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H33 mast wiring (2) Tim Dalton at 6:54am 06.18.02 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1363 The mast on my H33 was pulled for the first time and the yard cut the wires at the base of the compr
Reefing the jib? Hayden Jones at 6:20am 06.18.02 Smaller Boats 6/879 I have a Huunter 235 with a roller furler (CDI I believe, name plate missing). In heavy winds the h
Pumpout woes Don at 5:21am 06.18.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/1565 Peggy: I know you've answered this question before (many times) but I can't seem to put my finger/m
Dinghy Davits Ed at 5:08am 06.18.02 Big Boats 2/1150 I'm considering installing davits that can hold my 10' Porta-Bote in the "set-to-go" position. I've
Sailing an 18.5 to the Bahamas Tom at 4:43am 06.18.02 Smaller Boats 8/1735 Greetings,Has anyone sailed a 18.5 or other small Hunter to the Bahamas from Florida? Any and al
Transom Stress Crack Walter Cullars at 4:41am 06.18.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1315 I am considering the purchase of a 1976 Catalina 27 with a stress crack @ the chain plate position o
boat rental Tony at 4:40am 06.18.02 Smaller Boats 3/931 I am interested in periodicaly renting a Catalina 22 or 25 from a private individual.I have just re
New Sailor Needs Rigging Help Linda O at 4:38am 06.18.02 Day Sailers 1/1035 With no sailing experience I just bought a Widgeon - Does anyone have a diagram or outline on riggin
Noisy Neighbors Doug T. at 3:33am 06.18.02 Ask All Sailors 27/2369 This subject just came up on another e-mail list and I thought I'd ask you folks about it.Our boat
Soy Bean oil fuel.... Greg Sampson at 3:16am 06.18.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1040 Is anyone using this instead of diesel? I read something somewhere about a marina that only uses thi
Please Help Me Remember...... Guest at 2:53am 06.18.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1310 I purchased my first boat 15 years ago and at that time I used a combination oil/grain sealer on my
Grounding and Keel Damage Randy C. at 1:44am 06.18.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/2047 My 82 C30 broke her mooring chain (Yes you should always dive on mooring tackle every year) in a win
Small blisters on O'Day 22 Gene Kauffman at 1:21am 06.18.02 Other Sailboats 5/903 I'm in the process of doing a bottom job on my 22. When we took off about 5 coats of bottom paint,
Fractional Rig tension adjustment Randy Rathmann at 12:59am 06.18.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1309 I have a Hunter 26.5 which has a fractional rig. I set up tension per instructions that came with th
Hunter Legend 40 hull to keel interface Malcolm Brookes at 12:33am 06.18.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1465 Need knowledge of how to solve a clearly defining crack between hull and keel. Hunter reports this
Universal M25 coolant hoses problem John Visser at 12:33am 06.18.02 Ask All Sailors 6/2268 I replaced all of the coolant hoses on my M25, in a Catalina 36, last year, except two - the 7/8" ID
CAST IRON/ WING KEEL F SONDERGAARD at 12:32am 06.18.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1063 Anyone know when the Catalina 30 came put with the lead keel instead of the cast iron? Also, how abo
Archives down Phil Herring at 11:52pm 06.17.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/933 FYI - the archive server went down last night and won't reboot unless I'm there, which i can't be fo
21 mac venture Joe Gluvna at 11:52pm 06.17.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1211 I just bought a 21 and it looks in great shaped but has not been sailed in 7 years..it is a 1976....
Bird woes.... Greg Sampson at 11:48pm 06.17.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1172 I am sure there is a ton of stuff in the archives, but they seem to be down right now, and I am so a

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Jib roller furling line block Dave Groshong at 7:39pm 08.19.20 It's a common cheek block, I don't think you can get that exact one any longer, but give me a call
replacing cdi halyard Serenity on Hudson at 7:35pm 08.19.20 My internal halyard ended up at the top of the furler. No Jib for me. Forced me to try the asym spin
Sink and cook top Clive PC at 7:31pm 08.19.20 Yep, exactly what i did Ron, but i used the original stainless pin. I think i cut about 12-14 inches
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? DArcy at 7:21pm 08.19.20 Offshore racers go through this all the time. For the capability of the boat, you could point to the
How do you store HobieDog at 7:15pm 08.19.20 If I were to plumb both engines to a manifold and add an electric pump, I could pump directly into
Somes Sound On MDI HobieDog at 7:11pm 08.19.20 Wow! Have only experienced the area from land, and it's been at least a dozen years... We're doing
Sink and cook top Ron20324 at 6:53pm 08.19.20 Please shoot some pics of your table mod Sounds like what I did on my boat. I raised the table as
Sink and cook top Clive PC at 6:48pm 08.19.20 Okay i will next time I'm at the marina. Actually i have many more mods including sailing mods so ma
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? Kings Gambit at 6:41pm 08.19.20 Yikes! Y'all can set sail without me in those conditions. I'm staying in my nice, cozy, safe anchor
Jib roller furling line block Ron20324 at 6:21pm 08.19.20 An older West catalog has them as Lewmar Jamming Blocks. Mine are used to free the lines from being
An invite to the GNBN - The Great Northern Boaters Net Brian D at 6:16pm 08.19.20 Thanks for the info. I will add that to my website. 0800PT is the same start time of the Baja Net on
Jib roller furling line block Davidasailor26 at 6:16pm 08.19.20
Racing on Galveston Bay (1) Bill19233 at 5:55pm 08.19.20 Me too, definitely take a Cobra if I could have just one sports car. But if I could afford both, the
Rue Clips - Anybody use these for shrouds and stay pins? dlochner at 5:47pm 08.19.20
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? dlochner at 5:44pm 08.19.20 Humans seem to have this innate drive to put things into boxes and categories. I've spent my profess
Rue Clips - Anybody use these for shrouds and stay pins? rgranger at 5:42pm 08.19.20
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? Michael Davis at 5:42pm 08.19.20 Yikes! Y'all can set sail without me in those conditions. I'm staying in my nice, cozy, safe anchor
Oday 20 Center Board NYSail at 5:42pm 08.19.20
Battery Data Davidasailor26 at 5:42pm 08.19.20 +1 for the 20 hour load test as a way to get the most accurate idea of the true state of health. I u
Hard Dodger, Hunter 460 Ron20324 at 5:35pm 08.19.20 I don't see a hailing port or any other number, so maybe this pic a factory photo of a boat before t

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