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Barlow Winches dennisv at 5:45pm 02.19.19 Bigger Boats 10/8422 Barlow winches were standard equipment on ODay for quite some time. My primarily winches are Barlow
VHF Antenna - Deck or Mast Mount jamieFL at 4:55pm 02.19.19 Trailer Sailors 24/7966 I have a future project I'm trying to plan. My VHF is about 20 years old and not in the best conditi
Another fire and likely avoidable death 907Juice at 4:46pm 02.19.19 Sails Call Lounge 7/874
First 20 Tilting Tabernacle installation kit (1) TheBettyWhitecap at 1:20pm 02.19.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1770 Just curious if anyone has ever installed a tilting mast/tabernacle on a Beneteau First 20? I rece
hunter 40 wheel brake. sailerman3 at 12:50pm 02.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/677 I have a 1986 Hunter Legend 40 . It has a Y/S pedestal. I have try to figure out how this brake sys
Y33 chainplates? mermike at 11:54am 02.19.19 Yamaha 11/2611 I'm pulling the chainplates on my Y33 tall rig for inspection in a few weeks. Has anyone replaced th
Adding refrigeration RNC725 at 11:34am 02.19.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/524 The admiral has declared we shall have refrigeration. We sail a 2002 Hunter 3 to 6. We are planning
Update Roland5048 at 10:16am 02.19.19 Sails Call Lounge 20/2110 Remember the young couple that lost their boat on the first day of a voyage out of Tarpon Springs, F
Main sheet controls sailherr at 9:28am 02.19.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1353 Just bought a 1976 Oday, need to replace the dated main sheet blocks/cam cleat set up. I will be sa
Clevis Pin Assortment jkandris at 8:24am 02.19.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1273 Hey Yall, Has anyone found an assortment box of Clevis pins, cotter pins and rings that works well.
1984 H27 Boom Vang finefurn at 8:18am 02.19.19 The Cherubini Hunters 15/3754 How does the mast end of the Boom Vang attach at the base of the mast, and measuring from the goosen
Replacing the "masthead" on our C22 paddy4699 at 7:52am 02.19.19 Catalina 22 9/1361 Found a new masthead by contacting Catalina Yachts in Florida. When spring arrives here in northern
Dustless Blasting seadaddler at 4:21am 02.19.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1053 Has anyone ever used Dustless Blasting on there sailboat and were you happy. I am thinking of switch
1981 H27 Salon Table mkrokidas at 4:15am 02.19.19 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1714 On my 4th year of refitting my Cherubini H27 and have never had a salon table. It was missing when I
"--external structure problem with internal ballast keel--bilge area." (8) "Selah" at 10:25pm 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1569 Hey all! Following dlochner's suggestion of possibly doing an endoscopy under the cabin sole, I deci
Where should the genneker Wichard folding pad eyes be (B461)? (1) sailingrock at 7:35pm 02.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1439 I have recently purchased a 1999 Benneteau 461 with a gennaker. According to Benneteau's documentati
Gasket....Yes or No? rpell1@msn.com at 4:20pm 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 20/1264 Hi everyone, I'm looking for some experienced advice. I have a 1997 Universal M25XPA. I am changing
Sanitation Hose jhagg at 3:41pm 02.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/726
Galley Rebuild jkandris at 2:54pm 02.18.19 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1209 Has anyone rebuilt their Galley? I swear I havent found a piece of wood in this old girl that isnt
Hunter 170 Shock cord, Do you think this will work? Shorefun at 2:45pm 02.18.19 Day Sailers 7/1357 I was at West Marine and checking for 3/8" shock cord in stock (they do not have it) when I saw this

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New owner Hunter 240 WB owners caverun at 3:53am 09.18.24 Great job mate! That looks beautiful- hope you can still get some sailing in this season
Engine wiring diagram for Hunter 35.5 (2) marcham at 9:20pm 09.17.24 Given the age of your boat, it likely has gone through several owners. Before going down the lithium
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (1) SteveHughessails at 9:11pm 09.17.24 I was hoping for a, "good job mate". :-) The main lifting strap is only going to go one way, forwar
H376 Mixing Elbow chuckwayne at 8:52pm 09.17.24 IMHO, forget fabbing a coupler. Get the CNC machined HDI elbow and stainless coupler Ditto on HDI!
H376 Mixing Elbow dlochner at 7:15pm 09.17.24 Replace with an SS HDI Elbow. And run the engine wide open periodically. https://hdimarine.net
Water tank cleaning Choptank Sailor at 6:54pm 09.17.24 I was just asking this same question over on the Marine Plumbing & Sanitation thread. My plan is t
2005 Hunter Rudder measurements james2034 at 5:22pm 09.17.24 Maybe @JamesG161 can point you in the right direction. Thank you
H376 Mixing Elbow Justin_NSA at 4:56pm 09.17.24 IMHO, forget fabbing a coupler. Get the CNC machined HDI elbow and stainless coupler
2005 Hunter Rudder measurements kappykaplan at 4:41pm 09.17.24 Maybe @JamesG161 can point you in the right direction.
S2 9.2 A keyportjoe at 4:37pm 09.17.24
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter shemandr at 3:35pm 09.17.24 Surveyors write reports to protect themselves. What are they to say? This isn't right but it shoul
Mac 26C - Traveler / 135 Jib stickinthemud57 at 2:59pm 09.17.24 Wow, this is a detailed and informative reply. We did buy the Lite Skin main sail a couple of year
LYNNETTE, an Eggemoggin 47. shemandr at 2:35pm 09.17.24
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter jssailem at 2:21pm 09.17.24 I upgraded my fuel filter to a Racor 500 because it is one of the most effortless filter changes wit
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter jssailem at 2:19pm 09.17.24 The overall tone of the survey was quite nit-picky for what I consider to be an excellent boat in v
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter Schwarz633 at 1:35pm 09.17.24 A metal bowl is required for USCG inspected commercial vessels. There is no such requirement for re
H376 Mixing Elbow Ralph Johnstone at 12:56pm 09.17.24 BTW my original coupler lasted 32 years. You are blessed indeed. I've seen a number of complaint
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:32pm 09.17.24 I added an in-line convenience shut-off valve right at the inlet to the Racor primary filter/separa
H376 Mixing Elbow BrianQ at 12:16pm 09.17.24 I had a similar experience. The threaded coupler broke as we were prepping to leave the dock. I no
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter mermike at 11:41am 09.17.24 A metal bowl is required for USCG inspected commercial vessels. There is no such requirement for rec

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