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Blisters in barrier coat (2) lost soul at 7:07pm 05.14.17 Ask All Sailors 6/539 I pulled the boat after several years and as I was scraping the barnacles I started to notice small
Removing bow cleat from 08 Hunter 36 Ken Honeycutt at 5:17pm 05.14.17 Big Boats 8/839 Trying to remove a bow cleat from my 08 36 to rebed and have run into a big problem. Seems that when
Alternator Pulley Removal M25XP 51A (Motorola) higgins at 4:05pm 05.14.17 Engines and Propulsion 9/1883 My new Leece Neville Alternator as replacement for my Motorola 51A one on my Catalina 30 M25Xp came
88 Hunter 28.5, Rear Engine Panel (2) SirMichael at 3:22pm 05.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 0/680 Does anyone know how to remove the rear engine panel, to allow access to the exhaust mixer? I want t
Help: Centerboard has popped out after collision CraigJRichardson at 1:34pm 05.14.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/798 I am a new owner of a 75 Oday 20 with a small cabin and pull up centerboard in a sealed trunk. Sev
A better dorade box. (2) TomY at 1:23pm 05.14.17 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 14/7661 Olin Stevens is reputed to have invented the dorade box ventilator shortly after DORADE (his design)
Raymarine ST60 WindVane Question (1) onlinelee at 9:29am 05.14.17 Ask All Sailors 20/5965 Hi Friends, Im about to climb my mast to remove and clean my wind vane, please see attached photo.
The most useless product ever made (1) RWSlater at 9:22am 05.14.17 Big Boats 10/1206 These screens have to be the most useless items on this boat. Rant over
Aluminum anchor connection to ss shackle Dusty Mac at 8:17am 05.14.17 Ask All Sailors 20/1247 Have new light weight aluminum anchor for 21 foot sailboat. I understand aluminum to stainless steel
Alcohol stove fuel... C22BC at 7:29am 05.14.17 Ask All Sailors 64/12336 I've recently picked up a Origo 3000 . Does anyone use methyl hydrate instead of denatured alcohol f
2004 Hunter36 keel richard9525 at 10:09pm 05.13.17 Big Boats 7/714 Hi Group looking at 2004 H36. For that year , is the keel lead or iron. thanks richard
rope clutch size njlarry at 6:02pm 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 10/777 About to order our first rope clutch so have no experience with them. It will be for our genny roll
You choke it, you clear it! Ken13559 at 5:02pm 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 56/4497 Having read some post on choked toilet discharge hose, I've been very careful using my head bowl...b
New P42 Owner needs electric help (3) Jim_H42 at 5:00pm 05.13.17 Big Boats 25/2235 Greetings ! I'm gradually getting an understanding of my recently purchased 1992 Hunter Passage 42
Cleaning fenders with "brush cleaner" Brian S at 4:49pm 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 14/2637 Several years ago, there was a blurb in Good Old Boat magazine where a guy said an Amish guy used a
1974 42' Alden Yawl, SHANTI. (3) TomY at 3:17pm 05.13.17 Alden General Chat 3/10308 Owning a 1961 Alden with fiberglass hull and decks with spruce spars, this Alden, 13 years newer, i
Hunter 25 2005 Ruder Missing part (2) Alex111 at 2:17pm 05.13.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/350 Hello Everyone, I have Hunter 25 2005 Rudder Missing part, I don't know the part name. I am using s
Drilling the Boom TortolaTim at 1:52pm 05.13.17 Catalina 22 13/2776 I bought the Cat Direct boom topping lift kit and had a question about the installation. When mounti
Wood care basics for 2004 Hunter 33 Interior (3) richot at 12:14pm 05.13.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/2014 Hello I'm looking to touch up some of the wood interior on our 2004 Hunter 33. I've read the manual
Dodger window clouding (1) capta at 11:53am 05.13.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1533 One side panel on our dodger is clouding. Has anyone found anything which will reverse this or at le

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Seeking a precise pattern for a Hunter 260 jib dlochner at 12:58pm 11.24.23 Do you know who made the original sails, they will have the dimensions and probably replicate them.
Starting a yanmar 4jh2e after 3 years? kloudie1 at 12:45pm 11.24.23 I am not familiar enough with that engine to know which are or may be impacted .. Check the oil care
Seeking a precise pattern for a Hunter 260 jib (1) CrispyCringle at 12:40pm 11.24.23 From Sailboat Guide. Easy to measure your self though.
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard smokey73 at 12:24pm 11.24.23 From your description, there are a lot of boats hooked into shore power where you have your boat on
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Johann at 11:54am 11.24.23 That looks pretty good and the add of Bluetooth is nice. That appears to be the only significant i
315 Backstay Adjuster kappykaplan at 11:41am 11.24.23 just ordered a new 3-blade Max Prop! You won't regret it! :beer:
Single private mooring rentals PaulK at 11:37am 11.24.23 Hard to fly under radar with a mooring for one boat, let alone three.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 10:57am 11.24.23 I think the new Arco Zeus will probably knock Wakespeed off its perch. I seems to do everything the
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard Knotallthere at 10:13am 11.24.23
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard artboas at 9:59am 11.24.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 9:51am 11.24.23
Mounting a motor dlochner at 9:40am 11.24.23 If you go with an electric trolling motor, consider using a LiFePO4 battery. They are more expensive
Single private mooring rentals Project_Mayhem at 9:31am 11.24.23 There's probably an app for this that includes insurance. Beyond that you'd have to do some research
Mounting a motor Project_Mayhem at 9:21am 11.24.23 Here's a bit of insight... I have a 36lbs 12v Minn Kota motor and a 10A gel cell. I originally bough
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember kappykaplan at 9:18am 11.24.23
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember jssailem at 9:00am 11.24.23
Single private mooring rentals dLj at 8:38am 11.24.23 Besides the legal issues of being permitted to do this, the description of how you are thinking to e
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember dLj at 8:29am 11.24.23 A number of years ago we decided we would celebrate Thanksgiving on Friday instead of Thursday. Ever
315 Backstay Adjuster jssailem at 8:19am 11.24.23 Of course, I could always buy a new sail . . . ;) Yes you can, as long as you get financial approv
Need hard vang 1987 c & c mk III jssailem at 8:13am 11.24.23 Jim. Hunter would not have installed an OEM rigid vang on the boat. That would have been a dealer o

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