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Keel brackets missing ? Ken Hofmann at 9:50am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 2/791 I am in the process of restoring a 1975 Hunter 25. I have replaced all 8 threaded rods in the keel.
price reduction tony g at 8:33am 10.17.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/882 1985 oday 26 roller fuling, inboard dsl. auto pilot. need hatch repair, 3 hasps, vhf wired and new
Pulling out a saildrive Mat George at 8:30am 10.17.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1001 I have a 1975 Oday 27 with an outboard and an OMC saildrive which is corroding quite badly on the in
Can a charger go dead? Bob Lufkin at 5:42am 10.17.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1128 Got a 20 amp Guest charger running on my new (used) 84 C 30. It hums, the light is on but the volt m
How to determine the draft of a 1978 Hunter 30 Doug Dixon at 5:38am 10.17.02 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1260 I own a 1978 Hunter 30, but I don't know (without pulling the boat out of the water), how to determi
hard to pump dave at 5:35am 10.17.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1371 When pumping in raw water to flush the bowl the pump appears to be pressurized and hard to pump,very
lowering keel for maintenance Eric at 5:35am 10.17.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/859 Hi...this is the same post I put on the C25/250 National page....thought I'd spread out the joy...
rebedding snaps john withrow at 4:53am 10.17.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1102 What's the best way to rebed a snap?
Anybody watch the TV show "The Ship" Tom at 4:26am 10.17.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1191 on the history channel recently. I thought it was very good. It is a show about a replica of Cap
Traveler for Hunter 23.5 Jim Durrett at 4:16am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 2/1109 I have only had my 1997 Hunter 23.5 for less that one year. I encountered winds in excess of 17 kn
Wing Keel Tom at 2:50am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 5/1002 I am interested in knowing if it is possible to convert the water ballast to a wing or fixed keel.
H260 Perfect Tow Vehicle Robert P. Fliegel at 2:05am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 8/821 Dear Fellow Trailer Sailors: I have spent the past few months trying to think of the perfect
where do i post ---looking for crew for bahamas harold at 12:44am 10.17.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/968 looking for crew
Border material? Dennis at 10:54pm 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1078 I am not sure what it is called, but around the pop-top edge and several other places, there is this
Compass leak Monty Miller at 10:22pm 10.16.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1542 The compass on our h29.5 has lost all of its fluid (mineral oil?) for some unknown reason. Does anyo
original manuals bo at 9:50pm 10.16.02 Big Boats 2/1189 Does anyone have web site or phone number for a provider of original manuals for 86 Catalina?
Mainsail boom furlers Bill Wertz at 8:34pm 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 7/1546 I'm strongly considering adding an in-boom mainsail furling system on my 1995 Catalina 36MKII and am
interior restoration of a 1975 O'Day (The Walls) George A. Wines at 1:07pm 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1451 Please help me to find the best way to replace the contact paper on the walls of our 1975 O'Day. It'
Converting to single lever engine control Bob at 12:04pm 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/953 I have an Oday 28 with a Universal 11 hp diesel, dual lever control. No pull switch to kill the eng
Exhaust Fume Leak Bill at 11:46am 10.16.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1080 My boat is reeking of diesel fumes...especially the cushions in the salon. This seems to be coming

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What is wrong with my sail? Crazy Dave Condon at 2:52pm 09.15.20 Loosen mainsheet and boom bang as well. If problem still persists then let us know
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Stu Jackson at 2:17pm 09.15.20 If they're younger and learn by trial and error in smaller boats, great. They'll figure it out and
Yanmar stalling issue Bill19233 at 2:14pm 09.15.20 By no means am I a diesel mechanic by the stretch of anyone's imagination. I used to fight my stalli
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings smokey73 at 2:08pm 09.15.20 I'm not versant about the COLREGS for lake Michigan but here along the east coast, by COLREGs, if yo
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Bob J. at 2:02pm 09.15.20 Can't you take ASA Basic keelboat to start? So in principle no capsizing. I would suppose the rea
SV Preston Point rescue shemandr at 2:00pm 09.15.20 If I read the account accurately the rescue swimmer was in the water up to 12 hours? He and the boa
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:49pm 09.15.20 or sail themselves back safely...leaving me to drift away on an endless sea. The correct Viking p
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings rgranger at 1:47pm 09.15.20 Yeah Do a search for trickle chargers with controller. There are a lot of options
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (2) shemandr at 1:44pm 09.15.20 Any sailing course that starts with a blackbored is at risk of turning the students away from sailin
SV Preston Point rescue Stu Jackson at 1:40pm 09.15.20 What do we think happened here? Really? idiot goes out into what soon becomes a hurricane? Someh
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? BigEasy at 1:39pm 09.15.20 Started sailing on a 15' McGregor cat. Never could get the thing to tack; didn't know squat about
Yanmar stalling issue (3) Ralph Johnstone at 1:33pm 09.15.20 You're on the right track starting simple. With the work you've done on the fuel supply, pretty saf
Yanmar stalling issue Calif. Ted at 1:33pm 09.15.20 Either starving for fuel or exhaust elbow clogging.
Job sheet jams dziedzicmj at 1:15pm 09.15.20 If you hadn't noticed, went over to the other tack.. could have been a bad day exactly!
SV Preston Point rescue IASailor at 1:09pm 09.15.20
Outboard whining 8hp tohatsu four stroke 2012 Mitty at 1:09pm 09.15.20 Curious if you found the problem? I have the same noise going on on mine. Its the same engine. Thx
SV Preston Point rescue dziedzicmj at 1:07pm 09.15.20
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Stu Jackson at 1:05pm 09.15.20 Store away when using the boat? What is the correct layout? Solar panel direct to batteries? Solar
Yanmar stalling issue ggrizzard at 1:04pm 09.15.20 Junk in the tank? The treatment kills the bugs, but it doesn't get RID of the dead algae. Air in the
Yanmar stalling issue Stu Jackson at 1:00pm 09.15.20 Something to consider: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/fuel-starvation-and-the-obscure-ba

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