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Discoloration around hull porthole windows (2) p.adams at 12:14am 12.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1735 Hi there - I own a 423 (2006 vintage). She is lovely boat except for one problem - around the hull p
Solar questions? VanIslandGuy at 5:23pm 12.17.17 Big Boats 15/1685 I'm considering a solar project for our H410 and am looking for advice... I will likely get an arch
Christmas and New year Greetings and ..Wish Alansails at 5:21pm 12.17.17 Catalina 310 9/1681 Eileen and I want to wish everyone A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year With Fair Winds and Followin
P165 Mods.... Mainsheet, jib cleats, halyard cleats, etc. 1 stevenwp2 at 5:12pm 12.17.17 Precision 1/1573 So, I bought a P165 with the intention of upgrading, racing while I own it, then selling to a friend
Parting out Mac222-V Capt Wik at 4:27pm 12.17.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/488 Send your winter wish list Lotsa good stuff salvaged
Testing a SSB spadaforaj at 2:33pm 12.17.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1584 Nice SSB - ICOM M-802 on a newly - purchased Hunter 41. Have been reading up and wanting to use thi
The lost Czech Brian D at 1:03pm 12.17.17 Sails Call Lounge 7/826 There was once a very rich lawyer who owned a large house up in Washington state. Every summer, he w
Prefilter in a O'Day 272LE Chuck Powell at 11:27am 12.17.17 Bigger Boats 11/1237 I'm replacing my old Groco prefilter in the cockpit locker with a Racor fuel filter 200 series. Doe
cool refurbish of a tiller pilot TortugasRoyal at 9:34am 12.17.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1004 cool refurbish of a tiller pilot http://www.omweg-op-zee.nl/en/autopilot.html
Is macgregorsailors down for good? TortugasRoyal at 9:21am 12.17.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2767 Is forum macgregorsailors down for good? I don't post there but was looking for mod ideas.........
questions on the H260 water ballast walt at 8:56am 12.17.17 Smaller Boats 13/1200 Ive owned a 1990 Mac 26S (older style water ballast) for 10 years and have really enjoyed that boat.
High Trust GBGraham at 4:06am 12.17.17 Smaller Boats 47/4559 I have read quite a lot on the pro's and con's of fitting a High Thrust prop to a standard engine. T
keel is coming up through the floor is this normal? (4) cuttysark at 8:43pm 12.16.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/2232 I just purchased an H23 I thought for a great price. I hauled her 550 miles and when I got home I no
Happy Holidays Y'all (3) BlowMeAway at 4:19pm 12.16.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1174
Sea Lions Rick486 at 12:51pm 12.16.17 Sails Call Lounge 12/1243 Ever see a sea lion open its mouth? They have a mouth full of long, sharp teeth. Hence the name. The
Exhaust Southpaw at 11:00am 12.16.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1289 After motoring back to the slip after getting the boat back from getting a new prop and a bottom job
Code 0 Bowsprit Length AlastairLC at 7:40am 12.16.17 Ask All Sailors 40/13345
Shaft alignment. seadaddler at 4:24am 12.16.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1434 I replaced the Rear main seal and tranny seal and most everything back together and left the exhaus
Came to the dock and saw my boat out of the water! VisionPNW at 10:56pm 12.15.17 Big Boats 9/2539 Well, I didn't see that one coming... I knew that tides affected the river where I am mooring my Vis
1983 Beneteau First 325 (need help) (2) aliurganci at 5:35pm 12.15.17 Ask All Sailors 17/3728 Hello, I came across this boat with a good price. Looks like a good first sailboat. I'm a windsurfe

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Hunter 34 Refit Help chloe at 1:06pm 08.08.24 I'm just finishing the same full restoration on my 84 H34. Replacing the flooring, remounting the
How do we know what we know? A question for the ages. (1) dlochner at 12:53pm 08.08.24 Filters. Multiple sources. Experimentation and testing. Mistakes of your own. https://markmanson.ne
Hunter 34 Refit Help Mike Oldak at 12:49pm 08.08.24 I'm just finishing the same full restoration on my 84 H34. Replacing the flooring, remounting the e
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits dlochner at 12:49pm 08.08.24 You guys do understand that my comment had nothing to do with the product mentioned in mayhem's thr
Plumbing adaptor Whale to Scandvik American_Mainsail at 12:42pm 08.08.24 Hey Scott. I have replaced my Scandvik cockpit shower and adapted it into 15mm pex before. Can you g
Trailer sailing near toledo john6206 at 12:38pm 08.08.24
Boweye Backing Block Ranzo at 10:52am 08.08.24 Awesome, thank you so much guys!
Alternator heat - how serious? Scott T-Bird at 10:14am 08.08.24 The reg should not be active when engine ignition is off.. Make sure brown reg wire does not have
What is this thing? Stu Jackson at 10:07am 08.08.24 I haven't added or changed anything on this system except replacing the failed alternator regulator
Alternator heat - how serious? Maine Sail at 10:02am 08.08.24 I've never noticed it until the other day ... my alternator seems to heat up when I am charging on
How do we know what we know? A question for the ages. Scott T-Bird at 10:00am 08.08.24 As far as applying standards in a thread, I think the forum organically solves this problem in mos
Boweye Backing Block AaronD at 9:30am 08.08.24 1) The CD backing block is made of High Density Polyethylene. Most epoxies don't really adhere to HD
The Sewing Machine Thread (2) twodzusfittings at 9:27am 08.08.24 So I'm on a roll here. Having requested help from both my daughter and my wife to make some shades t
1980 H33 Yanmar 2QM15 Alternator Anomaly Ralph Johnstone at 9:19am 08.08.24 The alternator is putting out 15.4V which doesn't vary much with load. Nothing succeeds like succ
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator (2) American_Mainsail at 9:10am 08.08.24 Great reply, thanks. What features have the new ones that are desirable? I've noticed LiFePO4 pri
Hunter 34 Refit Help chloe at 9:04am 08.08.24 Hi Chloe, welcome aboard! There was a couple in Nova Scotia that restored an H34 a few years ago. T
Bulkhead Strengthening dlochner at 8:58am 08.08.24 What about a tang as a backing plate and to spread the load further down? The idea behind the bac
Hunter 34 Refit Help chloe at 8:57am 08.08.24 Chloe, I would be hesitant to cut into the pan / grid unless absolutely necessary. The pan
Hunter 34 Refit Help kloudie1 at 8:47am 08.08.24 Be careful about cutting into the beams in the hull pan. (big Easy beat me to that comment) These a
Hunter 34 Refit Help BigEasy at 8:35am 08.08.24 I was wondering if anybody has added those circular inspection ports to their hull pans for cleaning

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