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Bald guy problems... agprice22 at 7:23am 01.19.20 Ask All Sailors 21/1839 As a bald person, I have learned that hair not only insulates the scalp, it protects it from scrapes
The Everglades Challenge 300 Will Gilmore at 6:04am 01.19.20 Racing 3/1274 Not your typical sailboat race. The next race is Saturday, March 07, 2020. The Everglades Challeng
Suggested 30' Boats for Short Handed Long Distance Racing Ducati at 5:15am 01.19.20 Racing 11/3077 I have a budget between $20000 - $30000 for a boat around 30' Must be trailerable Single or Double h
Lower Shroud Under deck mounting broken (1) Screen Saver at 11:39pm 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 27/2477 Hi. Does anyone know how the stainless strut shown in the picture is attached to the underside of th
What is this? ScottySailor at 10:14pm 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 3/521 Hey sailor mates this is on my newly bought 84 Hunter 31. Before I remove it or I may want to use i
Antifreeze air lock? Clydo at 6:32pm 01.18.20 Catalina 310 7/1136 On my Catalina 30 with M25 engine when drain and replace antifreeze sometimes would have air lock bl
1980 h37c hot water heater install Jaxg at 5:44pm 01.18.20 The Cherubini Hunters 3/808 Where in the heck can I squeeze this thing in? The starboard lazaret os the only place that seems
winter time, sailing videos i like when the boats are in the barn jon hansen at 3:52pm 01.18.20 Sails Call Lounge 7/741 Mf33z9qr8dQ
Electrical Problem, I think.... OdayGeorge at 2:59pm 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 11/1037 My Universal diesel won't start. It's the D-18 (14 HP) model. When I press the start, there isn't
Juniors Day shemandr at 2:45pm 01.18.20 Racing 4/499 Since moving to FL I haven't had much to do with sailing or for that matter the water. Today I had
Converting a dumb alt. NYSail at 2:26pm 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 4/701 Hello all, So a couple years ago I upgrade my alt to a balmar 150 with mc614 external regulator. The
New Sails oday 39? henrykorous at 12:25pm 01.18.20 Racing 5/1116 Hi, I am starting to look into getting new sail. I only have experience sailing with dacron sails up
Hunter 49 A/C pump replacement (original pump shorting) TT Tide Together at 11:25am 01.18.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/1755 Trying to find the brand and model, size of raw water pump used (original) for serving all three A/C
Looking for 1989 Hunter 35.5 Legend mast. sasafil at 10:48am 01.18.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/588 Hi all. I have a 1989 Hunter 35.5 Legend and looking for a mast for it (Isomat). Anybody have one fo
Where the rubber meets the road sailme88 at 9:53am 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 16/1551 Ahoy fellow sailors. This IS the definitive site to get the true feed back to any question. Accord
Winter Cautionary tale! agprice22 at 9:32am 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 20/2026 I had an interesting experience today. I was in my warehouse. The temp is controlled at 44 degrees
Can a boat motor be too low in the water? (2) gtg at 7:50am 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 15/3887 The motor ran fine in my bucket during breaking, water level was just above the horizontal fin does
Mooring Buoy - annual cost smokey73 at 5:47am 01.18.20 Ask All Sailors 13/2038 Here is some background: Our club has about 14 mooring buoys that are leased to club members on an
Termite Prevention scuba201 at 7:27pm 01.17.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1398 So I have been reading how bad termites are in South Florida and now I am worried about termites. A
Gas bottles or tank question Valerio at 6:08pm 01.17.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1086 The gas bottles that comes standard on h41 are some kind of specials? Or I can buy for instance a ga

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Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Stu Jackson at 10:27am 10.18.23 I've posted this many times before: from 2010 and a letter to the editor of Latitude 38 in 2008!!!:
main flow issue DinghySailor at 10:21am 10.18.23 Returning to this a couple years late. The issue was mostly due to the sheeting angle on the jib. M
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Scott T-Bird at 10:10am 10.18.23 Absolutely incorrect. I've owned a Catalina 22, a 25 and for 25 years our C34. When we got the C3
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Terry Cox at 10:10am 10.18.23 Jumping to the dock to stop a boat is so dangerous there should be a sign in every marina. Ditto n
Diesel shut off pull ggrizzard at 9:42am 10.18.23 Stu, If I'm single handing at sea and I see or smell 'burning', I want the engine shut down now with
Put-In-Bay? Apex at 9:24am 10.18.23 put in bay is nice, we enjoy Kelley's island more. It is a bit more subdued. Both locations have m
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Apex at 9:21am 10.18.23 mot much more to add, other than agree with other responses. My friend in question has the necessar
Hunter Passage 420 Salon Table Ralph Johnstone at 8:50am 10.18.23 :worthless:
Raymarine wifi or bluetooth radar rgranger at 8:47am 10.18.23 We have a Raymarine radar dome which is connected via wifi. Works great. Had once a connection
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger rgranger at 8:45am 10.18.23 What to do? New wife was out of the question. :oops::laugh: So it looks like you could have a sec
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger jssailem at 8:22am 10.18.23 friends I know moved up and promptly reduced usage Such a fact makes perfect sense, even though it
Raymarine wifi or bluetooth radar Mike H. at 8:13am 10.18.23 We have a Raymarine radar dome which is connected via wifi. Works great. Had once a connection
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction (3) odaydokay at 8:03am 10.18.23 Finally got this off the boat. It shows a 3/95 date scratched into the plastic housing. Anyone hav
Diesel shut off pull Don S/V ILLusion at 7:43am 10.18.23 In theory, perhaps, in practice not so simple. At least on the 3JH2E the pull is about 3 inches.
Diesel shut off pull dlochner at 7:18am 10.18.23
Kevlar skid plates? (1) piratesnail at 7:07am 10.18.23 The boat is currently in storage about 1 hr away. I was planning on heading up there in a few week
1984 c25 sits bow down Capn Bill at 7:06am 10.18.23 My previous boat was a C-25. It sat vrey slightly bow up because of the outboard (Honda 50). Bow d
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger (1) RoyS at 6:58am 10.18.23 Regarding docking with higher freeboard. My wife and I are getting older. A few years ago she declar
Diesel shut off pull tfox2069 at 6:30am 10.18.23 Me too! But once the sails are up and drawing I hate to run below to turn the engine off. This! A
Diesel shut off pull Don S/V ILLusion at 6:01am 10.18.23

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