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You Can't Reason with Hurrican Season Bad Obsession at 5:27pm 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1770 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKPol9hD0ns Just seems appropriate with all the storms and topics fl
Bed New Scupper Grates? GorillaToast at 5:23pm 09.03.11 Catalina 22 8/2061 I got new scupper grates from CatalinaDirect. Do I need to bed these with 5200, or just screw them t
Stuck Jib Just Looking at 5:19pm 09.03.11 Big Boats 5/4204 When raising the jib on my Hunter 38, the jib is stuck in the roller furling track. The halyard is f
O'Day 35 carpet replace? Blue Streak at 5:08pm 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1477 Has any replaced the carpet liner on the cabin walls? If so, is it difficult and what do you recomm
Trip to National Harbor MLampner at 2:58pm 09.03.11 Destinations 4/3488 Business will give me an excuse to travel to National Harbor, near DC, from Middle River MD in midd
Cracked ignition (1) Team118 at 2:45pm 09.03.11 Catalina 30 10/2322 Hey guys; Over the past few months, I've noticed that the house battery system seems to run down d
TS Lee (4) betzhunter at 1:09pm 09.03.11 Big Boats 0/1167 This morning took this picture of the boat at about 8:30 am. Not to bad yet! The next pictures were
Raw water intake blocked Paul Montgomery at 12:48pm 09.03.11 Catalina 30 10/8255 I have a Universal M3-20 diesel in my 1990 Catalina 30 which is running hot; I have checked out the
Need person in the Dana Pt Ca to caulk windows on 32ft 2002 Jpmeehan at 11:49am 09.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1446 I also need my forward hatch looked at since it is binding. Jim in Dana Point
Lifeline Size on 40.5? Rick D at 11:27am 09.03.11 Big Boats 6/1883 I am having something fabricated, but forgot to measure the OD of the lifeline. Anyone got it at the
A trailer for a '93 33.5 psherwin at 9:40am 09.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1686 I am planning on having a trailer built for my 33.5. The builder needs some measurements pertaining
Rigging for spinnaker CAP Pilot64 at 9:36am 09.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/4587 Hello all, When I purchased my Mac 26S last fall it came with several extra sails that I never got
Swim Platform sunshinemartini at 9:22am 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2131 Question, has anyone added a swim platform to the starboard side of an O Day 25 in place of the boar
Outboard for Ospray P.LIZNPETE at 7:35am 09.03.11 Day Sailers 4/1815 Been looking at new 4-stroke outboards, but I've always owned 2-strokes and not sure what is appropr
Removal of the mast step plate Saillife at 7:00am 09.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1373 I'm getting ready this winter to have the deck recored and to rebed all the hardware, ports, hatches
Full enclosure pic added to album med2463 at 6:58am 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2195 Added pic of new enclosure to our album. http://forums.hunter.sailboatowners.com/album.php?albumid=1
Rudder replacement, C400 RPerkins at 6:45am 09.03.11 Big Boats 1/2053 Anyone have recent experience replacing a C400 rudder? We were damaged in a freak microburst, and ou
Aluminum / Steel corrosion seize Ritdog at 6:44am 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2734 I have an Oday25. It has two 6" aluminum cleats about 1.5" high with SS machine screws that I think
Why We Would Never Charter Our Boat.... (7) Maine Sail at 6:03am 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 27/7559 This is pretty self explanatory. The owners of this LOVELY Hinckley, LARA entrusted their clients to
proper way to "splice" a chain ? Bob 04 H260 at 5:43am 09.03.11 Musings With Maine Sail 9/8564 is there a proper way to slice two pieces of chain together ? I have a piece of 1/4" 70 ft long a

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Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? jssailem at 6:04am 10.14.22
Typical weather (1) Bob S at 5:52am 10.14.22
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? Parsons at 5:24am 10.14.22 @dlochner excellent posts here point out why some of what we sail with is based on strange racing ru
Typical weather Don S/V ILLusion at 5:10am 10.14.22
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? Terry Cox at 4:46am 10.14.22 Well, seems simple enough to test out. Do you have any testing parameters that you can share?
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? dlochner at 4:27am 10.14.22 I could see how, apart from manufacturing complexity, a small cruiser may be intended to lack this
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? HeelBoy at 4:19am 10.14.22 Depends on the hull form, keel, rudder placement and designer's goals. I could see how, apart fro
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? dlochner at 3:37am 10.14.22
Fisher Panda 12 mini Rick486 at 2:51am 10.14.22 hi there, another issue on our 49, not the boat itself but our generator. it shut down throwing a f
Fisher Panda 12 mini Slipin Away at 2:20am 10.14.22 Had same problem with my mini 8. Had to remove the exhaust elbow to get to the nut
Raymarine electronics hookup help Frill at 2:02am 10.14.22 Ok guys I thing we are all on the same page here and I am a lot further ahead. One other thing, and
Really weird water tank sensor issue Zencra at 1:16am 10.14.22
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Jamesiv1 at 10:17pm 10.13.22 (I know you already know this, I say it mainly for James' benefit.) Thanks Gene. Appreciate it.
Keel Bolts Leeward Rail at 10:03pm 10.13.22 On the hard. I have the torque specs if you want them.
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? markwbird at 9:08pm 10.13.22 It is an aide to align the flow of water over the rudder. As Dave says "improve tracking". If not t
Loading boat on trailer Leeward Rail at 8:39pm 10.13.22 Side to side. Trailer has a trail that the keel rests on. The keel has wings. So there is no keel
Loading boat on trailer abouttime at 8:37pm 10.13.22 Post photos. Trailer and boat + trailer. Level fore and aft or side to side? Side to side on any
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit artboas at 8:25pm 10.13.22 There are some things you must know. If you put in a unit, you must have a beefy support strap that
Loading boat on trailer Leeward Rail at 8:21pm 10.13.22 Post photos. Trailer and boat + trailer. Level fore and aft or side to side? Side to side alignmen
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 8:04pm 10.13.22 210055

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