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I found a Sunfish Owners Manual Tommy Jules at 9:35am 08.25.04 Ask All Sailors 0/3927 Hi Guys, I've been scouring the internet for weeks looking for a Sunfish sailboats owners manual,
Backward throttle lever John at 9:23am 08.25.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/970 I recently purchased a 1980 H27 W/Yanmar 18hp,2gm20F upgrade. The throttle pulls to aft to accellera
Three Blade Propeller Darko Petercic at 9:14am 08.25.04 Bigger Boats 3/941 I would like to change two blade with three blade propeller on Oday 28 1983 Universal engine 5411.
It rains in my boat kingprawn at 9:01am 08.25.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/769 Since I brought my '81 H22 home last week the weather has turned south and started raining. After a
Achillies Inflatable engine minimum HP Sailadjuster at 8:29am 08.25.04 Ask All Sailors 8/1130 We have an older Achillies dingy that never had an outboard.Wondering if anyone has experience with
Wood Spreaders on a Catalina 30 thubbard@go4color at 7:34am 08.25.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1709 Has anyone out there had any experience in replacing their factory original wood spreaders with the
Oil Canning Don at 7:23am 08.25.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/978 Anyone have any experience in dealing with oilcanning. Our V21 has an indention of the starboard sid
Below Deck Autopilot Gus18235 at 6:31am 08.25.04 Big Boats 2/870 Has anyone installed a below deck autopilot on a 1987 Hunter Legend. If so, please give me some feed
drybowl Jim Moran at 6:10am 08.25.04 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1173 Marine head flushes OK, but in drybowl mode very difficult to move pump handledown (up OK). Help wit
jackstands Jim Moran at 6:06am 08.25.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/1130 Need recommended Jackstand locations for C30 storage. Also recommendations for over-the-road hauling
Hunter 23 cabinhouse graphics Hunter 23 303 at 5:23am 08.25.04 Smaller Boats 5/1070 I thought I remember reading a post on this forum about someone that worked at or owned a vinyl grap
Group trip to the Flordia Keys ? Alan Worcester at 5:21am 08.25.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/757 Is there a group trip going to the Flordia Keys? I thought I read about one within the last month o
2GM20, very bad vibration Alain Viua at 5:16am 08.25.04 Ask All Sailors 1/972 I have a 2GM20 Yanmar in a Hunter 28.5. I'm getting a bad vibration on acceleration once the engine
2GM20, very bad vibration Alain Viua at 5:14am 08.25.04 Mid-Size Boats 7/1265 I have a 2GM20 Yanmar in a Hunter 28.5. I'm getting a bad vibration on acceleration once the engine
buying a Cal 29 Larry T at 5:03am 08.25.04 Cal 2/876 I am buying a 1977 Cal 29. I have a couple of questions.1. Anyone have a manual for the ferryman A-
Roudy crew in cockpit Seattle Scott at 4:18am 08.25.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1173 Puget Sound WA bounty caught last week. You can keep 6 males a day.It must have been a bachelor part
traveller replacement Ken at 4:00am 08.25.04 Mid-Size Boats 2/871 Has anyone faced the challenge of replacing the traveller on your 28.5? I would be interested in he
Fugawi Paul at 3:44am 08.25.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1183 I've had the Fugawi software for a number of years and recently upgraded to the the ENC version. The
Jib and roller furling questions Don at 3:31am 08.25.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/856 Can a jib be (for lack of a better term) "reefed" on a roller furling ? I dont have any experience w
storage cradle Joanne at 3:15am 08.25.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/1192 Does anyone have the measurements for where the pads should be placed on a cradle?

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eherlihy at 4:08am 08.18.20 On the 35's Isomat Mast there are two plastic wire conduits that run up from the bottom of the mast.
How do/would you do it? Davidasailor26 at 3:53am 08.18.20 Our club uses a system similar to your option 1. Unfortunately it gets complicated by boats that sw
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... Davidasailor26 at 3:38am 08.18.20 @Davidasailor26, it's in... super easy installation. I had almost no wiggle room for the DC lines
Backstay Failure Will Gilmore at 3:34am 08.18.20 When I got to the boat I noticed that the clevis pin in the backstay was gone. Could this have had
146 Mainsheet cam cleat (2) Joe at 3:33am 08.18.20 Also check Ronstan, Antal, Lewmar, Garhaurer . search: "swiveling mainsheet cam cleat" Garhaurer
Backstay Failure Joe at 3:11am 08.18.20 Uh.... yes. That would be a problem. You need to get someone out to go through you boat and make su
Drama in Pago Pago S/V Honu at 11:50pm 08.17.20 Last word i got was they are on a mooring doing a 14 day quarantine, with enough food and water.
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working Terry Cox at 9:44pm 08.17.20 Ouch! So sorry to hear that news. Do you have the Genset on the upper platform like we have? If so
How do you store Terry Cox at 9:39pm 08.17.20 Been using the Topsider two gallon tank with vacuum pump for years to extract the oil from our engin
How do/would you do it? Jackdaw at 9:30pm 08.17.20
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... (1) SoSound at 9:19pm 08.17.20 @Davidasailor26, it's in... super easy installation. I had almost no wiggle room for the DC lines,
Hardtop for a Hunter 41AC (2) Bill Creadon at 9:06pm 08.17.20 I built 60 hardtops for various sail and power boats using 1/2 thick starboard. I was an owner in a
Doyle Stack Pack help Tim Mills at 8:53pm 08.17.20 Yes, +2 to Ron. I was told by the bag maker to loosen the bag halyards by about 6-8" before raising
Two banks, three batteries and new charger capable of charging three battery banks Bobalong at 8:50pm 08.17.20 Connect charger output to each battery or just to one? Read an interesting paper about connecting
Prep week and dress up day: T_Cat at 8:35pm 08.17.20 Nice! I just moved into my first slip for the remainder of the season in Erie PA. It will really im
LouisMK at 8:35pm 08.17.20 Bike chain is a good idea. Thanks
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors duck21 at 8:10pm 08.17.20 As a side note, Minnesota passed "Sophia's Law" a couple of years ago requiring CO detectors on all
How do you store Mark Maulden at 8:04pm 08.17.20
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors WayneH at 7:42pm 08.17.20 I've been bad about this. Our smoke/CO detector failed on us a while back and we pulled it off the b
How do you store WayneH at 7:19pm 08.17.20 I put the oil extractor in a garbage bag with the hoses. I put rolled up blue shop towels into the e

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