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H25.5 Steaming Light Mark at 10:29pm 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 4/971 Does anyone know if the steaming light on an 85 H25.5 has its own switch or does it come on when the
Stuffing Box Drip Rate Carmen Daccurso at 10:17pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1731 The drip rate from my stuffing box is one drop every 4 seconds with engine off. Is this normal? Tr
Mysterious bilge water Kevin Kane at 10:07pm 06.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1031 Water appears in the bilge of my O'Day 272LE with Universal Model 12 Diesel apparently only while mo
floor don robinson at 8:01pm 06.24.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1406 I have to replace the floor on my 1980 30 ft an would like to know what is under it be I cut it up w
Autohelm 7000 Bill Sheehy at 3:14pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1513 I need to find a Autohelm 7000 autopilot computer. They don't make the Autohelm anymore so I am stuc
Inverter shut down Bill at 1:32pm 06.24.02 Big Boats 4/1077 I have a 1995 430. Everytime I use the inverter to run my Grunert system (with the engine running) t
What is the recommended RPM? Bert at 1:22pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 5/2069 Fellow Sailors,I reach my hull speed at about 2200 RPM with my 1982 Yanmar 3HM. The Yanmar specs d
ST4000+ wierdness Jeff Bacon at 1:07pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 12/2251 I installed and calibrated an ST400+ this weekend, and an interesting thing occurred.After doing m
Great weekend of sailing! How was yours? Jamie Shreeves at 12:32pm 06.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1123 This weekend was spent up at the lake with 7 of my friends from college. We had a blast! 8 people an
waste tank maintenance John Trautman at 12:28pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/866 I have been blessed to have the opportunity to own a new Hunter 420. It is the first boat I have own
Ablative Bottom Paint Chips Dean at 12:23pm 06.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1014 I have some chipping of the bottom paint just at the water line. My Catalina 27 is on a mooring in
Can't Get the Main Up All the Way Marc P at 11:14am 06.24.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1054 I can't seem to get my main sail up the last 12 inches or so. She goes up pretty smoothly until the
Headed to the Caribean Bob at 10:37am 06.24.02 Big Boats 8/980 We are considering heading south for some extended cruising in the Caribean. I would appreciate som
Let's go sailing Ray Carl at 10:25am 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 3/850 First off,it's a temporary course that's set up the day of the race.The races are called Beer can ra
Jib Rigging Question (Roller Furled) Mark Malcolm at 9:21am 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 3/778 Hi all,My 212 came with the jib pre-rigged without the 2:1 blocks attatched to the sail "O" ring (p
mast step/o-day 23 jeff at 8:55am 06.24.02 Day Sailers 1/1163 Mast step sags on my o-day 23 tempest.Has anyone else experianced this problem?Can't fully tune rig,
6v batteries - another question Bob F at 8:17am 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/958 I too am thinking about replacing my 2 4D house batteries on my H376. Is the switchover to 6v in ser
Carpeting for a Catalina 30 TR Michael at 7:27am 06.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 6/4289 Any thoughts about carpeting the cabin sole? Good idea, bad idea? Is there anywhere to get a pre cu
Sheet Music Bill Arden at 7:24am 06.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1081 Hi - I just discovered this forum, and I have a question of personal nostalgia. In the early 80'
Are spreaders necessary on a n O'day Mariner? MGMurray at 7:09am 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 1/1258 I read an article in Sailing about retrofitting a Rhodes 19. It was stated that the mast is strong e

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New Sails sail sfbay at 1:33pm 08.24.20 North sails have been around since 1957 (North Sails - Wikipedia) and Doyle sails have been around s
Lateen Sail Question, I'm Sure There's a Reason walmsleyc at 1:25pm 08.24.20 maybe a sketch of what your thinking? The boom part would/might be fine, but the yard part of a lan
Mailsail furling Don S/V ILLusion at 1:24pm 08.24.20 Count the cost of a new furling sail too.
Beneteau 321 In Mast Furling sail sfbay at 1:22pm 08.24.20 It is a Zspar. Suggest downloading the mast and boom manual for operation, maintenance and parts li
ODay 40 Owners Manual LouisMK at 1:18pm 08.24.20 Don- I have a complete manual, shoot me your contact info & we can discuss how to get it to you. As
How to repair forward hatch with cracked Lexan? Crazy Dave Condon at 1:15pm 08.24.20 Reseal with black Dow 795.
LouisMK at 1:13pm 08.24.20
Hunter 260 Bow Roller & Anchor System Crazy Dave Condon at 1:13pm 08.24.20 where the bow roller goes, sandwitched between the fiberglass is an aluminum plate that you can dril
Motor dies and lacks its normal luster performance-wise odaydokay at 1:11pm 08.24.20 Check the fuel pump connections. The ground wire on mine came loose and i got intermittent fuel del
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:05pm 08.24.20 Most unusual. Most later model Hunters allow the motor and relay to be mounted inside the forward b
How to repair forward hatch with cracked Lexan? kloudie1 at 1:04pm 08.24.20 Hey, Gerald.. If ya carefully remove the old lens, you can take it to a plastics shop and they'll cu
Leaky AMF Puffer shemandr at 1:00pm 08.24.20 Does it have bailers? Centerboard or dagger board? It sounds like you had water between the hull
Hunter 260 Bow Roller & Anchor System (2) rgranger at 1:00pm 08.24.20 BTW: I don't have the roller on mine... what I do have is the heavy danford in the front locker and
New Sails Gary Ryan at 12:59pm 08.24.20 I received 2 quotes today, 1 from Doyle and the other from North Sails. Both look pretty good. Doe
Install Lewmar V1 windlass on a 376 Velella at 12:59pm 08.24.20 The Lewmar V1 on a 376 seems light but that, of course, depends on your ground tackle. Read the Le
Installation of Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Pilot stm11 at 12:55pm 08.24.20 Thanks cagreen75. I am glad you provided this info because honestly I did not know anything about th
How to repair forward hatch with cracked Lexan? nightowle at 12:48pm 08.24.20 see if there is a company like this in your neck of the woods: Cut to Size, Polycarbonate & Acrylic
Installation of Raymarine EV-100 Wheel Pilot (1) cagreen75 at 12:45pm 08.24.20 Thanks careened. How does the rudder sensor connect? Here is the way I installed it in our boat. I h
Hunter 260 Bow Roller & Anchor System twistedskipper at 12:44pm 08.24.20 The H260 was designed to better facilitate an anchor roller than the H26, and a roller was even offe
Hunter 260 Bow Roller & Anchor System rgranger at 12:38pm 08.24.20 I think the bow roller is after market but there have been some very nice mods profiled on the owne

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