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Taking a trip from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys Geri at 9:47am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1353 We have a 260 Hunter with a swing up keel. Would like to take a trip to the Florida Keys and reques
Polyurethane Glue Murray16764 at 8:45am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2573 I made an attempt to reseat a fixed port on the roof of cabin of my Ben352 last summer. I used sili
ETEC 90 shaft length, prop size and pitch gcarmich at 8:13am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1202 I am seriously considering upgrading my '04 Honda 50 to an ETEC 90. Is the recommended shaft length
Hurth Reduction Gear Data jgonnerman at 7:51am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1924 I have a 1984 Capital Yachts Newport 41 powered by its original Universal 5432 Diesal. The engine ma
ETEC 90 Prop size and pitch gcarmich at 7:46am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/2 I am seriously considering upgrading my '04 Honda 50 to an ETEC 90. What prop size and pitch do you
Returning to the Hunter 36 Family...advice please . deacm at 6:49am 03.04.09 Big Boats 13/2256 Back in 2002, I bought a Hunter 356 and although I loved it, our sailing season is just too short he
Free NOAA Chart Booklets Robspan at 6:28am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1282 The NOAA has come up with an experimental website that offers their charts free in booklet format. I
Should I race? yodaboda at 6:00am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1506 I've just acquired a hunter 23 WK. I thought about racing it in our upcoming club race. We race on
Shower / washdown in the cockpit? Questions. BobM at 4:24am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2384 So now that I am moving my Chartplotter from the port side coaming aft, it leaves me with a 4 x 6 ho
Can any one help me David Frick at 7:53pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1293 I am looking at a Hunter 46-2000 build, and now everyone is an expert, and they are putting the wind
Nav Pod Mod Ron20324 at 7:24pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2181 I installed a chartplotter on my NavPod, but things are too crowded inside and the top cover does no
Electrolysis II Eric on Selah at 7:14pm 03.03.09 Big Boats 4/1359 We put our 380 in the water in Port Charlotte, FL with a new zinc on the prop shaft. A month later,
Gel Coat Touch up question-need a solution alanwir at 6:51pm 03.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1524 On the cockpit floor, I have had some strictly cosmetic issues to deal with. There were some spots,
Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? Rick Webb at 6:38pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2101 Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? How about a whistle, mirror, marking light, PEPRB? May likely have
Transom Question MLM at 3:44pm 03.03.09 Day Sailers 0/1149 Does the 25' Oday have the same questionable o/b bracket weakness as the 23' and will a 7.5 four str
Winterizing fluke Deadline at 3:00pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1257 Yesterday I had to re-winterize my 2001 Yanmar 2GM because of a hard freeze. The engine must have a
New owner..... yugnoir at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3324 Just closed the deal for a 1990 Mac 26s. Will be picking it up next month and need to travel 763 KM.
Replacement Head Catalina 27 (2) Joe Snuffy at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 35/17557 Greetings! I just purchased an 84 Catalina 27. The head does not work, and the Wilcox Company seems
Diesel leak jodygoldman at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Catalina 30 4/2043 I own a 1986 Catalina 30 . The smell of fuel is very strong in the cabin and I have been trying to
diesel engine class windarra at 2:20pm 03.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1206 I have a 27' O'day with a 10hp diesel inboard engine. Looking for a class/course on how to operate a

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Barient 8P winch jamming, pawl problem? Tom J at 6:54pm 02.21.22 Any marine consignment stores near you? When I lived in Florida there was a great consignment shop
Barient 8P winch jamming, pawl problem? (1) jssailem at 6:51pm 02.21.22 What is that white goooo? Reminds me of that movie "There's something about Mary" e metal. Diesel
Mariner 19 or Triton 21 Tater at 6:37pm 02.21.22 Omph! "Danger Will Rodgers" (Robinson) Agreed! Also, if someone is looking at 40-year-old boats i
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 5:57pm 02.21.22 I don't know how many guys carrying guitars have claimed the hat on the ground was theirs. Really,
Replacing jib cars with Harken track? jviss at 5:41pm 02.21.22 If they can provide a replacement sheave I would need to find a shop that can re-rivet it, since th
Down windsails. chuckwayne at 5:40pm 02.21.22
Defender Sold chuckwayne at 5:34pm 02.21.22 I heartily agree with this, love that company! They've been really good to deal with. recently, Ha
Gelcoat cracks 1976 Catalina 22 Frogman at 5:29pm 02.21.22 What did you end up doing? Progress pics? I know the post is kinda old but I just got an 82 Catal
Defender Sold jviss at 5:27pm 02.21.22 Hodges marine - great prices and service! I heartily agree with this, love that company!
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Tom J at 5:25pm 02.21.22
Down windsails. (2) jssailem at 5:06pm 02.21.22 I have an old bow roller that could get you the additional 3"s you need... Think of it as viagra fo
Bosun's chair heritage at 4:42pm 02.21.22 There was an incident in a mooring field in Key West when a sailboat heeled over 90 degrees and dunk
Fuel tank Hunter 28 sail sfbay at 4:41pm 02.21.22 Suggest reading this article Diesel Fuel Tank Replacement - Practical Sailor (practical-sailor.com)
Mariner 19 or Triton 21 shemandr at 4:40pm 02.21.22 Omph! "Danger Will Rodgers"
Mariner 19 or Triton 21 Tater at 4:31pm 02.21.22 Wing_Mechanic, Today at each end of the Navarre bridge I saw an apparently abandoned sailboat, beach
Down windsails. Hayden Watson at 4:22pm 02.21.22
Bosun's chair Hayden Watson at 4:18pm 02.21.22 I mentioned the stirrups that I use. I climb the mast with just my wife to assist and we are both i
Catalina 27 keel Siamese at 4:07pm 02.21.22 They made a bunch of those boats, so there must be an owner's group/forum where you might pose the q
B&G Vulcan 7 help Scott T-Bird at 3:51pm 02.21.22 @BarryL , I have an unrelated question about the Vulcan - Triton set up. I put the instruments on m
Mariner 19 or Triton 21 Wing_Mechanic at 3:47pm 02.21.22 Thanks for the insight! The Mariner sold and the Triton owner and I couldn't quite agree on a price.

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