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Forestay tension Manny at 12:24pm 07.13.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/876 Hi all,I have a CDI furler for my jib. Lately I've noticed with jib all the way out and in decent
H23 - Running halyards to cockpit jamboo at 12:55pm 07.13.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1001 Working on a project to run main and jib halyards back to cockpit.One of the halyard goes up out o
Improvements to a 26D (1) oreana123 at 1:18pm 07.13.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/1121 I have been working on a 26D making improvements to the generaL livability including such things as
Turning the 170 over in the yard breadman at 3:21pm 07.13.07 Day Sailers 6/1420 I did it my daughter and I turned the critter over in the yard, we slid it off the trailer and once
Backflow TN at 4:16pm 07.13.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1571 My H27 is less than 2 years old and is equipped with the infamous Jabsco toilet. I greased the pump
HELP!! Need a Honda 7.5 water pump housing Rich Golden at 4:15pm 07.13.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/967 HELP! have't had her in the water since 4 June 07. Had to replace the impellar from damage from PO,
Which motor on which inflatable? Ctskip at 2:30pm 07.13.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1058 I am looking into getting a inflatable dingy, and I was thinking about an electric motor for it. The
Almost ready to launch Mac 25 Charm at 9:56pm 07.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1024 My '83 Mac 25 is very, very close to launching. I have a couple of quick questions.First off, I ha
Replacement double sided jam cleat Tim Haibach at 12:27am 07.05.07 Mid-Size Boats 1/1313 My 1985 C27 has a roller furler installed (FACOR) with a continuous running line vs. rolling up arou
H26 wb Main Sheet Length sea_casper at 1:26am 07.05.07 Smaller Boats 4/1043 I am thinking of replacing my main sheet, Hunter 26 spec and existing sheet is 70 feet, this is too
BOOTS FOR TOGGLE SWITCHES Wallace Shakun at 1:34am 07.05.07 Big Boats 2/839 Looking for rubber boots for toggle switches foundon the "C" engine panel.
"Hunter smile" ted at 1:55am 07.05.07 Big Boats 5/4934 I took a look at an H450 last week. It was on dry storage. The keel to hull joint had some peeling a
Speed indicates zeros Pat at 11:56pm 07.04.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1148 I have the Autohelm (Raymarine)ST 50 system -wind, depth, speed, GPS, chartplotter. The speed was wo
Catalina 25 wiring diagram needed Sailorman20824 at 11:51pm 07.04.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2401 I have a 1980 (approximately) Catalina 25 and need a wiring diagram for the electrical system. Any
Air Filter ON A Yanmar 3GMF Joe Mullee at 11:39pm 07.04.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1067 This may bea dumb question but here goes. When I remove the cover to the air filter on the engine th
New prop Timo42 at 1:58am 07.05.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/889 I have a Tohatsu 6hp 4stroke pushing my mac 22, just noticed that the propeller has a bent blade. It
Too Much Water To Sail! Abby Normal at 3:27am 07.05.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1278 If any of you saw the flooding in SE Kansas on TV this week (especially Coffeyville), it's all windi
Rudder blues Tim Horvatich at 3:39am 07.05.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1244 We had our own fireworks on the Fourth of July. Sailing reefed in brisk 12-20 knot winds we were ha
Good Source for Main Sails (Catalina) Bo at 2:20am 07.05.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1352 Looking around the internet, the prices for new mail sails runs the full spectrum. I might consider
2007 Hunter reefing instruction Mike16400 at 2:15am 07.05.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/933 Im sailing my 2007 Hunter 25 from Hyannis to Nantucket this weekend, and am not sure how the reefing

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Boat ID please Terry Cox at 2:23pm 07.13.21 My guess is a Sparkman and Stephens. Very similar lines.
Dinghy Security (3) Charlie98117 at 1:51pm 07.13.21 This thread is a bit old but I thought I would post my solution to securing a Torqeedo to the dinghy
Do we have a Battery or a Fridge issue? RitSim at 1:37pm 07.13.21 I agree that the batteries are the root cause of the problem.
Do we have a Battery or a Fridge issue? RitSim at 1:36pm 07.13.21 Some of the freezer compressor modules have low voltage protection and shut off automatically so the
Do we have a Battery or a Fridge issue? Benny17441 at 1:28pm 07.13.21 Don't know how many batteries does your house bank has, but if it is less than 3 take them out and
Autohelm MikeHoncho at 1:15pm 07.13.21 The Autohelm 3000 has seatalk compatibility(http://www.busse-yachtshop.de/pdf/rayST3000_wheel.pdf).
Autohelm joker460 at 1:02pm 07.13.21 The Autohelm 3000 has seatalk compatibility(http://www.busse-yachtshop.de/pdf/rayST3000_wheel.pdf).
Mac 25 upper shrouds & spreader positioning (1) whudatt at 12:53pm 07.13.21 Thank you for your reply ! this is what it looks like now,the manual says to measure down 11ft from
Mac 25 upper shrouds & spreader positioning Captain Ron 18 at 12:39pm 07.13.21
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? jssailem at 12:31pm 07.13.21
LED Anchor Light KZW at 12:22pm 07.13.21 In mast furled. I will need to research notes on the ascenders. Any good climbing gear store will h
LED Anchor Light jssailem at 12:22pm 07.13.21 Very nice write up @KZW
Pop-up assist for Venture 25 Captain Ron 18 at 12:16pm 07.13.21 I installed gas struts on my Mac 25..20 inch/90LB. Works great. Do you still use the support pol
LED Anchor Light AwwShucks at 12:02pm 07.13.21 BC Bernie - do you have an in mast furling or traditional main sail? Additionally, do you have a li
Casting Benny17441 at 11:48am 07.13.21 It came to me that today we have computer 3D printing. In my college years many moons ago I worke
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? Parsons at 11:40am 07.13.21 Not a 310 owner, but some general questions that may help: If you have any slugs between the second
Gauges that do not fog Benny17441 at 11:38am 07.13.21 Production boats do not usually come with EOM temperature gauges so I would think you may have an af
Bilge Drainage? SirMichael at 11:34am 07.13.21 Benny, Many thanks for the reply. That does answer my question. I'll probably follow up
Bilge Drainage? Benny17441 at 11:22am 07.13.21 To answer your question, yes there are areas in the hull that will not drain into the bilge. The p
GFCI trouble shooting Scott T-Bird at 11:12am 07.13.21 The other part of the problem is that from time to time boats seem to get unplugged for one reason

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