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Inner forestay on a 323 MoonSailer at 11:09am 01.27.08 Pearson 0/1366 My 323 seems to really like a foresail but with roller furling the sail is often too large. I notice
Autohelm? Sabbatical III at 11:50am 01.27.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1089 I am looking into adding an autohelm unit to my 2005 Hunter 31. Any suggestions on specific feature
Miter cut jib Bones at 10:11am 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 5/7446 Does anyone know about miter cut jibs versus crosscut jibs? Mack sails promotes the miter cut and I
Car Bumper Replacement on I track airpilot at 10:43am 01.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/749 I have a Hunter 23 (1986)with the original car and track by Ronstan. The car is in very good shape,
Vertical battens John Van Wagoner at 10:26am 01.27.08 Big Boats 4/1304 I recently purchased a Hunter 38 with in-mast furling with vertical battens. There are three battens
302 mast step Tom Smith at 12:26pm 01.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1010 How is the mast stepped on a 302 (or 322)? Is it keep stepped or deck stepped?Thank-youError: Erro
Sail conversion for furler... abk at 12:40pm 01.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1186 I am going to buy a furler and I have a few ?'s.1. Alado Nautica... Seems like a good buy, any one
Appleman 26 Rebuild Shoaldrafter at 9:13pm 01.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/998 Appleman:Great job and great story. I had to replace all teak topside. I did not have one pair w
Icebox conversion cacsail at 7:37pm 01.27.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1578 We are looking to convert our icebox on 1985 Catalina 30 for refridgeration/freezer. Would like some
Insurance Banooma at 6:50pm 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 16/1709 As a new owner, I'm wondering - what are your thoughts as to important considerations to put into in
It's show time SailboatOwners.com at 2:03pm 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 16/1612 Winter time means boat show time for much of North America. Is attending shows an annual ritual..
Stuck Deadline at 9:24pm 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1107 Hunter must have used 3M 5200 to seal the ignition panel to the pedestal of the H320. Any ideas how
importance of jib vs. main walt at 10:04pm 01.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1309 Ive got the original sails which came with a 1990 26S. The jib sail looks likes it has OK shape -
Props All U Get at 10:56pm 01.27.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1160 Has anyone ever used two props on a single shaft? A while ago I had read about a shaft extension th
Backing down GJ 532 at 11:58pm 01.27.08 Big Boats 7/1275 We just purchased a New 2006 45cc, it has a 3 blade prop, my old 30' had a 2 blade and was a bear to
Narragansett Bay Cruising Guide Update bp at 12:09am 01.28.08 Trailer Sailors 1/1651 I asked about cruising guides to Narragansett Bay area a while back and got some recommendations. I
Adding another water tank Paul & Leiza at 12:55am 01.28.08 Ericson 0/1801 We've recently purchased an E-35-2 and want to increase our fresh water capacity.My first idea is t
Need some application/terminology help with a fitting. Clark at 12:01am 01.28.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/996 Went to the boat yesterday - a 1996 280 - and discovered the nut was missing from the exterior hull
Best small Marine AC??? Lee Scott at 1:18am 01.28.08 Ask All Sailors 10/3985 Anybody got any recommendations on who's got the best small self-contained marine AC units? I've go
Locker under Bavaria 47 chart table? nigelmercier at 1:16am 01.28.08 Bavaria 0/1591 Has anyone got easy access to a Bavaria 47? I want to know the width of the port-side opening of the

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Frostbiting on a grand scale? jon hansen at 6:38pm 11.09.21 i love watching, still bunched up
Adding a 115V outlet dlochner at 6:18pm 11.09.21 The following article is about charging AGMs not FLA batteries, but the issue is the same. The close
Wrapping topsides Don S/V ILLusion at 6:00pm 11.09.21 If you plan on spending any time at a dock, I'd think twice about it. Was at a small Jeanneau open
Wrapping topsides Don S/V ILLusion at 5:57pm 11.09.21 I could show you 5 or 6, in our club, all painted by the same expert painter. They look totally "li
Profurl Spinex 5.0 & Hunter 460 sail sfbay at 4:57pm 11.09.21 Easy..........do an internet search on "Hunter 460 (466 or 46) spinnaker images" to see examples.
Mast Step lyricpekka at 4:54pm 11.09.21 thanks so much. Going to boat tomorrow, will get a picture. Great ideas and info, thanks again.
Profurl Spinex 5.0 & Hunter 460 Scallywagger at 4:46pm 11.09.21 Great stuff, that will be very helpful. Also, where did you find the photos of the 460/466 flying th
Wrapping topsides Ward H at 4:45pm 11.09.21 A couple of years ago @jssailem, @LeslieTroyer and I spoke with a rep for a company advertising wrap
Profurl Spinex 5.0 & Hunter 460 Scallywagger at 4:43pm 11.09.21 I will attach my spinnaker halyard and possiby with the top-down furler tomorrow and take photos of
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina 31seahorse at 4:38pm 11.09.21 Thomas Magnum, watch your "six". Will Gilmore is the new sleuth in town!
Wrapping topsides berner73 at 4:32pm 11.09.21 If you plan on spending any time at a dock, I'd think twice about it. Was at a small Jeanneau open
Profurl Spinex 5.0 & Hunter 460 sail sfbay at 4:32pm 11.09.21 I will attach my spinnaker halyard and possiby with the top-down furler tomorrow and take photos of
Profurl Spinex 5.0 & Hunter 460 Scallywagger at 4:26pm 11.09.21 Profurl Spinex 5.0 Spinex 5.0 (profurl.com) looks like a quality top-down furler. While I do not ha
Mods to our 35s5 (5) Hollyberry at 4:15pm 11.09.21 Gnarly weather here these past few days.. but work continues A previous owner had removed the vinyl
Mast Step sail sfbay at 4:14pm 11.09.21 Missing or damaged? Photo? Suggest contacting Klacko, who made/make metal parts for C&C sailboats,
Occaisional Head Smell marchem at 4:13pm 11.09.21 None, and many good reasons why there should NOT be a macerator pump in the TOILET discharge line.
Raising the Mast Tater at 3:55pm 11.09.21 Try YouTube "mast raising" Thanks.
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 3:54pm 11.09.21 like button more than once;) You should never generalize women. It's wrong to make broad assumpt
Wrapping topsides DArcy at 3:29pm 11.09.21 I asked about this last year. There is a bit of information in that thread https://forums.sailboatow
Wrapping topsides FastOlson at 3:27pm 11.09.21

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