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Weight of H19 Centerboard? Rusty at 1:34pm 08.15.06 Smaller Boats 0/763 Anyone have the actual weight of the H19 centerboard. Plus, what sort of contruction?
Best set up for furling jib on a cal 34 Raymond Giles at 12:58pm 08.15.06 Cal 2/612 I am considering installing a jib furling system on my 1969 cal 34. Since I am new at this I was ho
NEW Cal 2-29 Owner! RGMORI at 4:45pm 08.15.06 Cal 4/2414 I just purchased a CAL 2-29 today! This is my first large sailboat. I have some work to do to get it
Low Engine RPMs Bad Obsession at 8:18pm 08.13.06 Ask All Sailors 14/1448 I have a 1990 Catalina 30 with a Universal 23 hp diesel. I have had it since April and the most RPM
Summer Mooring Boat Cover - Is There Such A Thing? Paul at 9:43pm 08.13.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1338 Every Friday after work we get to our boat and have to hose off all of the bird droppings, polution/
Mast Step Repair Ed at 9:33pm 08.13.06 Catalina 30 4/1892 I have searched the archives from some instructions on repairing the mast step when the wood deterio
Resolution of h2o Leak Christopher Bayer at 9:16pm 08.13.06 Big Boats 0/760 hunter community:several weeks ago i posted an issue regarding significant water loss on my 426. w
I luv my Mac! Justin_NSA at 10:31pm 08.13.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/752 The lake (reservoir) is getting real low where we sail. Some of the boats cannot get out of their sl
23.5 Manual BigGerman at 10:50pm 08.13.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/985 Hello everyone. I just purchased a 23.5 and the guy couldn't find the manual. I sure would like to k
head backflow Jay Moran at 11:22pm 08.13.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1679 Is it time to rebuild the head?After flushing and drybowl, waste seeps back into bowl slowly at fir
Tipping dockhands??? tcbro at 11:47pm 08.13.06 Ask All Sailors 9/2603 OK, it may have already been a topic of discussion here but I'm curious, do you tip a dockhand when
Pulsating pump... Doug Washburn at 12:13am 08.14.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/968 I recently replaced my fresh water pump because I believed it was on its way out. The primary sympt
Regulator acting up jviss at 1:00am 08.14.06 Ask All Sailors 2/989 I have a three stage charging regulator, a Heart XAR-12. Lately, the "ACCEPT" LED never comes on, a
Heart Interface XAR-12 Manual? jviss at 12:57am 08.14.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1128 I searched and searched online, but cannot find a manual for my regulator. It's a Heart Interface S
Any Winnisquam Lake sailors here? picklefreek at 1:24am 08.14.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/935 Have seen a couple of C22's out on Lake Winnisquam in New Hampshire. I sail a blue O23 that is moor
Joker valve re-installation -overthinking subject? Ian McGain at 1:31am 08.14.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1613 PeggyThanks for the advice. I installed new joker valve this past weekend and the bowl is now long
Tiller attachment point to tubular rudder shaft R. A. Lueck at 2:08am 08.14.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1167 I've had to drill out the bolt hole in the cylindrical shaft the my tiller mounts to that operates t
RC8D Service Manual billsimmeth at 2:07am 08.14.06 The Cherubini Hunters 2/2159 Looking for a copy of the service manual for the Renault RC8D (I have the smaller owners manual). Ba
I'll be offline for at least 10 days... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:22am 08.14.06 Ask All Sailors 3/938 I'm leaving for Alaska in the morning (8/15)...will back late on the 24th. In case you missed my p
Review of the '06 Hunter 25 Top Priority at 3:14am 08.14.06 Smaller Boats 3/1580 I thinking about changing boats. I need something that can manuever in a marina better and I don't l

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Adventures in anchoring dlochner at 9:41am 07.26.21 Install a chain stopper. This will hold the chain while you are retrieving it and prevent the chain
Adventures in anchoring thinwater at 9:37am 07.26.21 Autopilot does not generally help (my last boat was a 34-foot cat). You are going too slow and the
Adventures in anchoring Scott T-Bird at 9:25am 07.26.21 I'm not sure there is another technique that you could have used in that situation. The lesson, I
Troubleshooting LP on 343 Oceanis (1) DougM at 9:24am 07.26.21 Totally different Panel. Must be a French built 343, and requirements were different
Suggestion for drain hole in anchor locker Don S/V ILLusion at 9:22am 07.26.21
Adventures in anchoring Sailor Sue at 9:11am 07.26.21 A question first - given your description, why on earth would anyone want to anchor there? That be
Relocation/Sea Strainer/Fuel Filter etc? sail sfbay at 9:11am 07.26.21 At first glance I do not see any problem relocating your coolant expansion tank and primary fuel fil
Adventures in anchoring justsomeguy at 9:10am 07.26.21 Trip line? Might need to drill...
Catalina 22 being parted out? Project_Mayhem at 9:07am 07.26.21 need a mainsail fiddle block system.....Catalina Direct backordered I have a Harken fiddle block m
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 9:06am 07.26.21 JuPSDuS3UiA -Will
Adventures in anchoring markwbird at 9:04am 07.26.21 I'm not sure there is another technique that you could have used in that situation. The lesson, I g
Adventures in anchoring Project_Mayhem at 9:04am 07.26.21 Perhaps pulling some road back to the cockpit would allow you to pull it from the helm once the acho
Adventures in anchoring Scott T-Bird at 9:04am 07.26.21 Yes! That would be what I tell Sue (and myself) to make her think I'm leaving early. It was alread
Adventures in anchoring rgranger at 9:00am 07.26.21 Sounds like a autopilot would be helpful. Glad you got it sorted out. I think you could also use a
Adventures in anchoring Michael Davis at 8:56am 07.26.21 I would change my Gypsy to one that accepts rope and chain and wire in my remote control so I could
Adventures in anchoring Dave Groshong at 8:51am 07.26.21 My sure fire technique was to only pull the anchor early early in the morning when it was dead calm.
Deck Windows on a Hunter376 (1) sail sfbay at 8:35am 07.26.21 The consensus was Dow Corning 795 Window resealing \| Sailboat Owners Forums , see post #5 for the pr
Spreader boots for Hunter 335 sail sfbay at 8:13am 07.26.21 Same question came up on this thread and they purchased a large one: spreader boot size \| Sailboat O
1986 Fixed Keel Material hambonebrown at 8:07am 07.26.21 @LakeShark - Many thanks. When I have more photos, I will post. I'll read-up on the thread you've pr
1986 Fixed Keel Material LakeShark at 7:59am 07.26.21 @hambonebrown Yup that's a Fin on the original design C22 (and yes i believe that could still be an

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