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Fresh Water Rigging Replacement higgs at 12:47pm 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1782 It seems our brothers in salt water do replace their rigging periodically. The other post attracted
P42 headsail roller furling replacement John3127 at 1:19pm 10.23.07 Big Boats 11/1646 My 1991 Hood furler is at it's end of life and I'm considering replacement options. There appear to
Thin Gelcoat Manny at 1:53pm 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 12/3012 I have a few spots on the boat that the gelcoat is thin enough to see a noticeable dark area underne
Mooring setup chiefjgreene at 12:02am 10.24.07 Smaller Boats 22/4229 My second question is that I'm renting a mooring for next season and have never tied to a mooring be
Cockpit Drain Hose chiefjgreene at 11:56pm 10.23.07 Smaller Boats 3/880 Does anyone have a replacement hose recommendation? I have the white corrigated hose there now and i
Cockpit Table Leaves waldo Emerson at 12:23am 10.24.07 Big Boats 2/820 Looking to find source of rubber/plastic clips/inserts that hold the cockpit table leaves from stri
Dirty Birds Poop Deck Dan at 12:43am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1988 Any Ideas? Terns or Sea Gulls have soiled my boat with a staggering ammount of guano. I took the b
How Do You Access The H34 Starboard Lazarette? Joe Mullee at 1:52am 10.24.07 Big Boats 2/1220 I'm trying to gain better/easier access to the starboard lazarette. I know I'm not alone having to b
Getting a Jump on Spring Maintenance Journey6534 at 2:07am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1946 Boat's out and in the yard, everything has been taken off and stored. I'm going to paint the keel i
Phil, why is it that every post dealing with heads CharlieCobra at 2:53am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1180 throws an error?
mast handling on the23'new owner old sailor davis22773 at 3:01am 10.24.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1524 new owner,old sailor needs input on mast raising,lowering. The pics in the owners manual show a guy
steering maintenance John R. at 3:00am 10.24.07 Big Boats 3/1629 We purchased our 1998 C36 MKII several months ago. At that time, the surveyor wrote about the steeri
HIN doesn't match documentation SailTIP at 4:02am 10.24.07 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1013 I am close to purchasing a H37C (subject to survey) which the owner and the documentation states is
repower Chuck Creel at 4:07am 10.24.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1190 I have an option on getting a yanmar 2GM20 to replace my YSM-12 and wondering if anyone has done thi
Barnacles David Gourley at 4:21am 10.24.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1047 I keep my boat moored in the Danvers river where the water is a mixture of salt and fresh water. Eve
Halyard winch pawls jilm4 at 5:07am 10.24.07 Catalina 30 2/1177 I had some friends pull apart my halyard winch during a sail the other day and I was wondering if an
CA Yearly boat tax question... Levin at 5:33am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 28/11149 Hello everyone... Ok I have a quick question in regards to the yearly CA tax on boats and other v
Tillerlock or Till Tamer? Don Beavin at 5:34am 10.24.07 Smaller Boats 5/1264 Which would I rather have? They both look like excellent products. I am primarily sailing on a fairl
She is coming along (1) BradG at 5:49am 10.24.07 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1098 Well after almost 6 months of hard work the Second Chance (her new name) is coming along. She broke
Hull maintainence and finish bffatcat at 7:14am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 4/917 I have a 1975 boat. At one time Im sure the boat was a cream color but now throughyears of fading

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How does the Hunter 240 sail? Sailavie1 at 7:29am 08.02.21 Not a bad idea. I will check the specs on that. 2' draft might be doable. Cool looking bowsprit. I
Mainsheet traveler system sailingsoon at 7:21am 08.02.21 End boom gives the traveler more leverage than mid boom. Check out this guy THE $TINGHY SAILOR
Yanmar 2gm20f stem seals sesmith at 7:13am 08.02.21 That might work if you brought each piston to tdc so long as the engine didn't rotate while working
H310 outhaul rigging wdonovan at 7:10am 08.02.21 New post complete.
Replacing internal outhaul (2) wdonovan at 7:09am 08.02.21 Brand new blocks, brand new rigging, brand new ropes. This boat is now a real pleasure to sail. Some
Replacing internal outhaul (3) wdonovan at 7:07am 08.02.21 Put the cap back in position, tensioning messengers as you go. Pop rivet it back together.
Replacing internal outhaul (2) wdonovan at 7:05am 08.02.21 A "fish hook" helped to route lines around an almost blind section of the end cap. Piece of cake wit
Parting out O'Day 25 dlochner at 7:00am 08.02.21 start listing on eBay. Used winches are in demand. There is also a market for alcohol stoves. Anyth
Replacing internal outhaul (4) wdonovan at 6:59am 08.02.21 The assembly now gets fed into the boom. I bound the rope tight to the block to help keep it in plac
Life line specs and material jssailem at 6:58am 08.02.21 Good info above from @Crazy Dave Condon, @Joe, and @sail sfbay on the issue of lifeline replacemen.
Replacing internal outhaul (2) wdonovan at 6:51am 08.02.21 At this point, I decided to relocate the pad-eye that secures the fixed block. This to reduce chafin
1996 Barnett 1400 Project_Mayhem at 6:51am 08.02.21 My condolences to you and your family. I saw one in excellent shape for $1500 with trailer just last
Sailing tours/resources for La Spezia, Italy PaulK at 6:49am 08.02.21 These guys seem to offer what you're looking for - day tours on sailboats with a skipper: Tour Giorn
Replacing internal outhaul (2) wdonovan at 6:47am 08.02.21 Here's my inboard end cap showing 4 cam cleats. I use one only for topping lift. The rest just dangl
Replacing internal outhaul (2) wdonovan at 6:44am 08.02.21 Here is the old yucky ropes and cheapo blocks. Note how the block was not used here. I suspect a rep
Replacing internal outhaul (3) wdonovan at 6:42am 08.02.21 Showing cap separated and lines / messengers tagged. In the thrid shot "4T" means block 4 in the boo
Replacing internal outhaul (3) wdonovan at 6:39am 08.02.21 Using a punch that fits in the hole in the pop rivet, knock the rivet pin out. Then drill the rivet
Replacing internal outhaul (3) wdonovan at 6:35am 08.02.21 A couple of saw horses make a perfect workbench. Lay out the boom and study the existing rigging. De
Contact with Crazy Dave jssailem at 6:30am 08.02.21 Sounds like a Crazy event Dave.
Replacing internal outhaul (1) wdonovan at 6:27am 08.02.21 Started by buying Carbo low friction blocks and bench assembled them like this. Rigged with Novabrai

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