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Jiffy Reef on Hunter Vision 32 RonRelyea at 7:36am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/3605 Update to my original post re: Jiffy Reef .... After hauling my boat for the winter and removing th
New member fom1038 at 7:29am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/1345 Purchased a 1980 Hunter 30 and I have some things that need to be addressed . Chain plates , what is
gas cook stove... nicaralph at 7:11am 09.14.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1571 Hi all, for two years I have not used the two burner cook stove on our Ericson 34-2 but now going
fuel Gauge LarryMac at 7:01am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2644 :bang: I have a 1993 Hunter 30, and I am tired of standing on my head to read the "Lawn Mower" t
Navico Wind Instruments Bob Kay at 6:34am 09.14.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1303 Hopefully someone may be able to help me - I am looking for the Navico Wind Instrument Panel; WD200
purchase of a used 135 genoa newboatowner at 5:53am 09.14.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1435 I lost my headsail in a storm. Does anyone know where I can purchase a 135 genoa for a catalina 30
Yanmar Noise Murray16764 at 5:51am 09.14.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2712 A friend of mine (Fred) was recently inspecting a Ben 352. I own a 352 and Fred has spent alot of t
Winter Storage & Mast Tuning Revere at 5:49am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1378 Recently purchased 2000 Hunter 310. Have no experience in winter storage. Looking for any advice o
Lavac Conundrum Pioneer18260 at 5:49am 09.14.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2140 Our Lavac Popular has served us very well for its several years since new installation, ' any diffic
Renault RC8D -- Bent? (2) Krow at 5:45am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/4410 hi. here are some pictures, top down, of my RC8D after the PO sucked the jib sheet into the prop, b
Keel Bolts weephee at 5:06am 09.14.09 Columbia 1/3351 Has anyone with a Columbia ever had problems with keel bolts. The bolts on my 8.3 are stainless and
Drive Shaft Bearing / Cutlass Bearing weephee at 5:04am 09.14.09 Columbia 0/2229 Hello. I have an 8.3 Columbia and I want to replace the cutlass bearing where the shaft (3/4 inch d
Loooking to purchase 28-30 Catalina lehtorita at 4:56am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1360 Hello all, I am looking to purchase a 28-30 Catalina. 1999 or newer. I live in New England. My em
New Look for an Oday! Too "Progressive"? (4) emergpa1 at 10:01pm 09.13.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1512 Hi, Just wanted to know what you guys thought of the painted bulkheads with the teak. I think I like
Need advice on adding roller furling awoody at 9:39pm 09.13.09 Smaller Boats 2/1245 I have a 1994 26. This winter I want to investigate adding roller furling. I would appreciate sugge
Closing seacocks xavierlh1 at 9:05pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 34/9359 I've alway been taught to close all seacocks when I'm not on the boat. I just bought a Beneteau 373
Steam? Trucker at 8:55pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2328 I've seen other boats exhaust blowing steam and thought they must be overheating. Last time out on t
Pulsing headsail Todd at 7:02pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 17/6669 Greetings! I have a 1990 Hunter 27 which I purchased last fall. This is my first larger >18ft sail
roach hitting backstay mark milson at 8:24pm 09.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2767 I have a 21 ft mac. The ( P ) = on the mainsail is 21.8 everything on the mast hieght and foot all
inexpensive shorepower cable txtowman at 6:56pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 21/4663 I am looking over the rules for a corpus christi marina. My little catalina 22 only uses shorepower

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Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler Salt26 at 8:50pm 04.13.22 Hi Karl, yes of course you are metric in Canada! So sad to have lost your 35.5 in a hurricane, hard
Whale Grey IC Waste Management System. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:43pm 04.13.22 With the exception of a very few closed inland lakes, gray can legally be discharged directly overbo
Vernazza, Italy rgranger at 8:08pm 04.13.22 You know it will be. We travel, the airlines get more expensive and more restricted in what we can
Burning insense on a boat rgranger at 8:05pm 04.13.22
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 7:43pm 04.13.22
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Tally Ho at 7:10pm 04.13.22 I could actually adjust the tension knob now that I had it off the wheel. I guess rinse out with s
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna dkinzer at 6:55pm 04.13.22 Thanks. I am aware of the frequency difference and I have a replacement antenna that is compatible w
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna Don S/V ILLusion at 6:43pm 04.13.22 i infer you have a VHF antenna fed through a splitter. Keep in mind AIS transmits on/around 162 MHz
Catalina 320 start problem Tom J at 6:37pm 04.13.22 You did mention that when you turned the key switch to ON, you didn't get the usual beeping. This w
Don't sell your boat to a neighbor. Justin_NSA at 6:17pm 04.13.22 Or your car Or anything...
Don't sell your boat to a neighbor. jviss at 6:10pm 04.13.22 On the other side, I messaged the PO of my boat a couple times after I first got the boat and he wa
Vernazza, Italy Will Gilmore at 6:10pm 04.13.22 So let's sail there! It's got to be lovely to arrive on your own sailboat to visit! dj You know i
Keel question Rangofish at 6:07pm 04.13.22 Yes agree, was trying to find a experience sailer to go with me, but found trailer rental today for
Don't sell your boat to a neighbor. DArcy at 6:05pm 04.13.22 On the other side, I messaged the PO of my boat a couple times after I first got the boat and he was
Catalina 320 start problem chp at 5:52pm 04.13.22 Had this problem with my Yanmar 2GM20. Start wire had already been replaced. I installed a start rel
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler MetricMountie at 5:52pm 04.13.22 We know all about the metric system here as well, we went metric many years ago, we colonials are al
Seams A Problem? higgs at 5:50pm 04.13.22 If you are going to spend the trip worrying about the seam it might be worth moving on.
Lake Ontario Sailors take notice higgs at 5:46pm 04.13.22 Considering the original channel has been in use for years, is there any reason they don't put warn
Keel question higgs at 5:42pm 04.13.22 If you don't have a motor and haven't learned to sail going by water is a bad idea for you. If the
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out jviss at 5:34pm 04.13.22 Yes, I had to be careful about putting my Fujinon binocs with compass near the control head. Or ste

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