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wind power John at 4:00pm 02.01.02 Big Boats 5/1012 Will probably install a wind generator along with solor panels. Would like any feedback on wind gere
New Pics Ed at 11:02am 02.01.02 Ask An Oday Owner 5/979 Posted some progress photos in the Photo Forum, (not Photo Album)Ed
Custom Installing an Inboard Jeff at 8:12am 02.01.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/981 Has anyone ever taken a 26'with an outboard, and converted it to an inboard?How much work was it,
Sailing around the world in a 38? Kent at 2:33am 02.01.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2164 I am planning on taking three-four years to sail around the world soon. Has anyone done this with a
Oday 25 Trailer J Logosz at 2:24pm 01.31.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/981 I am looking for a trailer for a 78 25' Swing Keel Oday. Texas area would be great. Any suggesti
staunchions ted at 8:55am 01.31.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1113 can anyone tell me where to get replacement deck staunchions for our 1989 26.6' hunter. ted.
Minor Engine Overhaul Chris Behre at 10:27pm 01.30.02 Mid-Size Boats 4/1054 I have a Yanmar YSM 12 (noisy one-lung) on my Hunter 30 (1978). I doubt it's ever been rebuilt, but
Remote 9.9 outboard installation Bryan Howell at 9:59am 01.30.02 Smaller Boats 1/1022 After all the great input to my last two posts, (thanks all who replied)here is another one. I am r
1990 H27 Displacement JCAL at 11:39am 01.30.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/918 Just bought a 1990 H27 wing keel with inboard 9 HP Yamaha. Is the displacement 5000 lbs? Did not r
Sunbrella Waterproofer Dan Ulrich at 4:41am 01.30.02 Ask All Sailors 11/1343 Does anyone know where I can get (I think it's called) "303" for waterproofing Sunbrella fabric?Th
Tall Rig Advantages? louise@ca.inter.net at 10:45pm 01.29.02 Big Boats 10/2341 Hi again folks.The boat I'm looking at buying is an '86 Cat 36 with the tall rig. I thought the ta
Self Steering Ron at 10:45am 01.29.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1146 Does anyone know where I can get plans for building a windvane selfsteering unit???? Thanks
Anchor Roller Rich Bronw at 7:15am 01.29.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1302 I have received such good advise in the past from this forum that I am sure someone can help with th
Recommendations on a GPS/Chartplotter Bob O'Brien at 3:55am 01.29.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1262 I am considering buying a GPS/Chartplotter for my Hunter 37.5 this season. I would appreciate any t
looking for a Keel Winch Jeff Asbury at 12:17am 01.29.02 Ask All Sailors 2/1105 Hello My name is Jeff Asbury. I am desperately looking for a Keel Winch for 1975 Macgregor 2-22.
Prop Shaft Removal H34' Bob Nunney at 9:02pm 01.28.02 Big Boats 6/1069 I need to replace the cutlass bearing on my 1983 Hunter 34'. Can the shaft be removed without removi
How do you know if your sails are "blown out"? Steven Gautney at 10:54am 01.28.02 Racing 5/8626 I keep reading about sails being "blown out" . . .How do you know? My 1993 23.5 has the original sa
Autopilot Randy Johnson at 7:00am 01.28.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1025 Recently purchased an autohelm st4000 wheel autopilot. I am having problems running the drive unit
Peggy Can We Talk?? Jim Seamans at 11:29pm 01.27.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1149 Peggy since you have moved I don't have a phone number to reach you. I would like to discuss holdin
Drop an inch? Paul Akers at 9:19pm 01.27.02 Other Sailboats 5/798 I have a 1988 Legend 37. Last year I had a major tuneup done on the Yanmar 3HM35F (elbow, injectors

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Irwin 28 on a trailer Meriachee at 12:50pm 05.29.20 The F-150 shows a towing capacity of 8000 lbs max and the Irwin dry weight is about that. and not
Worth it to upgrade to an 8hp engine? (1) pclarksurf at 12:47pm 05.29.20 Fellow Columbian-- not sure what your average current is down south-- but up here I've got a steady
Pin hole leak in water tank TimFromLI at 12:44pm 05.29.20 I used west systems gflex to fix a hole in a kayak and it's been fine. gflex is different than 105 s
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Jshock33 at 12:36pm 05.29.20 The motor mounts if I had to guess are original. No visible signs of damage or cracks but probably
New (for us) 1973 Catalina 22 and basic mast tuning Hunter216 at 12:32pm 05.29.20 Okay. So I'm overthinking it. Dumb Soldier explanation "Tighten the wires till they're not floppy a
PSS shaft seal operating temperature JamesG161 at 12:14pm 05.29.20 I purge mine with my sea water pump, since i had no room for the vent. My last point about alignment
Irwin 28 on a trailer SeaRags at 12:11pm 05.29.20 Seems odd that a 28ft boat has only a 8ft beam. I was going to comment that you may need a special
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Meriachee at 12:07pm 05.29.20 Should be fine. I was told no end of doom and gloom and how the boat was going straight to the bott
worthy of its own thread-- Stu Jackson at 12:06pm 05.29.20 Interesting and intriguing thread. In the interest of transparency, I'm an old geezer who bought h
New (for us) 1973 Catalina 22 and basic mast tuning pclarksurf at 12:03pm 05.29.20 "Tighten the wires till they're not floppy and go have fun..." Yes sir! perfection-- Step 1: ke
Attaching Radar Reflector (1) Bob S at 12:00pm 05.29.20 Working on the boat today I found this unassembled in the port lazerette. have sharp edges. The back
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Jshock33 at 11:58am 05.29.20 Thanks I took my time, that's one thing on my boat I really don't want to fail. That makes me feel
Non Slip Paint Additive ?? Project_Mayhem at 11:57am 05.29.20 It's supposed to make small craters in the paint. I imagine it'd be flaking away for a little while
RAM Mike installation at the pedestal. goldenstate at 11:54am 05.29.20 Ran into the same consideration last year when I was upgrading my VHF and Chart Plotter . Went wit
Mainsail StackPack Reefing? Hydro Therapy at 11:52am 05.29.20
Mainsail StackPack Reefing? Hydro Therapy at 11:48am 05.29.20 I have the same Isomat setup on my 28 Precision. I only have it setup for single reef. My stack pack
PSS shaft seal operating temperature berner73 at 11:47am 05.29.20 Nice bilge and good looking install. I need to burp ours at the beginning of each season after stor
Non Slip Paint Additive ?? rgranger at 11:47am 05.29.20 I've also read about using salt with paint and then washing it away afterwards. Does anyone have an
Steering Linkage iceowood at 11:47am 05.29.20 Thanks folks!!
PSS shaft seal operating temperature Jshock33 at 11:46am 05.29.20 Stone cold is what I was expecting. I hope you are right about it needing to break in. I know ever

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