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Trailer Jacking Points mgiraz at 12:58pm 05.29.17 Smaller Boats 33/1904 I have a '93 Hunter 23.5 on the original trailer. I am replacing wheels and tires with the boat on t
Frustrated---O'Day Daysailer 17' Windtherapy at 12:35pm 05.29.17 Day Sailers 11/11142 So refurbished my entire 17' this winter in my pole barn. First day to pull out and set the brand n
Bilge Keel Measurements Horizon 23 Robertashie at 12:04pm 05.29.17 Trailer Sailors 2/616 Hello, Can you help please? I have just purchased a road trailer originally built by RM Trailers for
O'Day gray hull (4) Tally Ho at 12:03pm 05.29.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/773 I bought my O'Day 322 3 years ago, and have not done much to the hull except wash it off before laun
How to fix bow pulpit? s/v Mariah at 11:12am 05.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 4/3266 Hi there, my bow pulpit on my 1981 H25 has gotten bent out of shape due to getting caught on part of
Water, water, water....... (7) dlochner at 11:01am 05.29.17 Ask All Sailors 16/1042 While most of the boating world is discussing important boating topics, around my marina the convers
Lewmar hatches (2) Ken_Smith343 at 10:40am 05.29.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2414 have a 2006 Beneteau 343. One hatch cover is loose and will not stay where I put it. Don't know how
1982 Hunter 33 replacement windows HM25LB at 9:19am 05.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1849 Hi folks, I am looking at replacing my original windows on my '82 Hunter Cherubini 33. Some of them
HELP Removing Stuck Oars From Inflatable Dinghy (5) Paul LeMenager at 9:13am 05.29.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1489 Do you know how to remove stuck oars on an older Nisson inflatable dinghy (no longer made). Please l
ST 6000 vs ST 7000 gettinthere at 9:00am 05.29.17 Ask All Sailors 1/338 My ST 6000+ is beginning to show a fade area in the center. I just read about Dan Gerhaert and I cou
37c moving shrouds outboard Loyalist at 6:59am 05.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 4/492 Has anyone who owns a 37c moved the shrouds to the outside of the hull instead of having them come u
New propshaft - need to replace 2 year old Gore-Tex dripless packing (GFO)? tmjb at 5:53am 05.29.17 Ask All Sailors 4/291 2 years ago I replaced the stuffing box on my new-to-me sailboat. I installed it with Gore-Tex virtu
Bilge Keels - Horizon 23 Robertashie at 4:14am 05.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1359 Hello, Can you help please? I have just purchased a road trailer originally built by RM Trailers for
Beneteau 45f5 propane locker slavanaway at 7:17pm 05.28.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1276 Me and the admiral are very serious about a 45f5 we found. The PO (previous owner) took out the buil
Forget About It For Boats RHUMB RUNNER at 4:13pm 05.28.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/968 Found an ad for Forget about it for boats. Has anyone tried this product and is it better than KO, s
O'Day 222 forestay length? jpniewski at 4:06pm 05.28.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/770 I just bought a new jib and CDI FF2 furler. I need to cut the plastic luff foil 12.25 inches shorter
AC Races jibes138 at 3:49pm 05.28.17 Ask All Sailors 13/730 anyone watching the AC races? Pretty amazing boats and action. Lots of lead changes. Any slight erro
Safe to fill the ballast tanks on the tailer? PropellerHead at 3:12pm 05.28.17 Smaller Boats 28/3580 I'm trying to find the water leak in my 23.5. it doesn't seem to be any of the through holes. I was
Vetus nlp 40 muffler assembly alfred bog at 2:42pm 05.28.17 Ask All Sailors 4/284 I split the 2 halves of my vetus waterlock muffler last fall to do some engine work (draincock repla
Rigid boom vang placement curious1 at 2:06pm 05.28.17 Mid-Size Boats 4/737 While out sailing my Hunter Vision32 the cotter pin holding the rigid boom vang at the Mast came out

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Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 Steve LD at 10:57pm 11.28.23 Thanks for the input. It was a new & fully charged 12v battery, voltage on the battery over 13v, ter
Water tank syphoning? serenisea at 9:01pm 11.28.23 OK-Here is what I found tonight. The water pump was shut down over night again as usual, with the f
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 Stu Jackson at 8:26pm 11.28.23 I traced and tested as many of the circuits as I could, including some continuity testing with my m
Bonding Cable marcham at 8:13pm 11.28.23 I buy green marine cable, then use yellow tape wrapped with 2 inch spacing.... if chandlery only has
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib NYSail at 8:07pm 11.28.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib dlochner at 7:51pm 11.28.23 just trying to figure options for possibly using a sail that is just sitting here doing nothing.
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib NYSail at 7:31pm 11.28.23 Hi, My boat came with the ATN Gale Sail https://atninc.com/atn-gale-sail-sailing-equipment.shtml
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib NYSail at 7:28pm 11.28.23 The question was simple: do you have a "spinnaker halyard or spare jib halyard.?" I saw the ques
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 7:28pm 11.28.23 I've got the same thing at the top of my companionway :
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 artboas at 7:06pm 11.28.23 Thanks George and all! Alas, I've learned the Charles Marine Isoguard Transformers were discontinu
Replacing Hunter 44DS windows artboas at 6:59pm 11.28.23
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose artboas at 6:43pm 11.28.23
Too many ads dlochner at 5:58pm 11.28.23 FWIW, if you use DuckDuckGo as a search engine, they do not track your searches. DDG uses Bing as a
Manual Bilge dlochner at 5:53pm 11.28.23 Thanks for the photos, unfortunately they are definitive in only one way, the reinforced vinyl hose
Manual Bilge (2) Ralph Johnstone at 5:46pm 11.28.23 I've got the same thing at the top of my companionway : >> And ONCE ONLY damn it.
When does a screw become a bolt? Terry Cox at 5:15pm 11.28.23
Water tank syphoning? JamesG161 at 5:03pm 11.28.23 this all happened after I shut off the water at the panel. I know that. Turn off the power to th
Manual Bilge Tally Ho at 4:40pm 11.28.23 Can you find the actual pump? What does that string attach to? That is what we really need to see
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose Tally Ho at 4:34pm 11.28.23 Looking forward to tackling this job in the spring....not. What are you waiting for? Get it done
Hunter 140 frame Crazy Dave Condon at 4:34pm 11.28.23 It will be next week before I can get hold of someone who knows.

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