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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 8/1193 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 8/2970 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
Centerboard not going down Matt O at 10:33am 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1545 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 0/724 I am looking for Wayne Oaster or anyone else out and about who may have the internal zinc plug from

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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
O' Day 20 outboard size john6206 at 1:51pm 08.30.20
raymarine cable R69074/R38024 (1) sail sfbay at 1:50pm 08.30.20 I saw a replacement cable on ebay yesterday...........but when I looked just now it was sold. So yo
Hunter Legend - Waste Holding Tank shemandr at 1:39pm 08.30.20 I once removed my 4d battery with a spare main sheet tackle (4 or 6 part) using the boom. EZ peezy.
Anybody know if there's a master "reset" for a Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm? BigEasy at 1:34pm 08.30.20 Ok all, I have done the entire procedure and most of the manuals are WRONG! But I personally had to
O' Day 20 outboard size Hunter216 at 1:31pm 08.30.20 Look at older boats and the motor mounts ratings were only in horsepower. We have dunked the power
Brand of Panel breakers (1) JRacer at 1:24pm 08.30.20 Those (the configuration - screws, switch, LED,) look a lot like the ones in my panel, see the pic.
thoughts on Columbia 24 Mikem at 1:20pm 08.30.20 That is t hat is the C-24 model my dock mate sailed across the Pacific.
Hunter Legend - Waste Holding Tank Panama Jack at 1:18pm 08.30.20 Oh brother! I better measure much better. Plus the only way to disconnect the hoses is to remove t
Cover for steering assembly / cables? (1) rukidn at 1:17pm 08.30.20 Will need to trim top flush and back to fit. Here is installed pic. Note that my screw is stripped.
O' Day 20 outboard size Benny17441 at 1:15pm 08.30.20 I just took a quick look online and it appears that many of the bolt on motor mounts are listed wit
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 JRacer at 1:12pm 08.30.20 I replaced all of my OEM fixtures in the 310 with Marinebeam fixtures. Alternatively, they have an L
Guidance sailme88 at 1:08pm 08.30.20
Mac 26S replacement mast too heavy? rgranger at 1:05pm 08.30.20 I understand... the H26 is also a water ballast boat.

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