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New Hunter 49 Rick D at 11:08am 05.08.06 Big Boats 6/736 Guess I missed a meeting. I didn't know this new model was out there. For those of you who also miss
Lazy jacks Randy Church at 11:45am 05.08.06 Big Boats 7/808 Looking for suggestions for a lazy jack system for my 1984 Hunter 34. Also, can anyone tell me what
Navigation-Fire Island Inlet hightower at 11:23am 05.08.06 Big Boats 3/918 I'm getting delivery of my H34 in The Great South Bay, LI,NY. Does anyone know where I can get relia
Catalina 36 mast tuning cory parker at 12:24pm 05.08.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/5482 I am a new Catalina 36 owner (1985 model year, hull number 466) and I have two questions. One relate
Stay Sail Attachment Jason Durham at 1:09pm 05.08.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 1/1659 I purchased my Ranger last spring and spent the spring,summer,and early fall with the boat on the ha
Bottom prep stevec22206 at 1:14pm 05.08.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1130 Thought I'd throw this out to everyone. Am in the process of having the bottom paint remove down to
Your Mission, Mr. Phelps, should you choose... (1) Brian D at 1:21pm 05.08.06 Ask All Sailors 7/952 to accept it.Attached is an image of my steaming light on my mast. It is not working and I have pl
BONDO-NO BONDO Al at 3:07pm 05.08.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/936 Hey there.Want to patch fastener holes from old hardware on my Mac-22 (1978)Someone told me that B
Prop treatment rad2285 at 2:31pm 05.08.06 Ask All Sailors 3/948 I know there are many posts in the archives. BUT I am looking for some updated info on treating y
lead keels for a Hunter 34' sail boat vs. iron j graves at 2:17pm 05.08.06 Big Boats 14/4065 I like the sail plan and the design of the Hunter 34 but I do not want a boat with an iron keel.Wha
New Owners in search of diesel mechanic Liz and Ron at 3:31pm 05.08.06 Catalina 30 1/1145 Just bought a Catalina 30, engine is reported to be a yanmar 12. Looking to have someone check it ou
Gore-tex Packing Material Melody Miller at 10:23pm 05.06.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1186 Hello All:The ace mechanic at the marina advised that I replace the flax material in the packing n
Raymarine 320 waldo emerson at 12:11am 05.07.06 Big Boats 2/854 Any actual experience with a Raymarine 320 would be appreciated.
Furler Pinning Problems Barry14722 at 12:47am 05.07.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1044 I bought my first boat, a 2005 Hunter 25 with a Hood "Sea Flex" furler.The boat is still on the tra
hitting rudder with propeller Al at 2:04am 05.07.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1295 I just got my boat and not sure if rudder blade must always be up for operating outboard engine. Ca
Edson steering system conduit end cap replacement. Terry Cox at 5:02am 05.07.06 Big Boats 0/1011 Sometime after we purchased Belle-Vie four years ago I noticed that two conduit end cap fittings wer
Oday 23 luff length for Lazy Jacks Mark at 7:40am 05.07.06 Ask An Oday Owner 4/928 Hi all,Hey I've purchased a Harken Lazy Jack system for my 1972 Oday 23' pop top model. The instruc
perspex James L at 9:06am 05.07.06 Ask All Sailors 3/922 The perspex of the cabin lights(windows) on my 21 year old jouet 760 is extensivly crazed and cracke
Leaking foot pump Rick at 9:24am 05.07.06 Ask All Sailors 4/2595 During spring commissioning, we found the foot pump to the sink in the head is leaking. It does not
Position of mast step George H260 at 10:15am 05.07.06 Big Boats 4/853 I just replaced my rotten spruce compression post on my 1986 Hunter 34 footer with a 3" square alumi

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Shipping from Michigan to California sailme88 at 10:05am 12.20.20 Interesting idea, but not practical on a number of levels. The singe biggest issue is the width. Co
How do you break in an outboard on a sailboat? BigEasy at 9:58am 12.20.20 Yes it is. We bought a new Suzuki 2.5 for the dink last year, ran it for an hour in the bucket, and
How do you break in an outboard on a sailboat? Crazy Dave Condon at 9:43am 12.20.20 It was about break in but I saw too much as a dealer with many telling owners to go fast even during
AC75 New Zealand Hunter216 at 9:23am 12.20.20 I have a friend who's serving as an umpire. He's there until March, getting paid to watch them. Nic
companion way dlochner at 9:20am 12.20.20
ipad for navigation jon hansen at 9:15am 12.20.20 funning aside, buy all the nav gear you need and want so you can sail safely, cause the boat you don
Shrink Wrap not done! dlochner at 9:12am 12.20.20 Agreed, I don't have a cover for our boat yet. It will suffer thru the winter without cover this y
ipad for navigation jon hansen at 9:12am 12.20.20 when we sail i make every person on board 'lookouts'. everyone is told of all points that we are loo
ipad for navigation jon hansen at 9:03am 12.20.20 loved my northstar 800X loran, except when under a thunderhead. have a chartplotter GPS down below
Shipping from Michigan to California Meriachee at 9:00am 12.20.20 Interesting idea, but not practical on a number of levels. The singe biggest issue is the width. Con
companion way DArcy at 8:58am 12.20.20
Stabilizing 33 pound claw anchor on bow roller Tom J at 8:54am 12.20.20 anchor chain tensioner? n, but it should, since it has popped loose once or twice.
Stabilizing 33 pound claw anchor on bow roller (1) Sailfanatic at 8:47am 12.20.20 anchor chain tensioner?
ipad for navigation jssailem at 8:44am 12.20.20 ALL you NEED.:biggrin:
Merry Christmas Pals ... A musical appreciation. (1) BlowMeAway at 8:44am 12.20.20 Sunrise or Sunset. With visions of a sailor shanty playing in my head (Red sky at night sailors...
Special Sale--Signed copy of my book available now! jssailem at 8:43am 12.20.20 @DArcy and @rgranger think outside the Christmas wrapped boxes. You could wrap and regift the parti
ipad for navigation jon hansen at 8:39am 12.20.20 parallel, dividers, lead line, compass, dead reckoning, paper charts, wet finger, binoculars. gone
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction is December 21 jssailem at 8:36am 12.20.20 We are enjoying the La Nina Pineapple Express rain fall waiting of the creeks to breach their banks
Merry Christmas Pals ... A musical appreciation. jssailem at 8:30am 12.20.20 Sunrise or Sunset. With visions of a sailor shanty playing in my head (Red sky at night sailors...)
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction is December 21 Terry Cox at 8:30am 12.20.20 Cloud cover likely here, so will imagine the appearance.

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