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Need Mast boom and rigging for 2011 hunter 45DS sunwest at 6:10pm 06.17.23 Parts Search 4/955 Need Mast boom and rigging for 2011 hunter 45DS ....please contact sunwestmarine@hotmail.com
2011 Hunter 45DS need mast boom sails sunwest at 5:56pm 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 3/287 need mast boom sails for 2011 hunter 45DS please contact sunwestmarine@hotmail.com
Gear box not engaging Alex G at 5:54pm 06.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 17/1938 our gear box will not engage the propeller shaft in forward, on Our Kubota engine. the engine runs f
Raw water pump westerbeke 42b (3) Syversens at 5:01pm 06.17.23 Engines and Propulsion 4/518 Hey all, after a week of lots of motoring finally noticed a leak spraying small amount of raw water
Hunter 27-2 clear plastic engine control panel cover B type inkunzi at 2:51pm 06.17.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/437 Hello I saw a post about this engine control panel cover with a round opening for key access. Phil H
Replacing stringers/bulkheads on my South Coast 22 with XPS foam? skipperdee at 11:25am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/354 Last year I received a free South Coast 22 and have been slowly fixing it up with a steep learning c
Gloucester 22 (4) Armike at 10:44am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 8/1009
Low fresh water pressure Rodd at 9:49am 06.17.23 Musings With Maine Sail 22/2605 I have very los pressure both on dock water and from onboard pressure pump. I checked my filter by
What do I do with the holes for instruments that are no longer needed? arcadiahunter28 at 9:42am 06.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 6/862 I'm upgrading to a multi-function display mounted on my pedestal, which renders my autohelm controll
Portugal lehighsail at 8:24am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/400 Does anyone have any experience chartering a sailboat in Portugal? I may be going in October and wo
WS Parks Annual Permit Registration MikeHoncho at 8:20am 06.17.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/836
New Rudder for 1990 Hunter Vision 32 (3) CET at 5:54am 06.17.23 Ask All Sailors 0/2 I wrecked my sailboat and it was totaled BUT unfortunately, I jumped the gun on the marine survey an
1980 c and c 32 shower pump dmcelwreath at 5:45am 06.17.23 C&C 0/380 hi, shower pump drain does not pick up water. I can heare pump working (installed under sink)( but
Fuel Pipe ID (2) jaysweet at 7:09pm 06.16.23 Ask All Sailors 8/409 I noticed that one of the metal pipes (presumably a diesel "fuel oil" pipe) which runs under the hea
34 Hunter Anchor Locker Question (2) fetterswr at 4:47pm 06.16.23 Big Boats 16/1351 To All I was looking at my anchor locker today and was trying figure out what the purpose of the
Deck leaks Petermilne at 3:56pm 06.16.23 Sabre Sailboats 5/951 Sabre 28. Mine leaks from somewhere on the deck and the only thing I can get to are the stanchions.
Stuck screw on prop anode (1) SycloneDriver at 2:58pm 06.16.23 Ask All Sailors 16/620 I thought I would take care of simple task today. Replace the prop anode. Had to shave to get my m
100 Liter Plastimo flexible water tank (3) Captain Larry-DH at 2:00pm 06.16.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/88 This has only been used with fresh water from a chlorinated city water dock hose. The white marks on
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 1:09pm 06.16.23 Ask An Oday Owner 20/1534 I am looking forward to the replies to this post. I park port side parallel to the dock facing down
Lowering mast before expected storm? ScottHamann99 at 9:44am 06.16.23 Catalina 22 8/897 Anyone have advice on -if I have the time-, should I lower the mast and keep keel down before a stor

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Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's Stu Jackson at 7:12am 06.08.24 Is the leak coming from the stuffing box? Have you properly adjusted the packing gland? Could the
Small Outboard Motor Stands (1) JBP-PA at 6:45am 06.08.24 After building a stand much like the others here, I made the uprights much longer so that they can s
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's kloudie1 at 6:44am 06.08.24 Another WAG is shaft hitting the shaft log .. The Yanmar mounts are very springy and if the shaft is
Color-matching gelcoat docofthebay at 6:32am 06.08.24
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK jssailem at 6:04am 06.08.24 listings show left or right hooks This reference is to the thread twist. Match the twist to that
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK KGarvey at 5:46am 06.08.24 Thanks for following up. I noticed that some listings show left or right hooks is there a way to det
Hunter 380 non-skid paint jssailem at 5:25am 06.08.24 dimples Dimples are considered sexy by some groups of sailors.
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? SV Maverick at 5:22am 06.08.24 Thanks for the info. Contacted Bacon and Quantum.
No longer an owner Crazy Dave Condon at 4:55am 06.08.24 @dlochner is correct however, your posts will remain
Whale Gulper 220 for shower drain with atomatic sensor switch dlochner at 4:43am 06.08.24
No longer an owner dlochner at 4:34am 06.08.24 Don't see how to remove or delete my account. Sold my Vagabond 14 and won't be getting another boa
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? dlochner at 4:31am 06.08.24 I once had a similar issue with another sailmaker, wrong slugs installed. The original sailmaker pai
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? kappykaplan at 2:34am 06.08.24 Should I tackle this myself or can someone suggest a sailmaker for the modification? Located in the
Small Outboard Motor Stands Nichole340 at 1:17am 06.08.24 Thank you everyone. I now have great models to see, ideas to follow and start building my own stand
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 marcham at 11:42pm 06.07.24 Just did this on a Mirage 35. We had specs which were close, but the shaft ended up having to go bac
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's marcham at 11:37pm 06.07.24 It will have to come out of the water for investigation and repair.
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK jssailem at 9:50pm 06.07.24 It was too easy to find. https://www.amazon.com/AB-Tools-Deacon-Pelican-Marine-Stainless/dp/B07K33TT
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's jssailem at 9:41pm 06.07.24
STAINLESS PELICAN HOOK BigEasy at 9:31pm 06.07.24 I need to replace a metric Pelican hook for my life line and was wondering if anyone knows where I
Knocking sound at 2000 rpm's Davidasailor26 at 7:15pm 06.07.24 Bilge pumping about six times per minute. Looks like leak coming from behind stuffing box area and

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