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Is Hunter 212 seaworthy Potential Buyer at 8:08am 02.13.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1668 Is 212 stable in large sound as a safe family boat?I am not an experienced sailor.Is an electric
Advice on scraping the bottom David at 6:58am 02.13.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1222 I have a C30 which is kept in the water year round. There are several services in my area that adve
Cutlass Bearing replacement Bob F at 6:46am 02.13.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1072 Is haulout usually required to replace cutlass bearing? I was told mine has some wear.
primary diesel fuel filters carisea at 4:57am 02.13.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1181 Is there a cheaper alternative to a Racor R24S diesel fuel filter. This is used in a waterseparator
primary fuel filters (2) carisea at 3:39am 02.13.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/927 my current primary fuel filter system uses a RacorR24S cannister filter element above the water sepa
Sebago Sailing 272LE with Lead Keel "Erosion" Maura at 2:35am 02.13.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1039 First off - Justin thank you for your insight on previous questions and Steve - the directions and n
Simrad TP20CX Tiller Autropilot Bob Sawyer at 1:42am 02.13.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1450 Hi,I was just about to order a TP20CX Autopilot from Sailnet, when I noticed a customer review. It
Raw Water Strainer Laura Bertran at 9:54pm 02.12.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1459 Hello- Is it necessary to install a raw water strainer in the head water intake line? I saw this
Do-it-yerself Custom Logbooks Josh at 9:38pm 02.12.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1237 In thinking about the post from RW Landau, it dawned on me...No logbook out there has what each in
Exhaust Blackens the Stern Joe Luciano at 1:51pm 02.12.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/948 I have a 1987 C-30 with the Universal M25XP diesel. One problem I've been having is that the exhaus
New Hull Color Barrie McDonald at 1:45pm 02.12.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1332 Has anyone ever changed the color of their hull say from white to dark blue? Any thoughts? I was t
Anchor roller for 25.5? Dan at 11:48am 02.12.02 Smaller Boats 0/842 Has anyone found an anchor roller that will work on the 25.5? I need to mount a Delta fast set ancho
Green Wires on Fuel Fiter Henry Demolina at 11:42am 02.12.02 Big Boats 1/900 I replaced the small primary metal fuel filter that came with the boat with a larger Racor filter. T
Flotilla Cruises Dick Hoffman at 11:20am 02.12.02 Smaller Boats 0/740 Are there any flotilla coastal cruises being set up for winter of 2003 for small cruisers?
antifouling paint? Gary at 11:02am 02.12.02 Smaller Boats 2/1051 Any suggestions on antifouling paints? which one?do I really need too? how often? why? just a few qu
Need info on changing self-bailing unit... David Lee at 10:06am 02.12.02 Day Sailers 4/1259 I have a 1982 DaySailer II and I purchased a new self-bailing unit, but I'm having problems getting
Bottom paint Tony at 9:20am 02.12.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/922 Has any one had experience with Petit Hydrocoat bottom paint? I have been using Neptune II and like
Eight Satellite GPS fred miller at 7:02am 02.12.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/869 I have a spare Garmin GPS Model 65 circa early 90s. I also have a new handheld unit. The old unit tr
Solar Panel battery charging Bob F at 6:23am 02.12.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/859 Can the solar panel installed on my 376 overcharge or "cook" my start battery? Especially in the sum
TOP LIFT BROKEN GOIN UP YE OLDMAST PAUL CAMPBELL at 5:26am 02.12.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1153 I NEED TO REPLACE MY TOP LIFT,AND WOULD LIKE TO DO OTHER REPARES ON MY C-27 1976.THIS INVOLVES CLIMB

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Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. (1) bufbooth at 11:21am 07.21.20 If you are able to post some pictures of the boom and mast it might help. I have a vague recollecti
Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. (3) bufbooth at 11:18am 07.21.20 I added the below three pictures, there is nothing on the mast to secure the yoke to. On the boom, t
Why are my shrouds too short? Justin_NSA at 11:15am 07.21.20 Did the spreaders move?
Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. rgranger at 11:12am 07.21.20 Can you get a closeup picture of the goosneck area (the area where the boom and mast meet)? and also
Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. DArcy at 11:10am 07.21.20 If you are able to post some pictures of the boom and mast it might help. I have a vague recollecti
V222 Keel Water Intrusion? (Fiberglass model) (4) rgranger at 11:08am 07.21.20 I hope that is it. You should be able to get at it and fix that easily. My V21 had a fiberglass en
Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. bufbooth at 11:00am 07.21.20 The top of the mast sleeve is closed. There is no collar on the mast to keep the yoke in place. Th
Widgeon 12 Manual Milesa at 10:46am 07.21.20 Thanks!
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada Meriachee at 10:43am 07.21.20 So, Canadian border enforcement officers are more polite than US border enforcement officials? Got
Question about PHRF Calculation FDL S2 at 10:42am 07.21.20 I'd put at least some of the blame on the old sails. ; ) Nah, I'm the guy using the sails who ha
Trailer tongue weight Meriachee at 10:37am 07.21.20 So let's review; water weighs 10 lbs a gallon (or there about) and if we agree that "some" equals 5?
Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. DArcy at 10:36am 07.21.20 It probably rigs similar to a Laser. The goose-neck fitting is a yoke instead of a pin and socket.
Busted for trying to sneak into Canada jviss at 10:31am 07.21.20 So, Canadian border enforcement officers are more polite than US border enforcement officials? Got
V222 Keel Water Intrusion? (Fiberglass model) (1) RustyVenture at 10:29am 07.21.20 Yeah, I'm hoping not to need to do the full job anytime soon. I just went back in there with the end
CO alarm problem (?) Justin_NSA at 10:24am 07.21.20 Thx Walt. I drove out last night after my neighbor informed me that it was beeping. It wa quiet whe
Trailer tongue weight Revv up at 10:23am 07.21.20 I was well underway making a motor mount for the front of the trailer knowing full well...... moving
Beneteau 331 engine room fan Ralph Johnstone at 10:19am 07.21.20 The fan is definitely blowing backwards as pointed out by @SoSound . Could be deadly in reverse wit
CO alarm problem (?) walt at 10:16am 07.21.20 I leave my boat in Arizona during the summer and if I dont take the batteries out of the CO monitor,
V222 Keel Water Intrusion? (Fiberglass model) rgranger at 9:48am 07.21.20 Keel repair is not an easy job. I've done it three times. Once on a Mac v21, once on a Mac v222 a
Mon Ark Sail Boat - 11 footer with 18 foot mast. rgranger at 9:43am 07.21.20 I'm not following your question. I assume the top of the mast sleeve is closed and rides on the top

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