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Keel Bilge/Garboard Plug hinmo1 at 12:07am 10.07.19 Smaller Boats 3/816 Rec'd my 2003 Cat18 last nite. Noticed she had a keel bilge (presuming cuz she has a built in hand o
Oval Portlight 88 Legend (1) IvanRBS at 9:04pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 1/276 Looking for replacement oval portlights found in head n aft cabin for 88 Hunter Legend 35. Part numb
Two Honda 2000 paralleled in place of shire power? Tim francis at 8:08pm 10.06.19 Big Boats 19/2804
Starboard bulk head aft berthing Hunter 306 tom.p.brown at 5:56pm 10.06.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/433 I have a 2004 Hunter 306. I was replacing the cockpit shower and had removed the aft bulk head to ge
Pots and pans (1) BillyK at 5:45pm 10.06.19 Catalina 310 12/1856 Anyone come up with creative solutions for how or where to stow pots and pans?
Happy Birthday to John Shepard JamesG161 at 4:45pm 10.06.19 Sails Call Lounge 53/4324 Join me in wishing a great day for, John @jssailem . John is a great contributor to Sail Boat Owners
Tuning shrouds on Capri 18 PugetSounder at 3:37pm 10.06.19 Smaller Boats 2/1344 Hello all, I am not happy with how few threads I have exposed on my fore-stay turnbuckle, so I am i
Help with a Simpson Lawrence Windlass spadaforaj at 2:28pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 2/359 I have one of these Sprint Atlantis units that were standard on Hunter boats around 2004. Can thes
Just What I need, Another mast! (1) BrianRobin at 2:02pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 5/649 Picked this up today, a 61' mast, furler and rigging, supposedly from a 41' C ' C. Our club had this
Help ID (5) Subotter84 at 12:59pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 2/458 So i traded a kayak for this sweet looking little 13 ft day sailor. I am having trouble finding anyt
Another wiring issue for Hunter 26.5 vidalia at 10:17am 10.06.19 Smaller Boats 16/1430 The anchor light (360 degree white light at the very top of the mast) and the steaming light (225 de
Appropriate amount of headstay sag? (1) Davidasailor26 at 5:18am 10.06.19 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/5856 One of the boats in our club thought that we had too much headstay sag in one of our races a few wee
Bleeding a Yanmar 3GM 30 (F) - is it always necessary?? Bluenose at 7:09pm 10.05.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1076 Hi all, In the courses I have taken, they always said to bleed after changing the primary and seco
Questions for 39 owners Sefuller at 4:26pm 10.05.19 Bigger Boats 2/731 I noticed on haul out that our propshaft strut has some movement. I'm wondering how it is attached
Sheet to tiller again garymalmgren at 4:21pm 10.05.19 Ask All Sailors 1/893 Well, posted the last one as Private so only I could watch it. Not much meaning to that. gary DOUgO-
Drilling new bow cleat holes RolfSail at 2:12pm 10.05.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/861 Hello veteran Hunter owners. I have a new to me 1999 260. I want to replace the bow cleats. You ment
st50 wind transducer repair fganz1944 at 12:44pm 10.05.19 Ask All Sailors 11/4435 My st50 wind transducer (Z135) has failed, first direction, more recently wind speed. Question: 1.
any 310 Catalina owners in Puget Sound/Salish Sea? matts997 at 11:29am 10.05.19 Catalina 310 9/1292 I currently own a Hunter 280 and am looking for a 310 or 320 Catalina. I've seen several 320s but ha
Deep water anchorages (1) Rltgold at 11:19am 10.05.19 Catalina 22 25/2797 After our last trip to Catalina Island we found out how many anchorages were in pretty deep water.
macgregor 26s ballast hedgy at 10:00am 10.05.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2196 good morning, i just purchased 1993 Macgregor 26s, wondering as far as water ballast, its trailered

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Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition rgranger at 12:10pm 10.03.23 Peter Blake. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/07/alexbellos On the other hand, the idiot
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 11:42am 10.03.23 well it should be here this weekend sometime. will post more when it gets here. thanks for the repl
Cockpit Speaker Locations dlochner at 11:35am 10.03.23 We have cockpit speakers installed by a prior owner. I'm not happy with them. We use a JBL BT speake
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition dlochner at 11:33am 10.03.23 Peter Blake. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/07/alexbellos Over our trip down and back
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Skipper J at 11:09am 10.03.23 Having read about the exciting upcoming expedition to map the length of the Amazon, in which the bo
Islander 28 - Stuck zippers in interior headliner Siamese at 11:04am 10.03.23 I believe you are referring to zippers on the dodger. If so, you can take a side cutter and cut fro
Cleaning Bird Poop on canvas DArcy at 10:17am 10.03.23 I lay the canvas (main cover, bimini, dodger) out on the driveway and use a combination of garden ho
Cleaning Bird Poop on canvas Project_Mayhem at 9:43am 10.03.23 I usually hit it with the needlepoint setting on a standard garden hose and take my canvas to the cl
Cleaning Bird Poop on canvas dlochner at 9:35am 10.03.23 I would avoid the washing machine. The machine can be kind of brutal to the canvass and any vinyl.
Universal M25: strange water temp alarm behavior sorcererdog at 9:23am 10.03.23 Discovered short circuit at the panel (which was a total btch to open with the wheel/autopilot stil*
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker (1) sorcererdog at 9:19am 10.03.23 The old one was a Klixon 80. Replaced the entire unit with a new one from Catalina Direct. Works gre
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 8:49am 10.03.23 220403
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 8:27am 10.03.23 btw. my profile pic is the 22 im getting i am trading it for my starcraft 1974 chieftain 18 with a 9
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 8:26am 10.03.23 I posted an edit the same time you just posted. Not meant to be snarky if it sounds that way. BTW,
Frankenboat Project_Mayhem at 8:16am 10.03.23 Looks like someone went through a bad storm, said screw it, and passed out for a day or two
what is the standing headroom? Ward H at 8:16am 10.03.23 I posted an edit the same time you just posted. Not meant to be snarky if it sounds that way. BTW,
Holy freakin flying sailboat! Project_Mayhem at 8:13am 10.03.23 MAN ! That guy carries a low PHRF rating for sure! (but the photo-shopper forgot to put the rudder
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 8:06am 10.03.23 It's a forum, it happens. I was going to post the same as @Stu Jackson. Boats of that size frequen
what is the standing headroom? Ward H at 8:04am 10.03.23 It's a forum, it happens. I was going to post the same as @Stu Jackson. Boats of that size frequent
Holy freakin flying sailboat! (2) rgranger at 7:46am 10.03.23 Or they are burried in this wave... :biggrin::pimp:

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