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S2 11.O A Harken Main traveller rail joul at 12:36am 10.19.13 S2 2/1345 Does anyone could give me the diameter of the harken rail for the mainsheet traveller on the S2 11.O
How many stands for my 25 oday? thanratty at 6:40pm 10.18.13 Day Sailers 3/1308 Getting ready to pull my 25 Oday out for the winter and want to know do I need 4 or 6 stands. It ha
When to replace standing rigging Found at Sea at 4:49pm 10.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1597 My 1985 Hunter 34 has a slight rust staining around the terminals of the standing rigging. Other th
Fall sailing Tim R. at 4:42pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 21/3050 Sitting at Jewell Island waiting for the eclipse. Great wind all the way here. We just had beers a
What is this part? (1) Knot Flying at 3:56pm 10.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1045 When I recently bought a 1994 H26, I found this part in the lower step with the water ballast valve.
Cruising sail replacement Lsloomie at 3:10pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1817 Just blew put my old roller furling jib/genoa on my o'day 37, and am looking for a good but econo
Signet SL80 BoonMcGee at 2:56pm 10.18.13 Parts Search 0/1803 I need a head unit (cockpit LCD unit to read knots and depth) for a Signet SL 80. Mine can't be repa
TORQEEDO electric motor seadaddler at 2:29pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 15/5808 I would like to here the bad or good of anyone who has purchased one of these electric outboards for
Help Identify what this valve (1) n4hhm at 1:35pm 10.18.13 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1390 Anyone know what this valve might be for. It is located just above to the left of the stuffing box a
what free weather service(s) do you use rufus1138 at 12:54pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1877 well, the title has it all, i use noaa with a huge grain of salt, accuweather also with a slightly s
Hunter H34' breaker panel replacement lights (9) Blackacre at 12:14pm 10.18.13 Big Boats 6/2303 I seen several post where people were looking for replacement lights for their power distribution pa
Outboard two cycle mixture. korchinskyp at 9:38am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 20/5244 After mixing up two gallons of gasoline and oil using the 50:1 mixture recommended by Johnson, I had
kittiwake owners trainmanjess at 7:21am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 4/2865 hello all I am looking for other kittiwake owners on here... I am a new owner of a kittiwake sailb
Looking for reviews on O'Day 28s... Steps at 7:18am 10.18.13 Bigger Boats 7/2311 I have been looking all over the web for some formal 3rd party reviews of the 28 O'Day, and so far j
saying goodbye trainmanjess at 6:57am 10.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1146 hello all I am sad to say I am leaving the MacGregor part of the sailboat owners forum... I will s
rear cutlass bearing with fitting dccooper at 6:53am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1173 I am a novice, building a George Bueghler design on a budget. I am ready to align the 1 1/4" prop s
Deer Island Anchorage at Biloxi? JonnyQuest at 6:41am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 20/4342 Hey local MS sailors. Looking closer along the shoreline, to sort of gunk hole. Not a lot of option
Engine oil weight Ken13559 at 5:26am 10.18.13 Engines and Propulsion 19/4790 Previously i use Delvac 15W40 oil with STP silicon oil treatment on my 2gm20f. WOT was 3400. Later i
Hunter 240 outboard bracket Justin at 10:31pm 10.17.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/718 Just wondering if anyone has changed, replaced or altered there outboard bracket on a hunter 240? My
Universal M18 raw water pump issue drh1965 at 6:26pm 10.17.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/3927 So the original Oberdorfer pump start leaking out the weep holes. It is a 202M15. I replaced it w

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Install wash down pump? Terry Cox at 12:57pm 04.09.23 My wash down system consists of a two gallon bucket with a four foot lanyard. Simple and works great
Alternator temperatures Hayden Watson at 12:54pm 04.09.23
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina Hayden Watson at 12:41pm 04.09.23 I had found a list of changes made to the C30 over the years that was posted on the Catalina 30 Ass
Install wash down pump? dlochner at 12:39pm 04.09.23 My wash down pump is tied to the windlass. Be sure to add a fuse at the windlass connection instead
Thread maintenance on my sailboat zinahewitt at 12:37pm 04.09.23 Couple of years ago I took this whole rudder head access fitting (looks like the same part, or very
Posting Guidelines Will Gilmore at 12:31pm 04.09.23 Nice videos. Sorry to read about the flat. I've only recently noticed ads on YouTube. The annoyin
Thread maintenance on my sailboat FastOlson at 12:22pm 04.09.23 My sailboat a 1975 Dufour 34 is steered using the ship's wheel, I found the emergency tiller for it
Install wash down pump? Sailgunner at 12:14pm 04.09.23 I guess you could tie into the windless. I ran a separate line with a new breaker. FYI, the coil h
Posting Guidelines dlochner at 11:56am 04.09.23
Posting Guidelines Tally Ho at 11:52am 04.09.23
Adding Ballast to Hunter 240 (2) patbratton at 11:49am 04.09.23 The tanks arrived. They are well made but there is no fitting to plug the openings. I understand tha
Zinc on strut? Don S/V ILLusion at 11:07am 04.09.23
Removing Dyneema Core Project_Mayhem at 10:08am 04.09.23 A simpler method, since splicing DB to Dyneema is complex, is to just pull a polyester cover over t
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 10:03am 04.09.23 If the strut is in the bonding system, it is indeed connected to the shaft through the bonding syst
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 10:01am 04.09.23 The point is that the strut is not in direct electrical contact with the shaft and that the shaft a
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:59am 04.09.23 Not all struts are electrically isolated. Some are connected to the bonding system. The point is
Its funny Friday! smokey73 at 9:55am 04.09.23 A senior citizen drove his brand new Mercedes convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 9:55am 04.09.23 Seriously? The shaft is isolated from the strut by the cutless bearing :facepalm: Not all struts
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:52am 04.09.23
Zinc on strut? Don S/V ILLusion at 9:49am 04.09.23 As the strut is electrically isolated from the shaft, anodes on the shaft do not protect it. If the

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