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Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? (1) FWBpilot at 10:59am 10.27.25 Smaller Boats 8/572 Last night a storm did some damage to the Hunter 23.5. It was tied to a dock with 4 large inflatabl
OLYC Online Yacht Club members roll call... Leeward Rail at 3:35am 10.27.25 Sails Call Lounge 4/564 How many of you were members of the "Online Yacht Club" ? Hint.. it wasn't on the typical website o
Yanmar 2YM15 anode replacement Doug on Long Island Sound at 6:23pm 10.26.25 Catalina 275 10/1041 I don't have the maintenace history on the 275 (hull #18) I recently purchased, so I changed the imp
Older Z SPARS UK Genoa Furler parts (2) therealbrianf at 6:07pm 10.26.25 Ask All Sailors 2/237 Hi, Need some advice please. The Foil End Cap (21 in the diagram) has come loose on the water and
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 2:51pm 10.26.25 Ask All Sailors 65/4070 I'm sure this is going to unleash a flurry of comments about me being foolish, but nonetheless, I ne
Cupboard door latches sandpiper10471 at 2:19pm 10.26.25 The Cherubini Hunters 0/175 Latches is an incorrect word here. Most of the opening cupboard doors on my H30 are held closed by p
Spin-Tech Furler cokomo at 1:14pm 10.26.25 Ask All Sailors 14/674 I purchased a Hunter Legend 35 that had a Spin-Tech Triumph 2000 roller furler already installed. We
Rudder packing gland (1) bob45 at 2:06pm 10.25.25 Ask All Sailors 9/765
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 Wanderwind at 11:10am 10.25.25 Big Boats 9/989 Hello Hunter Owners! First of all, this is NOT a for sale ad! We are looking for advice... Please
12V Plug at helm Scott Duncan at 2:04pm 10.24.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/686
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts dlochner at 9:15am 10.24.25 Sails Call Lounge 20/1917 It's not looking good for Catalina and Tartan. https://open.substack.com/pub/loosecannon/p/catalina
Shaefer 1-inch traveler car HELP! (1) sidw at 9:04am 10.24.25 Parts Search 2/335 If you have or had any boat from 1985-89 and replaced your Shaefer traveler (or even if you replaced
new head brad minda at 7:47pm 10.23.25 Catalina 30 7/599 just received a new marine head but ordered the marine size rather than the home size. Anyone use t
Statue of limitations on DPO ? (3) Timm R Oday25 at 4:00pm 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 14/1242 We've owned our 25 Oday 20 years by now . Perhaps a bit petty of me , I've driven myself close to t
Testers Needed: Boat Management Platform (7) paultech at 2:33pm 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 9/728 TL;DR: I've built a free web app to help organize all the chaos of boat ownership - projects, mainte
basic battery connections question George Braun at 2:05pm 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 11/760 2008 Hunter 36 here. Not interested in the expense and work of converting to lithium batteries. Cu
Need to fix or rewire bow light on a 1986 RKenSailor at 12:16pm 10.23.25 Catalina 22 1/433 So far all my lights are working except for the bow light. I have 3 wires that go to the bow; white
S2 8.5 or 8.6 information sproption at 5:25am 10.23.25 Ask All Sailors 1/224 Good morning to all Are there any owners groups or forums for S2 sailboats? I am looking into purc
Jammed pole topping lift (1) skunther at 2:19pm 10.22.25 Ask All Sailors 8/566 I was hoisting my Dinghy on the fore deck using the pole topping lift as my attachment point, and th
Mast Down Inspection (2) john6206 at 6:29am 10.22.25 Ask All Sailors 16/822 In the records of my new-to-me 30 year old Catalina 320, there was no mention of standing rigging ev

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Drill a hole ? in my mast shemandr at 5:37am 01.02.26 I'm hardly an engineer. But I don't understand how a second small hole will help. It seems to me e
Drill a hole ? in my mast Tally Ho at 5:32am 01.02.26
9.2 Knots! And over 8 steady Andrew Mylander at 5:22am 01.02.26 Well done and such a great feeling for the crew! Yes! Have gotten new sails since the first time,
Recommend a 100 watt Solar Setup for my C-22 dlochner at 5:13am 01.02.26 -Also like the charge controller option to see how many Volts I'm at. A Victron Smart Controller
Recommend a 100 watt Solar Setup for my C-22 Davidasailor26 at 4:35am 01.02.26 I have 1 brand new, good quality regular Lead acid car battery right now Car batteries are not rea
Impressive! danstanford at 3:39am 01.02.26 There will be a lot of noise about the benefit of autopilots after this dominant performance by the
9.2 Knots! And over 8 steady danstanford at 3:34am 01.02.26 Well done and such a great feeling for the crew!
Drill a hole ? in my mast Project_Mayhem at 8:36pm 01.01.26 Watch out for wires when drilling. Using a stop collar on your bit is a good way to prevent the bit
Drill a hole ? in my mast higgs at 8:33pm 01.01.26 Most of us don't hesitate to drill a small hole in our mast to install hardware. What is the differ
Dripless stuffing box vent tube location Project_Mayhem at 8:28pm 01.01.26 I'm not sure I'd have the hose open to the air if the open end is somewhere water getting to this o
What's wrong with this picture? Project_Mayhem at 8:25pm 01.01.26 After the party puzzle.don't buy a motorsailor...
What's wrong with this picture? (1) BAD ORCA at 8:21pm 01.01.26 After the party puzzle 50% off!
Dripless stuffing box vent tube location FastOlson at 8:11pm 01.01.26 I'm not sure I'd have the hose open to the air if the open end is somewhere water getting to this o
What's wrong with this picture? (1) BAD ORCA at 8:03pm 01.01.26 Idyllic AI puzzle scene for COSTCO members.
Dripless stuffing box vent tube location smokey73 at 7:41pm 01.01.26 I'm not sure I'd have the hose open to the air if the open end is somewhere water getting to this op
Heading To Florida in 2026 - New Years Resolution - Advice ? smokey73 at 7:25pm 01.01.26 I'd skip Savannah unless you just want to visit there. It is a cool town to visit but a bit of a si
Non skid paint questions heritage at 4:56pm 01.01.26 https://www.pyiinc.com/downloads/kiwigrip/kiwigrip-coloring-instructions.pdf
Dripless stuffing box vent tube location jssailem at 4:41pm 01.01.26 If you're not going to run water through the nipple, then you just need to attach a hose (double cla
Happy New Year! jssailem at 4:39pm 01.01.26 Our H430 sails again !!! Yeah! Like a Phoenix rising.
Heading To Florida in 2026 - New Years Resolution - Advice ? dLj at 1:05pm 01.01.26 Yeah, this is the part I find most interesting.... OP says: "Airdraft 44 feet and draft 5.5 ft" Sa

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