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Tow Vehicle for Hunter 26 Water Ballast ray55125 at 12:55pm 07.23.02 Trailer Sailors 7/2233 I am thinking of buying a Hunter 26' water ballast but am concerned about my tow vehicle. I have a
Info on the GPSMAP 176 Garmin Jim Seamans at 11:48am 07.23.02 Ask All Sailors 7/1212 Hi Everyone,I'm thinking of upgrading my gps to the gpsmap 176, not sure if color or not. I have r
Throttle Control Tom at 11:35am 07.23.02 Bigger Boats 0/1133 Is there a simple way to tighten the throttle lever on an O'day 34?
Sneak Circuit MarcP at 11:30am 07.23.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/859 We continue to work out some of the bugs on our 1985 Catalina 30TR and have had some excellent saili
Leaking Dripless Packing Tim at 10:56am 07.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/904 Our 1990 Catalina 28 had a dripless packing gland installed before we purchased her in the summer of
356 Mainsheet Rigging Upgrade Niels de Terra at 10:55am 07.23.02 Big Boats 2/815 To minimize having to put the mainsheet on a winch to bring the main in, has anyone tried replacing
Centerboard not going down Matt O at 10:33am 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1494 My boat has been sitting for several years and the centerboard won't go down. Does anyone have any s
wayne oaster Bob Blais at 9:20am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/714 I am looking for Wayne Oaster or anyone else out and about who may have the internal zinc plug from
A well traveled O'day 37 and a nice web site Olivier at 9:15am 07.23.02 Bigger Boats 1/1144 I recently came across a nice web site by some folks with an O'day 37. Check it out!http://www.ex
CDI luff twist Ron Baer at 8:48am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 1/973 I have had my new CDI develop a twist in the luff. CDI suggested that I stored it wrong on the mast
Hunter 260 vrs Catalina 250 WB Calvin at 8:37am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 17/9525 Currently I own a Catalina 250 WB. For a number of reasons mostly having to do with headroom and per
Fuel Gauge Tonja at 7:41am 07.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1642 I have an 85 Catalina 27 and the fuel indicator in the cockpit does not register the amount of fuel
Battery Equalization John Richard at 6:28am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/851 There was a recent discussion on this topic. My particular 410 configuration has a Heart Interface
Transmission getting hard to shift John Visser at 6:20am 07.23.02 Ask All Sailors 10/1442 (yes, everything's happening at once - see my other posts)The Hurth tranny on my C36 seems to be g
Universal M25 problems John Visser at 6:15am 07.23.02 Ask All Sailors 2/2910 Coincident with a high-temperature event (clogged heat exchanger) my M25 developed a lower idle spee
Fuel return line falls off = MESS John at 5:30am 07.23.02 Big Boats 1/901 My fuel return line on my H380 filter fell off while we were motoring and emptied about a quart of d
Adding A Heat Pump Billy Martin at 5:11am 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/913 We have an ODay 39, 1984/85 and wish to add a heating/air conditioning unit. It is the 3 cabin vers
Weather helm h26/260 David R. King at 5:05am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1006 At what wind speeds does your h26 or 260 start to be heavy on the helm? My 1997 h26 has the origina
Looking for my bilge pump Robbin at 4:31am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 4/930 My electrical panel has a switch for an automatic bilge pump. Can some one shed some light on this
Anchor Light Bill Chandler at 4:26am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/880 Does anyone have any wiring diagrams to help me trace the wiring for the Anchor light? The light was

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New forum member with an introduction and some questions NINEv2 at 10:50pm 07.26.20 His do you spot an extroverted engineer? (Or chemist or geologist etc.)? he will stare at your s
New sails jssailem at 10:48pm 07.26.20 Yes they have a new housing project there now. When I mentioned our Port Ludlow stay, my wife called
Maine Visitors jssailem at 10:43pm 07.26.20 the people who wear them under their nose Over their nose they fog their glasses and can not see a
Summer in the Salish Sea (1) SoSound at 10:38pm 07.26.20 Filucy Bay... cruisus interruptus... detour, to deal with multiple issues ("Execution supersedes in
Used sails from other boats? jssailem at 10:33pm 07.26.20 If only I could find big wind on flat water... Wait for a big east wind. Then you might get your w
Real chance of capsizing? jssailem at 10:29pm 07.26.20 No one has a hold of the mainsheet. No control of the sail trim. Release the main sheet boat stops h
Help with fixed port replacement (2) JFKeller at 10:24pm 07.26.20 I'm about to replace my fixed ports again on my '84 H34 and have read the great threads on Owner Mo
2008 Beneteau Oceanis - Engine battery alarm on while battery appears to be appropriately charged. SoSound at 10:07pm 07.26.20 Are there electrical components/systems on the boat that ONLY operate when the engine is running (wi
Does this boat exist? jssailem at 10:05pm 07.26.20 It is a lot more fun to sail on a reach than tacking up wind in most boats. Boats designed for racin
Does this boat exist? stickinthemud57 at 9:46pm 07.26.20 Here we go with the pointing thing again. Not sure I understand this response. Although I have all
Update on my 170 stickinthemud57 at 9:40pm 07.26.20 I grew up in Corpus Christi, sailing a Seahorse (like a Sunfish), a Columbia 22, and a Ranger 26. My
First Sail on 23.5 Tackdan235 at 9:36pm 07.26.20 1. Mast Rake /Forestay Sag- my forestay turnbuckle is about as tight as I can go, but I still get so
Real chance of capsizing? srimes at 9:32pm 07.26.20 Yeah I wasn't really worried, just wondering how to know when I should be :). Dog was tethered to t
How do I test AGM batteries for damage from overcharge? (1) smokey73 at 9:13pm 07.26.20 I'm sure @Maine Sail will respond if he sees this message but I recently did a battery capacity test
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison Ken13559 at 9:13pm 07.26.20 I had been using honda eu20i cousin, Elemax shx2000 for years. It runs my 12000btu Aircon. Lately ge
Macerator vs non-macerating discharge pump Meriachee at 8:01pm 07.26.20 Solo tank monitor. Yay.
cherubini lost Mikem at 7:40pm 07.26.20 That is awful. It must hurt terribly. A friend of mine told me long that there is always another bo
Real chance of capsizing? shemandr at 7:08pm 07.26.20 I don't think you were in the dangerous area. I don't know how to replay the video but it seemed OK
Remove glue from fiberglass? quadrille38 at 6:56pm 07.26.20
Remove glue from fiberglass? gtg at 6:51pm 07.26.20 That looks like it might be old butyl rubber sealant. Is it still soft and sticky? I use MEK to r

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