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Renegade Doug at 8:31am 07.30.02 Trailer Sailors 1/1839 I have been trying to identify this boat I bought and am working on getting in the water (aren't we
Tachometer reading 50% Sam Curry at 8:13am 07.30.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/900 I have a Yanmar 2GM in my 1983 Hunter 30. It suddenly began reading at 50% of proper reading. Wher
Jabsco pump rebuild vs Joker valve Jose Venegas at 8:03am 07.30.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/2482
Diesel Smell in bilge Steve White at 7:03am 07.30.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/931 My recently purchased 1993 33.5 Hunter seems to always have a diesel fume smell in the main cabin di
Heeling Rick Carlson at 6:41am 07.30.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1006 I just bought a Oday 23 and woundering how far or who many degrees will it heel befor h2o comes on b
Engine size for 26X Mike Freeman at 6:29am 07.30.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/3166 Engine size for MacGregor 26X.I am about to order a 26X for use here in UK and France and I need t
Refiting a Wheel Steering System from a Tiller Eric Hartsough at 6:02am 07.30.02 Smaller Boats 4/885 I would like to refit my 1994 Hunter 26 Tiller Style with a Wheel Steering system. Checking to see i
transverse section of mast Ann Monroe at 5:59am 07.30.02 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1304 I bought a used Hunter 33 and want to install a track for a storm trysail. I don't know where the i
Radar Antenna on mast installation help Jack at 5:12am 07.30.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1097 Hello all,I have a 1999 Beneteau 411 2 cabin version. I would like to install a radar antenna up o
Rudder Stops for the radial wheel Paul Nebeling at 4:52am 07.30.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1550 Here's the problem.My 1978 Hunter 27 has an Edson wheel steering system. I think it's a modificat
Hurricane help Bill O'Donovan at 4:24am 07.30.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1019 With hurricane season approaching, can anyone vouch for those rubber tubes that are used to absorb t
Error Handling for No Subject Posts Gene at 4:09am 07.30.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1003 After composing a detailed post, I hit Submit and got a reject message. I had forgotten to put in a
Vision 32: where to put the hatchboards & other ?? Tom Boles at 3:50am 07.30.02 Mid-Size Boats 15/1292 Hi everyone-As our experience grows with "Running on Empty", certain small questions come up:1)
1990 H 27 battery access JCAL at 2:31am 07.30.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/816 Lets talk about ideas for better access to the batteries. Those of us who are over size 36" waist an
V-berth vent on C25 Joerg K at 2:21am 07.30.02 Smaller Boats 2/1000 The v-berth vent is supposed to be closed from the inside by "srewing" a plastic pluginto the openi
Deck repairs ? Blair C. at 1:48am 07.30.02 Bigger Boats 4/1318 I am interested in information from anyone with experience on deck repairs required because of leaka
Engine related - Yanmar 4JH2E Don at 1:41am 07.30.02 Big Boats 10/16237 Anyone with a similar engine recall the typical oil pressure reading?Mine seems to be low based up
Managing 430 Huge Mainsail Stephen DePaola at 1:40am 07.30.02 Big Boats 1/926 The Dutchman System doesn't work that well on our boat. Particularly because of the large roach. I a
O'Day 27 john at 1:16am 07.30.02 Bigger Boats 3/1367 Can the O'Day 27 be trailered?
Mast Step Bracket John Radcliff at 1:15am 07.30.02 Smaller Boats 4/877 Hi.First off, the info here helped me make the decision to buy a H170. The person that said it is

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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
Main sheet cleat location Joe at 5:08pm 08.31.20 Honestly, and this is just my opinion, I don't like the fact that each mainsheet adjustment will aff
Main sheet cleat location jonelli at 5:00pm 08.31.20 @jssailem - I don't think my setup can be called an end-boom sheeting system because it's still a mi

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