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4HP Susuki seadaddler at 4:07am 06.19.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/412 4HP Suzuki I have a 4HP suzuki outboard and would like to fresh water flush more but using a buck
Wood Tiller Tamer (5) ehudm at 10:59pm 06.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1364 Just for fun I thought to have a Tiller Tamer as a back up for auto pilot (simrad), it looks OK but
Sumner 8 sailing dingy centerboard at 8:22pm 06.18.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1380 I picked up a Sumner 8 dingy at an Estate sail. All I got was a shell of a dingy. Looking for a pict
oday 20 trailer measurements hawk232 at 7:55pm 06.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/811 I may have the opportunity to get an oday 20. it does not have a trailer, but I just so happen to ha
Replacing Sending unit in 1988 Cat 27 Fuel Tank (1) Cat27Tim at 7:06pm 06.18.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/1152 Not quite sure how to go about removing the fiberglass that covers 1/2 of the sending unit's screws.
'83 O'Day Cowl Vent Deck Plate RBilly at 6:14pm 06.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/799 Just bought an '83 O'Day 28. It has a cowl vent on foredeck but I don't have the 4 in. machined meta
Furling problem Alansails at 5:44pm 06.18.14 Catalina 310 8/1268 Suddenly this year our boat, when we furl the head sail, it has decided to have issues..:cry: When w
Bag of water/install transducer PSR at 4:36pm 06.18.14 Ask All Sailors 22/5921 Can someone tell me why I might test for the best location of a sonar transducer inside the hull wit
Newly installed autopilot is drunk markwbird at 4:05pm 06.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1108 My newly installed Raymarine EV100 autopilot works great except that it's a bit swervy. I took out
C25 need used stanchion worane at 3:26pm 06.18.14 Ask All Sailors 2/813 Hi everyone. I am in need of a stanchion from an early (1978) Catalina 25. One of mine is snapped of
C&C 25, 1975, Good Boat or Bad News JHoward at 2:57pm 06.18.14 Ask All Sailors 5/5205 I am researching this boat, found on Craigs List. It is in northern Minnesota @ the Canadian border.
Can a Universal Atomic engine be rebuilt? carolbsailing at 2:42pm 06.18.14 Engines and Propulsion 15/4471 I have a 1983 Catalina 27 with the original Universal Atomic Model 5411. The engine won't start and
What's below this floor? (1) TradioShow at 1:52pm 06.18.14 The Cherubini Hunters 17/1895 Hello, what is below this, it's a 78 30'? I looked through my sear results but couldn't find an ans
Bowsprit rigging for Hunter 29.5 billybee41 at 12:21pm 06.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2033 The bowsprit was not rigged when I bought my Hunter 29.5 and I downloaded the owner's manual from th
26D Lines and Rigging Setup - Please check. Snowbird One at 8:35am 06.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 43/7428 Hello everyone! First post here! I have so many questions. But what I'll start with is my rigging se
302 foredeck length ilnadi at 8:26am 06.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/654 trying to figure out the usable foredeck area on the 302 (e.g. for a dinghy). I can see that the
Black Mold in Wood Paneling SailboatInteriors at 8:16am 06.18.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2364 We recently purchased a Catalina 36. There is pine wood paneling on each side of the saloon mid-shi
6V GC2 battery wiring for equalizing Fred Villiard at 8:13am 06.18.14 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1968 Maine, I have 4 6V GC2's wired series parralell, with a watering sysem. They are very inconvient t
Mast Raising from Dock vs. Trailer Tim Moylan at 5:53am 06.18.14 Smaller Boats 14/2246 I have been raising the 240 mast while the boat is on the trailer for the past few years. Been succe
offshore sailing a Daysailer 17 bluesman at 3:18am 06.18.14 Day Sailers 4/3053 Hi everyone. This is my first post. I just purchased a DS (actually a 2000 Cape Cod Shipbuilding

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CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 9:51am 08.21.23 And the gap between your storage ans storage floor should not exist. As I wrote, no water should go
Advice for a Solo Sailor? (1) Hayden Watson at 9:49am 08.21.23
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 9:49am 08.21.23 You were right with your reasonings. I just did not read you twice before replying. But what I wrote
Strange gear shifting event, Universal M-12, Hurth HBW50 Don S/V ILLusion at 9:41am 08.21.23 Look for the simple stuff first. The shift mechanism is mechanical and cable actuated. Check the ca
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 9:38am 08.21.23 Your two first photos show the drain plugs used to empty the space between the two hulls that form
Advice for a Solo Sailor? smokey73 at 9:30am 08.21.23 The boat has to make some way through the water for the rudder to exert any force. The old timers (
Advice for a Solo Sailor? smokey73 at 9:26am 08.21.23 As you correctly said, it is a tool but if you never use it, it is not useful. As with any tool, I
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Kings Gambit at 9:26am 08.21.23 Still doesn't make dynamic sense to me but if it works, it works. I'll give it a try when I can. A
Advice for a Solo Sailor? smokey73 at 9:19am 08.21.23 Still doesn't make dynamic sense to me but if it works, it works. I'll give it a try when I can. As
CL14 Dinghy (1) Fuzzy_logic at 9:18am 08.21.23 Forgot one picture to clarify
CL14 Dinghy (3) Fuzzy_logic at 9:17am 08.21.23 Brilliant, I was thinking exactly the same! Another question: it seems that I don't have any plug in
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 9:14am 08.21.23 Thanks for the response. I'll have to give that a try just to see if I can heave-to on just the he
Stowing Winch Handles odaydokay at 9:14am 08.21.23 Vinyl pockets
Stiff Throttle curtdo at 9:08am 08.21.23 Assuning a single lever control.... Sounds like there is something binding in the control head.. If
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 9:06am 08.21.23 Hello:) I sailed a LaserII (and still sail occasionnaly a Laser I) 30 years ago and broke my mast 2
Sails up at the dock ? Calif. Ted at 9:03am 08.21.23 Head to wind yes, downwind not so much for main and jib because of binding, spinnaker downwind of co
Sails up at the dock ? Sailfanatic at 9:01am 08.21.23 Yes. At least twice a year I must deploy the jib at the dock, once to install the sail onto the fur
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 8:58am 08.21.23 Please explain to me how you heave to with only the headsail up? Seems the wind on the bankwinded
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Alan Gomes at 8:56am 08.21.23 And based on some extensive tests done in the UK, this is the better option anyway. Here's the art
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 8:56am 08.21.23 Well, if they also preclude the use of an autopilot for this test, then sure, going hove-to to reef

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