 5/1927 Hello all, I am looking at a 1979 S2 8.0B, I have not seen the boat in person but the owner says t
rear commadore bad_com_pany at 2:59am 02.12.10 Smaller Boats 5/1953 what are the general duties expected from the rear commadore?
Windvane in action.... Joe at 2:51am 02.12.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2819 For Hermit and the rest of you blokes regarding the recent discussion on windvanes, here's a clip I
Mac 25 Mast Base: From Slot to Hinge? David Styer at 9:37pm 02.11.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/6808 I want to replace my MAC 25 Mast Base (the original receives the slotted mast) with the "hinge" mast
Is 27ft oday worth fixing Hover212 at 9:14pm 02.11.10 Bigger Boats 11/9390 Hello. I am a newbie to the site as well as a newbie sailer and boat owner. I have always wanted to
O'Day 302 1987 Lifeline diameter Paul4374 at 8:53pm 02.11.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1695 I am planning to install pelican hooks on the life line midships to permit easy exit for line handle
Winter H31 Cover (2) ComoxOrion at 8:46pm 02.11.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1750 I have just had a custom made sunbrella boat cover installed on my H31. This cover is designed to co
Hunter 35.5 Jumper Strut George8396 at 8:11pm 02.11.10 Big Boats 0/1247 Hunter 35.5 Owners: I have found and gotten a quote on the Jumper strut originally produced for the
Ronnie Simpson is at it again! Hermit Scott at 7:37pm 02.11.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2223 http://openbluehorizon.com An enemy RPG couldn't stop him and neither did losing his self steering,
mac 25 (1) fido at 7:16pm 02.11.10 Trailer Sailors 2/2823 hello sailors,this is a pic of my mac 25 have been sailing her for 4 years, and having a lot of fun.
capsize fido at 7:03pm 02.11.10 Trailer Sailors 25/10710 I have been reading on some sights that the mac 26 may and will become unstable when the water balla
News about Hunter Marine Phil Herring at 3:26pm 02.11.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2521 Over the past week I've had a couple check-in conversations with folks at Hunter. Obviously, it's b
Nylon fitting suitablility and permeation wild4lifejim at 2:51pm 02.11.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3466 Hi Peggy, I am in the process of installing a new head and replacing all my sanitation hoses with
bulk head plans kdssail at 2:49pm 02.11.10 Day Sailers 5/1899 I need to redo my bulkheads in my Oday 26 ( same as 25). Does anyone have a set of plans for the b
Bimini top SHADS at 1:43pm 02.11.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/8294 We have a 1986 MacGregor sailboat (22 foot) and would like to get a bimini top for it. Does anyone
Freezer latches Rag Jag at 1:23pm 02.11.10 Big Boats 5/2054 I have a 1998 376 with double (plastic ?) freezer latches that keep failing. The spring loaded latch
Have a bimini made bman88 at 1:17pm 02.11.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2929 I have a 1984 34' Hunter with a dodger designed and installed by a local canvas company. I would lik

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Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 brockangelo at 6:13am 05.23.22 That's a really great idea. My board is really awkward to get out. I think when they installed the f
Off to the darkside... Project_Mayhem at 6:12am 05.23.22 Thanks for everyone's advise. I drove two hours expecting to come home with a boat. It took me all o
H280 - Pulling a New Outhull Crusty Ol Salt at 5:14am 05.23.22 Are there any lines run through the boom now? If so, tie a messenger line to the end of one, pull
Fighting in mast furling again, and I'm loosing. SycloneDriver at 5:11am 05.23.22 I got my repaired sail reinstalled this weekend. Of course the wind was blowing out of the east mak
H280 - Pulling a New Outhull Crusty Ol Salt at 5:03am 05.23.22 Similar issue on my Hunter 386 after 3 years on the had adjacent to farms. Took a while to remove t
Alternators RoyS at 5:00am 05.23.22 I bought a replacement alternator for my Yanmar (which used to be a Hitachi) from DB Electrical on l
H280 - Pulling a New Outhull Tally Ho at 5:00am 05.23.22 Are there any lines run through the boom now? If so, tie a messenger line to the end of one, pull
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help Tally Ho at 4:53am 05.23.22
Thru-Hull Stats RoyS at 4:40am 05.23.22 You should make it a habit to write the year of installation on every hose you install. Easy on whit
New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! Epic1969 at 3:30am 05.23.22 Second look! I do see in the transiey section of docks it looks like the edges are fully covered. Th
New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! Epic1969 at 3:27am 05.23.22
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 12:41am 05.23.22 A friend of mine ran the British plant plus it would be too costly to ship a hull and deck aboard s
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII mikeracca at 10:24pm 05.22.22 I say the propane (or natural gas) swap places with the surrounding air by means of osmosis. Now T
Alternators mikeracca at 10:16pm 05.22.22 Mike, I've suggested this to you before, IIRC: Electrical Systems 101 Electrical Systems 101 Y
Alternators Stu Jackson at 9:16pm 05.22.22 Mike, I've suggested this to you before, IIRC: Electrical Systems 101 Electrical Systems 101
Hunter 20 gustoe at 9:08pm 05.22.22 Thank you for the info.
Access to Beneteau's parts page Stu Jackson at 9:07pm 05.22.22 What a screwy "system." Sure helps promote the boats. Forgive me, please, I simply own a boat for
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 9:04pm 05.22.22 Starter is toast, found one online at a reasonable price. It was amazing how much difference it was
Y25 II Traveller car replacement Nunavut at 8:47pm 05.22.22 I haven't yet got a photo of the track. But I have been puzzling over the screws on the deck. At fi
Survey Survey Survey (3) Ralph Johnstone at 8:31pm 05.22.22 I really must clarify this - the wording of this sentence implies (not saying that's what you inten

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