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C250 Owner Evaluations Ed P. at 5:33am 11.05.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/820 I am considering buying a C-250 Wing Keel next year, and would be interested in current owner opinio
Universal Diesel Shut Down Mark Hudson at 5:24am 11.05.01 Ask All Sailors 10/7926 I just picked up a 1984 C-30 with a 14 hp universal diesel engine. The PO used to shut it down by p
New A/C Tim Op't Holt at 4:51am 11.05.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/951 Over the past two weekends I have replaced my 10 year old Mermaid A/C. The unit was mounted under th
keel pin ken at 3:05am 11.05.01 Smaller Boats 1/1068 I have read about checking and changing swing keel pins.I don`t think the pin on my 1973 has ever be
Clutz needs help reseating mooring cleat. Armando Lopez at 1:13am 11.05.01 Other Sailboats 2/973 Due to some unusually low water and high winds recently, my left rear mooring cleat pulled right out
glue remover? Greg aboard 'BlueBerry' at 12:52am 11.05.01 Big Boats 5/937 The prior owner of my L-37 had installed some hook and loop (aka velcro) tape on the inside of the f
Modified mast step? Rich at 11:50am 11.11.01 Smaller Boats 0/795 i'm considering purchasing a 1981 C25,the current owner accidently dropped the mast while lowering
Found the leaks Mark at 9:26am 11.11.01 Smaller Boats 1/983 Recently I put a post on regarding a leak in the bow of our new 260 water balast.Romoval of the pla
Loose Footed Sails Peter Milne at 12:00am 11.05.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1371 When I took our H430 sails in for cleaning and a tune-up, the sail maker asked me if I had considere
Sailing around philly John McDaris at 8:15am 11.11.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1013 I am thinking about docking my boat on the jersey side, how is it sailing on the river around philly
Relocating Fluxgate Compass Jim Rushing at 4:45am 11.11.01 Big Boats 2/937 Preparing to put in an access opening in the aft bulkhead in order to replace the holding tank. This
Spinnaker Poles for 93 35.5 John Bannister at 10:48pm 11.04.01 Big Boats 7/1450 Anybody know the make and where to repair the original 35.5 spinnaker poles. Mine died this weekend
trailer - help larry h at 2:48am 11.11.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/891 i just purchased a 1982- 25' hunter, i have a 2 axel flat bed trailer i would like to convert over t
O"Day 25 Bimini Jared at 10:00pm 11.10.01 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2417 Does anyone have experience with installing a bimini over the cockpit of an O'Day 25? I've measured
dorade box Kevin McKEE at 6:34pm 11.04.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1377 anyone have design plans for a dorade box
Trailer surge brake locking Ron Mehringer at 9:06am 11.10.01 Smaller Boats 5/856 My H26 only gets trailered about 2 miles a year, from the ramp to the winter storage yard. However,
Universal diesel water pump --rebuild Larry at 4:55am 11.10.01 Ask All Sailors 3/2234 I have a Universal diesel 16 HP. The raw water pump needs to be rebuilt this winter.Is this somethin
Wind direction George Kornreich at 12:55am 11.10.01 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/1731 You mentioned some time ago that the wind is about 60% greater aloft due to loss of surface friction
plans richj at 11:29pm 11.09.01 Ask All Sailors 1/1147 question...Are boat manufacturers required to submit their working plans (ie: drawings, specificati
Which model sails better? Doug Rodrigues at 8:47pm 11.09.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1419 Okay folks, it's time for me to move up from my 22 to something larger. I have available to me a 19

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Alternator belt adjustment d-marko at 6:26am 06.16.20 hey d-marko: you can buy a $$ tool - or as a C-34-er did you can make one for about $6. As I said
Diesel Wont Start - Completely Frustrated. Red_Dog at 6:23am 06.16.20 Think with me here guys. Voltage across the battery terminals - good. - Battery is charged.
Powering a TV Onboard Terry Cox at 6:15am 06.16.20 Our 1991 Panasonic tube tv with built-in VHS player died several years ago. Replaced it with same pu
Selden furling mast issue DRhoads at 6:07am 06.16.20 Jake I think you nailed it. I did line up the tack loop when the sail was "hanked" but this keep ha
Selden furling mast issue DRhoads at 6:04am 06.16.20 Thanks have the manual and have read several times. I can manually deploy with but it keeps coming
Solar installation NYSail at 6:03am 06.16.20 Hey So.. No I dont have your boat however I put solar 550W on my boat. I will just make this a sim
Hunter 34 Chainplate Anchor help Artey1 at 6:00am 06.16.20 HMT2 - thank you for that. Pretty sure the 31 and 34 are exactly the same in terms of construction t
TV Antenna Don S/V ILLusion at 5:54am 06.16.20 Which type of coaxial cable works best for the Glomex?? Any 50 ohm coax will suffice but you will
Square sail Jackdaw at 5:45am 06.16.20 I've never really thought much about the physics of how square rigged boats work... but I have noti
Square sail rgranger at 5:41am 06.16.20 I've never really thought much about the physics of how square rigged boats work... but I have notic
Hunter 34 Chainplate Anchor help (1) sailor832 at 5:37am 06.16.20 I did read a thread on here where they replaced the entire piece of angle iron and they cut a hole t
Hunter 34 Chainplate Anchor help HMT2 at 4:38am 06.16.20 On the sister boat, Hunter 31 there is for sure supposed to be a nut welded to the back of the iron
Powering a TV Onboard jviss at 4:34am 06.16.20 A lot of computer monitors have external power supplies that output 12-19v. running it off of strai
TV Antenna CYQK at 3:59am 06.16.20 Which type of coaxial cable works best for the Glomex??
Hunter 34 Chainplate Anchor help drew- at 3:49am 06.16.20 This right here is one of the things that keeps me up at night. One question I would have is How wo
Powering a TV Onboard Maine Sail at 3:37am 06.16.20 Installed a DC TV/DVD when my daughter was very young. Used it maybe three times. Regretted installi
Well it happened Project_Mayhem at 11:45pm 06.15.20 This sounds like the type of thing that would happen to me. Still sucks. Sorry for such a big loss
Recommendation on a New Outboard Project_Mayhem at 11:38pm 06.15.20 I had a 4hp Tohatsu on my last boat. This Time I got a 9.9 with electric start. I love it! Electric
Powering a TV Onboard Project_Mayhem at 11:22pm 06.15.20 A lot of computer monitors have external power supplies that output 12-19v. running it off of straig
Oday 22 rescued Project_Mayhem at 11:12pm 06.15.20 @jviss On these boats the spacing between the inner and outer fiberglass is uneven. I think he wants

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