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bahamas Grif Morpeth at 1:20pm 02.24.03 Smaller Boats 2/938 My two best friends and I are planning to celebrate our 40th by sailing to the Bahamas. My question
NEED YOUR HELP! Chainplate Problems - Remove, Etc Adam at 12:44pm 02.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/964 I recently bought an O'day 27. I had to remove the mid-ship chainplates as the bulkhead was rotted
Improving galley storage on 410 bill moffett at 12:36pm 02.24.03 Big Boats 0/824 The Hunter 410 does not have adequate storage space in the galley for cruising. In the "owners" cabi
Wind Generator L. Vander Hoeven at 11:03am 02.24.03 Big Boats 2/869 I'd like to install a wind generator on my 340. Has anyone out there done this on their 340? Any i
Through Hull Jack at 10:50am 02.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/768 I'm replacing all my old water lines and drain lines.I noticed that the drain line from the ice box
Fogged up instruments on New Boat Gary C. at 10:01am 02.24.03 Ask All Sailors 0/792 I'm buying a new boat, but it's been on the lot for almost a year. Went out to see it last weekend b
The need for bottom Paint? Dennis at 9:34am 02.24.03 Ask All Sailors 0/787 Ive always been told that if you keep your boat on your trailer, and do not keep it in the water, no
Gulper Rich at 9:05am 02.24.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1071 Peggy,I want to install a Whale Gulper on my 331. I was thinking that I could install it in between
No spreaders on my Venture 21 Doug at 8:57am 02.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1466 I bought an old Venture 21 and I notice it doesn't have spreaders or backstay. The forstay and shrou
doesn anyone have any info on an irwin 25 Steve de Filippis at 8:36am 02.24.03 Ask All Sailors 0/819 I think i may be buying one but do not know much about the boat. does anyone here have any feedback
Latest problem w/ commissioning Darren Mayes at 8:10am 02.24.03 Smaller Boats 1/768 Well, I come home today to find the boom, main sail, and jib (in furler) now installed. Lo and beho
The Third Hand...My Tools... Sean Herron... at 7:51am 02.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/812 Hello,This is not an Ad, just a 'whizbanger' of an idea that works. Are you stuck with loosie dec
New 470 Dick McKee at 6:46am 02.24.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/813 We are about to order a new 470 to replace our 95 Hunter 430. Is there any noticeable performance d
Rebeding O'day 34/35 Stanchions Barry P at 6:34am 02.24.03 Bigger Boats 1/1055 Has anyone been sucessful at re-bedding the stanchions on the O'day 34/35? Particularly near the st
Removing Silicone Adhesive fred miller at 6:14am 02.24.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/754 Now I've gone and done it! Before winter layup I removed a bulkhead mounted wind instrument from m
replacing galley stove Bruce at 5:48am 02.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/836 I want to replace the pressurized alcohol stove. I was curious if anyone has done this. There only s
window gasket Lex at 5:16am 02.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/919 I have a 1976 Catalina 27'. The windows leak bad, I am going to rebed them but I need to find a sup
Feedback on new (26M) model Macgregor Dave Houlette at 4:04am 02.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/861 As a new, about-to-be Macgregor owner, I'd love to hear some unbiased feedback on the new 26M model
Handrails Joe M at 3:07am 02.24.03 The Cherubini Hunters 3/924 Are off the shelf teak handrails available for the older H30?
Back Stay Modification Joe Pelczarski at 2:49am 02.24.03 Smaller Boats 1/808 I have a Hunter 25.5 sailboat with an Edson wheel, the back stay rubs my shoulder when standing at t

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H34 Compression post - Transverse beam loose Artey1 at 8:36am 05.12.20 My transverse beam was wiggling pretty bad when I cut into it myself and hasn't been an issue for m
1991 35.5 Legend B and G Network Speed Sensor sail sfbay at 8:34am 05.12.20 .....1991 vintage B&G Network Speed Sensor to see if paddlewheel and gaskets can be serviced or repl
Santa Barbara Island? Terry Cox at 8:33am 05.12.20
Santa Barbara Island? Michael Davis at 8:33am 05.12.20 That sounds like a fun trip John. There are a number of places here where the booze left from so we
Going to look at a 322 next week... AlastairLC at 8:32am 05.12.20 Despite the possible keel issues mentioned (and they are worth checking out), the 322 is a marvelous
high water? Hunter216 at 8:32am 05.12.20 It is not like we have permanent ice in our watershed, so is the extra water due to more water in t
Hunter 340 Rudder Concern drew- at 8:29am 05.12.20 Another H34 owner here. FWIW my boat has the same appearance around the rudder shaft tube and also a
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. ToddS at 8:29am 05.12.20 +1 for the eraser... I bought one on amazon, and it was amazing (though admittedly a bit slow and te
Santa Barbara Island? jssailem at 8:28am 05.12.20
C22 MK2 Turnbuckle size sail sfbay at 8:25am 05.12.20 The Catalina Direct website calls for 1/4". You might check your manual to be sure, assuming it lis
Are you on your last boat? Terry Cox at 8:23am 05.12.20 Yep II.
Santa Barbara Island? Michael Davis at 8:18am 05.12.20
Catalina Script Logo DIY Leeward Rail at 8:17am 05.12.20 The sides are smooth. And the print looks good. (Aside from the minor cleanup) The sides on my orig
Santa Barbara Island? (1) jssailem at 8:17am 05.12.20
Catalina Script Logo DIY Cap Jack at 8:15am 05.12.20 Mr. Johnstone, I used PLA to check the scale and accuracy. PLA is not a UV resistant material. I wil
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 8:13am 05.12.20 I'm not looking forward to cutting my trailer stands, and modifying their tops to receive $400.00 wo
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin LloydB at 8:13am 05.12.20 OK this thread is just hit about a half dozen of my pet peeves and it woke me up too early this morn
Catalina Script Logo DIY Leeward Rail at 8:13am 05.12.20 Out of curiosity, what material did you use for the logo ? Is the material UV resistant ? I plann
23.5 Mast Raising Pole? Crazy Dave Condon at 8:12am 05.12.20 In the middle of the pole you should have a wire harness like that to attach the jib halyard to and
Catalina Script Logo DIY Cap Jack at 8:12am 05.12.20 The sides are smooth. And the print looks good. (Aside from the minor cleanup) The sides on my origi

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