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Recutting your own sail? Jim Haynie at 12:59pm 09.18.02 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/2019 The sails on my 1988 Legend 37 are still good and strong but badly bagged out. I know that recuttin
suction pressures steven f. at 12:04pm 09.18.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1286 Just reading through the forums and noticed you talk about cracking a holding tank during a pump-out
Should I buy a 356 Bill Hughes at 11:51am 09.18.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/2169 I currently have a Catalina 30 and saw the Hunter 356 at a boat show. It looked like a great boat f
Scupper Thru Hulls Stan Taylor at 10:45am 09.18.02 Smaller Boats 2/1047 I just bought my first Catalina 22, a '75, and she's a peach. I'm a nubee to this, so I'm sorry if t
Air Conditioning for Oday 322 David Bishop at 10:33am 09.18.02 Bigger Boats 0/1165 My '87 Oday 322 has an air conditioner installed by the previous owner in the cockpit locker. The c
Flooded anchor locker Scott Blahnik at 9:42am 09.18.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/914 and the lines are rotting. I tried jamming one of those devices similar to a snake used on clogged t
Fuel usage, 56 Hp and Panda 8Kw Ed at 8:49am 09.18.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/855 Anyone out there with a 56 Hp Yanmar and/or a Panda 8Kw gen set have a feel for how much fuel either
Four Elements Of Sail Trim Don Guillette at 8:12am 09.18.02 Ask All Sailors 33/2672 Mates; Not much going on over at the Sail Trim Forum I host for Sailboatowners.com so I though I'd c
Mounting a gps on a tiller steer boat Carl Lebo at 7:55am 09.18.02 Ask All Sailors 4/2390 Am wondering where's the best place to mount a gps on a smaller (22'), tiller steering sailboat?
Looking to buy Catalina 22 Dave Girardot at 7:32am 09.18.02 Smaller Boats 3/970 Looking at an 83' Catalina 22. VERY clean. Very good shape. Asking $5-6,000. What do you think.
Roller furling Takedown (Hurricane Prep) Dave Freeman at 7:27am 09.18.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1098 Any guidance on how to get my harken Roller Furling Jib down? Tropical storm Hannah bjust about rip
H 26 Racing Roberto at 7:26am 09.18.02 Racing 2/1365 El Kingston un Hunter 26, termino en segundo puesto en el circuito canario de vela cuatro puertos, e
Tacking Solo Descriptions Please Duncan at 6:54am 09.18.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1972 The question may seem lame but as a prospective novice 26Xer this is something I would really apprec
Leaving the prop free to spin while sailing. William Fraser at 6:50am 09.18.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1282 My Beneteau 432 has a leviathan three bladed prop capable of pushingher along at 8 + knots no probl
Sail with the pop-up top up? Guest at 5:53am 09.18.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1156 I'm a begginer sailer and just bought a 1993 Macgregor 26C ... can anyone tell me if it is possible/
Thru Hull.....Open or Closed? Guest at 4:36am 09.18.02 Mid-Size Boats 14/10298 This may be a dumb question, but my previous boat had no thru hulls below the water line. Is it a g
Reefing Gear Problems Steve Carpman at 4:22am 09.18.02 Big Boats 11/1669 On our 1991 37.5 Legend we have a single line reefing system that permits reefing from the cockpit.
Cleaning Cushions? Kelli O'Shaughnessy at 4:01am 09.18.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1161 I was planning on renting a steam cleaner from Home Depot or Lowes and cleaning our cabin cushions.
Need Help-Please Pat Crawford at 3:57am 09.18.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/947 We acquired a 40 foot Hunter legend about 7 years ago, no information was aboard-ie information on t
Mariner / Rhodes 19 Sails, Covers, etc. Dan Marques at 3:03am 09.18.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/3539 Hi. I have a '67 Mariner. I was wondering how the sail plan / rigging differed from the Rhodes 19,

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Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed Spindrift NH at 6:51am 09.06.20
B�n�teau First 33.7 Bimini lawyer33.7 at 6:48am 09.06.20 Thank you!
Hard to raise mainsail (1) All U Get at 6:45am 09.06.20 184629 To lubricate my roller furler, I made a few of these from old sail materials. I spray the bo
B�n�teau First 33.7 Bimini (1) sail sfbay at 6:36am 09.06.20 I see you just joined............welcome to the forum. Below are bimini's on a Beneteau First 33.7
Stolen bimini (1) sail sfbay at 6:26am 09.06.20 Welcome to the forum!! Sorry to hear that. Suggest measuring to be sure.........determine where th
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dlochner at 6:18am 09.06.20 The skeg was likely part of the mold when the hull was laid up and not bolted or glassed in later.
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed JDE at 6:01am 09.06.20
Cant find the source of water in bilge - H33 Maurice Doran at 5:53am 09.06.20 I didn't remove that panel. Vented loop seemed to be ok so left as is. Hi Scott, Maybe I misunders
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed JDE at 5:48am 09.06.20 Flexing of the hull due to inadequate interior support makes sense as there are no visible exterior
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dlochner at 5:36am 09.06.20 Mostly what @jssailem said. There are a couple of issues, the skeg supports the rudder, so lateral
what is it? now with pic (1) SailingLoto at 5:28am 09.06.20 Look around on the boat or mast for possible mounting hardware.... it could be struts for stabilizi
what is it? now with pic sailme88 at 5:05am 09.06.20 Without closer inspection , my best guess is support tubing for a cockpit awning
1995 Hunter 336 Air Conditioner Tim Mills at 4:54am 09.06.20 There should be a separate strainer and seacock just for the ac system. Not the same as the engine r
Hard to raise mainsail Kevin Johnson at 4:50am 09.06.20 I put dry lube on the slugs and into track slots. Final result is even my wife can raise the main a
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed jssailem at 3:00am 09.06.20 questions are: 1. Is the amount of movement normal for this kind of rudder? Unknown. Would want to
what is it? now with pic Will Gilmore at 2:17am 09.06.20 How about an antenna mast that mounts to the stern rail? -Will (Dragonfly)
Governer problem M25 /Kubota D950 weekendrken at 1:21am 09.06.20 FYI all Universal diesels are marinized Kubota engines. True, but not all marinized Kubota en
Governer problem M25 /Kubota D950 Hayden Watson at 11:06pm 09.05.20 FYI all Universal diesels are marinized Kubota engines. As Stu said, M25 = D850, M25XP = D950. Thi
Governer problem M25 /Kubota D950 weekendrken at 10:26pm 09.05.20
1995 Hunter 336 Air Conditioner BigEasy at 9:24pm 09.05.20

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