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Water in the Bilge? Rick Ellis at 4:39am 06.25.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1016 I seem to take on water when underawy and none while at the dock. I just have an outboard. Any ideas
Charter Boat (1) Walt Remele at 4:21am 06.25.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1032 For those of you following Practical Sailor and their article on owning a Caribbean charter boat I c
Grounding mlf@storm.ca at 2:48am 06.25.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/967 Anyone know if the Hunter 30 - 1990 is grounded for lightening protection ?
Reefed main sail shape Michael Stephens at 2:42am 06.25.02 Smaller Boats 5/926 I sailed this weekend with my main sail reefed and had trouble getting any real pull out of the sail
Campbell Sailor Propeller JoeO at 2:29am 06.25.02 Big Boats 5/3466 Anyone out there have experience with a Campbell Sailor fixed pitch 3 blade prop? I'm thinking of b
Marine Toilet Paper Bud Cook at 2:07am 06.25.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/5945 This may be an age old question, but I understand septic tank tolerant toilet paper is safe for mari
Smells like low tide! Rich at 2:07am 06.25.02 Smaller Boats 5/1243 Purchased a '98 240 water ballast on trailer and no trail sail.Shame on me!All Ok until I filled bal
hunter 280 asymetrical spinnaker sets Ryan at 1:50am 06.25.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1217 I crew on a hunter 280 and I'm looking for tips in running an asymetrical spinnaker on broad and bea
Backstay Adjuster Randy Williamson at 1:34am 06.25.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1152 I am looking for a backstay adjuster system for my Beneteau 445. The boat has two backstays that go
Ed, one more question on outboard gas tank.... Jane at 1:15am 06.25.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/939 I've now got a 6.5 gal tank like the one you referenced in the related link. One last question (tod
Rhode Island Lighthouses RREgge at 1:15am 06.25.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1017 Came across the site in the attached link.It has alot of information on past and present lighthous
boom lift Ken Cobb at 12:03am 06.25.02 Day Sailers 4/1581 It always irritates me to have the boom drop into the cockpit whenever we drop sails. Has anyone fi
Hunter 31 Hull Composition Bruce at 11:49pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1074 Interested if there is any location on a 1984 Hunter 31 where the hull is solid, allowing installati
Outboard help - Daysailer II Doug at 11:41pm 06.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2002 I just acquired a 1978 (I think) DSII, great condition. Looking to put a 4 to 6 HP outboard on it,
Leaking Hot Water Tank Gary Wyngarden at 11:26pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1491 I discovered some water leaking out from under my ten year old hot water tank/heater yesterday after
Getting Taller Gary Wyngarden at 11:22pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1217 My wife who is 5'8" has difficulty seeing over the top of our dodger and has to stoop to see through
Zincs Tim Op't Holt at 11:11pm 06.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1334 I noticed that the zinc placed on the prop shaft last summer is gone. I need some help from someone
Replies to raising a Mac 25 Thom Francola at 11:00pm 06.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1034 Thanks to all you replied to my inquirey on how to raise a Mac 25 on the trailer. Now it's time for
H25.5 Steaming Light Mark at 10:29pm 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 4/978 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 2/1736 The drip rate from my stuffing box is one drop every 4 seconds with engine off. Is this normal? Tr

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Can i use it? mavourneen at 1:38pm 08.26.20 Thanks for the info. Sailboaters are the best
Propeller for a Hunter 41DS (2005) with engine Yanmar 3JH4E Valerio at 1:38pm 08.26.20 I have the same sailboat and same engine, with a clean bottom in flat water i can do at 2200 rpm 5.7
Mast climber Choies smokey73 at 1:28pm 08.26.20 Thanks @sailme88 What I imagined. I like the two pieces of plywood with the spacer in between to k
Mast climber Choies (4) sailme88 at 1:14pm 08.26.20 @sailme88 Thanks but don't make a special trip. I can wait but was just interested. Doesn't soun
OD34 M25 engine exhaust weekendrken at 12:50pm 08.26.20 So what happened to the flange end? It's a boat. There are just some things that are not explain
Mast climber Choies jlp0217 at 12:37pm 08.26.20 I bought the ATN Mast Climber, and found the ascenders to be a poor design. the load is attached to
Tohatsu 5hp propane outboard? Captain Larry-DH at 12:30pm 08.26.20 if it had a safe propane locker But gasoline fumes also are heavier than air. So if you have a saf
Nylock keel nuts, good or bad idea? Ron20324 at 12:14pm 08.26.20 I'd skip the nylons and use second, "jam" nuts.
o'day 20 twistedskipper at 12:14pm 08.26.20 I'm not personally familiar with the O'Day 20, but it has a centerboard, not a swing keel, which sho
Mystery line on '86 Hunter 31 Ron20324 at 12:06pm 08.26.20 Sounds like an outhaul, used to tension the foot of the main to adjust sail shape. Or maybe a toppi
Removing a kink from a CDI FF2 Furler luff extrusion (Aluminum) twistedskipper at 12:05pm 08.26.20 After recognizing that the original poster must have a CDI Reefer, not an FF2, I found a Reefer manu
OD34 M25 engine exhaust (1) weekendrken at 11:57am 08.26.20 Think about the W'beke water-cooled option if it would work with the O'D muffler arrangement. The M-
O'day 20 railing on stern Jerrycans at 11:50am 08.26.20
OD34 M25 engine exhaust odaydokay at 11:46am 08.26.20 Can you show some photos of the new set up? I have done two black pipe complete exhaust replacement
Fuse ConFUSion Head Sail at 11:28am 08.26.20 when the fuse is twisted the connection will disconnect then reconnect if twisted a bit more. Sto
Nylock keel nuts, good or bad idea? AndrewG at 11:22am 08.26.20 Thanks for the replies... Ken, I called Catalina and they said they are SS but they are 304 SS not
Tohatsu 5hp propane outboard? Grotto at 10:59am 08.26.20 So I just ordered my sailpro propane. Poured over the manual online. Any thoughts on break-in proces
Mac 25 Swing Keel Cable Help rgranger at 10:45am 08.26.20 ... or what @justsomeguy said. :thumbup:
Replacing the gooseneck on the boom, C-18 (1) JonnyEp at 10:43am 08.26.20 Hello All, I am expecting delivery of a new gooseneck for my 1987 C-18. The description on Catali
Mac 25 Swing Keel Cable Help justsomeguy at 10:42am 08.26.20 http://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/5301-1k0.htm

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