Welcome to Hawk 20 Day Sailing Boat Forum

Welcome to the Hawk 20 Forum.

This is a place to ask questions of the Class and exchange ideas, suggestions and tips for making our sailing more enjoyable. We will try running this as a totally open site, i.e. no registration is required, to encourage participation. Whether we continue this policy will depend on our forum remaining spam and abuse free. Let's hope so.

Happy posting.

gonesailing (community founder)

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My wife and I have a concern about her ability to start the engine if I went overboard. We have a 2 year old Honda 5HP and it is a pig to start. I'm hoping the service this year will sort it out. Looking at the sparkplug I concluded the mixture was too rich. It has also cut out at the wrong moments. I'm not optimistic as I suspect the Honda is a poor design in spite of its name. I went looking…

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Sparrowhawk: Backstay wear — I have now had two lower backstay wires (?horse) fraying in two years. I suspect the sheave diameter is too small for the wire. I understand some owners have converted to Dyneema and I wondered what diameter they used, did they keep the same sheave and how they terminated the ends. Regards, Sparrowhawk

Roger Barnes: Wanted Hawk 20 — Hi. I am looking for a Hawk 20. I am in the Christchurch / Bournemouth area week beginning 1st Dec. Please tel me on 07967 107963 if interested

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­ sparrowha… started a topic: Electric Start. My wife and I have a concern about her ability to start the engine if I went overboard…
­ sparrowha… started a topic: Backstay wear. I have now had two lower backstay wires (?horse) fraying in two years. I suspect the…
­ roger bar… started a topic: Wanted Hawk 20. Hi. I am looking for a Hawk 20. I am in the Christchurch / Bournemouth area week…
­ arica responded to Storm jib. Hi, I have a storm jib which was part of inventory when I bought Hawk 107 a few years…
­ ramsden responded to Glassfibre staining from mucky waters. I was interested to read that you have used Cillit Bang for cleaning your Hawk hull and…
­ markt responded to Wanted: Hawk 20 w cabin, Plymouth Sound. Hi I bought a cabin version in April this year and have over-nighted one night or two…
­ plymouths… started a topic: Wanted: Hawk 20 w cabin, Plymouth Sound. Hi all - I'm interested in acquiring a second hand Hawk 20, ideally complete with 2-berth…
­ guest responded to Hawk WANTED in the South of France. David Many thanks for the info have now made contact. I appreciate your help. Regards …
­ ramsden responded to Hawk WANTED in the South of France. Sorry the numeral in the address should be 2004 and not 204 Regards, David
­ guest responded to Hawk WANTED in the South of France. David The email address does not seem to be active can you recheck and let me know. …
­ guest responded to Hawk WANTED in the South of France. David Many thanks for your help will email him. We are only 30 min away from Cannes. …

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