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halmatic / alden / hulls jon hansen at 8:00pm 12.24.20 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 7/2159 does anyone know what resins were used the build these boats. epoxy or polyester? i don't have a
Merry Christmas everyone... sailme88 at 6:00pm 12.24.20 Ask All Sailors 5/684 T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house.. There were empties and butts left
EZ Steer Hunter 260 rs1sensen at 1:24pm 12.24.20 Smaller Boats 4/1484
S2 22 Wing Keel Drawing (1) rs1sensen at 12:05pm 12.24.20 S2 2/868 Hi - I wanted to see if anyone had a line drawing of the S2 22 Wing Keel (similar to the attached)?
asymmetrical Spinnaker Voyager1 at 10:07am 12.24.20 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1989 Any Oday 302 owners have asymmetrical spinnaker or other light weight sail. Looking for any informat
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year (1) Claude L.-Auger at 9:59am 12.24.20 Ask All Sailors 3/404 2020 is a year we all yearn to forget ASAP but even with all the problems it brought, one thing rema
Route from FL to the Caribbean? Kings Gambit at 9:31am 12.24.20 Destinations 3/2248
BELT DUST twodzusfittings at 8:18am 12.24.20 Bigger Boats 39/7218 With the recent and latest cleaning efforts, I have found quite a bit of belt dust on the engine. I
Yanmar 2gm throttle resistance, can't get RPMS below 1500 Mattcia123 at 1:21am 12.24.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/1623 A little stumped here, my yanmar 2gmf13 is running well and strong, however I cannot get it below 15
Help Choosing BMET1 at 11:08pm 12.23.20 Ask All Sailors 27/3598 Dear forum readers, I am new to sailing, and desperately want to get into it. Me and my wife want
Cal 3-27 Cutlass Bearing WBH at 6:12pm 12.23.20 Cal 12/2289 Hi: I recently bought a 1985 Cal 3-27 and the survey identified that the cutlass bearing is in need
Water tank for Hunter Vision 32 Ed D at 5:06pm 12.23.20 Mid-Size Boats 3/864 Can someone tell me the size of the water tank on a Hunter Vision 32 .Also what material is in made
Vison 32 water tank Ed D at 2:02pm 12.23.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/495 Does anybody know the size of a Vison 32 water tank Whet is the original made of
Reindeer on my roof. (1) TomY at 1:54pm 12.23.20 Ask All Sailors 19/1632 It's been reported that we're spreading more holiday cheer this season. It must be so. I lashed a sm
Surveyor in Mobile al Time Off at 1:11pm 12.23.20 Ask All Sailors 2/296 Hello, Can anybody recommend a surveyor for a sailboat in Mobile bay, Alabama?
epoxy resin SailingLoto at 7:02am 12.23.20 Ask All Sailors 36/4919 who is using what brand? any preference? what are you paying per mixable gallon? anything to avoi
Construction question on an O'Day 272 (2) ct272 at 8:31pm 12.22.20 Bigger Boats 7/1864
Can you fix the stuffing box in the water? milens777 at 5:44pm 12.22.20 Ask All Sailors 12/5038 Hi, Can you fix the stuffing box in the water, in terms like add one or two extra layers if it is le
Wishing all my friends on this forum a happy and safe Christmas Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 4:19pm 12.22.20 Ask All Sailors 11/538 :p
Battery Wiring (1) nveater at 1:59pm 12.22.20 Ask All Sailors 14/2605 So, I have a quite simple electrical set up with minimal electrical needs- I do mostly day sailing w

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Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak (1) jssailem at 7:15pm 03.11.25 I installed dyneema gates on Hadley in 2015. They are 1/4 inch diameter line with the ends long buri
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 7:05pm 03.11.25
VHF antenna mast mounting jssailem at 6:04pm 03.11.25 Many use the antenna as a sacrificial feeler to let them know when the bridge is too low. One TWANG!
Hunter 34 primary winches Capt Robbie at 5:57pm 03.11.25 kloudie is correct about the embedded aluminum plate. If you move the new ones to far forward then
Engine Overheating (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:33pm 03.11.25 Do HE need to be replaced? If it's clean as you have described, it's the same as a new HE. No mo
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C dLj at 4:29pm 03.11.25 I can't tell much from the photo. Can you take a better close up that shows the depth of that indica
Source for replacement sheaves dLj at 4:23pm 03.11.25 Not considering how easy/hard it would be to physically perform the replacement, it is entirely pos
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main Hayden Watson at 3:39pm 03.11.25 Good point. Smokey73, the OP, has the same year Hunter as me, so I assumed the reefing system is l
VHF antenna mast mounting Urban Hermit at 3:08pm 03.11.25 Go back to Don's question. If you are re-stepping your mast often I wouldn't want a mast head anten
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 3:05pm 03.11.25 Hi all, There was a lot of good advice on this thread and thanks to all who contributed. I ended
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C Urban Hermit at 2:55pm 03.11.25 BUY THE BAYFIELD You'll love it! We had one, though not a C. It's a true blue-water cruiser desig
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C dmax at 2:42pm 03.11.25 Your mast may not be 1/4" thick, so probably not that deep.
Bottom paint question dlochner at 2:42pm 03.11.25 This has been pretty well answered. I just want to add that having a contrasting paint below the wa
Know When to Hold 'em, Know When to Fold 'em ............. Ralph Johnstone at 1:50pm 03.11.25 Those screws are Posidrive - not Phillips. The Posi bit looks like Phillips but the end of a Posi b
Noob. Do you use the mainsail halyard as the main sheet? Chuck_FLA at 1:43pm 03.11.25 I too thought of the more rigid line for the sheet. My question is safety related: can you safely (
Pilothouse Hydraulic Steering Help wbarrie at 1:43pm 03.11.25 Wagner, sadly, doesn't exist any more. Mechanics who regularly work on fishboats would know. I do
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main PAC3142 at 1:40pm 03.11.25 Is your single line system the type that has a shuttle in the boom, and that is limiting the travel
Replace Teak Bungs Foswick at 1:31pm 03.11.25 This is kind of tangential, but it is something I learned the hard way, this winter. I just rebuilt
Source for replacement sheaves Foswick at 1:19pm 03.11.25 Not considering how easy/hard it would be to physically perform the replacement, it is entirely poss
Pilothouse Hydraulic Steering Help SkiingSailor at 1:17pm 03.11.25 Wagner, sadly, doesn't exist any more. Mechanics who regularly work on fishboats would know. I do

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