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Grenadines James Williams at 5:27am 05.25.05 Destinations 0/1468 Jonesy asked about the Grenadines a couple of weeks ago. Just returned from a bareboat charter out
Need New Mac 25 Sails or La mauney process Mark at 4:14am 05.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1484 Well, I need new sails. At least a new main for now. I guess they are the originals, 1986. Does
Insurance and Hurricane question? Rob at 4:02am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 13/1675 I was just reading over a CNN report from NOAA about this upcoming hurricane season. Then I started
Crazing or cracking on 1985 34' Hunter deck Ken Hershenson at 3:32am 05.25.05 Big Boats 2/1367 I'm considering puchasing a 1985 34' Hunter. the boat is a 1 owner in above average condition. But I
Yanmar 3YM30 JohnEh at 3:18am 05.25.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/2921 We are now optimistic that the overheating problem on our engine has been resolved. The engine ran
Another stuck centerboard question Mitchel Cline at 2:35am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1488 I have a similar (perhaps identical) problem to the gentleman that wrote regarding a stuck centerboa
Rewiring the mast and ... DCsailor at 2:29am 05.25.05 Smaller Boats 4/1435 I have been sailing my '86 Hunter 23 for a couple of summers (both in DC and Florida). Great boat l
Storing the gennaker PrincessoftheLake at 2:13am 05.25.05 Big Boats 1/1027 I have a 1985 Hunter 34 that came with a large gennaker. Since we don't have a cruising spinnaker y
272LE Anodes Thankyou Hubertt at 1:57am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/824 Just to say thanks to Lou, J.B.Dyer and Richard, for their responses to my post on this of May 11th.
Electric motors sierradave at 1:56am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/889 Anyone had experience using a small electric outboard? We've got a 1974 O'Day 20 and I'm tired of m
Through hull Fitting James Tait at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/863 My O'Day 20 has two through hull fittings-one for the cockpit drain and the other for a small sink.
HELP! CB Stuck up, boat IN water guyssail at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/851 The centerboard on my '73 o'day 23 appears to be stuck up. this is my first swing keel boat...looked
Help with kill switch on Yanmar 2QM15 David W at 1:41am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 9/4487 Over the weekend my kill switch finally gave up the ghost. I had thought I had devised a repair that
Anybody doing the Figawi this year?? Allen at 1:33am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 0/893 Hey Guys,I'm heading out tomorrow morning from Boston to Sandwich on the Cape Cod Canal en route t
portlight shades Bill C320, Papillon at 1:32am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1977 Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep out the mornig sun and/or provide privacy while in the sl
Dinghy Franklin at 1:06am 05.25.05 Big Boats 11/934 Two part question:1) Why is an inflatable dinghy so hard to row and is it just now realistic to ge
Where is hull serial number on an O'Day 17" Peter Johnson at 12:23am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2169 I'm insuring my new-to-me O'Day 17' Daysailer 'Odie'. The insurance company wants the hull serial n
Bimini? Boom tent???? What is this thing??????? me262 at 11:14pm 05.24.05 Smaller Boats 9/1540 I am wanting to construct a cockpit shade. I have found after only two trips out in the Texas sun, t
Radiator flush? Bill O'Donovan at 11:08pm 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1018 Still trying to get an answer as to whether it's good to put Prestone radiator flush through the raw
Yanmar driving high output alternator Arthur Boas at 10:59pm 05.24.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2190 I installed a high output Balmar alternator on my Yanmar 4JH2BE (Hunter 40.5)I found continual bel

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Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? DArcy at 7:09pm 03.18.21 Very precise GPS's can measure movements at the centimeter level. Take a look at the data being gen
9.8 Tahatsu question Ward H at 7:08pm 03.18.21 I don't know your boat but at a Yamaha 9.8 on my 5,000 lb O'day 25 and rarely needed more than 1/2 t
Hunter 26 sail plan? bmorr at 7:04pm 03.18.21 Just a thought, have you put tell tails on your jib and main? They really help as you are learning y
Propeller for 1978 Evinrude 6804b 6 HP sail sfbay at 6:54pm 03.18.21 Motor will not care. Only you will, with slower acceleration, albeit you will have higher top end sp
Autopilot for Hunter 40.5 sail sfbay at 6:51pm 03.18.21 Install a hydraulic linear drive. If steering wheel fails you have the emergency tiller and auto pil
Propeller for 1978 Evinrude 6804b 6 HP rbaevergreen at 6:47pm 03.18.21 The Solas that I'm looking at with the same specs is $57 so an even lower risk. I just wasn't sure i
Hunter 38 Improvements quadrille38 at 6:46pm 03.18.21 Sorry, forgot to add prop note. i use the 3 blade and like it a lot. it is simple and for me to bac
Propeller for 1978 Evinrude 6804b 6 HP sail sfbay at 6:45pm 03.18.21 Yep......for $150 not a big risk.
Small hole filler Brian D at 6:43pm 03.18.21 JB-Weld WaterWeld epoxy putty stick is great for filling screw holes - convenient & easy to use. T
Propeller for 1978 Evinrude 6804b 6 HP rbaevergreen at 6:43pm 03.18.21 So I'm good even if it differs from the instruction manual?
9.8 Tahatsu question FuzzyBadger at 6:42pm 03.18.21 So, you're asking how long do they last? I can't really answer. But I think steady use over many
Beneteau 41s5 1990 poor sea valves!! georgetheleo at 6:29pm 03.18.21
Beneteau 41s5 1990 poor sea valves!! georgetheleo at 6:24pm 03.18.21 I am going to replace all sea valves in the boat with Forespare marelon ball valves asap!! A coupl
Bottom paint Irek at 6:15pm 03.18.21 Hey guys A lot of interesting advise. The main, Hunter did not applied anything, therefore it must
Found a 2003 C310 (4) JRT at 6:01pm 03.18.21 Pics from our 2021 first sail,the sails look really good and had several ask if they were new. The
Surveyors in Port Aransas (near Corpus Christi) fullbore at 5:40pm 03.18.21 We are using Michael Firestone, and have the purchase pushed back until after inspection and sea tr
Engine Raw Water Intake Hose Stu Jackson at 5:10pm 03.18.21 Lanocote on the hose, Ward.
Hunter 26 sail plan? Thaniel at 5:08pm 03.18.21 Hi guys. Great info. And yeah I know heeling is unproductive but we took the classroom theory out a
9.8 Tahatsu question shemandr at 5:02pm 03.18.21 So, you're asking how long do they last? I can't really answer. But I think steady use over many h
Surveyors in Port Aransas (near Corpus Christi) sail sfbay at 4:56pm 03.18.21 Good plan...............be patient as the boat market is very busy due to Covid and boat buying is w

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