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Water System Question WJA302 at 2:21pm 04.24.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1719 Okay, Another question from a newbie: I have an 1987 27'. I purchased it late in the season last y
Rigging Main Halyard Back to Cockpit? KAC222 at 2:16pm 04.24.10 Ask An Oday Owner 9/5182 Has anyone rigged their ODay 222 main halyard back to the cockpit? I'm looking for advice, pros and
removing Main cabin portlights RicG at 2:03pm 04.24.10 The Cherubini Hunters 12/2903 Today I noticed that one of my main cabin portlights(the big ones) was leaking so I unscrewed and re
Masthead Sheave, ODay 222 KAC222 at 1:56pm 04.24.10 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2421 I have a 1988 ODay 222 with a split masthead sheave. Where can I find replacment sheaves if D'R Mari
Mildewed matress MaestroCT at 12:42pm 04.24.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1698 Dear Colleagues, I have a Hunter 460 which has a mildewed matress in our aft port cabin. Does this m
Sail design idea-vertical inflatable battens Hermit Scott at 12:23pm 04.24.10 Ask All Sailors 18/4799 Can you put a vertical inflatable batten in a sail to make the sail have a good shape when it is fur
27 catalina Westerbeke exhaust routing? Inside Passage Vet. at 12:01pm 04.24.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1436 Routing the exhaust by Westerbeke standards causes problems. Any assistance would be apreciated. Tha
Keel Weight ClarkK at 10:51am 04.24.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1555 Hello everybody, Have a project boat ('78 Mac 21) that I bought several years ago and my goal is t
head sail chafe (1) k green at 10:51am 04.24.10 Big Boats 1/1427 I just put up my repaired sail today and it seems the sailmaker put a chafe guard on the head sail.
Is anyone in the Commercial and Pro Audio industry also a sailor? tvangrove at 10:20am 04.24.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2561 I asked this once before and my curiosity got the best of me again. I'm in the commercial audio ind
Bimini on H26 jsd6410 at 10:12am 04.24.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2244 We have a 1995 Hunter 26. We are interested in purchasing a bimini. Sailboatowners.com sells a pre
Putting an O'day 22 on a boat lift fskoda1 at 9:52am 04.24.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1307 I need to put my oday 22 on a boat lift. My plan is have it supported by to 14 foot bunks (carpeted
240 Bimini Greg Northcutt at 9:32am 04.24.10 Smaller Boats 8/2797 I would like to put a bimini on my 2002 Hunter 240. Where are the sources? Is one style preferable
Long Trips Bill Jones at 8:34am 04.24.10 Smaller Boats 6/1734 I'm curious if anyone has taken an extensive trip in a H23.5? I don't mean on highways, but by wate
Bomar Port Light Install HoneypieE30+ at 8:34am 04.24.10 Ask All Sailors 4/6209 Does anyone have technical instructions on installing Bomar 2000 series portlight? Can you give me
replaceing Prop shaft raw water lub fitting Bruce Schwartz at 7:53am 04.24.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3213 Need help in trying to fix my 393 prop shaft raw water lube fitting. This is the fitting that leads
Late Launch (1) Maine Sail at 7:19am 04.24.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1660 Well the fuel tank leak really slowed me down as well as my real job but I am back to the re-wire.
Blaise and Midnight Sun(H37C) Ed Schenck at 7:08am 04.24.10 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1834 Blaise Pierson is holding his own in the St. Pete to Mexico regatta( http://cloud.iboattrack.com/r/
Yes Sailing Again seadaddler at 6:25am 04.24.10 Big Boats 1/1449 Yes it looks like a great day for sailing today warm and breezy and the doc and my lovely wife said
Windlass coopert at 10:13pm 04.23.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1813 Can someone recomend a Windlass that will fit a 2005 33 Hunter which has a large anchor locker which

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eenie, meenie, minie, moe dlochner at 2:02pm 05.21.22 Clean the insulation. One of the black wires may be a very dirty red on ith 16 ga duplex or 16 ga tr
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? (1) jaysweet at 1:56pm 05.21.22 Some days the universe kicks you in the teeth, but today wasn't that day! I swapped out the old fil
o'day daysailer boom sail sfbay at 1:51pm 05.21.22 If you cannot source a used or salvage one, suggest contacting Rig Rite for a Z Spar boom for your s
272le boom vang and backstay adjustor measurements sail sfbay at 1:49pm 05.21.22 If you have a diagram, suggest rigging these up with small diameter tag line, remove and measure.
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 1:48pm 05.21.22 Disclaimer, I do not have a 3d printer but my brother-in-law has told me about similar problems on
Anyone missing their rudder Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:40pm 05.21.22 Post it on Facebook...look for a "page" that seems to be about your local area. --Peggie
H240 keel housing bracket pin locations (1) twalker H260 at 1:38pm 05.21.22
Fresh/Black Water Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:36pm 05.21.22 All the hoses--water and waste--are in need of replacement, but it's entirely possible that your san
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Head Sail at 1:23pm 05.21.22 Any continuity tester will help determine which is which. You may need a long test wire.
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Sailor Sue at 12:57pm 05.21.22 Any 12 volt battery should work. Can you pull your car up close enough to the mast, or use jumper wi
Need a replacement Tiller Head for Ericson 25+ (3) Mextor at 12:52pm 05.21.22 The Inner Diameter is 2 3/8"
'73 Javelin Rotting Cuddy Floor RaleighRancher at 12:43pm 05.21.22 I replaced the cuddy floor on my '74 several years ago. Two triangles of plywood, meeting in the mid
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 12:40pm 05.21.22 Be aware, on some older Hunters, the factory laid some wires that transited the liner/cabin top wit
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 12:38pm 05.21.22 Take this opportunity to use those wires as a messenger and replace the black wires with whatever c
Topping Lift HC37 ggrizzard at 12:37pm 05.21.22 I found a thread with diagrams on this topic that the OP may find helpful' https://www.skippertips.c
Transferring from Blaine to Everett Terry Cox at 12:16pm 05.21.22 Terry, Sometimes I wonder if we are becoming "Cruising the Ditch" enablers. I sure enjoy the route
eenie, meenie, minie, moe ggrizzard at 12:08pm 05.21.22 Be aware, on some older Hunters, the factory laid some wires that transited the liner/cabin top with
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 12:07pm 05.21.22 Your boat was built in Britain? I think the hull came from US but the rest was commissioned here i
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA Stu Jackson at 11:57am 05.21.22 the number of miles we can reasonably expect to cover in 8 to 10 hours per day How fast does your
Fresh/Black Water Tally Ho at 11:54am 05.21.22

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