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22 Wing keel width at base. stonybrookpictures at 11:16am 07.07.17 Catalina 22 0/383 Researching boat movers for the boat. Local guy wants to know how wide the wing base is at its wides
1974 Oday rudder spring stop LordNelson at 11:14am 07.07.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/742 I have a small piece of flat bent stainless steel attached to the back of the rudder which acts as a
Rent or borrow 22 wing keel trailer. (3) stonybrookpictures at 10:40am 07.07.17 Catalina 22 0/420 Just got a 97 Catalina wing keel, Trailer is shot. I have jacked up the boat and can remove the trai
Standing Water in bilge pump compartment above the keel dhjawor7 at 10:16am 07.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2291 I have just bought my dad's 1983 Hunter 33- he sold it to someone else about 13 or 14 years ago who
Lewmar OP2 Electric Winch problems - circa 1997 - discontinued winch Rich Stidger at 9:52am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 2/1640 I installed the Lewmar OP2 (larger than the OP1) on my h40.5 at delivery in early 1998. Although it
O'day 322 Traveler Replacement Query AlastairLC at 7:28am 07.07.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2368 Have any of you replaced your traveler track and if so calculated the curvature radius? The formula
One Skipper, Two Skipper 3 or more? Macmanjams at 6:55am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 16/994 Hi all, New Sailors here. Bought a 76 Cal2-29 last August. 3 Owners. We all have about the same a
My solution for propwalk when backing out danstanford at 6:51am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 34/8726 I am in a new slip this year which is meant for a 25' boat and my boat is 33' and my neighbour is a
Looking for good cat 22 wing trailer (3) stonybrookpictures at 4:38am 07.07.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/590 Picked up a 97 wing keel 22 for cheap. Trailer is funky. It is a load rite of the same year, but was
Yanmar 4jh4-hte mixing elbow Velero49 at 4:31am 07.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/363 My Yanmar has 2 plugs that in theory I should be able to clean the mixing elbow. Has anyone try to c
Marlow-Hunter Crazy Dave Condon at 3:57am 07.07.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/2857 This morning I received an email advising Marlow-Hunter closed it doors effective 6/30/17. I will f
Marlow-Hunter Crazy Dave Condon at 3:54am 07.07.17 Ask All Sailors 1/141 I received an email this morning advising that Marlow-Hunter effective June 30, 2017 has closed it's
Anyone know YAMAHA EF2000IS WON'T START tudoulaile03 at 11:55pm 07.06.17 Big Boats 6/4580
Main AC panel breaker - Three Pole Single Throw - H36 Tim Mills at 8:47pm 07.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1462 I am looking for a replacement for one of the main AC breakers. It is the three pole (Line 2) AC pow
Foiled again! Photobucket no longer free to link images... CloudDiver at 8:10pm 07.06.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1076 So in case you haven't noticed... photo links to a PhotoBucket account no longer work. This really
bent rudder shaft (1) macwho at 7:51pm 07.06.17 Catalina 30 4/2906 As I was remounting my repaired rudder I noticed that the washer was about 18-20 degrees from sittin
Rudder post Loyalist at 6:57pm 07.06.17 The Cherubini Hunters 25/3439 Hello all I am dropping the rudder on my h37c to replace the prop shaft and cutless (lass) bearing.
Replacing Bulkhead in S2 9.2A AnnieRose at 5:48pm 07.06.17 S2 5/1299 I'm replacing a bulkhead that supports the starboard masthead shroud chainplate. Water leakage weak
Thank you Gene piedpiperIII at 5:22pm 07.06.17 Catalina 22 0/383 I want to give a big thank you to Gene Neil for offering the quick connects for my shrouds it's a st
Using Radio to Have Bridge Raised corystemp at 5:16pm 07.06.17 Smaller Boats 7/1539 Sorry for the probably stupid question but how do you actually call in to have a train bridge raised

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Simple electronic install - first time advice needed elink at 11:49am 04.05.24 I am no expert but I do have both an electrical and electronic background. 1. Soldering and then hea
What's on the underside of the stanchions on my 23-2? Project_Mayhem at 11:24am 04.05.24 My 25' has teak backing plates below the headliner. Can you take a few pics?
Simple electronic install - first time advice needed Don S/V ILLusion at 10:49am 04.05.24
170 cracked warranty hull stickinthemud57 at 10:45am 04.05.24 LOTS of threads at this forum dealing with cracks in the H170 hulls. I used to have one and had to d
Solar / lithium question Johann at 10:03am 04.05.24 Victron monitors have a setting called 'discharge floor'. If its set to 50% (which is default i th
Ruined mast or not a big deal? DArcy at 10:00am 04.05.24 If there is a dent in the mast then it may not be safe to use. The bend in the photo may just be fro
Bent wing keels (1) JamesG161 at 9:31am 04.05.24 I recently looked at a Hunter Passage 42. The Boat Yard repaired my Bent Wing on my Lead/Antimony
Solar / lithium question BAD ORCA at 9:28am 04.05.24 hi all I have 2x 200Ah Dakota litium batteries. The solar panel leave me at the beginning of the ev
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM (1) JamesG161 at 9:13am 04.05.24 If you have space to install one of these parts from Groco... atory sink and Engine.
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . Kings Gambit at 9:07am 04.05.24 We have our boat in Long Beach Municipal Marina, a City-owned & operated marina. The marina conducts
Genoa sheets LakeShark at 9:02am 04.05.24 They said it will interfere with trimming for racing. We are a racing club. Bingo that's the key
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading Deleted member 117556 at 8:45am 04.05.24 As others have said, call Raymarine @ (603) 881-5200. I just went through this and ended up having
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 8:44am 04.05.24
28.5 Split Backstay rigging Shaw_2112 at 8:41am 04.05.24 223994 Many racers choose to change out the fixed back stay for an adjustable stay. CS Johnson make
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 8:40am 04.05.24 Thanks @MitchM - I built the passagemaker dinghy, the bigger sibling of your Eastport. Effortless
Cleaning foam cushions? dLj at 8:36am 04.05.24 My dearly beloved washed the covers for our v-birth and cabin...the seals to the windows had been l
Genoa sheets mashmaster at 8:30am 04.05.24 They are wrong. You don't need to do any such thing. They said it will interfere with trimming for
Genoa sheets Gene Neill at 8:16am 04.05.24 First think the older guys at my club said when they saw my cat 22 was "you need to remove the life
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . Kings Gambit at 8:13am 04.05.24 Florida is looking for revenue - they are not going to destroy something that they could get more fr
Ruined mast or not a big deal? dLj at 8:12am 04.05.24 Just a note: The OP @cstan posted this same question over in Cruisers an Sailors but included two ad

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