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Jib halyard block. JHarwood at 5:31am 06.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1223 I need to replace a block at the base of my Hunter 28 Mast. It's one of several that screws into a n
cunningham jao1972 at 6:04am 06.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/948 Should a 1994 H26 have a cunningham? I recently purchased a used 1994 H26 and the local Hunter deal
Are cable covers for standing rigging good? muised at 6:24am 06.04.07 Ask All Sailors 11/5513 I just removed the cable covers from my new to me boat. They were very brittle, in very bad conditi
Mast head light for 27 ft Catalina 1980 27 foot Peter Gale at 6:50am 06.04.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1240 I am needing to go up the mast to replace a mast head light and need to get a replacement bulb befor
Newport 33 owners gpsherrow@sbcglobal.net at 7:18am 06.04.07 Newport 1/2038 Would like to exchange info with other Newport 30 and up owners
H26 Centerboard Uphaul jao1972 at 8:01am 06.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1423 I realize this issue has been discussed fairly frequently in the past, but wanted to toss it out the
Steve Dion Douglas Washburn at 8:21am 06.04.07 Mid-Size Boats 4/997 Steve:You have commented in the past about filling a pail with hot water, detergent and bleach to p
Really dumb boom vang question, H23.5 ConchyJoe at 8:50am 06.04.07 Smaller Boats 4/1139 Laurie and I put the Hunter in the water this weekend, and took it out for a short sail.For some r
Maxi-prop and correct pitch rsorbo at 8:46am 06.04.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1778 I recently installed a new Max prop. I have a Oceanius 381 with a Westerbeke 42B engine. The old pro
Depth Gauge Offset Dan Wagner at 9:07am 06.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1529 I just bought a 2005 shoal-draft Hunter 306. I want to calibrate the depth gauge to read water unde
Stern Arch for dingy davits for Passage 456 Fourty Love at 12:19pm 06.04.07 Big Boats 7/1356 Just bought a 2002 Passage 456 hope someone has had a arch for the stern built to mount davits for
Pirate Master william24424 at 12:38pm 06.04.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1188 New reality show, like survivor, except this one is using the Picton Castle as the home of 16 actors
too much water to dripless bearings??? Denise at 12:31pm 06.04.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1032 My Oday 30 has a "strongseal" dripless shaft seal by tides marine. the water tube that feeds the se
Electric head paulj at 12:59pm 06.04.07 Catalina 310 1/1583 BobHere is a picture of the WC installed and the dimension you wanted.paulj
Port Shade/Coverings Greg W at 12:53pm 06.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1272 All of my ports on my 1983 H31 have four buttons around the outside. There are two above the port an
HELP - How to Pump Out a 1983 H31 Greg W at 1:06pm 06.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1055 Ok, here is a real dumb question, but one I must ask! I am the new owner of a 1983 H31 and I need to
I need lead letterman at 10:50am 06.04.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1342 Anyone ever cut up a battery for the lead? My guess is the better solution for lead would be car ti
Bolt rope / slugs bill earnhardt at 10:21am 06.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1072 Can my main sail on my M26 be changed from a bolt rope attachment to to main, to a slug type attachm
Auto Pilot ST4000 Mike G. at 10:11am 06.04.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1448 I am in the processing of purchasing a boat and would like to add auto pilot. My previous boat had
New bunks Mac at 11:33am 06.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1195 Sunday I took my 25 out on the lake. When I parked the trailer I did some repair work. Instead of

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Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? jeepbluetj at 11:03am 09.17.21 Can't move to the mast with a stack pack. dmax is right, adjust em to where you can sail just fine w
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? jssailem at 10:52am 09.17.21 Ease the lazy jacks and snug them along the boom and mast while sailing. Release the lazy jacks and
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? jssailem at 10:44am 09.17.21 Ultimately I want the trimmers to make their own judgements using the various cues available to the
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Bluenose at 10:38am 09.17.21 Good ol' Beneteau designers. I'll bet you boat designers have never used their boats nor have they d
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 10:27am 09.17.21 Will start to look at the telltales in the body of the main Don, it has not been something we have r
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? dmax at 10:26am 09.17.21 Unless you're using the lazy jacks to hold up your boom, you can loosen them up to the point where t
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Davidasailor26 at 10:25am 09.17.21 OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it! Yeah you could. But worse than the size of
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? DeniseO30 at 10:24am 09.17.21 They should be somewhat slack just like your topping lift. I've read but not seen , people use bunge
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 10:19am 09.17.21 5/16 was my thinking too. I keep trying to research anchor windlass installs on the H34 but find ve
Beneteau 41.1 2017 autopilot compass failure intermittently Davidasailor26 at 10:15am 09.17.21
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Don Guillette at 10:07am 09.17.21 danstanford: Thank you for purchasing my book. Now buy it's companion, the SAIL TRIM CHART, which is
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 10:07am 09.17.21 My eventual conundrum is the cost of an anchor windlass and will I need larger than quarter inch ch
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? jssailem at 10:01am 09.17.21
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 9:40am 09.17.21 Stu, from self study information like you have kindly posted is why I questioned the line size. I'
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 9:23am 09.17.21 Thanks Don and SF, this is the kind of subtlety it is hard to find someone to discuss this with. Mos
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 9:19am 09.17.21 Depends on where you intend to anchor and what wind strength you size your ANCHORING SYSTEM for. I'
Beneteau 41.1 2017 autopilot compass failure intermittently Slider at 9:18am 09.17.21 My auto had the,Same on for a while and off now and then until I paid a pro to fix it. He went all
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Bluenose at 9:17am 09.17.21 OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it!
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 9:07am 09.17.21 Same way the other is attached. There are flat steel bars under the table that it (and the original
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? BigEasy at 9:04am 09.17.21 . the anchor line seemed to be half inch which, I think is too light for my boat, the chain on the

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