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The names gotta go but... SEADANCE at 1:49pm 06.23.07 Ask All Sailors 22/1914 As of about two hours ago, Peter and I are the owners of a 1979 33 foot Hunter named "Gin Mill". She
Cruising northern Green Bay and Lake Michigan Bruce20825 at 2:55pm 06.23.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1060 Co-Skipper Bill and I will be cruising Michigan's Garden Peninsula at the head of Lake Michigan. We
Sailing the 4th (1) 70623 at 3:17pm 06.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1016 OK, I'll try this again. I will be sailing out of Grand Traverse Bay Mi. on the 3rd or 4th. Any-one
San Francisco bay sailors Roger at 4:29pm 06.23.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1015 Question for San Francisco bay sailors:To visit SF for sailing, what months would typically be the
VHF Radio & GPS thubbard84 at 4:10pm 06.23.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1043 I have a Uniden Solara VHF radio that has the DSC feature. How exactly do you "hook up" a GPS to it?
Hunter 23 Stanchions William Best at 4:55pm 06.23.07 Smaller Boats 1/1279 I am wondering if anyone knows of a source for replacing my two starboard stanchions. I have been un
Espar heater not coming on uptownsteve at 3:19pm 06.23.07 Big Boats 6/1575 I have recently purchased a 2003 Hunter 386 in Vancouver Canada. The Espar heating system was workin
Rub Rail ulpilotrmh at 8:23pm 06.21.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/993 When I upgraded my rub rail to the newer wide rail I asked CD tech support how many sections of the
Vented Loops Terry Stewart at 8:43pm 06.21.07 Catalina 310 3/1417 Our marine head appears to have a siphon created where water still fills the bowl (about half way) w
..and the spiders come out at night! Bob4203 at 10:56pm 06.21.07 Ask All Sailors 32/3454 We are docked at Lake Lanier, Georgia where all critters abound near fresh water and the surrounding
Leaking Heat Exchanger Universal M18 Dave Rogers at 11:22pm 06.21.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/1336 I just had an engine survey on the 1986 C27 I bought. The surveyor says the heat exchanger is leakin
New rudder post angle ? degree Wit Ostrenko at 11:41pm 06.21.07 Morgan 2/1628 Building new stainless stell rudder post. Don't have the correct angle to bend pipe. Is it a standar
Galley water set-up Charm at 12:48am 06.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1279 Could someone please explian to me, in detail, how you have your galley water system set up. My boa
Is a storm jib needed on O'Day 25? & Anchor? sPk at 12:20am 06.22.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1499 I am hoping to bring my O'Day 25 up to the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. The weather up there t
Hitchcraft Rope Ties JoshGray at 2:00am 06.22.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1835 Found out about these neat devices from the sailnet forum. They look like they could be very useful,
Keel Bolt Leaks!!!! (1) JustinG328 at 2:07am 06.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1332 Well, I have a 1981 MacGregor 25 and I finally put the boat in the water for the first time yesterda
Living the Dream...anyone??? MoonSailer at 1:29am 06.22.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1712 I assume that most who are living the dream are doing something much more interesting than surfing t
Holding Tank Air Vent Utta at 5:27am 06.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1123 Hi,Does anyone have an idea of how to fix or replace the holding tank air vent hose?This is a 42
Rigging Bob Brown at 5:24am 06.22.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1073 I have a previously owned O'Day Spirit without rigging instruction. There areno cleats to hold my s
FOTHERING...an old but valid idea Skippercanuck at 4:47am 06.22.07 Ask All Sailors 22/5031 In reading the recent posts concerning vessel sinkings as result of an offshore collision with a flo

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Replacement windlass for the Leroy Somer MTB 82 Raymond Clark at 4:48pm 08.16.21 The Leroy MTB85 has a vertical shaft and rope capstan on the deck. I wanted to replace it with a sim
How long has it been since you cleaned your unmentionables? ggrizzard at 4:44pm 08.16.21 I would add to include the drum and top swivel for all of you with roller furling.
Seaward Water Heater Again ! ggrizzard at 4:42pm 08.16.21 :thumbup: For Isotemp Spa heaters.
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 ggrizzard at 4:38pm 08.16.21 Ralph has it right. BUT, there may not be a raw water strainer. Hunter didn't install one original
Fuel Cap Winch Tally Ho at 4:37pm 08.16.21 i have the winch handle to trim the sails but it's a different size. Who knew? Not the best engin
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 pclarksurf at 4:33pm 08.16.21 just when I thought you had upgraded the C22 to twin outboards: Eat this McGregor ! ;)
Broken bolts and headaches dmax at 4:32pm 08.16.21 Not trying to be argumentative but using EZ Outs is pretty basic (though not always EZ): drill a hol
New Paint - Irwin 28 shemandr at 4:30pm 08.16.21 Looks good!
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 heritage at 4:23pm 08.16.21 Take a couple of pictures of your engine compartment and post to us.
Rig tuning physics jon hansen at 4:23pm 08.16.21 Sailing green bay, 10 to 14 out of the ssw. Sunny 78, water 72. More sail
Broken bolts and headaches MikeHoncho at 4:19pm 08.16.21 That's cool - you're comfortable with welding, I've never done it. For someone with your skills, so
Rig tuning physics Scott T-Bird at 4:14pm 08.16.21
Broken bolts and headaches Leeward Rail at 4:11pm 08.16.21 EZ Out is a commonly known name for a screw extractor, kind of a colloquialism - notice how everyon
Broken bolts and headaches dmax at 4:09pm 08.16.21
Leaking Volvo Stern Gland shaft seal/Yanmar 3YM30 Tally Ho at 4:05pm 08.16.21 I was able to play the vide on my laptop...I agree, not much vibration.
Broken bolts and headaches MikeHoncho at 4:00pm 08.16.21 Some comments on the comments: EZ Out is a commonly known name for a screw extractor, kind of a col
Opened up the sailbag Paul356 at 3:33pm 08.16.21 I ordered nice big numbers from Sailrite and stuck them on my H356 sails. Still sticking well sever
NOT buying H34 swshogren at 3:28pm 08.16.21 I go thru about 1/3 to 1/2 of a tank per year and I use my boat quite a bit. I just top off the tan
Leaking Volvo Stern Gland shaft seal/Yanmar 3YM30 Davidasailor26 at 3:26pm 08.16.21 From what I could see in the video there was a little vibration, but not really any worse than mine,
Fuel Cap Winch (2) Mechone at 3:26pm 08.16.21 Beneteau is where to get it and it does both sizes .P/N can be read on it

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