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H23.5 electrical shock Rick Macdonald at 12:10pm 09.01.16 Smaller Boats 25/1854 After 15 seasons with my H 23.5, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about this boat. After
back river anchored.. tropical storm coming.. End80 at 10:02am 09.01.16 Ask All Sailors 46/2889 My Grampian 26 is anchored on the back river of Tybee Island GA. Right now it's a beautifully sunny
Holding Tank Solar Vent 51RD55 at 9:47am 09.01.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1327 Peggie, Being in total agreement with the fact that the holding tank needs oxygen to produce aerobic
PHRF - Time on time vs time on distance markwbird at 8:09am 09.01.16 Ask All Sailors 10/5097 In the U.S. we mostly use time on distance, i.e. so many seconds per mile for the PHRF ratings. In
192 O'Day Mast Butt..need one loismlogan at 7:34am 09.01.16 Ask An Oday Owner 6/804 any ideas where I can get a mast butt for a 192 O'Day Z-spar mast?
Johnson 8hp Sailmaster Zephyr-Jeffer at 5:45am 09.01.16 Engines and Propulsion 4/1315 Now have 1984 Sailmaster outboard and I would like to test run before putting away until next spring
Looking for a Surveyor in Kemah/Seabrook Texas Stephan at 1:47am 09.01.16 Ask All Sailors 2/408 Skye and I sold our Cat and are considering a larger Cat that is down in the Kemah-Seabrook Texas ar
Hunter 30T lower spreader width S. Walker at 9:38pm 08.31.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/905 I'm going to install spreader boots on my Hunter 30 lower spreaders. Does anyone know the width of
HUNTER 34 BOW RAIL hunter healer at 8:01pm 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/554 Does anyone out there know where i can buy a bow rail and stern rail for my Hunter 34 or hunter 31?
Hunter 34 Mast hunter healer at 7:13pm 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2528 Hunter 34 question! Im planning a weekend away and I found a bridge that has a 50 ft clearance, My q
Polars for H41 AC. Butch23065 at 5:21pm 08.31.16 Racing 2/706 Does anyone have or know where you could get the Polars for an H41 AC. Racing in PHRF fleets it is h
Pop-Rivet Selection for Mast Steps Steverhnm at 2:22pm 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/5516 So I am going to make mast steps for my boat. I have read all the information on dissimilar metals,
2008 Hunter 27-3 in weather, tips requested Craig Cook at 1:58pm 08.31.16 Mid-Size Boats 8/2691 We have had a decent summer with our new to us 27-3, however we had our butts handed to us out on La
Halyard block Gulfstar at 1:46pm 08.31.16 Parts Search 4/1366 new to sailing have acquired a 16' sunbird sail boat trying to locate what I think is called a halya
Solar panels fred1diver at 1:10pm 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 57/3355 So I've found a deal on some solar panels, 3 40w panels, witz controler for 250$, the deal seems goo
phrf ratings??? fred1diver at 12:45pm 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 41/6418 hey everyone, I keep reading about phfr ratings, what do the numbers mean? how do you interpret them
Cat27 Bilge fills underway NAUTIGULL at 11:18am 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 15/629 Just bought a '82 27Cat. The bilge has remained completely dry until I recently motored it to a mar
29.5 Bowsprint Rigging (1) billybee41 at 9:22am 08.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/631 I have asked this before but maybe someone will see it this time with an answer. I have a 1994 Hunte
25.5 plumbing questions Zephyr-Jeffer at 6:34am 08.31.16 Smaller Boats 3/601 I'm trying to understand the plumbing inside the '84 25.5 of mine. The documents I have found here s
Holding Tank Vent Filter Woes RoyS at 6:29am 08.31.16 Ask All Sailors 11/2458 I installed a Sealand Saniguard holding tank vent filter for the first time this spring. Despite the

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Harken Electric Winch 46/E dlochner at 6:14am 11.11.23 Have you tried searching the Harken site for a service manual?
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed Scott T-Bird at 5:43am 11.11.23 so let's step back and look at what we're talking about here. a short, fat, early eighties, french
Fischer Panda impeller change dlochner at 5:17am 11.11.23
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 JBP-PA at 5:08am 11.11.23 Holes (even) patched up are ugly. gary I keep thinking I could patch the holes my PO left with som
Fischer Panda impeller change (2) sailcapt340 at 4:52am 11.11.23
Fischer Panda impeller change dlochner at 4:23am 11.11.23 There is no need to use the same style of screw. Replace them with hex head or socket head bolts. Ei
Fischer Panda impeller change Rick486 at 4:12am 11.11.23 Have you tried removing the pump and changing the impeller on the bench? The pump is very easy to re
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 garymalmgren at 3:33am 11.11.23 As for reduced resale value, you can always put it back down True JBP-PA but you are left with th
Help and courage - West Marine Air Floor Dungy and Davit lift points dLj at 2:38am 11.11.23 Pictures of the dinghy and closer photos of where you are thinking to put hoist points along with wh
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:01am 11.11.23 Congratulations on the replacement. If you cannot figure out, Al Fooks and Joe Kerr are former Hun
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose artboas at 11:36pm 11.10.23
Anybody Tow A 13 Boston Whaler? Skipper J at 11:14pm 11.10.23 Probably should set a crew member just to watch the tow as well, I'd suggest.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION (2) Hayden Watson at 7:15pm 11.10.23 One spring, 4-months after I had a diver clean my hull and prop and replace the zincs, I headed out
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 7:01pm 11.10.23 Your engine is overloaded if you can't get to maximum RPM, in gear, underway. My engine was over pro
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Davidasailor26 at 6:48pm 11.10.23 My issue is with the engine revs under load vs in neutral. I cannot raise over 2000 when under load
Setting Tack on Dipping Lug Sail Will Gilmore at 6:23pm 11.10.23 Attaching it with a half-hitch at each cringle Btzm_NWttu4 it reminds me of the sailfish rig wh
MARINE GROWTH mermike at 5:10pm 11.10.23 Sailnet has taken over! Wait, that's another forum. I'll see myself out.
Oday 25 cabin roof (2) Tally Ho at 4:28pm 11.10.23 I guess the "2" series changed that - mine is all balsa with plywood under the coaming winches, sol
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. Crazy Dave Condon at 4:26pm 11.10.23 @PaulK I use to be an investigator for insurance companies investigating many cases involving inju
MARINE GROWTH dlochner at 3:31pm 11.10.23 Not sure where any uncivil discourse has taken place here Obviously, I can't speak for the SBO Po

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