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No Telltales ? Joe1924 at 2:01pm 04.16.10 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/2007 Next week we are going on our first sail on our new 309. All the glowing magazine reviews that I've
Identify this Number (1) betzhunter at 1:59pm 04.16.10 Big Boats 3/1449 Can anyone identify this number for me. I have a 1984 34' and it is located inside on the starboard
Dropboard Makers Delphis at 12:31pm 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3298 Hi, After years of repairing our old dropboards with epoxy, I decided its time to by new ones. I'm
Datamarine Depth Sounder S200DL Sailing Morning at 10:51am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6793 I am having a problem reading the depth numbers on the face of my S200DL. I've checked the settings
New Impeller tgrass462 at 10:03am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 2/1314 I tested my OB last week (a 8 hp Tohatsu) it started fine - but no water flowed (I had ear muffs on
Water System tgrass462 at 9:58am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 1/1100 Last week I removed the antifreeze fluid in my water system on my H260. I got rid of the pink antif
calling all Boston, MA sailors Dave D at 9:12am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1812 hello all. I have been a long-time visitor, frequent reader and sparse contributor here for the last
Replacement tang for 7.3 shroud sloopcitysailing at 9:07am 04.16.10 S2 1/1467 Hello all! I am looking for a replacement tang for my S2 7.3 lower shroud. I can't seem to find one
Epifanes vs Cetol??? Blue Nose at 8:48am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 8/8306 I have used Cetol on my boats in the past but the boat I recently purchased has been using Epifanes.
Barient Winches: Great Instruction/Diagram Location rardiH36 at 8:45am 04.16.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/25935 For those of us with Cherubini's that still have original and probably still working just fine Barie
Mast bend-luff curve Quoddy at 7:31am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 6/5368
CNG and refill sources. oldjags at 7:31am 04.16.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/4201 I've got the original Saf-Gas CNG setup on both my Catalina 27 and my Hunter Legend, and both CNG ta
Tuning question H26 WB Sanford H. at 7:20am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 1/1187 Ok... Time to tune the boat... I'll be doing it on the trailer. The fore stay is covered by a CDI Ro
sail size Craig at 7:19am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1921 I recently purchased a 36' lancer with a 155 genoa, the sail shop says it has sun damage and must be
Satmford, Ct. local knowledge needed Tim R. at 5:29am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2608 Stamford, Ct. local knowledge needed I am helping to deliver a boat south in May and need to hop a
Ez steer DJN51 at 4:57am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 1/1729 Mr. White,I have tiller tamer,EZ steer function is totally different.It moves the outboard in unison
trouble down below? thereisabelle at 3:32am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 14/2444 After a fine day sailing and motoring on pickwick lake, we headed for the marina. I noticed the tach
Florida Keys CIGANIN at 3:31am 04.16.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1641 Has anyone trailered to the Keys? Our thoughts were to put in at Marathon, sail down to Key West on
Spare centerboard DeSaix at 10:00pm 04.15.10 Day Sailers 0/1268 Hi, I am looiking to buy a centerboard for a Hunter 90. Our wood centerboard split in half! Anyone
26S Head Storage Cabinet (4) Doug J at 9:20pm 04.15.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2616 I'm doing some interior mods to my boat, and I'd like to show you the storage cabinet I made inside

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Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205242
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 6:24pm 05.11.22
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:23pm 05.11.22 It sounds like the conclusion of PS was exactly in alignment with my preliminary hypothesis. "Conclu
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 05.11.22 Did you read the P-S article I linked to? That should answer your question. Perfect. I had not se
Sailing the Heel Two Sails at 6:19pm 05.11.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvasse
Low friction rings dlochner at 6:13pm 05.11.22 My question was "Is there any difference between the brands of rings or do I just shop for the chea
Hunter 376 inverter charger cagreen75 at 6:06pm 05.11.22 I would suggest that you venture over to this site: Electrical Archives - Marine How To There is a v
Frustrating latches on C315 Skipper John at 6:02pm 05.11.22
Has anyone purchased from Boatersland.com? Tally Ho at 5:59pm 05.11.22 I'm considering updating my outdated, unsupported and (partially) broken X5 Raymarine autopilot set
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 5:55pm 05.11.22 As I have noted before, the drawing is of my current system which uses single blocks. IT DOES NOT S
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 5:43pm 05.11.22 How much time should I expect to spend bottom painting my boat? 28 foot Oday never done it before on
Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 Tally Ho at 5:42pm 05.11.22 Hey Sailors! Has anyone found an easy drop in replacement for the Ritchie Powerdamp compass on the
Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 BOSSailor at 5:11pm 05.11.22 You can have Ritchie refurbish the compass for far cheaper than a new one. I sent mine off to them l
Winch maintenance - how often do you? All U Get at 4:45pm 05.11.22 Just did mine, all thirteen. Mostly sticky grease with little wear.
Installing a Rule-A-Matic Series 40A Float Switch JoeWhite at 3:34pm 05.11.22 As above, you can use dremal tool to cut the head of the screw off, then remove the float switch the
Outboard engines on 17 foot daysailer Nomad MarkGreen8020 at 3:20pm 05.11.22 Hi Benny. Thank you for the reply. When you say how the boat can handle the weight do you mean even
Installing a Rule-A-Matic Series 40A Float Switch sail sfbay at 3:05pm 05.11.22 One strategy is to chip/break the plastic away from the screws, remove the float switch, carefully r
Sailing the Heel Tally Ho at 3:01pm 05.11.22
PHRF racing on an Oday 302? compared with others. shemandr at 2:53pm 05.11.22 PHRF and what boats can sail to their rating and which can't is bar room fodder that keeps the brewe
Happy 13th birthday to my LiFePo4 Batery Bank (5/10/2009) (1) Maine Sail at 2:39pm 05.11.22 I still don't fully grasp the charging characteristics of LFP. I assume that you designed this cha

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