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Bad Day gpd955 at 10:38am 05.23.07 Ask All Sailors 2/980 Well, what was suppoesd to be a great day turned out terrible! Beautiful weather, sunny, 10-15kt wi
COMPUTER/GPS SOFTWARE Capt'n Bob at 7:54am 05.23.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/843 I am taking steps to hook up my Garmin 192C GPS chart plotter to the onboard laptop computer.Have t
Zincs Chief at 7:53am 05.23.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1165 Usualy my yard provides the shaft zincs, however last year as the boat was about to splash I noticed
KY daysailors get together on Barren This weekend! TimHayes at 7:27am 05.23.07 Day Sailers 0/915 I just wanted to drop a line here to remind the daysailors of the Kentucky and surrounding areas tha
halyard to mainsail sailmate47@juno.com at 7:26am 05.23.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/971 When raisinng our mast we let the halyard to the mainsail slip out of the mast. Any suggestions on h
Raritan Round 6 Gallon Hot Water Heater Install Greg W at 12:20pm 05.23.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2256 I just received a new Raritan Hot Water Heater today via UPS. It has both the heat exchanger and el
41 refrigeration Graysailor at 11:56am 05.23.07 Big Boats 6/1042 Any thoughts on the refrigeration on the 41. They are using Nova Cool units. Not sure that they will
Painting the keel SHADS at 11:44am 05.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/902 I am in the process of putting the anti-fouling paint on the hull. Should I paint the keel as well
Results so depend on rating and fleet Andy at 2:48pm 05.23.07 Racing 1/1583 The results are in and our Hunter 340 took first place! Not because we are great sailors (although I
seized stuffing box David at 2:16pm 05.23.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1581 Just put my boat in the water and noticed excessive leaking from the stuffing box. Couldn't break fr
Does anyone know if a gennaker with a 27'-2" luff caguy at 2:04pm 05.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1042 work on a Mac25. I haven't been able to find info anywhere. One source says the mast is 31' another
Grunnert Refrigeration Dennis Honeycutt at 1:27pm 05.23.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1133 Just purchased a Hunter 430 and don't have a lot of manual information about all the systems. The b
Rudder wobble repair Cat30owner at 1:07pm 05.23.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1947 I have 1980 Catalina 30 tiller and have noticed a slight wobble in the rudder when sailing 5 to 7 kn
Transducer stickman at 12:34pm 05.23.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1086 I've got a new, standard-issue, low-dollar fish finder/depth finder with a through-hull transducer,
Forward deck hatch -- the dreaded soggy wood tegwilym at 3:27pm 05.23.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 17/1327 I've been working on my new (used) Catalina 22 that I bought in February. I've been chasing down 3
Weight in the ends Alan at 10:25pm 05.21.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/2035 After sailing back from Key West in gale force winds and seas running 10 to 12 feet our skipper rema
Water in Propane tank Fred7825 at 11:48pm 05.21.07 Big Boats 8/887 Anyone have anything further on the water problem in propane tanks?
Calibrate the Fuel Gage john meyer at 12:26am 05.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1177 Anyone ever calibrate their fuel gage? Unlike past gages I've owned, this one seems to be working b
teak work wrenchs wench at 12:33am 05.22.07 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1250 last yr i re did all my topside teak, handrails etc and used the 3 step process sold at most marine
Electrical system buzzzsaw at 12:38am 05.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/948 Had to do a little work to get the electrical system to work, but seems ok now. The battery is locat

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Firefly Carbon Foam AGM batteries stephen_i_w at 10:03pm 03.05.21
Mounting Electrical Components Terry Cox at 9:40pm 03.05.21 Ditto Rick's offering. Our 2500 watt inverter/charger has been mounted on a plywood platform for yea
C&c mega 30 Leeward Rail at 8:46pm 03.05.21 @SwitchintoglideIII should be able to enlighten you.
C&c mega 30 Ralph Johnstone at 7:34pm 03.05.21
Mast Light Chiriqui at 7:22pm 03.05.21 I think I got bumped from this forum. Maybe because I posted a image of another source for a part?
C&c mega 30 Ted at 7:01pm 03.05.21 There is a member (SwitchintoglideIII )of Sailboat Owners who has done extensive work on his C&C Meg
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 6:49pm 03.05.21 You keep visiting Puerto Rico, picking up local trades, making hats and you will get a name change..
Mounting Electrical Components Rick D at 6:49pm 03.05.21 Just curious as to what backing people use when mounting electrical equipment such as chargers, sol
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 6:49pm 03.05.21
C&c mega 30 cowboy sailor at 6:24pm 03.05.21
Mast Light isaksp00 at 6:24pm 03.05.21 My H23 has a masthead lamp that looks pretty much like that and I was able to buy new LED bulbs that
Overturned Car Carrier Mr. Dave at 6:13pm 03.05.21 Last I heard, they offloaded a bunch of light cars from an upper deck and replaced them with big SUV
C&C Mega 30 cowboy sailor at 5:53pm 03.05.21
C&C Mega 30 sail sfbay at 5:17pm 03.05.21 Is it a One Design? If so, tak a look at this link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%26C_30
C&c mega 30 Stu Jackson at 5:12pm 03.05.21 Hi, cowboy, and welcome. You may not be aware of this, but IIRC the previous owners of the Good Old
C&C 27 MKV chainplate rebed Stu Jackson at 5:09pm 03.05.21 Mike, you're welcome. Got any pictures? That'd help us to help you.
Fresh water filtration - is it safe? sail sfbay at 5:09pm 03.05.21 Welcome to the forum!! Whenever I purchase a used boat I always flush the fresh water tanks, treat
Overturned Car Carrier JRacer at 5:02pm 03.05.21 Can you imagine the sound of a chain ripping through a steel hull? Sounds like something worth avoi
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 4:48pm 03.05.21 Just where do you find palm fronds in NH? Or did you stock up on them before you left Fl? These a
C&c mega 30 kappykaplan at 4:31pm 03.05.21 @cowboy sailor , why two posts with the same content in the same forum?:huh:

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