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Mast Specs Walt B at 10:44am 01.15.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1366 Where can I get the mast/boom specs for a 345 model..?
in -mast furling system nick at 4:28am 01.15.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1116 I am looking at purchasing hunter 290 , a 2000 with in mast furling and a 2001 with battened mainsai
Leaks Ed Carrillo at 11:37am 01.06.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1102 First let me thank all the Hunter owners who have answered my previous questions so dilligently.I h
Motoring M-26 Alan R at 11:36pm 01.14.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1057 I have an 8 HP outboard on my M-26 and can motor at about 6.5 mph with a full ballast tank in flat s
anyone sailed an O'day 302? Todd at 8:32am 01.01.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1270 Has anyone sailed or owned an O'day 302? I was wondering if the shoal draft hydrofoil keel (most ar
Freezing water for prop shaft cooling?! S. Jaffe at 12:07pm 01.14.02 Other Sailboats 5/1118 Can somebody please explain to me if there is such a compartment (stuffing box?)where water circulat
westport Ma sailers Dick Silva at 5:48am 01.06.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/995 Hi I am interested I contacting Oday sailers in the Westport Ma Buzzard Bay area .
Thinking of Purchasing a 1984 Catalina 38 Mickey Goodman at 4:50am 01.14.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1136 A good friend of mine is thinking very seriously of purchasing a 1984 Catalina 38'. I happen to be
O'Day 34 Keel Maintenance Tom Curry at 1:36am 01.14.02 Bigger Boats 3/1761 The joint between the keel and boat on my O'Day 34 over all is in good shape. However there is a s
Boom Preventer Len Fagan at 8:55pm 01.05.02 Big Boats 7/1338 Question of the day pertains to larger boats and is how do you rig a boom preventer during down wind
Florida transits Ken Cobb at 11:50pm 01.13.02 Catalina 30 3/1611 What is the recommended way to get from the west coast of Florida to the east? Through the Florida
Catalina 27 split backstay Bob Booth at 7:45am 01.05.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1465 I want to install a split backstay on my 1981 Catalina 27.Any ideas about where to get the backstay
A/B Cold Machine Craig Steinkraus at 12:51pm 01.13.02 Other Sailboats 5/985 My problem is similar to Victors. The unit will start fine as long as the batteries are at 100% and
Marina Highs and Lows SailboatOwners.com at 1:36pm 01.27.02 Ask All Sailors 44/2575 What's important to you when you choose a marina? Did you choose your present marina because it's
To Ed Schenck - my clean shoes Bob F at 7:11am 01.13.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/978 By paying the $100 I keep my new shoes clean! That dirty oil coming out of a diesel is nasty stuff.
H33 opening port parts Thomas Loftus at 7:57am 01.27.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/894 I am searching for a source to obtain the one piece gasket that waterproofs the opening ports on our
Attaching Walt L at 11:15am 01.04.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1142 I am getting ready to do some night cruising. I wanted to have strobe lights attached to our life-ve
sanding the bottom joe at 10:02pm 01.26.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1220 I have a relatvely new boat in which we are trying to improve in our tuesday night race series. I n
Deck Shoes and Daughter acceptance Bob Frye at 11:49pm 01.12.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/903 I needed a new pair of deck shoes and noticed my son's skateboard type sneakers. They have a neutra
test 30 Phil Herring at 2:07am 01.26.02 Catalina 22 0/964 c

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Underwater metal and paint (3) sail sfbay at 8:35am 05.26.20 did they paint the through hulls too?................... Through hulls were painted with anti foula
MMSI Question shemandr at 8:31am 05.26.20 Well I put the number I got from USPS into the new radio for better or worse. I certainly wouldn't
Rolls Batteries CYQK at 8:28am 05.26.20 THANKS MAINSAIL Didnt mean to suggest that i am boiling batts just wondered if agm is better being s
New main sail - Hunter 23.5 shemandr at 8:23am 05.26.20 Regarding the big roachy main - I agree. It's free sail area and beneficial in terms of aspect rati
Rolls Batteries capta at 8:22am 05.26.20 I've got to agree with Don S/V on this one. You've got some really big problems to work out before y
Underwater metal and paint Pagan Baby at 8:20am 05.26.20 My boat yard applied Prop Speed Primer and Prop Speed Clear Coat to prevent fouling of propellers,
(1) wing15601 at 8:19am 05.26.20
New main sail - Hunter 23.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 8:15am 05.26.20 Hunter along with B & R believed in a larger main for power with if I recall reefing (1) which in mo
Bent Stanchion Intel jssailem at 8:11am 05.26.20 Welcome to the Forum @Joshua Radice. Congrats on your new boat. Yes the first event is always the wo
Mid-boom sheeting/loose footed main Crazy Dave Condon at 8:08am 05.26.20 If your boom is a Z Spar, contact U S Spars in Gainesville, Fl and talk with them as their masts and
Repacking the Stuffing Box SawyerCurt at 8:02am 05.26.20 One other note on the bronze shafts, the contact area with the cutlass bearing is also subject to c
(1) daviddp at 7:59am 05.26.20 179781
daviddp at 7:58am 05.26.20 Do you have black bakelite squares that sit on the deck with rectangular wood handrail on top of t
Bent Stanchion Intel Joshua Radice at 7:56am 05.26.20 Bingo! Thank you!
Rabbit hole Witzend at 7:56am 05.26.20 Check the connection to the fuel pump.
Mid-boom sheeting/loose footed main SkookumZac at 7:55am 05.26.20 I for one think the boom on the 23.5 is wayyy overbuilt and can handle the extra strain. I took the
New main sail - Hunter 23.5 (1) SkookumZac at 7:51am 05.26.20 I've been fantasizing about a new mainsail for a while now. My boat came with a sad triangle from a
Repacking the Stuffing Box Witzend at 7:50am 05.26.20 Looks like you have a bronze shaft. From the pictures it seems a bit rough where the packing would c
Underwater metal and paint sail sfbay at 7:39am 05.26.20 .............so, should I be using the same coating (Petite) on the through hulls that I use on the
Bent Stanchion Intel sail sfbay at 7:25am 05.26.20 Post #7 in this thread discusses how the stanchions are fastened and rebed it with butyl tape. Hope

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