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I have a 2002 356. It has never seen salt weather. We sail every summer on the Great Lakes. I have
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Hi there, I have found good pricing on mattresses from Portland Mattresses in Maine. The challenge
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It's our 38th wedding anniversary tomorrow! Being the romantic that I am, I'd like to get a set of 4
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I am now on day four of my cool down after last Saturday nights adventure. I say cool down because i
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Background (1994 Hunter 40.5): I am considering adding capacity to my house bank. Right now I have
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Learned that Schaffer does not have parts for furlers that are no longer manufactured. A friend nee
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Greetings and salutations, I think I remember reading someplace that the 280 can fit a Yanmar 2GM in
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Saw this on the interweb. Whoever this Dave guy is, I'm thinking that he's trying to pigeonhole us a
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My new es127 MFD shuts down when under sail for two hours or so. i checked with Raymarine and they
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I've already got the sail FOR the roller furling that was on the boat and not working. Looking to ge
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the textured cockpit deck on my catalina 30 mkii has gotten a bit slippery with no obvious cause. wh
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My boat is in my drive so I can do some work. I needed my mast up so I timed myself. From secured fr
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Hello, after I bought my 2005 Hunter 38, I was told the fresh water tank was barely used at all. So
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Hi All, I recently purchased a 340, year 2000. The rudder is very stiff, I have isolated the steerin
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138050 138051 Hi, just purchased my '81 22 foot boat last year and wonder what the difference betwee
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I am thinking to relocate the heat exchanger............:hook2:
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/sailing/index.html Don't speed to much
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I found a number of posts on the forums for a wiring issue that Hunter had with the starter wiring,
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138031 138032 Hi. I have had a '81 22 foot for a year. Under the v berth cushions there is a wooden
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I need to replace some VHF antenna cable. I have a new piece of coax that I think is good for the ap

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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
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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
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I have some Japanese cabinet scrapers, 3 straight blade and 2 curved blade, that were
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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
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No holding tank options?   (1)
captain69 at 1:04pm 02.18.24
No holding tank options?
captain69 at 12:54pm 02.18.24
Experience with Campbell Sailor propeller on a Hunter 36
jssailem at 12:47pm 02.18.24
Dirk. I just read again your posts about the vibration. From the descriptions, it sounds like you
Tach replacement options for Volvo MD11D   (1)
smokey73 at 12:09pm 02.18.24
Here are the installation instructions. If I recall correctly someone else does the manufacturing a
Tach replacement options for Volvo MD11D
smokey73 at 11:38am 02.18.24
By an induction tach do you mean one that senses the passing of the "teeth" on the flywheel? If so,
No holding tank options?
smokey73 at 11:23am 02.18.24
OK. So no one here, who is brave enough to write about it, will admit to ever having peed in the oc
No holding tank options?
dlochner at 11:21am 02.18.24
OK. So no one here, who is brave enough to write about it, will admit to ever having peed in the oc
No holding tank options?
smokey73 at 11:20am 02.18.24
A qualification about what has been put into the tank is that if you put oil or some other prohibite

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