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Outboard Motor Mount Dan9134 at 1:12am 01.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/771 I am looking to replace my outboard motor bracket and would like some opinions. I have an Oday 25 wi
Rudder refurb. Gel first or 2000E william3045 at 1:08am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1083 I just rebuilt the rudder on my H23. After last season i found cracks on the leading and trailing ed
New photo treatment Phil Herring at 12:56am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 45/2114 Wanted to let you know that we made a change in the image code and now, photos will be automatically
Outhaul adjustment on a StackPack Colin Wightman at 12:21am 01.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/938 The main on our C36 is a Doyle DuraSail with a StackPack. Overall, we really like this sail but find
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Yet another Bottom Paint issue Neil at 11:44pm 01.17.05 Smaller Boats 1/816 as we all read in the previously posted 25.5 Bottom Job with all the cool pics, which was "a job wel
Lake Ontario Hunter Sailing Association Ken Palmer at 11:43pm 01.17.05 Other Sailboats 2/729 It is 2 degrees with over a foot of new snow on the ground here in Rochester. This is the time that
Sump pump switch Mike at 10:10pm 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/780 Last weekend I discovered that the forward showersump pump on my P42 does not completely empty the
making peason30 a cutter john t maroney at 9:13pm 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/748 size of jib for stay sail length of foot what about running back stays thank you i have
transom ladder Tom at 5:15pm 01.17.05 Smaller Boats 1/822 Has any one mounted a ladder to the transom of a 216. Hunter tech support suggested getting one cust
Cruising spinnaker/gennaker Joseph at 4:03pm 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/879 What type of spinnaker/genaker do you suggest for a heavy cruising sailboat sailed by an aging coupl
How to store sails? Paul at 3:43pm 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/1208 I was taught to fold and flake the headsails before putting them in the bags. I have a friend who "
What to offer Tom K at 1:42pm 01.17.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1025 My wife and I have found a boat that we both like and would like to make a offer on. We're not sure
Interior Finishes Neil McDonald at 1:29pm 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/932 I know that Daly's Profin was the original finish for my '88 Hunter 35 cabin sole and that Daly's Se
New GPS Policy - well sort of new Patrick at 12:26pm 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/707 New GPS PolicyOn December 15, 2004 a new policy on the use and management of GPS waspublished. T
Key on - Oh No! Dan Anderson at 12:15pm 01.17.05 Big Boats 9/827 I took out my new to me 1987 Hunter 45, after shutting down the motor, we sailed nicely for a couple
More on Portlights - suggestions requested Pete Davenport at 12:10pm 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/812 After removing the portlights, discovered that all on the port side were wet and all on the starboar
What does recutting mean? Mark Burrows at 11:44am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/998 Earlier in the discussion, you mentioned recutting a sail as part of refurbishing. What does that
post your recommendations for H-37 cutter sailorhayes at 11:23am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/837 please give your cruising sailing recommendations for my 1982 hunter 37 cutteri have roller furling
Type of Cloth? Donalex at 10:51am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/685 I have a H376 with a 'conventional' footed mainsail which is about five years old. The bottom third

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Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? capta at 2:57pm 09.15.20 I taught ASA for a national school for a short time and really didn't like their 'cookie cutter' sty
What is wrong with my sail? Crazy Dave Condon at 2:52pm 09.15.20 Loosen mainsheet and boom bang as well. If problem still persists then let us know
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Stu Jackson at 2:17pm 09.15.20 If they're younger and learn by trial and error in smaller boats, great. They'll figure it out and
Yanmar stalling issue Bill19233 at 2:14pm 09.15.20 By no means am I a diesel mechanic by the stretch of anyone's imagination. I used to fight my stalli
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings smokey73 at 2:08pm 09.15.20 I'm not versant about the COLREGS for lake Michigan but here along the east coast, by COLREGs, if yo
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Bob J. at 2:02pm 09.15.20 Can't you take ASA Basic keelboat to start? So in principle no capsizing. I would suppose the rea
SV Preston Point rescue shemandr at 2:00pm 09.15.20 If I read the account accurately the rescue swimmer was in the water up to 12 hours? He and the boa
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:49pm 09.15.20 or sail themselves back safely...leaving me to drift away on an endless sea. The correct Viking p
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings rgranger at 1:47pm 09.15.20 Yeah Do a search for trickle chargers with controller. There are a lot of options
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (2) shemandr at 1:44pm 09.15.20 Any sailing course that starts with a blackbored is at risk of turning the students away from sailin
SV Preston Point rescue Stu Jackson at 1:40pm 09.15.20 What do we think happened here? Really? idiot goes out into what soon becomes a hurricane? Someh
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? BigEasy at 1:39pm 09.15.20 Started sailing on a 15' McGregor cat. Never could get the thing to tack; didn't know squat about
Yanmar stalling issue (3) Ralph Johnstone at 1:33pm 09.15.20 You're on the right track starting simple. With the work you've done on the fuel supply, pretty saf
Yanmar stalling issue Calif. Ted at 1:33pm 09.15.20 Either starving for fuel or exhaust elbow clogging.
Job sheet jams dziedzicmj at 1:15pm 09.15.20 If you hadn't noticed, went over to the other tack.. could have been a bad day exactly!
SV Preston Point rescue IASailor at 1:09pm 09.15.20
Outboard whining 8hp tohatsu four stroke 2012 Mitty at 1:09pm 09.15.20 Curious if you found the problem? I have the same noise going on on mine. Its the same engine. Thx
SV Preston Point rescue dziedzicmj at 1:07pm 09.15.20
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Stu Jackson at 1:05pm 09.15.20 Store away when using the boat? What is the correct layout? Solar panel direct to batteries? Solar
Yanmar stalling issue ggrizzard at 1:04pm 09.15.20 Junk in the tank? The treatment kills the bugs, but it doesn't get RID of the dead algae. Air in the

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