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Hunter 23 Water Mystery Solved Kevin Keen at 3:26pm 08.19.04 Smaller Boats 5/2091 Take a look at the photo associated with this article. After cutting away fiberglass laminate from
MAINSHEET PREMIER ISSUE WALT at 2:22pm 08.19.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/841 For all those that might be interested I have put my premier issue of mainsheet magazine on Ebay. Un
Any experiences with Beta Marine engines? John Blakely at 1:26pm 08.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/928 I am going to repower my l985 Hunter this winter. My Yanmar GMF13 has been dependable but underpowe
Calling all ICW Boaters...... Gil Croome - the Wanderin' One at 12:54pm 08.19.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1360 I'm planning to go from RI to FL via the ICW this Fall, which I haven't done for two years. With mi
I wish. Mac Bentley at 12:04pm 08.19.04 Smaller Boats 4/816 A co-worker was at Puget Sound last week and brought me this picture.It's driving me crazy.
Live aboard, Long Island Greg at 11:58am 08.19.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1237 Can anyone give me any information about places to dock and live aboard year-round on Long Island?
SoCal Hunter Rendezvous Rick D at 11:48am 08.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/833 Well, here we are hanging on a mooring in Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island. I would guess there a
Catalina 22 mk II Battery Removal Mike Westman at 11:47am 08.19.04 Smaller Boats 2/1083 I just bought a 1998 catalina 22 mk II. The battery is right beneath the winch. How in the world d
Leak Mojito at 11:42am 08.19.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1176 My depth thru hull sounder have a leak, nothing major, but the sealer is always wet or soaked.
Sloop vs. Non Sloop Chris at 11:39am 08.19.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/955 Could anyone explain to me the difference between a sloop and a non-sloop? Are there any differences
Pros and cons of a135 vs. 150% Jib - H28.5 Frank at 10:21am 08.19.04 Mid-Size Boats 2/1371 I plan to replace the 150% Jib on my H28.5. Would like to receive comments regarding purchasing a 13
A flag question Rick at 9:06am 08.19.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/834 A new sailor with a question. Whats the proper way to attatch a flag to the flag rope that goes up t
Mainsail Size only Hunter 40.5 trivers at 8:48am 08.19.04 Big Boats 1/978 Any owners (or not) of Hunter 40.5 who know the size of just the mainsail alone--brochure specs give
yanmar sb8 a little slow in starting up pethia at 7:47am 08.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1650 Hello,I have a Yanmar sb8 tiny diesel engine in my sailboat. I recently noticed that it takes a li
Ice maker Chris at 6:35am 08.19.04 Big Boats 1/752 Hi everyone,Does anyone have any info concerning icemakers and relative costs.Sure would appreciat
O'Day 22 Centerboard Stapper at 5:38am 08.19.04 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1011
Full batten sail on H336 amir at 4:52am 08.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/825 Hello,I have a H 336 that has a full batten main sail. I was wondering if anyone has tried to adj
Mast Joe at 4:40am 08.19.04 Smaller Boats 8/917 Help!! I'm taking my mast down for the first time this weekend. I have NEVER done this before. Can s
Dodgers Tom at 4:39am 08.19.04 Ask All Sailors 7/1925 I am looking on having a dodger added to my boat and there seems to be two options. Some dodgers ar
New Hunter 25 HOLDFAST at 4:33am 08.19.04 Smaller Boats 0/748 Does anyone have specs. on the New Hunter 25 for 2005? I understand that the 260 will no longer be m

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First Sailboat Ferruh at 5:15am 11.16.20 Sounds good. Will you have crew? My Wife will be my crew :)
Seaward 25 Bimini Kings Gambit at 4:54am 11.16.20 The cost is mostly in the labor; not the materials. Plus, there is overhead of owning a shop, etc. I
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! kappykaplan at 4:49am 11.16.20 Quit it, Jim! Tks for the update.
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! (1) JamesG161 at 4:44am 11.16.20 Hurricane Iota is warming up in the Caribbean "Bull Pen" :facepalm:
First Sailboat Davidasailor26 at 4:26am 11.16.20
rust remove from swim ladder dlochner at 4:25am 11.16.20 Never use steel wool on a boat. Little bits of the steel will come off and embed themselves in whate
Salt Water in Bilge jibes138 at 3:33am 11.16.20 Check your keel bolts, you could have seepage through your keel joint when underway with the keel st
December/January Trips Planned justsomeguy at 2:50am 11.16.20 Booo! I'm thinking that you'll not be wearing quite as many layers... Plastic underwear, fleece a
Engine Controls kappykaplan at 2:42am 11.16.20 Some photos of your cockpit setup would go a long way for us to help you.
Staysail and Genoa Track additions for Hunter 37 Cutter Joe at 1:24am 11.16.20 Your choice is to either install the track and design the sail for it....or acquire the sail and des
December/January Trips Planned nightowle at 12:10am 11.16.20 Thinking of Blake Island for New Year's Eve. We've done that for several years and have had a good
Halloween cruise (3) SoSound at 11:25pm 11.15.20 When we added our Code 0, we also had a bobstay reinforcement fabricated for our anchor roller. I d
December/January Trips Planned SoSound at 10:35pm 11.15.20 The Sea of Cortez. I have an itch too. Booo! I'm thinking that you'll not be wearing quite as man
December/January Trips Planned SoSound at 10:33pm 11.15.20 We're usually skiing by now. Probably picking up our boat, after some work in Seattle, late next we
Halloween cruise forbin at 10:27pm 11.15.20 I still haven't decided on an anchor...haha. I got the 45# M1 today. Done. This is definitely a
black marks MikeHoncho at 10:15pm 11.15.20
rust remove from swim ladder S/V Honu at 10:13pm 11.15.20 Bartenders Friend is great for cleaning rusty SS, along with those Magic Eraser scrubbing pads.
3 Mainsail Quotes - Advice on which you would pick and why MikeHoncho at 10:10pm 11.15.20
Hot restarts Project_Mayhem at 8:56pm 11.15.20 Test for resistance, connect a test light and wiggle the harness to make sure connectors are solid.
I need a starter for an OMC Zephyr 1982 a sail drive on a 1982 S-2 Project_Mayhem at 8:48pm 11.15.20 I've heard 25 and 35hp as well. I wonder if a new starter would draw less than one from 1978...

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