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an amplifier for electronic alarms? Bruce20809 at 9:21pm 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1716 As the years tick by I have become increasingly unable to hear high frequency sounds. Even the best
Oday 20 towing scribs07 at 10:11pm 12.24.07 Ask An Oday Owner 12/4929 I'm interested in exploring the possibility of owning an Oday 20, and plan to trailer sail this as o
New To Cheaspeake bay Captn Mapache at 1:20am 12.25.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/933 Relocating to the Hagerstown, Maryland area and bringing my 26' O Day. Any suggestions on a good mar
Replacing Rope Clutch KenK13623 at 1:47am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 14/5526 I have a 2001 Hunter 310 and one of my rope clutches has developed a crack in the plastic housing an
Repairing Window Leaks Dave Siebs at 1:10am 12.25.07 Hallberg-Rassy 4/4729 I have had a strange leak since we took ownership of this boat three years ago. After taking out mu
spongy deck gooch at 1:08am 12.25.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2105 A small area of my deck above the cabin is spongy. I wonder how to fix it. My idea is to gently re
Jib Jack Line Marcia at 11:54pm 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 8/2239 Has anyone ever seen anything like this? It looks like it'd be a great, inexpensive idea for single
Merry Christmas from Sunny Florida (1) Terry in Naples at 11:37pm 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1069 Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and prosperous new New Year from Terry and Rhonda
Any info greatly appreciated tinman530 at 8:14am 12.25.07 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 0/1995 Does anyone have any information(Owners Manual, specs, Fixed keel, Rigging...etc... etc... regarding
happy chrismahaunaquanzaca sand sailor at 8:01am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 1/982 just thought i'd share this thrill ride with youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA-N62318c'NR=1
FAVORITE SAIBOAT SUPPLT (free boat) Needs stuff sailormanbigd at 9:24am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1479 hi, I am going to replace the packing inside the rudder post on the morgan 33 out island on my next
3 blade prop BOB at 5:18am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 21/2264 I have a 30ft boat with a 5411, 11hp motor with a 2 blade prop. It is very under powered. Has anybod
Beneteau 331, 323, or the new 31 (2008) jveatch at 4:35am 12.25.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/10470 We are considering downsizing (for financial reasons) from a beautiful 2006 Hunter 36 to a smaller B
Catalina 380 Prop Size George8340 at 8:39pm 12.23.07 Big Boats 2/2770 I purchased my 2001 Catalina 380 used and it came with an Autoprop. I have trouble with the bearing
Discontinuous Rigging Question? Ian at 8:26pm 12.23.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1668 My previous boat 36' Beneteau had "discontinuous" rigging. Any particular reason they design boats
boat pictures (1) walt at 1:11am 12.24.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1298 Ive had this boat for nearly a year now and got a lot of great ideas from people posting pictures. I
Rear Motor Mount Replacements Tom Butner at 12:59am 12.24.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/910 How difficult a job is it to replace the rear engine motor mounts on the 2QM15 that was standard on
To all on SBO, and to the owners or SBO (1) Brian D at 1:34am 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1046 Thanks for a great year of boating
3 leaks Harvey at 1:51am 12.24.07 Big Boats 3/879 I have recently acquired three leaks in an otherwise absolutely dry boat, a 2002 model. The most bot
trailing a hunter 23.5 dennis11718 at 3:07am 12.24.07 Trailer Sailors 13/4161 Hi, looking at my first boat. Would a 04 trailblazer work for towing a hunter 23.5 or should i be l

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Occaisional Head Smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:35pm 11.09.21 I'm a big fan of Whale y-valves. However, you might want to see what the "seasoned salts" on the fo
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

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