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"Seven Sundays" Gilles Provost at 8:49am 01.09.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1292 Hi Andy, it is concernaing my San Diego vacation. Could you send me your email add. You can reach me
Stuffing Box Packing John K Kudera at 11:45pm 01.21.02 Big Boats 2/947 I have seen the teflon packing advertised, has anyone used it? Is it worth the $30-$35.00 asking pr
v-berth Dave at 9:56pm 01.02.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/954 OOPS! I was replying to "Sleeping on the Slant" and hit new post by mistake.Hi Steve:I have neve
H-340 anchor well: What is max chain/rode? Ken Kindrick at 11:42pm 01.21.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/786 I'm planning having 60' of chain, and wonder how much additional rope rode the H340 anchor well will
New Mariner Owner Jim Knivel at 8:05am 01.09.02 Bigger Boats 2/1156 Just bought my boat and have it on a trailer. Will surely keep it in a marina nearby when the ice me
The Joys of Sailing Bernie at 10:18pm 01.21.02 Smaller Boats 3/881 We took advantage of the holiday yesterday afternoon and went sailing on Lake Lanier. It was a wond
Windlass Chris Hyland at 9:20pm 01.21.02 Big Boats 6/1521 Question for everyone, I have an electric windlass but have questions about using Chain rode.If
Rust between hull and keel 84 25.5 Scott Colimore at 6:26am 01.09.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1055 I pulled my boat and there was a rust line between were the hull and keel meet. What is the remedy
Any Vetus Diesel experience? Ed Schenck at 9:05pm 01.21.02 Ask All Sailors 0/1127 The question was originally asked on the Hunter Cherubini forum. Does anyone have any first or seco
excessive engine vibration after knock-down Dan Geltmacher at 12:34pm 01.02.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1347 I recently experienced a near knock down in my 81H30. To make a long story short I suffered some da
Looking for Capri 22s in northern California area Jerry M. Lewis at 4:56pm 01.21.02 Destinations 0/1311 Trying to form a fleet for Capri 22 in northern California and maybe western Nevada (Sacramento to R
ODay 22 -slug, rope, bolt... Tom at 6:13am 01.09.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1332 On a 1978 ODay 22 -slug, rope, bolt -type mainsail, what's the difference?
D Jerry B at 12:54pm 01.21.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1002 Has anyone heard any further info as to whether or notD
Questions about Sail Makers Craig - Boston at 10:42am 01.21.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1099 Greetings-I race a Mariner (19') in a local PHRF class and am looking to upgrade my sails this yea
Small Inverters: Pros/Cons Roland at 5:07am 01.09.02 Ask All Sailors 15/1451 Am considering installing a stereo CD player/receiver in my 30 footer. Am currently using two 6 vol
Permanent Gas tank R.W.Landau at 9:42am 01.21.02 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1173 Has anyone install a permanent gas tank for your 25 outboard version?Question for all with permane
Winter Storage With Mast Mike at 11:15am 01.02.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1033 My boat this year for the first time is being stored with the mast up. I didn't touch the shrouds
Looking for used sails and boat Identity Chris at 9:23am 01.21.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/808 I have an old possibly O'Day. it looks very much like a widgeon except that it has a wooden mast and
Original Reefing Rig Ace Colson at 4:12am 01.09.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1278 Our reefing lines have been removed from our boat. I would like to get them rigged correctly for the
Moving my vent line Andrew Boyer at 8:33am 01.21.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1186 Peggy,I am looking to re-route my vent line off my holding tank. How do you recommend making the

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Question on anchor chain size for SL Windlass on my Hunter 45 cc Kings Gambit at 12:21pm 06.24.20
No keel nuts on my new (to me) C27? Ralph Johnstone at 12:03pm 06.24.20 That could actually make it worse. It could, but we're hoping to keep the SS bolts dry down where
Question on anchor chain size for SL Windlass on my Hunter 45 cc Z83 at 12:01pm 06.24.20 I also felt that 5/16 was a little small, but after doing a bunch of research it does look like that
battery size for autohelm 1000 steve fd at 12:00pm 06.24.20 I can do that. Thanks for the ideas.
battery size for autohelm 1000 Don S/V ILLusion at 11:58am 06.24.20 Thanks! I can't wait till you guys get this figured out. Not a lot of heavy lifting herein for you
Harken Traveler Upgrade H34 ivieto at 11:54am 06.24.20 No worries..thks, I will wait.
No keel nuts on my new (to me) C27? jviss at 11:53am 06.24.20 This sealant will remove the worry of corrosion around the bolt threads. That could actually make
No keel nuts on my new (to me) C27? Capt jgw at 11:51am 06.24.20 In wood boatbuilding we have a technique called "bonded bolts" where the bolts or screws are glued i
New mainsail question for a 2005 Beneteau 323 furling mainsail bob_pattison at 11:47am 06.24.20 I recently purchased a 2005 Beneteau 323 with a furling mainsail and a US Spars Z400E mast. The sa
Genoa Dimensions bob_pattison at 11:34am 06.24.20 Good morning everybody. I am looking to buy a Genoa for my Beneteau First 40.7. I am thinking about
Replacing the Hatch lens eherlihy at 11:33am 06.24.20 Both hatches on my 1987 O'day 35 are Lewmar hatches. I sent the lens to Select Plastics in CT. They
No keel nuts on my new (to me) C27? Justin_NSA at 11:32am 06.24.20 Carefully haul her out. Can't imagine what is keeping the keel on . It may be already separating fro
Excessive wiring jviss at 11:30am 06.24.20 The LAST thing you want in your boat is a bunch of unknown wires, of unknown quality, with unknown
Excessive wiring Ziggler at 11:26am 06.24.20 I'm in the process of doing a "wiring audit" of my entire 1984 Morgan 32. By the way, this effort
Excessive wiring thinwater at 11:25am 06.24.20 ...What does "to an engineered standard" even mean? ... Google "to an engineering standard" and yo
No keel nuts on my new (to me) C27? jim01 at 11:25am 06.24.20 I'm surprised it wasn't picked up in the survey No Survey as the cost would have been close to wha
Excessive wiring Ralph Johnstone at 11:24am 06.24.20 The LAST thing you want in your boat is a bunch of unknown wires, of unknown quality, with unknown s
battery size for autohelm 1000 jviss at 11:22am 06.24.20 First, typo: it's 18Ah, not 1.8Ah. Let's see. 10W is 0.8A at 12.5V. 18Ah can provide 0.8A for 2
Recommend Auto Pilot for a 1989 30 Catalina tall rig with wing keel Hayden Watson at 11:22am 06.24.20 I'm going with a CPT for the above reasons. I can't really see a reason to have it integrated int
Cover for steering assembly / cables? marchem at 11:19am 06.24.20 I believe so. The engine control is mounted on the pedestal. What are those big wires running to?

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