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Hull profile Hunter 33 1980 for cradle. Sylvain at 12:11pm 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1155 I'm getting a cradle from a friend who sadly sold his 38' Hans Christian. It's a heavy duty cradle
RACOR water separator on Yanmar 2QM15 Sylvain at 12:06pm 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/2594 My Yanmar 2QM15 is very difficult to start now. History: When I picked up the boat on Lake Michigan
Reefing a furling Genoa PatSul22 at 11:58am 09.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1961 I have a 272 and am considering getting new sails. For the head sail I am thinking of getting a 145%
New Owner 1980 hunter 33 Sylvain at 11:50am 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2150 I'm the proud new owner of a Hunter 33 1980. She's now in Kingston, Ontario. I will post specific q
West Coast of Lake Huron David in Sandusky at 11:38am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1952 East(!) Coast of Lake Huron Thank you who responded to my request about the North Channel! How ab
LED light conversion Bob 04 H260 at 10:35am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1797 I would like to replace my anchor/steaming light, two dome lights, and one spot reading light with L
Engine Fails to Turn Over Sometimes Con't Steve Carpman22174 at 10:11am 09.22.09 Big Boats 5/1450 A couple of weeks ago I posted a thread regarding the intermittant failure of the Yanmar on our Leg
I guess I always did want to live aboard. Snotter at 5:46am 09.21.09 Sails Call Lounge 45/11417 You got to love Alabama. 10 years ago, my wife of 19 years, says "I want a devorce". The court gra
Salt water leak gregm at 9:32am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1283 I'm confounded by a pesky leak on my 2005 Hunter 36. It is a saltwater leak that occurs in the area
Prop Replacement Art Pennino at 9:30am 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/2412 Looking for input on a prop replacement for a 92 H30. The engine is a 2GM20F. We hit a submerged obj
Need 40 foot Lancer 30 Mast lenny53d at 9:26am 09.22.09 Lancer 1/1944 I need a mast for a 1980 30 foot Lancer. The one that came off my boat is 40 long, but could go a l
De-comissioning tip.. (1) Maine Sail at 9:20am 09.22.09 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3926 I just found this photo in my archives and thought it would be a good idea to post with winter comin
Need a Mast for a Oday20 beauhamilton at 9:18am 09.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1293 I have an Oday 20 with a 22' mast and it was bent during transport, a new mast is $1400.00 any idea
Atomic4 oil change Valentina at 8:02am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 11/6548 Hi, sailors. Just bought a boat (Ericson27) with Atomic4 gas engine in it. I'm not familiar with th
cockpit drains garyc at 7:42am 09.22.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1978 Out sailing yesterday great wind . boat was heeled for long time and discovered a leak at the cockpi
New Owner of a MacGregor 25' lshilling at 5:46am 09.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2166 I'm new to this website and to boat owning so forgive me if I'm being redundant. My husband and I re
Rainy weather seadaddler at 5:44am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1017 So I am watching all the rainy weather and wondering if the lake sailor's are getting some of the ra
Back from cruising (10) Tim R. at 5:40am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3143 We returned last week from about 2 weeks cruising the Maine coast. The trip started Friday, Sep. 4t
Gunkholing, Maine Style Part 2 Maine Sail at 4:56am 09.22.09 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4216 Here's a 360 degree view from inside the Basin which is on Vinalhaven Island, ME. You Tube won't let
West Coast Invitation To MacGregor Captains Saynomore at 12:14am 09.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1760 MacGregor Yacht Club of BC has a west coast invitiation to all MacGregor Owners and their families t

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Bridge clearance info DArcy at 3:43pm 04.06.22 That is one crazy lake. Looks like it would take a lifetime or two to explore the entire thing. Find
Funny Friday!!! WayneH at 3:12pm 04.06.22 A couple for Phil Herring How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None. That's a
Spring is in the air, getting to know my Pearson 30 fred1diver at 3:07pm 04.06.22
front window cover Ward H at 2:50pm 04.06.22 My forward hatch cover has elastic sewn around the edge. The fit is nice and snug, and still good
boat prices bawlmer at 2:45pm 04.06.22 It would appear that in some instances - say the capture of a trophy wife - that the man with the m
Bridge clearance info SailingLoto at 2:41pm 04.06.22 I did a "Look See", and even the Army Corps Engineers site did not have any detail on water to brid
Starting fluid MikeHoncho at 2:37pm 04.06.22 A significant reason you hear not to use SF on a diesel is most deisels ( in vehicles) now have flow
can't pump out waste tank bawlmer at 2:32pm 04.06.22 Understood that a macerator is inexpensive but the real cost is the time, trouble and general groadi
Starting fluid MikeHoncho at 2:30pm 04.06.22 This made me chuckle. How does a hair dryer have any affect on an engine that's a couple of hundre
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer LakeShark at 12:54pm 04.06.22 This article may help with the bedding procedure. https://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Installi
Ensign Halyard on the Wrong Side? Rick D at 12:35pm 04.06.22 FWIW, we just came back from a month in Mexico. The protocol is to fly the (Mexican) courtesy flag f
SWINOMISH CHANNEL BNSF SWING BRIIDGE to be closed in APRIL jssailem at 11:59am 04.06.22 Though the Crystal Ball is still fuzzy, I saw this message from Rufus in his Monday prognostication.
Steering quadrant fred1diver at 11:37am 04.06.22
boat prices Scott T-Bird at 11:34am 04.06.22 I know a couple who bought a catamaran from a charter fleet. They got it at a substantial discount
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Scott T-Bird at 11:30am 04.06.22 Pleasing the eye is usually the highest need. No? :cool:
Steering quadrant Timm R Oday25 at 11:28am 04.06.22 What is the purpose of the horizontal bar with vertical pipe welded ? Is it to keep the rudder from
New Catalina 30 Owner Stu Jackson at 11:25am 04.06.22 If the current was never above the rated capacity these plugs would never have an issue. They are v
autopilot install on an H280 matts997 at 10:38am 04.06.22 Sorry, I totally missed your question from last June about images/videos of my install. I really
boat prices tfox2069 at 10:31am 04.06.22 ...What most cruising couples really want is fewer than half the bunks and heads, and lots more co
front window cover jeepbluetj at 10:24am 04.06.22 My forward hatch cover has elastic sewn around the edge. The fit is nice and snug, and still good

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