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Teak Interior Refinishing Greg at 1:50pm 11.07.06 Mid-Size Boats 4/1119 I have read many past postings about interior teak refinishing, but still have a few questions? Did
jam cleats eddie872 at 12:44pm 11.07.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/931 replacement of original cabin-top mounted cleats for halyards for 1985 catalina 27. any idea of sour
38 Center Cockpit Tim at 9:03pm 11.05.06 Morgan 1/1747 I am hoping some day to spend months at a time cruising. To make this possible and to please the ad
Water Ballast Change morris at 9:03pm 11.05.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/883 I've noticed that my water ballast doesn't refresh it's self even when I leave the plate open and go
Water underneath cockpit floor David ONeill at 10:00pm 11.05.06 Ask An Oday Owner 4/992 If taking the boat out of the water for the years isn't sad enough, the boat seems to have takin on
Main sail location zanthus at 9:30pm 11.05.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/2038 I replaced the cable halyards on my Ranger 26 with rope with the intent of moving the controls back
San Carlos Mexico in an H23 Pt2 Dave5031 at 10:08pm 11.05.06 Smaller Boats 1/1047 Here's part 2.
What type of Sailboat is this? AC Marine? Greg at 11:39pm 11.05.06 Ask All Sailors 12/1811 Hi, I am a new sailboat owner. My neighbor gave me his sailboat. It needs an new engine but it com
mainsheet configuration Glen Bradford at 11:47pm 11.05.06 Smaller Boats 7/2019 I am curious about any other ways to route a mainsheet on a Catalina C18 (2005) other than the tyica
260 & similar outboards - PROP OUT OF WATER HAL at 11:58pm 11.05.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1235 Four part question.Have you ever had the prop come out of the water in waves? If so, how severe we
Hood Roller Furler - foils & headstay extrusions?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 11:21pm 11.05.06 Ask All Sailors 8/5174 I'm looking for the foil(s) or luff extrusions that go up a forestay, for the Hood Seafurl 700SL or
Survey on electricity in sailing boats Timo Knuuttila at 1:22am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1051 Hi All,We are developing small generators for boating. We are making a survey for understanding be
Leaking hull port Tom Riley at 1:34am 11.06.06 Catalina 310 2/1572 Anyone out there have experience with the ports in the hull seeping a little water? Every time I ge
Hal for some reason cannot post to your posting Benny at 1:32am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1024 Not only have we had the prop come out of the water but we have also dunked the powerhead under it.
Hunter 20 centerboard cable Kevin13729 at 1:25am 11.06.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1684 I need to replace the winch to keel cable/line on my 1984 Hunter 20. The existing one is broken and
Looking for a Mac or similar 20-22' boat tegwilym at 2:45am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 8/3105 Thanks for all the advice I've gotten in this forum so far, it's been EXTREMELY helpful!I'm lookin
Weather helm BobD17833 at 2:28am 11.06.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/2419 Need some help with excessive weather helm (EWH). EWH = wheel rotated 90-110 degrees to lee. My rudd
Heaving to Blake at 2:52am 11.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1105 Does anybody out there have experiance, or had interesting experiances, attempting to heave to in a
Oday 15 Daysailer Rudder Stan Greenleaf at 3:20am 11.06.06 Day Sailers 1/1407 I need photos and/or drawings for 1970 15ft Oday Daysailer rudder
Plugging a hole in a mast bill at 12:45am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1893 I plan on removing a combination deck/steaming light mounted about half way up my aluminum mast. Th

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Looking for Hunter 38 on the upper Chesapeake bay for comparison letskeepriding at 2:11pm 07.16.21 As I said in the post all that has been checked
Hunter 212 Spinnaker's Dave Groshong at 1:55pm 07.16.21 Our owner, AL, is working on this, should be early next week.
H34 buy or not... Dave Groshong at 1:54pm 07.16.21 There are 1,236 owners of that boat registered here on the Forum, and 100 owner reviews listed unde
Funny Friday!!! DayDreamer41 at 1:32pm 07.16.21
Looking for Hunter 38 on the upper Chesapeake bay for comparison flightlead404 at 1:30pm 07.16.21 I have a 2007 and it DOES vibrate up from off-idle up to the mid-teens. However, I have a hunk out o
H34 buy or not... DeniseO30 at 1:20pm 07.16.21 Thank you everyone! I had an Oday 30 set up for single-handing. Used to be on the Tidal Delawar Riv
Funny Friday!!! DayDreamer41 at 1:18pm 07.16.21
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? jssailem at 1:15pm 07.16.21
H34 buy or not... kloudie1 at 12:11pm 07.16.21 The two things to look out for are the compression post and the chain plate anchors. Lots of posts h
My dockmate's makin' me look bad! (2) sail sfbay at 11:59am 07.16.21 Just installed these 3/4" diameter split loom corrugated power cord cover on my 30 amp cord at the d
Electric repower dLj at 11:57am 07.16.21 Great summary by John. My take is pretty much in-line with that. I'll add in, I'm planning on doin
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? sail sfbay at 11:45am 07.16.21 I'm just wondering about the safety of having the jib sheets on the cabin top rather than on the co
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? shemandr at 11:32am 07.16.21 I'm just wondering about the safety of having the jib sheets on the cabin top rather than on the coc
H34 buy or not... BobH57 at 11:18am 07.16.21 Years ago there was a gentleman in my marina that sailed his Hunter 34 in the Annapolis to Bermuda R
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? duck21 at 11:14am 07.16.21 I agree completely. This is my second boat (both used), but I am very much seeing how even my expe
Electric repower jssailem at 11:10am 07.16.21 I'm thinking of going this route. It is not about the costs or the install, or the improvements in
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? jssailem at 10:43am 07.16.21 those grips to stop-off the jib sheets we had horn cleats for the jib sheets One can look at the
Funny Friday!!! justsomeguy at 10:37am 07.16.21 Marriage counselor: "Your wife says you never buy her flowers." Me: "To be honest, I never knew sh
Hunter 260 Shore Power / Battery Not Charging JamesG161 at 10:17am 07.16.21 the orange light does not light up If that light is functional, you need to check your shore power
Hunter 260 Shore Power / Battery Not Charging JamesG161 at 10:15am 07.16.21 Here is your Hunter 260 Owner's manual and many other Downloads that might help... HunterOwners.com

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