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MacGregor Venture 23' Kathleen Powers at 4:20am 03.10.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2253 My father an avid sailor recently passed away and has left me his MacGregor Venture 23". I am not a
Bottom Job Question. . . Chris McLoughlin at 4:17am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/779 I have removed the old bottom paint on our 12 year old Legend 37.5 with the idea of sealing the bott
Blue Water mr tim at 3:42am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1057 Any of the 30'-32' hunter owners do any trans atlantic crossings in their boats. I'm thinking of ge
Volvo Saildrive leaks oil (somewhere) Jim Cook at 3:28am 03.10.03 Other Sailboats 3/4081 The first contractor I hired to do my bottom 2 years ago painted bottom paint on my VolvoPenta S110
Key Largo Sailboat Marina Seabee at 2:51am 03.10.03 Ask All Sailors 2/934 Need recommendations of good sailboat marinas in Key Largo, FLorida for a 2-3 overnight. Prefer a s
Loking for information....O'Day/Dolphin 1961-1967 Louis Claassen at 2:25am 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1768 I just purachased a 24' sailboat built by O'Day/Dolphin series, in 1961.I have discovered that ther
Threw hull fittings craig shaw at 1:42am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/962 How do you check your threw hull fittings? We have a 1985 28.5 Hunter and all the fittings are facto
center board woes Rusty rusman88 @aol.com at 12:52am 03.10.03 Day Sailers 2/1046 first time owner long time O'Day admirer from my years in Annapolis; Just "aquired" poorly maintaine
Need suggestions on splice Paul Aubrecht at 12:48am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/809 I have a 1993 Hunter 28 with a Profurl Headsail furling.It has a continuous loop line that controls
Swing Batten Rollaway Mains Drexel Bradshaw at 12:45am 03.10.03 Big Boats 1/1069 I am considering purchasing a Swing Batten Rollaway Main from Doyle. Does anyone have any experienc
Where to install Nicro solar vent on Catalina 30? Weston Van Wambeke at 11:15pm 03.09.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/2026 I'd like to improve the ventilation in my 1982 Catalina 30. Can anyone recommend a good deck spot t
Cleaning dodger and bimini canvas Charles at 11:07pm 03.09.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1400 This may sound like a stupid question, mine usually are, but what is the best way for cleaning the d
Sailing at Bahi Honda Brian at 10:48pm 03.09.03 Ask All Sailors 3/885 I will be spending a week at Bahi Honda and was wondering if there is anyplace there to rent a sailb
Charleston South Carolina tom at 10:44pm 03.09.03 Ask All Sailors 6/1056 My wife and I plan to start cruising in the near future. Unfortunately we live in Birmingham,Alabama
padding CORKY TROTTER at 10:35pm 03.09.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/950 Anyone have any good places to buy padding to put under the bed on the 260. I would like a little b
We just launched our new website Rick Sylvester at 9:43pm 03.09.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/879 and we'd like to invite you visit. Please either post here or email us at ricksylvester@msn.com with
Destek Hydraulic Lid holder Fenella Flanagan at 9:40pm 03.09.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1301 I am desperate to find a Destek Hydraulic door holder for my freezer and cannot even find the compan
26.5 Mast fittings for halyards Jim Rogers at 9:25pm 03.09.03 Smaller Boats 2/786 I am looking for replacements for the plastic guides that protect the halyards as they pass thru the
340 or 356 in florida nick maggio at 8:11pm 03.09.03 Ask All Sailors 0/1113 where do you 340 and 356 sail in florida west or east and what about slips or mooring's do they empt
Leaving a 26C in the water over winter Martin Oets at 2:37pm 03.09.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1084 Is it possible to leave the 26S with ballast in over the winter? Is there an antifreeze that one cou

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Diesel Oil Change higgs at 8:37pm 09.29.20 I think we get a bit hung up about this sort of thing. Of course most of do not get all the oil out
20 or 25hp for a WM 350 tender higgs at 8:28pm 09.29.20 I agree with capta. i had a 9.9 on a ten footer that easily put it up on plane. How fast do you ne
CE Certicication Benny17441 at 8:23pm 09.29.20 When I said I was not familiar with the CE certification, I meant the guidelines used to measure and
New Solar Panel and MC4 Connectors Hello Below at 8:20pm 09.29.20 And just a note, I got a 10 AWG extension cable from Amazon. It's a good cable but it doesn't fit i
Back-up Depth Sounders? Michael Davis at 8:15pm 09.29.20 Normal tide range here, failing wind driven, is usually around a foot- Todays shows .3 foot- 3 or
Winter covers - full cover vs. cockpit cover dlochner at 8:15pm 09.29.20 As one of those old guys I have to point out that you don't have temperature cycles when there is s
Anchor locker drainage thwilson at 8:11pm 09.29.20 Trim seems to be OK. Have a spare anchor in aft locker and Avon raft in aft locker. I'm going to bu
Anchor locker drainage Mikem at 8:05pm 09.29.20 The anchor locker on my C30 does not drain completely. The small hole is located about a inch above
New Furler FastOlson at 8:03pm 09.29.20 The old furler may simply be at the less-reliable end point of its design life. When our '94 Harken
Back-up Depth Sounders? smokey73 at 7:51pm 09.29.20 Looking at 8 to 10 foot tidal range here in southern South Carolina. Most of the shallow water arou
Back-up Depth Sounders? Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 7:33pm 09.29.20 That can be a little scary Charlie. We have tides here up to 25 feet. 12/15 feet would be OK at low
Hunter 49 Solar Panel Installation Advice (1) Laid-back at 7:13pm 09.29.20 I have four 130 w panels mounted above the bimini on my Hunter 50. The four controlers are mounted u
Back-up Depth Sounders? Michael Davis at 6:58pm 09.29.20 A foot or so. It does make a difference
Back-up Depth Sounders? shemandr at 6:44pm 09.29.20 A foot or so.
New sailer Glsawyer at 6:02pm 09.29.20 I wasn't buying into this the way it was first presented. But your post #38 is changing my view.
High winds Daveinet at 5:55pm 09.29.20 I'm always surprised at boats that will sail on jib alone. Typically the keel is behind the main, so
New Furler jmce1587 at 5:54pm 09.29.20 Hi Simon. Good to hear from you and glad all is well. For used RFs check out the links below. H
New sailer shemandr at 5:52pm 09.29.20 I wasn't buying into this the way it was first presented. But your post #38 is changing my view.
Winter covers - full cover vs. cockpit cover Jan11 at 5:47pm 09.29.20 To Jan11 regarding the benefit is snow: Have to strongly disagree. The temperature cycles that norma
New sailer Glsawyer at 5:45pm 09.29.20 So, you want my two cents? A. You are not an experienced sailor B. You can get a free boat, but yo

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