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"Gale-Sail" RonD at 10:58pm 12.15.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1207 I always see advertisement for the "Gale Sail," a storm jib that bends on over the roller-furled jib
Need a motor mount for my C-27's new Honda 9.9!! Chris Tittle at 10:43pm 12.15.02 Smaller Boats 5/1541 Help!! I just purchased a new 4-stroke Honda 9.9 outboard to replace my tired old one, and the m
BVI Charter - use the moorings? Ed at 10:34pm 12.15.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1025 Getting cold in GA, and a long time until my boat is back in the water in RI. So, thinking about a
Raritan CHT fitting? Richard at 10:28pm 12.15.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1735 Has anyone tried a to fit a Raritan CHT tank (it is a permanent fit which goes around the head when
Outboard Mix Ratio Ben Bishop at 10:21pm 12.15.02 Ask An Oday Owner 5/5560 I now own an O'Day 22 which I plan to use next summer. It came with a Johnson 7 or 8 hp 2 stroke.
Genoa Question David at 8:35pm 12.15.02 Smaller Boats 3/1021 Okay, I am not sure what is the size of my genoa. The lead blocks tune-in a few inches back from th
Engine Problem - I think I messed up. Joe Mullee at 8:00pm 12.15.02 Big Boats 12/969 I have a 1983 H34 with a Yanmar 21 hp engine (a YGM3F I think). I hadn't started it in several weeks
Second battery location Brigg Franklin at 2:37pm 12.15.02 Smaller Boats 6/921 The area behind the aft bulkhead, on the starboard side, in the 260 seems to fit only one full sized
Brian Harrison wins O'Day Trivia Contest! SailboatOwners.com at 2:01pm 12.15.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1002 Brian Harrison scored a remarkable 38 of a possible 39 points to win the OdayOwners.com Trivia Cont
Callin' the Coasties SailboatOwners.com at 1:32pm 12.15.02 Ask All Sailors 83/7964 This month's Cruising World magazine includes an article about a couple who set off their EPIRB in a
Strange Deposits Found On Internal Hull Bob Fliegel at 12:31pm 12.15.02 Smaller Boats 4/823 Last year (summer of 2001) when I received my new H260 I noticed a strange deposit of material on th
Batteries Combined? MIke D at 12:27pm 12.15.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1127 I am currently installing an onboard generator in our 1998 Hunter 376. The factory set it up for a s
Bowsprit Pascal at 10:22am 12.15.02 Smaller Boats 1/859 Has anyone successfully fabricated a bowsprit for a 23.5? If so, how ? And wouldn't it make sense to
Raw to fresh Rick L at 10:13am 12.15.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/1647 We use fresh water from a bucket to flush the head in our Hunter 430 - seems to keep holding tank sm
H37 cutter draft Paul Stanly at 9:11am 12.15.02 Big Boats 3/950 I am thinking about trading up from my 1981 H-30 to a H-37 cutter. In searching the web yacht sites
Small leak at the bow on the starboard side John Kagan at 8:49am 12.15.02 Smaller Boats 5/898 I noticed I have a small leak at the bow on the starboard side. The only thing I can think is that t
Water Tank Don at 8:20am 12.15.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/914 I,ve recently purchase a hunter27, 1978 Sailboat. Reading some of the archives and recent posts on w
transom platform (step?) for 27' cherubini john at 7:47am 12.15.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/872 we have recently purchased a 27' hunter (79). We haven't actually taken del.on it yet because we li
Higher H37C lifelines (1) Gene Gruender at 7:09am 12.15.02 The Cherubini Hunters 2/851 I finally got some pictures of my higher lifelines. I'll attempt to put one with this, here's a lin
Depthsounder or Fishfinder? John Horton at 6:54am 12.15.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1166 My Datamarine original equipment 1986 depthsounder has finally gone on the blink. I have heard other

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Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Rick Webb at 6:24am 09.21.20 They would have to be different lengths to get the smaller saw to start inside the hole? Otherwise
Onan Cummins 8KW Genset Issue Terry Cox at 6:10am 09.21.20 You should have 2 seals , one to keep the oil in the engine ,if it's direct drive off engine and a
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Ken Cross at 6:01am 09.21.20 It looks like clearance underneath may be a problem for a step drill. Even removing the nav station
Chainplate Fabrication dLj at 6:00am 09.21.20 I find that the #1 culprit is those darn driver bits that are used for everything. They are all ca
Chainplate Fabrication Hayden Watson at 5:26am 09.21.20 ... All this said, who uses plain carbon steel wrenches anymore? You find it more in clamps, vises
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Scott B at 5:26am 09.21.20 Two hole saws chucked together. The smaller one the size of the hole you have now acts as a guide t
Old propane tank safety-guy at 5:25am 09.21.20 Thanks for the help. I will see if the old hose will just attach. I will be surprised if it is tha
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Rick Webb at 5:24am 09.21.20 Two hole saws chucked together. The smaller one the size of the hole you have now acts as a guide th
Yanmar 3YM30 Heat Exchanger Removal and Cleaning Scott B at 5:21am 09.21.20 The Yanmar Service manual for the 3YM30 is here. May help some. https://hunter.sailboatowners.com
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Scott B at 5:19am 09.21.20 I did this swap couple years ago. Changed out one of the cig plugs and installed a USB socket. I u
Chainplate Fabrication dLj at 5:10am 09.21.20 @DianaOfBurlington the concerns expressed about Asian supplies no longer really applies in today's m
Chainplate Fabrication dLj at 4:55am 09.21.20 @Hayden Watson said it well above. The passive oxide layer is disrupted and you can get a tiny amou
O'Day. 40- reefing setup? daviddp at 3:41am 09.21.20
When was my boat made? NickBeneker at 3:05am 09.21.20 the plate on the transom only has the model number and hull number.
Onan Cummins 8KW Genset Issue Mechone at 3:01am 09.21.20 Impeller and shaft turns with the engine. Onan Cummins has no reference of a shaft seal. I'll press
Electric wire common ground question Ward H at 2:42am 09.21.20 One complication I forsee with two 2-wire runs is wire color, with the 3 wire I can tell battery 1
What is wrong with my sail? Joe at 2:37am 09.21.20 Show us a picture of the other side. We can't really tell from the angle you're presenting.
Cam cleats for jib sheets?? (1) Joe at 2:28am 09.21.20 This is what I meant by an open cam cleat on a riser. If the line is low to the deck when you rele
Adventures in reefing Ward H at 2:23am 09.21.20 Dyneema is nice and slippery and should run through the cringles easily. That same feature makes it
356 Jib sheet keeps getting caught in the rigging Joe at 1:43am 09.21.20 The same exact problem, for another boat model, was discussed this past week. There is a gap betwee

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