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Radar mounts Tim Leighton at 11:20am 11.05.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1068 Recently ordered a Catalina 400 and considering a Raytheon radar. Question is whether we mount the d
What Sail to Buy Adrian at 11:10am 11.05.01 Smaller Boats 4/1006 I want to buy new sails for my 1985 22' Hunter. I can only afford 1 main and 1 headsail. May do so
stern low bow high edward hyde at 9:46am 11.05.01 Day Sailers 2/1204 My 1972 ODAY Widgon floats with the bow high--about 5 inches above the boot stripe and the stern cor
Head Pump Lube Tony Wilcox at 8:05am 11.05.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1564 Peggy I remember seeing on a previous post that you reccomended not to use baby oil as a lubricant
Campbell-Sailor propellers Jim Logan at 7:16am 11.05.01 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2682 Anyone used a Campbell-Sailor prop on a 33 with the 2qm-15? I'm trying to get rid of the prop vibra
HUNTER REPLACEMENT PARTS REX SMITH at 6:52am 11.05.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/1120 I have a 1992 Hunter 30T. I need to replace 2 of the hatch handles and 2 stanchions. Can anyone tell
Stern Pulpit for 25 O'Day CB Ric Shultz at 6:42am 11.05.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1211 Where can I get a stern pulpit for my 25 O'Day?Ric"comes a time"
Depth Finder Roy at 6:19am 11.05.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1097 I have a Datamarine Depthfinder that needs to be replaced. Any opinions as to what that replacement
Pop top Chip Barnes at 5:51am 11.05.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/964 My 1980 catalina22 did not come with a poptop. It has a sliding hatch. I have been given a pop top.
C250 Owner Evaluations Ed P. at 5:33am 11.05.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/832 I am considering buying a C-250 Wing Keel next year, and would be interested in current owner opinio
Universal Diesel Shut Down Mark Hudson at 5:24am 11.05.01 Ask All Sailors 10/7998 I just picked up a 1984 C-30 with a 14 hp universal diesel engine. The PO used to shut it down by p
New A/C Tim Op't Holt at 4:51am 11.05.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/958 Over the past two weekends I have replaced my 10 year old Mermaid A/C. The unit was mounted under th
keel pin ken at 3:05am 11.05.01 Smaller Boats 1/1085 I have read about checking and changing swing keel pins.I don`t think the pin on my 1973 has ever be
Clutz needs help reseating mooring cleat. Armando Lopez at 1:13am 11.05.01 Other Sailboats 2/994 Due to some unusually low water and high winds recently, my left rear mooring cleat pulled right out
glue remover? Greg aboard 'BlueBerry' at 12:52am 11.05.01 Big Boats 5/964 The prior owner of my L-37 had installed some hook and loop (aka velcro) tape on the inside of the f
Modified mast step? Rich at 11:50am 11.11.01 Smaller Boats 0/806 i'm considering purchasing a 1981 C25,the current owner accidently dropped the mast while lowering
Found the leaks Mark at 9:26am 11.11.01 Smaller Boats 1/989 Recently I put a post on regarding a leak in the bow of our new 260 water balast.Romoval of the pla
Loose Footed Sails Peter Milne at 12:00am 11.05.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1381 When I took our H430 sails in for cleaning and a tune-up, the sail maker asked me if I had considere
Sailing around philly John McDaris at 8:15am 11.11.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1030 I am thinking about docking my boat on the jersey side, how is it sailing on the river around philly
Relocating Fluxgate Compass Jim Rushing at 4:45am 11.11.01 Big Boats 2/949 Preparing to put in an access opening in the aft bulkhead in order to replace the holding tank. This

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Furling Main Outhaul Thingie sail sfbay at 6:44am 06.29.20 You are welcome. Mine cracked and had to replace it this year and of course you have to pay specia
Head Door Sticks Alansails at 6:39am 06.29.20 No Place to get Stuck!
1987 31 Huntet Hull Leak HMT2 at 6:37am 06.29.20 Which bilge? The main bilge, or the one in front of the engine compartment? The first thing I check
1987 31 Huntet Hull Leak dlochner at 6:35am 06.29.20 Did you check the freshwater systems?
Furling Main Outhaul Thingie stephen_i_w at 6:35am 06.29.20 Thank you, I get so many great answers on this forum. It is a truly valuable resource.
Catalina 27 Chartplotter Swing Arm Install Joe at 6:26am 06.29.20 Nice work! Hope you don't mind if I comment on your mount location. I have similar setup, although
Glow Plug key or not to key? Stu Jackson at 6:20am 06.29.20 Doesn't matter at all.
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Hayden Watson at 6:20am 06.29.20 Here is the Round Whidbey Race web site. The race starts at 10:00am 7/11/20 and must be completed b
Square sail (1) LagunaJay at 6:20am 06.29.20 Well, it works! This test sail is only about 100 SF and with true wind of about 5-10 knots, she doe
Shout out to Weems and Plath shemandr at 6:09am 06.29.20 As I posted they replaced my 30 year old handheld compass without even charging postage. They stand
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise mermike at 6:09am 06.29.20 @Hayden Watson , tell me more about the race. My rules are daylight hours only, a ration of grog iss
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise mermike at 6:06am 06.29.20 We're back. Had a really fun and interesting sail around the island. Anchored at Elger Bay, Hope isl
Balancing The Helm Lazy1 at 6:01am 06.29.20 Excellent post! Clear question with clear answers and very little drift. Outstanding! did I just dr
Rust Spot on keel cb32863 at 5:56am 06.29.20 Here's my thread from about a month ago on what I did with mine on my Beneteau First 235. Mine was p
TIMING - What are you waiting for? gulfcoastsailor at 5:43am 06.29.20 I recently had my 35 year old diesel tank cleaned for the first time. Remarkably it was in excellen
Kite sailing Will Gilmore at 5:40am 06.29.20 takes great skill to sail to windward. it's called 'beating' for a reason. It's called "beating" b
Catalina 310 transmission problems KenA at 5:17am 06.29.20 We are on the Chesapeake and that means some days with a lot of mototing when winds die. We also too
Centerboard Leak catalanc at 5:15am 06.29.20 I'll be back at the boat Thursday and she will be up on stands so that I can check thinks out. Will
Kite sailing (1) Hunter216 at 5:06am 06.29.20 The other encouraging thing is that this guy was about my age and he told me he is just now learnin
Delamination jviss at 4:55am 06.29.20 Thanks Dave. As to age, I'm not too far behind you. :)

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