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all diesel the same? Bob Peters at 10:41pm 05.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1021 Is the diesel fuel bought at a marina fuel dock the same as the diesel sold at a gas station? ie.,
Center Board Bridle Den at 9:34pm 05.26.02 Smaller Boats 1/998 Does anyone know how to remove the bridle from the center board on a 170? I have tried but it looks
headstay wire Charlie Rohrer at 9:13pm 05.26.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1047 Ihave a 1978 hunter 25ft. Iwant to install a reefing furler for the head sail but i don't know the h
Mysterious rigging - HELP! Martha Lovejoy at 8:49pm 05.26.02 Day Sailers 2/993 My husband and I recently bought an Oday 19. There are two lines (one on either side of the mast) a
Follow-up on mailsail/ boom preventer rigging. Ray Bowles at 4:03pm 05.26.02 Ask All Sailors 2/1203 Last week I asked if anyone knew how to rig a single line boom preventer. I recieved some very good
Oday optional mast raising system for 25 Jack Spencer at 3:44pm 05.26.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2593 Oday made a optional mast raising system for the 25. There is a picture of the system posted on the
Loos gauge. Mark at 2:48pm 05.26.02 Smaller Boats 5/1159 OK so I now have the loos gauge.Without having to go through the archives can I please have just th
Mac 26 X Main sail Dave Daniels at 12:39pm 05.26.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1333 My main sail ('99 Mac 26X)is difficult to raise and stops about 1 foot short of the top of the mast.
Charging cable from motor to battery Peter at 12:34pm 05.26.02 Smaller Boats 2/920 On my 1986 C22 the motor is mounted on the port side and the battery compartment is aft on the starb
Trailering a Hunter 30 Eric Lindstrom at 11:58am 05.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/2670 Okay, for those of you who haven't been following the exploits of me trying to get my Hunter 30 home
Damaged Stern Safety Rail SS Jamie Miller at 11:36am 05.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/996 I have a '92 Hunter 28 and the stainless steel stern railing (port side) has been bent. Does anyone
Rudder bearing and gate valve replacement question David Michaels at 10:00am 05.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 6/1322 First off, we've owned our '79 H27 less than 24 hours, but it feels like home already. We looked at
Free sailing video Carl at 9:55am 05.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/693 you can get a free sailing video by logging on to www.discoversailing.com
Beneteau 50 Boat test? Hamish. A. Littin at 9:06am 05.26.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1328 Hello Fellow Beneteau boaters!Does any one out there have a Beneteau 50 boat test they could e-mail
Mixing Exhaust elbow Chris Behre at 8:32am 05.26.02 Other Sailboats 0/718 I've owned my 1978 Hunter 30 For 8 years now, and it looks like I am replacing my Exhaust elbow for
leaky hot water heater Scott at 6:58am 05.26.02 Big Boats 5/1001 So I've noticed a small amount of liquid draining toward the bilge from under the dining settee on m
backstay length Del Wiese at 6:42am 05.26.02 Big Boats 1/1009 The backstay on my 89 Legend 37 broke yesterday. Fortunately no one hurt, and the mast stayed up.
trouble raising and lowering mast JOC at 6:40am 05.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/814 Lowering the mast the mast raising pole kept leaning to starboard and finally it bent pulling rivets
Installing a fixed mount VHF in O'Day 22 (1) George Chamberlain at 6:01am 05.26.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1044 I originally posted this (by mistake, oops) under "bigger boats", before I read the caveat about 37f
Installing a fixed moount VHF in O'Day 22 (1) George Chamberlain at 5:54am 05.26.02 Bigger Boats 4/1540 I am installing a Standard Horizon Interpid VHF with RAM mic in my O'Day 22. I would appreciate any

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Help me with mainsail please! (1) Bubbadog at 10:21am 08.10.20 The next big news pertains to the last item out of the sail bag...see attached photo...would appear
Help me with mainsail please! (1) Bubbadog at 10:19am 08.10.20 Ok folks...thanks a big gob for all the help and suggestions. Just got home from the marina and thi
Top it up and hope???? odaydokay at 10:15am 08.10.20 Thanks, fellas, sounds like a plan. Could have been worse. Lost one overboard a few years back and
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 Stu Jackson at 10:14am 08.10.20 Just before that aforementioned crack are these four wooden dingles. Some kind of brace for the din
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 (2) Naglfari at 10:07am 08.10.20 Thanks for the insights. Must have had some terrible dreams and woke up to post.. Glad for some reas
Foamy Water odaydokay at 10:07am 08.10.20 Air or detergent would be my two guesses.
110VAC Outlets Justin_NSA at 10:02am 08.10.20 I love that movie! "Look at me"
Foamy Water shemandr at 9:53am 08.10.20 Maybe you should cut back on the :beer:
110VAC Outlets Ron20324 at 9:50am 08.10.20 ... ...and, you shouldn't be putting two wires under a screw head. "Shouldn't be" is the key phras
What conditions can a water ballast boat sail in? rgranger at 9:45am 08.10.20 thanks for the reply, rgranger. I appreciate your personal account and experience. I have heard abo
Harness tether came unclipped rgranger at 9:40am 08.10.20 I would remove that Ditto I have a looped lanyard on my key ring and snag it on stuff all of the t
Invest 95L Benny17441 at 9:39am 08.10.20 The Train is running on schedule; multiple waves coming off the Africa coast.
Below Decks Autopilot Install on 92 C-30 gvsho at 9:36am 08.10.20 Hey shemandr - I found that article you mentioned and it is SUPER helpful! Really outlines, mechani
Laguna 26 (3) rgranger at 9:34am 08.10.20 ...If you do not sail at night, you can get by without the mess-of-wires DC system for a while. Go
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 pclarksurf at 9:29am 08.10.20 At first glance I'd say typical -- meaning you look like the rest of us on day 1. The crack in pic
Specs of the backrest panel on the aft port side (3) pclarksurf at 9:22am 08.10.20 Just happen to have mine laying around-- here are a few pics: It's essentially a peice of ply with
110VAC Outlets jviss at 8:58am 08.10.20 Your diagram shows them series wired. But they are not series wired! All of the neutral (white,
Help me with mainsail please! capta at 8:57am 08.10.20 I would highly recommend a great little book called Royce's Sailing Illustrated, a fun yet very comp
Part Shout-Outs: What add-on do you love? capta at 8:55am 08.10.20 Well, yeah, that too - right after we converted to out SeaFrost 12V refrigeration. We have finally
Top it up and hope???? srimes at 8:33am 08.10.20 No, not under water at all fortunately, just almost inverted foe some days. I see your logic, assu

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