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Nut Size on 1995-40.5 MetricMountie at 3:19pm 10.13.18 Big Boats 18/1462 wondering if anyone would know the nut size on the keel bolts for a 1995 - 40.5 and the torque specs
in mast sheets GREGP at 1:34pm 10.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/721 My main and jib sheets run inside the mast. The plates that cover the hole where they exit are missi
12volt smart tv CYQK at 10:10am 10.13.18 Ask All Sailors 39/3618 Has anyone found a good source for one of these?
1995 Catalina 42 Adler Barbour fridge advice JlewCat42 at 9:46am 10.13.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2358
replacing cdi halyard ljo at 9:00am 10.13.18 Smaller Boats 25/7764 Our cdi furler is 17 years old and we are thinking it is time to replace the internal halyard before
Unknown switch under upper Nav console H356 2002 (1) Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 6:36am 10.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1044 157373 A dock mate of mine bought a 2002 H356 last summer. There is a rotary switch just under the
Taking a half step into the dark side Marc14857 at 5:40am 10.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/571 After enjoying 12 years sailing our H44 AC, we are taking a half step into the dark side and are pur
Link 20 battery monitor (1) pullark at 10:12pm 10.12.18 Catalina 30 6/2301 Hello All, My Catalina 30 has a Link 20 installed. Recently I've noticed that if the boat is unused
Self Tacking Jib rpwillia at 8:22pm 10.12.18 Catalina 310 9/1872 Saw this on the 445 or 425 at the Annapolis show and really like it. Anyone tried this on their 310?
Catalina 18 Mast Stepping Ajay73 at 5:45pm 10.12.18 Smaller Boats 3/1155 Is the C18 mast easy enough to just walk up, hand over hand, by walking the cockpit seats and assumi
Lazerette gasket placement on a 23.5 PropellerHead at 3:14pm 10.12.18 Smaller Boats 3/494 Anyone have a picture showing the placement of the lazerette gasket trim? I ordered some from this s
Aluminum Paste, ever work with it? Brian D at 9:22am 10.12.18 Ask All Sailors 93/9392 I have a small aluminum part on my throttle control that a screw was installed cross thread. The hea
Manual Holding tank pump out while boat is in the cradle carriemeaway at 7:12am 10.12.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/5163 Anyone have experience on how to pump out holding tank on a 2006 Hunter 38 foot sailboat while it is
Forestay Length djplatt at 6:38am 10.12.18 Sirius 21/22 0/899 Does anyone have the exact length of the forestay for a Sirius 21. I am trying to replace a furling
Happy Birthday, US Navy Brian D at 6:02am 10.12.18 Sails Call Lounge 15/1517 10/13/1775 243 Years Young Fair Winds and Following Seas, and Long may Your big Jib Draw!
O'Day Daysailer sails needed Comet at 4:17am 10.12.18 Ask An Oday Owner 9/3273 I want to thank everyone for their responses to my request for used Daysailer sails. Sadly when I we
Catalina 22 Trailer Conversion CJordan at 1:38am 10.12.18 Catalina 22 8/3316 I just bought a 1982 model Catalina 22 swing keel in what appears to be good condition from a legacy
H240 Mainsail and boom Dolphin55 at 12:33am 10.12.18 Smaller Boats 46/3496 Is the mainsail foot supposed to slide into the boom track or is just attached at the tack and the c
yanmar oil/breather questions VanIslandGuy at 9:27pm 10.11.18 Engines and Propulsion 18/8106 My engine is a Yanmare 4jh2e. We recently changed the oil. We took the boat out for an hour motor
Follow-up question on steering cable John R at 6:55pm 10.11.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1815 Some time ago, I posted a question under the title "clunking noise from rudder post". After speaking

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HELP! with outhaul line replacement Calif. Ted at 9:21am 10.06.24 My rigging plan looked like yours with the bitter end at the fixed block, when I discovered the movi
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 9:06am 10.06.24 If you mean 'no reports', you might want to change the wording to "very seldom" ... as there was a*
HELP! with outhaul line replacement shemandr at 8:45am 10.06.24 Since the outhaul line exits the boom at the mast end of the boom, and likely runs down to a turning
TD 14 (1) JamesG161 at 7:58am 10.06.24 Just in for TS Milton... ...
What's the story on the 280? chp at 7:46am 10.06.24 I'm a 280 owner and really like mine. Its just my wife and I so it works great. Also I single hand a
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control kappykaplan at 7:35am 10.06.24 My first guess would be to check the mixing elbow. Was there a black sheen on the water? What spec
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters (3) jdrutten at 7:32am 10.06.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard FastOlson at 6:51am 10.06.24 There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. If you mean 'no reports', you
Deck Core Repair dmax at 6:45am 10.06.24 As LLoydB says, if there's any way you can do this from the bottom vs. cutting your deck, you will s
TD 14 (1) jssailem at 6:28am 10.06.24 Sorry Greg. With the two storm Kirk and Leslie off in the Atlantic, I shut down the computer and wen
HELP! with outhaul line replacement jssailem at 6:05am 10.06.24 If they had just dead ended the line at the boom end block then it would be a simple task to use th
TD 14 sailme88 at 3:46am 10.06.24 Dammit Jim, I'm a sailor not a meteorologist......relax Bones.... you're neither......
TD 14 (2) kappykaplan at 3:29am 10.06.24 Milton now forecast to come ashore as a Cat 3 and will bring a lot of rain with it.
Insulation Project_Mayhem at 9:47pm 10.05.24 A lot of RVers use foil lined bubble wrap. I believe @Timm R Oday25 insulated his boat with another
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 9:43pm 10.05.24 She looks beautiful! There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. Water see
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 9:39pm 10.05.24 I agree with everything @Crazy Dave Condon said except for braking or speeding up to reduce sway. I'
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (3) SteveHughessails at 8:21pm 10.05.24 We took the Hunter out on the lake today. Our goal was to raise the Mast set the Boom up and have lu
Purchase questions 38 quadrille38 at 6:18pm 10.05.24 I would like to add a couple more questions please. boat has 2 new agm batteries. The boat actually
Advice on replacing standing rigging ...3TacksontheWater at 6:13pm 10.05.24 Turnbuckle designs have changed over the years. I think replacing the turnbuckles with the rigging i
Rudder Removal james2034 at 5:12pm 10.05.24 226587 The first time I removed my rudder, the stainless pin was seized into the aluminum tiller an

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