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Update on Jamming Furling Mainsail Viktor Eysselein at 9:25am 02.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1015 Hi all Sailors: Thanks for all you advice! My 4 yr old Doyle furling mainsail on my Hunter 45C
Cabin top Jam Cleat Replacement Suggestions (5) azguy at 9:25am 02.17.14 Catalina 22 10/3086 I hate the jam cleats on both sides of the cabin top as they can catch a line at the most inconvenie
Where can I find replacement gauges? Boatnic at 8:59am 02.17.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/921 Hi, My Hunter 27, 2006 needs the fuel gauge replaced. The tach is working but hours counter (digital
Should I Buy an F27 Trimaran? Telemark Sailor at 8:41am 02.17.14 Ask All Sailors 14/11769 I am going to buy a sailboat next summer for cruising quick overnights/weekends ' daysailing in Long
Good place to sell original 1987 H40 tape deck/stereo? gnashty at 8:07am 02.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/715 We recently upgraded the sound system on our 1987 Hunter 40 Legend by replacing the original tape de
Single Line Reefing Line Installation Complete (5) azguy at 7:07am 02.17.14 Catalina 22 20/11002 I started this last weekend and hillbilly'd the line through two horn cleats, one on the boom and on
Oil Light mick hodapp at 6:53am 02.17.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/1861 good morning, can anyone tell me what i should look for that would cause the green oil light on my
Hunter 340 Arch canuk4ever at 6:31am 02.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1958 Is anyone familiar with the procedure to remove the arch on a Hunter 340?
40.5 dimentions (4) Bill Roosa at 6:10am 02.17.14 Big Boats 1/18 here you go Phil The open circuit voltage was 18.00 volts The shorted current was 380 mA temp of pan
356 weaknesses a64pilot at 5:46am 02.17.14 Big Boats 43/5842 OK, I'm buying an 03 356, survey and sea trial is this Fri. I know nothing about sailing, but am pre
Garmin GHP autopilot & GWS wind instrument urviserv at 4:51am 02.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/619 Hello Guys, I am considering buying a Garmin autopilot and wind instrument but don't know which a
What is this (1) Indianabob at 3:53am 02.17.14 Smaller Boats 7/807 On our Hunter 240 I've always wondered what the clips under the seat on the starboard side of the bo
Bugs & LED lights hewebb at 3:52am 02.17.14 Smaller Boats 5/1430 I was told this weekend that LED lights do not attract bugs at night. Have any of you heard this?
Radio interference (3) Akapeterc at 2:54am 02.17.14 Big Boats 8/986 Just installed a new icom commander mic at my helm and discovered that when I turn to channel 73 it
40.5 stanchions redunculous at 2:32am 02.17.14 Big Boats 9/1086 Well In the christmas list my boat seems to have given to me early I need to replace some of my s
Please help with DC wiring Jeunesse27 at 1:46am 02.17.14 Ask All Sailors 133/10387 Hello, I'm trying to automate the charging of batteries on my boat. I have 2 banks (2 batteries e
Barnacles in fresh water tanks Mark Maulden at 7:50pm 02.16.14 Ask All Sailors 17/3493 Well, not really. But, ~3yrs years ago when we bought the boat ('79 vintage), I put access plates o
SH GX2150 RAM3 problem Ken13559 at 7:50pm 02.16.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1742 Very glad I can see sog, cog, hdg and course of ships around me. However, I've this intermittent pr
Update on Furling Mainsail Problems Viktor Eysselein at 6:44pm 02.16.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2477 This is to give you an update on my previous post on problems furling in and out the mainsail and th
Water Tank Maintenance jmce1587 at 5:13pm 02.16.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/946 I have just discovered a leak in the top seal around the water tank on my 84 H31. Looks like caulk

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Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 9:12am 09.14.22
Clevis Pin Forestay dlochner at 9:02am 09.14.22 I'm the only one that finds that scary and very poorly designed? The cotter on the starboard sided
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries Davidasailor26 at 9:02am 09.14.22 Yanmars are supposed to be replaced periodically: 4 years or 1,000 hours. I'm searching for the spe
Help needed to identify a furler system sail sfbay at 8:48am 09.14.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are off to a good start attempt
Creaking companion way steps on Oceanis 37 Davidasailor26 at 8:41am 09.14.22 Is the creak coming from the treads themselves or could it be coming from the engine hatch where it
Clevis Pin Forestay thinwater at 8:38am 09.14.22 I'm the only one that finds that scary and very poorly designed? The cotter on the starboard sided
Reef line separated in boom Parsons at 8:28am 09.14.22 This is much simpler than you think, and you may not have to remove the end-cap of the boom at all.
Going back to sailing 60 years later (1) jssailem at 8:25am 09.14.22 @Siamese It was not a boat name it was a brand name. Wood-Pussy is a 4.1 m monohull sailboat desig
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 8:22am 09.14.22 If you are just trying to get by, then the shaft/transmission couplings are all you need. Looking
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Sailgunner at 7:54am 09.14.22 You can find repalcement couplings at general propeller. You will need the shaft size and bolt hole
Reef line separated in boom Hayden Watson at 7:52am 09.14.22 When I converted my boom to single line reefing, I needed to remove both end caps to do the work ins
Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 Allan12210 at 7:05am 09.14.22 Maybe put some adhesive backed velcro right on top of your existing mirror and attach a new mirror r
Going back to sailing 60 years later Siamese at 6:48am 09.14.22 I just want to know who in the hell names their boat design "wood-pussy"? Ya know?
Reef line separated in boom Siamese at 6:39am 09.14.22 I dunno. I recently put all new running rigging on my Catalina 315. Well, except for the reef line
Reef line separated in boom (1) sail sfbay at 6:36am 09.14.22 Ouch!! If you reefing line looks like the leftmost diagram below and you can remove the end cap the
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 6:24am 09.14.22 He does have a very small solar panel probably 12 or 20 watts. Not super useful. He has a very rest
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries kloudie1 at 6:10am 09.14.22 The mounts can be checked by measuring the clearance between the top and bottom steel plates. I seem
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Simon Sexton at 6:06am 09.14.22 Are you looking for the shaft coupling? Or the transmission output flange. I replaced the shaft c
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (2) Bob S at 6:01am 09.14.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 4:59am 09.14.22 Thanks for the update @palcuz A lot of us really enjoy reading about this kind of adventure so we a

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