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Reconditioning a Patched Mainsail Dave Oberle at 9:22am 01.24.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/909 I have a Hunter Legend35. Last year, with the Main Reefed incorrectly, we tore out one of the Gromme
Bending stainless steel rod Rich at 9:09am 01.24.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1413 I'm thinking about ways to mount my solar panel (about 14"X 36") on the stern of my boat (so the wir
Catalina 400 Cockpit Table waslane at 8:57am 01.24.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/986 I own hull #46 and sail on Lake Erie out of Battery Park Marina. The screws that anchor the base pla
Flex-O-Fold Prop for a 376? Dave Sharp at 8:28am 01.24.05 Big Boats 2/775 I'm considering changing my prop to a Flex-O-Fold 3 blade. Are there any restrictions to using this
M25/m25XP P.C. at 8:09am 01.24.05 Mid-Size Boats 2/1383 What is the difference between the M25 and the M25XP? What is the best way to tell which type is in
Missed Op don at 7:51am 01.24.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/922 I was not up on the rules so you may have answered this and I missed it.#1 ... I have a '72 24' Ven
wheel autopilot and the 37 cutter Debra B at 7:50am 01.24.05 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1678 OK a couple of people have stated that they use the Simrad WP30 pilot with the 37 cutter. Others tha
Anchor riding sails Dave Mehan at 6:47am 01.24.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/986 Hi--What do you know about how well anchor riding sails--i.e., sails hosted up the backstay and shee
cabin sole replacement Jeff at 7:44am 06.03.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/2155 I recently purchased a '82 Catalina tall rig. I am intereted in improving the interior of the cabin
New 27 Guy at 6:38am 01.24.05 Smaller Boats 2/746 Take a look at the new 27 on the Hunter Web Site. The numbers look a little strange!
Catalina 27 exhaust Les H at 6:14am 01.24.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1045 I'm wanting to replace the old plastic thru hull exhaust outlet with a new stainless steel one. My p
Should I buy a 170 sean33 at 5:36am 01.24.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/804 Hi, I am thinking about buying a Hunter 170 for sailing on the great south bay of long island and
STEERING MAC 26X WITH 50 HP HONDA 4 STROKE PAUL266 at 5:24am 01.24.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/802 WE ARE NEW TO THE MAC BECAUSE WE'VE FEW HOURS UNDERWAY. THE STEERING IS VERY STIFF AND BOAT IS SLOW
MACGREGOR 26X SWING KEEL PAUL KALLMEYER at 4:59am 01.24.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2199 WHEN I BOUGHT MY SECOND HAND 26X, IT WAS THREE YEARS OLD. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PASSED AWAY. I HA
New London-New York william at 4:55am 01.24.05 Ask All Sailors 11/1190 I've been sailing my Cal 33, from Boston-Cape Cod-Newport area. The furthest I've ventured south has
Packing Shaft Dave at 4:49am 01.24.05 The Cherubini Hunters 7/986 I am a little confused on the packing gland. Ours is dripping from the last nut closest to the engi
cruising spinnakers Jeffrey at 4:49am 01.24.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/900 Will a cruising spinnaker add much performance to a cruiser such as a cstalina 30 and on what point
Saildrive water intake isail4sanity at 4:19am 01.24.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1082 I have an O'day 28 vintage 1978 with the original OMC saildrive. All is well...except that the engin
Ramp Launch Dave Stellers at 3:48am 01.24.05 Smaller Boats 5/1060 I am looking to purchase a new 22Mk11. I have to go with the wing keel for launching purposes. My qu
raritan phii robert taylor at 3:32am 01.24.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1456 peggy,i just installed a new raritan phii toilet. the bowl is above the level of the holding tank

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C30 MKiii length over all - how did the addition of the sugar scoop swim platform affect length? (1) weekendrken at 7:26pm 09.16.20
Just a quick hardware swap he said...... Grotto at 7:15pm 09.16.20 The organic ridge is obviously designed to disturb the laminar flow across the rudder creating less
Adding a spinnaker boom topping lift Jackdaw at 7:13pm 09.16.20 OK first. A topping lift should be at least a pole length above the ring. Higher is better. The load
Loos Gauge near Canyon Lake? Grotto at 7:10pm 09.16.20 <p>
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Tally Ho at 7:09pm 09.16.20 Has anyone ever figured out a clever way to tighten or loosen nuts for stanchions or other deck har
A Chesapeake Bay Pilot's video... jssailem at 7:06pm 09.16.20 Enjoyed both of the videos. Cool.:beer:
Torqeedo on C22 Grotto at 7:00pm 09.16.20 New motors are expensive, just got a Tohatsu sail pro propane. Looked at the torqeedo, great idea b
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person shemandr at 6:44pm 09.16.20 When I finally crawled back into the nether regions of my Mark 25 I found one of the backing plates
Yanmar 35 Hp Engine Owners Manual (1) PAC3142 at 6:39pm 09.16.20 Panama Jack, I have loaded a PDF of the manual below. Although I don't see anything on the impeller
Cal 29 - loose rudder post blackdove1256 at 6:27pm 09.16.20
Main sheet twist Ken13559 at 6:25pm 09.16.20 My Traveler is on Bimini top and Mainsheet do ocassional gets twisted as shown by Mark M. Not really
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Close Call at 6:24pm 09.16.20 Vise grips often work.
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Alan Gomes at 6:22pm 09.16.20 I just did mine by myself. What helps is if you replace the bolts with hex heads. This makes it eas
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Captain Larry-DH at 6:09pm 09.16.20 Thanks @Kings Gambit - I posted without directly referring to the COLREGs so used an incorrect term
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person jssailem at 6:02pm 09.16.20 Patrick It may be time to meet some of the local kids and see if they would like to ride on a sail b
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person dLj at 5:59pm 09.16.20 I've taken the tool for one side and duct taped it in place, go to the other side and tighten. Depen
Rust Never Sleeps. Ken13559 at 5:54pm 09.16.20 Recently I came across, on YouTube a passivation process called Bluing. Wonder if we could use it on
Rust Never Sleeps. Justin_NSA at 5:49pm 09.16.20 Well, to start off, that weld would never pass a QC inspection when new! There appears to be incom
C30 MKiii length over all - how did the addition of the sugar scoop swim platform affect length? Captain.Olives at 5:27pm 09.16.20
Furling mast, weird switch capta at 5:22pm 09.16.20 Then that switch moves it from manual to electric. If left in the manual position it will unfurl unl

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