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Alex
at 11:47am 02.07.03
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I know about triming a regular mainsail. What can be done in this matter with a in-mast furling main
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Alison Higgins
at 11:41am 02.07.03
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I am a grad student with Antioch University doing a project about sustainable fuels. I'd like to kn
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Alison Higgins
at 11:40am 02.07.03
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I am a grad student with Antioch University doing a project about sustainable fuels. I'd like to kn
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Wayne s/v Mahina Kai
at 11:25am 02.07.03
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What a great guest forum. Thanks to everyone for the cool information so far. When I stop by Hawtho
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christopher bayer
at 9:46am 02.07.03
9/1113
i will (shortly) be the proud owner of a new hunter 426. can i utilize my mac laptop from home on th
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Gary Wyngarden
at 7:28am 02.07.03
2/2144
For those of you not familiar with them, log booms are chained together felled trees that are hauled
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Mark Burton
at 6:39am 02.07.03
4/1244
Last year I purchased a Doyle 150 jib to replace my 130 roller furling jib. I also added 2 ft. of tr
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Phil Herring
at 6:03am 02.07.03
2/1027
Does anyone know which of the newer Catalina models are built in Florida? Thanks!
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EDDY JOHNSEN
at 6:01am 02.07.03
5/740
My 1990 Hunter 30 has been hard to start for quite some time now. When I press the start button, th
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Mike Casucci
at 5:01am 02.07.03
1/963
I am thinking of selling my gennaker to buy your UPS. Basically I would like to know how it is rigge
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EJ
at 4:32am 02.07.03
3/1161
I have a 1987 Catalina 30. If I'm going to get my wife back on the boat, I need to replace the head
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Don K.
at 4:22am 02.07.03
1/1575
I am planning to build a steel cradle to transport my 26' keel/swing keel on a flat bed trailer home
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J.B. Dyer
at 4:13am 02.07.03
4/1831
To get better cross ventilation I am getting ready to install an additional solar powered vent in th
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ted
at 3:33am 02.07.03
2/836
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
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Rip Fleming
at 3:04am 02.07.03
9/1447
My boat sits in the slip for 3 weeks at a time hooked up to the shorepower with the battery charger
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Kobi Maru
at 2:46am 02.07.03
4/858
The indicating needle for my holding tank gauge now stays on 1/2 full. I have pumped my tank severa
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Bill Ebling
at 2:22am 02.07.03
6/1308
I have 4 wet cell batteries on Yesterday's Dream. Two 6 volt golf cart batteries in the molded in "b
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Rich Lord
at 11:38pm 02.06.03
11/1018
I'm looking to replace my two bladed prop to a three. I was wondering what size and pitch prop, has
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Pat Spino
at 11:12pm 02.06.03
2/947
I read in the archives where Carl Reitz decided to use the propane grill as the primary cooking sour
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Pat Spino
at 10:39pm 02.06.03
1/914
I read in the archives about John Nantz's installation of the Rutland on a Legend 37.7. I am intere
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Recent Replies
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Drill into my traveler bar?
gtg at 9:17am 09.30.20 [QUOTE="gtg, post: 1660635, member: 146124" Do I adjust my traveler every time I sail or just in lo |
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High winds
gtg at 9:09am 09.30.20 What causes you to think you need to adjust your rake and tension shrouds? Your halyards ( main an |
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SEA -FIRE FM200 MODEL FG and FD Fire EXTINGUISHERS (1)
sail sfbay at 9:06am 09.30.20 tfox2069, below is your local Sea-Fire dealer: |
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High winds
jssailem at 9:05am 09.30.20 Nylon stretches 20%. Stay-set is a Dacron/polyester blend. Less than 5% stretch. Good hand feel. I |
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Hunter 29.5 , offshore capacity ?
Seasong at 9:05am 09.30.20 Yes i think that most of the "commercial production boats, such as Hunter, beneteau, catalina etc,pr |
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High winds
gtg at 8:58am 09.30.20 Both the jib and main halyards need more tension to take the scallops out of the luffs of the sails |
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Hello from Upstate NY
George_NJ at 8:51am 09.30.20 Thanks for the advice. I knew I should have kept the 45# thrust Minn Kota motor I had on my old job |
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Windlass install
jssailem at 8:48am 09.30.20 Very helpful. How about the V-Berth that you do not want to loose. What is the weight of your ancho |
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Water pouring out of exhaust!
jssailem at 8:38am 09.30.20 As I was going through the engine I found that the water intake valve was only opening part way. Th |
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20 or 25hp for a WM 350 tender
planoron at 8:36am 09.30.20 Thanks for all the response everybody, I think the 20hp is what I will get Capta - My main concern |
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Windlass install (3)
vmaks at 8:35am 09.30.20 Thanks for the reply. Yes,there is a small space in the forepeak with an access board. However, also |
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Windlass install
Kings Gambit at 8:33am 09.30.20 And...before you start saying you haul your chain/line rode via brute force, been there done that. |
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Back-up Depth Sounders?
jssailem at 8:28am 09.30.20 What? Only twice? What about the williwaws? You want to have enough scope for tide and wind. With |
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SEA -FIRE FM200 MODEL FG and FD Fire EXTINGUISHERS
tfox2069 at 8:24am 09.30.20 Replaced with HFC 227ea (heptafluoropropane) agent. Halogn manufacture is banned by the US EPA. The |
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Water pouring out of exhaust!
Capt jgw at 8:19am 09.30.20 I can't see how a malfunction could give you more water. The pump is going to put out whatever it's |
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Perkins 4-108, any comments, opinions, or things to watch out for?
Capt jgw at 8:09am 09.30.20 When you go to check it out, before you start it feel the block to see if they warmed it up prior t |
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Windlass install
jssailem at 8:05am 09.30.20 How about you share a picture or two of what your looking at. I do not have a Pearson 31-2 on my doc |
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