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Stuck Halyards DougM at 8:57am 05.19.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1399 Anybody have a tried and true method for unjamming halyards? We had a lot of wind last winter and a
murphy's law Freedom77 at 8:56am 05.19.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1453 TimeBandit mentioned in a post that the ripple on the water at Paris Lake was caused by a child wadi
Strange Stories Of The Sea Sail123 at 8:22am 05.19.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1753 Do you have a strange story from your yacht? A ships log from the three ships that made the 1492 tr
Improving H34 Ice Box Insulation Joe Mullee at 7:50am 05.19.12 Big Boats 4/1442 Last year I added a Norcold unit to my ice box and it's been a great addition. After a few weeks I d
outboard zinc removal Bob 04 H260 at 7:43am 05.19.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1131 I have a new to me, 2010, 6 hp Tohatsu outboard. It has been used in salt water. The zinc appears to
Teather pad eye location (1) guidera48 at 7:27am 05.19.12 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1328 Have rounded up all the safety gear and have new jack lines, harnesses and teathers. Now I need to i
Electromaax Alternator/Serpentine Kit Install Maine Sail at 6:54am 05.19.12 Ask All Sailors 10/4275 A while ago I promised an update on installing an Electromaax serpentine pulley kit and alternator.
Fix a Hunter wing keel leoandkathy at 6:30am 05.19.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/884 I found a large crack on the wing of the keel of my 1995 legend 35.5. Has anyone had any experience
launching a hunter25 Dutchie at 6:09am 05.19.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2103 Hi, I am new to the Hunter world and intersted in buying a H25 on a trailer. However, I live in Town
Treat water ballast tank on 260 earlkeim at 5:48am 05.19.12 Smaller Boats 7/1832 Very short question please. How much Clorox should be used to treat ballast tank. In the past I had
2005 Bene 373 owner manuel? seahorse12 at 5:32am 05.19.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1210 Does anyine have the owner manuel for 2005 Bene 373?
Navtec series 7 adjuster Isobar at 5:04am 05.19.12 Racing 1/11980 I have a Cal 33 (1987) with a Navtec series 7 integral adjuster. Love this boat for comfort and perf
Fairing the keel jfrench at 5:00am 05.19.12 Catalina 22 1/1768 When people talk about "fairing" the keel, how much reshaping are they talking about? Just evening o
James Island May 2012 paulj at 10:13pm 05.18.12 Catalina 310 8/2173 20 nm trip to James ....just checking all systems were working. Dinghy stayed on foredeck and was O
Rigging!!!!! SailingShawnee at 9:42pm 05.18.12 Catalina 22 4/10908 Can anybody suggest a "How To Video" or great instructions with pictures on rigging the Catalina 22?
C&C 40 1980 TMDK stuffing box question allanmcbride at 9:00pm 05.18.12 C&C 0/1512 Any advice on repacking stuffing box on my 1980 C'C 40? Size of packing thread / number rings / et
Gaskets Emory M at 7:49pm 05.18.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1203 I'm restoring a 1974 Mac/Venture 25 and need a source for the Window/ports gaskets. BWY is no help.
portlight replacing Golden Road at 7:37pm 05.18.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1324 Who has had experience with this. My 1978 23's are leaking. I took out the main starbd one. Is it po
Caution using Catalina Direct mast wiring harness jfrench at 7:13pm 05.18.12 Catalina 22 7/8635 Tonight I debugged a problem in my mast lighting and the problem is worthy of noting here. Last summ
Easy method to step hinged mast alone? anchorh at 6:17pm 05.18.12 Day Sailers 12/6856 Been away for awhile, but it's that time of year again. Have there been any posts about methods of s

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Should I climb the mast or step it.Messenger line broke NYSail at 4:27pm 11.28.22 Looks like great finger piers... why not find a guy with a 50 foot ladder and prop it up and go up.
Should I climb the mast or step it.Messenger line broke JoeWhite at 4:23pm 11.28.22 Yes, you can replace the old line by tying to the new line. Pull about 6" of the core out and cut it
New crew Leeward Rail at 4:15pm 11.28.22 The Admiral is displeased that the dog gets my attention before she does in the morning. :biggrin:
New crew Leeward Rail at 4:14pm 11.28.22 ushions in the v berth on a C22 !
Should I climb the mast or step it.Messenger line broke RKMCCORKLE at 3:46pm 11.28.22 I've replaced all the rigging with new and the line didn't break,the messenger line broke But I ma
Should I climb the mast or step it.Messenger line broke RKMCCORKLE at 3:45pm 11.28.22 Or you could simply lower mast like a TRAILERABLE sailboat is designed for. Why spend money and t
Should I climb the mast or step it.Messenger line broke RKMCCORKLE at 3:42pm 11.28.22 S I was able to snag the halyard line and broken messenger line today with the Docu hook and 20ft po
Watermaker Hollyberry at 3:40pm 11.28.22 A couple of years ago we did a month long cruise with friends (on their GB 42) to the remote central
Miracle Rescue of MOB BigEasy at 3:38pm 11.28.22 Will be interesting to see the full account of this incident. In any event, he had to be in excell
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... stickinthemud57 at 3:30pm 11.28.22 I have a couple of comments. I've found the most vexing problems associated with my inside-the-boo
Watermaker dLj at 3:28pm 11.28.22 Six months of water supply would be tough w/o a watermaker.:doh: If you are looking for that kind
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard dlochner at 3:23pm 11.28.22 I used to have a Tohatsu 6 sailpro. Wonderful little kicker. The charger was "semi-smart" in th
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... (1) Kingjim91 at 3:12pm 11.28.22
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... Scott T-Bird at 3:07pm 11.28.22 I have a couple of comments. I've found the most vexing problems associated with my inside-the-boom
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... (1) stickinthemud57 at 2:42pm 11.28.22 I have mocked up my 4:1 in-boom outhaul adjuster (see attached photo). My plan is to install it when
Side Stay Tension rgranger at 2:26pm 11.28.22 The owners manual can be found here and stay rigging is discussed on P. 37 https://hunter.sailboato
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard rgranger at 2:19pm 11.28.22 The tohatsu 6 hp and sailpro has a rectifier as stated by the original post. I used to have a Toha
Should I climb the mast or step it.Messenger line broke Leeward Rail at 1:43pm 11.28.22 Why not try to go up the mast halfway and use a 10' pvc pipe Set a ladder on deck, you cab easily
Sea Hood re-bedding kloudie1 at 1:39pm 11.28.22 A forum member did seal up all the holes including the cover holes. Then only put back the ones that
Plexus ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:34pm 11.28.22 Some years ago, I used Plexus together with inlaid fiberglass to repair the many cracks in the inter

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