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info on a 23 main phill at 10:22am 06.04.04 Day Sailers 0/942 i have and O Day 23 1978 looking for info on the main sail and yow it fastans to the boom? the one i
Yanmar Question for Gearheads Rick D at 9:18am 06.04.04 Ask All Sailors 2/942 Last year several of us with 4JHE's on Cat 42's and Legend 40.5's decided we would adjust the valves
Intermittent Bow lights 22Nauti at 9:15am 06.04.04 Smaller Boats 4/998 Ok folks I've searched for an answer in the archives...no direct answer there.My bow lights keep d
Macgregor 25 masthead Royal20602 at 8:36am 06.04.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1943 I have just purchased a 1983 Macgregor 25 swing keel that is need of some TLC. I have spent the pas
Companionway Hatch - H33 cmtimmons at 7:42am 06.04.04 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1488 The companionway hatch / slider on my 1979 H33 is made of curved plexiglass. My crew jumped on it o
More Head Problems Randy at 7:37am 06.04.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1231 The morning began with more of the same problem I experienced about 2 months ago. Could not discharg
Relocating The Bilge Thru Hull JT6554 at 7:29am 06.04.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1100 Has anyone relocated the bilge thru-hull on an H31? Mine is on the starboard side of the boat and r
Embedded backing plates Richard Bryer at 6:32am 06.04.04 Big Boats 2/897 From past postings, I was under the impression that Hunter made a prqctice of embedding aluminium ba
New Boat - Which Boat? CptnHook at 6:26am 06.04.04 Ask All Sailors 8/1296 I'm sure this question has been asked here before, so please accept my appologies for being redundan
grand traverse bay john12527 at 5:41am 06.04.04 Destinations 2/1829 Anyone out there been to Grand Traverse Bay (Northern Lake Michigan)???I am taking my hunter 170 u
Max Prop hard to feather Frank15188 at 4:34am 06.04.04 Other Sailboats 11/3705 I have a Catalina 387 on which I have a 3 bladed Max Prop installed. I have tried to follow the inst
Forward Hatch Replacement tgrass462 at 3:40am 06.04.04 Smaller Boats 4/1034 When we purchasd Grasshopper II - a 1994 H 26 - we noticed that the center front hatch was cracked.
Long Island NY Rob2435 at 3:04am 06.04.04 Destinations 5/1917 Does anyone have suggestions for destinations close to NYC harbor and on the south shore of LI?
RAYMARINE or SIMRAD Autopilot ? John1534 at 2:51am 06.04.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/1234 Would like to get some feed back on the RAYMARINE ST4000 MK2 or Simrad WP10? Has anyone ever worked
Honda BF75 prop question David W at 2:10am 06.04.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1908 We have the above motor on our Hughes 25. She displaces approx 3500#. Fuller underbody, not a fin ke
Legend 37.5 Overboard Discharge Connection Steve Carpman11081 at 1:44am 06.04.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/961 While replacing the holding tank and hoses on our 1991 Legend 37.5, I found a "Y" on the hose betwee
Stuffing Box Rick at 1:30am 06.04.04 Big Boats 12/1224 Hello everyone,I am interested in installing a dripless system for the stuffing box and was wonder
Mainsheet Attachment (ref. reply from Mike C.) Rob Krohn at 1:30am 06.04.04 Day Sailers 1/1077 In a recent response Mike C. wrote:"My suggestion, if you purchase this boat (which if in good cond
How low can it go? Gary Wyngarden at 12:42am 06.04.04 Ask All Sailors 6/1149 Today's midday low tide for Seattle? Minus 4.1 feet, a record I believe. Good for digging clams.
Attn: Sam Bocchicchio Jeff Bacon at 12:34am 06.04.04 Other Sailboats 1/1040 Sam:Read your recent posts, and tried to send a response offline. However, the mail was returned d

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Eye Splice double-braid Ward H at 10:52am 01.11.21 Rick, I did a zoom meeting with some Catalina sailboat owners about 6 months ago, showing them how
Funny Friday!!! Justin_NSA at 10:49am 01.11.21 That's one sturdy railing! I think the contractor should use this in his references!
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 10:45am 01.11.21 189006
Is this config acceptable? (1) Justin_NSA at 10:13am 01.11.21 Justin, not so much opinions, but facts. The REASON is important to know, and this comes up every
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? Ward H at 10:11am 01.11.21 The ITC5 will work with the ST50 depth and speed transducers. It will not work with the ST50 Wind t
323 air conditioner SycloneDriver at 10:11am 01.11.21 I think there is a compression post and a hand hold. Maybe twin compression posts. I'll have to ta
Is this config acceptable? DArcy at 10:11am 01.11.21 That's why you do NOT need one on a boat for grey water discharge. You WANT as straight a shot to t
Is this config acceptable? smokey73 at 10:10am 01.11.21 One thing to consider is the portion of the hoses that are below the waterline. @Rich Stidger poste
Emergency Tiller Hayden Watson at 10:09am 01.11.21 That is not a builder thing. They are built with an open hollow rudder shaft but some owners have t
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? DArcy at 10:06am 01.11.21 Does the ITC-5 work with your transducers? The Raymarine site implies it does not: If you don't have
Is this config acceptable? Stu Jackson at 10:03am 01.11.21 So, no need for the loop so far. I appreciate the opinions on this. Justin, not so much opinions,
Outboard wedge Roy 845 at 10:02am 01.11.21 I have one of these on my O'Day 22 with an 8hp Honda 4 stroke that works real well and was able to a
323 air conditioner Ron20324 at 9:59am 01.11.21 Troy, what is that pole from the table to the overhead, next to the mast. Looks like a beach umbrell
Emergency Tiller Ward H at 9:58am 01.11.21 The construction looks to me that a builder did not want water to come up the tube. So they just fi
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? Ward H at 9:57am 01.11.21 @Team118 Raymarine used to run a forum for questions and answers about their products. They close
Should I replace my old Yanmar motor mounts with OEMs or a newer design? arf145 at 9:56am 01.11.21 I'm with Mainesail on that. I needed the mounts replaced on my last boat and the mechanic took it up
Looking for First 405 stanchion bases Ron20324 at 9:54am 01.11.21 CRIPES ! The first thing we always say, is PICTURES.
AIS Receive Problem Identification Brian D at 9:48am 01.11.21 @Rick D, it was the WRONG beer, I tell ya, geeze! Good job and thanks for the detailed update on th
Beneteau 323 Marine Gear Access Ron20324 at 9:45am 01.11.21 Hhmmm... stbd of the engine is the potty on mine. But then again, I don't think you have the 3YM20 ?
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? Team118 at 9:01am 01.11.21 Yes, RM has the autopilot as the sole source of power, I was going to also do the math and see if I

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