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a cautionary note on Seaward water heaters (4) Bob 04 H260 at 5:28am 07.08.15 Ask All Sailors 52/12782 While living on our boat last January we had quite a scare. Suddenly the cabin filled with smoke. We
Adding spinnaker halyard to mast flynhi4u at 5:12am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 15/7702 We are hoping to build our spinnaker from a Sailrite kit this winter and I am starting to think abou
Halyard diameter flynhi4u at 5:03am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1353 With the new paint all done and the leaks fixed it is time to get new halyards for our 1983 Hunter 2
Universal 5411 Exhaust jollymon2 at 4:37am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 2/1229 After leaving an anchorage with very heavy vegetation I noticed that no water was spitting out of th
Hood seafurl model 810 gspeckma at 12:14am 07.08.15 Parts Search 3/2064 Looking for parts for 810 furler, specificly the feed extrusion tube.
how does the new search work? jmczzz at 11:19pm 07.07.15 Catalina 22 2/483 I do not get hits when I use the search above? It worked befor. Are there new procedures? James
Do you ask for or use help with dock lines when you come in? Stu Jackson at 10:30pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 40/5518 Many folks have reported having trouble with "helping hands" when they dock. Many times they only m
Storage space on an 8.5 jguyer at 9:10pm 07.07.15 S2 2/1148 I'm getting ready to go on a 19 day cruise on my 8.5. Everything is out of the boat, so I am startin
Sail area and stress higgs at 8:11pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 2/711 Anyone know a formula for figuring how many #s of stress a given sail area imposes on a stay/running
Self tending Jib bigpapaporsche at 7:54pm 07.07.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1290 I am not sure if this is the appropriate location for this post or not, but lets see what happens. I
Hunter 34 Maxwell winch service Ilanortho at 7:39pm 07.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3096 Hi all; Just purchased H34. All 4 Maxwell winches badly in need of lube/ service. Before I disassem
Oops Newport Bob at 7:20pm 07.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 0/906 MainE, Sorry for the mistype Love your state - and have sailed from Maine to Florida
Amp Meter Newport Bob at 7:17pm 07.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1601 Main, Took your advice and installed a smart gauge last spring. THANKS Gives the essential info! Cer
Universal 25 XPAC running hot mytime at 5:59pm 07.07.15 Catalina 30 5/1153 My (new to me) 1994 Catalina 30 (#6242) is running hot 210 degrees at 2500 rpm's. New hoses, sea str
Gib Sice for a Hunter 37 margotec at 5:32pm 07.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1767 Hello, our gib unrolled during a storm and shattered. Now we have to buy another and I would like to
AIS, VHF antenna/s? Ken13559 at 4:42pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1087 I've a questions to those with class B ais and vhf, do you use splitter to share single antenna at m
Problem of return water in the motor when i do sailing fastbreak30 at 3:15pm 07.07.15 Catalina 30 4/882 I have a problem of return of water in my diesel universal m -25. When the engine is off and I do sa
Missing S/V Kera Jane macdaddymark1 at 2:04pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 4/870 I don't know if this is the right place to start this but, Does anyone know or have you heard anythi
Microwave fxg88k at 1:23pm 07.07.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/1141 I recently bought a Hunter 310 built 1999. It has a Gold Star One Touch microwave but no manual for
Mast Step Macruairidh at 1:00pm 07.07.15 Big Boats 3/1193 Cant anyone help. I am looking into purchasing a Hunter Legend 45, 1986 or 1987. I am trying to find

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Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Re-installing the shaft coupling shemandr at 5:01pm 12.11.23 Might have to blame that one on spell check. I try to review posts and still some get by. I should
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Richard19068 at 4:37pm 12.11.23 @4arch: Thanks for posting that.
Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 4:05pm 12.11.23 The forestay of the Catalina 315 is so close to the head that it might be considered a fractional
Swim platform question shemandr at 4:00pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Tom J at 3:55pm 12.11.23 Tom have you notice any differences in the boats handling with the davits and solar panel compared
Swim platform question Scott T-Bird at 3:19pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder i
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 3:16pm 12.11.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not specif
Swim platform question dlochner at 3:04pm 12.11.23 The transom of the sailboat was not designed to support the weight of a swim platform and an out sus

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