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Using Maxwell VW800 Windlass (3) Team118 at 8:21am 05.10.21 Big Boats 3/2294 Hi My 1997 has the VW800 windlass and I am in the process of getting the boat ready for launch. I
Can you climb the mast on a Hunter 26? DeliriousSailor at 8:06am 05.10.21 Smaller Boats 13/1416 We need to remove our jib and do rerigging of the main and a few other upgrades and maintenance thin
361 where in boat is the dock AC inlet fuse ? Guan at 7:44am 05.10.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/2719 Need to know where the AC incoming fuse is. Was using power washer with on board AC power when it f
Hardware Rigging rhomberg at 7:36am 05.10.21 Sirius 21/22 9/1680 I just bought a 21 and it needs all need hardware. Blocks, lines, cleats etc. Any detailed suggestio
Hunter 28 Seacock "Patch" (1) ManicFarmer at 7:20am 05.10.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/1224 I just bought my first sailboat, a 1990 Hunter 28. Survey went well but one of the issues identifie
Mast thickness? Orbweaver at 6:45am 05.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1641 Hi all, I want to attach a couple of pad-eyes to my mast. I'm trying to engineer a system to allow m
Home Weather Station Plymouth Sailor at 4:03am 05.10.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1035 Fellow sailors, trying to find an option on the cheap for determining wind speed as the wind speed t
H26 waterline / water flowing into gas locker on tack JimSails at 7:49pm 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 14/1335 Hey all, we have been concerned with the aft waterlevel on the hunter 26. We have a honda 9.9 off th
Towing a wooden dinghy (1) Captain W at 6:39pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 8/756 I have a new wooden dinghy. I am interested to know how you would attach a towing bridle to it. My
2000 Oceanis boom part (2) Winsome 461 at 5:19pm 05.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/556 Looking to replace a piece of the traveler car for a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 461. If anyone happens to
Jerk (1) rgranger at 3:29pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 31/2534 Went to do some work on my boat today and found this... well actually found something was absent
Cracked motor mount on Hunter 26 MySong at 2:21pm 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 15/1234 The plate that my motor mounts on is badly cracked and I need to make or buy a new one. Complicating
Marinas in the Chesapeake gnzoidberg at 1:05pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 11/1574 Hi everybody, I am looking for a marina in the Chesapeake area for the summer and into the fall. It
H40.5 Forward Head sump circuit shorted. edguy3 at 12:06pm 05.09.21 Big Boats 7/538 I have a '95 Hunter 40.5 and have just replaced the sump in the forward head. Seems there is a shor
Rhodes 19 electric / solar charging rbaevergreen at 11:42am 05.09.21 Day Sailers 0/563 I'm hoping to add an electric bilge pump to my Rhodes 19 (perhaps one on each side of the centerboar
The joys of reefing on our 26C Nashville_Blues at 11:30am 05.09.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/727 We purchased one of the new Lite-Skin sails from BWY with two reefing points and I wanted to share o
Sabre 34 Centerboard Outeast at 11:25am 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 2/861 I am revitalizing an '84 Sabre 34 with a shoal draft and centerboard. The centerboard cable snapped.
Catalina 22? For Sale SV_GALATEIA at 10:24am 05.09.21 Catalina 22 1/898 Hi all, I live way up at the tip of lower Michigan, in Cheboygan. Driving through town last week I
Max Prop - shaft and hub tightness wsconner at 10:04am 05.09.21 Musings With Maine Sail 5/975 I had my max prop classic reconditioned this winter and re-installing was fairly straightfoward. Ho
Hunter 460/466 Hydrovane (1) Scallywagger at 10:00am 05.09.21 Big Boats 11/2044 Hello. I have just purchased Ghostly Goose which will soon become my new Casper.I am also purchasing

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Backing screw hole for filling with epoxy High Current at 5:22pm 06.05.24
Is a little water in the bilge okay? Straycat22296 at 5:13pm 06.05.24 Per: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Catalina 310 is an American sailboat, that was designed b
Gelcoat Cracks on Toe Rail colin59 at 5:01pm 06.05.24 how o you fix them? Colin
23.5 outboard motor Crazy Dave Condon at 4:54pm 06.05.24 If you want electric start with batteries being recharged while motor running, I suggest Tohatsu 8 h
hello colin59 at 4:52pm 06.05.24 thanks enjoy the season Colin
Dish storage shemandr at 4:42pm 06.05.24 I think galley storage has to be matched to the number of people being fed, A 30' boat is basically
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:36pm 06.05.24 to put more weight lower on the keel than to aide in hydrodynamics
Dish storage kappykaplan at 3:41pm 06.05.24 Trying to figure the best way to manage/make storage on my Pearson 30 Show us pictures of your gal
PROOF that Hunter designs were way ahead of their time.... flightlead404 at 3:30pm 06.05.24
33.5 winged bulb keel, what's the airfoil? flightlead404 at 3:28pm 06.05.24 seriously doubt it makes much difference tbh. These things aren't America's Cup billion dollar race
stripping cetol from teak dlochner at 3:28pm 06.05.24 Does this mean that Cetol might make wood more susceptible to mildew than varnish would? My compres
23.5 outboard motor gudiss at 3:18pm 06.05.24 @Southern Crux As a dealer, I gave the original plans for the Hunter 23.5 to Hunter. Small Mercu
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 Stu Jackson at 2:43pm 06.05.24 Thanks for the info Stu. I'm resisting installing them on the jib sheet tracks as they are inboard
Color-matching gelcoat Davidasailor26 at 2:33pm 06.05.24
Is a little water in the bilge okay? JoeWhite at 2:27pm 06.05.24 I do not believe the Catalina smile is caused by a hurricane and grounding. The smile is due to wate
Adding Winch and deck organizer on a B323 Henk Noordermeer at 1:58pm 06.05.24 I think maybe you mashed Sparcraft and Spinlock together into Spincraft? You are correct: I meant
Overtrimmed jib prevent pointing? JRacer at 1:14pm 06.05.24 You already hired them, bough their sails! Might just have to offer to pickup travel expenses, put t
stripping cetol from teak jssailem at 1:12pm 06.05.24 Not necessarily. Wood is damaged when water gets into the wood. End grain access is the usual issu
stripping cetol from teak BigEasy at 1:12pm 06.05.24 Using Cetol can provoke some strong sentiment about varnish devotees. Cetol is the only finish tha
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 (1) jssailem at 12:59pm 06.05.24 I would put my mid ship cleats aligned with the red line as shown on this image of an O'Day 34. Not

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