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O'Day 272 Transom David at 7:32am 01.07.06 Ask An Oday Owner 0/779 Will the transom of a 272 with an inboard diesel accept an outboard motor mount?Is modification nec
Batter isolator on 1981 h27 Cool_Change at 7:14am 01.07.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/1005 Can anyone tell me if the 1981 h27's came with an isolator installed as standard equipment? I know
Self evaluation Don Guillette at 6:38am 01.07.06 Ask All Sailors 17/1188 Mates, things are slow over on the SAIL TRIM FORUM so I've posted an article on the sail trim contro
Self Evaluation Don Guillette at 6:31am 01.07.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1165 Good sailing weather will be here for a lot of you sooner than you think. With that in mind, I thoug
US Coast Guard Documentation - Question Richard McDonald at 5:28am 01.07.06 Ask All Sailors 3/989 Does a vessel need to have US Coast Guard documentation for travel outside the US to Canada, Bahamas
Widgeon Drain Plugs D Jones at 4:46am 01.07.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2144 Does anyone know how the nylon drain plug just aft of the centerboard truck is SUPPOSED to function?
Alternators suds22334 at 4:11am 01.07.06 Catalina 30 4/1612 I have 1990 30' The last oner had a new alternator instilled it works fine (but) I no longer have wo
Lewmar Plexi Ports skipper737 at 3:39am 01.07.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/981 I would like to replace the plexi glass in my Lewmar hatches on my 1989 C30. Any advise on a good c
boom rigging PK at 2:34am 01.07.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/790 WE have a Daysailer II and would like to know how to rig the boom so it stays up when the sail is do
Hi output alternators Honeyman at 2:25am 01.07.06 Ask All Sailors 10/1046 Asking if anyone has real world experience with the alternators distributed by The Battery Shack in
The Glenn Henderson Impact Gary Wyngarden at 2:18am 01.07.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 26/5205 The Admiral and I spent a few hours at Seattle's Boatsafloat show yesterday. It was fun and interest
Alcohol stove popping Tim Glover at 12:22am 01.07.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1400 I have a Princess Optimus pressure alcohol stove where one burner works fine, the other makes a popp
who knows of small crewed sailing opportunities? Baxter at 12:07am 01.07.06 Ask All Sailors 5/947 My husband and I are teachers looking for a maiden voyage on a small crewed sailboat in the Caribbea
Opinion needed- 42 passage Al at 10:46pm 01.06.06 Big Boats 11/3243 I have been thinking of purchasing a larger boat and have made an offer on a Hunter 42 passage with
Who uses RADAR? part II Richard at 10:28pm 01.06.06 Big Boats 5/811 Thanks to the five respondants. What I REALLY am curious about: What percentage of recreational boa
Charter in BVI Capthunter356 at 9:32pm 01.06.06 Destinations 10/2790 We are chartering with Sunsail in the BVI from 2/18 - 2/25. Does anyone have a info/tips about sail
AMF trihull sailboat Glenn Leman at 9:14pm 01.06.06 AMF 1/4967 Does anyone have any information on (AMF tri hull sailboats 8') DO THEY STILL MAKE THEM? Were can
Rubber Play and Repair Lawrence at 6:54pm 01.06.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/976 We had our keel rebedded and noticed that there is quite a bit of play in the rudder. Many other Ben
should I ? captain jack at 12:10pm 01.06.06 Bristol 7/1929 it's A 1972 30' bristol is it safe and or sea worthy enough to sail to hawaii and ?????
cradle specs or used trailer APPLEJACK at 12:01pm 01.06.06 Ask An Oday Owner 0/737 Hello Sailors,Do you have or know some one that has, specs.for an ODAY 25 (4'6")keel , boat cradle ?

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Venture 22 Rescue Project wynkoop at 12:07pm 03.18.21 RsutyVenture- Thanks so much for the photos and info! I will have to look and see if I have the ho
Lewmar portlights different than stock, won't open. Ralph Johnstone at 11:52am 03.18.21 But... boat! Best laid plans of mice and men ..................................
Venture 22 Rescue Project (4) RustyVenture at 11:43am 03.18.21 The hull is sound, she has a working 7.5 HP Honda which someone replaced the pump parts in recently
Switching an inboard for an outboard wynkoop at 11:27am 03.18.21 Nice job Scott. Had I not gotten my 5 hour 1gm10 well below market that is what I would have put i
Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? Leeward Rail at 11:23am 03.18.21 I am using an old pantec waterproof model tablet. Works fine, but eventually it wont likely work wit
Switching an inboard for an outboard wynkoop at 11:19am 03.18.21 as a kid, first 2 boats dad had had no engine, they where called sailboats. docking was easy. we us
Hunter 37.5 stern pole location (2) Rick D at 11:16am 03.18.21 On my Vision 32, I mounted it about a foot up from the starboard hatch, using a 90 degree S/S mount
Bottom paint Capt Robbie at 10:47am 03.18.21 if you plan to remove all old paint and diy rather then sand blasting by a professional and paying a
Bottom paint rgranger at 10:34am 03.18.21 I have restored seven old sailboats and did the bottoms on each. Also helped a few friends out. Here
Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? dlochner at 10:33am 03.18.21 Make sure it has an internal GPS. At least in the Apple line, this means getting a wifi and cellular
Lewmar portlights different than stock, won't open. VisionPNW at 10:32am 03.18.21 No, that's the super difficult part, they come with the new hinges and dogs glued in place. I thoug
Aluminum vs SS bimini frames NINEv2 at 10:32am 03.18.21 Thanks everyone, decisions to make for sure. I was able to find a model for ~$500 but still. I can b
Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? NINEv2 at 10:24am 03.18.21 Before I settled on my solution I read this article: Quelle tablette de navigation choisir ? I was
eye candy (3) Will Gilmore at 10:23am 03.18.21 191728 Foils may just be an intermediary technology in high speed sailing. -Will (Dragonfly)
eye candy Will Gilmore at 10:17am 03.18.21 The only thing a Sailor needs the water for is lateral resistance. It is half the wedge that drives
Lewmar portlights different than stock, won't open. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:12am 03.18.21 The one glimmer of hope I can offer is that if you haven't routered acrylic before, it cuts beautifu
Bottom paint Ralph Johnstone at 9:56am 03.18.21 Hi @Irek and welcome to the site. why do you want to remove it ? Mine is ablative, 22 years old an
Hunter 37.5 stern pole location rjarrell at 9:56am 03.18.21 Searched extensively trying to find pictures of Scanstrut (or any other pole mount with self leveli
Leaks from hull/deck joint Hunter 33.5 DArcy at 9:55am 03.18.21 @Don Reid I think the comments above about the hull deck joint design of hunters is fairly accurate
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit (3) Thaniel at 9:46am 03.18.21

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