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ISO Surveyors - NH area Apex at 5:41pm 07.19.21 Ask All Sailors 5/562 Looking at a sailboat, ONLY 900 miles away......Anyone have recommendations for a surveyor in lake w
Getting the H34! (2) DeniseO30 at 4:22pm 07.19.21 Big Boats 7/1195 I was really blown away with the good condition of this boat! It doesn't smell, Comes with AC, a
Solar on H38 - How much do you have? flightlead404 at 3:15pm 07.19.21 Big Boats 13/1342 I'm looking at putting solar on my H38. I'm thinking of 4 x 180W panels over the davits just aft of
Need help on bulb type for a Catalina 309 head light (1) sailingdeac at 2:19pm 07.19.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/892 I see no manufacture id. the 'bulb" is an odd oblong glass tube with steel points on each end that
Hunter Passage 42 forward hatch hinges fixed, for now. (2) BBC16385 at 12:44pm 07.19.21 Big Boats 5/888 I recently posted on all three forward hatch hinge pins breaking on my 1997 boat. No one seemed to
9.6 upper rudder bearing ColinMurray at 9:24am 07.19.21 Columbia 1/5949 Can someone send any info or ideally a photo of the upper rudder bearing used on the 1976 9.6. Looks
A trip down the Chicago river - With pics! Project_Mayhem at 8:30am 07.19.21 Ask All Sailors 15/1250 In Chicago there are two yards on the Southern branch of the Chicago river. By law they must be navi
Pedestal parts 1984 Hunter 31 steve1366 at 7:27am 07.19.21 Mid-Size Boats 3/925 Does anyone know who the name of the supplier of the pedestals for a 1984 Hunter 31. The pressure b
Best Dinghy for Small Sailboat SailorElliot at 7:08am 07.19.21 Ask All Sailors 5/4804 Hello! I am wondering what the best dinghy is for rowing/motoring to shore on my Flicka 20. I would
Dinghy protector seadaddler at 5:32am 07.19.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1250 Do you put any kind of a clear protection to help from getting dirty or from the sun on Hypalon like
PSA: 260 Owners - Check Your Rudder Brackets (2) rs1sensen at 8:22pm 07.18.21 Smaller Boats 3/743 After seeing a post on the Hunter 260 facebook group a few weeks ago I checked my rudder bracket and
A few 260 upgrades (10) rs1sensen at 7:58pm 07.18.21 Smaller Boats 16/2670
Javelin Forestay Question (1) HanksDad at 1:44pm 07.18.21 Ask An Oday Owner 2/552 So I just bought an O'Day Javelin. The one I sailed in the past had the standard 3 stays and then t
Hunter arch bike rack (4) Nachismo at 12:04pm 07.18.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/752
Pro Charge Ultra stops charging. (1) ontherocks83 at 9:51am 07.18.21 Ask All Sailors 3/626 I have a new Sterling Power Pro Charge Ultra 40A that I installed last year. I have been away from
Catalina 310 mast electrical connections Jacksail at 9:41am 07.18.21 Catalina 310 4/920 I am planning on taking down my mast for maintenance this fall. Where are the connectors that go to
Autohelm Type 100 Course Computer lyleh at 9:24am 07.18.21 Parts Search 2/611 Looking for an operating Autohelm Type 100 course computer.
What kind of antenna is this ? (1) aret007 at 9:15am 07.18.21 Ask All Sailors 11/1180 Do you have any idea what kind of antenna and how to test if working ?
Holly sole sourcing? Jimongee at 7:40am 07.18.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/625 This is Jim on SV SamiDog. She is a 2002 Hunter 356. I have a small bit of water damage at a corne
Landing a sturgeon (2) Captain W at 5:55am 07.18.21 Ask All Sailors 17/2060 Received a call from the marina yesterday morning that a five-foot sturgeon was discovered on the de

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TD 14 (1) JamesG161 at 7:58am 10.06.24 Just in for TS Milton... ...
What's the story on the 280? chp at 7:46am 10.06.24 I'm a 280 owner and really like mine. Its just my wife and I so it works great. Also I single hand a
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control kappykaplan at 7:35am 10.06.24 My first guess would be to check the mixing elbow. Was there a black sheen on the water? What spec
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters (3) jdrutten at 7:32am 10.06.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard FastOlson at 6:51am 10.06.24 There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. If you mean 'no reports', you
Deck Core Repair dmax at 6:45am 10.06.24 As LLoydB says, if there's any way you can do this from the bottom vs. cutting your deck, you will s
TD 14 (1) jssailem at 6:28am 10.06.24 Sorry Greg. With the two storm Kirk and Leslie off in the Atlantic, I shut down the computer and wen
HELP! with outhaul line replacement jssailem at 6:05am 10.06.24 If they had just dead ended the line at the boom end block then it would be a simple task to use th
TD 14 sailme88 at 3:46am 10.06.24 Dammit Jim, I'm a sailor not a meteorologist......relax Bones.... you're neither......
TD 14 (2) kappykaplan at 3:29am 10.06.24 Milton now forecast to come ashore as a Cat 3 and will bring a lot of rain with it.
Insulation Project_Mayhem at 9:47pm 10.05.24 A lot of RVers use foil lined bubble wrap. I believe @Timm R Oday25 insulated his boat with another
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 9:43pm 10.05.24 She looks beautiful! There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. Water see
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 9:39pm 10.05.24 I agree with everything @Crazy Dave Condon said except for braking or speeding up to reduce sway. I'
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (3) SteveHughessails at 8:21pm 10.05.24 We took the Hunter out on the lake today. Our goal was to raise the Mast set the Boom up and have lu
Purchase questions 38 quadrille38 at 6:18pm 10.05.24 I would like to add a couple more questions please. boat has 2 new agm batteries. The boat actually
Advice on replacing standing rigging ...3TacksontheWater at 6:13pm 10.05.24 Turnbuckle designs have changed over the years. I think replacing the turnbuckles with the rigging i
Rudder Removal james2034 at 5:12pm 10.05.24 226587 The first time I removed my rudder, the stainless pin was seized into the aluminum tiller an
Rudder Removal james2034 at 5:10pm 10.05.24 Thank you to all who provided excellent information and help with rudder removal and measurements. A
TD 14 BigEasy at 4:51pm 10.05.24 Are the weather gurus following this one? Looks like it will clear out before I head down on the 14
TD 14 Davidasailor26 at 4:42pm 10.05.24 I thought M meant Cat 3 or higher. Has the M been demoted to above cat 1? No, The M is still for M

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