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OIL PRESSURE WARNING - 3GMF Steve Donahue at 12:06am 07.01.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/819 When my 3GMF get's to operating temp (10-15 min.), the warning buzzer starts "chirpping" at normal o
H34 cabintop winch handle box drainage Brad at 11:03pm 06.30.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/953 I was wondering about the little aquarium/terrarium on the cabin top of my H34. I assume it was des
BAtteries, solar charges, regulators, Oh my Mike Whalen at 10:58pm 06.30.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/944 Greetings. Just purchased an 11 Watt solar battery charger. Since battery appeared to be really dead
Size of chute Pat at 10:47pm 06.30.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1252 I have a 1970's(?) Oday daysailer ~ 17'. I am looking for info re spinnaker ie size and rigging. My
Shoud I? Crazy Dave Condon at 10:46pm 06.30.02 Smaller Boats 31/1758 For a long time, I have not answered any questions on the forum. This was due to an increased work
Emergency Tiller mounting brackets C27 Bill D at 10:34pm 06.30.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1003 Pulled my emergency tiller out of the aft lazarette to be sure it would work in an emergency. To my
Air Vent Cleaning / Opening? Bob Knott at 9:42pm 06.30.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1694 Peggy,I read someone elses post where you said that flowback into the bowl after flushing could be
Backstay points and Rig Loads Geoff McLaughlin at 9:00pm 06.30.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/737 Hello allDoes anyone know:1. typical backstay loads, with and without spinnaker, and/or resource
Installing a Raytheon ST 60 wind indicator Jack at 8:09pm 06.30.02 Big Boats 2/1519 I have a new Raytheon ST60 wind indicator. Got it as a gift!!. I plan to go up the mast and inst
am/fm Stereo replacement Nichole at 8:06pm 06.30.02 Big Boats 1/873 I would like to upgrade my stereo on my 2000 340. But how does the original come out of the bracket
Is sailing the 26 as nice as the video shows? Dan at 3:57pm 06.30.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1291 I have watched the video several times and hope to purchase a 26 this year. I live in Seattle and th
Sailing rituals (2) SailboatOwners.com at 3:16pm 06.30.02 Ask All Sailors 29/2284 Does your sailing experience involve rituals you perform pretty much every time you go out? Do yo
Propellor shaft bracket: Is the bend intentional? ian carter at 1:05pm 06.30.02 Other Sailboats 1/915 I am in the midst of negotiating to purchase a 1988 Hunter Legend 37. The survey has been done and o
Hatches Gil Hess at 12:39pm 06.30.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1303 I have a hunter27 1981 both hatch covers are broke where they lock down.....where can i get replacem
Black Streaks Bob at 12:26pm 06.30.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1516 has anyone figured out how to eliminate the annoying black streaks on white fiber glass?
Galvanic Isolators Ed V. at 11:53am 06.30.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1033 Hi All,I recently installed shore power on my O25, and am wondering how important it is to have a
Update Can't Get the Main Up All the Way Marc P at 11:43am 06.30.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/860 I tried all the recommendations posted and still can't get the main up all the way. I used a spare
Autohelm ST30 Wind Instrument J Stage at 11:30am 06.30.02 Ask All Sailors 3/2820 Cups on top of mast are no longer rotating. Therefore no apparent wind speed, but wind direction sti
Bent keel patrick doyle at 10:26am 06.30.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1861 I have just purchased a 1987 27 foot c'c which fell off its cradle. While falling the lead keel was
Peggy-I made a mistake Wynn Ferrel at 9:20am 06.30.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/1917 when I installed a Jabsco service kit on my head. The head works and pumps just fine, but after pum

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Stuffing box Sailing Nalu at 7:34pm 07.21.20 Suggest you go to Main Sail, link on this site, and check their DIY section for stuffing box. Grea
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada Ralph Johnstone at 7:20pm 07.21.20 This sounding more and more like urban legend. I mean $10,000 and banned from ever entering Canada?
Jib cleats that fit 1970s era Javelins? (5) Sunbird22358 at 7:15pm 07.21.20 I'd give Rudy at D&R Marine a call, (508) 644-3001 he advised me about adding cleats on the CB trunk
Replacement Water Tanks Oday 34/35 Tally Ho at 7:15pm 07.21.20
Wanted: ODay 19 Daysailer Mast Sunbird22358 at 7:09pm 07.21.20 Which O'DAY do you have? The Day Sailer (16'9") mast would be best searched for on the Day Sailer Cl
Does this boat exist? jon hansen at 7:04pm 07.21.20 that's the british olympic sailing coach and some buds. all doable. the J80 is top quality, availabl
Does this boat exist? Daveinet at 7:04pm 07.21.20 Something else you could look at would be a Hunter 26.5. I have no idea how it sails, but is a keel
Best Bilge Pump? AlastairLC at 7:03pm 07.21.20
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada David in Sandusky at 7:02pm 07.21.20 No news story, because there were no reporters there! Might have been in a local report of immigrati
V222 Keel Water Intrusion? (Fiberglass model) RustyVenture at 7:00pm 07.21.20 Wow! What a beaut. I think I'm on step 0.5 of that process, which was to strip everything out, press
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada Brian D at 6:59pm 07.21.20 This sounding more and more like urban legend. I mean $10,000 and banned from ever entering Canada?
Does this boat exist? stickinthemud57 at 6:56pm 07.21.20 he J sail boat company. sailed all over the world. they come in many sizes. the Johnstone family b
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada Ralph Johnstone at 6:55pm 07.21.20 Lifetime ban is way too harsh, Our only concern is to prevent COVID-19 from entering Canada. Com
Baby stays Hunter 23 Brian M H23 at 6:51pm 07.21.20 It was a bit of a hack job, but I ran two eye bolts right through the deck on my old 23 in line with
Does this boat exist? Daveinet at 6:49pm 07.21.20 You could look around for a used Benateau Class 8. While technically it has a swing keel, that keel
Head issues bodaflack at 6:48pm 07.21.20 Sounds like Ty-D-Bowl blue? Not sure what that is We took off the top screw top of the holding t
Head issues Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:42pm 07.21.20 A few questions: Was the flush water intake thru-hull open or closed? If closed, have you traced th
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada Daveinet at 6:30pm 07.21.20 What I am not clear about, is that if you have a home, you are not allowed to go home? In otherwords
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada Hunter216 at 6:20pm 07.21.20 We heard this from friends who have a summer home on Lake Erie at Point Abino, Ontario. Three of th
Cant find the source of water in bilge - H33 illusion1024 at 6:20pm 07.21.20 Any thru hull transducers would be another place to check. I was mystified by a leak after checking

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