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Bottom Sanding - Painting sailcapt340 at 12:45pm 09.26.08 Big Boats 2/1299 When the boat is hauled for the sesaon, can it be light sanded now (Oct/Nov) and left to paint in th
NavPod Installation Tips (Photo Heavy Post) (8) Maine Sail at 11:52am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 5/3837 It occurred to me, after seeing a guy at the boat yard destroy a $200.00 + NavPod, that some may be
Removing Mast Step ggreen at 11:31am 09.26.08 Ask An Oday Owner 24/2999 I have a 1984, 23 ft. O'day with a stepped mast. The mast plate leaks, and needs to be rebedded, how
Anyone else going to the Lats & Att's party at 2 harbrs. caguy at 11:22am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1327 Anyone else going to the Lats ' Att's party at 2 Harbors. Oct 10-12th? Promises to be a good time.F
Rigging Diagram for O'Day 19 Conrad at 8:52am 09.26.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/5203 I have just purchased a 1983 O'Day 19 and I need a diagram of how to rig the the mast, sails,etc.I a
Yanmar Manuals Warren Milberg at 7:27am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1606 Phil: I still cannot find the Yanmar engine manuals that Jim Seamans had posted to the "Resource" s
Vinyl GoldLeaf Lettering igor at 6:51am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 9/3210 Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has ordered vinyl goldleaf letters for the name of their boa
Sailcare Warren Milberg at 6:35am 09.26.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1227 FYI, for those of you who like and use "Sailcare," as I do, their 15 % discount period runs on sails
Control of specific forums to show? Rich Stidger at 6:35am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/1675 On the old site a user could check off which forums in which they were interested and only those pos
How to control getting only Hunter forums? Rich Stidger at 6:16am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1569 Upon first opening of the home page, if I click New Posts I get posts from all boat brands. If I cl
attached thumbnails ffacts at 5:59am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1237 How do I manage to see the attached thumbnaills They are not showing and I cannot find the "special
Posting images to new post Ken Palmer at 5:21am 09.26.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1113 I just ran across a posting where a couple images were included in the post. When passing my mouse
NE Sailors STORM PREP!!! (Photo Heavy) (9) Maine Sail at 4:16am 09.26.08 Musings With Maine Sail 18/8178 We are expecting a tropical storm this weekend in the North East! In our mooring field, with big fet
C320 Mybigblue at 4:16am 09.26.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1212 We are looking for ideas !! We are interested to know how and where other owners stow equipment in t
Looking for spinaker Jimm at 3:28am 09.26.08 Catalina 30 0/1086 Have '93 Cat30 tall rig -- looking for spinaker to add to sail inventory ... respond PM should ou ha
First 285 electrical questions SoSound at 10:18pm 09.25.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2171 I have a couple of specific electrical questions on our First 285, and then a request for general ma
Hunter 23.5 displacement DavidB75 at 10:13pm 09.25.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/4707 Hello everyone, I am looking into purchasing a Hunter 23.5 but would like to know the displacement o
Throttle slows down by itself ?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 9:55pm 09.25.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2290 I started noticing the throttle would back off (slow down) on long stretches of motoring. This is o
Day 1: Frequently Asked Questions and Update Phil Herring at 9:17pm 09.25.08 Ask All Sailors 31/4433 Hi everyone, Thanks for your patience today while the site gets a bit of shakedown cruise! Here ar
Morons at Yahoo Think SBO is spam OldCat at 8:11pm 09.25.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1533 The Morons, or is that CS school flunkouts, at Yahoo's email department think that any email from Sa

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Hunter 356 Aft Cabin water infiltration sailcapt340 at 8:10am 01.20.22 Can you get into the boat during a rain storm? And remove all the overhead access panels in the cab
Starter or battery jeepbluetj at 8:02am 01.20.22 Sounds like low voltage at the starter to me. That could be a bad battery, bad connections to the ba
Gelcoat Cracks near skylights on Hunter 356 dmax at 7:54am 01.20.22 You're going to want the surveyor to do a moisture check but most likely those are stress cracks in
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? billder99 at 7:51am 01.20.22 I think I am paying something like $38/mo. And that includes towing. Boat US is another place to
How wide is the wing on the keel of a Hunter 26.5?? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:49am 01.20.22 The bottom of the Hunter keels are not flat like Catalina keels. If a large amount of weight rests
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? billder99 at 7:43am 01.20.22 You can get insurance on older boats...... I'd be rather reluctant to run locks with all the inhere
Hunter 356 Aft Cabin water infiltration smokey73 at 7:39am 01.20.22 you'll see a wire bundle coming from the pedestal that runs aft and enters the hull. Add-on instru
Support for Rod Collins' Recovery njlarry at 7:07am 01.20.22 God bless. Hope you recover soon. We all owe RC our support. His advice has saved much time and cost
Head Always Full Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:06am 01.20.22 Is it possible that the tank vent is plugged, preventing the pump out from really pumping the tank
Hunter 356 Aft Cabin water infiltration BrianH at 6:55am 01.20.22 ditto on above, but two other possibilities are the sealing of the arch base and , IMHO, one that's
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Bob J. at 6:42am 01.20.22 I've sailed several boats that could put up and down their masts on their own. This is not a big de
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? rgranger at 5:59am 01.20.22 Liability insurance is essential. A friend's boat was hit by an uninsured boater. There was some da
Fairleads RoyS at 5:45am 01.20.22 Also it is worth the slight effort and very minor expense to place tell tales on your sails. These w
ZF 12M transmission 2:1 dlochner at 4:34am 01.20.22 Follow the transmission's manual instructions. We have a new Z12M 2.63 transmission and leave it in
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered dlochner at 4:21am 01.20.22 another reason to add - the bank you financed it through requires it. Never seen that. On low
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? dlochner at 4:17am 01.20.22 Liability insurance is essential. A friend's boat was hit by an uninsured boater. There was some dam
Head Always Full Davidasailor26 at 3:56am 01.20.22 Is it possible that the tank vent is plugged, preventing the pump out from really pumping the tank e
25-II throttle cable replacement (1) Nunavut at 3:41am 01.20.22
Starter or battery (1) Light air at 3:16am 01.20.22 The problem with trying to jump the starter is that it is on the boat and in the water. I tried to
25-II throttle cable replacement cmccosta at 2:16am 01.20.22 I am looking at purchasing the HDI stainless steel mixer elbow and adaptor joint. One concern I ha

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