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Preventing Bent Shroud T Bolts Gino at 11:12pm 08.10.01 Smaller Boats 1/1336 If you are having problems with the shroud shackles binding on the chain plate eyes when raising the
Exhauust Elbow Jack at 4:53am 08.06.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/922 Having problems with reaching 3400 rpm on my Yanmar 2gm. Can only get to 2800 under load and 3000 no
Hurricane prep.work Mike at 7:13pm 08.10.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1093 Anyone tell me some tips on preparing the mac 26x for a hurricane. Include the category of storm y
Head Woes Darcy Peck at 1:44pm 08.10.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1387 Recently experiencing problems attempting to flush the head in our 1999 Hunter 340. When attempting
Another Newbie Kevin at 4:32am 08.06.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1143 Wow....just finished my first day of cruising aboard my new MAC 26X. Have a few questions: Learni
Problems with Yanmar Engine fuel system Doug Margison at 12:57pm 08.10.01 Ask All Sailors 0/978 A while ago, When priming the fuel filter on my Yanmar 2GM20F I could not get the prime screw to tig
Hunter 27:Fluxgate location? Aldo Lozano at 9:58am 08.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/927 I just got an Raytheon 4000 autopilot and I am pondering if any other owner of a H-27 can tell me we
Express Ordering Bruce Grant at 4:00am 08.06.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/1106 Hi Phil, I was wondering how to turn off the express ordering feature in the chandlery?I found it
Why does everyone replace steel-rope halyards? Dave Z. at 7:10am 08.10.01 Mid-Size Boats 3/1187 My cat27 has a steel/rope main halyard. Works great. Why does everone seem to be replacing them with
How long between bottoms in lakewater Simon Capell at 5:23am 08.10.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/853 Catalina 25 Swing keel, new bottom just before purchase in fall of 1995, been in the water continuou
Chartering - BVI, St. Martin or Antigua? Bob O'Brien at 3:57am 08.06.01 Destinations 4/1822 Now that most of my summer cruising is completed, my crew is asking where we are going to charter a
Renault Diesel Francis Morton at 4:55am 08.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/912 I am looking for an impellor for a Renault Diesel. My Hunter 27', 1980 came with a Renault and the p
Boom Vangs Don Guillette at 2:59am 08.10.01 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/5533 I thought my time on the Forum was up but the good folks at Sailboatownners.com decided to hold me o
Genoa and ladder David Jones at 3:27am 08.06.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1111 I have 72 O'Day 22',new owner. I am looking for a new or used genoa sail and also a transom ladder.
Adding extra halyard and wiring Dan at 2:03am 08.10.01 Smaller Boats 2/1126 I would like to add an extra halyard to my 25.5 to use for a cruising spinaker. Can anybody tell me
Thanks for the reminder, guys... Rick D at 1:29am 08.10.01 Other Sailboats 0/669 ..about cleaning the condenser coils once and a while. Last weekend, my wife and I pulled up the cus
Winch use Joel at 2:43am 08.06.01 Smaller Boats 4/787 I purchased a used 87 H23 a few years back but never got it into the water until this year. After sp
San Diego Bound!!!! Sherry Miller at 1:10am 08.10.01 Ask All Sailors 1/1091 Finally, California Bound--a dream come true. Flying into San Diego on September 1 (9 PM arrival),
Look at your stuffing box... Steve W. at 11:11pm 08.09.01 Mid-Size Boats 0/952 a pre-haulout inspection revealed significant cracking of the rubber stuffing box tube in my 1986 Ne
Trailers for O'day 240 Guest at 12:12am 08.06.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1448 I have found an O'day 240 located on a craddel and would like to talk with someone about their trail

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H34 - I have opened Pandoras box RuffrLife at 9:07am 06.02.20
Birds and Squirrels in My Boom (1) Rich Stidger at 9:01am 06.02.20 I feel your pain. Years ago I had birds next inside my Z-Spar boom. It took me 4-5 hours to rip al
H34 Exhaust hose. HOW LONG??? drew- at 9:01am 06.02.20 Thanks folks. Its on order.
Any Seaward owners here? Justin_NSA at 8:59am 06.02.20 Nice review at Practical Sailor https://www.practical-sailor.com/sailboat-reviews/used_sailboats/sea
Screws into fiberglass Revv up at 8:58am 06.02.20
Any Seaward owners here? Noodat Lady at 8:56am 06.02.20 PS. Just to add, as a small but important point on the preceding picture: we used the mainsail halya
H34 - I have opened Pandoras box jssailem at 8:55am 06.02.20
H34 - I have opened Pandoras box stuartsw at 8:44am 06.02.20
Rabbit hole DaveJ at 8:39am 06.02.20 Seems to fit very nicely! Do you have a part # for this, there are a few variations? It will be anot
Birds and Squirrels in My Boom kappykaplan at 8:34am 06.02.20 I put a folded piece of oilsorb in the end of my boom. No more birds or nests.
Birds and Squirrels in My Boom JamesG161 at 8:23am 06.02.20 Try putting this on the end during mating season. I had birds nesting last year. 7 Mesh Count Clear
New outboard for Hunter 240 sail sfbay at 8:22am 06.02.20 Standard outboard motor engine size are 4 - 10 hp and post #10 in the thread below recommends 25 inc
Any Seaward owners here? (1) Noodat Lady at 8:21am 06.02.20 I think the 26RK and my 25 are very similar. Given that we just purchased the boat, I have the exte
Water in Bilge. Stejank at 8:17am 06.02.20 I would suspect that your boat may be holding in excess of 10 gallons of water trapped in the hull
Birds and Squirrels in My Boom (1) rgranger at 7:56am 06.02.20 What a pain! I have the same style end cap. I've never had squirrels but I have had wasps. :fac
85 Oday 28 Main Sheet Traveler dfp51 at 7:56am 06.02.20 ^Guido will let you know what you need. It is very likely that you are going to have to call Garhau
Birds and Squirrels in My Boom Justin_NSA at 7:47am 06.02.20 Is your cap missing? I wouldn't think there's that much difference between a '91 & '93. Mine is seal
Race Scoring Jackdaw at 7:45am 06.02.20 BTW, I've seen this play out SO many times; the 'super' tie-breaker of the last race in a series. Go
H34 Exhaust hose. HOW LONG??? splax at 7:45am 06.02.20 11' worked for me
DC panel power drop on battery bank 1 only splax at 7:43am 06.02.20 bad cable- the cable can get a non- conductive corrosion on the surface, which happens to be where t

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