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The perfect day Jacques Leblanc at 2:40pm 03.16.07 Ask All Sailors 18/1495 Once again, I am new to sailing. I will be buying a Mac 25 tomorrow. I have read a few books and wat
Interlux Brightside Urethane Bootstripe Honeyman at 2:56pm 03.16.07 Ask All Sailors 9/3895 Lesson learned...if your topside gel coat is worn and leaves streaks down the side of the boat when
Should I Take a Free Summer Boat Slip? heysteveh at 11:33pm 03.16.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/953 I have been offered a free boat slip (lucky, I know!) for the season here in the Detroit, MI area.
beach a sailboat tony litvak at 12:27am 03.17.07 Ask All Sailors 33/7073 I'm looking for some guideance on how to beach my C'C 24' for a couple of hours so that I would be a
Auto Pilot cementhead at 12:51am 03.17.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1000 I want to buy an Auto pilot for my 28 Hunter, Wheel Configuration. I don't know which one to purcha
French or US made crystaldan at 1:47am 03.17.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1242 In January we visited the Beneteau exhibit at the Toronto boat show. As we revisited the collected l
Cabin Carpet Repair Larry7082 at 2:53am 03.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1027 I have a 1985 Oday 23 and the carpet is coming off the starboard side of the cabin. There is thin la
Additional Holding tank Kansa at 3:44am 03.17.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/970 I have A 1991 Hunter 30T and I am looking to add an additional holding tank. My flexable tank is beh
Ballast tanks and blisters Capt H2o at 4:56am 03.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1544 I would be interested in knowing if anyone had any problems with blistering in the areas of the wate
Hanging a hammock CeiliNC at 5:02am 03.17.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1519 We own a Hunter 340 and plan to cruise this summer. We found a lightweight one person hammock and th
Towing a dingy Larry D at 5:43am 03.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1187 I built a Eastport pram from CLC over the winter and have no experience towing behind my 25' sailboa
line clutch handle duality at 6:34am 03.17.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1009 i have a '84 hunter 34 and i have a broken handle on one of the clutches. i have a triple clutch on
Weather Maps - West of Vancouver Island Tsehum Pete at 7:00am 03.17.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1025 I am trying to find a good site that shows decent weather maps for the region West of Vancouver Isla
Mast coller block 89' Hunter 30G Tim at 7:23am 03.17.07 Mid-Size Boats 1/1080 Hello all!I need to replace the mast collar blocks on my H30G. I believe these bocks just have a t
Macerator priming Larry Jackel at 7:25am 03.17.07 Big Boats 15/9869 It's hard to get the macerator to start pumping out the holding tank on my H44. The only way that I
Sail Shackles & Slugs BrianW at 8:55am 03.17.07 Smaller Boats 1/971 My H26 has its original Doyle sail. Six of the sail slugs are held with shackles through grommets. F
Daysailer or Daysailer II? Barry at 9:21am 03.17.07 Day Sailers 3/1841 How is the "Daysailer" different from the "Daysailer II"?
Fixed VHF Radio Options Jason Alexander at 9:04am 03.17.07 Ask All Sailors 14/1943 Hello all,I'm considering updating the VHF radio in my boat. Currently on board we have a very sim
What size Ball-lok Quick Release pin for 170 TimHayes at 10:01am 03.17.07 Day Sailers 3/1336 Thinking about buying some of these pins: which are the Ball Lok Quick Release pins for my 170. A
interior cabin cushions for a 1978 27' Hunter Chris at 11:12am 03.17.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1158 i am looking for young fresh clean cabin cushions for my 1978 27' Hunter

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Rode Length All U Get at 7:35am 08.12.21
Hunter 216 Loose Forestay rfgeorge55 at 7:14am 08.12.21 Thanks for the replies. Mike216, one worry I have is that I bought a swivel that is too big. Can y
H34 rig tension Artey1 at 7:13am 08.12.21 Mine is not quite what I would describe as "that" tight in the shrouds .. but mine is tightened to
Hanging Bimini Artey1 at 7:07am 08.12.21 Regarding a hanging bimini; Laura Dekker, the fourteen year old who sailed around the world, had on
Hanging Bimini Artey1 at 7:03am 08.12.21 I have A Hunter 34 and found this one to work and is quite high. You do have to do a little sewin
Hanging Bimini (1) RoyS at 6:57am 08.12.21 Regarding a hanging bimini; Laura Dekker, the fourteen year old who sailed around the world, had one
wing on wing sailing Artey1 at 6:54am 08.12.21 I leave a preventer rigged all season long. It consists of two lines connected about mid boom going
Possible C&C 30 mark 1 buyer looking for advice... kloudie1 at 6:25am 08.12.21
Newish Beneteau 41.1 2017 owner with a few questions bb2021 at 6:24am 08.12.21 The answer on solar and/or generators is always the same, depends. It would be nice if generators ga
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook ice breaker at 6:10am 08.12.21 I have the same Nova cool fridge and freezer. The fridge works great at about a 50% duty cycle, the
Rig tuning physics Davidasailor26 at 6:00am 08.12.21
Rode Length jssailem at 5:47am 08.12.21 In that anchorage the big thing is Tidal current (East-West). Second is wind from the wrong directio
Catalina 315 Refrigeration compartment air flow? jsalley at 5:45am 08.12.21 When I owned my 309 hull #14, I had problems with the fridge compressor overheating, as there was no
Rig tuning physics jon hansen at 5:22am 08.12.21 ralph, lay you mast on it's side. you pick it up from the area around the spreaders while wifey pick
Profurl C320 furling line size DougM at 5:18am 08.12.21
Rig tuning physics jon hansen at 5:15am 08.12.21 fair enough, shrouds. they are all stays i think. shrouds are the side stays and then there are fore
Battery Gremlin Maine Sail at 4:18am 08.12.21 Blue Seas switch, about 5 years old. noise coming from VHF speaker A Blue Sea switch at year 5 wo
Rode Length All U Get at 3:15am 08.12.21 He must have read your original post. Time moves on.
Rode Length justsomeguy at 1:16am 08.12.21 I have dropped my scope to 3:1 in sheltered areas. You may be the deciding factor here.
Hunter 41 DS Power Consumption On The Hook MikeHoncho at 10:18pm 08.11.21 Make sure your charger is set for LA . I question if the batteries are getting a full charge giving

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