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Rudder Tension 1980 H37C mjmercer19248 at 6:31am 08.02.12 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2433 I have the pedestal off for refurbishment and the cables are disconnected. The rudder moves by hand
New Sea Pollutant kloudie1 at 6:24am 08.02.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2605 saw this and wondered if they were going to ban coffee as was proposed for copper?? Researchers fi
Air Conditioner Guidelines (1) Paul and Judy at 6:15am 08.02.12 Ask All Sailors 19/3869 I found the attached article and wanted to share it with the group. Enjoy Paul
Flush (2) All U Get at 5:54am 08.02.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2080 Hi all, When does a Flush beat a Full House? When you finally get the new head working. It took many
Pics for Long Story (5) gpd955 at 5:52am 08.02.12 Catalina 310 2/1071 Sorry guys....I couldn't attach any pics of my water separator/fuel pump to my PM to Long Story via
Moving up to the 30's from a 26' swampcreek at 5:22am 08.02.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1324 We currently sail a 1993 Mac on the mid Chesapeake, we love it but need more boat. We're looking at
C320 mk2 lazy jacks and sail bag Brahmany at 2:11am 08.02.12 Big Boats 3/3459 Looking to get lazyjacks and sailbag made up but would like to see how other 320 owners have set up
Crunched a Daggerboard! (1) Brad1968 at 8:46pm 08.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1544 Managed to hit a mooring cable on the dredger racing with the Marina del Rey Venture Macgregor Fleet
Original wood stain mjmercer19248 at 8:13pm 08.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 17/5608 Anyone know the manufacturer and stain color used on the woodwork on a 1980 H37C?
tiller pilot advice fnuttersny at 7:28pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2489 I have been using 15 hp outboard on my 79 H27 for the last two years. I just installed a new repl
Boat ramp in Door county, WI audriuskanape at 7:06pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1119 Any advise, were we can launch our boat in Door county, with overnight parking?
Murphy's Law Addendum Witzend at 6:06pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 15/3308 Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will. Schnatterly's Summing up of the corollaries: If an
1980 Hunter 30 Cabin Top Construction kmpetersen at 5:36pm 08.01.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/989 Does anyone know how the cabin top is constructed? I am planning to install a couple of solar power
17' Macgregor Venture centerboard info needed? tzirkler at 4:11pm 08.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1828 Hello, I am new at this so be easy on me...lol I had just got a 17' Macgregor Venture sailboat and
Create your own chart cards for chartplotters? jviss at 3:00pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2689 Does anyone know if it's possible to create your own chart cards for chartplotters? I was consideri
Anchor Light Long Story at 2:59pm 08.01.12 Catalina 310 1/1215 I am two hours from my boat, and will need to go up the mast this weekend. My marina is 1:15 min fr
need advice to choose adequate solar panel alfred gamil at 2:34pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2838 I would like to keep my 12 volt batterie charged without the use of an electric charger I am think
Why the label "Satan's Glue" Chris Nowell at 2:15pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 26/6628 I've been using 3M's 5200 sealant for years on the advice of the boat yard that I originally dealt w
Removing starter on Yanmar GM 2 mikenovit at 1:38pm 08.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1918 My starter activates after multiple pushes of starter button. Told I need to have solinoid rebuilt.
Olympic Sailing kpgraci at 1:31pm 08.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1935 I just discovered I could log on to the msnbc site with my AT'T U-verse credentials and watch live e

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New Catalina 30 Owner MikeHoncho at 12:37am 05.08.22 I got some of the new parts for the printer yesterday, which is good. A new and upgraded hot end, a
Atomic Diesel stalls after starting acudavid at 11:03pm 05.07.22 Thanks to the excellent ideas from this forum, my mechanic and I went on a hunt for hidden sludge.
Tacoma Narrows Hayden Watson at 10:12pm 05.07.22 Wash foulies?!?!? I thought that was what the rain was for!
Pedestal Compass, True North? Ralph Johnstone at 9:08pm 05.07.22 No, but you said magnetic north, not magnetic north pole. That's all. Huh ? I'm not even going t
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 9:00pm 05.07.22
Mystery bottom coating rgranger at 8:54pm 05.07.22 I think @dlochner is wright about staining. But if he is not easy off oven cleaner will break down
Hunter 260 Sink Switch Out rgranger at 8:51pm 05.07.22 What problem are you trying to fix?
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater Hayden Watson at 8:00pm 05.07.22 ... Lastly make sure there are no air bubbles - my overflow tank above the engine had always been e
Ammeter replacement questions (1) jonelli at 7:31pm 05.07.22 Okay I replaced the 12ga negative that went from the battery to breaker panel with 8ga, rewired some
Pedestal Compass, True North? Will Gilmore at 7:20pm 05.07.22 and yet, TRUE north has not moved an inch Not so fast. "The Chandler wobble... amounts to a chang
Generator shanker at 6:44pm 05.07.22 Thank you everyone for your responses. I'll be a weekend sailor for most of the time. Gunkholing aro
New S2 ( to me :) Scot Yount at 6:40pm 05.07.22 This sailing channel (which is now defunct) was on a 9.2a and they had a Bimini...you can see it in
Beneteau 343 Wire Rigging Specs? kellyr073 at 6:20pm 05.07.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! If your mast is Z spar US Spars, c
Sailing the Heel Brian D at 5:36pm 05.07.22 Just go for a broach. Then you'll understand too much heel. LOL
Sailing the Heel (1) Tally Ho at 5:13pm 05.07.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvassed
Rescue off New Jersey coast on Friday evening FastOlson at 5:11pm 05.07.22 Glad to see the successful rescue. I do wish the "media" would stop characterizing grounded sailboat
Tacoma Narrows MikeHoncho at 5:06pm 05.07.22
Quick Windless heritage at 5:02pm 05.07.22 I installed a Quick windlass on an O'Day 37 a few years ago. It was from an Italian company and se
Two sides to 3jh3e engine coolant pump? Tally Ho at 5:00pm 05.07.22 Thank you all for your skepticism--it encouraged me to dig a deeper. I traced each line fully and
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater baycloud at 4:48pm 05.07.22 You said that you removed the hydronic heater and plugged the hoses. The cabin and water heaters n

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