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Hunter 33 Furling main - battens lbd at 8:31pm 11.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 5/2242 Interested to know if anyone can provide performance comparison between vertical battened and non ba
God protects children, drunks, and fools. (1) kpgraci at 8:15pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4713
Speeding up brass polishing njl at 8:13pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2688 I have 12 brass portholes that the PO neglected pretty badly. Today I worked away with a copper wire
Gluing Polyethylene ......................... Ralph Johnstone at 7:40pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 14/6844 I am looking at trying to attach a small 1/2" thick plate to the top of a 3/16" polyethylene potable
Demensions for the main sheet MLampner at 7:33pm 11.13.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1399 Oes anyone know the spec on the main sheet on a hunter 30 from 1977. Mine is in need of replacement.
Battery box? ami342 at 6:35pm 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1751 Hi Folks, Does an Oday 22 owner know where the battery originally was located ? I have a wiring n
Lowering a mast Bill Ellis at 6:03pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/4465 I would like to lower the mast on my 1985 Hunter 25.5. The mast is pinned to the cabin top. By remov
Installing inboaard motor on an O'day 23 AWalker at 5:55pm 11.13.11 Day Sailers 11/3529 I have been toying with the idea of putting an electric motor inboard on my O'Day 23. I ran across a
Mac 25 Electrical acox271929 at 4:50pm 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1992 I have a 1984 Mac 25. Need electrical schematic if someone has one. Thanks, Al Cox
The expanding bunk on the old Hunter 30 rochesterdriver at 4:43pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2105 Yep, it's a 78 model, Cherubini of course. There is no evidence that there was ever any fold out,
Slogging Roger Long at 4:21pm 11.13.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2729
Hunter 340 Mainsheet Replacement broble at 2:37pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1283 I recently purchased a Hunter 340 and on the trip home from San Diego the mainsheet let go. It shatt
Hunter 410 Blower Don Lucas at 1:46pm 11.13.11 Big Boats 3/1064 My 410 has a Blower breaker and there's wires to it. But to date I haven't seen a blower in the boat
H22 asy spi cabbyjprs at 10:43am 11.13.11 Smaller Boats 1/1378 Going 7.5 kts spi, jib and main sail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnvjKhmPQ'feature=youtube_gd
Preparing to Head South From Puerto Montt Sequitur at 10:01am 11.13.11 Big Boats 0/838 I have just added a new post to our blog at: Preparing to Leave Puerto Montt There is a lot of info
All i want for xmas is 40+ feet of water. gabriel.donnelly at 9:04am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1729 My lake is dry, my marina is gone. The Knotty Girl is somewhere out there down the channel couple mi
Sail types - ratio? voltzwgn at 9:02am 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1384 Ok I'm sure the question will give it away but I'm pretty new to sailing at leasrat at more than a c
SIMONIZ ROYALE MARINE cleaner/wax VBJOEY at 8:59am 11.13.11 Day Sailers 0/2255 Why can't I find one thread on this product? I've kept an old can for many, many years and just tri
Engine odor... Doug/Karen at 7:59am 11.13.11 Big Boats 8/3353 As we prepare to close the boat for the season, we bring home several items of bath and bed linens.
Replaceing halyard mike pace at 7:38am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1928

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Hunter Legend 40.5 (1993) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:03am 07.31.22 If the vent isn't blocked, the next most likely reason for back pressure is a serious buildup of sea
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) dlochner at 6:58am 07.31.22 Judging how fast to approach a dock under sail takes is an acquired skill, usually learned by fallin
Does your state charge an ANNUAL excise, use or property tax? stickinthemud57 at 6:52am 07.31.22 Taxation of the type Mac Smith describes is particularly odious because it discriminates against a p
Winch replacement Ward H at 6:50am 07.31.22 When my old winches gave up on my O'day 25 I replaced them with the Anderson ST #12s. Huge improveme
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) shemandr at 6:24am 07.31.22 You should have seen me on my first Flying Scot sail two years ago. Getting out was easy but you ne
Winch replacement jssailem at 6:23am 07.31.22 Consider, self tailing winches take time to operate. A large boat (34 - plus) uses time to change co
Battery Gremlin Rodd at 6:17am 07.31.22 May have found the issue! Seems the battery voltage sensing wire that leads to a volt meter on the
Reparing fix keel (1) JamesG161 at 5:44am 07.31.22 Welcome the Sailboat Owners Forum or SBO. _____ Most likely the leak comes from the connection of t
I have a Hood LD 810 furler. One side of the Halyard Swivel Insert popped out. Dawn Piper at 5:41am 07.31.22 Great to hear. Thanks for your feedback. Sure wasn't looking forward to taking down the mast for
Winch replacement Bubbadog at 5:40am 07.31.22 Not so much for the mechanical advantage, but for the convenience self tailing winches
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) kappykaplan at 5:37am 07.31.22 Sounds like you have a good plan. My only recommendation would be to see if you can backwind the ma
Hunter 356 side boarding step? shemandr at 4:17am 07.31.22 Using a stanchion is convent but likely to create a leak. But that is what I did because the finger
Newport 28 mk2 cruising speed jon hansen at 12:12am 07.31.22 sfbay, you are always so helpful. and nice. that said. 1.34 x 5 = 6.7. not 7.6. so if adam's
Beneteau 361 companionway hatch is tight at night or in cold weather Harry Mathias at 11:16pm 07.30.22
Removing/replacing transmission on a Hunter 44 Crusty Ol Salt at 11:12pm 07.30.22 Sorry I am a little late but this may help someone in the future. Best advice I can give. You will n
Exhaust blower on an 11a Mark Maulden at 10:54pm 07.30.22
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? MikeHoncho at 10:40pm 07.30.22 Thank you all. Good ideas. I've been looking for Mainesail's information on this. I knew it was
Newport 28 mk2 cruising speed jssailem at 9:49pm 07.30.22 Hi Adam. Without a Tach you need to rely on sound and feel. The speed of your boat under auxiliary p
New Battery w4swk at 9:24pm 07.30.22 I think the only question being posed is where to locate a 100W solar panel in a 22'boat? Sorry,
New owner jssailem at 9:10pm 07.30.22 Welcome Angels to the SBO forum. You have quite an adventure ahead of you. Enjoy.

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