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Cockpit ignition panel wufibugs at 9:20pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3049 My 86 Hunter 31 has the panel with the tac, idiot lights, kill knob, igntion and start switch. Or it
Ignition Switch wufibugs at 9:11pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3175 Windmistress broke her ignition switch. My 86 Hunter has a 2 pole setup with a push button starter.
O'day Puffin 14 Pictures of complete rudder and cockpit floo Johnweikel at 8:29pm 07.10.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1971 Still trying to find a photo of the floor hardware if any and what the rudder looks like. My Puffin
Brand New to sailing - Rigging question Flyinlo at 8:26pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1747 Took a sailing course and was enough to sell my motor-boat and purchase a 2000 MacGregor 26X which a
jib boom saileclipse at 7:04pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1772 Hi I read the manual and read that there is a boom jib. Have any of you used on and do you like it.
1981 22' Mac Greggor Swing Keel Questions for Newbie saileclipse at 7:00pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1903 Hi, I bought the boat in teh winter and doing some upgrades and long over due maintenance. How d
Catalina - Avalon Harbor problem rfrye1 at 5:49pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2249 I came across this article on another blog. Too bad. I guess another reason to spend more time elsew
Seagull droppings (to be nice) mellis18 at 5:00pm 07.10.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2241 How does someone get the stains from seagull and other bird droppings off the hull? I am having a ha
Securing The Jib Sheet Don Guillette at 4:44pm 07.10.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 41/22674 Sometimes very simple things get us in trouble. I talked to a sailor today from Apalachicolo (hope t
Found out what happens when you forget to put down the keel patrickfarley at 4:34pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3608 I went out on the lake single handing. I had everything set up so it only took a few minutes to rai
Rubbing Compound vs 1500 Grit Sandpaper Ducati at 4:25pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 6/7762 Noticed some minor gel-coat stress cracks and repaired them with a Beneteau color matched gel-coat k
Easy new-to-me range fix or am i toast? Stephen Trapani at 3:58pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4144 The flame on the burners of the Hillerange range I just put in are very low. Anything I can do?
H37C Halyards (2) Ed Schenck at 3:48pm 07.10.11 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2270 For those of us sailing old cruising boats. Any reason to worry about stretch in the halyards? I'd
How to get to the fuel tank sending unit ? bobgelb@gmail.com at 3:44pm 07.10.11 Catalina 310 18/4338 OK...oil in bilge,traced it to a leak around the gasket around the fuel tank sending unit. But how i
New 8 hp outboard motor reviews domalon at 3:41pm 07.10.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/8249 I'm thinking about buying a new outboard for my O'Day 23 and I can't find any reviews on the interne
Can your bulkhead be secured too tight to the hull? Mich222 at 3:29pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2370 I am mid process of switching out the tiny little U bolt chain plates on my Oday 222 and replacing
water ballast over filling?? quality tyme at 1:35pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/6538 woke up on the boat this morning with water on the floor. further investigation revealed water comin
Eating belts bustedrudder at 1:23pm 07.10.11 Engines and Propulsion 9/7651 We motorsailed our "new" 94 40.5 from SC to FL over the 4th July weekend. Yanmar 4JH2E. Adjust
Am i overthinking this? (1) gpd955 at 10:49am 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2428 Still learning about my M25 sooooo..... When checking the oil today I found that it looks full on t
throttle/shift control for OD25 with inboard VIRE7 stx203 at 9:21am 07.10.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1531 My 77 OD25 tall rig has the original VIRE7 inboard engine that runs great. The throttle/shift contro

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Boom kicker or topping lift? Davidasailor26 at 10:30am 09.26.22 Hmmm.... I'll have to think on that. I agree that the vang is most important when the traveler b
Hunter 25 hatch cover rgranger at 10:26am 09.26.22 By cover do you mean a cloth cover or a new lense?
Boom kicker or topping lift? rgranger at 10:24am 09.26.22
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) Parsons at 10:22am 09.26.22 Easy peesy. No Jack's needed. Just need a bunch of 2 x 6s and the trailer tongue jack. Cut the 2x
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 10:11am 09.26.22 Ah well , working on getting ready for Ian if if shifts west. Either way we will get a storm surge a
Electric panel Hayden Watson at 9:35am 09.26.22 An update. ... l learned a lot and all your help was much appreciated. Having a basic understandi
Thru-hull discussion - Upgrades and issues Hayden Watson at 9:32am 09.26.22
Structural Foam Mark Maulden at 9:31am 09.26.22 Wondering if you really need the strapping since you are foaming. Could they cause micro chafing pi
Modified Traveler 23' Hunter jssailem at 9:24am 09.26.22 Congrats. Should help you smoothly trim the Main sail.
Electric panel dLj at 9:08am 09.26.22 The follow-up is very much appreciated! Thank you! dj
Structural Foam Stokeshc at 8:58am 09.26.22 Thank you so so much. would you happen to have the dimensions. also did it fit through your bulkh
Structural Foam Stokeshc at 8:52am 09.26.22 I replaced it with Aluminum. It was a replica of my old one that I pulled out. Love the new one Jam
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) Leeward Rail at 8:51am 09.26.22 The way it is built allows the middle of the Hull to sit between the 2 pieces.
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) Jamesiv1 at 8:48am 09.26.22 That is basically it. By doing one end at a time the boat is stable because half is on the trailer
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) (1) Leeward Rail at 8:45am 09.26.22 make a stack of layers from the ground up to the transom once you've got the tongue of the trailer
Invest 98L JamesG161 at 8:44am 09.26.22 There is lot of Unusual weather events happening to Hurricane Ian. Just look closely at John's post
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean David in Sandusky at 8:39am 09.26.22 Gotcha. Here is a link to a good discussion of I65 versus the Thorny Path: How Long to Sail from Flo
Boom kicker or topping lift? jdrutten at 8:35am 09.26.22 ... If there is no spring in the rigid vang, how is it rigged to extend and release? The vang contr
2005 Hunter 36 Shorepower George Braun at 8:35am 09.26.22 I am using a single 30A shore power receptacle, splitting it to 2 30A boat side inputs, and NOT para
Electric panel jssailem at 8:33am 09.26.22 It is always something... Good thing there was enough slack wire that you could fix it without havi

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