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e25 deck core? sunfirescout at 12:15pm 04.21.07 Other Sailboats 1/1004 While I was removing a portlight on my e25 today I noticed there was no wood core between the fiberg
Flying Dutchman? JoshGray at 9:15pm 04.19.07 Ask All Sailors 2/960 A 40' "Ghost Yacht" was found off the shore of Australia with the engines running and sails hoisted.
Wax on?? How soon with a new boat Scott B at 11:11pm 04.19.07 Ask All Sailors 20/2484 After reading the thread on Maine Sail's rant on clean boats and admiring the wax job on his boat (a
Mast Collar Bob3980 at 11:30pm 04.19.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/870 My recently aquired 1982 is missing its boot collar. I have installed a mast collar to keep out wate
Mystery in Australia higgs at 11:26pm 04.19.07 Ask All Sailors 7/947 A catamaran was found off of Australia with no crew aboard, food on the table, and engine running.
Windows Vista Help?? Ralph18414 at 11:26pm 04.19.07 Ask All Sailors 26/1921 I recently bought a laptop for use in the boat (Maptech Off Shore Navigator). Now that I have the t
Do You recognize this portlight? TJ-LJ Champion at 12:15am 04.20.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/994 Yet another boatyard visit without me, TJ removed this fixed portlight and brought it home to inspec
Hidden Compression Posts WIlaker at 2:10am 04.20.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/918 Does anyone out there know which older Hunters have a hidden compression post like the ones in the 2
Bilge Pump outlet JimK23175 at 2:34am 04.20.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/930 I have a 26M which I plan on keeping in the water this year on a mooring. I am thinking it would be
standing rigging J. Barrett at 2:51am 04.20.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/858 Just when I thought I was ready for the spring launch.... After cleaning/painting the bottom and kee
diesel in bilge mike at 5:48am 04.20.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/943 I just went to check on my boat to continue getting it ready for launch and saw diesel in the bilge.
Varnish removal MJ at 6:31am 04.20.07 Ask All Sailors 10/2915 Does anyone have a relatively easy and safe way to remove varnish from the brightwork and more impor
Do they work? (Anchor Riding Sails, that is.) Jon6436 at 6:55am 04.20.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1047 Regarding recent post about Anchor Riding Sails, I've never used one because I've never seen one use
Dinghy suggestions? AndyBunn at 8:03am 04.20.07 Catalina 22 1/1367 I'm going to have my c22 on a mooring this year. I'm in the market for a little dinghy to get back a
Sticky Car on Boom Track Cool Hand at 11:09am 04.20.07 Big Boats 5/1194 Hi -- I am a relatively happy owner of a Hunter 420 passage, 2002. It has developed an interesting p
Water in the outboard Ben16737 at 7:21am 04.20.07 Ask All Sailors 3/926 So I'm getting ready to cast off the dock lines within a week or two. In getting the outboard prepp
help i have just bought my frist boat rich at 1:00pm 04.20.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/827 I have just bought my frist boat its a 1988MAC.26 it has been to catalina two times then put in stor
optimum motor size Tommy B. at 2:01pm 04.20.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/944 My 1985 Hunter 23 came to me used equipped with a Honda 5 horse 4 stroke of about the same vintage.
sea sickness help Rich at 1:58pm 04.20.07 Ask All Sailors 28/2378 does anybody out there have a cure for sea sicknees I love to sail Iam new at itbut I always feed th
Barrier Coat and Bouyancy Rob Hessenius at 2:03pm 04.20.07 Ask All Sailors 4/966 Over the last two weeks I have finished putting on a barrier coat on my Ericson 25. I followed Inte

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Looking for O'Day 25 Trailer or similar Tandem Axle withintheruins14 at 11:22am 02.26.21 she's an O'Day 25 swing keel https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/oday-25, as for matching them to @Bro
Hunter 376 Fender Sizing and Positioning Ron20324 at 11:20am 02.26.21 I often am in circular rafts, and have seen that nothing smaller than 10s for MY boat were satisfact
"Multi Ring Deck Organizer" (1) Drinky Crow at 11:20am 02.26.21 if the entry angle is not parallel to the deck. http://www.antal.it/data/files/prodotti_img/Soft_Li
"Multi Ring Deck Organizer" (1) rgranger at 11:17am 02.26.21 You asked about the deck organizer and all I can say is that the ring seems to work well as far as f
Experience reducing Aero drag while trailering? rgranger at 10:58am 02.26.21 when a car was flashing lights only to see one hub on fire. Learned the hard way. I always try t
Servicing the Maxwell Winches Bolander at 10:57am 02.26.21 This site has some drawings too: go to "Owner Resources" in the top bar, then click on "General Dow
Servicing the Maxwell Winches Bolander at 10:53am 02.26.21 Below are links to two Youtube videos and thread on servicing your Maxwell winches. Contact Arco-H
"Multi Ring Deck Organizer" DArcy at 10:53am 02.26.21 Lead rings are becoming quite common and this deck organizer seems to be very similar. Might even be
"Multi Ring Deck Organizer" rgranger at 10:52am 02.26.21 I have not used those but I have used the low friction rings as a subsitute for a block. So far no
Experience reducing Aero drag while trailering? Crazy Dave Condon at 10:51am 02.26.21 Rick; Engineers at Hunter, Catalina and others did not think of the mast being alot of drag but your
Terminology rgranger at 10:50am 02.26.21 On my boat if I raised the staysail foot by not very much the aft end of the boom would contact the
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. DayDreamer41 at 10:46am 02.26.21 @Ralph Johnstone is that an inline blower to evacuate the engine room? nice looking install and a ve
Funny Friday!!! (4) rgranger at 10:46am 02.26.21 190820 Well.... okay! Now that I'm being honest..... this one too... 190821 Happy FRIDAY! 19082
Looking for O'Day 25 Trailer or similar Tandem Axle Crazy Dave Condon at 10:44am 02.26.21 better to have the correct measurements and the specific keel.
Terminology Johnb at 10:40am 02.26.21 On my boat if I raised the staysail foot by not very much the aft end of the boom would contact the
Leaking keel on a Hunter 31 rgranger at 10:39am 02.26.21 That makes sense. What is the solution? Grind the spot down, epoxy and bottom paint? So that is wh
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:35am 02.26.21 This is what you should have, as shown on our 1999 H-310 with a Yanmar 2GM20F. d back several inche
H26 Rudder Doug J at 10:27am 02.26.21 CaptainRan, don't know if you already took care of this but here is a mod I posted. In one of the p
What boats qualify as Affordable, Low Maintenance, Blue Water?? DayDreamer41 at 10:26am 02.26.21 You are from Saskatchewan? That's about as far from any ocean as I could imagine living. Where are
What boats qualify as Affordable, Low Maintenance, Blue Water?? Michael Davis at 10:22am 02.26.21 Perhaps you should consider this boat thing as an adventure with different stages, requiring differ

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