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Amount Of Heel Don Guillette at 2:24pm 03.21.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/5502 This thread is for RichH, Alan, Joe from San Diego, Stu J and anyone else who can shed light on this
external fuel pump gettinthere at 1:13pm 03.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 19/18588 I bought a small Facet fuel pump to prime my fuel system during filter changes. The old perkins manu
Mast Care and Maintance & other questions seatravellerhawaii at 12:54pm 03.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1557 Aloha All, I have a question regarding mast care and maintenance. I own a 1978 Mac-Venture 25. I a
Dripless Packing gland for 1995 Hunter 40.5 PrincessoftheLake at 12:51pm 03.21.11 Big Boats 15/2396 I am considering replacing the packing gland on Emmanuel with the dripless type. Any thoughts on wh
Unstepping an S2 7.0 Mast davidra at 12:48pm 03.21.11 S2 2/5704 Good Afternoon I recently purchased an S2 7.0 (1975) shoal draft model. The hull and interior are in
Swing keel cable replacement Mike Wells at 12:31pm 03.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2194 I'm a newbie at this. We have a 22' MacGregor. Early 70's. We recently had the cable on the swing
New Boat Name (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 11:23am 03.21.11 Catalina 310 6/2163 Spring did seem like it was getting here, but now it's f@#%'g snowing.:cussing: Anyways, the weeke*
A pumping mast flip at 11:05am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 12/5616 Hi all, I have a question about the mast and the pumping motion (forward and aft) when the wind blow
Storage tank hook up joe@intova.net at 10:37am 03.21.11 Big Boats 3/1196 I have a Legend 40 built in 1985. Prior owner disconnected the sewage storage tank to head dumps dir
Transportation Edith at 10:24am 03.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1748 Hi everybody We bought a 33 Hunter last year in the USA, hoping to sail there, but we can't go becau
Does the IdaSailor rudder ever go on sale? (1) BrokeNotBroken at 10:24am 03.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3536 Ok, I'm cheap...ya saw the user name, right? http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/emot/smile.gif Anyw
1993 Hunter 33.5 Drawings (1) Paul and Judy at 10:22am 03.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/2231 Attached are some drawing of the 1993 Hunter 33.5. If you want clearer copies shoot me your e-mail
Buying a Catalina 27 to 30 Ft Roger Thomas at 9:22am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3776 I am about to buy a Catalina 27 to 30 ft 1986 to 1989. Are there any unusual problems with these mod
Help needed reading a schematic (1) guidera48 at 9:13am 03.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1907 I am doing a dry run on my Wind Turbine installation before it comes down and gets painted and have
Raymarine ST6000 Saga PrincessoftheLake at 9:07am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 25/11031 Some of you may have seen and remember my posts on the subject of the ongoing problems with our Raym
Question On Battery Box Containment Joe Mullee at 8:47am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3751 Last year I moved the AGM batteries on my 1983 Hunter 34 from the cockpit lazarette to inside my cab
Locker bottom condrum Roger Long at 8:15am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2736 I have a difficult to access low locker behind the sink in my head (the one on the boat). A bottle
Any Reuse possibities for shrinkwrap? ruidh at 7:58am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1643 I just unwrapped by O23 and I rolled up the shrinkwrap and put it in my truck. Does anyone have any
Varnish Quoddy at 7:49am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3222 We are starting with clean wood and want to use a varnish product that will be the most durable. Wha
SBO Knowledgebase Warren Milberg at 7:21am 03.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 0/3868 Don't forget the SBO Knowledgebase: Boat Info>Sailboat Knowledgebase>Engines. Some good stuff ther

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10 guage to 16 guage? Scott T-Bird at 9:30am 07.07.22 Excellent post, Scott! I would only take exception to this: Most bilge pump wiring I've seen sk
Exhaust pipe bends.... (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:27am 07.07.22 Any chance of using something like this: flow numbers on the system, but pretty sure this would be
Garmin UHD 73cv and Wind Vanes/Sensors dlochner at 9:26am 07.07.22 My wife bought me a Garmin UHD 73CV Chart-plotter/fish finder last Christmas for a bay boat that I
Replacement Parts dlochner at 9:21am 07.07.22 Plexiglass cover over the ignition console in the cockpit, hatch for the deck over the head, and lo
Mast Strut Bolt Tedd at 9:21am 07.07.22 Hi @travorgeron , There's no consensus among engineers on re-using nylocs, but there is agreement t
Mast Strut Bolt (1) travorgeron at 9:11am 07.07.22 Are you talking about the bolts on the baby struts? I'm not familiar with the details of the H240 i
Mast step help kbapark at 9:07am 07.07.22 Thanks for the recommendation Tater. Me and the wife were able to step the mast a couple days ago af
Replacement Parts ChinaCat373 at 9:06am 07.07.22 Have you tried calling a Beneteau dealer? Yes, but no return call yet.
Replacement Parts ChinaCat373 at 9:06am 07.07.22 Maybe. What kind of replacement parts? Plexiglass cover over the ignition console in the cockpit,
Doyle H25 Sail Battens Occasional Heeler at 9:00am 07.07.22 Circling back here. Got the battens measured on the orginal Doyle mainsail. From top to bottom, 3
Worth a shot-- pclarksurf at 8:58am 07.07.22 Where did you get the HDPE white one. I need a bushing to fit a 3/8 pintle. Cd is on back order for
Low oil indicator fading in and out (1) jonelli at 8:57am 07.07.22 This diagram should be pretty close to what you have but may not be exact (it has an ammeter). On m
Another solar panel install question Davidasailor26 at 8:51am 07.07.22 It all depends on wire sizes. If the wire gauge from the DC panel to the batteries is large enough t
Low oil indicator fading in and out jonelli at 8:37am 07.07.22 Nevermind, found the answer to my own question... here: M25XP Harness Wiring
Mast Strut Bolt Tedd at 8:31am 07.07.22 Are you talking about the bolts on the baby struts? I'm not familiar with the details of the H240 in
Low oil indicator fading in and out (1) dmax at 8:26am 07.07.22 This diagram should be pretty close to what you have but may not be exact (it has an ammeter). On mi
Low oil indicator fading in and out jonelli at 8:10am 07.07.22 Going off on a tangent here, I started looking at wiring diagrams, and literally the only thing I ca
Spinnaker Question colb218 at 8:02am 07.07.22 Thanks for the insight everyone! I will look into something to get the tack sorted, I like the ide
Air conditioning issue Captain Mateo at 7:58am 07.07.22 Wanted to provide an update and solution to this for any future searches. First of all, thanks to ev
Mast Strut Bolt travorgeron at 7:54am 07.07.22 FWIW, that's what I did. Worked fine until the replacement came (bought two and keep spare on the

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