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Holes in Keel (3) william24424 at 9:00am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 5/591 I have these troubling holes in my keel, discovered after sanding out a crack along the base. Marina
Autohelm 4000 SailsCallCapt at 8:51am 05.16.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/972 Recently my Autohelm 4000 broke, 2 of the internal rollers snapped off. I can try the super glue fix
NAVPOD Face Replacement jrocheleau at 8:12am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1955 I'm looking for a blank replacement face for an older NAVPOD. Does anyone know when I can get a rep
Importing boat into Canada SamRy at 8:12am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1797 I'm buying and importing a 32' sailboat from Michigan into Ontario, Canada. I plan to drive into th
M-25 maintenance day freeheelbillie at 7:19am 05.16.17 Catalina 30 1/912 Doing an oil change and replacing the impeller this weekend. Manual calls for a 300209 oil filter an
Raymarine parts DannyS at 5:01am 05.16.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1633 I'm re-mounting a Raymarine C70 chartplotter and when I removed it last fall, the gasket between the
Oday 17 in shallow water HarryHBogue at 8:42pm 05.15.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2136 I am considering the purchase of an Oday 17 for use in the Bogue sound. Half the day, there is much
322 keel issues Buzzard Sailor at 8:05pm 05.15.17 Bigger Boats 7/1432 Having read on many occasions, previous threads about the 322 and 302 keel issues, I experienced fir
Double checking my retrieval procedure jhogle at 7:46pm 05.15.17 Catalina 22 10/1684 Everything has been going really well with my first boat so far except for taking the boat out of th
Rudder is lower than my keel murrayabbott at 6:25pm 05.15.17 Big Boats 6/2128 Hi. I have a 45DS and the rudder is lower that the keel. I was surprised to see this and am worrie
Freshwater Leak on 45DS murrayabbott at 6:19pm 05.15.17 Big Boats 11/1546 I am hoping that someone else has run into this before, I am at my wits end. Ever since the boat was
Disconnect solar panel while outboard auxiliary is running? Rich Langdon at 4:34pm 05.15.17 Ask All Sailors 3/333 I just purchased a new 30 watt solar panel to replace the old one for my O'day 25. I have a starter
Sailing the columbia river Captaindon1991 at 4:13pm 05.15.17 Ask All Sailors 17/7905 Hello I'm brand new to sailing. Just purchased my first boat macgregor 26d. So I live on the Columbi
Leaks in starboard genoa track area (2) Karcher at 3:24pm 05.15.17 Mid-Size Boats 0/1003 This picture is taken from below of a leak in one of the bolts of the starboard genoa track. I am pl
Battery charger Jason F at 2:24pm 05.15.17 Mid-Size Boats 14/1442 Hello, My battery charger died and I'm buying a new one. I have 2 12v batteries in parallel. I need
H27 Jib Sheet Rigging (4) TooCoys at 2:01pm 05.15.17 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2852 Can anyone explain how the sheet rigging for my jib should be set up? Or better, provide pictures?
Hunter 23.5 wiring Bob Fry at 12:06pm 05.15.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/525 So how do I go about pulling new wiring in my 1994 23.5
Shortening Mast - Calculations for Stays Ziggler at 11:45am 05.15.17 Ask All Sailors 21/4781 PROBLEM: 1979 Paceship 23. Irreparably bent mast during haul out. Bought a new-to-me mast. New mast
What size rode? Dusty Mac at 10:44am 05.15.17 Ask All Sailors 9/998 The new boat is a 21 foot sailboat weighing about 4K lbs. laden. Will occasionally overnight in reas
H240 shoot thru hull transducer Drew13440 at 9:11am 05.15.17 Smaller Boats 4/1116 Anyone ever successfully install a shoot thru depth finder in a 240? If so, where did you place the

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Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Davidasailor26 at 7:16pm 06.16.24
1984 H31 jssailem at 7:08pm 06.16.24 There maybe some information here on this site. https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/resources/index.ph
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting dlochner at 7:06pm 06.16.24 All ov the existing blocks are old and without bearings, do the friction in there is clearly an iss
Catalina 27 teak before and after BTC1984 at 6:45pm 06.16.24
Roller Furler quirky ? (2) BTC1984 at 6:38pm 06.16.24 Halyard restrainer fixed the issue. Easy to install with a couple rivets
Hunter 306 Sea Hood Removal Arbee at 6:26pm 06.16.24 Just an update on this for your entertainment. The sea hood removal and replacement was easy btw, bu
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 5:34pm 06.16.24 OK, let me rephrase the question... the boom on my Oday 28 is set up like in the diagram above, and
tidy traveller options (1) Dalliance at 4:56pm 06.16.24 Spinlock PXR cleats are the way to go. With traveler lines long enough to reach the helm. I change
Cleaning Anchor Kings Gambit at 3:20pm 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting thinwater at 2:53pm 06.16.24 Maybe there is another way for Sid to look at it. And no, it is not really 6:1. Assume all pulleys
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting dlochner at 2:01pm 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting Davidasailor26 at 12:50pm 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to
Hunter Vision 32 Aft Hatch Parts Ralph Johnstone at 12:45pm 06.16.24 Sorry but just waaaaaaaaay too many details omitted here. I don't know anything about a 1990 Hunter
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:36pm 06.16.24 I imagine that being so PO'd after completing the job, you didn't keep the old pump to determine the
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Hayden Watson at 12:10pm 06.16.24 Once and Engineer always and Engineer. The fact that I recently retired only means that boredom lea
Water Trapped Between Floor Liner and Hull Libohunden at 11:37am 06.16.24
Loose footed main with Mid-boom sheeting sidw at 11:30am 06.16.24 I know this post is old, but why do folks call this a 6 to 1 sheet? As I see it, it is only a 4 to1
New Catalina 22 Owner Questions ShawnL at 10:58am 06.16.24 I got some plastic ammo cans from Harbor Freight. Small enough to tuck into storage lockers, etc.
I want to buy a boat. What should I look for (insert brand of boat)? FastOlson at 10:41am 06.16.24 The pecking order of issues is interesting altho not unexpected. I would have listed the drive train
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working SVFreedom at 10:31am 06.16.24 It was the Macerator. I had a brand new spare, after some further investigations, I figured it was

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