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Mast wiring Phil V25 at 3:09am 07.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/3417 I am rewiring the mast. I have an anchor light at the top, a steaming light 1/3 the way down and a
Mirage 24 jib leads captcraig1 at 3:03am 07.03.09 Other Sailboats 1/1877 Can anyone suggest how best to rig the jib sheet leads on a Mirage 24? I have never sailed a boat wi
HAPPY 4th JULY FROM NEW ZEALAND Mike Holibar at 2:53am 07.03.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1324 Hi All, Please accept my best wishes for 4th July and my thanks for the wealth of knowledge you have
touching up the finish MrMikey64 at 11:09pm 07.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1325 I'm working on repairs of the rudder and tiller for my Mac25. I had to sand down the surfaces, as I
Happy Independence Day windward54 at 9:25pm 07.02.09 SSB and Ham Operators 1/4315 Hi everyone! Summer is in full swing and we are all in the middle of boating season. Hopefully, ev
Slippery winches Cpt. Jon at 8:09pm 07.02.09 Ask All Sailors 9/7258 Hi all, I just rebuilt our winches last week and today while sailing I noticed with two wraps aro
Sailing gloves Pocahontas at 7:39pm 07.02.09 Ask All Sailors 21/4905 Hi, I've been reading this Forum for a while but until now I haven't contributed at all:redface: I'm
Tiller Pilot sucess? Starfish at 7:30pm 07.02.09 Seidelmann 0/1839 Was considering a Raymarine X-5 tiller pilot with a remote head to safely control my S299 under sail
The trouble with outboards RAD at 7:08pm 07.02.09 Ask All Sailors 19/3808 Help! I tried to use the 4 hp Evinrude with the dink early in the season B-4 the stinking rain and t
New Owner - head problems jerryf609 at 5:25pm 07.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/3350 Hi Peggie, I have ordered your book but I know it will take several days to get it. I am the new
Mirage 24 jib sheet captcraig1 at 5:16pm 07.02.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2416 Does anyone know how to set up the jib sheets on a 1977 Mirage 24? I noticed there are no tracks so
Barnacles on your bottom All U Get at 4:50pm 07.02.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1502 Hi Gang, Didn't know if anyone saw this study, I thought it might be of interest. http://www.techn
Daysailer 3 Lifting Bridle pxcataol at 4:36pm 07.02.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/2251 In looking at my post I am sure few if any people understood what I waa asking for. Here is a be
Elevatig Hunter 25 Cam Cleats Barry14722 at 3:10pm 07.02.09 Smaller Boats 2/1304 Elevating Hunter 25 Cam Cleats I want to elevate my cam cleats since they are too low for the jib s
need new windows sailer at 2:25pm 07.02.09 Sirius 21/22 1/3304 I am looking to replace a broken window on a sirius 22 sail boat. Any ideas? can i order new parts f
Keith's Teak Shoaldrafter at 2:19pm 07.02.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1312 Keith, While other types of wood should have a UV resistant finish on boats, Teak is different. It
How to fill my CNG tank in my '89 C-30 daave at 1:30pm 07.02.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/6656 Have 1989 Catalina 30 recently inherited with CNG tank for the stove/oven. Pls help with details on
best sealant for water tank Bob 04 H260 at 1:03pm 07.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/6670 I have a Hunter 260 with a plastic bow tank. I would like to add a clear port to the top of the tank
H260 leaking companionway hatch Bob 04 H260 at 12:57pm 07.02.09 Smaller Boats 19/7384 With all the rain the past few days I have had quite a bit of water coming in the hatch. I was just
Doyle Power Sail JohnEh at 12:25pm 07.02.09 Big Boats 4/1492 We have a Hunter 36. We recently acquired a Doyle Power Sail. The sail rolls up and is attached in

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Hard Bimini for the H37C (3) chichiflys at 4:40am 04.07.22 My father constructed a hard top many years ago on our '82 H36. It's still installed on the boat, b
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. jon hansen at 4:18am 04.07.22 sweet
Hard Bimini for the H37C Slipin Away at 3:04am 04.07.22 I have done that on my Hunter 45cc using the arch as a rear support. I made a lip around top so it
1992 Hunter 30T Winches AlexB at 12:04am 04.07.22 Good afternoon, I have the above boat and a plastic ring between the 2 rubber rings at the top of
New Catalina 30 Owner (6) mikeracca at 9:17pm 04.06.22 So I dropped a fat stack (as my kids would say) on the boat today. I bought new electric panels. An
Waste Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:06pm 04.06.22 Replace it! Urine is so corrosive that it can eat through any metal tank, even 316 SS. The first l
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 9:04pm 04.06.22 204148
can't pump out waste tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:47pm 04.06.22 IIRC, it's 9 miles off the Gulf side in the Keys, 6 miles the rest of the west coast side. However,
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. (10) mermike at 8:21pm 04.06.22 Portable bandsaw to the rescue: 3 different sizes. I drilled and tapped. Pretty soon I had a nice co
Rub rail and deck hull joint. kendyoozed at 8:00pm 04.06.22 I am still trying to plan how to attack this job. I may have found a source for the original insert
Hunter 34 Yanmar 3gmf Tom J at 7:59pm 04.06.22 Any heat exchanger should be cleaned periodically. You can take it to a radiator shop for cleaning,
charlieann CharlieAnn at 7:58pm 04.06.22 Thanks for you guys replys, I'll check em out...
can't pump out waste tank Tom J at 7:50pm 04.06.22 You DO know that not only is New England a "hotbed" of NDZs, it's also illegal to dump a tank anywh
Waste Halvern at 7:42pm 04.06.22 Got the v birth opened and I have an aluminum holding tank without any type of cleanout access port.
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 7:35pm 04.06.22 A couple for Phil Herring How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None. That's a
S2 11A - Locked throttle and gear shift Halvern at 7:22pm 04.06.22 I got the throttle shaft tweaked in line and after having buffed the ring and repainted it. Both lev
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 7:10pm 04.06.22 I have isolated the source. Water is coming in from a weep hole from a breach somewhere in the encap
autopilot install on an H280 jssailem at 6:51pm 04.06.22
can't pump out waste tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:36pm 04.06.22 You DO know that not only is New England a "hotbed" of NDZs, it's also illegal to dump a tank anywhe
New to forum. New to Hunter 466 rcwiand at 6:09pm 04.06.22 We just closed one month ago on our Hunter 466 which is still on the hard. She will go into the fi

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