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traveler Justin at 5:45am 06.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/940 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 1/1011 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 2/2266 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 4/2043 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 7/927 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 3/1324 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 1/1002 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 11/8477 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 3/846 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 0/983 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 24/1850 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 0/863 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 8/1032 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 5/1673 I installed a car radio below deck. The receiver works and the wires are conntected to the main fus
Auto Pitol works great, now the roller furling texastom at 1:56am 06.06.05 Big Boats 2/877 I think I got the auto pilot working fine. Franklin was right, good sail set and the ST4000 works fi
Slapping Halyard Roy at 1:23am 06.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1223 I have A 1988 Catalina 30 Standard Rig with a halyard ( I'm not sure which one ) that slaps the insi
Air conditioning Thermostat Ozana at 1:16am 06.06.05 Big Boats 3/915 I want to install a thermostat on my 16500btu central air condioner. The air condioner now has a cop
Trailer mfg's for Cat 22 Micklejester at 12:41am 06.06.05 Trailer Sailors 3/1569 Cat 22 Trail mfgs Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was
Trailer mfg's for Cat 22 Micklejester at 12:40am 06.06.05 Smaller Boats 2/1048 Cat 22 Trail mfgs Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was
First outing with my new old O'Day 23 svey at 12:39am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 5/971 I was out Saturday for the first outing in my O'Day 23 (ZigZag not my choice but to much badluck inv

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Where do I find this part? alexco38 at 8:21pm 04.08.21 The best way to get "ALL" the water out is vacuum cleaner. With shore power (can use inverter): htt
Halyard wrap with Furlex No Rush at 8:07pm 04.08.21 If you have a back stay tensioner, adding some tension before furling also helps.
Halyard wrap with Furlex chuckwayne at 7:39pm 04.08.21 There is a furlex version - I've replaced mine
What is this thing on my Beneteau 361 boom? Jskosmo at 7:37pm 04.08.21 As always - thank you SO VERY MUCH!
Halyard wrap with Furlex Dave Groshong at 7:32pm 04.08.21 There's likely a furlex version as well, I will check with Selden
Halyard wrap with Furlex Ted at 7:30pm 04.08.21 Dave is correct. Another type of halyard deflector is the one made by Harken it's very easy to insta
Dynaplate Brian D at 7:29pm 04.08.21 The main reason for having a Dynaplate is to establish a ground plane for a HF or SSB radio. While
Thinking about painting my hull Ged AU at 7:24pm 04.08.21
Dyneema lifelines on Hunter 36 AndyL at 7:17pm 04.08.21 Andy, I just replaced my lifelines on our 2009 H36. Used stainless steel. The shrouds come close to
Hunter 170 Bow Cover specs and Spinnaker specs. JerryA at 7:11pm 04.08.21 Having owned a 2005 H170 anything H170 on ebay always peaks my interest. I've seen used covers on eb
Dynaplate Don S/V ILLusion at 6:36pm 04.08.21 I can think of no valid reason for using a dynaplate as a substitute for proper RF counterpoise.
Where do I find this part? Phil Herring at 6:34pm 04.08.21 How many collective hours do you suppose the members of this forum have spent in that isle. Lol
Dynaplate dlochner at 6:26pm 04.08.21 The main reason for having a Dynaplate is to establish a ground plane for a HF or SSB radio. While t
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing dlochner at 6:19pm 04.08.21 If nothing else, foiling boats give us old geezers something to talk about while waiting for the wea
What is this thing on my Beneteau 361 boom? (1) Capn John at 6:14pm 04.08.21 It should most certainly NOT be positioned aft of the outhaul car. It is intended to keep the car f
Cargo ship in the North Sea Captain W at 6:08pm 04.08.21 Some more footage XNrgxShyJbs
Winch removal Dalliance at 6:07pm 04.08.21
Shaft Zinc Placement JoeWhite at 5:37pm 04.08.21 When the propeller is moving the vessel forward and backward it also moves the engine back and forth
Halyard wrap with Furlex JoeWhite at 5:21pm 04.08.21 The wrap is due to the head of the jib too far away from the top of the furler. The jib needs to be
Halyard wrap with Furlex Dave Groshong at 4:58pm 04.08.21 I don't see a halyard deflector/restrainer: https://shop.sailboatowners.com/prod.php?13602

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