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Yanmar 2GMF Hand Crank ? Siggi Brocks at 11:14am 01.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/4480 Has anybody ever cranked up a 2gmf 15hp manually ?The Yanmar manual shows a hand crank note. I foun
copying a sail Bill Gordon at 10:56am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1033 I have a lot of experience in the auto/marine upholstery field and have done a fair amount of marine
'86 O'day 222 John Osborne at 10:55am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/916 I plan to purchase new sails for my O'day 222. We will be cruising the Chesapeake Bay and perhaps e
WAAS or not? What are your thoughts? Rob "Averyanne" Oday 222 at 10:40am 01.19.04 Ask All Sailors 2/912 A thread below suggested an Icom GP-360ML from Boat US for $220. Lots of good features for a cheap p
new or renew Clifford at 9:59am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/957 It has been suggested to me to add years of life to my present sail inventory to have them cleaned a
Reef Point Installation Matt Atkinson at 9:34am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/943 I have a 1973 DSII and the mainsail does not have any reef points. I want to add some reef points.
Holding tank grounding question George Kornreich at 9:33am 01.19.04 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1332 Hi, Peggy,We previously discussed replacing my aft holding tank and the fact that no plastic tank
Gennaker on an O'Day 272 Tony at 9:32am 01.19.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1180 Has anybody figured out a clever way to rig the 272 for a gennaker?
Teflon Packing Kirk Dornfeld at 9:32am 01.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/833 Some have told us to cut the packing with a bevel and some have said to cut it straight across. We
Hard Dodger Steve at 9:23am 01.19.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/1442 I would like to know if any one has photos of a Catalina 27 with a hard dodger installed. Looking f
Sail material identification Bruce at 9:21am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1239 I just purchased the boat and it came with 2 almost identical size headsails. One is an older origin
Companionway Door Questions Rick Evans at 9:11am 01.19.04 Ask All Sailors 24/2544 I've tripped for the last time on the bottom half of my drop down boards because I was too lazy to t
Stayless staysail jcherubini at 8:41am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1625 What is the best way to configure a 'stayless staysail' -- a free-flying inner headsail essentially
Atlantic City Sail Expo Feedback - Did you like it Jack at 8:39am 01.19.04 Ask All Sailors 17/1144 My wife and I attended the 12th Annual Atlantic City Sail Expo this past weekend in Atlantic City NJ
Recut vs. replace Bill at 8:35am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/873 What are the determining factors that would lead one to replace sails rather than to recut? How can
Followup Adjustable Backstay / Mast Question Tony Carlisle at 8:20am 01.19.04 Smaller Boats 3/1071 I was planning to add an adjustable backstay to my 1976 Catalina 22. However, one of the previous o
Bill Colombo's DSL is down...... Phil, SailboatOwners.com at 8:18am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/881 Bill Colombo just called and unfortunately his DSL line is down this afternoon. Which means he's un
Genoa Advice Pete H. at 8:06am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/806 We sail a 21' Mac on an inland lake in VA. The boat came with a main and a hanked on 100% jib. On
MaGregor 26X 150 Genoa? Bruce Powell at 8:03am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/906 I have a hangked on 100% jib. I have been thinking of a Furler. Can I remake my jig for ruff weath
Spinnaker sailing Steven Mudd at 7:57am 01.19.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/824 I recently purchased a 26X..it came with a brand new spinnaker sail, and I've heard that you don't n

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The Perfect Hat Leeward Rail at 9:33am 06.29.20 Better than what? Better than big hats. Occasionally i wore basball style cap with a cord when ri
Dinette Table for a 2008 H27 Crazy Dave Condon at 9:31am 06.29.20 Was this the Hunter Edge water ballast boat
H240 ballast tank Crazy Dave Condon at 9:28am 06.29.20 The poster was filling the waterballast with fresh water from the hose through the air vent. More w
The Perfect Hat (1) pclarksurf at 9:28am 06.29.20 Seattle Sombrero by Outdoor Research is my fav when I want full on-- I like that it can be worn auss
Hunter 34 - replace cutless bearing propeller shaft (1) Artey1 at 9:15am 06.29.20 Allan, would you mind detailing your process for realigning everything? I have a pretty bad alignmen
Depth Finder Question TheSoggyDollar at 9:15am 06.29.20 How well "glued" is the transducer? I mean... it's not loose or anything. I have no way of knowing
Depth Finder Question justsomeguy at 9:11am 06.29.20 How well "glued" is the transducer?
Macgregor 26D 1987 project restoration srimes at 9:09am 06.29.20 Looks beautiful! Did you paint over the non skid? How's the traction?
Mastgates Leeward Rail at 9:07am 06.29.20 Save hassles and buy one from mastgates.com. i got the bungie hinged one and it works great, with no
1987 31 Huntet Hull Leak jmce1587 at 9:01am 06.29.20 also as others suggested, if your able to. then stay on the boat for a day or so to track down sour
Advice Justin_NSA at 8:59am 06.29.20 Not to mention the time you don't have to strip it down . Surely someone would want to restore it.
Rudder Leeward Rail at 8:59am 06.29.20 Likely water ingress through the lower bolt holes causing rot in the wood core. I had a oem kickup
Advice sail sfbay at 8:58am 06.29.20 Sounds like a personal financial question. Might try a boat salvage company near you OR try to sell
Hello, new 37C owner here MikeBoatman at 8:56am 06.29.20 Congrats! Love this boat!
1987 31 Huntet Hull Leak (5) jmce1587 at 8:55am 06.29.20 As HMT2 mentioned, taste the water - is it salty or fresh? check rudder tube in portside aft area fo
Advice MikeBoatman at 8:54am 06.29.20 If it's in decent shape, it sure would be a shame to just see it parted out and discarded.
Macgregor 26D 1987 project restoration Florida sailor Jake at 8:43am 06.29.20 Your pictures and rebuild look great. Do you have any updates? I recently purchased an '89 MacD. It'
2014 (New Version) Marlow Hunter 22 Centerboard Cable Length (1) sail sfbay at 8:42am 06.29.20 Since you will have to remove the old cable to replace it, Is it possible to attach a tag line to on
Backstay Chainplate Replacement larchmont_oday at 8:42am 06.29.20 that sounds like a great solution -- thanks very much
Transmission problems with my Catalina 310 dmax at 8:39am 06.29.20 Check out this thread, the New Age RPM transmission looks promising as a substitue: https://forums.s

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