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23 wk, will roller furler affect performance? Michael Slough at 7:46am 02.14.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1184 Will adding a roller furler and new headsail affect boat peformance, or am I better off to stay with
Loose Footed Mains and trim Mark M at 7:02am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/824 I realize that the same basic trim controls work on loose footed mains, but am wondering if you have
wouldn't boat size vary the answers on sail settin mark bertenthal at 6:41am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/947 you did not address the boat size in relationship to sail settings. What I did on my 23' boat, I do
I need a main sail Nick at 6:33am 02.14.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/816 I have an ODay 27 (1973) but in great shape. The one thing it is missing is a main sail and I was c
new running rigging davejb851 at 6:21am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 0/893 I am in the middle of restoring my homemade sailboat, and while all the work has been enjoyable, the
outboard motors Jennifer21423 at 6:07am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 18/2002 We are getting ready to replace a dinghy outboard and wondered what people thought of Johnson 15 hp.
I'm Super P-I-double S-E-D!!! PhotoEd at 5:17am 02.14.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/934 So I spend MANY weeks researching the Hunter 25.5 as I have found one nearby that looks interesting.
Ranger 33 strut dee at 5:16am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1215 Does anyone know of a company that has the mold to make a std ranger 33 strut? Mine is in need of r
San Pedro to San Diego Boatyard recommendations Jim at 4:55am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 4/3307 It has come time to bite the bullet and actually find out what my hull looks like (blistered or not)
Repairing Fenders Richard Bryer at 3:45am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1067 Has anyone had any success repairing fenders? I have one with a small hole- looks like somthing shar
Can you take off the emergincy tiller cap from the Chip Willis at 3:45am 02.14.05 Catalina 30 7/2019 rudder post without the rudder falling out of the boat? The top of my rudder is leaking water into t
Battery smell Freddy at 3:37am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1248 While docked and plugged into electricity (battery charger ON) everything works fine but there is qu
cutter staysail trim Debra B at 3:35am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1524 My staysail is self-tending on a boom with a traveler track and adjustable stops (no control lines).
Chemical for finding cracks in standing rigging sailingdude at 3:04am 02.14.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1490 I have seen two different references to a chemical that you can spray on the standing rigging hardwa
Single point main Kevin13821 at 2:46am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/968 How do you effectively control your boom without a traveller?Thank youKevin
How to measure your boats best points of sail Mike16388 at 2:22am 02.14.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1107 Don, My boat manufacturer, Beneteau, doesn't seem to have done polars on my model (393) and I won
Hunter 25.5 forestay length (pin to pin)??? BobKat at 2:21am 02.14.05 Smaller Boats 7/1286 I'm looking to have my genoa cut from hank on type to roller furling. I need the length of the fores
Keel Material 340 345 35s5 350 351 John Nantz at 2:17am 02.14.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1586 Does anybody know what the keel is made of for these models? Is it lead for all of them?Also, anot
outboard prop info Norton at 1:43am 02.14.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/919 I need info on what prop to use on a 6hp evinrude fisherman for use with a sailboat. I am having tr
Tampa/Clearwater, FL Area Sailing Lee at 12:54am 02.14.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1566 My wife and I are considering our retirement places, and Tampa area comes to mind first. We are inte

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Hacked? Davidasailor26 at 2:27pm 12.27.20
Reattaching Flotation Foam - 1982 O'Day 19 GerryG at 2:20pm 12.27.20 John, you're right on about the access port leaking. There is no gasket there and I'm sure the seal
Windows - really? Jumpstart at 1:54pm 12.27.20
Water Tank for Vision 32 kappykaplan at 1:49pm 12.27.20 You've asked the same question or variation of the same question 4 times in multiple forums since 23
Hacked? jssailem at 1:42pm 12.27.20 I seriously doubt they'd go through the book shelf for that book. well not until now. :yikes: :ban
Hacked? capta at 1:24pm 12.27.20 Not a safe thing to travel with that. It's safe if you keep it at home, and in a lockbox when you l
Cal 3-27 Cutlass Bearing Tally Ho at 12:57pm 12.27.20 @WBH, You may have seen this, but my brother-in-law made up this tool for me... allows me to pull
Battery Switch Query Don S/V ILLusion at 12:53pm 12.27.20 If the boat needs an automatic bilge pump it would need to be on. That would of course be determine
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit (3) Thaniel at 12:52pm 12.27.20 Got a few more things done. Looking for some indoor projects I decided to make sure the cushions we
Battery Switch Query Flip Rutledge at 12:42pm 12.27.20 If the boat needs an automatic bilge pump it would need to be on. That would of course be determined
Cal 3-27 Cutlass Bearing WBH at 12:36pm 12.27.20 Bill I came across this website data that may help. https://marinehowto.com/replacing-a-cutlass-bea
Catalina 27 (1980) port cockpit locker Hunter216 at 12:24pm 12.27.20 FYI www.catalina27.org is dead nothing ever loads. I keep seeing people post that link all over
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, alexco38 at 12:22pm 12.27.20 Amazing that people would spent all the effort, money and worries to replace filters, add chemicals
Alternator belt tension (2) Richard19068 at 12:17pm 12.27.20 From the Marine How To website: Setting Belt Tension Just like belt alignment, belt tension is crit
Coax connections at the mast chip veres at 12:08pm 12.27.20 The PL-259 / PL-258 / SO-239 series was designed long ago in the expectation that all cables end in
Bilge Pump and Float Switch in Frozen Water dlochner at 11:20am 12.27.20 Never has in my experience - not once in over 15 years when the pump and float switch may have been
Military Sail Boat? dlochner at 11:10am 12.27.20 Looking at the deck, it appears this might have been one of those ketch rigged submarines I've heard
Bilge Pump and Float Switch in Frozen Water Don S/V ILLusion at 11:09am 12.27.20 Never has in my experience - not once in over 15 years when the pump and float switch may have been
Cal 3-27 Cutlass Bearing Tally Ho at 11:05am 12.27.20 Hi Bill. Congrats on your CAL 27. Suspect you are between a rock and a hard place, wanting to orde
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, SabreToothedEngineer at 10:58am 12.27.20 Some four or five years ago I was having a terrible time starting the Yanmar 3GMF in my '83 H34. The

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