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Sock vs Furler Old Sailor 2 at 5:09pm 06.08.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3577 I am wavering between systems for an asym spinnaker. ATN sock for less overall $ or Facnor furler f
Position of Jib Cars Mark Nooney at 1:00pm 06.08.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1264 Hey all I am the owner of a 1984 31 - Does any one have knowledge as to where to position the cars
Trailer Tongue Weight Styx at 12:13pm 06.08.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2697
Semi Permanent Baby Stays atwhite2 at 11:22am 06.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/4990 Hi All... Hopefully everyone has their boat out already as the season is in full swing (finally...he
Alternator Output Blitz at 9:34am 06.08.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1856 After about only 10 hours of use on my new 60 Amp alternator for my Yanmar 3GM I noticed that the vo
Replacing the muffler Brad Woodward at 9:16am 06.08.12 Catalina 30 32/5050 I just spent my wad on getting the bottom painted, new transducer installed, mast painted (86 and ne
rudder post leak 1972 Pearson 390 valjim at 7:30am 06.08.12 Pearson 1/1189 I launched earlier today and saw water dribbling from somewhere neat the top of the rudder post. I
Length of Rope for mainsail robert19954 at 6:22am 06.08.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1420 The rope for my mainsail and jib is molded and worn, let alone too short. Could some one tell me abo
Just in case you lose your mind and want two. Pilotocopilot at 4:59am 06.08.12 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2734 Local ad I found for a later model 1984 37C, looks to be in good condition. http://ontario.kijiji.
Can anyone help!! frenchy at 12:55am 06.08.12 Bavaria 5/2251 I am fairly new to sailing and also a new owner of a 39' bavaria. the question I have is the boat ha
Forward Hatch & swing keel Omega at 11:23pm 06.07.12 Balboa 0/2308 We are looking for a forward hatch and the dimensions and/or measurements for the swing keel on a 27
23 custom interior (2) bda_n_tampa at 10:05pm 06.07.12 Day Sailers 2/1267 Im planning on opening up the interior of my 23 to resemble the basic cabin of the 222. She is an or
Yanmar 3GMF Oil Leak Joe Mullee at 8:08pm 06.07.12 Engines and Propulsion 7/2751 I posted this on another forum so I hope I'm not being redundant. My Yanmar 3GMF has developed a
Better Sleep kingsailor at 8:05pm 06.07.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2175 I am looking for anyone who has recently replaced the mattres in the owners cabin in their Hunter 45
adding timer on inverter power+ to avoid draining battery Jared1048 at 7:20pm 06.07.12 Ask All Sailors 20/9049 I just realized that plugging my cell phone into a 2500watt inverter pulls the same amount of power
hunter spars (3) Navicula at 7:03pm 06.07.12 Big Boats 4/974 I was in a bit of a panic..........I was missing these pieces on my Z Spar Mast and I was having a
What great advice! jfrench at 7:01pm 06.07.12 Catalina 22 16/2112 I put to use some of the great knowledge available on this forum and want to say "Thanks!" My boat
Round Battens (1) dj2210 at 6:33pm 06.07.12 Catalina 30 5/1813 Hi- I noticed on my first sail that I was missing the next to top batten on my full batten main. I a
spec'ing new turnbuckles njl at 6:23pm 06.07.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1739 I'm looking to replace my closed body turnbuckles with open body turnbuckles. The ones I have are to
Reupholstering ODay 34 JennyAnn at 6:02pm 06.07.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/908 Does anyone know how to remove the interior cushions that are bolted to the walls? I would like to

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Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load fstbttms at 12:51pm 04.20.22 Having earned a significant portion of my living over the last 27+ years installing propellers, I ha
Anchor locker leaks (4) Ralph Johnstone at 12:45pm 04.20.22 My apologies @jaysweet for not replying sooner after heading out to the boat for ANOTHER look for t
Ship/Maintenance log book (1) Sailfanatic at 12:36pm 04.20.22 I have used a spreadsheet with separate workbooks for the different subjects to be tracked or logg
Dimensions for a Catalina 28 Tall rig Stu Jackson at 12:32pm 04.20.22 Almost all Catalinas have owners associations. They usually have access to and will share manuals a
Advice on gelcoat delamination on keel Art12050 at 12:29pm 04.20.22 I had the same problem on my 1992 Hunter 30 a number of years back. The fiberglass on the keel kept
Air Conditioner Failing buddybear at 12:24pm 04.20.22 Can't help much with out more information, but at those temperatures there is a chance it will fr
Fresh water flush Xstream at 12:12pm 04.20.22 How does the toilet know whether the water at the supply is fresh or salt? What difference does it m
Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Silverman at 11:46am 04.20.22 Thank you for your comment, I have found some articles that indicate the cause is "too much pitch or
40.5: Replacing Clutches senang at 11:36am 04.20.22 The aluminium plate on my 2005 Hunter 38 is 10mm if my memory is still good. Normal procedure for th
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Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Silverman at 11:19am 04.20.22 Thanks for the response, will try it again on the actual sea trial. Current owner not providing/doe
Time to replace lifelines? Dalliance at 10:48am 04.20.22 Time to replace them. I did when mine started to look like that. Went with bare stainless and adde
Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Don S/V ILLusion at 10:48am 04.20.22 Probably not (with emphasis on the first word) but rather than guess, if I was contemplating buying
Air Conditioner Failing DeniseO30 at 10:24am 04.20.22 Can't help much with out more information, but at those temperatures there is a chance it will fre
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted jmczzz at 10:20am 04.20.22 I did not see where you said what type of furler you have. Some are very reliable and give decent
Anchor locker leaks (1) jdrutten at 10:17am 04.20.22 The leak in my H-306 chain locker didn't take as much investigation. The photo below was taken looki
Fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:56am 04.20.22 Uh-oh...I missed that. It did seem like an overly complex plumbing scheme. It should NOT have bee
Tahatsu 6hp Sailpro for my Hunter 240 waterman30 at 9:32am 04.20.22 I just traded my 9.8 for the 6 to save my back. It should work fine on the lake I think. I was think
Epic Fail Tater at 9:20am 04.20.22 So, there was an overhead power line near the boat ramp? This surprises me. I would think that wo

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