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C-27 Hull Speed jslocum at 4:12am 10.24.01 Mid-Size Boats 5/7629 What is the hull speed of a C-27. Does it vary fromyear to year, or standard to tall rig?
CE Certification reviewed George Kornreich at 4:00am 10.24.01 Big Boats 6/1566 There's been a great deal of disucssion and controversy on this site, as well as a great deal of Hun
Wanted: all riging for 70's 19.5' -20' O'Day 2 2 Ryan Farley at 2:47am 10.24.01 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1237 I recently picked up a late 70's 19.5'-20' O'Day 2 2however it is just the hull so i am looking for
Epoxy? Gene at 1:43am 10.24.01 Other Sailboats 2/824 Getting ready to make some epoxy repairs below waterline on a sailboat. Any problem using matt with
st4000 repair Allen Savage at 1:13am 10.24.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1057 I've replaced the belt on 4000 which did need to be replaced but has not corrected my problem. Once
Ol' Dave (shore power) Conner at 12:28am 10.24.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1014 thanks for your response to my 2nd question. The first time I wrote I mistakenly said my dad had a 2
Need advice: Cruising spinnaker O'25: Rich at 11:13pm 10.23.01 Ask An Oday Owner 0/839 I would like to hear from O'25 owners who use a cruising spinnaker. Regarding where you bought it an
Depth Sounder instalation on Hunter 23.5 Jib Davidson at 10:38pm 10.23.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1200 My wife and I enjoy sailing throughout the North Florida area. Much of this is in very shallow wate
When do you wax your boat? Warren at 12:01pm 10.23.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1139 I'm debating whether to wax the boat now that it's laid up for the winter or wait until early spring
Save the Bottom Paint? Bruce at 12:27pm 10.23.01 Smaller Boats 3/872 I will be pulling my 260 for the season this weekend (work is messing up November sailing), and I wo
replace with ????? chet pruszynski at 11:37am 10.23.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1360 I am about to replace my GROCO (HC or HE not sure ) "leaker" with something a bit more upscale. the
sling points Greg aboard 'BlueBerry' at 8:37am 10.23.01 Big Boats 4/1071 Although I do not need it right away, I know I will in the future. Can anyone measure (or tell me w
ST 40 Life Expectancy George at 6:14am 10.23.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1084 I am thinking about installing a new set of instruments in the '76 C27 we just got and are restoring
Keel stuck and slow 50 HP motor for 26X Alan Lynn at 5:56am 10.23.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1154 I let the rope loose for my keel and it never dropped all the way. Tried muscle, jiggling, pulling
st4000 instalation Chuck Defever at 4:52am 10.23.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/956 Am considering an st4000 and owner instalation for hunter 336. Does the standard console/pedestal h
ST50 Speed Log Temperature Function Michael McCann at 3:37am 10.23.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1450 Bill;A friend's ST50, and mine are approximately the same age (new in 1992/1993). His temperature r
Masking Tape and Brightwork Dave Mauney at 3:33am 10.23.01 Ask All Sailors 5/1265 I am just getting ready to refinish my brightwork. I am wondering if it is possible to leave the ma
More about compression posts Don curt at 2:52am 10.23.01 Mid-Size Boats 0/889 I was doing a little repair on my 336 compression post area at the deck to keep a very minor drip ou
Blisters Ron Newton at 1:50am 10.23.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1082 I'm thinking of buying an O-Day 27 It has some blisters on the bottom. Could anyone out there give m
Once more on "Refresh". Ed Schenck at 1:16am 10.23.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/965 Hi Phil, I did get your e-mail regarding the refresh problem but never followed up. The reason is

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Balancing The Helm Stu Jackson at 8:18pm 06.27.20 Good first place to start, as Don correctly says. Once there, and before that, just reef. We had a
Replacing Edson steering ball joints scottdube at 7:30pm 06.27.20 Just went through this on my 410. On the 410 you have to drop the output lever to change that. That
Mast step for ODay 272LE Ron20324 at 7:24pm 06.27.20 Picture?
Water in Bilge Area AndrewR at 7:16pm 06.27.20 I tried again this weekend and the plumbers putty only slowed it down. I was really in calm water to
Jin sheet size sail sfbay at 7:09pm 06.27.20 3/8 inch diameter will be fine since you already have them..........as you tack pull the jib over an
Jin sheet size Avi at 6:51pm 06.27.20
bilge pump hose qs dlochner at 6:37pm 06.27.20
Hey H-49 Owners do you know or have you Georgedoyle at 6:35pm 06.27.20 No I don't. The only experience I have with the fresh water system is adding a filtered water faucet
BOATUS Urges Action on GPS Hunter216 at 6:29pm 06.27.20 Another informative link https://rntfnd.org
Head-Mate Wilcox-Crittenden Pump Assembly Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:24pm 06.27.20 You did what? More details please... -Peggie
Beaching a Hunter 40.5 by the pier tkwhalen at 6:19pm 06.27.20 It should be ok ... every Hunter up north stands on it's keel all winter long balanced by jack stand
Jin sheet size sail sfbay at 6:17pm 06.27.20 Ditto jssailem............could not have said it better!!
Sail Trim and Aeronautic Theories. jssailem at 6:16pm 06.27.20 Bobby. Interesting image of boats going thru the cloud layer. It appears that the edges of the fog c
Hunter 50 / 49 oil change pump tkwhalen at 6:16pm 06.27.20 Mine is on the battery switch panel at the end of the settee as well
Hey H-49 Owners do you know or have you tkwhalen at 6:13pm 06.27.20 Georgedoyle 15mm that's what I thought...it just surprised me they were metric ... The pipes are s
Head-Mate Wilcox-Crittenden Pump Assembly KZW at 6:12pm 06.27.20 This is my install, there is no evidence of hole patching arine-Tex. They are covered by the Rarit
Jin sheet size jssailem at 5:59pm 06.27.20 It will be a hand feel thing. Too small is hard to grab when tacking. Your winch may be one that ha
TV Antenna CYQK at 5:56pm 06.27.20 Rich Well based on the recomendation from Don s/v was expecting 50 ohm coax to be good and they defi
Balancing The Helm Don S/V ILLusion at 5:53pm 06.27.20 That is generally what happens when you are over-powered. The boom vang serves to flatten the main d
Yanmar 3ym20, glow plug option? tahomathundr at 5:45pm 06.27.20 My 2006 309 came with a glow plug position on the switch but the switch gave out after about a month

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