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Boat Shipping Drew at 12:09am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 25/1788 Anybody have an idea - "Ball park-wise" on what it might cost to ship a '26-foot, 5,500 lb. sailboat
Va. Atlantic Coast Island Anchorages? BBC30 at 12:26am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 3/878 We are considering going "outside" for our summer cruise. Have any of you done this? We would like
Mold smell Franklin at 1:17am 04.26.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/2222 Now I'm baffled. I'm a live-aboard on my H376 and try to have air circulation everyday before I l
level Bob Grimm at 1:07am 04.26.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/830 How do you determine what is level fore and aft when setting mast rake? I need to do this on the tra
Maintenance on LS-16 Rich at 12:38am 04.26.06 Chrysler 1/2802 I have recently acquired an LS-16. It is on a trailer and it appears that the starboard board is re
Hunter Marine reports email difficulties Phil Herring at 1:57am 04.26.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/743 This just in from their customer service folks:"Please let owners know that we are having email di
Zinc in a hot harbor Mike16444 at 2:36am 04.26.06 Other Sailboats 0/901 My 2004 H386 just passed it's 2nd year in the water so I figured it was time for a haulout. Was I s
Holding Tank Removal sailortonyb at 2:39am 04.26.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1308 I want to remove a fiberglass holding tank, which i dont believe was the original tank. The tank wil
Holding Tank Removal sailortonyb at 2:42am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 5/932 I want to remove a fiberglass holding tank, which i dont believe was the original tank. The tank wil
Centerline for positioning Compression Post in H31 (1) seitzinger at 3:01am 04.26.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/889 After pulling out the rotting bulkhead to repair it, and pulling out the compression post which I re
Hunter H240 Hull Cracks Captain Ross at 3:35am 04.26.06 Smaller Boats 1/1130 During spring prep I notice some significant cracking on the (Starboard side only) bow of my 4 year
GPS Antenna Glenn Benson at 4:01am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 1/847 I have two GPS's one of which is on the chart table and the other in the cockpit. My question is: C
Google Earth and your marina Brian D at 3:58am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 17/1273 Anyone ever look for thier boat using the Google Earth program? Since I have only had my boat for a
Propeller Guard (1) Kaizen at 3:58am 04.26.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/873 I nicked the Idasailor rudder last year while camping in Georgian Bay.To prevent that from happeni
Ummm, Yummy! It's spearmint! T J Furstenau at 5:26am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 3/830 I saw this and it absolutely cracked me up. Whats next?Grape, Bubblegum, Cinnamon, and Fruit Punc
Main Mast spec's Daydreams at 5:22am 04.26.06 Seidelmann 2/1406 I'm intrested in the tension on the lanyards on the Main Mask. I bought a 1979 seidelmann 29.9 . I d
Blisters Mac McComish at 5:08am 04.26.06 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1167 I have had my 33 1978 for about 4 years and really love this boat have not had many problems just th
12 volt DC systems Eric at 8:46am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1083 In looking for a very economical wat to care for the 12 volt DC system in my Oday 240, I came up wit
Good Sailing Clubs Sean at 6:34am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1058 Hi All,I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good sailing club to join in Annapolis. I'm of
Hunter 25 Article in the Small Craft Advisor Magaz Barry at 11:30am 04.26.06 Smaller Boats 4/988 Has anyone read the article in Small Craft Advsor on the Hunter 25?Good or bad?

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What is this thing on my Beneteau 361 boom? Jskosmo at 7:37pm 04.08.21 As always - thank you SO VERY MUCH!
Halyard wrap with Furlex Dave Groshong at 7:32pm 04.08.21 There's likely a furlex version as well, I will check with Selden
Halyard wrap with Furlex Ted at 7:30pm 04.08.21 Dave is correct. Another type of halyard deflector is the one made by Harken it's very easy to insta
Dynaplate Brian D at 7:29pm 04.08.21 The main reason for having a Dynaplate is to establish a ground plane for a HF or SSB radio. While
Thinking about painting my hull Ged AU at 7:24pm 04.08.21
Dyneema lifelines on Hunter 36 AndyL at 7:17pm 04.08.21 Andy, I just replaced my lifelines on our 2009 H36. Used stainless steel. The shrouds come close to
Hunter 170 Bow Cover specs and Spinnaker specs. JerryA at 7:11pm 04.08.21 Having owned a 2005 H170 anything H170 on ebay always peaks my interest. I've seen used covers on eb
Dynaplate Don S/V ILLusion at 6:36pm 04.08.21 I can think of no valid reason for using a dynaplate as a substitute for proper RF counterpoise.
Where do I find this part? Phil Herring at 6:34pm 04.08.21 How many collective hours do you suppose the members of this forum have spent in that isle. Lol
Dynaplate dlochner at 6:26pm 04.08.21 The main reason for having a Dynaplate is to establish a ground plane for a HF or SSB radio. While t
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing dlochner at 6:19pm 04.08.21 If nothing else, foiling boats give us old geezers something to talk about while waiting for the wea
What is this thing on my Beneteau 361 boom? (1) Capn John at 6:14pm 04.08.21 It should most certainly NOT be positioned aft of the outhaul car. It is intended to keep the car f
Cargo ship in the North Sea Captain W at 6:08pm 04.08.21 Some more footage XNrgxShyJbs
Winch removal Dalliance at 6:07pm 04.08.21
Shaft Zinc Placement JoeWhite at 5:37pm 04.08.21 When the propeller is moving the vessel forward and backward it also moves the engine back and forth
Halyard wrap with Furlex JoeWhite at 5:21pm 04.08.21 The wrap is due to the head of the jib too far away from the top of the furler. The jib needs to be
Halyard wrap with Furlex Dave Groshong at 4:58pm 04.08.21 I don't see a halyard deflector/restrainer: https://shop.sailboatowners.com/prod.php?13602
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing (2) jon hansen at 4:44pm 04.08.21 i love it all. fast, slow, wavy, flat, ................................. let's do it all. it's a ho
Dynaplate Don S/V ILLusion at 4:33pm 04.08.21 A better alternative is to mount it on the keel. It makes no sense to attach it to fiberglass in t
Where do I find this part? rgranger at 4:33pm 04.08.21 Looks to me like an invention made at the PVC fittings aisle at Home Depot Sorry to quote the same

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