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Back-stay Rigging Question preacherman at 5:11pm 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 12/1947 I just bought a 1985 Hunter 23, I am new to sailing and am still learning terminology. So here goes,
Replacing Inner Shroud U bolts on 1985 Oday 35 Windseeker II at 4:40pm 05.07.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1028 Corrosion resulted in the failure of one of the inner shroud U bolts on my 1985 Oday. I have replace
Soon I sea more of this. (2) rspeers at 4:15pm 05.07.15 Sirius 21/22 8/2756 Happy launch everyone!
Water Pump "burps" every 10 min rfrye1 at 3:50pm 05.07.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1437 Very annoying problem with this "burping". I have followed every line both hot and cold on the press
Impossible to pull up the rudder (1) SFKjeld at 3:04pm 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 20/4337 I have posted about this before. It is nearly impossible to get the rudder out of the water on my bo
coffee operations splax at 2:19pm 05.07.15 Big Boats 17/2744 Hello, I have been toying with the idea of roasting my own coffee. Just like sailing it is easy t
How do I anchor the mast? Frednick at 2:16pm 05.07.15 Catalina 22 8/1019 Hi Helpers, I am still finishing the boat, not in the water yet, but getting close. We bought it f
Yanmar SB8 disassembly... braol at 1:40pm 05.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 5/2575 So, I disassembled the top of my Yanmar SB8 engine... ...isn't that how all bad stories start???
Adjust Tension Steering Cable DennisMansour at 1:07pm 05.07.15 Big Boats 3/4671 Good Day, Well after having a good look at the tension on my steering cable, is it the two extended
New companionway doors and tiller on my Hunter 23! (15) Paladin27 at 12:14pm 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 11/6488 My friend Mark is an excellent woodworking craftsman, he does all sorts of cabinets and custom home
Did you know...? Jim Legere at 11:35am 05.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 1/646 I am one of those guys who doesn't stray far from the nest - I pretty much only ever log into the Ch
How much is too much? NC_C22 at 11:15am 05.07.15 Catalina 22 34/3058 I just read through the "Looking at buying a C22.." thread and is has me wondering, how much is too
What species wood veneer for Beneteau donvanv at 11:02am 05.07.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1813 I have a 98 Oceanus 36cc I purchased used and the instrument panel next to chart table had some obso
Speed and Depth Finder on 23.5 (1) SFKjeld at 8:49am 05.07.15 Smaller Boats 2/729 Shown here is the speed and depth indicator on my 23.5. From my experience so far, it does neither.
Flexible water tank troubles (2) Db421 at 8:33am 05.07.15 Ask All Sailors 3/946 Having a little trouble with my flexible water tank on my '83 h25. I removed it from the boat during
New to the forum & new to sailing Windtherapy at 8:03am 05.07.15 Day Sailers 8/1381 Hi everybody. Great site and hope to learn a lot here and have millions of questions. I just bought
Hunter 35.5 battery discharge sls11115 at 7:27am 05.07.15 Big Boats 4/1639 I am a new Hunter owner and am having problems with constant battery discharge. I can find nothing
Idle speed sailcruiser at 7:13am 05.07.15 S2 15/3608 How fast does your boat go forward at idle speed? I'm looking for speed not taking current or tide
Fisher Panda Bearing Replacement (3) ice breaker at 6:06am 05.07.15 Big Boats 6/1491 There was a thread back around Xmas that spoke to the undocumented fisher panda bearing needing to b
H34 mast wiring a65sailor at 5:30am 05.07.15 Big Boats 5/1016 Are there only 4 wires for the mast lights? A ground, anchor light, steaming light, and deck light p

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Adding second reef to main sail? jviss at 2:19pm 09.08.23 Ever use one?:doh: Duh! Uh, have used since maybe about 1976 with Stephen Colgate on City Island,
3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes kappykaplan at 1:59pm 09.08.23 Since this has always been a fresh water vessel I was not concerned about build up barnacles on the
Adding second reef to main sail? Kings Gambit at 1:33pm 09.08.23 The Cunnigham is an invention of Briggs Cunningham, skipper of Columbia and winner of the 1956 Amer
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging tkwhalen at 1:04pm 09.08.23 I rig my preventer from the mid ship cleat using a dyneema soft shackle to where the boom vang (atta
H49/H50 Anchor Snubber/Bridle Setup tkwhalen at 12:59pm 09.08.23 I use a bridle and I pass it through the chocks up front as you are suggesting
Winter Cover - Midwest plenny7 at 12:31pm 09.08.23 Shipshape Canvas, based in Duluth. https://www.shipshapecanvas.com I couldn't tell you the cost n
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX jviss at 12:28pm 09.08.23 Darn, I was thinking I could ask seller of sailboat to drop it 2500 for not being 4 stroke, ha. If
Adding second reef to main sail? jviss at 12:20pm 09.08.23 Ditto with reducing friction on the reef line. I lashed my blocks to the dog bones. I haven't dete
Adding second reef to main sail? Ward H at 12:17pm 09.08.23
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX jviss at 12:15pm 09.08.23 BTW, I really did make popcorn! Ha, ha. Working on my recipe. Orville Redenbaker's, in my 2 qt. s
Adding second reef to main sail? jviss at 12:11pm 09.08.23 it looks like the luff of the main is a little slack. This is the functional equivalent of tighteni
Adding second reef to main sail? Tally Ho at 12:06pm 09.08.23 Greg, I'm not really following what you're doing here, and why. Why all the hardware? Why not jus
3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes kloudie1 at 11:59am 09.08.23 If no overheat problems, no need to play further.. Good job!
Adding second reef to main sail? Kings Gambit at 11:39am 09.08.23 Yes, but those measures are not gust responses. If sustained winds are increasing, flatten the sail
3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes Jimongee at 11:32am 09.08.23 Thanks to all who responded. Update: just put the tools away. Got lucky. Removed the inlet hose o
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX jviss at 11:10am 09.08.23 making popcorn....
H42P - new thru hull and seacocks Ralph Johnstone at 11:03am 09.08.23 Speaking for myself, I have no idea in hell what you are asking of us. First you say : appeared to
Hunter 42 Passage Steaming Light Replacement Terry Cox at 10:45am 09.08.23 Anybody know how you get the thing out. The steaming light lens is held inlace by two screws, as I
School's back in session cruise! Terry Cox at 10:34am 09.08.23 let the show come to us. we were rewarded by a pod of at least 6 southbound Orcas that passed by 50
School's back in session cruise! Terry Cox at 10:26am 09.08.23 You make your own sails also? Nope. Original sails still in pretty good condition. Asym almost lik

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