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free cal 34- was submerged-louisiana waynek at 1:34pm 12.09.05 Cal 1/485 A cal 34 that sunk in a slip is available. I raised it but has a slow lwak and keeps sinking. the hu
test Phil Herring at 12:53pm 12.09.05 Other Sailboats 0/696 test
Raymarine ST 60 Wind Instrument Reading Backwards Benny at 10:36am 12.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3984 We recently replaced the little wind vane and the anemometer cups on the short arm transducer for th
Chosing a SSB radio John at 8:50am 12.09.05 Big Boats 5/938 I plan to install a SSB radio on my 40.5 this spring. Does anyone know where I can find information
Catalina 22 Rudder texaspsdx at 8:34am 12.09.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1464 I bought a 1984 C22 today and need a rudder. Anyone have a used one they would like to get rid of?
new owner of a old one suds22334 at 8:34am 12.09.05 Ask All Sailors 8/998 I did it I bought her 30'1990 Catlaina I have a lot of questions to ask so please bare with me. #1.
Bottom Job Questions Arturo DeVitalis at 6:52am 12.09.05 Smaller Boats 1/783 The Hunter 23.5 will go back in the water after Christmas. It has been sitting on it's trailer ever
Bending SS Tubing Steve S. at 6:36am 12.09.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1062 Has anyone had any experiencing trying to bend stainless steel tubing? I have a pedestal guard that
Battery Charger is Cycling Jim at 6:32am 12.09.05 Ask All Sailors 3/989 Hopefully some weekend electricians can help me out on this one. I have a Sentry battery charger and
Revival of an old interior Wally at 6:20am 12.09.05 Catalina 30 0/1207 I was amazed to see how nice my 1984 C-30 interior could be with a little interior varnish and new s
cute cushion Tom11691 at 6:06am 12.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/801 Try tie dye
Tach Location Hunter 33 Ken at 4:48am 12.09.05 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1192 I have installed the Yanamar Tach for the 2QM15 engine. As I recall a 24 MM plug has to be removed f
Hull Color rgallagher at 4:19am 12.09.05 Ask All Sailors 16/3444 My wife and I are going to move up to a bigger boat this next summer (27/30ft) and we have been look
weight moonchaser at 3:22am 12.09.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1067 need actual weight of a beneteau idylle 36' sloop.
Hot chicks on sailboats thread? biorapper at 3:17am 12.09.05 Sails Call Lounge 4/20451 Not too long ago there was a thread here that had alot of fine fillies on sailboats! Can't find any
plumbing steve rainey at 3:02am 12.09.05 Ask All Sailors 15/1251 I'd like to remove the hoses on my boat and replace them with poly tubing. can then hook up the sink
Catalina 22 water in the storage compartments rcfpe5 at 2:02am 12.09.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2669 I just bought a 1975 Catalina 22. Three days after putting it in the water and sailing it for a few
Running the topping lift, etc back to the cockpit uploadjoe at 1:41am 12.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2217 Hey gang!I am interested in rigging my 1985 25.5 up so that the lines at the mast are run back to
Alternative to roller reefing Joel23839 at 1:24am 12.09.05 Other Sailboats 6/1495 Has anybody come up with an alternative to roller reefing on the Sandpiper? Is installing a grommen
36 mast beam Lincoln Baxter at 1:04am 12.09.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/984 I was wondering if anyone could post some photos (interior and exterior) of the mast support beam an

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After 35 years of sailing I fell in today Ralph Johnstone at 9:08am 06.01.21 Oh, we could start a never ending thread about that topic! Don't know how far it would go. You r
Looking at hunter 30 Ralph Johnstone at 9:02am 06.01.21 It is the same engine with ho ratings at different rpms Usually hear the 2GM20? referred to as an
Diagram of sail rigging for Hunter 26 Justin_NSA at 8:55am 06.01.21 Loose footed mains are reinforced appropriately to take the stress. If yours has the bolt rope to sl
Marking anchor rode Davidasailor26 at 8:50am 06.01.21 Those are waters that I'd never drop the hook in...the 10 depths have surrounding shoals that the
Diagram of sail rigging for Hunter 26 DeliriousSailor at 8:31am 06.01.21
Disappointed in Beneteau cb32863 at 8:26am 06.01.21 For the boat production, Beneteau is the prime contractor while Sparcraft is the subcontractor. The
Adding a circuit to dc side. JoeWhite at 8:25am 06.01.21 Phil, try digikey.com enter circuit breaker in the search bar. You may find one you can use. They do
AC Condensate Drain Oprion jeepbluetj at 8:23am 06.01.21 I have a venturi on my A/C outlet, and I'm not sure yet that it doesn't restrict the flow quite a bi
Shorten the transducer wire from the Garmin G-wind masthead sensor jeepbluetj at 8:18am 06.01.21 I even looked it up, from Garmin's instructions: "3. Leaving an appropriate amount of slack, cut t
Yanmar 4JH4AE Fuel Water Separator question JoeWhite at 8:15am 06.01.21 Excellent write-up with photos to explain the problems. On the second problem my solution would be t
AC Condensate Drain Oprion tfox2069 at 8:09am 06.01.21 +1 on the venturi system. I think I have the Marvair. Just don't forget to drain it in the winter.
Window Caulking tfox2069 at 8:05am 06.01.21 I'm working up the courage (and time) to pull out a leaking port and rebed properly. Great advice o
Diagram of sail rigging for Hunter 26 twistedskipper at 7:56am 06.01.21
Diesel shutoff question Wm. Gill at 7:55am 06.01.21 Fairly certain thread size is 10-32 consistent with Morse cables. Indications are it's a 6mm x 1 o
Full size porta potty? tfox2069 at 7:45am 06.01.21 Instead of converting to any marine toilet (all of the Raritan models #tfox mentioned are high end
C22 nav lights...? Gene Neill at 7:41am 06.01.21 They came with incandescent, if I recall. Definitely not LED unless specified.
Deck wash tfox2069 at 7:39am 06.01.21 My pump is installed under the forward bunk, on the starboard side. No opinion on whether to put it
2-stroke Nissan running away kloudie1 at 7:38am 06.01.21 I think you have the diagnosis correct, the engine is "running away" (2 stroke racing to higher RPM
Yanmar 4JH4AE Fuel Water Separator question kloudie1 at 7:33am 06.01.21 Next time ya change the filter, remove the filter top and drill the bracket holes 2 sizes larger.. t
Diagram of sail rigging for Hunter 26 DeliriousSailor at 7:11am 06.01.21 Great article! Thanks.. The clew needs some redoing so we were concerned with relying on it. Once

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