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Panama City Florida Dawntreader22789 at 12:55am 01.28.07 Trailer Sailors 3/1540 My wife and I are heading to Panama City, Florida, at the end of March to get an early start to the
Hull paint for an Irwin 41' Fred The Finisher at 12:25am 01.28.07 Other Sailboats 1/1003 I'm refinishing a nice Irwin. I could use a pint/quart of the blue hull paint for touch-ups. Any ide
Rub Rail Bugsboat at 2:05am 01.28.07 Catalina 22 3/1693 My 1990 Catalina 22 has the beige colored rub rail and needs to be replaced. I have never done a pro
other forum Night Sailor at 2:22am 01.28.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1393 Anyone else having trouble accessing the macgregorsailors.com website? I've not been able to get on
303 Protectant now here in the Chandlery!!! jimq26 at 2:50am 01.28.07 Ask All Sailors 1/943 I have been raving about this great product for a couple of years now. Good to see it is now availa
Salon Window Leak Hutch at 3:02am 01.28.07 Other Sailboats 4/1032 I need some info. on what the best way is to remove a solan window and replace it. Can a window be p
Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada Tsehum Pete at 4:42am 01.28.07 Ask All Sailors 3/986 I am planning to sail from Victoria, BC to Barkley Sound for a couple of weeks this July. Plan to ex
hunter 20 cockpit drains omaha lakes at 4:04am 01.28.07 Smaller Boats 0/874 need to replace cockpit drains, it must be cracked cause i get water in thecabin,not much but enoug
H36 Head Sails bluetoad at 3:26am 01.28.07 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1227 I purchased Starbaby with one Headsail, looks like a 110% Genoa to me.Anyway its not a lot of heads
Wheel world SailboatOwners.com at 7:06am 01.28.07 Ask All Sailors 38/2727 Many boats up to 25 feet or so have tillers. Many boats over thatsize have wheels. Yet it is not un
one sail sailing mortyd at 8:48am 01.28.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/2456 don, am i misremembering? didn't you host a topic about sailing with jib or main alone is not a good
Tank Monitoring captain at 8:31am 01.28.07 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1061 I thought some of you might be interested in the following; I gave up on my Snake River tank monitor
Hand held VHF question AADIVER at 8:24am 01.28.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/1035 What's the best way to boost the range of a hand held VHF, i.e. a stern rail mount antenna? Trying
2005- current hunter 25 information Alan Russell at 8:11am 01.28.07 Smaller Boats 2/1069 Can anyone tell me what the headroom is the boat? I plan to get on one at an upcomming boat show, b
Hunter 26/260 Deck Cored? Alan Russell at 8:08am 01.28.07 Smaller Boats 2/971 What parts of the Hunter 26/260 are cored and what is it cored with?Also, it looks as if lots of t
Rudder cavitation stevec22206 at 7:54am 01.28.07 Ask An Oday Owner 8/4491 Was wondering what causes rudder cavitation. Once we exceed a given speed the rudder on our O'day 23
solo sailing tpolo at 7:51am 01.28.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1201 In preparation for solo sailing I need to bring all my lines aft. I could use some help in this, spe
sleeping thru the noise Ro at 9:32am 01.28.07 Ask All Sailors 18/3789 Hello, I have tried to sleep on our boat now several times and can not stand the gurgling, glub glub
Screens for opening ports Capt. Ron at 8:59am 01.28.07 Big Boats 8/1020 I have been trying to find a source to purchase replacement screens for my opening ports on my Legen
Sail and sail trim question for the group CalebD at 9:52am 01.28.07 Ask All Sailors 28/2422 My partner and I own a 1967 Tartan 27 which has a full keel and a centerboard. We started doing the

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Main sheet rigging - H33.5 (1) sail sfbay at 2:03pm 07.30.21 Another rigging option............route the mainsheet to on side of the traveler through a block und
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire (1) Davidasailor26 at 1:57pm 07.30.21 Can you link a reputable source for this? Looks like it depends on the temperature rating of the i
Main sheet rigging - H33.5 Fred at 1:55pm 07.30.21
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire Richard19068 at 1:46pm 07.30.21 2AWG can handle 200A depending on voltage drop, length of run, run time and insulation rating. If I
Beginner Questions shemandr at 1:26pm 07.30.21
Helm Seating - What do you do? (H38) quadrille38 at 1:15pm 07.30.21 We have a couple of these on our 38. Use them when sitting in the cockpit reading or sometimes down
Yanmar 3GM white smoke odaydokay at 1:12pm 07.30.21 Simple condensation maybe. Cool, not hot....
How to know if you need more power or less drag? Stu Jackson at 12:54pm 07.30.21 Have you read Don Guillette's excellent book?
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire Stu Jackson at 12:50pm 07.30.21 2AWG can handle 200A Can you link a reputable source for this?
Between chart plotters (1) NYSail at 12:46pm 07.30.21 I mounted a blue sea water proof duel usb low and out of the way. Great addition to the cockpit. Ran
How to know if you need more power or less drag? JRacer at 12:32pm 07.30.21 You might also want to pick up a copy of Bill Gladstone's, North U books or the whole course. I have
How to know if you need more power or less drag? shemandr at 12:16pm 07.30.21 According to Melges in one of his books you are not really supposed to sail in a straight line, or n
1984 (not Charubini) Hunter 30 Justin_NSA at 12:05pm 07.30.21 Mystery solved. I was seeing a gap after '83. My '91 30 is what they called a 30T for a few years
How to know if you need more power or less drag? (1) jssailem at 11:54am 07.30.21 Arvel Gentry worked on the connection of aerodynamic theory to practical application on sailboats ba
New O'Day 25 Owner Project_Mayhem at 11:35am 07.30.21 I assume you're talking about the wood strip that holds the cushion in place. If I were to take a gu
How to know if you need more power or less drag? danstanford at 11:27am 07.30.21 Well, IMO, you definitely want to flatten out the sails in the lighter stuff as too much depth can/
1984 (not Charubini) Hunter 30 Red_Dog at 10:57am 07.30.21 Okay, just spoke with the owner. I was the one confused. When I was first told what the boat was I h
Upgrading Windlass wire - double up on the wire Stu Jackson at 10:55am 07.30.21 We have two 850AGM start batteries, plenty to run a windlass, so I want that to work flawlessly wit
1984 (not Charubini) Hunter 30 Red_Dog at 10:53am 07.30.21 Right Justin, the model name was picked up again in 1988 and has continued under one moniker or anot
1984 (not Charubini) Hunter 30 Justin_NSA at 10:36am 07.30.21 Sailboat data says the Cherubinis ended in '83

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