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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 8/1331 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 0/1033 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 4/971 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 2/1407 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 5/867 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 8/981 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 1/1164 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

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Mailsail furling shemandr at 5:19pm 08.24.20 I've posted many times about the problems with my in mast roller furling. In the end I think my mai
Mailsail furling BrianRobin at 5:07pm 08.24.20 Inmast Furler is actually Latin for headache. They're are only a problem for those that are less e
Mailsail furling JohnShannon at 5:02pm 08.24.20 There are also roller boom solutions. Maybe since you are replacing less spar, that might be cheape
Leaky AMF Puffer illusion1024 at 5:01pm 08.24.20 I have seen two of these boats with leaks in the daggerboard trunk that allowed water to get between
Fuse ConFUSion Davidasailor26 at 5:00pm 08.24.20 Your right. Most of us have fuse or circuit breaker panels that have more than one load attached t
Reefing the Main! O'day 22 shemandr at 4:53pm 08.24.20 It's hard to tell what I'm looking at. The white line with blue speckles, that is tied to that tur
Water pressure/volume problem Sefuller at 4:49pm 08.24.20 I swapped out the complete pump for another similar one I had and the flow is much better.
Fuse ConFUSion heritage at 4:46pm 08.24.20 Not true. my Benny came like that from the factory. 110v olutlet and maybe another? Your right. M
BENT PROP SHAFT ggrizzard at 4:32pm 08.24.20 Over to you Dave, You're On! :biggrin:
Dinghy on a small sailboat, Bilge pump, ocean sailing ggrizzard at 4:30pm 08.24.20 Will, you build it... I'll buy it!
New Sails Gary Ryan at 4:16pm 08.24.20 North Sails are Main - Crosscut Nordac ND72MA, Genoa - Crosscut Nordac ND78HA. Doyle Sails are Mai
Considering a Purchase, Opinions/Things to Consider? ggrizzard at 4:11pm 08.24.20 And, while some of the teak looks bad, most of the toe rail might just need a good sanding and a few
Yanmar 1GM10 fuel injector pump issue. ggrizzard at 4:05pm 08.24.20 Me too!
Yanmar 1GM10 fuel injector pump issue. Tally Ho at 4:01pm 08.24.20
Sail Rigging Diagrams? isaksp00 at 3:57pm 08.24.20 You could use a turning block (or a swivel block attached to the mast tabernacle if it has holes), b
Lateen Sail Question, I'm Sure There's a Reason (1) rgranger at 3:56pm 08.24.20 Something similar to what you are describing already exists. I forget what they call this rig but y
How to repair forward hatch with cracked Lexan? (1) rgranger at 3:45pm 08.24.20 I've attached a "how to" guide I found on the HunterOwners.com resource page.
OD34 M25 engine exhaust dlochner at 3:27pm 08.24.20 Can't answer your specific question. However, given the age of your boat, the fiberglass wrap is mor
Lateen Sail Question, I'm Sure There's a Reason dlochner at 3:25pm 08.24.20
ODay 40 Owners Manual DonEvans at 3:23pm 08.24.20 :plus: and a point goes to Ron20324

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