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Open thru hulls doctorbill at 8:08pm 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1665 So this seems to me to be a simple question of physics, but here goes. When I open a below waterlin
Macgregor Venture 23 / Outboard Weight Bruce.Arnold at 7:15pm 07.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1133 Quick question, tough to find an answer on this one. What weight motor can be used safely on a 1979
mast height allen-deckard at 6:08pm 07.18.14 Catalina 22 4/4862 I know the mast on a catalina 22 is 25' but what is the height from waterline to top? I never had
Sail numbers CCrane2299 at 6:08pm 07.18.14 Catalina 22 10/1344 I've been reading what I can about our boats and I've read that just over 15000 have been built. Min
Launch day (2) balboa20#6 at 3:35pm 07.18.14 Balboa 1/2798 I all, An update regarding my year long effort to bring my 1968 Balboa 20 back to life. launch, sai
V belts sailfree20770 at 3:24pm 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 29/14694 Has anyone found a reliable cross reference for Yanmar belts. I suspect they would be available from
Swim ladder Myhunter216 at 1:27pm 07.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1768 I recently purchased a 2003 hunter 216. Can anyone recommend a portable swim ladder? Thanks, Tom
37C - Routing of cockpit drain hoses (1) FredV at 12:56pm 07.18.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2555 Can anyone describe how the hoses from the cockpit drains are routed in the aft end? After finally r
Kudos to ICOM and United Radio Service redhead78 at 12:40pm 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 4/900 Hi all, Hats off to ICOM and United Radio in E.Syracuse NY. I have an ICOM- m36 hand held VHF for pr
23.5 swing keel line replacement (1) KrustyKrab at 12:34pm 07.18.14 Smaller Boats 11/4036 Hello All! first of all, I am delighted to find a forum with other 23.5 owners! I hope that I can o
Walmart Batteries? Loads of questions ... Scott T-Bird at 11:59am 07.18.14 Musings With Maine Sail 11/11123 I seem to recall that you (MS) gave a favorable review to Walmart batteries. I recently noticed tha
What to do with trailer tongue extension? (1) KrustyKrab at 11:31am 07.18.14 Trailer Sailors 27/15936 Wow! First let me say how excited I am to find a forum with other Hunter 23.5 owners in it! Some o
catlina 25 motor Brousseau at 11:03am 07.18.14 Smaller Boats 4/1512 I have a 1984 catalina 25 and I believe I need a new outboard. I am looking at around nine hp four s
Battery Drainage DonW at 7:56am 07.18.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/816 Bought new batteries end of season last year. Have solar panels. When returned to boat this year,
How to check sail condition? kito at 7:18am 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 20/4940 My 79 H30 project boat is coming along. Need to start thinking about my main and genoa condition. I
Looking for OD34 door clip (1) Harlan at 7:13am 07.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/610 My 1983 OD34 has a number of plastic clips that secure locker doors, table drop leaf, etc. Several h
Update from Maine, S/A Yuginots yuginot at 7:02am 07.18.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/955 Hello everyone. It has been a LONG time since I was last on here. Yuginots family has had a tough fe
stern sits low Catalina 22 slowtype at 5:51am 07.18.14 Catalina 22 7/1278 This comes up annually on these boards. The solution is to try and move weight forward such as the b
26S - 30 minute centerboard removal/replacement (on trailer) (4) holdech at 5:26am 07.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/5937 Thought I'd mentioned this as I've seen many solutions that are way too difficult and/or dangerous.
Fluxgate compass went bonkers... DougM at 4:41am 07.18.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1091 Odd thing yesterday, the Fluxgate compass in my autopilot decided to point every way but the correct

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Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks Dalliance at 11:19am 08.29.23
No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 (2) toastysailor at 11:19am 08.29.23 219347 219348
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 11:15am 08.29.23 Has anyone tried installing one of these? My Catalina 310 has limited access to the area above the
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks kappykaplan at 11:14am 08.29.23 How often do you apply it? It's applied to the headsail luff tape at the beginning of the season.
Wooden block under mast step. Mark W at 11:12am 08.29.23 Well, the mast stepped fine. The shrouds are long enough. I will insert pins to be sure the turnbuck
Wooden block under mast step. Mark W at 11:11am 08.29.23 Its possible that they replaced the mast with a new design mast which is a little shorter to compen
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 11:08am 08.29.23 Great info Dalliance. Thanks.
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure (2) VT Fitz at 11:06am 08.29.23 Epilogue: The rigger arrived late this morning and he swapped out the 1/4" line for my topping lift
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks jviss at 11:03am 08.29.23 It's a wax. You're likely to make it worse as wax traps dirt. Great for zippers though. We use Zipp
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks jviss at 10:49am 08.29.23 :plus: Never had a problem with McLube not lasting very long. How often do you apply it?
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice Barnacle Bill at 10:45am 08.29.23 I am a broker and based on your notes, I'd say the person you were dealing with was pretty much usel
No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 kappykaplan at 10:42am 08.29.23 Could you post a photo of your existing binnacle?
H34 Mast Rewiring Dalliance at 10:36am 08.29.23
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Stu Jackson at 10:20am 08.29.23 how can this boat be single handed from behind the wheel if the lines, traveler and winches are all
Replace section of G4 anchor chain tfox2069 at 10:19am 08.29.23 When adding a connecting link, there's one issue I didn't see discussed - sorry if I missed it: The
Gulf Storm Potential (1) jssailem at 10:14am 08.29.23 Surge warnings
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 10:06am 08.29.23 My mast on the 1985 model H-34 is a Kenyon BF 5386.. They may have used different ones during the r
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Rich Stidger at 9:49am 08.29.23 I will wade into this snake pit with my 2 cents of opinion. I have always used ACCO brand G4 5/16"
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 kappykaplan at 9:47am 08.29.23 I assume one would have to steer from in front of the pedestal? As @Calif. Ted said, let Otto do t
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks kappykaplan at 9:42am 08.29.23 It's a wax. You're likely to make it worse as wax traps dirt. :plus: Never had a problem with McLu

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