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Which antifouling? Mike H at 10:31pm 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1041 I use VC17 but every year the last fews years the price goes up by $5 per quart to $40/qt now every
Front hatch arm John A at 10:26pm 05.14.04 Smaller Boats 2/1004 The compression fitting in my front hatch slide arm is wore out. Does anyone have any ideas where I
Nav Station and Shelving Murray Beggs at 10:08pm 05.14.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1020 Has anybody completed any modifications to the Nav station in a 1980 Hunter 30? Also I would like to
How can you tell if a sail is in good shape? jack at 8:37pm 05.14.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1119 I know this sounds like a stupid question but how do you tell if a sail is in good shape or needs to
Maximun Boat Speed Calculations Paul at 8:06pm 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 32/10014 I have been told that a quick way to find the max speed of your boat is to divide the waterline leng
Assymetric Sheets Dean Strong at 4:03pm 05.14.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1048 When rigging an assymetric/cruising sail with an ATN tacker or Parrel Beads, using a spinnaker halya
How heavy a mooring mushroom? new2sail23 at 3:15pm 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1499 For a 23' O'Day?Thanks guys
Just found Tripp 26!! :) Alan at 12:53pm 05.14.04 Racing 3/7947 I've been searching for a Tripp 26 for over six months,...well I finally found one. Guess I'm going
Troubleshooting 8 hp Yamaha 2 stoke Dave at 12:12pm 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1341 I have a 2000 Yamaha 8 hp 2 stoke. It is running lean. It idles fine then when I increase the throtl
Emergency Tiller Cover Kevin O'Neal at 11:10am 05.14.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/875 Yeah, I'm full of questions these days...Anyone know what is supposed to be covering the emergency
water ballast pump out Peter Vaas at 9:43am 05.14.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1989 I would like to pump out the ballast before pulling my 26s up the ramp. Does anyone have any suggest
Need info please Jason L at 9:08am 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1088 Hi all! I have a boat Im looking for info on. Its a 23 foot centerboard with pop top made by Southc
Rudder paint? John at 8:47am 05.14.04 Smaller Boats 1/1275 Any recommendations for type of paint for a C22 rudder? Are they built as plywood/glass/gelcoat/pain
Looking for used sails for VN23 Alan Worcester at 8:41am 05.14.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1960 I am looking for a used main and both head sails for a 1974 Venture of Newport 23.If anyone has thes
transom ladder end caps Steve at 7:52am 05.14.04 Mid-Size Boats 8/1824 Does anyone know of a source for the end caps for the fold down transom ladder? Can't seem to find
Radar/Chartploter Ozana at 7:29am 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1160 I'm considering buying a radar/charploter combo.Has anybody have had experience with the JRC 1800CP
Speaking of on-board battery chargers... Tim McCarty at 7:02am 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 23/1929 I have a Hunter 29.5 with a Guest charger. While at the dock, I keep the charger on at all times.
Replacing Depthsounder Transducer in Slip Paul at 6:21am 05.14.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1021 Can a depthsounder's transducer be replaced while the boat is in water? The depthsounder in my C2
wireless wind instruments George Wilson at 5:38am 05.14.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1249 I would like to add a windspeed and direction instrument to our hunter 33. I'm wondering if anyone h
Fine tuning shrouds on 26M AndyS at 3:55am 05.14.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1147 Hey all - Regarding setting up the shrouds on the 26M: The owner's manual basically says to set t

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2004 Hunter 326 Edison Helm kjretlaw at 6:39am 01.05.21 I've had to remove those in the past to run new wires. You can reach them as Ken states from the af
Really? You expect 2021 to be better? Tell me how! Ranger_12 at 6:31am 01.05.21 I worked 5 1/2 days a week in the public, managed to stay covid free so far and sailed 42 days in 20
Really? You expect 2021 to be better? Tell me how! shemandr at 6:28am 01.05.21 ... But the truth of the matter is, my sailing this past summer was not stolen by covid, but rathe
Looking for a Seaward 24 (1) Noodat Lady at 6:15am 01.05.21 I know that I am going to get laughed at for my ignorance, but what is this?
Diesel valve adjustment RoyS at 6:09am 01.05.21 I cannot see how penetrating oil will help as these are bathed in oil all the time. I would try a sm
1982 Catalina 27, outboard well model travelingjerryb at 5:14am 01.05.21 Joe, I cannot thank you enough for your well thought out reply. I am kind of leaning towards a bran
Really? You expect 2021 to be better? Tell me how! DAVA390 at 5:13am 01.05.21 I retired a year ago,right after Christmas. Turns out that for once i finally made the right decisio
Cal 3-27 Cutlass Bearing Tally Ho at 5:00am 01.05.21 Hi @Greg@ s/v Tally Ho: Did you find it easy to pop off the prop with this set up or do you think
1994 Hunter H26 trailer bracket Crazy Dave Condon at 4:49am 01.05.21 One thing on some trailers that the supports were not long enough. Why? The swing centerboard was
1982 Catalina 27, outboard well model Joe at 4:32am 01.05.21 The C27's rudder is swept back. I use a long shaft tohatsu 15 hp. but a 9.9 is fine too. The shaft
in board sheeting? Joe at 3:41am 01.05.21 Just a quick comment... what you are talking about is called the ,,"sheeting angle". It is the angl
Singing Prop danstanford at 2:23am 01.05.21 For what it is worth, we would get our prop spinning as well when the speed got up but it was a very
2004 Hunter 326 Edison Helm Ken13559 at 1:17am 01.05.21 Try the rear berth ceiling access panel. There should be one on each side of the ceiling hump. If th
ipad for navigation AndyBC at 12:29am 01.05.21 I think most of the issues with a tablet are answered by getting a non apple product. Samsung galax
New Owner O'Day 23 Project_Mayhem at 11:38pm 01.04.21 @sreidvt Do you have any tips to speed up the process? Even without epoxy it's taking me a long time
Transom: Solid Fiberglass or Cored Project_Mayhem at 11:37pm 01.04.21 It appears as if the inboard 25's had a glass transom (except by the rudder) and the outboard had a
Cal 22 ricksoth at 9:51pm 01.04.21 Have you joined the FB Cal Boats group? If not, check it out. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3079
Cal 3-27 Cutlass Bearing WBH at 9:30pm 01.04.21 Hi @Greg@ s/v Tally Ho: Did you find it easy to pop off the prop with this set up or do you think t
Raymarine ST7000 auto pilot- integration with Raymarine Axiom question eianm at 9:06pm 01.04.21 i got a reply from Ray- i can see the auto piot on the Axiom, but have to use the ST7000 head/screen
Source for 10 gauge ATC fuse holders dmax at 8:41pm 01.04.21 I bought some quality maxi fuses with 8 gauge leads (they are quite large compared to the minis) - I

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