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Hunter water ballast boats sitting in silt and on trailer Crazy Dave Condon at 5:25am 07.13.17 Smaller Boats 1/425 I cannot locate the specific item on the forum but one H 26 owner advised repairing the tank lid on
Anchor chain snubber..... home made NYSail at 6:59pm 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 26/5898 so have new ground tackle, leaving Saturday and didn't purchase my mantis snubber. What is the best
I'm looking for the Macgregor logo that was originally put on the port stern of the hull JennyLove at 6:21pm 07.12.17 Parts Search 4/587 .
Can I lengthen my H23.5 reefing line? GGordonWoody at 5:55pm 07.12.17 Smaller Boats 28/2568 At present, the length of my main reefing line is just enough to reef the sail, but I would like to
Control panel Windtherapy at 1:06pm 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 7/731 So how does one access their control panel for a message on this board? Got an email stating somebod
Ches Bay - Avoid rocks Warren Milberg at 12:28pm 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 6/710 Avoid rocks near Poplar Island in Chesapeake Bay. https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin
Anchor winch solenoid PeterBld at 11:52am 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 3/945 We are currently in Vava'u. Tonga. Deep anchoring. And our 1501 Lighthouse anchor winch (12 volt) cu
Trailer tire type /size BILLNPR at 10:06am 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 3/2064 Just bought home a Mirage 5.5 with 12 inch tires/rims. Since I will need new tires, I am thinking o
Autohelm BiData Depth & speed replacement John1534 at 9:14am 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 0/645 I have a Autohelm BiData (Z162-0230207 #4349 -1952) on our 1992 Capri 26 that is barely working ' ha
Interesting Article on Ship Hull Design Theory rishackie at 8:34am 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1755 There is an interesting article in the July 2017 issue of Physics Today about the history of the wav
Replacement Fuel Tank Recommendations? Ben Jammin at 8:12am 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 12/3070 Upon removing the 12-gal aluminum diesel fuel tank in my 1979 Hunter 30 for cleaning, I found it was
Any P-28 owners out there.? Hydro Therapy at 8:09am 07.12.17 Precision 3/1454 Hello, I'm in the process of purchasing a 94 Precision 28. I know there weren't to many made. Wonder
Kermit friend observed in Washington (1) jssailem at 7:43am 07.12.17 Ask All Sailors 14/810 Kermit did you run your friend out of town? Or just have him shipped here. He appears to have an in
Keel winch replacement little breeze at 7:41am 07.12.17 Catalina 22 15/5424 Hello everyone I have been digging thru some of the threads in finding a alternitive source for keel
Topping Lift On Capri 22 rski1184 at 6:36am 07.12.17 Smaller Boats 1/1089 While single handing I heard a ping and then realized the connection of the topping lift to the boom
CABLE paulj at 7:38pm 07.11.17 Catalina 310 5/926 Installing new clutch cable this week.......................
Replace Standard Horizon - DS10 ChrisHunter at 3:42pm 07.11.17 Mid-Size Boats 0/1353 The LED's have finally gone out on my DS10. I can say the alarm still works, so the DST25 Transduce
Need bunk design for 1978 OD-23-II trailer Huntr at 2:31pm 07.11.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/503 I am buying a 1978 OD-23-II. It has no trailer. The mast blew over in a wind. The screws pulled out
Mac 25 Bow Eye vwjon Mac25 at 2:06pm 07.11.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1158 I need to access the bow eye from inside and am not sure where to cut into the liner. Anyone have a
Roller Furler will not completely unfurl/furl Calvin1Calvin at 12:51pm 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 11/3885 I have a 1983 Hunter 27 that came with a Sea Furl roller. The furler was working fine until I tried

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Help with seized fresh water pump capta at 2:59pm 05.28.24 There are a couple of very large, well stocked pump companies online that often have either new, reb
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 2:55pm 05.28.24 Yeah i regret now not being more patient before i started this project. That would have been ideal
Help with seized fresh water pump JoeWhite at 1:49pm 05.28.24 If you replace the alternator, use its ground lug and with #8 black wire conne t to the shunt
Fabric search shemandr at 1:32pm 05.28.24 You can't go wrong with Blue & Gold on a boat! "Anchors away my boys..."
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 1:30pm 05.28.24 Compression specs for that engine can be derived from Yanmar's published data on the engines specs.
Love Hate relationship BulldogTim62 at 1:16pm 05.28.24 Looks awesome and would love to do the same, are the bimini bases on the Genoa tracks? Care to share
Fabric search BulldogTim62 at 1:14pm 05.28.24 I was wrong on the spots being gold, I think they were originally white and have yellowed with age.
Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 shemandr at 1:06pm 05.28.24 With an iron keel rust is the concern. Whenever there is a fresh paint job you should ask -Why? I
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount jibes138 at 12:44pm 05.28.24 Why not use an electric motor, they are lightweight and most of the weight will be the battery. The
ABYC wire identification question? (1) DArcy at 11:57am 05.28.24 A different idea could be a handheld inkjet printer. I have never tried one, and it would not work w
Love Hate relationship kappykaplan at 11:35am 05.28.24 3 hours later in the sun-- gosh this is pretty good, better get the rear brackets and do this right
3GM30F Service Issue dmax at 11:32am 05.28.24 Sure, it may be something else that is causing the hard starting, but those compression numbers are
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 11:27am 05.28.24 Compression specs for that engine can be derived from Yanmar's published data on the engines specs.
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? dmax at 11:24am 05.28.24 You could pull it and treat and re-paint most of it - the oil pan metal is pretty thick and the rest
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 10:14am 05.28.24 Thanks. I have on YBW received replies that indicate compression is a nebulous thing, and this is wh
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 Don S/V ILLusion at 10:09am 05.28.24
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (4) anelso29 at 9:49am 05.28.24 Hey everyone! I have a few updates. I didn't take enough pictures, but I do have a few to show the p
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 matts997 at 9:34am 05.28.24
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... rgranger at 9:00am 05.28.24
What stops the sliding hatch from opening too far / how to remove? Leeward Rail at 8:54am 05.28.24 Greenish foam is factory filler. There are more than a few threads here about how to fix the hatch.

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