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Replacing Inner Shroud U bolts on 1985 Oday 35 Windseeker II at 4:40pm 05.07.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1043 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 8/2781 Happy launch everyone!
Water Pump "burps" every 10 min rfrye1 at 3:50pm 05.07.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1463 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 20/4481 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 17/2800 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 8/1070 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 5/2625 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 3/4778 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 11/6610 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 1/658 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 34/3085 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 2/1870 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 2/744 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 3/960 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 8/1434 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 4/1695 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 15/3736 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 6/1553 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 5/1042 Are there only 4 wires for the mast lights? A ground, anchor light, steaming light, and deck light p
CDI Furler for Parts Jim Legere at 5:22am 05.07.15 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/1261 CDI Furler for Parts - GONE I recently replaced the original CDI furler on my 1983 H37C. I replaced

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Removing rust stains from sail fabric...? jssailem at 5:42am 10.09.23
what is the standing headroom? Anomymous 163294 at 5:39am 10.09.23 well shes home. came yesterday around noon. and shes not a 1982. misleading information from po and
Rabbit starts shemandr at 5:20am 10.09.23 Rabbit starts are good for when there is no race committee and no starting line. All of the pursui
When to tack shemandr at 5:04am 10.09.23 It is a very good question. If the wind is shifting, and it almost always is, then you want to be
Halyard Swivel stuck at the top dlochner at 4:27am 10.09.23 An update: We had our last race yesterday and someone organized a mast climb to reach the swivel! W
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help rgranger at 4:22am 10.09.23 As already mentioned. The topping lift line is supposed to be run through the boom so that you can r
Rabbit starts danstanford at 4:12am 10.09.23 A boat is nominated to be the rabbit and all boats advised. At the prescribed time the rabbit sails
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment dlochner at 4:11am 10.09.23 Assuming the primary filter is relatively near the engine and the filter is full, it shouldn't take
Halyard Swivel stuck at the top Four Score at 4:00am 10.09.23 An update: We had our last race yesterday and someone organized a mast climb to reach the swivel! We
Navionics price increasing dLj at 2:40am 10.09.23 what is open CPN? It's an open source software for chart plotter software. You can run it on a pho
When to tack jssailem at 8:55pm 10.08.23 staying inside the laylines until very close to the mark is likely favored. This is a generally tr
Another dipsh@# trying to read a dipstick... mforum at 8:51pm 10.08.23 I like the dowel idea. Sounds great. Thanks.
Another dipsh@# trying to read a dipstick... Richard19068 at 8:44pm 10.08.23 I decided to change the transmission fluid in the Hurth transmission of an Universal M18 on a Catal
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment Dalliance at 8:28pm 10.08.23 One bleed screw bleeds the lines up to and including the secondary filter. The hose from that line
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help isaksp00 at 8:16pm 10.08.23 On second look at your photo, it looks like the topping lift may actually already be routed into the
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help isaksp00 at 8:06pm 10.08.23 If your boat is like the Hunter 23 you have 3 sheaves at the aft end of the boom and matching 3 jam
When to tack Davidasailor26 at 7:45pm 10.08.23
Navionics price increasing DaveJ at 7:33pm 10.08.23
Navionics price increasing NCBrew at 6:49pm 10.08.23 what is open CPN?
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment dlochner at 6:49pm 10.08.23

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