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Question about Jib and Genoa winches sandycohen at 9:17am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3619 Hi - I recently purchased a 23' marconi rigged sloop. The boat has tracks and leads for a jib
Wire Gauge? Snotter at 8:47am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1609 I want to add a 1-2-B switch between a dedicated engine bank and the 2-bank house batteries. There
Bad jib sheet clutches on Hunter 350 gddill at 8:37am 11.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1586 I have a 1997 Hunter 340. The Spinlock manual clutches that hold the jib sheets are a poor design.
DS Centerboard removal SmoothSailVT at 7:34am 11.24.09 Day Sailers 6/10585 I inherited an O-Day Day Sailor (DS) that needs to have the centerboard assembly removed so that I
Univ. 12-2 Engine Removal from 1988 P27 JetStream at 7:32am 11.24.09 Pearson 1/1638 I'm about to remove the Universal 12-2 diesel from my '88 Pearson 27 because the boat has never been
H23 Outboard Question Pete from Long Island at 5:38am 11.24.09 Smaller Boats 10/2243 Hello Hunter Owners. I'm new to this forum and glad I found you all. Having owned a Hunter 22 swin
Jib sheet Quoddy at 4:29am 11.24.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/4110
Ocean Acidification Roger Long at 4:23am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1634 Today's (Nov 24) Portland Press Herald has a front page story about the issue I did water sampling f
Rich B asked, " Is this ... Shoaldrafter at 4:19am 11.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1183 Rich B asked, "Is this the same stuff they use for decking?" I cannot answer your question in all
12 volt battery overcharged to 24 volts ryanmohr at 3:31am 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 36/17011 I bought a new battery and on-board charger yesterday from West Marine. The charger is the ProSport
Catalina 30 Running Rigging 101 sean0965 at 1:52am 11.24.09 Catalina 30 1/6299 Hello All, I've just moved up from a Paceship P23 to a Catalina 30. Can anyone recommend a refer
Battery-thermal runaway Jerry Loomis 1 at 8:23pm 11.23.09 Pearson 0/1231 I believe I have just had a thermal run away in my generator battery. It got hot and smelled like su
PNW enclsures 1Goldie at 7:47pm 11.23.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1431 We are new to PNW. Already been laughed at about 'winterizing' but do have a question about enclosur
Advice Please Propnut30 at 7:11pm 11.23.09 Columbia 1/2066 I have a chance to buy a 1977 Columbia 8.2 but I have a few concerns. First I should say that I have
VHF DSC & GPS Interface (2) csdurand at 6:39pm 11.23.09 Big Boats 6/4746 I have searched the archives and found lots of good information on VHF DSC / GPS interface but I sti
Keel cable broke Jeffandme at 4:00pm 11.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1635 My wife and I thought we'd go out for one last sail this year before bad weather. After leaving the
Remove skeg? Missinglink at 3:43pm 11.23.09 Mid-Size Boats 12/3970 I am replacing my prop shaft, cutlass bearing and stuffing box on my 1984 Hunter 31. My problem is t
A4 engine removal jerrypaulson@mac.com at 1:45pm 11.23.09 Pearson 2/1674 My 1975 Peason 30 Which I just purchased, has been on the hard for more than three years. I am worki
Happy Thankgiving Oday20 at 1:13pm 11.23.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1242 I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And I would like to thank every one for their in
does anyone know how close i can get my boat to Kinston, NC? luvitt at 1:10pm 11.23.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2498 im thinking about taking a temp contract job building airplanes in Kinston, NC. it will quadruple m

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Hunter 280 steering wheel mainsheet jssailem at 6:24pm 04.30.22 Your charts is saying 55 ft long. I would just remove the line and measure it, then get replacement
Desperate leakinhg Crusty Ol Salt at 6:17pm 04.30.22 Also.... Who in the world knows what has happened in the last 15 years since the work was completed
Desperate leakinhg Crusty Ol Salt at 6:11pm 04.30.22 I think he is saying the tension was measured before the work was started and the tension was set to
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters Ralph Johnstone at 6:09pm 04.30.22 May I ask what problems loom in your mind? My philosophy has always been to try to stop the leak
Need Advice for Reprop of '08 h36 jssailem at 6:09pm 04.30.22 The prop fits the space I have from the shaft to the hull. The additional thrust verse prop walk has
Smoothing boat bottom and painting Art12050 at 6:06pm 04.30.22
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. jssailem at 6:05pm 04.30.22 I have not seen the bubbles, I have read about diesel foaming when under pressure. This is to be avo
Need Advice for Reprop of '08 h36 Dan_Y at 6:02pm 04.30.22 Wow, the Oceanis came with a 17x12 on the 3YM30, and more amazing is the CS on Hadley is 20x13. I m
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters (2) Ralph Johnstone at 5:52pm 04.30.22 204997 This shot of your anchor locker shows it to be quite different from mine. 204998 And this
Dealing with wind shear Joe at 5:32pm 04.30.22 Adjust the tell tales using the jib cars, don't look at the wind indicator since it only describes t
Funny Friday!!! RussC at 5:27pm 04.30.22
Two-battery LiFePo4 system? Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 04.30.22 By the way, on Xantrex documentation - I know I changed the ACCEPT voltage on my system to 14.8V, p
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button Davidasailor26 at 4:58pm 04.30.22 Sounds cool, rate of 0.3 liters per hour, and requires only 20 watts of power per liter. I think t
How much does your slip cost per foot and what is included NYSail at 4:56pm 04.30.22 Yours are as well. I almost anchored in your bay last year. dj If you ever come by, let me know a
Halyard direction through the sheaves Joe at 4:56pm 04.30.22 Well I managed to find the answer, and yes it does seem to matter that you put it in back to front
OK, SO WHATS THE REAL ANSWER Davidasailor26 at 4:41pm 04.30.22 I've read this in connection with the forward facing direction of an external raw water strainer to
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. Screen Saver at 4:29pm 04.30.22 Yesterday I measured the how many L/hr were being returned to the tank as in when the engine is work
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 4:09pm 04.30.22 I wonder if those bananas are gluten free?
Two-battery LiFePo4 system? Stu Jackson at 3:58pm 04.30.22 So maybe it's not so much a Freedom 20 thing as a Xantrex regulator and Link 2000-R thing. Yes, th
OK, SO WHATS THE REAL ANSWER danm1 at 3:46pm 04.30.22 My understanding is what you don't want, among other things, is for the prop to turn the engine w

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