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Plastic curtain hooks twdevore at 9:18am 07.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1090 Just wanted to share, I was able to find replacement hooks for my First 38's curtains at Amazon. The
22ft MacGregor 1980 rigging question (5) bpalme at 9:02am 07.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1147 22ft 1980 Macgregor sailboat I do have on question about the rigging mounts, I do not know if one s
Charcoal Filters in Holding Tank Vent Rick486 at 8:44am 07.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1596 Hi All: I'm writing to ask if any Hunter owners, particularly 426/44DS/44AC owners have discovered a
Aft Cabin Hanging Locker Organizer (2) jsmac at 8:37am 07.02.13 Big Boats 0/1420 Hi All, I was wondering what everyone has done to gain as much storage possible in the aft cabin l
Atomic 4, Morse Engine Controls py26129 at 7:38am 07.02.13 Engines and Propulsion 5/7414 My friend has an early '70s C'C35 Mk1 with an A4 and the original dual lever Morse Engine Controls.
Vhf Noise Suppression emergpa1 at 6:33am 07.02.13 Ask All Sailors 15/6163 I have an MPPT 500 solar panel charge controller. I am getting noise over my VHF radio. I have resea
Ignition and fuel gauge wiring garethreeves at 6:23am 07.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/840 Hey Guys, I'm trying to wire in a new fuel gauge and am completely confused about how it should
290 Owners Manual kdlacey at 5:02am 07.02.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/3217 Does anybody have a electronic copy of an owners manual for a 2000 Hunter 290?
blue water yachts? anthony at 4:39am 07.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1451 Hi All Had a bad weekend, bit of a storm up here on the east coast of Canada. Damaged my spreader ti
Run halyards to cockpit Cuna Mara at 4:26am 07.02.13 Smaller Boats 7/1936 I have a 1979 Hunter 25 and would like to move the main halyard winch from the mast to cockpit and a
Pearson 530 Cloud lX at 2:47am 07.02.13 Pearson 0/2011 As the owner of a 530. I am wondering if anyone knows how many where built from 1981-1985.
Alternator wire sizes NYSail at 2:43am 07.02.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1377 Hello all.... I added a starer solenoid over the weekend and ended with just looking at all my wiri
Wiring GPS to steering pedestal on H34 lnikl at 10:53pm 07.01.13 Big Boats 4/1628 I have a small Garmin 276c GPS that I have mounted to my steering pedestal on a 1983 Hunter 34. A
Rudder pin weedstomper at 9:23pm 07.01.13 Smaller Boats 8/1406 New to a Hunter 260 swing keel. Does the rudder have to be secured into the down position with a th
Gauhauer EZ G2 Joe Mullee at 8:54pm 07.01.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 16/11424 Don, I recently purchased the EZ G2 jib cars for my Hunter 34 and have a question about adjusting
bilge pump inoperative today. ironhors42 at 7:27pm 07.01.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1208 Lucky me, today I went down to boat at 6pm to pick something up so I could do work on the boat parts
Oday 35 engine problems stowe18 at 7:16pm 07.01.13 Bigger Boats 11/2018 I can't get the marine diesel engine (3 cylinder Westerbeke/Universal 25 HP) on my sailboat to keep
system seems to be running slow today... centerline at 6:52pm 07.01.13 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/2550 just a general report.... I came on this morning at around 6:30am pacific time,and the system was s
Inverter DannyO at 6:32pm 07.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1114 I just put in an inverter for some small appliances. As I was reading through the "manual" they prov
How to use Hunter 23.5 centerboard uphaul blocks? Cape Charles at 6:16pm 07.01.13 Smaller Boats 5/3465 Anyone have a picture or diagram showing how to secure the centerboard uphaul on deck using the bloc

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Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? rgranger at 8:37am 07.28.22 Is this what you were trying to find? https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?id=7465455
Chainplates for Drogue (1) jssailem at 8:34am 07.28.22 That is, in any practical way ... less practical than it sounds. I am not a licensed engineer so I
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? shemandr at 8:14am 07.28.22
Isla Holbox, Mexico (1) Will Gilmore at 8:07am 07.28.22 207720 Here is a screen capture from the GoPro video my son took on our snorkle trip to hunt down El
Connecting two lines (or blocks) to the same D-ring in a backstay adjuster system dmax at 8:01am 07.28.22 Yes, you're right. Sorry, forgot the whole goal is to pull on the backstay.
Where to attach tack and how to sheet asymmetric cruising chute on H38? (1) Scott B at 7:55am 07.28.22 From the owners manual.
Connecting two lines (or blocks) to the same D-ring in a backstay adjuster system anastas at 7:54am 07.28.22 @dmax: The top block is NOT anchored! It attaches to the backstay ;-)
Connecting two lines (or blocks) to the same D-ring in a backstay adjuster system (1) dmax at 7:52am 07.28.22 That top block doubles the mechanical advantage ... eliminating it changes it from 24:1 to 12:1. I
Surveyor- Kemah Tx JRacer at 7:51am 07.28.22 See my PM for Seabrook contacts
hypalon vs pvc Brian D at 7:42am 07.28.22 I'm like RoyS. I have a Mercury 220 Rollup PVC that is about 8~9 years old, but I keep it in the bag
Surveyor- Kemah Tx sail sfbay at 7:22am 07.28.22 Interview both the marine and engine surveyors would be my next step. That is what I did on my last
Crazy Chicago Mac Race Scott T-Bird at 7:18am 07.28.22 Yes, Rich, the son was behind that effort. He also has an impressive racing resume, which can be se
We are back... Leeward Rail at 7:05am 07.28.22 Hmmmmm..... You gotta admit it would be much cheaper in all above examples.
Crazy Chicago Mac Race shemandr at 6:45am 07.28.22 Rich Sterns was behind the LS-10, I think. That was the Tartan 10 redux. I don't know if it was the
Connecting two lines (or blocks) to the same D-ring in a backstay adjuster system Scott T-Bird at 6:45am 07.28.22 I guess what I was trying to note in a roundabout way is that 12:1 on the Bene 31 should be more th
hypalon vs pvc jviss at 6:39am 07.28.22 hypalon ribs are in short supply or VERY expensive I'll say! Data point: AB 9VL at Defender: 2016
Connecting two lines (or blocks) to the same D-ring in a backstay adjuster system Captain Larry-DH at 6:07am 07.28.22
Opinions requested on engine work jviss at 6:06am 07.28.22 While the advice is sound, the reason is thecnically incorrect. Austenitic stainless steels, what w
Connecting two lines (or blocks) to the same D-ring in a backstay adjuster system DougM at 5:33am 07.28.22 That top block doubles the mechanical advantage ... eliminating it changes it from 24:1 to 12:1. I
hypalon vs pvc (1) RoyS at 5:20am 07.28.22 My PVC roll up is 14 years old. I am near Boston and my inflatable is always in the sun during the s

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