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Removing old shaft packing questions Waffle at 8:39am 02.24.07 Big Boats 4/1134 This is the first time I have ever tried repacking the shaft. I can't see much old packing material
Required slip size Steve at 9:56am 02.24.07 Smaller Boats 1/1145 Moving my boat to Kaw Lake, OK and the only slips available are 11'X26'. My C250 has a beam of 8'6".
Required slip size Steve at 10:09am 02.24.07 Ask All Sailors 15/1410 Moving my boat to Kaw Lake, OK and the only slips available are 11'X26'. My C250 has a beam of 8'6".
solar power suggestions? dan c at 10:10am 02.24.07 Ask All Sailors 5/943 want to have electricity this year and don't want to have to lug around a charger. can anyone sugge
Little rubber shroud lock thingys Mike Howell at 11:04am 02.24.07 Smaller Boats 6/999 I have no idea what they are called. I need the rubber things that fills the holes securing the shro
Sailor Gras Franklin at 1:07pm 02.24.07 Ask All Sailors 3/824 One day I was driving from Galveston back to Kemah and saw a sign about "Yatchi Gras". I didn't see
Transom Vibration From Outbord Motor Richard18988 at 2:03pm 02.24.07 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/1760 Does anyone know how I can eliminate a transon vibration noise caused by my 5 HP 4 stroke Nissan sin
Summer Cruise Stephen Jensen, Fleet 1, Seattle at 2:56pm 02.24.07 Other Sailboats 0/715 Fleet 1's summer cruise this year is to the Canadian Islands July 28 to Aug 3Look to our website fo
Pin hole in a brand new mainsail capejt at 3:59pm 02.24.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1756 Hi all,I just last season bought (through this site)a new mainsail for my Hunter 33 ('79).As the w
AVS Info / eliminating Prop Walk Kay Sythes at 9:00pm 02.22.07 Big Boats 5/1169 Can anyone tell me what the AVS values of the 1983 Hunter Legend 34 are in degrees? Also I have hug
H33.5 Roller Furling line broke Patrick at 9:47pm 02.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/922 Was hanging the genoa yesterday after getting it fixed only to have the roller firling line come apa
What roller furler joegooch@hotmail.com at 9:56pm 02.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/920 I am wanting to buy a roller furling! What is the opinion of the Spintec?Also, how long should the
Need DIY advice Wright Ellis s/v Whisky II at 10:09pm 02.22.07 Ask All Sailors 6/953 The screws holding the front hatch cover on my boat have worked loose and two have stripped out. The
Adjusting the Tachometer/Engine RPMs Bob at 10:19pm 02.22.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1945 I have the M-18 Universal diesel (500 hrs) on my '88 Catalina 30. I was adjusting the throttle linka
Balancing engine rpm and guage rpm - how to? Bob at 10:26pm 02.22.07 Ask All Sailors 3/941 I have the M-18 Universal diesel (500 hrs) on my Catalina 30. The other day I was adjusting my throt
Keel raising system RichardL at 11:39pm 02.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/872 I have a 26S and I was wondering if anyone has run the cable to raise the keel back to the cockpit?
Spinnaker Broke sailor SV Marcell at 1:15am 02.23.07 Ask All Sailors 4/861 Why do you not want to tie a stopped knot at the end of the Spinnaker sheets. Ref: "Pinning a broac
Feathering Prop Pazula@aol.com at 1:53am 02.23.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1065 I am interested in purchasing a feathering prop for my 321. What brand would you recommend?
Trailer required for 25 foot sailboat Pbarton at 2:20am 02.23.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1001 Hi there everybody: I recently sold my Hunter 1978 25 footer to a Canadian sailor. He wants to trail
Sanding the bottom, coating and painting Joe Wienecke at 2:20am 02.23.07 Big Boats 6/835 Need so feedback, I am looking at a 35.5 to purchase. The bottom paint that is on it now is flaking

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Inverters and induction cooktop Tim22 at 3:51pm 02.15.21 Hi Dave The truth about my decision to go Lithium is that my FLA batteries are due for replacement
2005 Hunter 36 Bilge Mike Oldak at 3:36pm 02.15.21 You have a leak. Not to be flip but you need to have a friend with a hose spray different areas whi
Pulls to port under power sailme88 at 3:35pm 02.15.21 Can we assume that when under sail your boat tracks well without and drift? When holding a course,
Inverters and induction cooktop Tim22 at 3:33pm 02.15.21
Inverters and induction cooktop dlochner at 3:21pm 02.15.21 Hi Dave I am upgrading to Lithium so will end up at 200 or 300ah. We mostly use the boat for day sa
Hello from a new Catalina 30 owner heidi at 3:04pm 02.15.21 Does anyone have a link or a pdf of a C30 1982 owners manual or blueprints? Having a hard time findi
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need JT Burkard at 3:03pm 02.15.21 Thank you everyone for the advice. It means a lot. Tomorrow it is supposed to be in the mid 50's aft
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 3:00pm 02.15.21 I wished they addressed this considering that on the C30 this is a nightmare as well!
2005 Hunter 36 Salon Table drm1 at 2:53pm 02.15.21 Thanks for all of the helpful suggestions. It turned out that the piston was seized. I ended up gett
Survey on C310 #217 (1) rpwillia at 2:49pm 02.15.21 Transmission is easy to pull replace. Coming out I did not have to lift the engine as the damper pl
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 2:33pm 02.15.21 As with ANY purchase, Boat or Otherwise, be aware that the cost of owning is sometimes secondary to
Inverters and induction cooktop alexco38 at 2:32pm 02.15.21 Years ago I tried to discourage a club member to rip out the diesel and went with electric. His a
Outboard wedge Project_Mayhem at 2:31pm 02.15.21 Thank you @Bill1803 for the very detailed information!
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 2:25pm 02.15.21 @Grichelli we have been very fortunate to have a good clean well cared for 310 for sure. I'm glad
Ice Box Size, H335 JRacer at 2:23pm 02.15.21 Ice box is probably a multiple of 33 today.:biggrin:
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 2:21pm 02.15.21 I wonder if the engine replacement was done for an owner who did not know a lot about engines. It d
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 2:18pm 02.15.21 What transmission do you have? The Hurth transmissions have been known to die at 500 hrs. It looks
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 2:16pm 02.15.21 One thing to find out is was the boat damaged in storm etc? From pics it looks like the hull has be
Inverters and induction cooktop Tim22 at 2:06pm 02.15.21 Hi Dave I am upgrading to Lithium so will end up at 200 or 300ah. We mostly use the boat for day sai
Survey on C310 #217 JAE at 1:56pm 02.15.21 One thing to find out is was the boat damaged in storm etc? From pics it looks like the hull has bee

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