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Centerboard Pivot Bearing Steve Shenkel at 11:17pm 09.01.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1561 In the course of chasing another problem, I pulled the center board to paint the trunk and replace t
One or Two Axles? Don at 9:55pm 09.01.02 Smaller Boats 4/923 I trailer my '86 C22 on it's original trailer which has one axle and 15 inch tires. I have been tryi
Pointing Problem Gary at 4:56pm 09.01.02 Smaller Boats 1/834 Since we sail in an area of extreme tides and frequent strong winds we have the boat reefed alot. M
Boats loans SailboatOwners.com at 2:55pm 09.01.02 Ask All Sailors 64/3591 Does your boat ever go out on the water without you at the helm? If so, who takes the boat out witho
How's a 96 M26x different than newer ones? Gary at 2:07pm 09.01.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1280 Found a 96' Mac 26x and was wondering what the major differences were between the later models....if
fuel polishing steven f. at 12:34pm 09.01.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1308 Has anybody out there in never-never land used a do-it-yourself fuel polishing kit? I've been readi
Leak between cabin pan and hull? Tom at 8:59am 09.01.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1014 I'm trying to find the source of a leak in my H34. The leak is below the waterline because it is co
Potomac, Cobb Island to Chesapeake Bay sailing Jim Seamans at 4:28am 09.01.02 Ask All Sailors 2/1383 My wife and I are ready to place our boat into a slippossibly year around. We have currently a Hunt
Mast removal for winter storage Michael Wallach at 3:25am 09.01.02 Mid-Size Boats 9/1504 I have a 1992 Hunter 33.5 which is hauled and stored on land for the winter. Last year I kept my ma
O'Day 22 questions from new owner Ed Hebert at 2:55am 09.01.02 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1300 Hi everyone -I just took ownershp of a 1972 OD'22 (for nothing), and had my first chance to go ove
Hole in 336 hull - more info Bob Peters at 2:54am 09.01.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/875 Hello,I think this might be of interest to other owners. My 336 was hauled and the below note expl
Yo, Steve Dion Bill O'Donovan at 2:52am 09.01.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/979 Last year you suggested "biocide in the fuel" to keep it clean as well as "Bio-diesel to clean the e
Rudder rigging Terry at 2:41am 09.01.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1599 I have an older (83) MacGregor 22'. I recently overhauled the rudder and tiller. I took off all th
Leaking Hatch Claus Kratky at 2:39am 09.01.02 Big Boats 7/1055 Ok,I will bite.Having just worked my way through 480 postings in the archives,yes I learned a fewt
Stern rail for 25.5 Brad at 1:31am 09.01.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/868 Our stern rail was mangled recently in a hit from another boat and we need to replace it. Hunter gav
replacing halyard clif at 12:05am 09.01.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/999 I have an Oday 23 that i just bought about 1 month ago. I'm getting ready to take if for the first s
engine rpm issue Will Baker at 11:49pm 08.31.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/919 Yesterday, while out for a nice five hour day-sail on Lake Champlain, I had the following event occu
wheel bearings robert at 3:43pm 08.31.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1351 Does anyone know the inner and outer bearing sizes for the 26x trailer?
swing keel construction? John at 1:57pm 08.31.02 Smaller Boats 9/1833 I am in the process of purchasing a 1981' 22'(in the water) the swing keel is lowered easily with a
Hope the weather is fine up there. Mark at 1:11pm 08.31.02 Smaller Boats 3/826 Trusting all you Northerners are enjoying sailing in bright sunshine.So who would have thought it w

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Forestay breaks for second time in three years Spadman007 at 6:25pm 08.31.20 Yes. I am also on a mooring ball so I have the mast up all the time. The stay broke just above the
Sailing with Efficiency dlochner at 6:23pm 08.31.20 How old are the sails? If the sails are old and stretched out it is difficult to go to weather and t
Forestay breaks for second time in three years justsomeguy at 6:22pm 08.31.20 Do you use a furler?
Turn Blocks on a 1984 Hunter 34 mnmpizza at 6:01pm 08.31.20
Deck Cleats dmax at 5:53pm 08.31.20 Yeah, 1/4" bolts sound too small - I did look at the SBO store, no luck. I've looked everywhere I ca
Main sheet cleat location jonelli at 5:51pm 08.31.20 Pretty certain it was intentional. My boat had almost one owner before me. The second owner had her
Chartplotter Connector Capt jgw at 5:49pm 08.31.20 Hopefully having it hooked up wrong hasn't zapped something. What happens if you input 12V+ on NMEA-
Chartplotter Connector Capt jgw at 5:46pm 08.31.20 One last idea, we had turned down the backlight on our chart plotter once and thought the unit was
Sailing with Efficiency JohnShannon at 5:45pm 08.31.20 You might try reefing, if you have lots of wind it can be faster to have less sail up. A big floggi
Stripper Rings capta at 5:42pm 08.31.20 I have a pair of non-self tailing Barlow 28's on my boat and would love to have self-tailers. There
hull speed, what it means. sailme88 at 5:40pm 08.31.20 I believe the 1.34 formula is incongruent with fore and aft waterline. It applies to the parabolic
Sailing with Efficiency Don S/V ILLusion at 5:39pm 08.31.20
Main sheet cleat location Capt jgw at 5:38pm 08.31.20 Well it does look different. Maybe a PO when he bought the boat found the blocks and coil of line in
Waste holding tank vs A/C duct Ron20324 at 5:38pm 08.31.20 On my BO 323 I had to remove the waste holding tank because it was crushing the duct that ran to th
Turn Blocks on a 1984 Hunter 34 (1) ggrizzard at 5:35pm 08.31.20 Is the "symbol" a "C" superimposed over a "W" as you see here: are no longer in business. If not,
Main sheet cleat location jonelli at 5:31pm 08.31.20
Deck Cleats Ron20324 at 5:30pm 08.31.20 The finish is chipping off of my jib sheet and stern docking cleats - does anyone know of a drop-in
Stripper Rings Capt jgw at 5:30pm 08.31.20 I have a pair of non-self tailing Barlow 28's on my boat and would love to have self-tailers. There
hull speed, what it means. Capt jgw at 5:17pm 08.31.20 1.34x the square root of LWL has always considered to be an average. Some hulls may be faster, other
hull speed, what it means. Will Gilmore at 5:13pm 08.31.20 They get misconstrued as "limits" in layman circles when they're nothing of the sort. This is one

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