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Splitting the backstay Carl at 5:37am 11.30.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/823 Has anyone split the backstay on a Mac 25, as to create one on each side of the stern? I'm installin
Bottom cleaning John Holly at 4:20am 11.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/1014 I have seen some of the devices used to clean the algae and what all from the bottoms of boats befor
cockpit drains slowly Jack2438 at 3:51am 11.30.04 Ask An Oday Owner 3/903 The cockpit on my 1980 O'day 25 drains slowly thru the thru-hull. It looks to be about 1'1/2" round,
New Beneteau Group Forming Charlie Gruetzner - BeneteauOwners.net at 3:02am 11.30.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1116 I just wanted to let everybody that there is a Beneteau Group organizing on Long Island Sound. It i
ORIDO STOVE ANDY at 2:52am 11.30.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/838 DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT MODEL ORIGO STOVE CAME WITH THE 84 25.5? THE SELLER CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE STO
Throttle won't hold position Jeff Schiff at 2:33am 11.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 13/3444 Does anyone have a suggestion on how to "brake" a throttle cable to keep the throttle at a constant
Out of Balance Prop? Quality Time at 1:22am 11.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 11/1343 I recently bought a 1992 H28. During sea trials, I noticed that there was more vibration and moveme
quality materials angelica at 1:20am 11.30.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/674 My husband and I will retire soon and wish to go from a motor yacht to sail vessel. We like the Hunt
Chartplotters bob shultz at 1:19am 11.30.04 Ask All Sailors 11/1207 Does anyone have a recommendation on inexpensive chartplotters, ie. Garmin276C ?
Polar diagrams Mike at 1:07am 11.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 7/1982 I have a 1986 28.5 Hunter with a 150 genoa. Does anyone have or know where to go to get polar perfo
Hatchboard Modifications Bad Obsession at 12:52am 11.30.04 Smaller Boats 5/970 Here are the photos I promised of the hatchboard modifications. They are really cool and I wish tha
Modified Hatchboards Bad Obsession at 12:46am 11.30.04 Smaller Boats 0/733 Here is the pictures that I promised to post. These are of my Hatchboards. It is a cool modificati
Modifications to My Hatchboards Bad Obsession at 12:37am 11.30.04 Smaller Boats 0/701 Here are some pictures of my hatchboards and the modifications that were done. I told you all that
Sea Berths Gary Wyngarden at 11:51pm 11.29.04 Big Boats 7/1148 We're planning a long cruise that will have us out on the ocean overnight from time to time. While
Attack of the Killer Whale Gary Wyngarden at 11:42pm 11.29.04 Ask All Sailors 25/2459 Part way through our two-month cruise on the West Coast of Vancouver Island last summer, the Canadia
Winter is coming Andre Kapuscinski at 10:16pm 11.29.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/978 Hi! I just bought this Hunter 30 in Florida, where the boat used to live all of it's life. Now she'
Cabo to San Diego Dob at 10:07pm 11.29.04 Destinations 5/1692 Thinking of sailing up from Cabo to San Diego in April/May timeframe. Never sailed on the west coas
sail cleaning jeff at 10:00pm 11.29.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1023 do sails really need to be sent off to be cleaned or whats the best way to clean them from mainly mi
DELMARVA - Where's The Morgan Owner? Joe Mullee at 9:45pm 11.29.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1047 A few weeks ago there was a post about an organized rally circumnavigating the DELMARVA. The cost wa
MIO 168 PDA with integrated GPS Dave Amspacher at 4:22pm 11.29.04 Big Boats 0/758 *!I am thinking about getting one of these to use for real time navigation. Does anybody out there u

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do you sail in the fog? shemandr at 3:32pm 12.09.20 Well I don't know if this guy was close to home but it was a case of complacency of some sort. He w
First Sail Boat! nightowle at 3:31pm 12.09.20 Personally, I've liked the sailing manners of most Hunters although I've only sailed the deep or fin
The Proper Prop jon hansen at 3:24pm 12.09.20 the S.S.Middeltown, a converted T2 tanker, converted to lake bulk usage. had a 19', one piece, bronz
Diesel heater pickup tube leaking Terry Cox at 3:23pm 12.09.20 Hi Brian, no picture to share, but when I installed the fuel supply line for the Wallas furnace seve
Catalina 27 stern width? Stu Jackson at 3:19pm 12.09.20 www.catalina27.org or www.catalinayachts.com (archived brochures) The brochures should have the w
Redoing 1984 H34 reefing system Stu Jackson at 3:17pm 12.09.20 Double line reefing is better than single line reefing - most boats come factory supplied with doubl
Diesel heater pickup tube leaking pipedream at 3:10pm 12.09.20 I have an old boat, no parts around here for it.. I had a similartap fitting on my fuel tank, and d
do you sail in the fog? jon hansen at 3:08pm 12.09.20 many times i have had friends aboard on clear bright days. they'll see another vessel go by with the
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive dleckenby at 3:07pm 12.09.20 Thanks for your comments. According to the diver who cleaned the hull a few weeks ago the external a
do you sail in the fog? jssailem at 2:42pm 12.09.20 'close to home complacency'. Certainly that is a good description. I also think this statement "
which Sani Hose Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:34pm 12.09.20 Changed everything out when replacing the old Jabsco head for a Raritan Powerflush II The PowerFlus
which Sani Hose Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:26pm 12.09.20 Looks like a thru-hull to me. Can't tell from the photo what size it is. If the hose is 3/4" ID, i
do you sail in the fog? jon hansen at 1:41pm 12.09.20 you are a very kind man Tom as we all have come to know here. i would call it "reckless opp".
How do those new Double Mainsail's on the AC72's work? DRhoads at 1:26pm 12.09.20 Isn't like putting flaps and slats down on an airplane. More lift at slower speed (greater camber)
do you sail in the fog? Captain Larry-DH at 1:25pm 12.09.20 All true but stats show that good visibility and close to home is where most accidents take place o
The Proper Prop Claude L.-Auger at 1:18pm 12.09.20 As John said, it's your boat hence your decision. A general rule of thumb is to go down in pitch whe
do you sail in the fog? TomY at 12:59pm 12.09.20 I've spent time looking online for collisions, especially on our coast. I couldn't find much. As I
paint... PaulK at 12:47pm 12.09.20 What you paint first depends upon your technique. If you do the smooth sections first, you have to
do you sail in the fog? TomY at 12:44pm 12.09.20 :plus: Rocks + currents = high risk Rocks + currents + poor visibility = higher risk Rocks + curre
which Sani Hose (1) justsomeguy at 12:37pm 12.09.20 Is that a through-hull?

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