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Extrapolation wufibugs at 10:02pm 08.09.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/3923 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 9/2923 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 1/1485 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 20/6520 I am interested in advice and best practices for balancing refrigerator use and power consumption wh
Salon Table AlwaysFORSAIL at 7:52pm 08.09.10 Big Boats 5/2400 I have a 2001 Hunter 380 and would like to have a smaller salon table. The factory table is too lar
Keel Repair rwild88 at 7:14pm 08.09.10 Irwin 1/2544 Has anyone had any experience in rebuilding or replacing an integral keel on an Irwin?
Hunter 34 Gets New TackTick Instruments (4) Roy Page at 7:09pm 08.09.10 Big Boats 7/2405 Well I finally removed all the original pedestal instruments and have now fitted new TackTick units
Opinions Please! Steve Dion at 7:01pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 14/2973 I am looking at a new sump/bilge pump for our head sink/shower. Does anyone have opinions on the "W
Installing New Chainwheel Windlass doctorsail at 6:52pm 08.09.10 Catalina 310 6/4020 As you know, the standard windlass of the 310 has only a capstan (drum) and no gypsy (chainwheel) an
Full battened mains SailArkansas at 6:47pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3302 Are full battened mainsails difficult to raise or am I just lucky? I have a Precision 28 with the a
H23.5: water enters bilge pump through-hull and runs into bilge through the pump (2) Rick Macdonald at 6:33pm 08.09.10 Smaller Boats 13/5717 In my recent thread "H23.5 centerboard/compression post leak", Mike (soling42) suggested water can e
Reversed Polarity insamji1 at 6:24pm 08.09.10 Catalina 310 0/1561 When I plug in the AC power code I always check the AC polarity light to making sure it glows green.
Let's talk twist ... Scott T-Bird at 5:08pm 08.09.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 43/11466 I have been reading some postings regarding twist that I haven't agreed with (and the posters are a
322 V berth BoDaycious at 4:44pm 08.09.10 Bigger Boats 0/1448 I am looking for additional storage space on my 322. Under the V berth, on both the port and starboa
Chrylser Muskateer Catamaran Wanted Chrysler Cat at 4:34pm 08.09.10 Chrysler 3/3310 Wanted: Chrysler Muskateer: I have a 1974 Chrysler Muskateer C-16. Bought it new and still race it c
Bowls fills from holding tank mbrass at 4:06pm 08.09.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2410 Hi Peggy, Your last advice has kept me head trouble free for over 5 years but now... ... head
Injected epoxy resin into longitudinal stringers GLCarter at 2:52pm 08.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1686 I am looking at a 1995 Vision 36 that has had the following work done. 1. Injected epoxy resin int
st4000 wheel pilot belts ChuckThomas at 2:37pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2355 Does anyone have recommendations as to where to get belts for the Raymarine ST4000 autopilot? On an
Refrigerator Cooling Water Pump trdanco at 2:34pm 08.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1694 The cooling water pump on my 1998 Hunter 410 was replace with a POS that keeps tripping off the line
Compass problem higgs at 2:33pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 18/3158 My compass has always been pretty accurate, but on a passage this past week on a SE heading it was s

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Mast step came out, can't access underneath Tedd at 7:55am 07.03.22 Hi @jssailem , The inserts I linked to are designed to be molded into an injection molded part. The
Broken topping lift jssailem at 7:46am 07.03.22 Welcome to the SBO forum. The term broken is a bit vague. Do you mean that the end of the topping
Covers for Dock Pilings? kappykaplan at 7:44am 07.03.22 Leave your lines on the pilings (with chafe protection) when you go sailing and pick them up when y
Invest 94L jssailem at 7:44am 07.03.22 Maybe they have a pool going on how far they get through the storm list. Or a christmas bonus on the
Mast step came out, can't access underneath jssailem at 7:41am 07.03.22 @Tedd I like the look of the insert. It appears to be designed not to turn. A press in fitting. How
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) twodzusfittings at 7:33am 07.03.22 makes sense.
Broken topping lift sail sfbay at 7:30am 07.03.22 Welcome to the forum!! Suggest attaching (by sewing) a small diameter tag line to the end of it, th
Invest 94L Johann at 7:28am 07.03.22 Simple Oh My Gosh! :doh::yikes::eek:o_O:puke::wow3: Boy NOAA is bored. They must of measured the
Hunter 41DS Holding Tank Back-filling with Raw Water Tim Mills at 7:26am 07.03.22 Mine will do the same. Only open the holding tank valve when you are pumping the tank. Otherwise the
HELP.. Rigging question Hunter 45DS Selden Furler Mast Tim Mills at 7:10am 07.03.22 Our H41 has a adjustable vang that supports the boom as well. I thought it was spring loaded. I lear
Any ideas, better A/C drainage? JamesG161 at 7:05am 07.03.22 Looks like that might be a Venturi setup. Also note the pinch spot in the pan drain hose. Jim...
Covers for Dock Pilings? thinwater at 6:58am 07.03.22 Leave your lines on the pilings (with chafe protection) when you go sailing and pick them up when yo
10 guage to 16 guage? JamesG161 at 6:56am 07.03.22 As @Maine Sail points out, it is power at the pump that decides the Bilge Pump capacity. The larger
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) Davidasailor26 at 6:53am 07.03.22 The water needs to cool the exhaust gasses before they enter the plastic muffler. If the gasses were
Windy.com update JamesG161 at 6:43am 07.03.22
Windy.com update jssailem at 6:37am 07.03.22 How I use the app I find it valuable to get a more complete look at the patterns that influence the
Windy.com update BlowMeAway at 6:31am 07.03.22
10 guage to 16 guage? jssailem at 6:30am 07.03.22 Lots of information. Yes. While the basics of DC are not complex, the rules are pretty exacting. The
Hunter 240 rigging travorgeron at 6:27am 07.03.22 Rgranger thanks for the reply. I will be back at the boat taking it out on Tuesday so I will try to
10 guage to 16 guage? jviss at 6:25am 07.03.22 Really, did you read the whole post? Let me quote: Emphasis added. Ah, gotcha. Thanks!

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