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How to bleed the fuel system (3) Pat McCartin at 4:03pm 01.21.10 The Cherubini Hunters 13/7600 This tutorial should help most owners bleed the fuel system of air with little trouble. Yanmar YS,
Best Angle of Heel for a Ranger 30 SimonP1 at 3:59pm 01.21.10 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 6/3783 I have a Ranger 30 ' she sails beautifully, often beating much newer, larger boats. I normally chang
Water Tank 9.2 Inline Don at 2:14pm 01.21.10 S2 56/452 My "84" 9.2c has a leaking fresh water tank. Located under the the forward V berth. It is made from
A Good Question Don Guillette at 12:54pm 01.21.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/5498 I get most of the material posted on this forum from questions I receive from beginners to intermedi
Going Home sailaway78 at 12:37pm 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1612 Finally going to get back to Sliidell and the boat. As some of you know, I came to Dallas in mid No
Leaky windows (1) timebandit at 12:24pm 01.21.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2599 I guess so of you have heard that it is raining in Southern California.:cry: It's true. Now I ha
Squishy sound under flooring of cabin pbroussard at 12:12pm 01.21.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1211 I have a 1982 27' catalina. I hear a squishy sound beneath the flooring of the cabin just outside t
Grease the Shaft??? MoonSailer at 10:59am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 14/3043 I removed my prop for cleaning and painting with cold galvinization paint. Now it is time to relaun
S.O.W. vs S.O.G. butchrobbins at 10:31am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 23/20480 Is there really a difference and if so is it really significant?
37c stay-sail boom ? Morrie at 9:55am 01.21.10 The Cherubini Hunters 15/4119 If anyone has access to your H37c fairly easily, could you give me a measurement for the stay-sail b
Holding Tank Sludge (Detergent) Guest at 8:35am 01.21.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/3431 Hi Peggie, I know you have answered this question before, however my question is when using the d
Hull Scratches-MarineTex 26macsailer at 8:14am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 20/12253 West Marine recommended that I use Marine-Tex Epoxy Putty to fill scratches in the hull. After read
Cockpit Shower maria lee at 8:09am 01.21.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1675 Thinking about installing a cockpit shower on my Hunter 28. Any ideas? Thanks, Randy Johnson s/v
Keel Bolts and Surveys Clark at 7:51am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 24/9300 I anticipate having a pre-purchase survey done on a Capri22. Is it appropriate to require that the
SS stanchion base for 38-200 windig3 at 6:45am 01.21.10 Ericson 0/1971 Can someone provide me with the manufacturer of the Stainless Steel Stanchion base that is used on t
Looking for opinions on Hillerange maxxx at 6:29am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 9/5749 My Oday 28 came with a 2 burner Hillerange stove with oven. The previous owner had removed it and fa
Wanna trade? Bonzai at 6:24am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1629 The time has come for me to make an early foray into my dream of seperating from the madness of my c
Furling the in mast - how to? Philip_Oceanis 361 at 5:26am 01.21.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2467 Hello people, this is not another post for comparing in mast with classic, neither a post to describ
Portugal / Canaries Sam Salter at 9:36pm 01.20.10 Destinations 4/3402 Anyone sailed west coast of Portugal or the Canaries. I fancy something a bit different. I've done t
Another carpet removal question -old glue (3) Manny at 7:52pm 01.20.10 Ask All Sailors 17/3740 For anyone that removed interior carpet/cloth and painted: How did you remove the glue? :confused: T

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New S2 ( to me :) Scot Yount at 3:56pm 03.27.22 I have been looking for some time for a 30 to 35 foot for some time now and finally settled on an
Standing rigging swaging .125 wire Tom J at 3:44pm 03.27.22 They look like good swages, and, being doubled, should have enough mechanical strength for a 21' boa
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? dlochner at 3:41pm 03.27.22 I see that the runtime spec for this charger at 25% load (175w) is 3 hours with a 1lb tank of propa
Problem Raising the Genoa on a Furlex 200S senang at 3:22pm 03.27.22 JohnT is right, I have had the same problem on hoisting the genoa. To get a grip on the sail I used
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Hello Below at 3:15pm 03.27.22 I have no interest in the air conditioner. I just want to top off batteries if the solar panels
Hunter 306 salt water in the bilge but only when sailing senang at 3:09pm 03.27.22 Put the bilge pump slightly above the bilge and cover it in kitchen wipe paper. After a sail you wil
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 2:27pm 03.27.22 Good intentions, not a feasible solution. If there is water in the keel it will be at the bottom. I
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 2:25pm 03.27.22
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 2:22pm 03.27.22 What does the garboard (turn of the hull to keel) look like on the outside of the hull? Look like
A lost art: Conserving ice. dLj at 2:12pm 03.27.22 You can just cut out the excess foam. It's a pain, but not an impossible task. That's if you want to
Greatest knot tying in the world Roadking Larry at 1:53pm 03.27.22 I have seen a couple of boats in my marina that were tied too tight and had a cleat rip out when th
New sails kendyoozed at 1:11pm 03.27.22 I have three Rolly Tasker sails, and I feel they are of reasonable quality for the cost. I can see
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Davidasailor26 at 1:11pm 03.27.22
Datamarine Instruments Scott T-Bird at 1:06pm 03.27.22 I had the DM Corinthian instruments on my Starwind and they worked beautifully after I was able to b
New sails stickinthemud57 at 12:57pm 03.27.22 I have three Rolly Tasker sails, and I feel they are of reasonable quality for the cost. I can see m
A lost art: Conserving ice. (2) TomY at 12:55pm 03.27.22 I finally got back to this project. Lots of good advice. I forced 2 1" polyiso sheets between the
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? kloudie1 at 11:35am 03.27.22 Looks like an interesting little generator. Since it is propane powered, it can sit without fear of
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? dlochner at 11:35am 03.27.22 The best solution is to prevent run down batteries. The money spent on a genes for only occasional u
Datamarine Instruments mikeracca at 11:20am 03.27.22 I had a superb experience with DMI although it was quite some time ago. Mike, dig deeper, don't ju
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold DArcy at 11:18am 03.27.22 How do you check the torque on your keel bolts with all that coating on them? It doesn't look like

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