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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 4/1858 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 0/1351 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 6/6404 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
1981 2-gm Yanmar Zinc hunter frank at 3:08am 11.17.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1369 The zinc in the head is attached through a cover plate. Can I just unscrew the zinc from the plate o
Rules of the road Broke Sailor at 1:35am 11.17.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3337 I ran into a poem in a Nautical Almanac. It goes something like ths: When all three lights I see ah
protection form ice storm ..? Mark H at 9:15pm 11.16.09 Smaller Boats 1/1052 Can you guys share ideas for covering my H23.5 on trailer for winter?Txs in advance guys .
DOT propane gas cannisters jcherubini at 8:17pm 11.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1144 Has anyone every had trouble acquiring the screw-on propane bottles, such as are used on the Forespa
"Thank You" Regarding Strictly Sail Chicago Brock Halbeisen at 8:08pm 11.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/967 Thank you for your interest in our Strictly Sail Chicago trip! We are currently still in the plannin
Cost of CNG refill Bill Roosa at 7:32pm 11.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/3494 I'd like to know what other folks are paying for CNG refills. I paid $75 for two bottles delivered
New Rudder elalamo at 7:24pm 11.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1442 I need a new rudder for my Oday 322. I was told by the boat yard it would take 4 to 5 weeks. Does an

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78 H30 Water Tank Replacement MikeHoncho at 8:40pm 04.14.22
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 8:27pm 04.14.22 Tried to patch with Splash Zone but it takes forever to set up, I couldn't hold in place too long my
Water Heater Discharge twalker H260 at 8:03pm 04.14.22 Not sure if there is a temperature/pressure relief valve on the tank that leads to the thruhull, but
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? Crusty Ol Salt at 7:15pm 04.14.22 I had a knock down drag out with a grackle or starling who was trying to make a nest in the open end
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna dkinzer at 6:57pm 04.14.22 Brian D, thanks for the information on the NanoVNA, I used something similar (but more primitive) in
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta Davidasailor26 at 6:32pm 04.14.22 The only pain was the last unit was ethernet and we had to pull that cable. Now it is back to Marin
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? Davidasailor26 at 6:27pm 04.14.22 I like the birds nest theory too. Just not sure where they were trying to build that led to the remn
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? jssailem at 6:23pm 04.14.22 You are in the Pacific NW...
40.5 Furling Mast removal jssailem at 6:21pm 04.14.22 A French mast... not Swedish.
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? svAtargatis at 6:20pm 04.14.22 craziest thing, its all wood chips. like i swear someone put a 2x4 in there to decompose
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? jssailem at 6:18pm 04.14.22 Looks like grass and needles... Guess you had an industrious bird trying to make a home.
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? svAtargatis at 6:18pm 04.14.22 that's sea view down at shilshole.
40.5 Furling Mast removal svAtargatis at 6:18pm 04.14.22
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? svAtargatis at 6:16pm 04.14.22 Perhaps the picture is missing. yep, mobile app outsmarted me, added now!
40.5 mystery mast leak solved? jssailem at 6:15pm 04.14.22 Perhaps the picture is missing. Never have seen mulch... Perhaps it was something else and dissolve
40.5 Furling Mast removal jssailem at 6:14pm 04.14.22 I know that a mast in Everett maybe 2-3 years ago had a similar issue. They removed the attachment a
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? jssailem at 6:06pm 04.14.22 Where did you haul.... Sequim, or is that Port Townsend?
40.5 Furling Mast removal Crusty Ol Salt at 5:47pm 04.14.22 Agree that would be a lot of holes. The riggers suggested filling the holes with Monel rivets to co
A Technically Sophisticated Repair DArcy at 5:40pm 04.14.22 My son got me an iPod a few years ago. Amazing little device a bit larger than a book of matches. S
40.5 Furling Mast removal dkinzer at 5:31pm 04.14.22 You might talk to someone who is skilled in TIG welding as to whether filling the rivet holes with a

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