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New to the forum SvOblio at 6:57pm 03.06.18 Irwin 19/2293 Hello, I recently bought a Irwin 40 MKll.
what are you talking about? jon hansen at 6:22pm 03.06.18 Ask All Sailors 146/6931 what's the difference between a miles per hour and a knot? do you know. i know the internet knows :
hunter 41 your chain and rope size and leght please Valerio at 5:25pm 03.06.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1076 hunter 41 your chain and rope size and leght please, need to change the rope and i only have 30 feet
Saga continues: Muffler and stuffing box (2) Kommy000 at 3:30pm 03.06.18 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1162 In my previous post I was removing the old fuel tank and planning on installing new plastic tank. Go
Stupid owner recycled his B323 Propane Tank danstanford at 1:00pm 03.06.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4400 New storage yard agreement said I had to remove the cylinder from the boat while stored so I took it
Sail cover repair in the PNW travelingjerryb at 12:35pm 03.06.18 Ask All Sailors 7/733 Hello everyone. Could anyone recommend a shop to replace a zipper and Velcro on my sail cover in the
Incorporating older and new HD74 at 12:06pm 03.06.18 Ask All Sailors 2/412 I have a 1999 Hunter 340 with the stock Raymarine gauges and transducer. What will I need to connect
Removal Salvage of the USS Guardian 2013 jssailem at 10:50am 03.06.18 Sails Call Lounge 10/789 I saw this on YouTube and found it fascinating how the US Navy had one of their ships removed from a
Yanmar 4JH2-TE cold start lyleh at 10:26am 03.06.18 Big Boats 14/2132 I have a 2004 Hunter P42 with the Yanmar 4JH2-TE engine. This engine does not have preheat but has a
Kill switch All U Get at 9:36am 03.06.18 Ask All Sailors 4/531 Hi all, Is there a way to clean the kill switch on an outboard/ Mine is sticking and I just gave i
Sanitation hose for 356 Former member 134612 at 9:19am 03.06.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1001 Can anyone tell me the length of 1 1/2" hose I need to replace the existing waste from head to holdi
Association membership little breeze at 7:55am 03.06.18 Catalina 22 5/528 Hi everyone I was hoping you could answer a quick question for me. The PO of my 82 C22 gave me a tec
Refinishing cockpit stairs peterbud at 7:28am 03.06.18 Ask All Sailors 3/457 some time ago there was a post on refinishing copanionway stars. they looked great and I need to do
New rudder stuffing box Alctel at 9:28pm 03.05.18 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1072 Has anyone else replaced their one? I searched but the latest post was from 10 years ago :. I've c
Water tanks and LED's Tally Ho at 8:35pm 03.05.18 Bigger Boats 0/522 I pulled the port side water tank out over the winter to fix a leaky fitting in the tank, and instal
VDO Tachometer Recalibration Marc14857 at 8:00pm 03.05.18 Ask All Sailors 1/363 To help pass the winter blues I've taken on trying to get my second VDO tachometer to read properly.
Sailing/Eating destinations? PacNW jssailem at 7:27pm 03.05.18 Pacific North West Cruisers 18/1289
Origo 6000 stove advice Cpt.Rog at 5:44pm 03.05.18 Mid-Size Boats 47/12353 Greetings everyone, My recently purchased Hunter 30T has an Origo 6000 alcohol stove. Not ever hav
Galley Rebuild (3) richv at 5:02pm 03.05.18 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1161 I had originally planned to take out the galley on my 1974 Oday, then use the parts as a template, a
Sailing/Eating destinations? danm1 at 4:31pm 03.05.18 Destinations 35/3171 Thinking about retirement, probably on east coast, and trying to identify a good town for both saili

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Free chafe guard jssailem at 5:02pm 02.13.24 You do not need chafe protection of that to happen. I had new dock lines survive a night of high win
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters Project_Mayhem at 4:57pm 02.13.24 Love this post on SailNet: "So if I get this right, new user joins to complain that product works as
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 3:07pm 02.13.24 Be very careful regarding the title. the only seller who can convey good title is the human o
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:05pm 02.13.24 Thanks for all the input folks. I should have enough info for an attempt once I have enough crew on
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:03pm 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spr
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 12:38pm 02.13.24 Hi, Yes, you can just slide the tube back and completely remove it. There are a number of options,
Free chafe guard rgranger at 12:06pm 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spri
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 9:41am 02.13.24 Thanks @Rick D Looks about the same as mine.
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (2) Rick D at 9:15am 02.13.24 I seem to recall 4" bend, but I'd true that up. Here are a couple of photos sort of showing the bend
Free chafe guard Captain Larry-DH at 8:57am 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read l
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 8:22am 02.13.24 Hello, Last year I added a retractable sprit to my boat. The purpose is for racing. The tack line r
stripping cetol from teak Jumpstart at 6:38am 02.13.24 Bought a boat with a ton of teak. Previous owner had used Cetol and it hadn't been maintained. Used
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (1) Scott NIelsen at 6:23am 02.13.24 Look what I found online. Author of the article is Steve D'Antonio. I think this may be a picture o
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Scott NIelsen at 6:09am 02.13.24 I do not remember exactly. What I remember doing is looking/taking a picture of a vacuum gauge on o
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? dlochner at 5:51am 02.13.24 Where will you store the cradle when the boat isn't in it? That could be the determining factor. The
Your experience with propane outboards? SkookumZac at 5:34am 02.13.24 Can you use the 5lb propane tank horizontally??? Hi john, yes it works fine horizontally. -Z
Hunter 320 in mast furling shemandr at 5:21am 02.13.24 Wow! I posted on that thread in 2015. I think that since then we've seen more stack packs than IM
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (1) JamesG161 at 3:57am 02.13.24 Visual observation of yours, looks about right. I checked my prebend per my Boat manual. I used a p

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