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how do I remove the "wallpaper"? capejt at 6:48am 09.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1219 Hi all, In the process of refurbing my '79 H33 I want to remove the "wallpaper" in the head and jus
The S.S. Minnow returns (2) Scott B at 6:07am 09.17.08 Ask All Sailors 21/2840 One of the original SS Minnows was bought by 2 men in BC and had restored. They are now offering "3
strut change in water jdgrnt66 at 5:42am 09.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1387 Hello all! I hope most of you have made it thus far through hurricane season. Got a tough question
Engine hour meter is intermittent Ken Johnson at 5:01am 09.17.08 Bavaria 5/4456 My boat has the Volvo MD-2030D diesel, and the standard control panel with a combo tach / engine-hou
Yanmar Engine Panel Roy Page at 4:57am 09.17.08 Big Boats 10/4476 My Yanmar engine panel on my H34 is pretty cracked up and the fuel shutoff is missing the knob. D
hp and shaft length for Lancer 25 outboard M at 10:30pm 09.16.08 Lancer 4/2264 I'm thinking of adding an outboard as a backup for my '75 Lancer 25. The inboard diesel has been que
Closed raw water valve fox islander at 8:07pm 09.16.08 Catalina 30 7/1808 Last week the wife and I took off on a 6 day cruise in Puget Sound. Before starting the motor I went
Pearson 26 Kent6832 at 5:46pm 09.16.08 Pearson 0/1410 At the Marina where I live there is a Pearson 26 with the OB well at the rear of the transom. I
H37C rudder "flaps". Ed Schenck at 3:39pm 09.16.08 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1473 I decided to start a new topic and keep the rudder topic strictly that. I could post a picture of
Have you heard of 2003 Calatlina 35' 6" JoeWhite at 3:02pm 09.16.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1336 I am trying to buy one. I am not able to find any specs on this sialboat. Has anyone heard of this s
How many lines at your Cockpit Marco Garcia at 1:20pm 09.16.08 Big Boats 0/934 I use an asymetric spinnaker, and my main is a full batten main. There are 10 rope clutches and on
removing the lead keel? Bare Aweigh at 12:00pm 09.16.08 Ask All Sailors 38/7730 My 1987 Oday 28 has an external lead keel that is weeping at the seal with the bottom of the boat.
Protecting my Boat.. TimCup at 11:30am 09.16.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1186 So, Tonyb praised floating docks, while they were the scourge here in St. Pete... It got me thinking
battery maintenance Don S/V ILLusion at 10:52am 09.16.08 Ask All Sailors 28/2494 How do you maintain your batteries at the dock? I'm faced with having to replace my Trojan T125
Barnacles and folding props. Ed Schenck at 10:18am 09.16.08 Ask All Sailors 13/2821 Are barnacles a problem with folding props? I recently had the boat hauled for the first time since
H37C Rudder. Ed Schenck at 10:01am 09.16.08 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1576 After getting Ladylove out of the mud from her Hanna storm anchorage I motored across the Neuse rive
Anyone sail with young children on a Macgregor 26s? heysteveh at 5:53am 09.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1546 Since I just posted about how much I liked the movie about bluewater sailing I gotta tell ya one of
Boom help (2) phdoc at 5:31am 09.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1326 I was putting the boom on my 25' Mac for the first time alone since I bought her and I wasn't sure h
Best Movie ever on Bluewater Sailing: Real Footage... heysteveh at 4:53am 09.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/3067 "Deep Water" is a documentary about the first round the world sailboat race which was won by Robin K
dagger board destroyed Cappn Mark at 4:25am 09.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1333 I recently struck a submerged object near marker #4 on Cherry Creek in Denver area. We almost came t

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New tool :) (1) jeepbluetj at 2:17pm 01.18.22 Can you show a picture of that? I just got a solar setup for my boat still trying to figure out th
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Scott T-Bird at 2:00pm 01.18.22 You start with a very ambitious plan but then you make it sound all sketchy when you talk about DIY
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? shemandr at 2:00pm 01.18.22 At least in regard to the Shinnicock Canal, which isn't in your route but is part of the ICW, there
bolt rope extrusion removal from selden mast dlochner at 1:41pm 01.18.22 Try warming with a heat gun. That should soften the PVC enough to bend. If the mast is down it may
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Project_Mayhem at 1:21pm 01.18.22 I assume you'd be trying to minimize the hardware you have on board so a gin pole using your boom or
Lower shrouds AaronD at 12:53pm 01.18.22 Some pictures would be helpful. If I understand correctly, your new shrouds have swaged eyes, design
Dometic AC needs capacitor Ken13559 at 12:34pm 01.18.22 I don't remember much and keeps forgetting where I ....... I'm that old too.
Trying to identify this boat cb32863 at 12:29pm 01.18.22 I love how people try to convince someone to buy a rotting POS and put money in to it. :rolleyes: Ju
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? SandCat at 12:16pm 01.18.22 Consider a Hunter 260 or other large "trailerable" design. They have very well thought out mast rai
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? dlochner at 12:10pm 01.18.22 At least for the Erie Canal sections, the marinas at either end have cranes and the rates are consid
Trying to identify this boat DArcy at 11:50am 01.18.22 Ericson 27 is a good boat. Very similar in size to the C&C27 I had for 20 years. It will be a great
Options for new main halyard Sailfanatic at 11:42am 01.18.22 Definitely no on Sta-setX. I would second the recommendation of VPC for a main halyard, I used it f
Trying to identify this boat kloudie1 at 11:22am 01.18.22 A little more poking around and the weiner is .. Ericson 27.. They were available with a deep transo
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? Stu Jackson at 11:07am 01.18.22 I'm a sailor and love wind in my wings. It appears I will need to un-step/load&carry/re-step at lea
Coast Guard multi year renewal CYQK at 11:06am 01.18.22 Soooo..... I phoned the uscg just now and the person explained that there is a bug in their software
Coast Guard multi year renewal NYSail at 10:59am 01.18.22 Be careful! I paid $100 more going through that agent that mimics USCG National Vessel Documentatio
Support for Rod Collins' Recovery shemandr at 10:58am 01.18.22 . But your punctuation is good. :biggrin: (That's a reference to the funny Friday thread going on)
Support for Rod Collins' Recovery shemandr at 10:50am 01.18.22 But your punctuation is good. :biggrin: (That's a reference to the funny Friday thread going on)
Great Loop on a Sailboat - Mast handling ideas? rgranger at 10:43am 01.18.22 At a marina I used to stay, I watched my slip neighbor step his mast by rafting his boat to two othe
Dometic AC needs capacitor Tater at 10:39am 01.18.22 ...... :) there was a time when capacitors had pcbs in them.. yeah I'm that old lol My dad acquir

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