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Suntan Lotion staining gelcoat HELP!! Bill at 1:09pm 07.21.06 Ask All Sailors 13/9659 Whenever my crew wears suntan lotion, it turns the Gelcoat Orange wherever the suntan lotion has con
Shower track rollers rad at 11:31am 07.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/805 Has anybody any idea where to find replacement mini rollers for the head shower track? I am missing
Maiden voyage out of water Tommy B. at 2:11pm 07.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/922 I recently loaded my 23 hunter onto it's trailer for the first time. Following someones advice I fl
Using H22 centerboard Pete at 9:46pm 07.19.06 Smaller Boats 6/864 I'm new to sailing and in reading books on sailing they often mention adjusting the centerboard posi
H44 pointing ability Larry Jackel at 10:48pm 07.19.06 Big Boats 4/1105 Despite much tweaking, I haven't been able to get my h44 stock jib to draw properly with apparent wi
Wilcox Crittenden bawgy at 10:48pm 07.19.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2174 Are parts still available for these heads . I just purchased a Venture 24 with one in it and when I
Throttle and shift cable failure lross83 at 10:57pm 07.19.06 Mid-Size Boats 6/1482 Though it seems the shifter has always been on the stiff side, this year it became more and more dif
Hot Weather Poptop John S at 10:59pm 07.19.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1272 I have been getting ready for summer sailing in extremely hot weather. I wanted a poptop cover that
atachment to asymetrical spinnaker for Hunter 340 rami at 12:00am 07.20.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1237 I like to add an asymetrical spinnaker to my hunter 340and need to add a bow sprit of some kind.can
Stern Rail Mounting of Tender Outboard Bruce Cutcliffe at 12:21am 07.20.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1220 I would like to mount my recently purchased 4-hp Yamaha outboard on the stern rail of my O'Day 26.
Fixed Boom on C-30 Jeffg at 1:22am 07.20.06 Catalina 30 4/1789 Hi,I would like to mount a solid boom vang to my Catalina 30 and need to keep the boom from rotati
WAAS in Canada ? Ron at 1:30am 07.20.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1197 I was reading about WAAS for the GPS system. My old Magellan unit does not have it, and I was consi
Shafer 310 roller furler J. Southern at 2:47am 07.20.06 Ask All Sailors 3/961 No manual for this shafer furler, but the turnbuckle is inside the aluminum tube above the furler dr
Day sailing from Central NJ Canfield at 3:31am 07.20.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1061 Just buying a Mariner 19 intending to trailer for day sailing. I have sailed Barnegate and upper Ch
Quick C36 spec question please jviss at 3:43am 07.20.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/919 I wonder if soemone can tell me, off the top of their head:1. Length of mooring cleats at stern qu
How to rig a 2-line single reef? Clark at 3:49am 07.20.06 Mid-Size Boats 0/851 I have an H280 equipped with 2 lines; one for the first reef and one for the second. My sail does no
Should we? tj at 3:53am 07.20.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1116 I have been boating for over 35 years now on Lake Erie, all power boating. My wife and I have been
VSCs Dennis at 4:08am 07.20.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1186 while i have never gotten one so far, I have been thinking about a Vessel safety check. Are they y
MD7A tachometer problems Donald L. Hendrix at 7:30am 07.20.06 Islander 2/2626 The tachometer for the MD7A diesel on my Islander 28 is misbehaving. It does not work when the engi
Booze!! Jack2438 at 7:58am 07.20.06 Ask All Sailors 29/2216 I know I am leaving myself open for a joke or two but I really don't know the answer. While entert

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Landing a sturgeon Will Gilmore at 3:40am 07.20.21 I've had flying fish jump aboard; one smacked a doctor right in the center of his chest while the do
Reefing Method Question (1) snoopy_ at 12:37am 07.20.21 Alan, Okay, so that would explain why some never touch their topping lift. i.e. It's set to a heig
San Pedro to Two Harbors in a 19' Mariner Richard19068 at 10:28pm 07.19.21 Good observation. Both can be good routes. I don't think the distances are as large as your numbers
Reefing Method Question Alan Gomes at 10:20pm 07.19.21 You kinda lost me with this statement: "The first person pulls one line to sheet the aft end of the
Reefing Method Question snoopy_ at 9:09pm 07.19.21 Stu, I don't understand. My two-person procedure is the way I tried to simplify what is from the f
A trip down the Chicago river - With pics! Jumpstart at 8:51pm 07.19.21 The Franklin Street Bridge near the Merchandise Mart has a plaque with my great grandfathers name on
Reefing Method Question Stu Jackson at 8:50pm 07.19.21 Are there any suggestions that would make the above easier? I have a reefing hook that I plan on i
JY14/Hunter140 crack under mainstay mount Project_Mayhem at 8:45pm 07.19.21 This was a common issue with the JY's. I knew someone who repaired his. I'll see if I have any email
What kind of antenna is this ? Ken Cross at 8:22pm 07.19.21 You could check with a field strength meter, a VSWR meter, a throughline watt meter, a spectrum ana
Getting the H34! kloudie1 at 7:46pm 07.19.21 Congratulations!
Boom Vang Strap (Hunter 19) Wilco at 7:26pm 07.19.21 Got it. Thanks.
San Pedro to Two Harbors in a 19' Mariner (1) JackOlsen at 7:23pm 07.19.21 My apologies for getting land miles from Google, but this lays out my two options, with the day's wi
Boom Vang Strap (Hunter 19) twalker H260 at 7:20pm 07.19.21 Looks like a similar mast base to our 260. The vang hinge is available here: https://shop.huntero
ISO Surveyors - NH area Apex at 7:16pm 07.19.21 What year, make and model sailboat are you looking at? Thanks SFBay, looking for personal recomme
h 41 couch MFD at 7:05pm 07.19.21 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/h41-ac-ds-couch-removal.150290/#post-1007084 and https://f
Landing a sturgeon FDL S2 at 7:04pm 07.19.21 I didn't know there were that many of them around. The Hudson River used to have them - maybe stil
Reefing Method Question sail sfbay at 7:03pm 07.19.21 Might look at post #10 in thus thread on how this sailor does it with photos: Reefing a Catalina 30
Hunter 212 Spinnaker's PHarmon1 at 6:47pm 07.19.21 Okay, thanks
Main hard to raise snoopy_ at 6:38pm 07.19.21 That's your problem. Your boom needs to rise as the sail goes up. You are preventing that by keepin
Need help on bulb type for a Catalina 309 head light Stu Jackson at 6:19pm 07.19.21 Festoon

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