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Fresh Water System Question/Problem BCUSTER at 12:47am 05.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/811 I am not clear on how the fresh water tanks are supposed to work. All three tanks are full, Water i
H36 Autopilot Ken Juul at 12:19am 05.09.05 Big Boats 1/994 Dockmate is having problems with his autopilot (ST4000) not tracking correctly. Dealer installed it
Air Conditioner H-30T, 88-94 NuNees at 12:12am 05.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/751 I am planning to install an A/C unit in my 93 H30T.An archived post indicated that the A/C unit was
faucets bruce1309 at 10:39pm 05.08.05 Smaller Boats 9/1503 Both of my faucets (head and galley) leak at the pump handle. I also snapped the hose attachment on
Rhodes 18 info Tim R. at 10:25pm 05.08.05 Ask All Sailors 2/2047 Can anyone provide me with or point me to any information on a Rhodes 18? I understand it is still
Adding an organizer and clutches Kent13689 at 9:59pm 05.08.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/823 I have a 1989 Hunter 30 which I have owned since 1998. It has a four place organizer and four clutc
How many compartments Russ Payne at 9:37pm 05.08.05 Day Sailers 1/1125 Between the deck and the hull how many compartments are there and should they all drain water to the
replacing cartridge in head sink taps Ron at 9:33pm 05.08.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/903 I have a 1994 Cat320. The head sink faucettes started to drip causing the pump to run. I have the re
Leaky Ports on H28 Steve at 9:00pm 05.08.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/1010 I have a 1992 H28 that has four opening cabin ports. A couple of them have a slow drip when it rain
H260 Bow Eye/Ubolt TrailerSailor at 6:23pm 05.08.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/846 Has anybody experienced problems with the bow eye/ubolt (where winch attaches) getting loose or work
Snow Damage to boat Bill at 4:55pm 05.08.05 Ask An Oday Owner 5/953 I am looking for advice. Due to our terrfic amount of snow, the sliding hatch cover for the comapnio
Coastie cruising ex-admin at 2:21pm 05.08.05 Ask All Sailors 36/2652 Over the years, the role of the United States Coast Guard has changed. Now a part of the Department
Worked for me - may work for you!!! John G at 2:00pm 05.08.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/861 I took delivery of my new Hunter 33 (2004)last June and motor/sailed to my home port some 150 miles
Oday 25 saildrive leak: Caulk? Alan Johnson at 1:02pm 05.08.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1127 This question is applicalbe to anyone with an inboard. I have an Oday 25 with a rebuilt OMC sail dr
Oday 20 manual rpeddle at 12:47pm 05.08.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1085 I recently purchased a 76 O'day 20 and I'm interested in obtaining an owners manual. Any assistance
Sea Anchor Vrs Anchor Franklin at 12:42pm 05.08.05 Other Sailboats 6/846 I was wondering if anybody could tell me if there is a difference in ride on a sea anchor vrs. an an
Need new main halyard John at 12:39pm 05.08.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1272 My main halyard got jammed around itself on the winch that I had to cut it in order to bring down th
Replacing Plexiglass windows on ODay 272 cookiemonster at 12:33pm 05.08.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2144 We are looking at an O'DAY 27 that needs a bit of work (okay, quite a bit of work). One part needin
I hate this boat! WJ at 12:16pm 05.08.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1022 Well i love it but i hate to sail it.I am talking about a ol hunter 25'(cheribini) that draws four a
Raising the traveler? BaySailMD at 10:59am 05.08.05 Ask An Oday Owner 6/997 I have a 1982 ODay 34. I am trying to bring all the running rigging aft to the cockpit. What I'd l

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Experience reducing Aero drag while trailering? rgranger at 10:30am 03.30.21 ...Stay away from the 87 octane stuff too. So this is not as straight forward of an issue as it mig
Catalina 385 / Golf Cart Batteries? Stu Jackson at 10:29am 03.30.21 I need AGM @Monterey385 Honest question: Why?
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? Kings Gambit at 10:26am 03.30.21 I think your math might be confused in your original example. Also, the fixed prop adjustments I've
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? dLj at 10:25am 03.30.21
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? jon hansen at 10:19am 03.30.21 most sailors do not sail in 3 knt of wind, or 30 knt of wind. look at david's graph. where most of y
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? jon hansen at 10:04am 03.30.21 i know these boys think i'm picking on them. really i'm not. learning about these toys is fun, righ
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? jon hansen at 10:01am 03.30.21 Here's an actual plot of my boat's speed from a couple seasons of 3 blade fixed prop (orange dots)
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? (1) Davidasailor26 at 9:56am 03.30.21 Here's an actual plot of my boat's speed from a couple seasons of 3 blade fixed prop (orange dots) t
Auto Pilot Secret sail at 9:54am 03.30.21
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? Davidasailor26 at 9:52am 03.30.21 PHRF, at least in the time-on-distance mode, can't possibly account for the different advantages tha
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? Scott T-Bird at 9:47am 03.30.21 I don't really know how corrected time is calculated so I am having difficulty in following your mat
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? jon hansen at 9:44am 03.30.21 the improvement reaches maximum when the wind goes soft and the boats are going 2knt. your thinkin
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? jon hansen at 9:40am 03.30.21 sent you a PM with my phone number. i'm not typing all afternoon
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? Kings Gambit at 9:31am 03.30.21 No handicap will ever be perfect or even fair ... that said, I tend to think that there are way too
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? jon hansen at 9:25am 03.30.21 Still muddling over this question from a few weeks back. The question of what a folding prop does t
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? Scott T-Bird at 9:24am 03.30.21 No handicap will ever be perfect or even fair ... that said, I tend to think that there are way too
Hunter 376 Access in Aft Cabin duck21 at 9:16am 03.30.21 Excellent--thank you for the update! I was assuming that everything could be (fairly easily) disass
Tips on replacing rub rail - O'day 23 dexterbuell at 9:16am 03.30.21 Would love to hear more about curing those leaks. It's a damp boat for sure. Did you re-bed all that
Draft stripes. Anyone use them? DArcy at 9:10am 03.30.21 Draft stripes are very useful for understanding your sail shape. That picture you attached is a grea
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW? kloudie1 at 9:07am 03.30.21 Some hidden issues here.. The biggie is that the handicap is to make things equal and they are using

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