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Gore Tex Report Stephen OBrien at 10:44am 05.24.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/837 Last fall I repacked my stuffing box with Gore Tex packing. So far this year, the packing is living
Engines for Oday Twelves William Foster at 10:26am 05.24.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/797 I own an Oday Twelve. I have oars for it, but I would like to use an electric motor. I was going to
masthead fitting for 272 or 280 Nelson519 at 10:22am 05.24.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/837 What will one find at the top of the mast to aid in adding a spinnaker block? There are two exit bl
Sudden Emergencies Don Guillette at 9:46am 05.24.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/1413 Mates: This is a spin off of the "pre planning" discussion.Suppose your out on your little beauty
Water in bilge Sonny10775 at 9:37am 05.24.05 Smaller Boats 3/819 Ok as I am new to sailing, I don't know much about water inside a boat. I noticed last weekend I not
Leak From Above Sonny10775 at 9:32am 05.24.05 Smaller Boats 1/901 I have a Hunter 26.5 , last weekend, I noticed water slightly leaking in from the rear cabin roof, w
barient winch parts Jim Bessinger at 9:24am 05.24.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1122 I have a 1990 H30 that has a #17 barient single speed winch and the phoenelic black self tailing fea
outboard interferes with rudder steering Jim at 8:20am 05.24.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/861 I have a Macgregor 25. Tiller-rudder steering. Rudder seems to bend under moderate-high pressure,
Cal 28-2 "hellcloth" removal manual Rich at 7:54am 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1318 Okay, I've probably gotten more serious about removing the moldy "hellcloth" liner from my 1987 Cal
Adding wheel sterring to a 25FT Macgregor wieken at 7:12am 05.24.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1603 I saw a very good setup for wheeled sterring for the 25' Macgregor at the dealer in Marina Del Ray.
additional fuel pump on my yanmar 2QM20 thoughts? Harvey at 7:01am 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 14/3434 After months of persistant problems of either air in my fuel line and/or gunk getting into my diesel
Valve Cleaner Shannon at 6:52am 05.24.05 Big Boats 1/876 My Yanmar is blowing blue smoke. Based on the smoke, I assume that it is not burning diesel efficie
Puget Sounders and your zincs Seattle Scott at 6:29am 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1399 One week the shaft zincs were there and the next they were both gone (with a couple of hours of hard
STRUT NEEDED Ronhas at 6:10am 05.24.05 Columbia 1/1378 I have a 1971 columbia Mark3 with a 35 hp yanmar, my strut on the shaft broke and I am having proble
Thru-Hulls Above the Waterline-All Sailors Calaloo at 6:06am 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 5/2712 I am now ready to install air conditioning in my HUN 310, but when I talked with Hunter Marine about
stiff steering catalinaguy at 5:39am 05.24.05 Catalina 30 7/1630 I have made an offer on a 1988 catalina 30 that is in very good condition. The survey was good with
Shroud Tension Martin at 4:52am 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1268 What is the correct tension setting for the shrouds on this boat?Thanks
Mack-Pack Rick at 4:39am 05.24.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/758 Has anyone had any experience with this. I have to replace both my Lazy Jacks and my sail cover and
Europe 2006? eokirie at 4:34am 05.24.05 Destinations 0/1266 Anybody considering doing this race next year? Baltimore US --> Baltimore Irelandhttp://www.ocea
OMC Saildrive maintenance manual Tomek at 4:12am 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1763 I am looking for an OMC Saildrive maintenance manual. Any suggestions where to get one. Maybe some

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Cockpit Cushions Sirius Pete at 8:05am 10.04.20 They look terrific! Where did you have them made?
Sextant Ilanortho at 8:02am 10.04.20 I purchased a Davis Mark 15 a few years ago when I was taking a celestial navigation course. Not t
Sextant Ilanortho at 8:01am 10.04.20 And therein lies the shame, if you're a boater (assume you are, or you wouldn't be posting here) yo
Sextant Ilanortho at 8:00am 10.04.20 Astronomy..... get the SKY VIEW LITE APP... IT'S FREE !!!! names EVERYTHING in the heavens a
Sextant JamesG161 at 7:57am 10.04.20 Interesting that most sailors want to find where they are with a sextant. But... What if you know
Cockpit Cushions (1) Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 7:41am 10.04.20 Mine are 3 inch medium density foam, wrapped in plastic sheeting (with a vent in the bottom :)) and
Sextant BigEasy at 7:36am 10.04.20 I purchased a Davis Mark 15 a few years ago when I was taking a celestial navigation course. Not th
Raccoon destroy the sailboat at boatyard ? What now? mustangy at 7:35am 10.04.20 thanks for warning i tried size down images ? yes it is hunter 34 1983 all cables are dead also th
Would You Use Biodiesel if Available Red_Dog at 7:34am 10.04.20 I wouldn't jump in with both feet right away. My first call would be to Great Lake Diesel and listen
Sextant Mr. Dave at 7:32am 10.04.20 Will never be used on a body of water! And therein lies the shame, if you're a boater (assume you
Would You Use Biodiesel if Available dlochner at 7:22am 10.04.20 Need to do some more research first. If I recall correctly biodiesel is a better solvent than dinosa
Engine failing to start, help with Diagnosis dlochner at 7:19am 10.04.20 First check all the connections. How do you know you had plenty of battery? Voltage reading? They a
Would You Use Biodiesel if Available Michael Davis at 7:14am 10.04.20 Why not? Diesel engines were designed to run on vegetable oil. Petroleum is sorta a second choice to
Sextant cb32863 at 7:13am 10.04.20 Here we go..... someone wants to learn how to use a Sextant because they want to do it for FUN. The
Someone boarded us while we were gone JRT at 7:11am 10.04.20 This is not surprising, I won't show my support because I do not wish to endanger my family. I'll sh
What to do if you lose your rig. shemandr at 7:00am 10.04.20 Mills Race?
Engine failing to start, help with Diagnosis Don S/V ILLusion at 6:54am 10.04.20 Obviously an electrical issue - two options - we could guess about it or you could break out the vol
Sextant Mr. Dave at 6:40am 10.04.20 https://www.celestaire.com/product-category/marine-sextants/cheap-sextant There's this, the self pr
Temporary Plug for Thru Hull Fitting Jim Hawkins at 6:11am 10.04.20 Thanks for that article Jesse, I didn't see it until after I sent my last reply.
Temporary Plug for Thru Hull Fitting Jim Hawkins at 6:02am 10.04.20 Sounds like I'm not being over cautious, those stories are just the thing I want to avoid. In my res

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