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Hunter 50CC Dave Robinson20509 at 11:51am 07.24.09 Big Boats 1/1400 I'd be interested to hear from any fellow owners of the new Hunter 50CC on their experiences with th
extra weight versus speed txtowman at 11:48am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 12/3819 I have a catalina 22 swing keel I want to take some heavy items with me since I stay out for at lea
Headed for Savannah via Erie Canal (1) tcbilgerat at 10:30am 07.24.09 Destinations 3/4011 I am a solo sailer on the great lakes, but am about to embark on my first long journey. If anyone is
Can I shorten my tiller? Mougly at 10:28am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/6774 Hello all I am thinking about changing my tiller as the one on now was painted and the paint is p
Replacement companionway boards bffatcat at 9:58am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 16/13291 My original 1975 vintage companionway boards made out of marine plywood with a mahogany veneer need
sym spinnaker question- pls forgive my ignorance LANCE ON CLOUD NINE at 9:23am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1628 I am getting ready to experiment with using a sym spinnaker on an O'Day 23. The sail has a single "h
Lightening Dangers? Skipper62 at 9:12am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3545 I am a coastal sailer in SE Texas. We have storms come up quicker than I can get off of the water so
21' Macgregor - 1969: Broken Mast, What to Do? Sail77 at 8:44am 07.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3482 New to the site... My Dad and I bought a 1969 Mac 21' from a family friend about 12 years ago. Hav
Costa Rica - Panama anyone? destinationcostarica at 8:39am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1234 Hi all, I'm not sure if this is where i should be asking this sorta question. I'm actually looking f
Oday 25 Centerboard Mec. itsagoodthing at 7:31am 07.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2495 I just purchased a 75 ODAY 25 CB, the cable line is located in center of the boat, in a post that
Tach does not work at start up Mike G. at 6:47am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2239 The last two times out, the tach did not work at engine startup (Yanmar 3GM30). It operates fine af
Composting toilets Icetug at 6:22am 07.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2448 Does anyone have any experience with a Sun-Mar Mobile composting toilet? It may be nice to not worr
Batteries and power in general BobM at 5:59am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2512 Forgive me if this brings up a lot of stuff that has already been said. Lost my house battery, an I
Possible Battery selector switch/charger problem Hugh4753 at 4:45am 07.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1640 Just replaced my old AGM group 24 batteries with AGM 31's. Since the boat had the original "frytech
Weather in SW Florida seadaddler at 4:06am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1297 Hey what's the weather like in Port Charlotte like these days. Been raining like crazy here on Long
Help Identifing a sailboat (3) dan8089 at 1:55am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1822 Can someone out there please tell me what kind of boat this is. Thanks sorry the pic's are crappy Da
drill it dont chuck it (1) AndyR at 9:58pm 07.23.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1034 Hi guys I havent posted in a while we obviously havnt had had too many problems lately or esle I sol
Catalina 25 Keel Leak Paulpit at 9:06pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/3410 I am new to sailing and have been restoring a 1979 Catalina Fixed Keel boat. Took her out today for
Replace Uni-Solar Battery Charger mosella1 at 8:13pm 07.23.09 Big Boats 3/5507 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and the Uni-Solar Battery Charger which came standard with the boat is brok
Main Sail will not go up all the way Mougly at 8:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 19/10136 Hello again I seem to be having difficulty lifting the main sail all the way up, it lifts up easi

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Renogy RoyS at 5:11am 04.13.22 Customer support is often a joke. Years ago, my wife wanted to go back to work after our kids were m
Removing lettering stain dlochner at 5:10am 04.13.22 Time and a rubbing compound like TotalBoat Total Buff. https://www.totalboat.com/product/totalbuff
Removing lettering stain Parsons at 5:09am 04.13.22 I was thinking the same, @Davidasailor26 - perhaps this is just 'shadowing' of the gelcoat like what
Lake Ontario Sailors take notice Davidasailor26 at 5:06am 04.13.22 Navionics on iOS looks correct in the chart. @DArcy you might just need to update the charts in your
Bottom painting - Stupid question.....or not? RoyS at 5:01am 04.13.22 Multiseason ablative here South of Boston. I use Petit Hydrocoat SR, power wash when hauled, never s
Removing lettering stain Davidasailor26 at 5:01am 04.13.22
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? (4) kjdoyle1 at 4:57am 04.13.22 Ok, so after pulling the rudder I am not seeing any cracks in the shaft (see attachments). However t
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult jviss at 4:50am 04.13.22 Yea, there's only so much halyard to wrap, you wouldn't be able to roll that sail in much if the hal
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult smokey73 at 4:47am 04.13.22 Haven't had that problem myself but I thought I recalled seeing several threads related to the angle
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult jviss at 4:44am 04.13.22 Sounds like the halyard is wrapped around the headstay when you are furling. There are several thr
Head hose replacement shemandr at 4:43am 04.13.22 In a general sense warranties do not cover maintenance issues. If there were something defective ab
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult smokey73 at 4:37am 04.13.22 Sounds like the halyard is wrapped around the headstay when you are furling. There are several thre
Head hose replacement AwwShucks at 4:34am 04.13.22 Are you fresh water flushing after each use? If flushing with seawater only, possible that bacteri
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? Will Gilmore at 4:22am 04.13.22 Will, Thank you for the response and welcome! It makes complete sense that each boat would vary in
O'Day Sprite Rudder. SFS at 4:01am 04.13.22 Just curious, but did you contact the source I gave you?
Removing lettering stain randerson5726 at 3:49am 04.13.22 I'm going to try FSR and scotch brite first. Then I'll move on to more sanding. The gel coat is a bi
Head hose replacement BigEasy at 3:05am 04.13.22 Should have mentioned, hoses / boat in use 2.5 years. Thanks for the insight Ralph. Hopefully, P
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult Apex at 3:03am 04.13.22 different furler in my experience, but i had a bad bushing which allowed the drum to ride on the tur
A lost art: Conserving ice. jssailem at 1:53am 04.13.22 Vundabar! Thats a very nice. :clap:
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult jssailem at 1:49am 04.13.22 John. A functional furler of any make should not require a winch to make it work when there is litt

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