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Sailing at last! Harvey Small at 2:12pm 07.28.02 Smaller Boats 0/726 Finally we had a day with water in Alton Lake (last navigation pool on the upper Mississippi), wind
"SPEEDY" has a new owner and our journey begins. Ray Bowles at 1:31pm 07.28.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1054 We sold "Speedy" to a very nice couple in north Idaho today. The most enjoyable part of this tranac
Size of Sail Slugs on a 260 Jim Larson at 1:25pm 07.28.02 Smaller Boats 10/1907 We had an accidental jibe during high winds over the weekend and broke 8 sail slugs on the main. Bu
Georgian Bay Hunter Group formed! John vasey at 1:01pm 07.28.02 Other Sailboats 1/742 I am pleased to announce the formation of yet another Hunter Owners group in Ontario Canada! The Geo
THOSE ANNOYING SQEAKS. KEN NEILL at 1:00pm 07.28.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/956 I FINALLY GOT MY FIRST "BIG" BOAT, A 1991 CAT 28 WHICH I'VE BEEN ENJOYING SAILING ON THE HUDSON. SHE
Lake Ontario Hunter Sailing Association News! John Vasey at 12:43pm 07.28.02 Other Sailboats 0/801 The Lake Ontario Hunter Sailing Association had a very successful July Rendezvous with almost 30 boa
Honda 50 HP Prop Dave Daniels at 12:40pm 07.28.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1324 I need a new prop for the Honda 50 HP on my Mac 26X. Should I go to the Honda dealer or am I just
reef line in boom monte brown at 12:28pm 07.28.02 Smaller Boats 2/803 We purchased our 1994 Hunter 26' used this spring. We were out this weekend in fairly gusty conditio
Help with centerboard on shoal draft Oday 30 Arnie Hoffman at 12:22pm 07.28.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1604 I'm looking for people who have had experience replacing the pivot and housing on Oday 30 shoal draf
revision kit Hood 810 roller furling Anita Frumson at 12:08pm 07.28.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1900 About 2 years ago I bought the revision kit for the Hood 810 for my C-30 due to the fact it was hang
Control cable for Transmission Jim Legere at 12:05pm 07.28.02 The Cherubini Hunters 4/889 Does anyone know the length of the transmission shift cable on a Hunter 37C with 3QM30? My guess is
Portlight Leak on C380 Henry Gamsby at 11:44am 07.28.02 Big Boats 1/1224 Two of my Portlights leak between the window and the rubber gasket. Is there anyway to tighten them
Mac 19 Gary Stern at 11:20am 07.28.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/919 I am considering a 19 because my town does not allow boats to be parked on the drive or in the yard.
backstay tensioner Del Wiese at 10:34am 07.28.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1275 I have a split backstay and want to add a backstay tensioner. The upper is 9/32" 1x19 wire, rated a
Water leak Fred W. at 10:26am 07.28.02 Day Sailers 1/1026 We recently purchased a 1981 Daysailor as a first boat. The self-bailor was clogged but some work w
Roller furling Ray Lewis at 10:25am 07.28.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/839 Would anyone know the forstay dimension (length) on the 27 Cat with the 4ft. keel. I'am preparing t
Asymetrical S. sheets Tony Wilcox at 10:24am 07.28.02 Big Boats 12/953 I am in the process of getting an asymetrical spinnaker. The Hunter spec gives a length of 65' for t
Need Newport to Montauk Advice Gary at 9:55am 07.28.02 Mid-Size Boats 6/3150 Picking up my Cat 32 in Newport in a few weeks and headed for CT. I would appreciate advice from any
Does tank deodorant hurt KO additive Henry Rozanski at 8:13am 07.28.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1446 Peggy,I used to use one of those in line tank deodorizers in my old boat to keep the odors down. I
Breaker box grounding? D Berube at 7:03am 07.28.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/900 I asked all sailors this question but have received no responses. I noticed on my Mac 22 that the b

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Where is your GPS antenna? FastOlson at 11:14am 04.13.20 My Lowrance 'antenna' is actually a bit more than a basic receiver. It can inform our plotter which
high water? sailme88 at 11:09am 04.13.20 I've watched this tread bouncing around. It contains both empirical and surmised reasons for increas
Where is your GPS antenna? kappykaplan at 11:05am 04.13.20 Mine are mounted on the pushpit top rail.:yeah:
Where is your GPS antenna? Justin_NSA at 10:56am 04.13.20 There's plenty of cable coiled up in the locker. It's a Lowrance antenna. I'll move it to the stern
Where is your GPS antenna? bawlmer at 10:54am 04.13.20 I use the built in antenna which is inside a Navpod and under a bimini. It works perfectly.
Where is your GPS antenna? (1) rgranger at 10:44am 04.13.20 177518
Sailing movie on Amazon Prime (1) Jackdaw at 10:44am 04.13.20 I've been planning my library for a long voyage; or a pandemic it seems. My library of sailing movie
Javelin Manual RVJavelin at 10:44am 04.13.20 Thank you Dave Groshong, jssailem and Sunbird22358 for your helpful replies. It is wonderful to know
Toe Rail nramsey at 10:42am 04.13.20 I'd look for an experienced structural composite person to get advice. It may cost a bit for the ad
1981 Hunter 30 ft hull cracks DrJudyB at 10:41am 04.13.20 Even if you like the dirty, back breaking work of doing bottoms and other repairs, this boat is a ba
New Running Rigging: bothered by what is probably a non-problem DougM at 10:41am 04.13.20 Jon, I call that photo "Fake news click bait" becasue I remember WHEN you took that photo. ;):bigg
Where is your GPS antenna? Bob S at 10:40am 04.13.20 My Garmin is mounted on the stern rail but also have a Vespa GPS antenna for my AIS mounted in the c
Where is your GPS antenna? DougM at 10:34am 04.13.20 I originally had a raymarine RS125 antenna mounted on the stern rail. When I replaced the MFD, the n
Where is your GPS antenna? dlochner at 10:26am 04.13.20 The mount looks like one from a large whip antenna. The threads on these are all the same. Modern G
Replacing Side Windows on Our Catilina 30 Mark 2 Tall Rig Ralph Johnstone at 10:23am 04.13.20 To this day I have not attempted a replacement. You must either drill holes in the ends of the wind
Catalina Outhaul Mod mrreg at 10:23am 04.13.20 Don: Would love to see a photo of your installation for outhaul fix. I would like the outhaul to b
battery monitor slow to read walt at 10:09am 04.13.20 Condenser on a volt meter?? A condenser could be part of a simple filter that smoothed out noise o
Securing floor with 4200 adhesive TomY at 10:05am 04.13.20 Nice work, Scott. I'd likely put it down with screws and hold the plugs, for now. I'd use small sc
Securing floor with 4200 adhesive (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:59am 04.13.20 Will you have a leak? Likely not. Not a chance , never in a million, don't be ridiculous :snooty:
1981 Hunter 30 ft hull cracks jssailem at 9:57am 04.13.20 Steve.. It is a choice. Do you want to spend weeks in the boat yard working on the boat trying to sa

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