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Hi I am looking for drawings, sketches or pics of a fiberglass rudder stock Zvika Mantel at 12:32am 10.16.23 Ask All Sailors 11/426 Hi I am looking for drawings, sketches or pics of a rudder for a Hunter 46 year 2000. Thanks Zvika
Cradle screw jack conversion (1) Captain Pooh at 9:13pm 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 8/833 This past spring I watched to marina staff doing an altogether too complicated dance trying to drive
Engine stalling/ temperature gauge (1) labuenavida at 4:51pm 10.15.23 Engines and Propulsion 7/955
Added plywood layer below to firm up floor, less squishy now! (8) Davenport at 3:55pm 10.15.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/728 Added plywood layer below to firm up floor, less squishy now. Half inch, doubled in some spots. 48
Hunter 420 Passage Aft Lazarette Latches Mike H. at 2:48pm 10.15.23 Big Boats 4/665 Has anyone replaced the lazarette hatches on the sugar scoop? Ours are rotten. Anyone have a source?
Extending Table Leafs (1) laitm001 at 8:12am 10.15.23 Big Boats 7/686 Just bought a hunter 49 and wondered if anyone could help explain how to extend the table. Mine has
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 7:25am 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 75/6767 Hey everyone - I've been sailing about 25 years, almost all trailer boats. I've owned three - sold
Invest 94L --> TS Tammy --> Hurricane Tammy (1) JamesG161 at 6:08am 10.15.23 Weather and Forecasting 18/1843 over the East USA should stop the normal tracking into the Caribbean . Jim...
how to fix this? 1975 oday 22 (1) Anomymous 163294 at 7:11pm 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 22/1904 is this a major job or is it minor? it came to me this way. and i just noticed it today as i was loo
New Portable Battery Charger for Winter Storage Nichole340 at 2:45pm 10.14.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1172 I want to buy a new battery charger for the garage and use it maintain my boat batteries over the wi
Running lines aft on Oday 25 tcbailey67 at 8:27am 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 15/1391 Hi, I've seen many posts on this, but still not quite settled in one particular part of the plan. I
C&C 25 cabin/cockpit table CliffA at 6:37am 10.14.23 C&C 1/784
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 10:11am 10.13.23 Sails Call Lounge 33/3563 I haven't been on in a while. I retired and don't have much time lately. I'll never do that again. ;
Man the Boats... jssailem at 9:21am 10.13.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1251 It is time for that last cruise. The weather patterns are aligning for a chance as an Indian Summer
Wilcox Crittenden Replacement for Catalina 27 (5) shank at 8:14am 10.13.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/713 Hi Peggy (and others) I have an old WC Headmate on my Catalina 27. I'm looking at the Raritan PH Su
Best clear vinyl plastic window cleaner? Captain Larry-DH at 4:08am 10.13.23 Ask All Sailors 4/1358
Need help to identify spare part - Transom Helm Seat support (1) argentum at 8:37pm 10.12.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/656 Hello, I am looking for a part that is missing from my Beneteau 331 2004. It's a plastic thing that
Tiller cover for clutch tailboom at 8:22am 10.12.23 Catalina 22 3/774
Water tank leak (1) Bogart at 11:45pm 10.11.23 Big Boats 14/987 Hi All Bogart is a 45CC 2007 model. We have discovered a slight crack in the top of the aft starboa
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try SoSound at 10:24pm 10.11.23 Ask All Sailors 31/5272 After the flurry of posts in the thread about Navionics Price Increasing, relaying positive experien

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Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin smokey73 at 7:41am 02.27.25 Any thoughts on outgassing and the precautions. I know it can lead to corrosion of sensitive electr
Damage where Jib halyard exits the mast. H23.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:34am 02.27.25 Poster contacted me. Told him to contact Mike Thomas at the forum store who ordered the masts from
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:27am 02.27.25 Be careful as there is a big difference with a Hunter 42 Passage and the smaller trailerable sailboa
Non-skid surface Allowishish at 7:23am 02.27.25 We went with the kiwi grip as well with great results. Clean the surface well (as stated above there
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? CrispyCringle at 7:08am 02.27.25 The hardest part will be getting the materials while down in Mexico. We are in Sea of Cortez right n
Upgrading Inverter/charger CrispyCringle at 6:44am 02.27.25 Well I wouldn't say Victron uses sanskrit, but they do use actual electrical and engineering terms.
Outboard Battery Connection shemandr at 6:20am 02.27.25 Your shoulder will thank you every time you push the starter button!
Chain splice thinwater at 6:20am 02.27.25 Is the OP suggesting short sections of rope between the chain bits, spliced at each end? If yes, the
Marine Strike Survey dLj at 5:55am 02.27.25 Now that's a garbage survey. Nice idea but really badly written. There is no option for never having
Non-skid surface Joe at 5:38am 02.27.25 I went with kiwi grip. Made the boat look brand new. Solved a lot of issues (like the tiny cracks
Outboard Battery Connection Joe at 5:18am 02.27.25 I would try to keep it out of the cockpit. I'm not familiar with your boat's configuration... but on
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 4:45am 02.27.25 All of these different than Victron options still suffer the same dimensional issues facing the OP,
Chain splice Captain Larry-DH at 4:32am 02.27.25
Chain splice colemj at 4:16am 02.27.25 The ACCO 5/16" G43 chain has a WL of 3900#. The Crosby G-335 link is 3/8" (that is the proper size
Outboard Battery Connection dlochner at 4:13am 02.27.25 There are a variety of cable glands available for that purpose. Glands are preferable because the wi
Non-skid surface jssailem at 4:10am 02.27.25 One of my favorite idea guys on boat fiberglass repair in Andy at Boatworks Today. He has produced
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? Terry Cox at 3:38am 02.27.25 Does anyone have any experience hiring a shop to build out the stays and replacing the rigging them
Chain splice Davidasailor26 at 3:21am 02.27.25
Need roller furling system info Barnacle Bill at 9:27pm 02.26.25 It's a CDI system. Cruising Design. Their web site is sailcdi.com You can find the owner's manua
Non-skid surface garymalmgren at 9:27pm 02.26.25 Hi Dr RE; What is this surface called so I can do more research? The deck is manufactured in a "fem

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