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cockpit floor boards lunch table ITHACAJIM at 1:57am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1197 having replaced all the teak trim on a hunter 23 and with some incorrectly ordered teak left over, ,
Alternator and rudder Mary at 3:27am 04.08.07 Big Boats 0/1211 We just sold our 28' and bought a beautiful 380 Catalina and have a few questions. If the alternator
new wire Phil at 3:10am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 23/1929 I am in the process of updating my old wiring. I found a site that sells quality marine wire at reas
New Canvas for 473 ThomasPrice at 3:04am 04.08.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/999 Hello All - I am now about 6 months into 473 ownership (after 15 yrs on a F38s5, and I have to say,
Hunter Factory Davits seadaddler at 2:55am 04.08.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1071 Has anyone added the hunter factory davits to theirnew hunter.I saw them on a 41 and was wondering
Seadance SEADANCE at 2:51am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 14/1895 I just couldn't stay away... and you guys have been on my mind all week long.Thank you for all of t
Small Blisters SHADS at 3:50am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1438 I'm about to give my boat a coat of anti-fouling paint. We bought her (1986 22 foot Mac Gregor) las
Headstay sag Alan at 5:56am 04.08.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/3761 On the other forums I constantly run into the misconception that the headstay sag should be adjusted
Jet ski as a dingy for your sailboat sailerman at 5:58am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 27/16875 Has anyone ever put davits on their sailboat for a jet ski? We have a 40 Catalina and think it would
America's Cup High Tsehum Pete at 6:48am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1151 Derek, Chris, Fellow Kiwis and All Sailors,The Emirates NZ Team seemed to do well despite challeng
scratches on plex. hatches alans at 6:12am 04.08.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/1219 hi, any suggestions for removing scratches from blach plex. hatch sections? ive tried compounds and
272LE Hot Water Heater Ken at 7:45am 04.08.07 Bigger Boats 4/1331 Has anyone installed a 6 gallon hot water heater on their 272LE? If so, I'd be interested in learnin
Installing a Hot Water Heater on a Small Diesel Ken at 7:57am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 11/9349 Has anyone installed a 6 gallon hot water heater on a smaller sailboat (27') that has a small diesel
Hooking up to shore power markm58 at 9:28am 04.08.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1110 I've just purchased a new electric start outboard for my 1992 Mac 26S. This means I need to re-char
Lightning protection Jerry at 7:32am 04.08.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/1996 Has anybody installed lightning protection on their Mac 26?I have been doing research on the subje
Horsepower requirement Jerry at 7:15am 04.08.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1074 I'm getting ready to purchase a Mac 26. Best I can tell a 50 HP is what many folks use. Anybody us
Cruising Range Rob Smolka at 11:04am 04.08.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1240 I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the cruising range of a Catalina 30 fitted with an
Installing a Steering Pedestal. Have questions? John Hall at 11:59am 04.08.07 Ask All Sailors 0/906 I am close to finishing my project boat and I am ready to install the steering pedestal. I never sa
choosing a Asymmetrical Spinnaker? Jay20651 at 11:58am 04.08.07 Catalina 22 1/1872 Hello, I'm going to be adding a Asmmetrical spinnaker to my inventory of sails this season, and
Question for adding Norcold refrig to 31' icebox Ken Honeycutt at 9:55am 04.08.07 Mid-Size Boats 7/1236 Started to install the Norcold this last weekend on my 31'..Got started but got nervous when I began

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RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR DayDreamer41 at 4:11pm 08.18.21 Yes that is correct, but there is a wide area for neutral position.
Moisture readings from survey Sailfanatic at 4:10pm 08.18.21 I recently got a survey done last week and all was very good. The hull sounded good,no blistering..
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR Sailfanatic at 4:00pm 08.18.21 Right.... The single lever throttles have a button to press that allows you to increase the throttl
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 sailermania at 3:52pm 08.18.21 Agree, exactly what I thought when I found it and if the owner got hurt, how in the world would crew
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 Roland5048 at 3:11pm 08.18.21 Seemed to me a stupid place, where in my opinion, No, what was stupid was to put a drawer over the
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR (1) kbgunn at 3:06pm 08.18.21 No button in the center of the gearshift/throttle? Right.... The single lever throttles have a bu
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR DayDreamer41 at 2:54pm 08.18.21 No button in the center of the gearshift/throttle?
Hunter 23.5 swing keel sheave replacement HunterKid at 2:34pm 08.18.21 Nice, Thanks.
RUNNING THROTTLE UP OUT OF GEAR Ralph Johnstone at 2:33pm 08.18.21 Can you supply a make of the throttle (governor) or send a picture ?
Anemometer repair upper Barnagate bay Scott T-Bird at 2:27pm 08.18.21 You could bring the boat to Mariners where they have a cherry picker and perhaps an electronics guy
Moisture readings from survey Scott T-Bird at 2:23pm 08.18.21 Spell check is making it a little bit difficult to understand your post. Are you buying or selling t
Hunter 23.5 swing keel sheave replacement (1) rgranger at 2:14pm 08.18.21 The pin is held in with 4200. I pulled mine and replaced the spacer for the two halyard sheaves.
Need source for boat plumbing parts Ralph Johnstone at 2:11pm 08.18.21 @Dr. D , can you please take a shot looking into the head from outside the head door. Try to show t
Need source for boat plumbing parts Dr. D at 2:00pm 08.18.21
Lake Fontana North Carolina Crazy Dave Condon at 1:50pm 08.18.21 Fontana dam. Just forget near it
Hunter 23.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:47pm 08.18.21 To the rear for the upper also outer shrouds. You only have two lower and two upper shrouds in addi
Mast Help - Hunter 27 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:40pm 08.18.21 Could be a multitude of things unless you know the history of the boat being 37 years old
To Electric or not to Electric that is the question/ Crazy Dave Condon at 1:37pm 08.18.21 What about a two squirrel rotating Ferris wheel for turning the prop.
Running out of hair to pull out!! Ralph Johnstone at 1:37pm 08.18.21 Not being in the neighbourhood, is the water salt or fresh ? r, it's most likely coming from the en
Newbie here with 1977 Hunter 27 sailermania at 1:37pm 08.18.21 Ralph, ha-ha ya think so!!!. Waiting on new alternator a from API, I blew the diodes on the old one,

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