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A New Anchor Question BWagner at 7:17pm 05.28.12 Big Boats 2/925 First I want to thank everybody who responded to my first anchor question - we bought 300 feet of c
Happy Birthday Golden Gate bridge (1) sfgary at 6:57pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1264 Went out today just to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Winds were 20-25 kn
Local Wind Speeds SailingShawnee at 6:52pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 16/2899 Do anyone know of a website or resource to find local sailing conditions such as wind and gusts spee
Gear Oil Level Yanmar 2YM15 MLampner at 6:46pm 05.28.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/3698 So I went to check the level in the transmission on my relatively new Yanmar. The owner's manual say
3YM30 broken impeller blades (3) Ken Honeycutt at 6:15pm 05.28.12 Big Boats 6/4350 Posting this as a follow up to an earlier post about retrieving broken impeller blades from a 3YM30
Battery Switch Voltage Drop Jon4399 at 5:54pm 05.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1694 I thought my house bank was dead or dying. My volt meter on the elec. pnl. showed the voltage at 11
H23 Jib Sheet Winch/Cleat Operation (2) carboman at 5:18pm 05.28.12 Smaller Boats 8/2001 Seems like I had issues with the current setup last year. Which way should the winches rotate if y
2gm20f Trans issue bcollis at 4:36pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 13/1934 This is the second time it's happened, so I guess it's not a fluke. Before I untie, I always put t
Bimini Top StrayCat 22 at 4:19pm 05.28.12 Catalina 22 8/3309 I've been working hard to get my boat in the water this weekend, but an unexpected electrical issue
Sheet lengths drumbeater at 4:04pm 05.28.12 Smaller Boats 1/864 I'll admit I've never measured the sheets on my boat, and I assume they are original, everything els
tongue weight on a 240 Bocamo at 4:01pm 05.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1458 I recently purchased a 240 on the original OEM trailer and the tongue weight is so severe that trail
Atomic 4 izaura at 3:44pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2759 Hi to everybody. I have trouble with Atomic 4. Engine starts, works fine. After o.5-1 hour of operat
Memorial Day Cruise Adventures as usual (1) Dave602 at 3:20pm 05.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1318 Typical adventures for us on Memorial Day weekend. First night a club cruise up into the East River
1979 O' Day 23 Mast Mount Area Jclark29 at 3:05pm 05.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2036 I have a 1979 O'Day 23 and have noticed on the mast mount area that one of the bolts is not accessib
Plastic Sail Slides IslandDreamer at 2:34pm 05.28.12 Smaller Boats 7/2371 New member, first post. First sailboat. Just purchase a 1983 Catalina 25. Took her out for the fir
Macgreggor 22 for first sailboat Tbone102 at 2:26pm 05.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1574 OK heres the deal. My dad has sailed all his life so i will have an awsome teacher starting out. H
Jibe Sheets diameter Cabasa 83 at 2:22pm 05.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/958 Does anyone know the diameter of the jibe sheets for O'day 272?
Connecting a manual lavas to a pursan system eksaltydog at 2:15pm 05.28.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/2116 I'm refitting a Coronado 41 and now am at redoing the plumbing. I want to plumb my lavac to a purasa
Free Town Mooring... Roger Long at 2:03pm 05.28.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/3419 and this for a view: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/538307_2838620225072_87380374_n.jpg
Interior Cushions lhbuxton at 1:24pm 05.28.12 Big Boats 6/2826 We're looking to replace the interior cushions in the Galley and staterooms of our 1996 Hunter 376.

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Copper Antifouling/ablative coatings - how to? dlochner at 1:44pm 01.14.23 Well, Thank you all 3 for input. I was hoping to hear back from the fellow we bought 86' Hunter 28.
Corrosion On Engine dlochner at 1:37pm 01.14.23 Removing the heat exchanger should not be too difficult, so long as you have cooperative bolts. The
Corrosion On Engine (2) Mclovin at 1:30pm 01.14.23 Ah.. Houston we might ha a problem. Started removing parts a found this! :banghead: I'm guessing i
Single handing jon hansen at 12:43pm 01.14.23 love sailing with gloves
Copper Antifouling/ablative coatings - how to? RussellBeckner at 12:40pm 01.14.23 Well, Thank you all 3 for input. I was hoping to hear back from the fellow we bought 86' Hunter 28.5
Exhaust hose vs radiator hose? dlochner at 12:12pm 01.14.23 A little late to this discussion, I suspect the main difference between exhaust house and radiator h
The keel... is done HeelBoy at 10:57am 01.14.23 This is the picture I was referring to is battery powered, which helps because there no cord tuggi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:53am 01.14.23 Does anyone know of an easy reading entry level book on Celestial navigation? Thank Ric
Rain water leaking in V berth Ward H at 10:52am 01.14.23 On my 93 C30 there is a limber hole just aft of the v berth water tank. I never get water inside the
Replaced Motor Mounts Hayden Watson at 10:47am 01.14.23 I did them on my C30 with about the same procedure except that one of the old bolts was seized into
The keel... is done (1) Project_Mayhem at 10:46am 01.14.23 Shirt answer is, I didn't. Long answer is, I got close with the grinder, which I do have a lot of e
Rain water leaking in V berth RitSim at 10:38am 01.14.23 Stanchion bases? try using the baby powder trick to determine the route.
VHF Cabling and Connectors dlochner at 10:14am 01.14.23 Then you could use the same fittings that you've got if they have not been water damaged. It is n
The keel... is done HeelBoy at 10:07am 01.14.23 How'd you get such a clean cut in that thick metal with an angle grinder? Short answer is, I didn'
VHF Cabling and Connectors LloydB at 10:04am 01.14.23 What cable have you been using until now? Figured should ask that question before suggesting direct
The keel... is done Project_Mayhem at 9:23am 01.14.23 After much questioning and hand wringing over the past couple of months, it all came together. Than
VHF Cabling and Connectors dlochner at 9:20am 01.14.23 The issue with the 259 is overheating the core and melting the insulation and soldering the braid to
VHF Cabling and Connectors Project_Mayhem at 9:13am 01.14.23 That kind of gland is for a bare wire, the connector has to be attached after the wire is fed throu
Hyde Streamstay 2 deck coupling Kevin&Karen at 8:40am 01.14.23 Thank you sir. We will try that
VHF Cabling and Connectors dlochner at 8:22am 01.14.23 That kind of gland is for a bare wire, the connector has to be attached after the wire is fed throug

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