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Advice for weathering Irma Rock Solid Ron at 4:37pm 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 20/2129 Friends, I have a 2007 Hunter 25 on the trailer in PSL Florida. Any advice on pro active steps I can
Leaking Windows 2004 Hunter 41 spadaforaj at 3:33pm 09.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1325 Need some advice on this one - very nice Hunter 41 has some leaking cabin windows. These are the tr
YANMAR 4JH80 MARINE DIESEL RUDY SILAS at 3:05pm 09.06.17 Engines and Propulsion 0/22 HAVING A NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEW COMMON RAIL ELECTRIC 4JH80. CONSIDERING A CLASS ACTION. I
Garhauer rigid vang on 37.5 Jrtauber at 2:33pm 09.06.17 Big Boats 5/758 Has anyone mounted a Garhauer rigid vang on a Legend 37.5. Did you remove the stainless bracket tha
Autopilot Hardhead at 1:54pm 09.06.17 Catalina 22 24/2983 I'm thinking of wintertime projects, and considering adding an autopilot - for longer trips and sing
Secondary bilge pump and high water alarm BC Bernie at 1:51pm 09.06.17 Catalina 310 7/2389 I was told that a second bilge pump, mounted at a higher (water) level than the original one, should
Mast Step Nightmare (2) Capri at 12:25pm 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 4/602 Hi, all. I've got a leaky mast step on my 1981 O'day 22. I plan to cut it out from the top following
Mast Step Nightmare (2) Capri at 12:20pm 09.06.17 Day Sailers 4/1264 Hi, all. I've got a leaky mast step on my 1981 O'day 22. I plan to cut it out from the top following
Folding Props... A favorite? rfrye1 at 11:27am 09.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/834 after reading about everyone's satisfaction with folding props, is there any agreement on a favorite
Photos Ned Ludd at 10:44am 09.06.17 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/428 Why do my pictures rotate 90 degrees when I post them ? I save them in the format I want and when I
Communication from helm to bow Tim Musolf at 9:45am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 37/4138 Any suggestions for radios? Purchased set of cobra frs radios. Will not provide enough volume throug
Swing centerboard effectiveness? Tsam at 9:32am 09.06.17 Trailer Sailors 10/1795 Have a hard time determining the effect of the three foot long, 100 lbs. swing centerboard on my S-2
Boat VIN & Title Larsand at 9:32am 09.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1169 Hi, Can anyone tell me how to find the date of manufacture of an Oday Javelin based on the VIN numbe
Monitoring batteries without current sensors? Ken Cross at 9:12am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 5/528 Is it possible to monitor battery state of charge without a current sensor? I currently just monitor
Centerboard behaviour during a broach on H23.5 (1) Arnold Lamont at 8:58am 09.06.17 Smaller Boats 10/1111 Hi All, Does anyone have experience of the centre board of an H23.5 dropping back 'into the boat' d
Last summer weekend is in the books ... (1) Scott T-Bird at 7:18am 09.06.17 Ask All Sailors 16/798 140561 Barnegat Light at end of summer. Clouds bringing weather.
Weekend "Issues" Full Circle 473 at 9:33pm 09.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/637 Overall, we had a great weekend of sailing. With a few issues. Sailing on a downwind run at 7-8 knot
Mast delimma (3) Johnnyreb at 8:06pm 09.05.17 Kittiewake 5/1543 The place where the mast is connected to has a female screw in receptacle and the mast has a flat pl
Replacement parts - MacGregor26M JP100 at 7:55pm 09.05.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/807 Greetings All, Considering buying a MacGregor 26M. Since MacGregor is no longer in business, are the
Irma... slip or trailer? Kermit at 5:32pm 09.05.17 Trailer Sailors 39/2964 With Irma potentially heading to SC I feel pretty conflicted as to leaving my H260 in its slip or pu

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Engine Overheating Don S/V ILLusion at 3:09pm 06.15.24 Could be any number of reasons: clogged exhaust elbow faulty injectors faulty water pump/ bad impell
Bilge maintenance jibes138 at 2:55pm 06.15.24 GRP (glass reinforced plastic) is very strong in tension but not in compression. Thin washers under
Large Frame alternator in M25XP (2) Hayden Watson at 2:24pm 06.15.24 Hayden - how is the alternator project coming along? Did have Tuscon Alternator customize your alte
Bought a McGregor 26M but all rigging was not in place. stickinthemud57 at 12:23pm 06.15.24 There are a lot of very knowledgeable people at this forum. A few other great resources include: ht
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:53am 06.15.24 well, it is a heat gun or use my torch, the heat gun wins most times.... Oxy-acetylene torch on
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 9:40am 06.15.24 OMG is that a bad omen ? Look underneath the seat. If you see a 666 stamped into it anywhere, con
Large Frame alternator in M25XP mermike at 9:14am 06.15.24 Hayden - how is the alternator project coming along? Did have Tuscon Alternator customize your alter
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working Ralph Johnstone at 9:10am 06.15.24 the forward head seat just broke OMG is that a bad omen ? Look underneath the seat. If you see
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 8:18am 06.15.24 Maybe hold off on that 'til you're back home with lots of supply backup. Actually, there's really
Cleaning Anchor Hello Below at 7:29am 06.15.24 Up to now we, as in mostly my wife, used a bucket and sea water. A bit of a struggle at times and it
2008 Hunter 33 ice box Crazy Dave Condon at 5:14am 06.15.24 Your best source for information in this case is Al or Mike at the forum store as they are former Hu
Three shrouds per side on 22-footer -- really? Becubed at 5:13am 06.15.24 This is amazing. Thank you, all! I was tripped up by the idea of attaching to the toe rail -- assumi
Bilge maintenance rgranger at 5:08am 06.15.24
Three shrouds per side on 22-footer -- really? dlochner at 4:32am 06.15.24 The spreader fitting strongly suggests the boat was designed to have both forward and aft lowers.
Cleaning Anchor dlochner at 4:22am 06.15.24 I have been meaning to install something to wash down my anchor, maybe a pump with hose attached to
Cleaning Anchor SoSound at 10:50pm 06.14.24 I have been meaning to install something to wash down my anchor, maybe a pump with hose attached to
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit Michael Davis at 9:24pm 06.14.24
Newport 28 batteries adamv at 9:05pm 06.14.24 there's a few (3 i believe) configurations of newport. I have the aft starboard galley. Batteries fo
A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW Hello Below at 8:44pm 06.14.24 For clarification there is no reference anywhere in the collision regulations where the term "right
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit Kings Gambit at 8:25pm 06.14.24

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