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10 Day Maine Itinerary w/ a 3 year old. HobieDog at 8:27am 08.18.20 Destinations 13/2493 Hi all - My wife and I are planning a 10 day trip during the first week of September. Our boat is
Toe rail removal SailingaS2 at 8:00am 08.18.20 S2 4/1519
Hurricane Laura <--- TS Laura <--- TD 13 <--- Invest 98L JamesG161 at 7:20am 08.18.20 Weather and Forecasting 39/4346 I did not post on Invest 97L, since it dies quickly and taking Heat from the Caribbean.:) But this
Uni-Solar Panel Replacement for 456 2004 Hunter Bill Creadon at 5:43am 08.18.20 Ask All Sailors 16/1267 I am looking for a replacement 10 watt semiflexible solar panel . $299 is a ridiculous price for a r
Catalina 25 sail question SailingLoto at 5:07am 08.18.20 Trailer Sailors 2/714 I acquired a free 25 Catalina. Decent old boat acquired through back storage. The issue is, it cam
Sewage smell Gary Ryan at 4:50am 08.18.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1067 On occasion, if the wind is blowing from on our stern, you can smell sewage. My sewage tank monito
C & C Landfall likes and dislikes Bajadiver at 2:05am 08.18.20 C&C 1/2654 Hello, I am looking for any and all info on the C'C landfall 48 that anyone can give me. The Good,
Backstay Failure thetone at 10:45pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 63/9424 I demasted last week. When I got to the boat I noticed that the clevis pin in the backstay was gone.
How do/would you do it? glaufman at 8:03pm 08.17.20 Racing 18/3143 So, at my club here are both single weekend regattas, season long series, and single standalone race
CNG Tank Refills in the Annapolis area (1) PAC3142 at 7:25pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 0/845 Getting CNG refills in the Annapolis area has been difficult. After Bert Jabin's Yard stopped offer
O'Day 40 Mast conundrum LouisMK at 5:53pm 08.17.20 Bigger Boats 7/1308 New boat, new issues. My mast has an all around (parking light) but no steaming or fore deck light a
M25XP Quieting duck21 at 5:22pm 08.17.20 Engines and Propulsion 2/1398 Hello all, I thought I'd share a project I recently completed on Bella Donna, our Catalina 30 mkII.
Refrigerator repair (6) tinabastien at 5:15pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 2/524 I live on a 2000 Hunter 290. Advertise Here Thread Tools https://www.cruisersforum.com
Prep week and dress up day: (4) pclarksurf at 3:00pm 08.17.20 Catalina 22 6/772 Probably going to get more sailing in next week than I usually get in a season. Going to trek out t
H33 battery upgrade sailortex at 2:44pm 08.17.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/629
Self tacking jib set up H41 Tim Mills at 2:24pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 9/943 I do a fair amount of solo sailing on my Hunter 41. Hunters generally already have a small fractiona
How do you store Ken Cross at 1:09pm 08.17.20 Ask All Sailors 29/2098 On my boat I have an oil extractor, hoses, funnel with hose, and I keep them in plastic bags in the
Doyle Stack Pack help (2) Tim Mills at 12:29pm 08.17.20 Big Boats 8/3613 So my new-to-me H41DS has a conventional sail with a Doyle Stack Pack with a zipper trolley. I inten
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working Mag97 at 11:44am 08.17.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/9636 My Lewmar windlass stopped working. There is nothing obvious on the outside blocking movement. The
Mac 25 companionway threshold flexing Seadoc at 9:20am 08.17.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1522 My 85 Mac 25 has been on stands and now is back on her trailer. Both off and on the trailer I discov

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fresh water flush colemj at 9:36am 03.27.25 We have fresh water flush on both of our toilets. They just use the existing water tank. Why add
Adding eye straps to C320 toe rail rickr104 at 9:31am 03.27.25 I'll also add, as a new member here that just asked his first question, that I much appreciate multi
Adding eye straps to C320 toe rail rickr104 at 9:28am 03.27.25 I do not have the slotted toe rail, or I would have definitely done that. Plastic pipe will be a gre
DIY Remote Monitoring System jssailem at 8:30am 03.27.25 @Captain Larry-DH you may be lucky you did not give the mechanic a heart attack.
fresh water flush jssailem at 8:26am 03.27.25 OH if it was so simple. I think you need to understand the cause of the smell before you can get rid
Gaff Rigs Making a Comeback? jssailem at 8:10am 03.27.25 2016 Jerry Montgomery redesigned his Sage 15 to a Marconi rig Cat boat. https://sailboatdata.com/sa
Hunter 240 owners here? SteveHughessails at 8:02am 03.27.25
Gaff Rigs Making a Comeback? (1) jssailem at 8:00am 03.27.25 When you suggest a small Gaff rig, are you thinking Cat Boat design?
DIY Remote Monitoring System brazenarticle at 7:57am 03.27.25 How often do you need to remotely monitor engine data? Mark Mostly I use it for logging to have t
Diesel engine as generator question? jssailem at 7:56am 03.27.25 What is the difference in use case between two identical diesel engines, one used as a generator an
DIY Remote Monitoring System Captain Larry-DH at 7:22am 03.27.25
Bavaria 41 anchor sizing jssailem at 7:18am 03.27.25 I would second the Spade as a good anchor for boats greater than 17K lbs displacement. They were jus
Gaff Rigs Making a Comeback? shemandr at 6:19am 03.27.25 I am short on time and didn't read the whole post #4. But, why would someone want to haul a log up
Help with procedures prop shaft alignment DianaOfBurlington at 5:23am 03.27.25 What Heritage said, for reasons Jim Legere said. I would add the (strong) suggestion to make the s
Launching/Recovering Sailboat Crazy Dave Condon at 5:16am 03.27.25 The older Catalina 25 came with a wing keel introduced in 1988. The Catalina 250 wing. keel was int
Bavaria 41 anchor sizing SV Temenos at 5:12am 03.27.25 I second Steve's anchor testing video's. They are well worth watching if you are looking for a new
DIY Remote Monitoring System Tally Ho at 5:09am 03.27.25 One more thing you might consider adding: a motion sensor activated LED flood light in the cockp
Towing a Precision 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:53am 03.27.25 The trailer should have brakes preferably surge brakes vs electric which must be maintained. Worked
DIY Remote Monitoring System colemj at 4:43am 03.27.25 Engine temperatures are monitored with a Shelly and analog gauges - oil pressure, tachometer are c
Need New Spreader Bracket and Spreader for 1982 H25 DianaOfBurlington at 4:40am 03.27.25

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