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Leak Detectives Cate at 6:46am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 7/1302 After about a month of owning my O'Day 20 I have developed a love/hate relationship while fixing her
Shifting gears - part 2 Don Guillette at 6:27am 06.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1176 Mates: For this discussion you should think of a manual transmission in a sports car. When you appro
rudder post collar steve h at 6:26am 06.06.05 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1172 Can someone tell me where you get a collar for a 2" stainless tube rudder post?
Arrgh!!! Blew another Trucharge 20 fuse David W at 6:11am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1099 Situation this time:Not connected to shore power.Started engine from the house bank, #1 on the b
Don Guillette and the sail trim quiz Cliff at 5:59am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1051 I found the quiz question on sail trim to not be a very fair question. Don you ask what my trim wou
O'Day 27 Sail Drive Problem Bob at 5:54am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/870 I am having trouble with my O'Day 27 Saildrive 15 hp engine. I gave it a spring tune up and ran her
traveler Justin at 5:45am 06.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/858 I've been tossing around the idea of mounting a traveler across the cockpit seating closer to the he
306 Aft Cabin Leak MKing at 4:50am 06.06.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/952 Spent Sat. morning looking for a small but pesky leak in the aft cabin of my 2004/306. Hard rain or
Hunter 27' 1980 owners manual dan terlizzi at 4:28am 06.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2231 Hello all--I recently purchased a 27' 1980 Hunter at a great price and in great shape. One thing i
Profurl Roller Furling P-31 System steve rainey at 4:00am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1989 I have an older P-31 Profurl system and am in need of one of the Alum pole sections. Anyone have one
Best Line Heard on the Radio Paul McGhee at 3:57am 06.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/872 I hope I don't get into trouble for a little mild profanity, I'll let Phil decide.On the way out t
Running In Mast Halyards grrlpirate at 3:37am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1291 The spinnaker halyard on my 56 ft mast broke. My problem is that the mast has internal halyards. Doe
new owner Joe Meno at 3:35am 06.06.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/960 Hello, New owner. 1999 411. transom shower, shutoff location. Freshwater system ok, can't seem
Jib Halyard tension with roller furling Bill at 3:10am 06.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/8071 As it is a pain in the a## to change the halyard tension on my roller furling jib, I am wondering if
VHF radio problem Glen at 3:00am 06.06.05 Big Boats 3/804 We have just got through the launch, mast step and re-assembly process and this week-end finally got
Fixing my keel pocket ells at 2:50am 06.06.05 Day Sailers 0/943 In the 1980 Oday 19 you cannot access the keel or the keel pocket from the cabin. In order to acces
Anchoring to close - Please move Jim Seamans at 2:35am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 24/1679 Interesting thing happened Saturday evening. Joan and I had pulled into a little bay name Canoe Nec
Battery/grounding issue picklefreek at 2:08am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/823 Hi all. Chris again that just purchased the 1973 23 converible. Just got the swing center board al
Questions following maiden voyage csobalvarro at 2:03am 06.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/970 Well Saturday was the maiden voyage for "Pili Lani," my "new" 1988 Mac26D! Rigging took a while, as
losing radio presets Tony5898 at 1:59am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1581 I installed a car radio below deck. The receiver works and the wires are conntected to the main fus

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Xantrex Freedom Marine Charger/Inverter issue Justin_NSA at 8:56am 01.27.21 Could be sticky relay, loose connection, cold solder joint, anything that a jolt might shift.
Telltales Don Guillette at 8:55am 01.27.21 top telltale ... this i do not know. will love to learn. don, for me, this is the best discuss
Hunter 34 Fuel Tank Well (1) hunter34austin at 8:48am 01.27.21 "molded well" might be an overstatement (at least for my H34, MY 84). The tank basically sits betwee
Telltales jon hansen at 8:41am 01.27.21 top telltale ... this i do not know. will love to learn. don, for me, this is the best discussi
Sanitation question (1) rgranger at 8:39am 01.27.21 I don't know the answer but..Iif you end up needing to measure... go to the sewing section at walmar
A good first sailboat? rgranger at 8:35am 01.27.21 Check sails as most valuable part lay out on ground see how flat they lay look at all 3 corners mak
1996 HUNTER 336 Not on her lines mbertsche at 8:32am 01.27.21 Ditto on my 323.. The boat sits on her lines and that puts the scoop about 3-4 inches above the wat
Xantrex Freedom Marine Charger/Inverter issue Captain Mateo at 8:30am 01.27.21 Yes, like Don says. I would open the cover when it does not work and using a plastic probe gently m
Barbecue Beefs Ron20324 at 8:18am 01.27.21 .... But I have to ask you, Tom, how do you throw that many on a grill without them walking off.
Xantrex Freedom Marine Charger/Inverter issue JoeWhite at 8:16am 01.27.21 Yes, like Don says. I would open the cover when it does not work and using a plastic probe gently mo
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit Crazy Dave Condon at 8:08am 01.27.21 Thaniel, Do you have a rod connecting the rudder to the motor ? Do you have an auxiliary motor cont
Telltales Don Guillette at 7:59am 01.27.21 Over the years a number of sailors I've spoken to have minimize the use of telltales. If I'm on thei
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 7:58am 01.27.21 Dave, just don't calculate the $/days in the water and compare to our southern neighbours ;) Yes,
12 volt charging at marina DArcy at 7:55am 01.27.21 I think it depends on where you are located. My marina is quite reasonable, there are other nearby
Barbecue Beefs dlochner at 7:36am 01.27.21 I just never could throw live lobsters into boiling water myself, but I'll eat someone else's cooki
Davits and Solar Panels Mark15171 at 7:32am 01.27.21 Bob After thinking some more about the position of the solar panels I am wondering about the space
Xantrex Freedom Marine Charger/Inverter issue Don S/V ILLusion at 7:32am 01.27.21
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 7:32am 01.27.21 An oxymoron? I think it depends on where you are located. My marina is quite reasonable, there are
Ugly, Ugly Sailboats Leeward Rail at 7:26am 01.27.21 The Endeavor 30 catamaran gives it a run for the money: Looks similar to two S2 8.0 monohulls raft
Telltales Sailfanatic at 7:22am 01.27.21 @Don Guillette - Do you have suggested locations and how many on a Genoa and a Main? I have 3 on m

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