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I'm taking on water mstoffer at 7:11pm 09.23.19 Day Sailers 9/1885 I just took our Hunter 146 out of the water for the season and found that it had a bunch of water in
Classic Lido 14 Traveler Rigging (1) HML at 6:22pm 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 5/4547 This summer I bought a 1960 Lido 14 from a member in our local sailing club. The boat was still in a
Pre-purchase Survey Cost Jimbeaux at 6:11pm 09.23.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/4693 What should I reasonably be looking at for the fee here? Is it typically charged by the foot? Boat
ALWAYS HAVE TOW INSURANCE (1) twodzusfittings at 4:40pm 09.23.19 Bigger Boats 21/2270 I used to think, I would never need to be towed. My last boat had a brand new outboard. This, new to
Sail boat ID shemandr at 4:01pm 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 3/474 Today there were protests, I guess all over, regarding climate change. This isn't a political threa
Hunter 420 Passage Raw Water intake Stephen M at 2:56pm 09.23.19 Big Boats 4/902 I upgraded the raw water strainer to a 1" perko strainer as I didn't like the screw off bowl Sherwoo
New Hunter 25 Owner 4sandybutts at 2:18pm 09.23.19 Smaller Boats 3/551 Hi All, This is Steve and I just acquired a 1978 Hunter 25 Cherubini. I would like to ask the group
Water Draining Somewhere Destination Unknown... Tradewinds at 11:28am 09.23.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1044 First few days I owned the boat water was going from sink to bilge no problem. Now water is draini
Kent Island dingy dock Jim Sullivan at 10:28am 09.23.19 Destinations 5/1870 Anyone know if there are any dingy docks in Kent Narrows? I have called various restaurants and cant
SubTropical Storm Lorenzo Wets UK JamesG161 at 9:57am 09.23.19 Weather and Forecasting 9/1810 The newest West African Spin off begins as Autumn arrives. This storm should track into the Centra
Polishing my mast Saltysteve at 9:56am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 4/786 I am refinishing below decks and my mast looks pretty grimy. I would like to polish it but it is an
Atlantic Towers Dinghy Davits (2) sail sfbay at 9:53am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 20/6577 Considering dinghy davits for my Hunter 46. I am familiar with traditional davits by Garhauer, Kato
Grenada's Sculpture Park WHITE CALM at 9:06am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1201 A number of years ago we visited the underwater sculpture park off Moliniere Point. It was hard to f
Stowaways! aka rodents! Justin_NSA at 8:23am 09.23.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1467 Saturday night the little '^%$@@ kept me up all night! I woke up to a gnawing sound under my port se
1998 Hunter 410 Windlass Seized (5) jsmac at 8:20am 09.23.19 Big Boats 9/3188 Hello Folks, As said above, my 1998 Hunter 410 has a Lewmar model RMI or RM1 50F (hard to read) el
30 MKII, Starboard sette console. (2) Hogheaven at 7:11am 09.23.19 Catalina 30 1/836 Me being dumpster diver, saw truck seat someone tossef on side of road. Stopped, pulled off console
Lowering + positioning of the mast with crutch - Beneteau First 285 Laurens BF 285 at 5:02am 09.23.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1451 Hi guys, We became the proud owners of a Beneteau First 285 this summer and had great fun with it a
Of Crimps and Fires: A Cautionary Tale dlochner at 4:43am 09.23.19 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2494 Ryan and Sophie a is a YouTube channel I've been following. This week they published an article that
Top of the mast. (1) wing15601 at 8:00pm 09.22.19 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2391
Pacific High vs Hurricane (1) JamesG161 at 7:50pm 09.22.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/554 The Hurricane boys win!!!!:eek::eek: Saints beat the Seahawks 33 to 27 And trust me, the last

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vent cap Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:25pm 01.02.25 Better yet, if we're talking about a holding tank vent thru-hull, forget about a cap for it. Replac
Invest 97 Kermit at 6:25pm 01.02.25 Always thinking of you, Kermit. Don't ask about specifics, though. :poke: -Will You and your wif
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' Windpilot at 5:50pm 01.02.25 Make a few Keyes, good ones, I had issues with them on my 410 (same looking steering also) in fact I
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' markymac1961 at 5:28pm 01.02.25 Sorry, never heard of that before so maybe you ARE the first one to ever catch a dose of it. Next
pendant line cockpit fitting. Project_Mayhem at 5:02pm 01.02.25 Assuming that youre referring to the trim piece that the pendant goes through in the cockpit, here a
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' (2) Ralph Johnstone at 4:18pm 01.02.25 I'm sure I'm not the first to suffer 'Wobbly Wheel Syndrome' Sorry, never heard of that before so
pendant line cockpit fitting. HunterMarine280 at 3:26pm 01.02.25 Yeah.....He's a great source. Havent been able to get ahold of him. Maybe the holidays. Thanks!
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? kappykaplan at 3:24pm 01.02.25 cheers for the heads up mate. De nada
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? markymac1961 at 3:20pm 01.02.25 It's more of a southern thing, y'all! :beer: Oops! That's why us Aussies shouldn't try to take off
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? kappykaplan at 3:11pm 01.02.25 I will keep y'aaall posted. (I tried to sound a bit mid west there haha) It's more of a southern t
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? Mike Oldak at 3:06pm 01.02.25 I was wrong!! I said my first RM AP used the RR. I forgot that I had installed it when I installed
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? (1) markymac1961 at 3:00pm 01.02.25 Thanks everyone for the input and suggestions. This really is an amazing group and makes me glad I
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? grevelle at 2:41pm 01.02.25 I appreciate your question. The idea of automatic boost mode is for users to be able to charge at f
pendant line cockpit fitting. Project_Mayhem at 2:08pm 01.02.25 D and R marine
Hunter 33 water leak at compression post jssailem at 1:37pm 01.02.25 Gobbing caulk on the problem from underneath never solves the problem. You need to stop the water fr
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? Hayden Watson at 1:35pm 01.02.25 ...The Altion offers an automatic boost mode that activates when it senses that the user is trying
Knot for Docking in BC jssailem at 1:29pm 01.02.25 Good question. i am not sure I am comfortable with my system either. I usually try to find the pos
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 LakeOntario270 at 1:26pm 01.02.25 Taking a mast down is no big deal. The 320 is a deck step mast. You most likely have the Raymarine
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Tally Ho at 1:08pm 01.02.25
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 (1) dlochner at 12:52pm 01.02.25 We used this simple rack from Amazon. It was necessary to cut it a little shorter.

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