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battery location bart5008 at 3:14am 05.19.08 Smaller Boats 6/1118 The battery location on a 240 is in the worst possible place. I am not sure of the mentality of whoe
Attn: Fred and RAD Phil Herring at 3:32am 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1013 Would you guys send me an email when you a moment? I'm trying to reach you and getting a bounce. p
NEW RADAR victory04 at 3:58am 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 3/944 THINKING OF INSTALLING NEW E80 RAYMARINE NAVIGATION DISPLAY WITH RADAR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FOLL
Hunter 260 Delrin shear pin installation Lindsay at 4:22am 05.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2166 Hello AllI've just bought a 2001 Hunter 260 and I would Like to install the 3/8" Delrin shear pin i
An interesting new website Nimbus at 5:20am 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 1/896 I have come upon an very interesting website that tracks all the boats in a regatta, in this particu
Big Bro/Sis Jim Kolstoe at 5:31am 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 1/882 My wife heard from a coworker that Triton Yacht Club was doing its annual Big Brother/Big Sister sai
Missing Bolt on Rudder What's it for ? (1) Lindsay at 5:32am 05.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/928 Dear SirsI'm missing a bolt on my rudder and I wonder if someone could tell If I need it and what
Mr. Ernie and the Sprng Fever Regata Lamar Sumerlin at 6:10am 05.19.08 Smaller Boats 0/813 There is a good article in the June, 2008 issue of Sailing magazine covering the Spring Fever Regata
Engine Key Won't Turn Cate at 5:54am 05.19.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1161 I am trying to get my engine (Univeral M-18) ready for launching. Why won't the key turn in the ign
Replacement rudder Frizzy79 at 6:41am 05.19.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2264 I am desperate to find a replacement rudder for my Mac 25. This weekend as we were launching the boa
Cockpit grill? JerryP at 8:10am 05.19.08 Mid-Size Boats 4/993 Does anyone have a cockpit grill on their VIsion '32 THanksJerry
S27 PHRF Nathan Needel at 7:04am 05.19.08 Seidelmann 2/1990 Does anyone know the PHRF rating for a S37?
leaking ? second chance at 7:08am 05.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/795 Ok folks been through the forum ' just want to make sure anybody doesnt have anything eles to add !
Removing wax from hatches Bob V at 7:53am 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1085 Well, the Admiral thought that I needed some help with waxing whether I knew it or not. I always tr
Vinyl stripe Tom at 4:55am 05.19.08 Mid-Size Boats 4/953 Hello everyone,I will be removing the worn vinyl stripe on my hull this year. Trying to come up w
WD40 stains Sirocco at 11:06am 05.19.08 Bavaria 4/2437 Hi, does anyone know how to remove WD40 stains from the teak deck in the cockpit? We accidentally ha
Gulf Coast Boats sailaway78 at 10:05am 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1229 All you gulf coast guys who are going to be out Memorial Day and the following week or ten days, how
New Balboa(s) Owner Dan at 9:56am 05.19.08 Balboa 1/2576 Bought a 1975boa 20 ut a month ago. This particular model has the keelnk hidden in the galley. it ha
cockpit scupper Mike4116 at 11:27am 05.19.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/843 The scuppers in my OD 28 are the type of scupper that stand proud of the scupper trough. When water
Replacing fuel tank Dave at 11:16am 05.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1298 When we had our 1990 Hunter 35.5 surveyed, the aft bulk head was found rotted. In order to fix it we

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H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? sail sfbay at 2:18pm 05.04.21 I am in agreement with the other posts to retain the horn cleat and not install a cam cleat for the
H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? kappykaplan at 2:10pm 05.04.21 Hand-over-hand with sailing gloves should help.
Window Caulking Pat cool skip at 2:07pm 05.04.21 Hunter used Dow Corning 795 for caulking during manufacture. You may be able to fudge the job and
Buying Used Sails - Size Measurement Tolerance ggrizzard at 2:00pm 05.04.21 I have a brand new jib available. Can you post your sail dimensions? If suitable, I will contact yo
H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? flightlead404 at 1:59pm 05.04.21 Its the "in a blow" that I'm struggling with. In a blow, the wind wants to take the jib out, and th
New and Interesting marine related TV show on the Weather Channel shemandr at 1:58pm 05.04.21
Newbie questions. CapitalistSailor at 1:56pm 05.04.21 Xstream, I concur with Doug that the water line to the top of the shaft seal is probably for lubrica
New condo development? shemandr at 1:55pm 05.04.21 Those developers are hard to stop. Industrious and quick. I had one get half a nest built in my to
Check your Standing Rigging Folks kappykaplan at 1:50pm 05.04.21 Be safe out there folks. :plus:
Boarding Ladder Failure rgranger at 1:28pm 05.04.21 :beer:
H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? stuartsw at 1:16pm 05.04.21
Universal M25-XP Broken Engine Mount L Bracket (2) Ward H at 1:06pm 05.04.21 For those who may be interested, The yard owner found 3 brackets on the shelf at the factory so I ha
Vented Loop for raw water exhaust. (1) kloudie1 at 1:04pm 05.04.21 Here is what it looks like on the H-34 .. same engine configuration.. Vented loop is between the hea
Hunter 34 Thru-hull sizing kloudie1 at 12:56pm 05.04.21 The galley sink thru hull is 2" on my boat, same as the holding tank overboard pump fitting.. Since
Boarding Ladder Failure (1) Ward H at 12:54pm 05.04.21 Update: Last week I found a fab shop specializing in SS restaurant equipment. They believe it bent d
H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? Rick486 at 12:51pm 05.04.21 You never want to find yourself holding a line in your hand with high load in windy situation, as co
H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? Roland5048 at 12:42pm 05.04.21 Sometimes when it is really blowing and I don't want to let all the headsail out, I will take a tur
H38 - Furling line - Replace cleat with cam cleat? kappykaplan at 12:41pm 05.04.21 How do you furl your jib?
Tackle for secondary anchor Stu Jackson at 12:39pm 05.04.21 I'm deliberately not answering your secondary anchor question. I do, however, question your primary
Vented Loop for raw water exhaust. (2) Scott T-Bird at 12:36pm 05.04.21 No, no, no, and NOOOOOOOOOO :doh: ! The lack of a vent in your raw water discharge hose (as defin

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