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New front windows. RolfSail at 5:03pm 10.07.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/709 Anyone have info on where to purchase new replacement windows over the v berth in a 1999 Hunter 260?
28 sabre broken steering cable M&K soulmates at 3:20pm 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1163 Hey guys. I'm new to the whole sailing world basicly I was sailing from home NY to NJ. Ran into AL
81 Hunter 33 strut and shaft log hardware size shelled at 10:47am 10.07.19 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1274 Hello, dotting i's and crossing t's for haul out plans. I would like to replace the hardware for th
Privacy Curtain Alansails at 10:12am 10.07.19 Catalina 310 12/2296 We have put our boat up for the winter :( and we have brought home the privacy curtain, has anyone c
STS Melissa <--Invest 93L + Invest 92L + Non-Tropical FL JamesG161 at 7:52am 10.07.19 Weather and Forecasting 24/3078 NOAA is watching a LOW area off Florida East Coast. It appears to have been hatched by a Passing HIG
Super Typhoon Hagibis JamesG161 at 7:39am 10.07.19 Weather and Forecasting 4/882 This West Pacific Storm is passing north of Guam and targeting Japan. New term of Category 5+ as Sup
Looking at a First 375 Jeffrey Menzies at 7:20am 10.07.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 30/5016 am new to this forum, my wife and I have been sailing together for a year or so on a starter boat I
Bronze Prop treatment Ron20324 at 7:06am 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 28/5277 What are the suggestions to treat my brand new bronze prop other than regular bottom paints. A seala
Chain plates tom cooper at 6:30am 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 3/1322 has anyone replaced the chain plates on a Irwin Mark III, any knowledge is welcome
Lift from Asymmetrical? danstanford at 6:26am 10.07.19 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/6977 Not having used an assym before, and hopefully moving into one this spring, I have been watching tri
Keel Bilge/Garboard Plug hinmo1 at 12:07am 10.07.19 Smaller Boats 3/1027 Rec'd my 2003 Cat18 last nite. Noticed she had a keel bilge (presuming cuz she has a built in hand o
Oval Portlight 88 Legend (1) IvanRBS at 9:04pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 1/394 Looking for replacement oval portlights found in head n aft cabin for 88 Hunter Legend 35. Part numb
Two Honda 2000 paralleled in place of shire power? Tim francis at 8:08pm 10.06.19 Big Boats 19/4027
Starboard bulk head aft berthing Hunter 306 tom.p.brown at 5:56pm 10.06.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/554 I have a 2004 Hunter 306. I was replacing the cockpit shower and had removed the aft bulk head to ge
Pots and pans (1) BillyK at 5:45pm 10.06.19 Catalina 310 12/3025 Anyone come up with creative solutions for how or where to stow pots and pans?
Happy Birthday to John Shepard JamesG161 at 4:45pm 10.06.19 Sails Call Lounge 53/6031 Join me in wishing a great day for, John @jssailem . John is a great contributor to Sail Boat Owners
Tuning shrouds on Capri 18 PugetSounder at 3:37pm 10.06.19 Smaller Boats 2/1857 Hello all, I am not happy with how few threads I have exposed on my fore-stay turnbuckle, so I am i
Help with a Simpson Lawrence Windlass spadaforaj at 2:28pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 2/435 I have one of these Sprint Atlantis units that were standard on Hunter boats around 2004. Can thes
Just What I need, Another mast! (1) BrianRobin at 2:02pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 5/786 Picked this up today, a 61' mast, furler and rigging, supposedly from a 41' C ' C. Our club had this
Help ID (5) Subotter84 at 12:59pm 10.06.19 Ask All Sailors 2/603 So i traded a kayak for this sweet looking little 13 ft day sailor. I am having trouble finding anyt

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Decking project kappykaplan at 3:17pm 11.17.24 Looks pretty good to my untrained eye! :beer:
Port decal/name placement for a USCG documented boat kappykaplan at 2:47pm 11.17.24 I haven't seen name and hailing port done that way, but your plan does seem to be in compliance with
Hull sag problem capta at 2:40pm 11.17.24 Fiberglass boats "banana" from having the backstay pumped tight. This drives the mast down and pull
Hull flexing on a 94 Beneteau First 210 dlochner at 1:26pm 11.17.24 Inspect the front of the keel for evidence of grounding and perhaps refinishing. In a hard grounding
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish dlochner at 1:19pm 11.17.24 To remove the old finish start with a heat gun and a very very sharp scraper. Start gently until you
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish kloudie1 at 12:54pm 11.17.24 As Kappy says, the veneer is very thin. The veneer is available to glue to the substrate if an oopsi
New main sail too tall. Now what? SycloneDriver at 12:48pm 11.17.24 I just measured the main sail luff at 420 inches. The new sail is 425 inches. I'm guessing that NS
Express 34 - Flooring Refinish kappykaplan at 12:30pm 11.17.24 Congratulations on your first post! :beer: It's normal for the sole to be a veneer on plywood - your
Vented Loop nabalab at 10:05am 11.17.24 Is a discharge vented loop required when the holding tank is located higher than the head?
S2 9.2a new owner jssailem at 9:35am 11.17.24
Hunter 38 Lithium Ideas (6) jssailem at 8:46am 11.17.24 I personally would never charge any LFP to more than 14.2v and if the cells are a bit imbalanced, I
Hunter 38 Lithium Ideas Hayden Watson at 7:49am 11.17.24 If the voltage for a lifepo4 is too low, it will take a long time to balance the cells and could r
S2 9.2a new owner kappykaplan at 7:47am 11.17.24 Any thought about doing that versus staying with in hull glued version? Not an S2, but . . . My sp
Suzuki 2.5 on 8- Foot Trinka dLj at 7:30am 11.17.24 I understand about moving forward with the extension on the handle, but I was noting that the Suzuk
Battery shelf Ward H at 7:17am 11.17.24 I've done a bit of fiberglass and wood removal on my boat. If it is round I use a hole saw. If it
Taking the mast down sailme88 at 6:08am 11.17.24 One question; were the wiring connectors stowed in the mast base? I'm going to have ours taken down
Taking the mast down SawyerCurt at 5:55am 11.17.24 One question; were the wiring connectors stowed in the mast base? It depends. On mine, they are
Battery shelf shemandr at 4:14am 11.17.24 Is the shelf tabbed to the hull? 5200? If it's the ladder the plywood may need to be peeled off i
Hull sag problem shemandr at 3:20am 11.17.24 Indeed, and true of carbon fiber too. Sometimes the cracks can be, shall we say, substantial. :yike
Hull sag problem Will Gilmore at 3:09am 11.17.24 Sitting on a trailer for that long may also cause, what a lot of people refer to as, oil canning. A

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