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Hunter 46 Dual Fuel Filter sail sfbay at 8:32am 08.26.19 Big Boats 6/903 Has any Hunter 46, 460 and 466 sailboat owners installed a duplex or stick-built dual fuel filter ar
Hunter 356 Winter Cover Knotallthere at 8:31am 08.26.19 Parts Search 8/1324 Hi, Looking for a winter cover for 2002 Hunter 356.
Remove my OMC sail drive Robocopct at 8:25am 08.26.19 Ask An Oday Owner 2/899 Hi, I am considering the removal of my OMC sail drive on my 1979 O'Day 28. Does anyone have intere
Owners or Operators Manual for 2003 Hunter 456 Passage janiceandcraig at 8:19am 08.26.19 Engines and Propulsion 0/308 I have found online manuals for the 2004 and 2005 456 but not for the 2003. Marlowe Hunter has a 20
Paint recommendations abinoone at 7:59am 08.26.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1802 Hello, I had a problem with blistering on my hull this spring due to improper shrink wrapping, so I'
Standing rigging/mast raising Mac 25 whudatt at 7:16am 08.26.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1116 Good morning, are you supposed to disconnect or loosen the lower shrouds when raising or lowering th
Engine/Yard rant and request for opinions... Petermilne at 6:03am 08.26.19 Sabre Sailboats 6/1807 My Sabre 28 has a Westerbeke engine which has been fine for 5 years. This year, on a very long trip
Keel-up refit of 1977 Venture 25, Tibfib TangoXray at 4:36am 08.26.19 Trailer Sailors 7/1262 Nearing the end of a complete house remodel now I am ready to refit my '77 Macgregor Venture 25. Fir
Crew crossing on a H23.5 MikeyJ at 11:06pm 08.25.19 Smaller Boats 7/758 The 23.5 had the cockpit seats that wrap around. What the best way for crew to get across. Crawl a
Tack connection to mast (1) MikeyJ at 10:55pm 08.25.19 Smaller Boats 5/1233 Is this connected right? Doesn't seem right that it goes up at the mast like that. There's no eyel
Looking for 460 owners TexanAV8R at 8:21pm 08.25.19 Big Boats 2/720 Hey all, New to this forum... usually sail other people's boats, but I have a lead on a H460 that h
Raymarine EV 100 Auto Pilot Drive Connection (1) Sailavie1 at 8:18pm 08.25.19 Ask All Sailors 17/3852 Has anyone had issues with the connection of the drive unit? My auto pilot has been kicking in and o
Mast and Spreaders pumpkinpie at 8:05pm 08.25.19 Ask All Sailors 8/766 I notice that on our Hunter there is a short rope going up from the deck to the first spreaders ( no
When pumpkinpie at 7:52pm 08.25.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1618 .
Funny rules Ken Cross at 7:44pm 08.25.19 Ask All Sailors 7/924 Stew asked me if I thought the stand up paddle boarders know the colregs? I replied that It seems
Catalina 385 or 375 johnperri55 at 5:59pm 08.25.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/4358 HI. im considering both as a September purchase. of course the 385 is newer. one im considering is a
A rose by another name? rgranger at 3:47pm 08.25.19 Ask All Sailors 7/599 https://robbreport.com/motors/marine/silent-55-yacht-2865271/amp
H34 sea hood Jim szczublewski at 2:51pm 08.25.19 Big Boats 3/641 Hi Attempting to remove the seahood from my H34 and wondering if anyone knows if there are screws h
Hey all.. Newbie here (1) ChrisB691 at 12:57pm 08.25.19 S2 5/1395 hey all...just got a 1979 9.2a uncle gave it to me.. it was my cousins.. he passed away..uncle took
Head Question Kevy at 12:48pm 08.25.19 Mid-Size Boats 9/1280 Hi all, Just wondering if anyone with a 320 has replaced the head with a Jabsco household size? Ou

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Are your PFD's ready? sailcapt340 at 5:00am 05.30.24
Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 Jkutyna at 4:53am 05.30.24 Yours is in better shape than mine. I have yet to have the keel addressed on my 33.5 I bought last
Replacing exhaust hose Jkutyna at 4:45am 05.30.24 Well done. I am looking at about the same job that I want to accomplish on my 33.5. I just am ver
Engine fire ice breaker at 4:18am 05.30.24 Our boat came with the older generation sea fire bottle. Over about 7 years it lost all of its gas.
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 12:08am 05.30.24 The manual indicates continuous rating of 24 HP/3400 RPM, while the one-hour max output is 27 HP/360
Leaky windows danooxnard at 7:58pm 05.29.24 The butyl tape will not fill in a big hole if the frame is way just way too small. It does give a g
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 7:14pm 05.29.24 You're right, I don't :). So this would be for any vessels that carry paying passengers? I've no
ABYC wire identification question? sesmith at 7:11pm 05.29.24 Oh, you don't want to see what the CG requires for an inspected vessel. They want a list of all wi
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount Ace214 at 7:05pm 05.29.24
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 6:57pm 05.29.24 One car company I had the pleasure of doing some electrical troubleshooting back ages ago used a nu
Leaky windows catsails8 at 6:52pm 05.29.24 I recently took all the windows out of my '85 Catalina 30 (don't ask). It was the last year of the
Bilge water question catsails8 at 6:48pm 05.29.24 I don't believe there's much difference between an '84 MK I (mine) and MK II (yours) concerning the
Bilge water question catsails8 at 6:44pm 05.29.24 Maybe the white one was cut at some point or partially removed if a manual bilge pump failed? The
ABYC wire identification question? sesmith at 6:42pm 05.29.24 I always made the label long enough to wrap around the wire and stick to itself like a flag with the
Damned generator Terry Cox at 6:17pm 05.29.24 Hi Clay. Sorry about your woes, but congrats on your new boat. Bet she's nice. Different model here,
Love Hate relationship BulldogTim62 at 5:40pm 05.29.24 I measured my 92 and came up with 78" width, inboard of the genoas and clear of the winches, do you
Volvo Penta MD7A / 110S Sail Drive Clunking Issue Tally Ho at 5:28pm 05.29.24 Probably full of mud :confused: Greg
Anyone have winch handle pockets on their 315? VFR750 at 5:19pm 05.29.24 I now have two on order. Thanks everyone.
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 5:09pm 05.29.24 What is the vang model? Catalinas typically come equipped with Garhauer vangs as far as I know. I
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 Scott T-Bird at 4:56pm 05.29.24

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