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FL vs CA Phil Herring at 6:03am 02.07.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/997 Does anyone know which of the newer Catalina models are built in Florida?Thanks!
Starter Problems EDDY JOHNSEN at 6:01am 02.07.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/729 My 1990 Hunter 30 has been hard to start for quite some time now. When I press the start button, th
Tim Mike Casucci at 5:01am 02.07.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/946 I am thinking of selling my gennaker to buy your UPS. Basically I would like to know how it is rigge
Replacement Head EJ at 4:32am 02.07.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1139 I have a 1987 Catalina 30. If I'm going to get my wife back on the boat, I need to replace the head
Hull support in drydock Don K. at 4:22am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1558 I am planning to build a steel cradle to transport my 26' keel/swing keel on a flat bed trailer home
V berth vent J.B. Dyer at 4:13am 02.07.03 Bigger Boats 4/1715 To get better cross ventilation I am getting ready to install an additional solar powered vent in th
A-chute spinnaker pole ted at 3:33am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 2/812 I have a A-symmetrical chute that I want to run on my Hunter 25.5. I'd like to run a 15' pole to ext
Battery Charging Rip Fleming at 3:04am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 9/1380 My boat sits in the slip for 3 weeks at a time hooked up to the shorepower with the battery charger
Holding Tank Indicator Failure Kobi Maru at 2:46am 02.07.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/845 The indicating needle for my holding tank gauge now stays on 1/2 full. I have pumped my tank severa
Substantial Battery Tiedowns on Hunter 31 Bill Ebling at 2:22am 02.07.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/1279 I have 4 wet cell batteries on Yesterday's Dream. Two 6 volt golf cart batteries in the molded in "b
A new prop. Rich Lord at 11:38pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 11/954 I'm looking to replace my two bladed prop to a three. I was wondering what size and pitch prop, has
Propane, CNG and BBQ's Pat Spino at 11:12pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 2/917 I read in the archives where Carl Reitz decided to use the propane grill as the primary cooking sour
Rutland Wind Generator Pat Spino at 10:39pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 1/888 I read in the archives about John Nantz's installation of the Rutland on a Legend 37.7. I am intere
EPIRB - which one/what features? Ed at 10:31pm 02.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/853 If you were buying a new EPIRB today, which one would you get? What features are important? Where
16.8 knots in a Catalina 22? Colin at 9:18pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 13/13517 I have just read an artical on the Sailnet website about sailing a Catalina 22 and hitting speeds of
Brooks & Gatehouse VHF Brent Headberg at 8:32pm 02.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1717 My Hunter 33.5 was equipped with B'G Instruments including a flush mount B'G VHF at the helm. Just
How big of a pole do you need? Brandon at 7:29pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 4/778 Whisker pole, that is. I want to get my dad a pole for his bday - what size do I need? Any reccome
Lesson in San Diego? Darline Spring at 2:20pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1011 I'm planning to be in San Diego on March 20th and would love to take a sailing lesson that day, if a
Tiller autopilot installation Robert England at 1:39pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 3/2300 My boat is a C'C 27 MkV, with a tiller. The rudder is transom hung. I installed an Autohelm ST 2000+
Need to replace fixed portlights on H-260 Pat at 12:59pm 02.06.03 Smaller Boats 1/925 Last fall I tried to back my H-260 into our boat slip with gusting 20 knot crosswinds in the dark si

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Newbie and a 1987 Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 6:15pm 08.27.20 cut 5" off the end of the Tiller. Made the boat much more responsive without smacking other people
H34 - why would Hunter use Butyl tape to hold wiring in place? ggrizzard at 6:15pm 08.27.20 Well, I've owned my H30C since new and it came with butyl tape holding the hidden wiring in place. T
O'day 20 railing on stern jssailem at 6:14pm 08.27.20 Noodat, when they reopen the border we would be glad to invite you down and introduce you to the man
Annapolis fall boat shows cancelled MitchM at 6:08pm 08.27.20 alas we will have to forego our annual annapolis trip to look at boats we cannot a
Yanmar 3GMD Just Shuts Off, Restarts Later MitchM at 6:06pm 08.27.20 yanmar recommemnds either a brand new copper washer (which they'll sell to you at
Wire size from Battery ON/Off switch to Electrical Panel smokey73 at 6:03pm 08.27.20 10% voltage drop is not good just getting to the panel. Your problem is that long16ft run. For thin
Sad day, and no way to fix Daveinet at 5:58pm 08.27.20 Jackdaw, I told you not to look :) But I understand, you just wanted another flower pot for Black Ha
Teak and holly finishing PaulK at 5:55pm 08.27.20 i do not varnish the sides or the bottom of the boards. i want the wood to breath. tradition says
Sirius 21 Mast standoff ends (1) johnCartelli at 5:53pm 08.27.20 so i tried both people i know with lathes and not one got back to me....soooo...facebook market plac
Motor dies and lacks its normal luster performance-wise MitchM at 5:52pm 08.27.20 start w engine cold. take a clean white rag and wipe the fuel lines slowly look
Sad day, and no way to fix Davidasailor26 at 5:49pm 08.27.20 That is sad. Hopefully your brother-in-law and his grandkids enjoy it though. It might not be a sail
Dodger woes MitchM at 5:45pm 08.27.20 1/ surely there's a well respected competent canvas maker in a nearby town to whom you
Bought an H170 Sailavie1 at 5:25pm 08.27.20 Congrats, she looks in very good shape. I looked at one in Calgary a few weeks ago and it was full o
Teak and holly finishing capta at 5:23pm 08.27.20 If you want it to hold up as a walking surface, not a show piece, use the same stuff they use on bas
Wire size from Battery ON/Off switch to Electrical Panel CarlN at 5:20pm 08.27.20 10% voltage drop is not good just getting to the panel. Your problem is that long16ft run. For thing
Furling mast, weird switch capta at 5:09pm 08.27.20 It is a Hood Stoway system and that engages the electric drive or disengages it for manual operatio
Kudos to the SBO team Brian D at 4:52pm 08.27.20 :beer::beer::beer:
Installing an electric bilge pump 1979 O'Day 30 twodzusfittings at 4:39pm 08.27.20 one needs both an electric and a manual, in case the electric dies Totally agree. My manual bilge
Furling mast, weird switch DayDreamer41 at 4:37pm 08.27.20 Ratchet and free?? In one position will prevent the sail from furling out and in the other it will a
Sad day, and no way to fix Jackdaw at 4:14pm 08.27.20 Ugh. So sad. No longer a sailboat thread.

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