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drilled through hull on accident Jared1048 at 12:03am 05.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/10879 Well I'm an idiot. I'd rather not talk about how it happened but drilled a very small hole into the
prop size for a 1994 Ledgend 37.5 Georgieboy at 9:50pm 05.15.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/995 Does anyone know the standard prop diameter and pitch size as well as the shaft size for the 1994 le
Weird vibration on Catalina Universal Engine at 2000rpm AMICUS at 9:29pm 05.15.12 Ask All Sailors 6/3424 I have a 1981 Catalina 38'. I have owned this boat and sailed it more years than I can count. I love
Weird Vibration on Catalina Universal Engine at 2000rpm AMICUS at 9:17pm 05.15.12 Engines and Propulsion 2/1972 I have a 1981 Catalina 38'. I have owned this boat and sailed it more years than I can count. I love
How to Check Keel for Corrosion? MacGreg at 7:15pm 05.15.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1039 I am looking at buying a 1978 Mac 25. I would like to know if it is possible to easily check the kee
Battery Wiring Fred Villiard at 5:49pm 05.15.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2736 Maine need some advice, Over the weekend picked up 4 of Sam's 6 volt golf cart batteries, today wh
Furler Trouble RogerHM at 5:27pm 05.15.12 Ask All Sailors 18/9134 Jib sail won't wind around furler properly. Too tight. Pulling the furler line doesn't wind in t
Shake Down Cruise Dan Hill at 4:19pm 05.15.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/1874 Gotta love the ups and downs of boat ownership, its a disease without cure I think:). Last weekend w
Cockpit Locker Modifications (4) Tom Hoffman at 4:08pm 05.15.12 Trailer Sailors 5/3176 Hi everyone. Finally got to work on the boat for the first time this year. When we got the boat,
New lifeline too long. (1) Ed Schenck at 3:39pm 05.15.12 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1625 One of four new lifelines is one inch too long. The marina has a swage machine and could shorten.
Yanmar Transmission Position canuck at 2:25pm 05.15.12 Big Boats 2/1325 Our engine is a 3JH5E on our 2012 Hunter 39. When we had the canvas work done, someone had placed th
When will marine manufacturers get a clue? (4) Rich Stidger at 1:27pm 05.15.12 Ask All Sailors 24/3825 OK, so last fall when I laid-up the boat for the winter, the propane solenoid worked. This Spring-
Blown Scupper Elbows hathawayr@theleeco.com at 1:24pm 05.15.12 Catalina 30 2/1556 Both our scupper elbow fittings, which attach to the scupper inlet itself, are badly cracked. Rain
Fuel tank gage Old Sailor 2 at 1:18pm 05.15.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1870 I have searched the posts to see if I could find much about fuel tank gages. The only thing I find
Searching for a boom bail forafriend at 12:18pm 05.15.12 Day Sailers 3/1421 My friend has an O'Day prototype,from 1969/1970 (we think). It is about 5' 6" long, can hold two ad
Center Board Rope rjdewey9370 at 11:56am 05.15.12 Day Sailers 5/1847 I have an O'Day 25 and the centerboard rope plastic collar broke, and now my centerboard rope is get
Battery sailnoproblem at 11:19am 05.15.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1552 I just finished rebuilding my Atomic 4 on a Tartan 34C (1970) Hull#68. The boat was purchased about
V25 Exterior Wood Needs Replaced RonRock at 10:39am 05.15.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/2319 All of the wood on the exterior of my V25 needs replacement. Are the pieces available? Any idea on c
Butyl Tape removal? Jalepeno at 10:26am 05.15.12 Ask All Sailors 9/3218 Got a bit of Butyl Tape pushed into my non-skid deck. Anyone have experience removing Butyl Tape fro
cockpit light srlawless at 10:02am 05.15.12 Big Boats 1/1150 how do you change the light bulb in the cockpit light. mine looks like its all one unit and silicon

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Sailing Distance Chart Will Gilmore at 7:01pm 12.29.22 Now that would make a cool woodburning on a set of companionway hatchboards. -Will
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 shemandr at 6:28pm 12.29.22 I don't think that the riser to the settees is the best place. It is a common installation. If you
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 sail sfbay at 6:14pm 12.29.22 West Marine are good value and have installed them.
Sails and Stack Packs Justin_NSA at 6:00pm 12.29.22 Sail packs seem to attract nesting birds every Spring here. They don't seem to close up completely.
Sails and Stack Packs Mike8074 at 5:48pm 12.29.22 I got in touch with Doyle. There are two options, a true stackpack and a cover they can add it an ex
Advice on gel coat to centerboard thinwater at 5:00pm 12.29.22 MacGregor 26S. Centerboard is about 6' long and 1' wide with corners rounded at both ends about 1.5
Its funny Friday! Richard19068 at 3:55pm 12.29.22 That is the start of a ribald limerick from 60 years ago.... that cannot be repeated here! Funny, t
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... jaysweet at 3:42pm 12.29.22 I normally stay in my lane with the small boat crew. I'll add my two cents on this one. The best w
Its funny Friday! FastOlson at 3:34pm 12.29.22 There once was a man from Nantucket. That is the start of a ribald limerick from 60 years ago....
Its funny Friday! SFS at 3:26pm 12.29.22 Ah, the things student pilots don't know. My first lesson, my instructor had me announce on the radi
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters (1) FastOlson at 3:23pm 12.29.22 Very Interesting thread, about a brand of fire suppression system I had not heard of. Our boat came
Sailing Distance Chart dLj at 3:05pm 12.29.22 Ben Franklin and Tim Folger. What do I win? :beer: Very cool! You should definitely press for a p
Sailing Distance Chart kappykaplan at 2:55pm 12.29.22 Ben Franklin and Tim Folger. What do I win? :beer:
Sailing Distance Chart dLj at 2:43pm 12.29.22 James Cook? dj
eye candy (1) jon hansen at 2:32pm 12.29.22 211909
Advice on gel coat to centerboard Crazy Dave Condon at 2:21pm 12.29.22 @stickinthemud57 My goof on the designations as you are correct but it is the board I think is stil
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast dlochner at 1:22pm 12.29.22 Can IQ have a negative value ? No. IQ scores are deviation scores, or how far the score is from t
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast Ralph Johnstone at 12:51pm 12.29.22 hanging around a fuel dock or a boat ramp might show some insight. :banghead: Can IQ have a negat
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast dlochner at 12:18pm 12.29.22 It might have to do with the fact that educated people recognize that there a whole lot of really s
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast LloydB at 12:16pm 12.29.22 IQ is just a number and somewhat accurate depending upon how you're measuring it but there's another

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