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Electric head periodic maintenance Bruce Hill at 1:33am 07.24.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1377 Peggy-While familiar with the manual heads I have had on other boats, the electric heads on my '97
Changing thermostat on M-35 Walt at 12:57am 07.24.02 Big Boats 5/1108 My M-35 has always run a little hot. If I run over 2000 rpm, I'll top 200 degrees. Manual says top
Bow sprit or NOT ? james rohr at 12:45am 07.24.02 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/2208 Don;First a few specs. I have an, early vintage, 1979 O'Day 30 center board. One of the ones that h
Wash DC sailors Question Steve at 11:58pm 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/937 Have any of you sailed from the Washington DC area to Colonial Beach? if so, how long should i expe
Trailer Sailor Caribbean Cruise Ben Allen at 11:34pm 07.23.02 Ask All Sailors 2/1328 I would like to make this group aware of an event that will be taking place in the future. Many owne
would an H23 right herself??? Steve at 11:33pm 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1002 Would an H23 right herself after a knock down if all hatches were battened shut?
Riding turns on Jib Winches Bill D at 10:35pm 07.23.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1195 Seem to be having problem with riding turns on my winches, Always put 2 wraps to start. Could it be
Jib furler Bob F. at 10:08pm 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 1/1061 We have just rented a wet slip for the next year and will not be trailering our Catalina 22 after th
Propeller Sizing legend 33.5 Norman Wroblewski at 6:22pm 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1220 Anyone have recommendations for the correct propeller sizing for 33.5 LegendYanmar 2GM20FProp w
manual for an18ft hunter Jamie at 4:28pm 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/775 thanks
Propane Converson Bill Sheehy at 3:01pm 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/905 I am getting ready to get rid of my CNG and replace it with propane. I have a couple questions of an
New 34 owner - with some questions Rusty at 2:17pm 07.23.02 Big Boats 11/1211 Hello all,I recently bought an '83 Hunter 34 that was a bit crippledfrom the keel's nasty encounte
oday 23 rigging tension James at 1:26pm 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/967 i could use some help about how tight is too tight when it says hand tight. i read a topic about thi
broken handle on thru hull Barry at 1:07pm 07.23.02 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2971 I just opened the thru hull on the head sink and the handle broke off in mmy hand. Luckily, it is s
Tow Vehicle for Hunter 26 Water Ballast ray55125 at 12:55pm 07.23.02 Trailer Sailors 7/2367 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 7/1310 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 0/1162 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 0/890 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 1/936 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 2/848 To minimize having to put the mainsheet on a winch to bring the main in, has anyone tried replacing

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Honey, where are the shrunken kids? BigEasy at 4:05pm 08.30.20 Has anyone installed a tilt davit system (or snap davit) on the swim step of a recent vintage (smal
Forward hatch 87 Hunter 28.5 (5) sailor832 at 4:03pm 08.30.20 here some pics of the hatch I have
Windward sheeting cars Jackdaw at 4:02pm 08.30.20 Harken windward car? It works by releasing a traveler line with not under load. This allows the car
1978 Hunter 27 Shroud Tension shemandr at 3:48pm 08.30.20 Short answer is 15% of breaking strength of the diameter wire for the shroud. "Breaking strength" i
ST6001 Doesn't Track Under Sail Mechone at 3:41pm 08.30.20 I had similar problems , finally broke down and upgraded to the EV100 . I can tell you night and d
Funny Friday!!! WayneH at 3:33pm 08.30.20 "Women are crazy and men are stupid. Women are crazy because men are stupid." George Carlin
thoughts on Columbia 24 jssailem at 3:16pm 08.30.20 Well done Sean. It is a start. Next step. While motoring raise the jib in a mild breeze. Idle the mo
H34 cowl vents (1) Ilanortho at 3:15pm 08.30.20 I spent forever trying to replace those and could not find any. Here's what I did. While I was at it
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 Bluenose at 3:00pm 08.30.20 ...and exactly what model were they?
Hunter Legend - Waste Holding Tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:55pm 08.30.20 The prior owners somehow managed to put a crack in it. They installed an electric flush and maybe th
Windward sheeting cars cb32863 at 2:46pm 08.30.20 Depends on how it is rigged, I do it all the time. I sheet in the main and then hold the traveller l
raymarine cable R69074/R38024 sail sfbay at 2:34pm 08.30.20 Some other suppliers below. Let post where you sourced it AND if it worked. Thanks. Used US$39:
Docking cleat ripped of deck in storm jon hansen at 2:33pm 08.30.20 if you don't mind me asking, what style mooring line was being used? three stand or braid? three st
Docking cleat ripped of deck in storm (1) Sailavie1 at 2:28pm 08.30.20 If you can, check to see if there is an embedded aluminum plate under the fibreglass. It may be hard
Honey, where are the shrunken kids? Stu Jackson at 2:24pm 08.30.20 Once I had Maine Sail onboard and watched him hold his smart phone in a dark hole to snap a few pic
Anybody know if there's a master "reset" for a Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm? Meriachee at 2:17pm 08.30.20 Ok all, I have done the entire procedure and most of the manuals are WRONG! I found out it depends
Honey, where are the shrunken kids? All U Get at 2:07pm 08.30.20 Once I had Maine Sail onboard and watched him hold his smart phone in a dark hole to snap a few pict
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 Pollock at 2:07pm 08.30.20 Thank you I'm definitely going to look into this. JRacer, Were the new fixtures just "plug an
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 Pollock at 2:05pm 08.30.20 I replaced all of my OEM fixtures in the 310 with Marinebeam fixtures. Alternatively, they have an
Chartplotter Connector All U Get at 1:58pm 08.30.20 One last idea, we had turned down the backlight on our chart plotter once and thought the unit was t

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