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Where it's at SailboatOwners.com at 11:50am 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 57/3252 Where do you keep your boat when you're "home?" Do you have a permanent slip, a subleased slip, a
headroom john mckerlie at 12:19pm 01.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1791 i am considering buying a hunter 33...i am 6'4" and the headroom is listed as 6'4"...i know that som
2 sailboats colide near Elizabeth City, NC, one missing. jackhartjr at 12:09pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 27/1996 Hi folks, just saw this in the Chalotte, NC online addition.Jack
Honda BF8 Impeller Manny at 12:34pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 9/4599 By chance, does anyone know where the water pump is located on a Honda BF8 outboard? If it helps it
replacing a broken or cracked thru hull 666 sand sailor at 2:25pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 23/1715 your boat is in the water, a thru hull is leaking what do you do???o.k. its broken before the valve*
Burgee winner Phil Herring at 2:14pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 33/2192 You voted, and the winner was clear: the last of Bob Poff's designs, shown below.Congrats to Bob,
Atomic Four woes Devian at 3:20pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 90/5227 Greetings all. So here's the deal. I have a 1969 Columbia 28' that needs some work. Mostly cosmetic
Deck Hardware Base Tim at 7:53pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1037 I am installing some new deck hardware and want to put them on a base of some kind. This is to rais
Thru Hull is weeping haulout 60 days away. Gary_H at 10:14pm 01.06.08 Ask All Sailors 75/4918 Here is my problem I just noticed a small amount of water leaking from what appears to be the base o
Thru hull plug?? WindDancer at 2:26am 01.07.08 Ask All Sailors 17/11251 When I haul out this spring for new bottom paint, I want to replace my thru hulls. I have two that I
1994 Mac 26S keel bolt gjmoore at 4:32am 01.07.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/953 Does anyone know how to replace and how often if the boat is insalt water?
Whisker Poles PrincessoftheLake at 5:35am 01.07.08 Big Boats 16/1321 There is another heated debate going on between Captain Grumpy and myself. He thinks we should get
Mast construction T37 Phil at 6:56am 01.07.08 Ask All Sailors 25/2373 I recently came across a two piece spliced mast on an older 37' boat. Did anyone ever make regular
preventing galvanic reaction between SS fasteners and aluminum hardware Mickey84H34 at 7:50am 01.07.08 Ask All Sailors 26/4056 We're doing a total top-to-bottom paint job on our Hunter 34 and have removed a lot of aluminum hard
I really hate January thaws... ;) Dave C - pearsonowners.co at 8:49am 01.07.08 Pearson 7/1480 It's 49 and pretty much all the snow is gone... how can one NOT think about boats? But alas, the s
hove to walt at 3:34pm 01.07.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/1954 Im hopeing to be able to reef my main single handed in windy lake sailing conditions and the "hove t
A/C AC Help Needed Dan at 7:16pm 01.07.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1330 So, one of my more significant winter projects is to replace one of theA/C units. I had a MarineAi
H-33 Prop Size Question Scott A. at 7:33pm 01.07.08 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1345 I believe that my 1981 H-33 with the 2GM (13hp) is undersized. I am considering changing the prop fr
Low tech jib sheet HAL at 8:25pm 01.07.08 Smaller Boats 9/680 If you use a low tech stretchy jib sheet will the sail depower in a gust or power up? Gust causes tw
S245 Furler Ron Lambert (Amphora) at 3:39am 01.08.08 Seidelmann 3/1481 Has anyone been able to get parts for the "Cruising Design" Furler on a S245. Also has anyone replac

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first trip to Catalina jon hansen at 3:26pm 04.10.21 there is an old saying about playing in 'big water', 'minimum 20', and if you can afford it, 30'
1995 Hunter 35.5 Leak in Aft. cabin. sail sfbay at 2:53pm 04.10.21 ........... "sail sfbay", do you have a picture of your ceiling cover? maybe I would have to make so
Dynaplate Brian D at 2:37pm 04.10.21 So, Brian, I guess you're saying the the Dynaplate is a good solution looking for a problem. ;) L
first trip to Catalina Brian D at 2:31pm 04.10.21 My bad.... What is the distance from the suggested departure point on the mainland to the island?
Catalina 36 v berth mattress sail sfbay at 1:45pm 04.10.21 Post #5 in this thread liked it: Looking for a better v-berth mattresss! \| Catalina 36/375 Internat
Exposed lead keel Tally Ho at 1:44pm 04.10.21 Re-Posting this question: Are we not supposed to install bilge pumps/float switch with screws into
Quick Oil Q - 10w30 vs 30 SV_IdleHour at 1:38pm 04.10.21
Installing Mast Steps Stu Jackson at 1:35pm 04.10.21 I had exactly the same experience as Rich, and the same 23 years.
Hunter 260 Mast Stepping System Doug J at 1:25pm 04.10.21 I have a H26 and raise and lower alone. The mast raising system works well. Just have to be sure t
Quick Oil Q - 10w30 vs 30 Rich Stidger at 1:18pm 04.10.21 Perhaps straight 30W oil is recommended by Westerbeke for the temperatures you will be experiencing?
Hunter 260 Mast Stepping System Crazy Dave Condon at 1:17pm 04.10.21 sent you a private message. It gets no better when I designed the mast raising system. You have
Quick Oil Q - 10w30 vs 30 sail sfbay at 1:07pm 04.10.21 Since the oil is fresh from the last season schedule your next oil change AFTER it is in the water s
Use of bimini Doug J at 1:05pm 04.10.21 I think this pic shows it pretty well. Looks like the boom is resting on the bimini, is that corr
Dinghy engine lifting davit No Rush at 12:54pm 04.10.21 I have snap shackles on the boom vang. I unclip it, then clip it to the end of the boom and use that
Motor mount size question timlho at 12:49pm 04.10.21 Oh I did. They said it was two parts. 240 total. Plus tax. Far too much. It's cuter than the big
Installing Mast Steps thinwater at 12:33pm 04.10.21 Always coarse threads for soft metals. Any engineering reference. If the boat is big enough that you
Installing Mast Steps Rich Stidger at 11:56am 04.10.21 I have that same type of mast steps as you. I looked for pictures to see how I mounted mine but col
Installing Mast Steps sail sfbay at 11:53am 04.10.21 There is usually not enough material on a mast to get three threads of a metal screw to hold in the
Use of bimini CaptainRan at 11:50am 04.10.21 I have a topping lift, which was very useful yesterday when working with the boomkicker - but I don'
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 11:47am 04.10.21 192588

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