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Moving to DC from SF with Catalina 30 pkremser at 12:17pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 18/3944 HI all: We just found out we might be moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington DC with
Hunter 37 Owners Manual? mtownson at 12:09pm 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4120 I just bought a 1987 Hunter Legend 37 and have looked everywhere for an owners manual. Does anyone k
Sad sight (2) PotomacDaysailer at 11:41am 08.10.10 Trailer Sailors 16/5423 Passed by the Washington (DC) Sailing Marina on a bike ride and saw this boat, looks like it has bee
Has anyone improved jib sheet "cleating"? Clark at 11:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/1631 We have a 1996 280 and there are some jam (V) cleats for the sheets to be used until the wind streng
Zincs for hunter 33 yanmar 29hp engine??? paul1938 at 10:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1502 I just purchased 2 months ago, a 2005 H33 with the yanmar 3 cl. engine, that's the one with 29 hp. I
Fuel tank repair caguy at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2475
Wanted-Raymarine St4000 autopilot control head (2) joe-fran at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6062 My Ericson-28 was hit by lightning earlier this summer. All electronics were fried. Have replaced th
cradle design Bob 04 H260 at 7:39am 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1717 I have a friend with a Hunter 270 - (a 260 with a keel). He does not have a trailer or cradle and th
Opening Port Windows Piratenorm at 7:27am 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1206 I am going to change the fixed portlights on my Catalina 30 Mk 1 (1983) to at least 2 opening ones b
You guys were right I was wrong higgs at 7:19am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2533 all the griping about West marine hit me as a bit picky. No more. I was wrong. 3/16' lifeline
Teflon grease, silicone grease can? Ken13559 at 7:19am 08.10.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/10511 Peggy, In one of your recent post, you mentioned using teflon grease to lub the inside of the Jabsco
up the mast Rob19574 at 6:54am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1876 Hi all - I have to make a lovely trip up my mast (Catalina 30) to replace a missing wind-vane fin.
ID boat - just for fun (1) higgs at 5:54am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1844 What is it? she is 29 ft. long. From the photo you can see the headsail extends out to a sprit, bu
Shrink Wrap Spreader Tips Ducati at 4:00am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2537 My experiments in finding other cool uses for shrink wrap continues. We rig our mast every spring
wanted " Dodger for a ODay 27 tony201 at 12:10am 08.10.10 Bigger Boats 0/1342 Looking for a dodger for my ODay 27 Tony
A Water Ballast Hunter H260 in the Winter robischd at 11:20pm 08.09.10 Smaller Boats 12/4677 I have a water ballast Hunter H260. It is in a slip on a lake in North Idaho that almost never free
Extrapolation wufibugs at 10:02pm 08.09.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/3693 Don, I have been slowly working through your book so I would not proceed from one section to the nex
Hunter 23 cockpit drain teacher63 at 9:30pm 08.09.10 Smaller Boats 9/2772 Today was one of those days that one would like to sell a boat. I had not been to the boat is about
Wing Keel Trailer teacher63 at 9:18pm 08.09.10 Smaller Boats 1/1444 I was wondering on a Hunter 23 if there should be a zinc on the wing of the keel. From what I under
Refrigeration and Power Management MDO at 8:58pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 20/5430 I am interested in advice and best practices for balancing refrigerator use and power consumption wh

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99 Fixtures of Lights on the Wall... Head Sail at 12:12pm 10.24.21 Add more ventilation and/or dehymidifier. Excess moisture may be the cause of your problems.
CNG (10) Joshua770 at 11:45am 10.24.21 @Joshua770: Until you know more about your tanks and regulator and related CNG pressures I would
What would you change in this plan? (fiberglass part of a rotten core job) Rabe at 11:35am 10.24.21
99 Fixtures of Lights on the Wall... Ralph Johnstone at 11:30am 10.24.21 Clean the contacts on the bulb (once again) but this time before replacing the bulb, coat the termin
Hunter 33 Bilge hose setup DianaOfBurlington at 11:24am 10.24.21 I wasn't asking why the previous owner did something. A helpful presumption: the Previous Owner o
CNG Joshua770 at 11:23am 10.24.21 @Joshua770: Until you know more about your tanks and regulator and related CNG pressures I would s
Hunter 33 Bilge hose setup DianaOfBurlington at 11:18am 10.24.21 In general, at this stage there is no point in wondering what Hunter did from the start. What Grizz
CNG Richard19068 at 11:17am 10.24.21 Instead of being concerned with finding a CNG source ( which seems to be a vanishing commodity), an
99 Fixtures of Lights on the Wall... Rich Stidger at 11:16am 10.24.21 Also, attached is a picture of one of the fixtures. It's a PIA to pop off the lens. Does anyone k
What is this? Stu Jackson at 11:15am 10.24.21 There really is quite a lot of disinformation in this quoted post. I'll let Maine Sail comment on i
CNG Richard19068 at 10:58am 10.24.21 @Joshua770: Until you know more about your tanks and regulator and related CNG pressures I would s
99 Fixtures of Lights on the Wall... chip veres at 10:54am 10.24.21 Sorry to say, you answered your own question. Remove the fixture, clean off the corrosion, and sold
Hunter 33 Reefing line boom internals Rabe at 10:39am 10.24.21 All original Kenyon parts should still be available. Wow! I would have never guessed this stuff is
Finally went for a sail BigEasy at 10:37am 10.24.21 Sounds like a shakedown cruise that had a little bit of everything! Congratulations getting back in
What is this? DianaOfBurlington at 10:37am 10.24.21
What is this? DianaOfBurlington at 10:32am 10.24.21 Is an isolator necessary? There's a perko off/1/all/2 switch and the charger is for multiple batter
Hunter 33 Reefing line boom internals ggrizzard at 10:30am 10.24.21 Roy S is correct. My brain must have been in 'outhaul' fixation mode. :facepalm:
1987 Catalina 22 " SeaClusion" Raising the Head Sail Gene Neill at 10:29am 10.24.21 Me neither. I heave to, lower the main slowly, and sail-tie it, starting at the aft end and working
How to remove rusted stut bolts ('81 33) DianaOfBurlington at 10:20am 10.24.21 I believe Dahmer Marine was the original manufacturer for a lot of the prop struts on the Cherubini
Finally went for a sail Stu Jackson at 10:16am 10.24.21 Fun times during the Indian Summer days of October. The last one of those I saw was in 2017. With

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