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Shipping 35' Sailboat Niagra Falls to Vermont Michael Angier at 10:47pm 09.10.01 Ask All Sailors 0/885 I'm planning to ship a boat from Niagra Falls to Vermont.Have a couple of quotes from marine trans
Fuel guage ideas??? Fred G at 9:57pm 09.10.01 Ask All Sailors 7/1133 I have an 81' Hunter 30, and I would like to have a fail safe fuel guage (A wooden dowel is my favor
cleaning with acetone John O'Donald at 8:41pm 09.10.01 Other Sailboats 0/845 Recently, I was repairing small chips in my gel coat and cleaned the area first with acetone. It di
From too little to too much? Gene B. at 7:25pm 09.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/873 After a couple of years of sailing/motorsailing on the Mississippi River I decided to go from a two
Cost of 1991 Hunter Legend 35.5 Michael Angier at 4:21pm 09.10.01 Big Boats 1/1064 Could someone tell me the approx. base price of a 1991 Hunter Legend 35.5?Thanks.----------------
3 blade prop Bob at 12:27pm 09.10.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1061 I have just purchased a Catalina 30 with an atomic 4.I'm looking to replace my folding 2 blade with
Roller Furler Setting on C-27 - Opinions Wanted Rob at 12:22pm 09.10.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1237 I recently purchased a CDI FF6 roller furling system on my '79 Catalina 27 TR. I love it! I found my
h23 Regatta followup Questions Ward at 11:58am 09.10.01 Smaller Boats 8/880 I was wondering if anyone was going to write a short article for Hunter's Knotline (Hunter News Maga
Lighting grounding Brad Jackson at 9:52am 09.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/977 I recently got caught in a bad thunder storm and started to wonder how well grounded the mast and ri
Cost of Hunter 34 in 1983 Bill at 8:55am 09.10.01 Big Boats 2/1024 Could someone tell me the approximate cost of a Hunter new Hunter 34 in 1983?ThanksBill
Old Sails Stephen at 7:45am 09.10.01 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 18/2777 I have a 1980 Catalina 22, and while I have definately learned a lot about sail trim from reading ev
Mast/boat rigging/tunning info exchange P. Cavaleiro at 7:12am 09.10.01 Ask All Sailors 0/956 I'm interested in exchanging any info on mast/boat rigging/tunning for the B25. I've collected a sev
Which Halyard? O'Day Javelin John Lawson at 6:50am 09.10.01 Day Sailers 1/1866 STARBOARD!!Thank you for your attention. I am rigging my recently acquired 1975 Javelin for the f
Companionway Hatch Stuck!! Jason Thibaudeau at 6:44am 09.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1744 The sliding lexan companionway hatch has been becoming increasingly sticky. I recently noticed meta
Keel bolts Doug T. at 6:32am 09.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/935 We recently purchased a 1977 Hunter 27. I thoroughly mopped up all the water in the bilge, and then
Ken's Welding Service Trailer, H23 David Strandberg at 6:03am 09.10.01 Smaller Boats 6/1338 With the extendable tongue in its shortest position, and my '91 23' shoal draft winged keel loaded o
Stability of an O'Day 22 Clay Wright at 5:39am 09.10.01 Ask An Oday Owner 9/19407 I am sorely tempted to buy a '70's era O'Day 22. My other option is a Catalina 22 with a swing keel
'63 Mariner / need help Tony at 5:21am 09.10.01 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1075 My fiance and I are restoring a '63 Mariner. I read an email response to a david robinson from a gu
Battery tiedown Tony at 4:48am 09.10.01 Smaller Boats 2/866 I've been trying to think of a better battery tiedown for my 240. The current arragnement seems very
The Hunter Renault Diesel , good or bad? Kevin Maguire at 4:27am 09.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1233 I have a 1981 Hunter 27' with the Renault RC8D Diesel. I have been having varying reliability proble

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Adding wind speed to a small Garmin Jan11 at 7:30am 05.11.20 To calculate true wind, the instrument needs speed through water (not GPS), apparent wind speed and
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin DrJudyB at 7:28am 05.11.20 Paddlewheel boat speed sensors are notoriously inaccurate. Do you keep it cleaned? We install th
Catalina Outhaul Mod jim9t at 7:28am 05.11.20 Don, Do you have suggestions for an outhaul if there is not enough space for blocks like yours betwe
Are Saildrives becoming more popular? BarryL at 7:24am 05.11.20 Hello, My boat has a saildrive. My boat is a 2002 that I bought in 2013. I LOVE MY SAILDRIVE and my
Universal 5411 wont shut off with key bawlmer at 7:24am 05.11.20 Isn't anyone else concerned the OP is shutting off the electricity while the engine is running? :yik
H34 Compression post - Transverse beam loose Artey1 at 7:23am 05.11.20 Shoot some 5200 up in there. Wait a week, problem solved! Artey: I already shared my design with u
How do I run a new main halyard? jssailem at 7:22am 05.11.20 I am not looking forward to the bill to have the mast removed to do this. Sounds like you have put
Hunter 35.5 Legend keel bolts (2) sail sfbay at 7:20am 05.11.20 Does anybody knows the sizes of keel bolts on Hunter 35.5 legend............ Suggest consulting wit
Fore-deck Fun AaronD at 7:20am 05.11.20 Last bit of humor: all this mayhem started with a wobbly deck cleat-- and will end with new standi
running new depth guage transducer wire in a hunter 29.5 John T1594 at 7:20am 05.11.20 You can just splice the new wires to the old, original ones. Try it at least before you have to tear
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin msmalter at 7:18am 05.11.20 I have a Garmin Map 547 GPS. Two years ago I replaced my wind instruments and thru-hulls and went wi
Are Saildrives becoming more popular? dlochner at 7:10am 05.11.20 The benefits of a sail drive for electric production may be greater than the downside of having a bi
Are Saildrives becoming more popular? capta at 7:08am 05.11.20 Anyone who has ever owned, used, had a neighbor or friend with an IO would probably never have one.
How do I run a new main halyard? DStegs49 at 7:07am 05.11.20 I know it's been a while since my post and your responses but I think the digital inspection camera
Adding wind speed to a small Garmin dlochner at 7:02am 05.11.20 Don't mean to keep this slightly off topic, but I'm with Scott T-bird. I can't see how speed throu
Sailing with a High (1) shemandr at 6:59am 05.11.20 ... They swarm around the invading hornet and cook them to death. I'm sure the loss to th the bees
Rabbit hole DaveJ at 6:58am 05.11.20 I'm enjoying your upgrades, dodger/bimini look fabulous. Thanks for the posts. Cheers dj
Are Saildrives becoming more popular? (1) rgranger at 6:55am 05.11.20 I've been intrigued by the electrics... https://www.torqeedo.com/us/en-us/products/sail-drives htt
Converting a 33.5 from sailing yacht to trawler... DStegs49 at 6:55am 05.11.20 Don't want to rain on your parade but I'd buy a trawler (twin screw) rather than a "broken" sailboa
Converting a 33.5 from sailing yacht to trawler... rgranger at 6:50am 05.11.20 I have been told that the motion of sailboats without masts is horribly rapid, anyone know more? T

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