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	Sea22
  		at 7:54am 12.29.11 
 
12/4183 
	adding an MSD porta pottie and deck pump out  I have decided to add a higher capacity(5.5gal) MSD he
 
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	John T1594
  		at 7:25am 12.29.11 
 
4/1781 
	I was doing some arm chair sailing while sitting out the cold winter and I got to thinkling about wh
 
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	Soundbounder
  		at 7:17am 12.29.11 
 
1/2346 
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	Soundbounder
  		at 6:30am 12.29.11 
 
5/3440 
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	g5665
  		at 11:03pm 12.28.11 
 
1/2171 
	Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all members    Just a quick question...    Does anyone know what is
 
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	Rick D
  		at 6:58pm 12.28.11 
 
30/5524 
	I have three solar panels now on my boat which are flexible panels I use when I am on my mooring. Th
 
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	MacNCheese
  		at 6:19pm 12.28.11 
 
8/1663 
	Just wondered what's the biggest outboard size you've put on your 26D or 26S?    I know the factory 
 
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	MacNCheese
  		at 5:49pm 12.28.11 
 
9/5378 
	Looking for a mast for a 26D.  Will a MacGregor 25' mast fit?  My friend has one for sale.     How m
 
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	shipwreck66
  		at 5:30pm 12.28.11 
 
35/5707 
	Delicate question here, I am required to take two family members, a married couple, out on the boat 
 
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	rognvald
  		at 3:29pm 12.28.11 
 
40/1283 
	New research based upon genetic analysis has revealed that Columbus practiced more than navigation, 
 
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	Styx
  		at 3:04pm 12.28.11 
 
24/5452 
	Please send me your suggestions of sailing novels and books (articles and magazines too) about saili
 
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	Ajay73
  		at 2:43pm 12.28.11 
 
2/1686 
	Is it easy to remove the garage that the sliding hatch slides into? I think they call it the garage.
 
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		Hatch Components    (2) 
	Paul and Judy
  		at 10:08am 12.28.11 
 
4/1510 
	I posted this request earlier in the year and came up empty. I need a hatch component like the one i
 
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	Les
  		at 9:56am 12.28.11 
 
44/9787 
	Hello All Stations...    Something happened on Christmas Day that is still bothering me.  My wife an
 
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	newage1461
  		at 7:59am 12.28.11 
 
10/2142 
	I'm going to look at a 1981 Hunter 30 tomorrow. It's on the hard so I can't check everything,  but, 
 
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	Nodak7
  		at 7:42am 12.28.11 
 
11/4526 
	Needless to say our boat is winterized and covered and it would be a pain to try and get into the An
 
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	Ducati
  		at 6:36am 12.28.11 
 
54/8291 
	Season Greetings all.    Time for my annual request for your best sailing photos of 2011.    Cheers
 
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	jpaull
  		at 3:25am 12.28.11 
 
14/2404 
	hi, I have a hunter 27,2002, and my alarm which is situated at ignition point started sounding after
 
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	bob98008
  		at 9:35pm 12.27.11 
 
15/5100 
	Eric and I have been working the parts problem--specifically the draw latch for the hatches in the c
 
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	Capt Steve
  		at 8:15pm 12.27.11 
 
6/1427 
	I'm trying to locate a source for a replacement captain's seat for my cockpit  My boat is a 1996 Hun
 
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O'Day 28 Keel Deflection 
dmax at 7:32am 10.23.22 Many thanks for responding and wish you and your fellow Floridians well. I look forward to any pho  | 
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Sinks draining slowly. 
Justin_NSA at 7:16am 10.23.22 "best you can tell there are no blockages"? Did you run a snake? Plunge it? How could you tell? We k  | 
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Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug 
Davidasailor26 at 6:46am 10.23.22 Job well done! I made that upgrade a few years ago after my original twist-lock plug melted down twi  | 
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Clipper Marine 21' As The Story as it was told, newly weds purchased in 1975,    (2) 
SailingLoto at 6:05am 10.23.22 My first boat was the flat deck variation of the cm21. Fun little boat. Very simple. Very rotten,  | 
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O'Day 28 Keel Deflection 
terry_buda at 5:22am 10.23.22 I had a similar problem with my Mark 25 keelboat. It was not the keel bolts. Ultimately, the boat  | 
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23.5 lifelines and cabin cushions 
patbratton at 5:22am 10.23.22 I have been putting off replacing my life lines also. These are a few links that spurred my curiosit  | 
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O'Day 28 Keel Deflection 
shemandr at 5:15am 10.23.22 I had a similar problem with my Mark 25 keelboat. It was not the keel bolts. Ultimately, the boaty  | 
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Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) 
RoyS at 5:09am 10.23.22 Rich, don't quit now. You can ask the yard to place a shrink wrap door over the chock and you can pl  | 
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Wing Keel repair 
dlochner at 5:07am 10.23.22 Thank you all for the responses, this is our first boat and 2nd season sailing her. I was under the  | 
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Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 
Calif. Ted at 9:29pm 10.22.22 It is typical practice to bed a faucet with something, usually plumbers putty that seals without a l  | 
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Water filter clarification... 
xavpil at 7:49pm 10.22.22 I just talked to two different boat owners with old Universal diesels and they will not pump water  | 
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Water filter clarification... 
SycloneDriver at 7:45pm 10.22.22 I just talked to two different boat owners with old Universal diesels and they will not pump water i  | 
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Water filter clarification... 
xavpil at 7:33pm 10.22.22 Connecting a pressurized hose to the intake is ill advised. That could fill the exhaust manifold an  | 
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Water filter clarification... 
Steve_Catalina at 7:31pm 10.22.22 Do NOT attach a garden hose to the intake. Put the intake hose into a bucket. Put a water hose into  | 
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Water filter clarification... 
Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 10.22.22 Connecting a pressurized hose to the intake is ill advised. That could fill the exhaust manifold and  |