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Replace Dorade with Solar Vent P12nash at 4:16pm 08.18.21 Big Boats 15/4419
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR SVEN MARTINEZ at 2:19pm 08.18.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/3144 Hi folks. H386. How do you run up the throttle while not in gear? I seem to have no detent button
Safe to mount screws in the bilge? FlyingSailor at 1:47pm 08.18.21 Mid-Size Boats 8/3646 What exactly is directly under the bilge? Is just straight into the keel? I have a 1983 Catalina 27.
Raymarine st4000+ autopilot problems Jimongee at 12:00pm 08.18.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/4332 my boat is a Hunter 2002 356. The auto pilot has been working pretty good in light wind and calmer
Moisture readings from survey Gaston1953 at 10:46am 08.18.21 Ask All Sailors 15/4222 I recently got a survey done last week and all was very good. The hull sounded good,no blistering...
Victron Solar Controller 150/60 Placement Nodak7 at 10:36am 08.18.21 Big Boats 4/829 Ok this is kind of a funny (and stupid on my part) story but I thought I would share this with you a
Running out of hair to pull out!! rpell1@msn.com at 6:32am 08.18.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1148 Hi all......again, After running this problem last week and receiving some good advice, I find mysel
Anemometer repair upper Barnagate bay Dil at 6:07am 08.18.21 Ask All Sailors 6/830 Any one known who I might be able to call to fix my anemometer. I'm in Brick on Metedeconk I think i
TS Henri --> Hurricane Henri JamesG161 at 4:37am 08.18.21 Weather and Forecasting 19/1840 TS Henri This storm looked like an Atlantic "Fish Storm" until this morning. The storm may graze t
AIS500 software Udi at 1:44am 08.18.21 Ask All Sailors 4/3090 Hi! In my boat a Raymarine AIS500 that was installed around 2011. That kind of AIS have now interfa
Border Crossing Into BC Terry Cox at 9:14pm 08.17.21 Pacific North West Cruisers 1/917 Just a note to let you know that my boating buddy crossed into Canada a week or so ago through Sydne
Wooden (7) All U Get at 5:59pm 08.17.21 Ask All Sailors 39/3643
Hunter 23.5 Al Minns at 5:07pm 08.17.21 Smaller Boats 5/1163 Trying to rig my new to me Hunter 23.5 . Witch u bolt dose the upper should go to, front or rear. Th
Catalina 27 mast issue (1) SeaDogRun at 4:19pm 08.17.21 Mid-Size Boats 9/1827 Just bought a 1987 Catalina 27 on the cheap. Hadn't been sailed in 4 years. Lots of work to be don
Alternator shutoff switch? ScottySailor at 3:43pm 08.17.21 Big Boats 22/3504 Hey fellow sailors unfortunately after an awesome trip to Catalina my first time, motoring back towa
Furling mainsail - anyone have any experience of trying to replace with a standard non-furling sail? Suzi at 3:20pm 08.17.21 Ask All Sailors 1/361 Hi. On my 40 year old Kiri Fifty the mainsail is paper thin and has torn and is jammed in the furli
How to rig outhaul (and the rest) on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. (1) Revolutionary at 3:07pm 08.17.21 Bigger Boats 21/6001 Can someone explain, or better yet show a diagram or photo, of how to rig the outhaul on an O'Day 27
Beneteau 361 new owner Swoon at 10:57am 08.17.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 26/4080 Hi all .and thank you for having this group...and allowing this neophyte to join. Just bought a 2004
Mast Help - Hunter 27 DividingLineWest at 9:27am 08.17.21 Parts Search 6/1352 I own a 1982 Hunter 27. I need to replace some hardware (including spreaders) and can not for the li
To Electric or not to Electric that is the question/ Udi at 7:39am 08.17.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/3617 Hi ! Why should I move to an electric outboard? Or Why I Shouldn't ? Thanksss. Sorry I didn't men*

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Traveler car/track as tether? dLj at 9:54am 04.25.25 I can't really tell on your Mariner 36 how you would install the granny bars, but you'll figure out
Looking for a sailboat junk/salvage yard azambella at 9:43am 04.25.25 OK, found an awesome boat Junkyard in Quincy,MA. They have a lot of parts etc.. there. They did not
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:33am 04.25.25 I have a number of tethers on my boat. My favorite by far is the Kong double tether. https://www.k
Traveler car/track as tether? dLj at 9:31am 04.25.25 I have not seen these yet. I have a number of tethers on my boat. My favorite by far is the Kong d
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:30am 04.25.25 Points above are very good. I will add that granny bars at the mast i consider mandatory for going
Can a mast be repaired? If no, where can I buy a mast for my Hunter 23.5? FWBpilot at 9:29am 04.25.25 3 welders in Pensacola Florida looked at the mast at Zern's rigging and say they can't fix the mast.
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:16am 04.25.25 Off topic, but I have found the two-leg tethers to work very well. When at a station, you can use w
Mast Buoy for Hunter 15' Project_Mayhem at 9:14am 04.25.25 I used to teach dinghy sailing. Day one: Put on your wetsuit, take the boat out into 20 feet of wat
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:14am 04.25.25 I will speak only to the track vs. jackline subject. Stretch. The lack of stretch could keep you f
1983 H34 Main AC Circuit Breaker Replacement Phil D. at 9:10am 04.25.25 Thanks for the reply Marcham. I think the difference is that my breaker contains a 5th terminal on
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 9:03am 04.25.25 OK, I have a lot of criticism for the skipper and crew in that video, but that's not what your post
Proposed Removal of USCG Navigational Aids DRhoads at 8:59am 04.25.25 For those of you in the affected area PLEASE respond to the CG they actually listen. We had the sam
Traveler car/track as tether? BAD ORCA at 8:58am 04.25.25 Probably the best and most thought out articles on jacklines (among many other sailing issues) is J
In-Mast Furling, Continuous Furling Line, Blocks, and you... DRhoads at 8:41am 04.25.25 Or splice your own line. It is easy only takes about 30 min the first time 15 min after. Done it a
Rudder draft Crazy Dave Condon at 8:35am 04.25.25 @Benny17441 is correct there is no depth measurement given for the rudder. Simply measure from the b
Transducer David in Sandusky at 7:44am 04.25.25 What Greg said. Actually, knowing the brand, and the hertz/cycles per second of the pulse are the ke
In-Mast Furling, Continuous Furling Line, Blocks, and you... Calif. Ted at 7:30am 04.25.25 A "Snatch Block" is made to put on a line without threading it. This would be a very expensive metho
C&C 32 Jumpstart at 7:30am 04.25.25 The C&C 32 is a good boat provided it is in good shape. I looked at a couple but passed on them. I s
Idle Adjustment Screw - Universal M35B dLj at 6:59am 04.25.25 From this and other threads you've posted on your engine, seems more and more like scheduling an eng
C&C 32 Scott T-Bird at 5:45am 04.25.25 However, at that age it's more likely that it has needed systems fixed and updated or it would be

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