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Reefing a Self-Furling Sail Rik at 9:49pm 09.20.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/951 We are looking to buy a new 22 MarkII and right now the factory is giving away to self furling syste
Autohelm 5000 Joannes at 11:34pm 09.20.06 Hallberg-Rassy 2/1926 Hello everybody, my Autohelm 5000 gave up this summer. It is not reparable, no prints available anym
Another great boat restoration page John P at 11:42pm 09.20.06 Ask All Sailors 0/899 what agreat site. Quite the detailed breakdown of the projects, but still a great read. Just gets
22 MK II Height On Trailer Rik19504 at 11:52pm 09.20.06 Smaller Boats 1/1313 We are working on ordering a new 22 MK II and would like to purchase a portable garage for it (like
Catalina 22 Engine Type & Size Rik19504 at 11:48pm 09.20.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1470 After living and working in dry Arizona for many years we are back in the northwest and getting quot
White Smoke John at 12:28am 09.21.06 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1146 I recently noticed alot of white smoke coming from my engine exhaust. What could be the problem?
How much of a drip? Doghouse at 1:25am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1197 Ok so I am looking at the packing gland and wondering if I am getting enough of a drip from there.
Edison pedestal shifter adjustment? soling42 at 1:31am 09.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1332 The shifter on my H260's Edison pedestal won't quite throw the attached Yamaha 9hp outboard into rev
Aruba Sine Nomine at 2:32am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1192 Anyone familiar with Aruba that may have a tip as to where I may rent a small sailboat (daysailer).
MacGregor 26 yngvepau at 3:57am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 24/6160 During my research I found the MacGregor 26 planable sailboat. If you have a 50 hrs outboard it can
Bulb/wing keel '95 h40.5 Capn Grumpy at 4:17am 09.21.06 Big Boats 5/1272 The Princess-of-the-Lake and I are looking at purchasing a 1995 h40.5. Overall, the boat has had ex
Rudder/tiller connection on Pearson 26 Lawrence Jean at 5:27am 09.21.06 Other Sailboats 2/1725 My question:The metal fitting at the top of the rudder post, to which the tiller is bolted, crack
Shower drain into bilge Hugh4753 at 6:38am 09.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3130 Does anyone know how to run the shower drain so that it doesn't drain into the bilge?
Mast Steps Florian at 6:07am 09.21.06 Other Sailboats 0/1312 Purhaps for the first time ever, I pulled the mainmast on my Irwin 52. The mast step looked a lot wo
Putting Back a sink/Water Tank on my 23 SweetTrade at 5:59am 09.21.06 Smaller Boats 10/1704 Hi I have 87' Hunter 23. When I bought her she had her water tank and sink taken out. I was thinking
Perkins Engine Performance Ken Hammer at 8:37am 09.21.06 Other Sailboats 2/1572 My 52' has a Perkins 4236 engine, recently tuned. I'm concerned that the engine is not performing a
Shrink Wrap question Scott21120 at 9:12am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 16/2122 I am looking for a torch for shrink wrapping, and am a little confused by the range of prices - I se
Can you use 2 cycle fuel in a 4 cycle outboard? abe at 9:10am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1329 I have some left over 2 cycle gas+oil mixture and I was wondering what would happen if I put in my 4
Hunter charters Ted at 10:37am 09.21.06 Big Boats 4/936 Anybody use any of the charter companies linked on the Hunter website?We're considering buying a la
H356 Water Tank Problem Steves at 9:09am 09.21.06 Big Boats 4/894 I thought that I posted this but maybe I forgot to push the correct button. Anyway, were out in 30

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Life line specs and material sail sfbay at 9:10am 07.31.21 I replaced the coated lifelines on my Hunter 386 and 46 sailboats myself with Suncor uncoated 316 SS
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 9:09am 07.31.21 Thanks
Linear drive fitment sail sfbay at 9:06am 07.31.21 Hi. Thank you for that There is some useful information there. Thank you You are very welcome..
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 9:01am 07.31.21 Hi. Thank you for that There is some useful information there. Thank you
So I want to find a Sirocco 15 sail sfbay at 8:58am 07.31.21 Here you go: 1972 Sirocco S-15 Sailboat \| ksl.com listed for $2300 and 15 foot Sailboats for Sale \|
Linear drive fitment sail sfbay at 8:53am 07.31.21 These Beneteuas of similar size installed a below deck hydraulic linerar drive: Beneteau 361 below
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 8:51am 07.31.21 Hi. Thanks for your reply I have the instruction which came with the new unit but by problem is l
Catalina 309 Osmosis Damage Hull sail sfbay at 8:46am 07.31.21 Posts #3 and 4 discusses the repair strategy: Hull & rudder blisters \| Sailboat Owners Forums
Linear drive fitment sailboatracer at 8:46am 07.31.21 The best advice you will probably get is from the installation instructions provided by the manufact
Catalina 309 Osmosis Damage Hull Calif. Ted at 8:33am 07.31.21 Are the bottom blisters in the gel coat or just the paint ? If you open one is it wet and does it sm
New bottom paint, old barrier coats? Sailfanatic at 8:30am 07.31.21 Good advice but how fo you blast off the layers of paint and not affect the barrier coats? If the o
Catalina 309 Osmosis Damage Hull Sailfanatic at 8:26am 07.31.21 That sure looks like the classic bottom blister problem, which I find surprising in a 2006 boat as I
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 8:22am 07.31.21 Hi. Thank you for that reply. I have seen that same thread before somewhere else but to be honest
Yanmar 3jh3e alternator upgrade kloudie1 at 8:18am 07.31.21 If you still have the original alternator, and intend to do cruising, an upgrade definitely is in or
Linear drive fitment sail sfbay at 8:16am 07.31.21 Welcome to the forum!! Same question came up on this thread: Auto pilot install - Beneteau Oceanis
H310 outhaul rigging sbkidd001 at 8:03am 07.31.21 You can post it as a download on this forum. Under "Owner Resources" there is a menu choice for ge
Oceanis 31 Window leak sail sfbay at 7:53am 07.31.21 Suggest rebedding them with Dow 795. You might find this thread on replacing portlights: WINDOW REP
Rudder woes, don't trust it! Leeward Rail at 7:51am 07.31.21 What failed ? Our original rudder was delaminating when we bought the boat, so we immediately bough
How to know if you need more power or less drag? Don Guillette at 7:37am 07.31.21 The bad news is when the suggestions are opposed to each other and practice season is over in favor
Rudder woes, don't trust it! sail sfbay at 7:22am 07.31.21 Might look at post #9 in this thread on similar subject: (1) Replacing the Gudgeons on a C-22 \| Sai

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