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Cold Ambient Temperature Al Nash at 2:17am 02.15.01 Other Sailboats 1/754 My Cold Machine manual states:"When ambient temperatures drop below 60f it becomes necessary to blo
Stern rail seats Capri26 Mike Q at 1:38am 02.15.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1167 I just purchased a Capri26 and I'm interested in replacing the stern rails with ones that have seats
Raytheon Instrumentation Problems John Huff at 1:09am 02.15.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1341
33.5 Main Halyard Replacement John Huff at 12:59am 02.15.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/1077 I need to replace my Main Halyard with the mast stepped. I have a 1992 33.5 and am looking for any
Snubbers for slip Bill Gregory at 12:36am 02.15.01 Ask All Sailors 7/1225 I am considering purchasing rubber "snubbers" for my dock lines. Any opinions about their worth?Th
Owners Manuals Marcus at 11:52pm 02.14.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1314 I recently bought a 23' Mac and was wondering where I might be able to find original owners manuals
Winch Removal Gary Baggett at 11:46pm 02.14.01 Mid-Size Boats 3/1056 I am preparing to service the winches on my H290 and have the service instructions from Lewmar. My q
What the better boat? Cliff Ruckstuhl at 9:37pm 02.14.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/824 What boat, the shallow draft or the deep draft is a better race boat? I know that the deeper draft w
Max luff head sail catalina 27 Joe Passanisi at 6:18pm 02.14.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2084 My boat is in winter storage so finding this out at the present time is hard to physically do. I nee
What is a B and R rig? Robert Brandt at 3:46pm 02.14.01 Big Boats 4/1847 I read about this in the Hunter Catalina debate. I am fairly new to sailing and do not know what thi
Cant get pop top up kevin at 2:37pm 02.14.01 Smaller Boats 5/825 Okay- weve had our 1996 H-26 for a few months now. So far we have been totally unsuccessful in gett
Charter Advice Ray at 1:40pm 02.14.01 Ask All Sailors 11/1352 We are looking into chartering (bareboat) in the Caribbean and would like any advice on charter comp
New Sails Don Perry at 12:40pm 02.14.01 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1724 I am looking at sail replacement on my 272. The sails are original and tired, does anyone have recom
winterizing a/c units Stuart at 11:03am 02.14.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1039 A little late now, but curious as to the procedures others use to winterize their a/c units?
Inexpensive source for laptops! Steve Dion at 7:02am 02.14.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1157 Found a source for laptops. Anyone looking for a laptop for their boat or home may want to check th
Stereo system suggestions John at 5:46am 02.14.01 Smaller Boats 8/942 I know a stereo takes away from the real beauty of sailing, but I think it time to upgrade from my o
Looking for additional stanchions Rick Sylvester at 5:19am 02.14.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/887 I'm planning to change my boarding gate to a midship location by adding a stanchion on each side to
Bilge Pix Dick Hall at 4:56am 02.14.01 Big Boats 12/1278 This time I got the pix to load. Check out the photo forum.
Anyone have real-life weight of their Capri 26? Brad Williams at 3:53am 02.14.01 Destinations 3/2515 Ahoy all,I have a new (to me) Capri 26 -- and I have just several questions.1) The listed dry w
Shoal draft, how close to the wind Andy at 3:18am 02.14.01 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1634 In the recent discussion about older shoal draft H27s and others, a reply hinted/suggested that we s

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Hot Water heater tank, but only cold coming from faucet Jake N Eggs at 9:27am 04.01.20 Hunter used a Watts thermostatic mix in valve on my 06 33. There is a plastic screen on the input to
Hand rail covering/grip Justin_NSA at 9:23am 04.01.20 Nice John. I may try that when this wrap gets old and yucky.
Bottom Paint VC 17M Coverage Jumpstart at 9:20am 04.01.20 Couple of tricks. I would think 4 cans would be more than enough. Use West system foam roller. Big
Hand rail covering/grip (2) jssailem at 9:18am 04.01.20 Nice Justin.. Love to see Seamanlike work. There is a pattern where you tie a knot that rotates ar
Looking for a cruising spinnaker for a Hunter 33 (05) Sailfanatic at 9:17am 04.01.20 I am not sure what a "handler" is, but as I said in a nearby post if I were buying again, I go with
SB8 transmission emulsified oil kloudie1 at 9:11am 04.01.20 You can check if it goes into gear with the engine stopped by clicking it into forward and turning t
New Spin Halyard Sailfanatic at 9:11am 04.01.20
Stuck in the house....? chuckwayne at 9:10am 04.01.20 LOL Ralph, thanks! I did start cleaning my toolboxes, I'll need the next month to finish.... cleaned
Self Isolation Hello Below at 9:09am 04.01.20 If everyone waited until they were older to have kids, population would be much less worldwide. So
furler Sailfanatic at 9:08am 04.01.20 I would rebuild the Furlex unit. My prior boat had a Furlex 300 unit as I think the Furlex gear is t
Beneteau 411 with Volvopenta rubber shaft seal NYSail at 9:06am 04.01.20 I have a 423...... in the design of the shaft log and routing beneteau set the shaft log in place th
Hot Water heater tank, but only cold coming from faucet chuckwayne at 8:57am 04.01.20 You might look for one of these anti scald valves that mix cold with hot and adjusts temperature. H
Beneteau 411 with Volvopenta rubber shaft seal RitSim at 8:53am 04.01.20 I agree that is the end fix. If it stays at 1-2 gal/day then I will wait. Maybe after this virus c
Beneteau 411 with Volvopenta rubber shaft seal JoeWhite at 8:49am 04.01.20 And as soon as possible. It is sure to increase unexpectedly when you are having fun out there.
Beneteau 411 with Volvopenta rubber shaft seal BigEasy at 8:38am 04.01.20 Could be that the cutlass bearing and shaft further aft is preventing a surge of water. I know that
What the heck is: Loran 797 dLj at 8:28am 04.01.20 At least he didn't find a Radio Direction Finder on the boat. Not that I am old enough to remember
Changing oil first time JamesG161 at 8:22am 04.01.20
Bottom Paint VC 17M Coverage BrianH at 8:19am 04.01.20 I used to budget 6 quarts for my Hunter 44. I would think more like 8 quarts for your 49. Oh and
I am signing off JamesG161 at 8:15am 04.01.20 I talked to John yesterday and he told me he felt weak and despondent. Why? Costco had no TP and hi
Hot Water heater tank, but only cold coming from faucet lehighsail at 8:10am 04.01.20 Thanks Sailme88.

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