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Which Maxwell winches were used on Hunters? Mickey84H34 at 3:24am 01.08.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1435 Allen Hutton at Australia Yacht Winch Co. has offered to provide diagrams for any Maxwell winches th
rant - had to bail Justin_NSA at 3:14am 01.08.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/1769 A lot of this is just ranting, but if you have suggestions I'm all ears: I went out to the boat Sa
I bought Peggy Halls book PrincessoftheLake at 2:48am 01.08.08 Ask All Sailors 45/3429 and it just came yesterday. I sat down and read most of it last night. GREAT book. It is an excel
Liberty Cup DVD T J Furstenau at 12:49am 01.08.08 Big Boats 16/1698 My sincere apologies to those who I have made wait for the Racing Video for the Liberty Cup boats.
oday 22 - masts Ed3498 at 12:36am 01.08.08 Day Sailers 3/1721 I have an 1980 oday 22 with a 3/4 fractional rig that has some mast issues. a friend gave me a 1972-
Polishing My Hull Paul H at 11:17pm 01.07.08 Smaller Boats 15/1053 Ok, I'm finally going to polish the hull on my H26. The problem I have is how do you get around taki
Sail Ties Joe11688 at 11:05pm 01.07.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1109 Someone else posted this web site a while back and I checked it out and sent it to my friends. One
Adding Spinnaker halyard Hunter 240/260 kenkindy1 at 10:56pm 01.07.08 Smaller Boats 5/2199 Hi Gang,I'm hoping someone has been there and done that and can offer some help.I recently purch
mast storage and the Erie Canal kathy.frederick@yahoo.com at 11:11am 01.08.08 Destinations 3/2607 My husband and I are considering doing the great loop, but we wonder what sailors are doing about th
Bow thruster mpiffmx at 10:28am 01.08.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1775 I had a problem with the bow thruster getting stuck on and it caused a fire in the fore cabin, thank
Emergency food Ross at 10:28am 01.08.08 Ask All Sailors 49/2499 What do you carry for food should you not be able to return to port as you had planned? How long cou
towing mac 26s with chevy astro CobraEarl MAC26s at 9:06am 01.08.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/3388 any experience towing with an astro ???????????????earl
Bow Eye Backing Block Later97 at 8:40am 01.08.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2701 The bow eye backing block on my 1984 MacGregor 25 has crumbled. Anyone know a source for a replacem
Hunter recommended lines sizes jd at 8:23am 01.08.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2135 I am having new lines put on my boat (Legend 35.5). I figured the manufactured recommended diameters
wierd old winch Roger (Ninette, Manitoba) at 8:12am 01.08.08 Ask All Sailors 27/2455 I have seen this style before on older boats like mine. The handle fits in a slot in the top rim, ra
Dry sail the Choctawhatchee Bay Chuck Turner3968 at 8:06am 01.08.08 Catalina 22 2/1393 Dry sail the Choctawhatchee Bay I spend the winter in Santa Rosa Beach near Destin, FL. I bring my
Dry sail the Choctawhatchee Bay Chuck Turner3968 at 7:59am 01.08.08 Ask All Sailors 28/5907 I spend the winter in Santa Rosa Beach near Destin, FL. I bring my C22 sport with me and sail on th
PHII head in cat 30 emalsyd at 6:11am 01.08.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1434 will a PHII with a household size bowl fit in a '78 cat 30? also, can the holding tank vent and the
Other Kind of Stuffing Box, Maine Sail, J Cherubini, and others Stevep at 5:52am 01.08.08 Ask All Sailors 15/1570 Enclosed, i hope is a picture of my stuffing box. As far as I can determine, 1/4" is the correct si
Recommended books Brian D at 4:56am 01.08.08 Ask All Sailors 17/1459 If you were to have, say, 6 books on your boat dealing with boat maintenance or operations, what wou

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Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? Daveinet at 5:54am 10.17.21 Why tighten them up by the mast? Seems it would be easy enough to put a cleat at the end of the boom
Looking at a used 280 with a 2� port list Crusty Ol Salt at 5:51am 10.17.21 Update #2 Bought the boat. Everything is on the port side Spare anchor Spare tiller Spare lines - in
Replacing Cabin Sole RoyS at 5:50am 10.17.21 Yesterday I finished prying all the old plywood up. After that I invented a simple test for the pres
I think I just bought a 30. jssailem at 5:43am 10.17.21 Congrats on the new to you boat. You sound surprised. My bank would know if I bought a new boat. Cho
Trucking a Yacht Apex at 5:09am 10.17.21 trucking alone was $6k from CT to MI. Add another $1700 for having a yard do all the prep work for
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? Apex at 4:57am 10.17.21 I loosen about a foot (stack pack here) when raising. But pulling the lazy jacks forward down, secu
Its funny Friday! All U Get at 4:47am 10.17.21 Good news travels fast.
H34 Compression Post ScottFreeRick at 4:28am 10.17.21 Brian, I have downloaded your PDF from the site and have read it several times. I expect my repair
Late season storage options in Maine. PaulK at 9:01pm 10.16.21 If you wait long enough the boat you buy will be hauled out for the winter and the seller will have
Flooding issues with Tohatsu 8 HP 2-stroke Rich Stidger at 8:24pm 10.16.21 For sure E0 gas is the way to go. But you don't have to suffer the high cost of Trufuel if there is
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? AndyL at 8:06pm 10.16.21 FYI: I've combined a couple of the suggestions from earlier in the thread. I loosen each side by ap
Hunter 34 deck non skid needs painting (1) Ryan and ileana Bradley at 7:53pm 10.16.21
Flooding issues with Tohatsu 8 HP 2-stroke stickinthemud57 at 7:51pm 10.16.21 White "smoke" is likely water vapor. On a 2 stroke the smoke should be blue. One of the issues wit
Air conditioning condensation pump BigEasy at 7:41pm 10.16.21 Wow, I didn't realize that most (greater than 50%) of boaters with air conditioning had installed a
Air conditioning condensation pump Mechone at 7:33pm 10.16.21 I installed a fertilizer injector off amazon 6 years ago pan has been dry as a bone ever since
I think I just bought a 30. sail sfbay at 7:03pm 10.16.21 Low bimini could be to clear the boom or the previous owner was short.
Need 22 New Design Mast Data sail sfbay at 6:59pm 10.16.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! Do an internet search on "used sail
Flooding issues with Tohatsu 8 HP 2-stroke dlochner at 6:15pm 10.16.21 White "smoke" is likely water vapor. On a 2 stroke the smoke should be blue. One of the issues with
H34 Compression Post (1) SabreToothedEngineer at 6:07pm 10.16.21 For what it's worth, here is what I did on mine.
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter SEMPERAVANTI41 at 5:39pm 10.16.21 Hinckley Yacht Services sure sounds like a professional yard. Funny that they did not have the corre

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