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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 4/1579 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 6/1996 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 8/1332 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
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 4/1520 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 12/2252 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 2/1124 This weekend was spent up at the lake with 7 of my friends from college. We had a blast! 8 people an

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MacGregor 23 Reefing rgranger at 5:33pm 08.25.20 If I remember right ours was about 5 or 6 inches long. Ken The thumb screw?
Mackinac Island (and Hessel) DEB AND DION at 5:27pm 08.25.20 We keep our boat at St Ignace. You can make reservations on the DNR site and should for Mackinac isl
180W Constant Current Electronic Load 200V/20A Battery Tester Discharge Capacity Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 08.25.20 It's too bad you can't remotely control this, and log data, but that's asking a lot given the price
Hunter 240 dry weigths Caption James T at 5:14pm 08.25.20 Crazy Dave Condon -- I rechecked the inside of the hull with your suggestion to look for where the b
Mailsail furling jon hansen at 5:10pm 08.25.20 i have an original 66' track system on aeolus. i keep the track clean by washing it. i keep the trac
Lateen Sail Question, I'm Sure There's a Reason All U Get at 5:09pm 08.25.20
180W Constant Current Electronic Load 200V/20A Battery Tester Discharge Capacity jviss at 5:02pm 08.25.20 It's too bad you can't remotely control this, and log data, but that's asking a lot given the price.
Mailsail furling jon hansen at 5:00pm 08.25.20 The real trick to using in mast furling is that you have to know how to use it properly, maintain
Mailsail furling Tally Ho at 4:55pm 08.25.20 I always liked the idea of the SailTrack system and thought that coupling it with a stack pack woul
180W Constant Current Electronic Load 200V/20A Battery Tester Discharge Capacity heritage at 4:52pm 08.25.20 Here is a similar unit with video: ed9iEQlH5t4.
MacGregor 23 Reefing Ken Cross at 4:41pm 08.25.20 If I remember right ours was about 5 or 6 inches long. The bad part was the threads wore the goosene
What conditions can a water ballast boat sail in? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:29pm 08.25.20 Drop ballast at ramp
Removing a kink from a CDI FF2 Furler luff extrusion (Aluminum) Crazy Dave Condon at 4:27pm 08.25.20 Take a picture of the extrusion, fueling drum etc. I dealt with the cdi ff2 system for years and d
Water pump sucking air? kappykaplan at 4:26pm 08.25.20 Do you have a small water filter in the line? I have one on my boat that I have to invert so it doe
Hunter 34 Head Sail SFS at 3:55pm 08.25.20 Sending you a PM.
electri/butane stove ggray at 3:49pm 08.25.20 Here's a built-in one burner butane kenyon kiss butane stove
Lateen Sail Question, I'm Sure There's a Reason rgranger at 3:48pm 08.25.20 That's the name for the sail plan @rgranger mentioned. Thanks for finding the name. Yeah! That i
Mailsail furling BigEasy at 3:42pm 08.25.20 I have to say for me the worst part of this sailing thing is dropping the main. It goes up & comes
Invest 98L kappykaplan at 3:38pm 08.25.20 @JamesG161 and @jssailem , Laura is getting pretty scary! Lots of storm surge and very high winds.
Mailsail furling shemandr at 3:33pm 08.25.20 Sailing can sometimes be a bit or work. Maybe you need an autopilot to hold the boat into the wind

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