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Installing AC on Hunter 33.5 bugsboat at 10:27am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/3554 Has anyone installed air conditioning on a 1988 Hunter 33.5? I am considering doing this myself and
Macgregor rudders CPCLIPPER at 10:18am 09.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3756 Looking for someone that has an orginial rudder for a 1974 25' venture / macgregor and the true meas
Macerating head packman at 10:13am 09.09.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2254 Hi Peggy, I'm shopping for a new head, Can you recommend a good electric macerating head for my L27?
Vision 32 Side Window, NEW T. Allen at 9:58am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/948 I found a new starboard side window for a 1989 Hunter Vision-32. It is available at http://www.bound
Compass Pedestal The Baber Family at 4:56am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1221 Looking for a replacement pedestal mounted compass for a 32' Morgan... Some one stole the compass th
Clam Shell Ventilator Kerbs at 9:27am 09.09.09 Big Boats 1/1121 Looking for a clam shell vent cover for the diesel fuel tank vent port for my 2009 Hunter 36...thank
Help a fellow sailor with a dream JimGeddes at 8:33am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 38/5909
Catalina 28 Purchase Assistance DaveWitt at 8:33am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1446 Hello, I am looking at C28's and specifically considering a 1992 boat called Heart Throb in OH at
Jib furling line location Scott B at 8:27am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/1703 Not sure of all the H33's have the jib furling line run to a cleat on the outside of the cockpit. O
Pumping Waste Problems Not-very-jolly-Roger at 8:26am 09.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1503 Hello to all: I have had the current 37-C for three years.... and in the beginning, before I knew e
Not sure of "displacement" & "ballast" blowinganddrifting at 7:51am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 12/5814 I've wondered awhile about this, I would like to know the true weight of my 85 C30TR for a trailer p
Hello to all yachtsman at 6:32am 09.09.09 Smaller Boats 2/1174 For those who have wondered where I have been over the past two years go too http://konyukhov.ru/eng
To Captain of Trinkka (1) Shoaldrafter at 6:28am 09.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1406 Joe, The sailing is just getting good here. Ed K
Jib track Lube Johnt1594 at 5:00am 09.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1875 I have trouble raising my jib for the first each year. I use a lot of dry lubricant - and that helps
23.5 swing keel bad co at 4:15am 09.09.09 Smaller Boats 3/1786 My first year with the h23.5 and first year sailing is done , question here is when I pulled the boa
Specs for Beneteau 381 halyards Cleandre at 4:12am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1723 I need to replace the halyards and topping lift on my 1997 Beneteau Oceanis 381. Does anyone have t
Sail cleaning service MrBee at 2:58am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2856 A friend will be needing his sail checked/cleaned over winter, any Suggestions for were to take or s
noise from gearbox while sailing jarwin at 12:47am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2173 Good morning. We have a 1997 Beneteau 36cc with Volvo Penta 2040 diesel inboard and fixed 15" propel
gearbox 'droning' sound while sailing jarwin at 12:10am 09.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1282 Hi and good morning. We have a 1997 Beneteau 36cc from new with a Volvo Penta 2040 diesel inboard en
Boom vang and topping lift;noob questions Hermit Scott at 11:19pm 09.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/3365 Is the topping lift a sail trim adjsutment? or is it's only purpose to hold the boom up when the sai

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Limits of a Flicka 20 SailorElliot at 5:51pm 08.04.21 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1481702.The_Water_in_Between he had never sailed. left his li
NOT buying H34 pa391as at 5:37pm 08.04.21 yes I do. there are a couple viewpoints on the bilge check valves. well maintained they rarely fail
NOT buying H34 DeniseO30 at 5:25pm 08.04.21 You're looking at the air conditioner pump and the intake hose. the bilge pump convoluted hose is
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Stu Jackson at 5:16pm 08.04.21 I learned that the hard way single handling on a long sail from San Francisco Bay to the Delta. Uh
Limits of a Flicka 20 SailorElliot at 5:14pm 08.04.21 Have you been out in those conditions? Is the boat sound, the rigging reliable, motor in good opera
Marine grade solar JohnShannon at 5:08pm 08.04.21 Sunpower makes flexible solar panels now.
How many tacks? Stu Jackson at 5:04pm 08.04.21 All good advice, except I doubt any (except sail sfbay) of the good intentioned skippers have ever r
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? sail sfbay at 4:29pm 08.04.21 With a furling mainsail I find depowering the boat by reducing the headsail area, then with the boat
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 4:20pm 08.04.21 Do you have a furling mainsail? No.
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? sail sfbay at 4:19pm 08.04.21
Marine grade solar dlochner at 4:15pm 08.04.21 Don't underestimate your solar needs. While a panel may be rated at 100 watts, it will seldom produc
How many tacks? shemandr at 4:10pm 08.04.21 In light wind tacks can be deadly (If your sail hangs up on the backstay it's like a dagger in the h
San Pedro to Two Harbors in a 19' Mariner Kings Gambit at 4:09pm 08.04.21 Just keep in mind that conditions approaching the isthmus, and the west end generally, may or may no
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? shemandr at 4:01pm 08.04.21 Quick question for clarification, when we're talking reefing wind speeds, are we talking AWS or TWS
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 3:52pm 08.04.21 One reefing strategy I use is to reef the head sail first then furl the mainsail.........this depow
NOT buying H34 pa391as at 3:45pm 08.04.21 Everything fell into place. broker showed, up surveyor showed, up, pre-inspection went well. It was
Shroud on deck patbratton at 3:35pm 08.04.21 Cotter pins or rings are in all the studs in the turnbuckles. I can not see anything above the attac
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? sail sfbay at 3:32pm 08.04.21 One reefing strategy I use is to reef the head sail first then furl the mainsail.........this depowe
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? kappykaplan at 3:30pm 08.04.21 are we talking AWS or TWS? It depends on the skipper. I go for my first reef if AWS gets to14-15
Shroud on deck Crazy Dave Condon at 3:29pm 08.04.21 Generally the t ball studs were held in place by rubber fittings or a plastic/aluminum fitting held

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