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High winds and loose-footed in-mast furling Deac Manross at 11:36pm 06.18.03 Big Boats 1/843 OK, another hypothetical question....... If you got caught in some high winds and were reefed down
1974 HUNTER 25 CLIF at 10:40pm 06.18.03 Smaller Boats 2/877 I am looking at a hunter 25 . Any known problems with this boat that you may not see with the naked
Window Shade Install Question Tim Paul at 10:31pm 06.18.03 Smaller Boats 6/1011 I'd like to install some window shades or mini-blinds on my '97 h26. Can someone advise as to the b
Bilge Boards D. J. at 9:29pm 06.18.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1273 I need to replace the boards covering the bilge on my 82 Catalina 30. Are there any replacement ones
Star Board Material Dave at 9:17pm 06.18.03 Big Boats 8/895 There is a plastic type materal called star board. Do any of you Forum Folks know where to purchase
Shopping for a Catalina 25 Greye Glass at 9:09pm 06.18.03 Smaller Boats 4/2294 We have been sailing for years on small boats, most recently the Flying Scott. Now we would like to
Maybe no thermostatt but... Darren Mayes at 7:53pm 06.18.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/892 Couldn't you accomplish the same thing by adding some sort of timed switch on it? Leave it on for 2
Advice on first sailboat purchase... 22-29 ft Brent at 3:32pm 06.18.03 Ask All Sailors 20/3435 I went sailing a few times with my buddy on his 26 foot boat and totally fell in love with it. I'd
Cheap Air Conditioning H34 D. Belcher at 1:09pm 06.18.03 Big Boats 12/1110 I've never seen anything posted on using a standard window air conditioning unit to cool a Hunter 34
Electrical question Dan at 12:47pm 06.18.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/836 I have a small portable generator. If I put a 30 plug on a cord and put it in my 30 amp shore power
Catalina 27...what outboards will fit in the well? Bob Shafer at 12:01pm 06.18.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2350 I just bought a '75 Catalina 27. It came with a very old Mercvury 9.9 which is just about to die.
Outboard Motor is 7 1/2 hp to big? Steve at 11:51am 06.18.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1910 I have a '72 Venture 21. I've been looking for an inexpesive dependable outboard. I found an old (19
engine alignment roger marshutz at 11:37am 06.18.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/891 I had my mechanic do some work on my almost 2 year old 310.My water pump was leaking so he replaced
Cushions for Bed at Table Dave Mariano at 11:23am 06.18.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/791 We are new owners of a 1987 Catalina30. My wife has been trying to figure out what cushions would fi
FREE C30 cradle Doug at 10:46am 06.18.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/779 I have a steel cradle for my 1984 C30 that I no longer use, and I am looking to get it out of my yar
Strut Repair or replacement Dub Collins at 10:32am 06.18.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1586 I found out recently that the strut was broken. I put the boat on a sandbar and discovered that the
356 vent Dave at 10:05am 06.18.03 Big Boats 2/811 Can the vent on top of the 356 be replaced with a solar nicro vent? If so wht size?
Log book format? John at 9:48am 06.18.03 Smaller Boats 1/1065 Can anyone recommend a good log book appropriate for day and weekend C-22 sailing?I'm thinking of m
Where do I find 25.5 pop top screens Chris at 8:40am 06.18.03 Smaller Boats 3/961 I own a 25.5 and would love to get windows and screens for my pop up. Could anyone tell me where I
Harken Track Cleaning Robert Van Gemert at 8:29am 06.18.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1307 I had the Harken car and track system Professionally installed on the mast of our Hunter 40.5. The m

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Somes Sound On MDI PaulK at 3:21pm 08.21.20 They let catamarans in there now? We had a great romp in Somes Sound, having to tack out but findin
Invest 98L kappykaplan at 3:13pm 08.21.20 Just saw an update on Laura and TD 14 - it's not pretty. Looks like Laura is predicted to track a l
How do/would you do it? Davidasailor26 at 3:12pm 08.21.20 I would vote for not determining overall season champions. What's the point? It only diminishes the
Worth a shot-- pclarksurf at 3:04pm 08.21.20 The standard 3/8 gudgeons are without bushing-- the beefier 1/2" set from CD bring the bushing into
prop stabilizer issue Swaney at 2:55pm 08.21.20 Yes I believe so. Boats going to the yard for bottom job and refit including fixing strut and chec
Sad day, and no way to fix Jackdaw at 2:40pm 08.21.20 Just saw this, man thats sucks. I know it feels like to lose a boat, and also what it means to belie
Electric/butane stove Dave Groshong at 2:33pm 08.21.20 I've only seen butane come in this canister https://www.fisheriessupply.com/whale-butane-canister-bu
ggrizzard at 2:24pm 08.21.20 There are "factory" caps and there are "after market" caps and then there are defective caps of bot
Hunter 33 -- rudder stops ggrizzard at 2:17pm 08.21.20 My 1979 Hunter 30 C did come from the factory with an Edson system. The stop was a male projection (
Selden Mast foot replacement Sandra A at 1:59pm 08.21.20 Great! Thanks so much!
Selden Mast foot replacement DrJudyB at 1:58pm 08.21.20 Perfect. That's everything we need. I have opened a tech support case with Selden on your behalf.
Worth a shot-- rpludwig at 1:49pm 08.21.20 <86 is metal on metal and only 3/8" and what I have on our '84. Many upgrade to more robust gudgeo
Selden Mast foot replacement (1) Sandra A at 1:46pm 08.21.20 Sorry, I don't mean to be so challenged with the tech, but i just couldn't figure out a way to reduc
Sad day, and no way to fix shemandr at 1:38pm 08.21.20 Yeah, the flaming arrow thing was hit or miss.
Selden Mast foot replacement DrJudyB at 1:28pm 08.21.20 Okay, the mast extrusion for your boat is a F232. Now you need to show me a picture identifying the
How do/would you do it? Jackdaw at 1:15pm 08.21.20 I would vote for not determining overall season champions. What's the point? It only diminishes the
Selden Mast foot replacement Sandra A at 1:13pm 08.21.20 The Selden mast is a furling one, on a 2005 Hunter 46 LE, basically a 460.
Sail Rigging Diagrams? Pkeller at 1:12pm 08.21.20 Will definitely post up relevant pictures when I go back down tomorrow, wish I had the foresight to
Selden Mast foot replacement Sandra A at 1:11pm 08.21.20 Touch on the words "Google Photos," and the picture will be there. The crack is on the port side. If
Selden Mast foot replacement (1) DrJudyB at 1:08pm 08.21.20 The engraving for the mast is usually on port side, right above the mast I can't see the picture of

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