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offshore passages keithshunter at 9:32pm 11.17.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1531 Does any know of a 1977 Hunter 27 making extended offshore passages ? Pacific Northwest to Hawaii .
Pulling a Hunter 22 hellerjo at 8:07pm 11.17.09 Smaller Boats 4/1488 I have been keeping the boat at a boatyard for the winter. I have an opportunity to buy a trailer fo
Americas Cup higgs at 7:23pm 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 35/4978 As I understand it: 1. The vessel type has not yet been established yet both teams have develope
Midship Cleats John & Georgie at 7:21pm 11.17.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1116 Hi John ' Georgie, I received an e-mail notification from you regarding midship cleats. How can I he
Will -60 pink RV antifreeze with alcohol hurt my 3gmf letsgo at 5:12pm 11.17.09 Big Boats 16/7130 I just winterized my Yanmar 3GMF with pink RV biodegradable -60 degree antifreeze. The bottle says i
interior finish johnweaver at 3:24pm 11.17.09 Pearson 4/2324 I need to touch-up some areas on the teak in the interior of my 1986 Pearson 36.2 and was hoping tha
Mast mount location for wisker pole jkittka at 3:13pm 11.17.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/2752 Having aquired a wisker pole I would ask that if anyone already has one if they could provide me som
small mainsail Airlandsea at 3:09pm 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2785 I have a 25' hunter and the mainsail is slightly short on mast and boom....is it a bad idea to use t
hunter 19 Adrian Morris at 1:02pm 11.17.09 Smaller Boats 11/1689 have a hunter 19 and would like to get a power tilt electric start motor for next year have a honda
Oday fuel gauge sail2kn0m0r at 12:37pm 11.17.09 Day Sailers 2/1586 D'R marine mentioned that my Oday 26 fuel tank uses a Twin site fuel gauge and I just need to figure
Landlocked Newby w/a 26X DesertSailor87 at 12:20pm 11.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1299 I just purchased a 97' 26X which is in need of TLC, but I'm game. I need to replace the 12' steerin
propeller shaft rattle wflowe2 at 10:06am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 13/6736 I have a new to me, 2008 Catalina 320. It was very lightly used before I bought it and had it deliv
Silva Compass Bobbi Ullinger at 8:41am 11.17.09 Smaller Boats 4/1859 I was just finishing up getting Kinship ready for the winter, when I noticed that the compass card i
Sailling South Florida / Bahamas jkkfl at 8:21am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1352 Hi name is John and I own a 41 DS 2007 Hunter Sailboat. My home port is Fort Lauderdale FL and I a
H37 Cutter cabin sole replacement SailTIP at 8:11am 11.17.09 Big Boats 6/2530 Finally got around to working on replacing the parquet flooring in my cabin. Tore out a section, exp
Trailer sailor bottom paint? ChrisNC at 7:39am 11.17.09 Trailer Sailors 4/4410 Well, I think that normal practice is NOT to paint the bottom of a trailered boat. However, my "n
Replacing cabin roof reinforcement? ChrisNC at 7:22am 11.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1939 In getting to know my new '77 Venture 25, I discovered that I need to do some work to the cabin roof
Liquid Rubber for inflatables nancishouse at 6:40am 11.17.09 Catalina 30 1/1660 Has anyone used this product?
luff pre-feeder (1) BobM at 5:02am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 6/6405 I made a comment on another post "I found some feeder rings on board I used to raise the genoa solo.
Mast prebend Quoddy at 4:09am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3694

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Repurposing a Rope Clutch (1) dkinzer at 1:27pm 04.15.22 We have a mast mounted clutch for our roller furling jib halyard. I decided to mount a horn cleat
240 fender location when docking (1) patbratton at 1:25pm 04.15.22 Obviously a noob question, but where do you all with 240s like to tie on your fenders for docking?
40.5: Shaft growth rgranger at 1:13pm 04.15.22 At any rate, the Rust Oleum Cold Galvanizing I have never used this product as a bottom paint but
Raymarine I40 wind? fred1diver at 12:35pm 04.15.22 How did you like it? How much do you want for it?
What do you think of this...... NYSail at 12:31pm 04.15.22 @NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
What do you think of this...... dlochner at 12:30pm 04.15.22 She dropped off old and picked up new. Said every one of them are bent. a refund. If you are picki
What do you think of this...... NYSail at 12:30pm 04.15.22 @NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
What do you think of this...... (1) NYSail at 12:28pm 04.15.22 She dropped off old and picked up new. Said every one of them are bent.
What do you think of this...... dLj at 12:27pm 04.15.22 @NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
What do you think of this...... dlochner at 12:26pm 04.15.22 Not a good swage because of the bend. Whether it left the rigging shop that way or was damaged in tr
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 12:21pm 04.15.22 Good stuff Mike. It's great to see new life being breathed into an old boat. And I'm sure your dock
Removing lettering stain randerson5726 at 12:16pm 04.15.22 I thought it looked like the gelcoat has been bleached out except where the letters were rather tha
86 Hunter 25.5 (1) Mrfixit at 12:15pm 04.15.22 If this helps, here is the plumbing diagram for the 285 Hunter. The bilge pump discharge tubing goes
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits DArcy at 12:05pm 04.15.22 Good post @Scott B I'll just add that the fastening hardware should never be part of the conducting
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? LloydB at 11:54am 04.15.22 If you buy that boat you will most likely want to repair the wiring and if the bilge pump works now
Catalina 22 Swing Keel Any Sea at 11:50am 04.15.22 This was the first improvement I made to our "Boat Angel" boat. I read all the stuff I could find.
Best Trailers for 19" Long Keel (1) DeniseO30 at 10:59am 04.15.22 Triad trailers
Best Trailers for 19" Long Keel (1) DeniseO30 at 10:56am 04.15.22 Well you kind of left out a some things draft, weight, would be the most important, The yacht clu
Removing lettering stain LloydB at 10:43am 04.15.22 I thought it looked like the gelcoat has been bleached out except where the letters were rather than
Precision 23 Trailer Lwood at 10:35am 04.15.22 Welcome to the forum!! If you cannot find a rental trailer, consider buying a used sailboat traile

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