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yanmar stinks Muttondressedaslamb at 9:13am 08.06.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/2682 I have a 1987 vintage Pearson 27 which was repowered in 2000 with a Yanmar 2gm20f. While motoring i
GFCI Breakers tjar at 8:56am 08.06.15 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2424 Had a survey done on a 1993 Hunter 35.5 I'm planning to buy. No major discrepancies were discovered
San Juan Island (4) walt at 7:54am 08.06.15 Destinations 28/7533 Just after Labor Day (in about one month), my wife and I are going to car top a Hobie TI to Friday h
Front sail on a hunter 380 1999 fabrik at 6:06am 08.06.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/705 I want to change my head sail on my hunter 380 1999 where can i get the real dimension for that s
Is it worth it to buy a Sunfish hull? (1) TheDarkHorse at 9:37pm 08.05.15 AMF 4/4897 Im looking at a Craigslist Sunfish, hull only. I don't know much about the sunfish, but it looks to
Johnson lever question Macboy at 8:20pm 08.05.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/5875 The only thing I'm not a big fan of when stepping the mast is the super tension we need to exert on
Anyone have info on American fiberglass Armyaviation at 6:22pm 08.05.15 Ask All Sailors 17/6624 Bought an American fiberglass 21 footer. My first sailboat and I can't find any info or manuals on
Tiller pilot recommendations MaryEllaRose at 5:36pm 08.05.15 Catalina 22 18/5618 I'm looking for recommendations on a low cost tiller pilot, particularly the Raymarine ST1000 or the
chainplates ronper at 4:39pm 08.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/876 Recently, I replaced bulkheads on my O'day 26 and to be sure I have the correct height of the chain
Catalina helm seat 2000+ vintage 28, 309, etc rbergman at 2:21pm 08.05.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/1686 The removable helm seat in several models is clever, inasmuch as there is great access to the large
hot water tank rbergman at 2:13pm 08.05.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/1736 We have the standard Seaward 6 gal. HW tank on a 2000 Catalina 28II which heats well but smells bad
Bottomsiders windward54 at 12:33pm 08.05.15 Ask All Sailors 4/5147 Just a head's up to all those needing cockpit cushions. I just heard that Bottomsiders is closing d
Dead Solenoid? FourPoints at 11:00am 08.05.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1858 went down to the boat a few days ago for the first time in just shy of 2 week2 (too much time racing
26d fwd halyard Helen B at 10:25am 08.05.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/640 Rigging a 26 d for the first time, also plan to use the mast raising system. There is no forward hal
trailering ferryman at 9:30am 08.05.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/667 Can I drive through Italy ' France with my MacGregor 26x on the supplied trailer ?
Refinish Exterior Teak S2 11a kperks at 9:04am 08.05.15 S2 6/1662 My big project for the fall (or maybe spring) will be to refinish the exterior teak on my 1985 S2 1
Broken Swing Keel '75 Oday 20 repair? Fatal flaw? (5) chipleak at 8:30am 08.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 15/6471 Loading onto the trailer in rough sea conditions the boat was bouncing in 1+ foot seas hitting the
Stepping/raising the mast on a H23 SDLars at 8:15am 08.05.15 Smaller Boats 10/2036 http://www.mrunix.net/h23/resources.html Very close to having my son's 1984 H23 ready for the water
Anyone have dimensions of Catalina 27 head sink/cabinet? badgrafxghost at 7:45am 08.05.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/3138 Hi everyone! My 1976 Catalina 27 was part of a racing fleet for many years and as such was stripped
auto pilot 26M Buffett1 at 7:44am 08.05.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3192 I am thinking about an autopilot for 26M. any suggestions/experience?

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How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 George Braun at 7:36am 11.16.23 Just wanted to thank everyone for a really useful set of posts! I was wondering about access to th
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 7:28am 11.16.23 One of the promises of Firefly batteries was the ability to be left in a partial state of charge for
Adding a pod the Helm (1) Teamspirit uk at 7:14am 11.16.23 I have fixed different pods to my 326 over the years I am based in UK so not sure if the are availab
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:53am 11.16.23 My mainsail has two full battens on top. The bottom two are partial. So the outhaul has purpose i
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:52am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 11.16.23
Convert partial battens to full battens Sailor Sue at 6:19am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.
C25 jib downhaul routing Hayden Watson at 6:07am 11.16.23 Joe's explanation is excellent and very similar to what I did on my C25. The only difference is tha
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Hayden Watson at 5:51am 11.16.23 will do thx! Maine Sails article is a great source of info. Many of us have converted to LFP (LiF
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 5:17am 11.16.23 Ok, issue identified but not completely resolved. To summarize - Boat is on the hard, has fuel, eng
Max length for data cable? dlochner at 5:14am 11.16.23 Check on the Digital Yacht page. They make devices that will broadcast instrument data on wifi. htt
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 twodzusfittings at 5:09am 11.16.23 Maybe they were all built by British Leyland, back in the day. They just pulled whatever was on the
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 George Braun at 4:50am 11.16.23 Thanks George! Heading up to the boat tomorrow and will try to look there. Our 2004 H36 also has
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam xavpil at 4:38am 11.16.23 . Start with this article. https://marinehowto.com/drop-in-lifepo4-be-an-educated-consumer will d
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 AndyL at 4:35am 11.16.23 Access looks very tricky and I'm not sure whether you're better off on the hard or in the water. I
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 AndyL at 4:27am 11.16.23 Just wanted to thank everyone for a really useful set of posts! I was wondering about access to the
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? dLj at 2:41am 11.16.23 I seem to remember the same. Made me think of RichH and did a search. Yan 2GM20F Secondary Filter H
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:49am 11.16.23 @isaksp00 Good call on the tangs so the drum is above deck level. I think CDI account for that.
Emergency Tiller gwoolverton at 8:17pm 11.15.23 CatalinaDirect has one. Their pic isn't very good and their price is not good at all.
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 Kupe at 7:28pm 11.15.23 on our 2008 H36 the isolation xfrmr (we have 2 because of aircon on separate 30A circuit) are mount

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