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Inspection of the centerboard pin hellerjo at 1:10pm 11.15.10 Smaller Boats 4/1664 How do you get at the centerboard pin on a '84 Hunter 22 to inspect it and/or change it. The boat is
Tiller pilot paphman at 12:38pm 11.15.10 Smaller Boats 2/1243 My wife and I have thought about getting a tiller pilot for our boat. We have looked at the Simrad
Extreme reverse chafe Tim R. at 11:24am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1543 A friend of mine who works at a boatyard that received 60mph winds last Sunday in our most recent st
Dennis-How Is Boat Remodeling Going? texas4 at 11:19am 11.15.10 Catalina 22 2/1508 Hi- Chuck from Brownwood. Is your boat ready for prime time yet? My wife and I will be in Corpus Ch
keel damage (2) dlewis812 at 11:01am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 11/4396 wondering what caused this and how best to repair?
Bartow 16 winch disassembly Irwin41Ketch at 9:56am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2957 I have one Bartow 16 winch on my mizzen. It's the only one on the boat. I need to grease it howeve
Sail shape and control sailorjerrytoo at 8:51am 11.15.10 C&C 2/2436 I have a 1978 26' C ' C yacht. I have struggled with batten adjustment on the sail, and have a hard
Shared Thru-hull fitting tfoster at 8:40am 11.15.10 Mid-Size Boats 9/4736 I am contemplating adding air conditioning to my 1990 Hunter 30g. To avoid the expense of a haul-out
Selden Furler - jib jam (2) Carl12686 at 8:21am 11.15.10 Big Boats 5/5120 The headsail on my Hunter 340 is jammed on the furler track. When I initially released the halyard
Heeling knotalot22 at 7:22am 11.15.10 Catalina 22 59/17710 Does anyone have any first hand knowledge about heeling in a cat 22 or 25? I am new and heeling i
Mainsail switch to square top Quoddy at 7:02am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2929 What is the purpose of the square top sail? It seems it would raise the COE. I would think this wou
What is this called? (1) rgranger at 6:51am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 14/5296 Hey All I need help finding a piece of hardware and I'm having trouble because I don't know what it
measuring height Ross at 5:36am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 29/4136 I have the need to determine the height of some light fixtures inside a large building and have in m
Silicone removal ffaubert at 7:44pm 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3441 Does any one have any ideas of how to remove silicone from fiberglass, metal and plastic? The PO
Refrigeration hunter43sail at 7:17pm 11.14.10 Big Boats 7/1828 It's time to replace my refrigeration on my 42. Has anyone installed the Cool Blue? Everything I hav
cockpit drain on tempest upei1 at 6:56pm 11.14.10 Day Sailers 5/2909 Hello everyone, I am new to sailing, and to this site. I tried to do a search on my topic, but to no
Changing Mainsail...Loose foot or Boltrope??? JBSailsSD at 6:51pm 11.14.10 The Cherubini Hunters 9/7970 I am going to have a new Mainsail made. The H25 boom has a pre-existing boltrope slide...pretty comm
Schaefer track end stop healeyman at 6:46pm 11.14.10 Mid-Size Boats 8/2865 I have a 1995 Hunter 29.5. On the helm is the traveller and control lines for the boom. My Schae
How to fly a jib with a Genny on the furler? danstanford at 6:38pm 11.14.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/6211 It has been some years since I was a sailor and in those days we did not have a furling head sail. I
Nexus (Silva) Wind Data Instrument- Is this NMEA Compatible? (1) damoses1 at 6:24pm 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 4/15178 I just picked up a Raymarine C70 Multifunctional Display, and wanted to know if it were possible for

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Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 3:05pm 07.04.22 I think there are some incorrect assumptions in @dlochner 's analysis. Here's what I get. I don't k
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 3:04pm 07.04.22 I'm inclined to agree. According to this source, fumes of any kind aren't in the top six most likel
knot ID capta at 2:59pm 07.04.22 Just out of curiosity, what are the clasps used for?
Music Problems - Help Tedd at 2:58pm 07.04.22
Tying up at the dock capta at 2:55pm 07.04.22 I think if it is a wooden dock, I'd add a couple more cleats. If it is some other material, perhaps
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 2:51pm 07.04.22 @MikeHoncho Thanks for the reminding us that diesel is not as safe as we might to believe. It pique
Doyle H25 Sail Battens isaksp00 at 2:37pm 07.04.22 Suggest gluing the rubber end caps on the new battens, helps prevent damage to ends of pockets.
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tedd at 2:27pm 07.04.22 It was my goal to put diesel fumes in context, something to be concerned about, yet lower on the lis
Low oil indicator fading in and out (1) jonelli at 2:23pm 07.04.22 @jonelli Many of us have been "harping" on those trailer connectors for years. Surprised you hadn
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Rick Webb at 2:20pm 07.04.22 We tended to run ours a half hour before docking and an hour after. Helps to get the heat out of the
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? dlochner at 2:09pm 07.04.22 Great example of how empiricism can be dangerous! It's not hard to think of many reasons why that w
C&C 34ft Swing Keel 1980 (1) Tally Ho at 1:58pm 07.04.22
happy 4th dlochner at 1:55pm 07.04.22 Today is a good day to re-read the text of the Declaration of Independence, paying attention not jus
How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 1:55pm 07.04.22 Art Boas has posted a detailed how to that would apply to your boat. What system are you wanting to
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests MikeTheHunter at 1:45pm 07.04.22 I was actually asking who did the refrigeration connections evacuation and refrigerant (usually aro
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests DeniseO30 at 1:41pm 07.04.22 I was actually asking who did the refrigeration connections evacuation and refrigerant (usually arou
Beneteau 343 water heater temperature setting Alfa at 1:28pm 07.04.22 BigEasy, my Beneteau 31 has single lever faucets and it is also very simple to adjust water temperat
Specification of Prop Shaft of Oceanis 43 Rudiger at 1:18pm 07.04.22 Thanks a lot for all the details. I have got the confirmation of Autoprop that it is a 30mm ISO shaf
Yanmar jim g at 1:17pm 07.04.22
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests MikeTheHunter at 1:13pm 07.04.22 Pardon my confusion but if you have no tools who how did you replace the evaporator? I'm only askin

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