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Advice on check valves / non-return lines nshellab at 10:09am 11.01.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/4547 After a month of detective work, I'm pretty sure I've figured out the source for an alarming but not
replace muffler on 87' ,30' Catalina Fredthedriver at 7:44am 11.01.14 Catalina 30 8/3675 Has anyone had to replace the muffler on a Catalina 30, mine is leaking and want to know how to get
Aux OB on H29.5 RIVERCRUISER at 5:52am 11.01.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/993 Thinking about installing a small outboard on my 29.5 as a backup to the Yanmar 2GM20F. Anyo
Heavy-duty flag gettinthere at 5:07am 11.01.14 Ask All Sailors 38/5648 We're going thru flags pretty quickly. Tried a variety of makers and some labeled heavy duty. Not.
Questions about living aboard a Catalina 30 Hooks at 7:47pm 10.31.14 Catalina 30 18/12068 So I want to live on a sailboat. I've spent the past couple of months looking at pictures and think
Boat Info tab Terry Cox at 7:14pm 10.31.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/2017 Two questions: 1. I submitted an article to the 42 Hunter Owner modifications a day or so ago. I
Help finding red stop button cover (1) Gdindy at 5:44pm 10.31.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/846 As you can see I need to replace this stop button cover any help on where I can get this part and ha
Loading on the trailer in high wind Joe Blizzard at 5:37pm 10.31.14 Trailer Sailors 34/4633 To make a long story short, it took three of us to manhandle my boat onto its trailer Tuesday with 2
Deck Penetrations for Wires on a 25? Ward H at 12:56pm 10.31.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1363 I had found some water had leaked in along the wires for the steaming light where they went through
Wash Safe Sail Wash Brian S at 11:09am 10.31.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1018 Have any of you heard of, or even better yet used, this Wash Safe Sail Wash product? http://www.
12v cigarette socket has 13.1v but doesn't work? McIntoshUSA at 10:22am 10.31.14 Ask All Sailors 14/8332 I have 2, 12v cigarette lighter sockets on my boat. They both test out with the volt meter to 13.1 v
Deck Plug Suggestions stollo770 at 9:13am 10.31.14 The Cherubini Hunters 5/948 Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew where to buy good quality electrical deck plugs. I need new p
Morgan 45 keel bolts for the wing keel? boomdeyada at 6:53am 10.31.14 Big Boats 1/1477 Hi, I'm having to drop my keel to reseal it. Does anyone know how many keel bolts there are for the
1987 30 MKII deposit today Hogheaven at 4:10am 10.31.14 Catalina 30 26/4005 1987 30 MKII Hull 4993 New Owner "Hog Heaven II" Hello All, UPDATE: It's official we now own hul
Post Thanksgiving Day Weekend CaptDon01 at 8:40pm 10.30.14 Catalina 22 9/1493 UPDATE POSTED: 2014 ANNUAL POST THANKSGIVING DAY WEEKEND IN SAN DIEGO Once again, it's time for ou
Replacing Trailer Bearings Rick Webb at 8:28pm 10.30.14 Smaller Boats 1/697 This gets asked every so often saw this and thought it might answer some questions. http://www.yo
Catalina 36 Eric11787 at 8:12pm 10.30.14 Big Boats 8/7418 Hello, I am close to purchasing a late 80's Cat36 that has been very well maintained and has many re
H23 Transom Pintle replacement stvnm at 7:26pm 10.30.14 Smaller Boats 5/1476 I am about to to remove the old and bent transom pintles and I am looking for a replacement. Elsewh
Where to get a custom winter cover made? Robert1224 at 6:34pm 10.30.14 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1795 Ahoy, I am in the process of covering my 1979 H30 for the winter once again. I want to have a custo
Going to survey on a 36-2 w/ center board (1) AandJ at 6:07pm 10.30.14 Pearson 13/3455 . Thanks. Happy Sails, Al and Joanna

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Adding second reef to main sail? Tally Ho at 3:11pm 09.08.23 Mine's relatively new, but I know a lot of guys put blocks on there. Then, the blocks need mainten
Adding second reef to main sail? jviss at 3:06pm 09.08.23
Hunter 320 Steering Issue Tally Ho at 3:06pm 09.08.23
Winter Cover - Midwest Steve L22188 at 3:01pm 09.08.23 Yes...Shipshape is the answer. They already have the patterns for many boats. I've had mine for a
Adding second reef to main sail? Tally Ho at 2:52pm 09.08.23 I haven't detected a friction problem with mine. Maybe it's related to line size? And I am probab
Adding second reef to main sail? Tally Ho at 2:46pm 09.08.23 An old Garmin GPSMap740. PO installed it sometime before I bought the boat. But I wired in the wi
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

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