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Engine / Steering Control cmonroe54 at 1:56pm 06.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2123
soldering iron gettinthere at 1:56pm 06.29.17 Ask All Sailors 25/2461 I think one of my problems with electronics is using a crappy soldering iron. I'm making a new VHF c
Stuffer box maintenance question Jimongee at 1:03pm 06.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/368 I have a 2002 356. It has never seen salt weather. We sail every summer on the Great Lakes. I have
Quarter berth mattress pattern H31 1986 SeanP at 10:50am 06.29.17 Mid-Size Boats 17/1904 Hi there, I have found good pricing on mattresses from Portland Mattresses in Maine. The challenge
Keep calm, it's your anniversary :-O Justin_NSA at 8:21am 06.29.17 Ask All Sailors 18/654 It's our 38th wedding anniversary tomorrow! Being the romantic that I am, I'd like to get a set of 4
Unsafe At Any Speed - No, Not the Corvair (13) Maine Sail at 6:54am 06.29.17 Ask All Sailors 68/6579 I am now on day four of my cool down after last Saturday nights adventure. I say cool down because i
Adding Batteries smokey73 at 6:27am 06.29.17 Ask All Sailors 2/398 Background (1994 Hunter 40.5): I am considering adding capacity to my house bank. Right now I have
Schaffer 750 furler hewebb at 5:25am 06.29.17 Ask All Sailors 1/419 Learned that Schaffer does not have parts for furlers that are no longer manufactured. A friend nee
re-powering a 280 Jason F at 9:22pm 06.28.17 Mid-Size Boats 6/831 Greetings and salutations, I think I remember reading someplace that the 280 can fit a Yanmar 2GM in
Dave's not here (1) Meriachee at 8:43pm 06.28.17 Sails Call Lounge 14/1755 Saw this on the interweb. Whoever this Dave guy is, I'm thinking that he's trying to pigeonhole us a
installed new Raymarine es127 - it shuts down when under sail Captpete12 at 7:54pm 06.28.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1025 My new es127 MFD shuts down when under sail for two hours or so. i checked with Raymarine and they
Wanting to get a roller furling for my Catalina 25... which one do ya'll recommend? BTWill83 at 7:42pm 06.28.17 Mid-Size Boats 6/4475 I've already got the sail FOR the roller furling that was on the boat and not working. Looking to ge
slippery deck mortyd at 5:55pm 06.28.17 Catalina 30 6/926 the textured cockpit deck on my catalina 30 mkii has gotten a bit slippery with no obvious cause. wh
Stepped my mast in 15 minutes piedpiperIII at 5:14pm 06.28.17 Catalina 22 16/1025 My boat is in my drive so I can do some work. I needed my mast up so I timed myself. From secured fr
Freshwater Tank flush Seute Deern at 2:11pm 06.28.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1089 Hello, after I bought my 2005 Hunter 38, I was told the fresh water tank was barely used at all. So
Rudder Donal Rice at 12:23pm 06.28.17 Big Boats 4/641 Hi All, I recently purchased a 340, year 2000. The rudder is very stiff, I have isolated the steerin
Genoa Block (2) Capri at 12:16pm 06.28.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1014 138050 138051 Hi, just purchased my '81 22 foot boat last year and wonder what the difference betwee
Heat exchanger paulj at 10:55am 06.28.17 Catalina 310 12/1599 I am thinking to relocate the heat exchanger............:hook2:
Just for FUN timebandit at 10:12am 06.28.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/463 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/sailing/index.html Don't speed to much
Fix for Hunter Starter Wiring Harness issue (3) SirMichael at 9:42am 06.28.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/3629 I found a number of posts on the forums for a wiring issue that Hunter had with the starter wiring,

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Solent or Slutter added to a new fractional Selden in-mast furler rig dlochner at 8:02pm 02.18.24 The take home message here is, get a good professional rigger involved, someone who had done this ki
Popeye the Sailor's Story JamesG161 at 7:15pm 02.18.24 When most people think of Popeye, we probably think about a hard-hitting sailor man fueled by a love
Solent or Slutter added to a new fractional Selden in-mast furler rig PaulK at 6:02pm 02.18.24 Attaching a Solent stay "just below the existing forestay" sounds like a recipe for problems. It wi
Experience with Campbell Sailor propeller on a Hunter 36 (3) jssailem at 5:00pm 02.18.24 223055 Here is the prop in 2023. Just out of the water, when I did the shaft replacement, the rebui
Western L.I. Sound marina shemandr at 5:00pm 02.18.24 I would regard the trip around the island as an opportunity for some mild adventure. And you don't
Black Butyl tape? mermike at 3:20pm 02.18.24 VHB tape and Dow 795 is a common method of installing windows. Search this site, there are lots of t
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts Crazy Dave Condon at 3:19pm 02.18.24 Pat keep me posted. @patbratton Dave
Experience with Campbell Sailor propeller on a Hunter 36 (2) PNWE36 at 3:14pm 02.18.24 Hello John, Thank you for your reply. I am confident the coupler etc has been assembled properly. No
Hunter 23.5 wisker pole Crazy Dave Condon at 3:10pm 02.18.24 How long will the track be? Have you thought of attaching a base plate with welded ring as an alter
Black Butyl tape? Project_Mayhem at 2:56pm 02.18.24 I just remembered that there have been a number of people using just VHB to secure windows. There's
Portlight hatches for 1981 ODay 34 Project_Mayhem at 2:46pm 02.18.24 What's the issue with the hatches? Parts are available for most hatches and there are companies out
Your experience with propane outboards? john6206 at 2:45pm 02.18.24 @SkookumZac what kind of tan do you have? the ignuk gas growler says not to use it horizontally.
Western L.I. Sound marina PaulK at 2:27pm 02.18.24 Transporting overland may be quite pricey. Is the mast down already? Is there a reason you don't wa
stripping cetol from teak MitchM at 1:54pm 02.18.24 I have some Japanese cabinet scrapers, 3 straight blade and 2 curved blade, that were
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? MitchM at 1:41pm 02.18.24 our yacht club allows sailboats on cradles to store mast-up . if a boat is on jack
No holding tank options? smokey73 at 1:26pm 02.18.24 I am not at all bemused and think the precautions are appropriate. Of course as they say for lockin
Popeye the Sailor's Story kappykaplan at 1:17pm 02.18.24 And The Real 'Popeye the Sailor' Was Actually a Hard-Drinking Bar Brawler with a Heart of Gold \| Mil
Popeye the Sailor's Story kappykaplan at 1:15pm 02.18.24 Popeye the Sailor was based on this real person \| We Are The Mighty
Popeye the Sailor's Story (1) Will Gilmore at 1:10pm 02.18.24 :plus: https://gifdb.com/images/high/popeye-498-x-393-gif-36dtssb5w1f129vx.gif -Will
No holding tank options? (1) captain69 at 1:04pm 02.18.24

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