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Tommy Whiteside Memorial Regatta (1) David Mosley at 11:40am 04.22.03 Smaller Boats 3/848 Check us here in S Carolina and come race some other Hunter 23'sDavid Mosley
comms in bahamas Frederick at 11:22am 04.22.03 Big Boats 4/781 I intend to cruise the Bahamas for 2 or more months, but experienced the need of communications with
Old Strut Paul Robarge at 10:54am 04.22.03 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1185 I have recently purchased a 1975 27' Oday sailboat. While it is generally in good shape, the strut
To; Peggy - Head Mistress Bob F at 10:42am 04.22.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1457 Thank you for your response to my post about holding tank chemicals. In order to switch over to KO o
Color Restorer/Polish Joe Spadaro at 9:53am 04.22.03 Bigger Boats 1/1158 The use of Future Floor Finish as a color/sheen restorer has received extensive coverage on the Cata
Replacing Halyards on H-22 Bill Lipp at 8:47am 04.22.03 Smaller Boats 5/722 Greetings,I have had my H-22 for a year and am trying to make it look newer than the '89 that it is
Y-Valve Elimination Fred Klapproth at 8:44am 04.22.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1286 Last year I had the overboard discharge eliminated. I am now replacing the sanitation hoses and eli
3GM decompression lever? Tom Foglesong at 7:50am 04.22.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1055 I can't find any info in the manual on what this is for. What are they, and what do they do? As alwa
Replacing cabin Curtains on a Catalina 22 Chris G at 7:48am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 1/2433 I'm trying to replace cabin curtains for a 1985 Catalina 22 - anyone know where I can do so? The pr
I finally got on to my nunter 27! John at 7:29am 04.22.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/894 After a grueling winter here in the NE. I finally had a chance to work on my new to me hunter 27'
NO BLEAK TEAK Jon Manis at 7:06am 04.22.03 Big Boats 1/956 Ladies and gentlemen,Good afternoon. OK, so call me lazy, but I hate doing teak -- I just don't h
swing keel cable inspection Bill at 7:02am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1407 Is there a way to inspect the swing keel cable on a Cat 22 while it is in the water?
Save my Zinc's...Cathodic Question Dale I at 6:47am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 7/949 I recently dropped my digital volt-ohm leads across the neutral-to-ground GFI plug on the dock where
Catalina 38 Rig Richard Pettepher at 6:46am 04.22.03 Big Boats 2/1092 Hi Folks!I am in need of some help. I need information on the standing rig for a catalina 38.I
ANCHOR LIGHT INTERPRETATION QUESTION Frank M at 6:29am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 17/1527 My wife recently attended a sailing course in which the instructor told her that, since the masthead
Removing Registration Numbers Bill at 6:29am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 8/1175 I live in Missouri and I'm buying a sailboat which is located in IL....MO says I have to title, regi
ANODIZED ALUMINIUM TOE RAIL JERRY MITCHELL at 6:16am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1803 My anodized aluminium toe rail has some pitted places where the rain water stands on the deck...I wo
Bottom Paint Phil Hunter at 6:09am 04.22.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1059 Can anyone give me an estimate on how much bottom paint I will need to cover the bottom of my 1989 3
OLD AH 4000 Radio Nav Interface Hal Romberg at 5:13am 04.22.03 Ask All Sailors 0/938 I've got one of the old style Autohelm 4000 models on my Hunter Legend 37. It's a good AP, but Rayt
Five prong receptacle? Jim K at 4:52am 04.22.03 Smaller Boats 5/693 Just purchased this H-22. It has a 5 prong female receptacle under one of the cockpit seats. Any ide

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New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 Stu Jackson at 10:14am 08.10.20 Just before that aforementioned crack are these four wooden dingles. Some kind of brace for the din
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 (2) Naglfari at 10:07am 08.10.20 Thanks for the insights. Must have had some terrible dreams and woke up to post.. Glad for some reas
Foamy Water odaydokay at 10:07am 08.10.20 Air or detergent would be my two guesses.
110VAC Outlets Justin_NSA at 10:02am 08.10.20 I love that movie! "Look at me"
Foamy Water shemandr at 9:53am 08.10.20 Maybe you should cut back on the :beer:
110VAC Outlets Ron20324 at 9:50am 08.10.20 ... ...and, you shouldn't be putting two wires under a screw head. "Shouldn't be" is the key phras
What conditions can a water ballast boat sail in? rgranger at 9:45am 08.10.20 thanks for the reply, rgranger. I appreciate your personal account and experience. I have heard abo
Harness tether came unclipped rgranger at 9:40am 08.10.20 I would remove that Ditto I have a looped lanyard on my key ring and snag it on stuff all of the t
Invest 95L Benny17441 at 9:39am 08.10.20 The Train is running on schedule; multiple waves coming off the Africa coast.
Below Decks Autopilot Install on 92 C-30 gvsho at 9:36am 08.10.20 Hey shemandr - I found that article you mentioned and it is SUPER helpful! Really outlines, mechani
Laguna 26 (3) rgranger at 9:34am 08.10.20 ...If you do not sail at night, you can get by without the mess-of-wires DC system for a while. Go
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 pclarksurf at 9:29am 08.10.20 At first glance I'd say typical -- meaning you look like the rest of us on day 1. The crack in pic
Specs of the backrest panel on the aft port side (3) pclarksurf at 9:22am 08.10.20 Just happen to have mine laying around-- here are a few pics: It's essentially a peice of ply with
110VAC Outlets jviss at 8:58am 08.10.20 Your diagram shows them series wired. But they are not series wired! All of the neutral (white,
Help me with mainsail please! capta at 8:57am 08.10.20 I would highly recommend a great little book called Royce's Sailing Illustrated, a fun yet very comp
Part Shout-Outs: What add-on do you love? capta at 8:55am 08.10.20 Well, yeah, that too - right after we converted to out SeaFrost 12V refrigeration. We have finally
Top it up and hope???? srimes at 8:33am 08.10.20 No, not under water at all fortunately, just almost inverted foe some days. I see your logic, assu
Beneteau 361 stiff steering SCFoster at 8:31am 08.10.20 Thanks for the input. Took the chain off the shaft and the wheel spins freely. So for my case that's
how can I keep my frig door ajar when off the boat markwbird at 8:29am 08.10.20 Shoe.
Top it up and hope???? kappykaplan at 8:29am 08.10.20 flush out any water lurking in passages. OP said the engine didn't get dunked in post #4. :beer:

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