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Your Year In Review (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 12.30.19 Ask All Sailors 26/2312 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foo
Slap, Crackle, Pop (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 22/5039 Is your boat noisy? Between slapping halyards, gurgling drains, a clanking keel, popping stringers,
2020 Photo Contest Winners (3) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 6/2031 The 2018 Photo Contest is in the books and here are your winners... 3rd Place goes to Mikem, a memb
Time to Vote for Photo Contest Winners (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.13.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1630 The photos are posted, the servers are warmed up, and the time is now to vote for your favorite Phot
2020 Photo Contest (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 01.06.20 Ask All Sailors 112/11545 Its that time again, so drop your undeveloped film at PhotoMat... oh, right. Find your Flickr passwo
Hunter 240 jetboatn at 3:14pm 12.17.19 Smaller Boats 1/790 I'm considering the purchase of a Hunter 240. Would it be foolish to keep it on a sling lift? If I r
Boat lift jetboatn at 3:02pm 12.17.19 Trailer Sailors 5/1179 I'm considering the purchase of a Hunter 240. Would it be foolish to keep it on a sling lift? If I r
Bristol 24 (6) Member 131497 at 1:13pm 12.17.19 Bristol 6/2254 Here's the story: Just went to west marine to inquire why tbe rigging shop hasnt call me regarding r
Universal 25xpA ? rpell1@msn.com at 12:32pm 12.17.19 Catalina 30 7/1189 Hi all, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. I have been researching for the actual difference
Boats of the Year cb32863 at 8:36am 12.17.19 Ask All Sailors 1/571 Cruising World ' Sail magazines have their pics for 2019. Pretty much the same boats between them. P
Sound proofing..... NYSail at 6:41am 12.17.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1730 Hello all So I am sound proofing a small cabinet that houses a couple of pumps. I don't want to us
Lost a good friend Mark Maulden at 11:01pm 12.16.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1111 We lost a good friend and club member a few days ago. He lived on his boat in Anacortes. He was in
Christmas Cruise 2019 Terry Cox at 7:30pm 12.16.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/1099 Christmas (winter) break fast approaching and this skipper will be away from work between 12/21 thro
Compatible NMEA200 connections and transducers TimFromLI at 7:27pm 12.16.19 Ask All Sailors 10/5909 I recently picked up a B'G Vulcan 9 and I'm in the process of converting my wind, depth and speed ov
I'm not seeing the light bulb like icon on my iPad. DrJudyB at 4:19pm 12.16.19 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/1137
Bimini practical for a Hunter 22 ? ? curt in CO at 4:10pm 12.16.19 Smaller Boats 17/2239 I have a Hunter 22, 2013 model with the open transom and long cockpit. Would it be practical to ins
Tall Rig Identification crackerJackNY at 3:27pm 12.16.19 Catalina 30 4/1445 Hi All, I'm looking to purchase a 30 from 1985. The charity from which I would be purchasing does n
Replacement of Wastewater tank Dibid at 3:22pm 12.16.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1773 Has anyone changed their wastewater tank on their Hunter 310 (2000)? How to remove the old tank and
Parts and costs of adding an outboard to a 1990s 26X (1) ALMacShopper at 2:23pm 12.16.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2159 Hi folks - I'm looking pretty seriously at a 1998 26X. The one issue is - it doesn't have an outboa
Have you checked your rigging lately? eherlihy at 1:55pm 12.16.19 Bigger Boats 1/991 This fall I had to drop the Isomat NG51 mast on my O'day 35 so that I could replace the wiring for t

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Dogs Onboard Forum? john6206 at 7:24pm 12.02.24 @quadrille38 thanks!
Wet upper deck on Catalina 22 Sport? Davidasailor26 at 6:45pm 12.02.24 You almost certainly do have some amount of rotten wood core there. You could start by tapping the a
Buying 423? ldd at 5:51pm 12.02.24 Thanks Greg, great information. I had to pass on this boat. Had no AC. I live in Florida. I was told
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. shemandr at 5:36pm 12.02.24
Hunter 34 - how big are these issues? jssailem at 5:33pm 12.02.24 When selecting my boat, it helped to define what I wanted to do with the boat. Where and how I wante
P42 engine sump Terry Cox at 5:32pm 12.02.24 That area under the stuffing box on our 1991 boat must have limber holes, since our box drips end up
Hunter 34 - how big are these issues? Marauder at 5:28pm 12.02.24 Thank Claude, yeah agree the chainplate rod is most dangerous issue. One of those issues that seems
Dogs Onboard Forum? quadrille38 at 5:25pm 12.02.24
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. (10) Boanerges at 5:03pm 12.02.24 Thanks for the comments and useful information. I spent a day cleaning and doing a closer inspection
Mast base plate replacement Hunter Legend 35.5 -recap kappykaplan at 4:56pm 12.02.24 What is that small line that is tied off used for? My guess would be something like a downhaul or
Mast base plate replacement Hunter Legend 35.5 -recap DYFLWD at 4:50pm 12.02.24 What is that small line that is tied off used for? I have one on my boat and have no idea what it is
Battery reconditioning? TimFromLI at 4:41pm 12.02.24 Submerged or not they are 4 year old neglected west marine batteries. They are good for a core excha
Hunter Legend 35.5 shower drain DYFLWD at 4:38pm 12.02.24 crickets
Dogs Onboard Forum? john6206 at 4:24pm 12.02.24
CNG Tank DYFLWD at 4:21pm 12.02.24 I purchased a CNG refill auto adapter on ebay and fill it at out local CNG station. Theres a video o
Dominic escapes the social calendar garymalmgren at 4:11pm 12.02.24 Hi DJ There is a part two of arriving, looking around and repairing and a part three of the sail bac
Changing from a 9.9 to 18 HP motor captcoho at 3:48pm 12.02.24 Hi everyone, The 9.9 hp that came with the Hunter 26.5 doesn't work, and we can't seem to find a u
Just picked up a super nice 2003 Precision 165 but I have a lot of questions I haven't found answers to online. David in Sandusky at 3:05pm 12.02.24 Description of the Precision 165 on their website says it has a "hinged mast step." The web site is
Hunter 356: leak from drinking water system Tally Ho at 2:18pm 12.02.24 P.s. -- would you explain what you mean by an inside connector? I would assume a coupling (male-ma
Changing from a 9.9 to 18 HP motor thinwater at 2:17pm 12.02.24 I've used nothing but ethanol gas since it came out, 30-odd years ago. Once I learned a few things,

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