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PSS Seal Wear Pattern (5) Marc14857 at 2:35pm 04.19.17 Ask All Sailors 7/1616 I'm posting this as a curiosity item for others to comment on. I've had a PSS shaft seal on my boat
Tattoo 22? (5) rgranger at 12:04pm 04.19.17 Ask All Sailors 3/5630 Has anyone seen the new Tattoo 22? Apparently when Roger MacGregor retired, his daughter founded Ta
Restoring faded colored gelcoat; best fast option (1) Jackdaw at 12:00pm 04.19.17 Ask All Sailors 76/17321 While getting BlueJ's bottom done, I got to see how much her Gelcoat had faded. The picture shows th
Unipas autopilot (2) svlazzarone at 11:16am 04.19.17 Parts Search 0/548 http://unipas photo does anyone have a unipas autopilot electric actuator for 2121 913A?
Pressurewasher PSI? jhogle at 10:58am 04.19.17 Catalina 22 19/10759 I am looking to get a pressure washer for cleaning the deck of my boat. I really don't know much ab
Rudder Difference? eherlihy at 9:05am 04.19.17 Bigger Boats 6/937 Just for grins I looked up the cost of a new O'day 34 rudder at shop.odayowners.com; Oday 34 (rudder
Genoa sheet chafe (1) David Hopkins at 8:20am 04.19.17 Catalina 30 4/2740 When I ease my Genoa sheet out it chafes against my lifeline. It seems this would cause accelerated
Combined boat and trailer weight? ODay 26' MSN-Oday at 7:10am 04.19.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/746 Guys, have you ever weighed your O' Day 26' and trailer? I have not been able to take the boat and t
Air Conditioner Size for Hunter 260 bamabaxter at 6:47am 04.19.17 Smaller Boats 9/2018 Anybody recommend air conditioner size (BTU) for Hunter 260? Yes, I know there are calculations on
Hunter 23.5 launching Chris Flanagan at 2:57am 04.19.17 Smaller Boats 29/2132 I am launching my Hunter 23.5 for the first time. Do you recommend opening the ballast vents before
Replacing standing rigging without removing mast. Jack999000 at 6:44pm 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 9/4887 Hi, I have a 41 foot yacht and the rigging is 11 years old. I have had 3 quotes for replacing the ri
Pearson 303 gets new Hot Water system (1) StargazerP303 at 6:22pm 04.18.17 Pearson 14/3577 135466 135465 Hi all! This season I've decided to change out my hotwater system a Seaward F600 6gal
O'Day Burgees ruidh at 6:04pm 04.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/45 A few years back some of us on Facebook designed a burgee for O'Day Owners. They've been out of stoc
Hunter curved wooden steps into cabin (1) Gdindy at 5:39pm 04.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1722 I have a 2001 Hunter 410, when I purchased the boat it had a crack in the top step. The curved steps
Seacocks - to close after sailing or not? kupskius at 5:23pm 04.18.17 The Cherubini Hunters 34/7753 So, the Cherubini is my first boat with Seacocks. They were all replaced last fall (by the Marina),
Squeaky Hatch Michael Davis at 4:43pm 04.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/930 New to us First 38 has a squeaky hatch cover unless it's raining! Have tried silicone spray and soap
Locating Hull # on 06' 25 avi8torny at 4:40pm 04.18.17 Smaller Boats 3/464 I'm an idiot and cannot for the life of me find the Hull # stamping on my 06' 25. I looked all over
Window Leak on a 32.3 (1) jim7289 at 4:28pm 04.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5716 I have a 2006 Beneteau 32.3. The fixed skylight window is leaking in the corner. It could be a typic
Aerial shots of my recent cruise through the Gulf Islands David Hopkins at 4:00pm 04.18.17 Catalina 30 21/2360 I finally worked up the courage to launch my drone of my boat while underway. Here are the results.
Another nav equipment post Ken Cross at 3:53pm 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 31/2554 I'm trying to figure out how I want to continue to navigate. Our plotter is agonizingly slow and I t

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Propeller shaft length 376/380/386 Ralph Johnstone at 9:18am 06.01.24 OUCH ! I would hazard a guess and say that every prop shaft for the Hunter 386/380/376 is differe
Fuel tank sender gasket Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 06.01.24 The black stuff is most likely Permatex 2 which is the only stuff in the universe which will stick t
Portlight Polish jssailem at 8:44am 06.01.24 I've used that stuff on my car headlights. It worked as advertised. About a year later, they needed
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... thinwater at 8:38am 06.01.24 Sleeve will probably actually be simpler. The compression load is not hard to figure out. Typically
Propeller shaft length 376/380/386 JamesG161 at 8:10am 06.01.24 Call the Stores on this site. They will respond. They help every Hunter owner. Simply use my lin
Fuel tank sender gasket MikeHoncho at 8:01am 06.01.24 You can buy Viton gasket material sheets on Amazon for less than $20. I woudn't depend on some blac
Propeller shaft length 376/380/386 Hamish_s at 7:54am 06.01.24 Thanks James. I'm in Canada and while the pricing for the actual shaft and coupling is very good, t
Propeller shaft length 376/380/386 JamesG161 at 6:52am 06.01.24 Call the Stores on this site. Hunter 386 3 blade propeller SailboatOwners.com customer service M
Portlight Polish (5) rgranger at 6:40am 06.01.24 <p>
Are your PFD's ready? Jim Legere at 3:19am 06.01.24 I manually inflate my PFDs every spring using the oral inflation tube. There should be no noticeable
Engine fire Hayden Watson at 10:57pm 05.31.24 The 2/0 has a rating of 330a outside of an engine space and 280 in an engine space. Assuming a 300a
Raritan PHII lubricate piston from top? skunther at 9:28pm 05.31.24 Thank you!
Love Hate relationship Leeward Rail at 8:42pm 05.31.24 I like a Bimini that's plenty wide enough to span from one outboard genny track to the other, with
What stops the sliding hatch from opening too far / how to remove? Leeward Rail at 8:28pm 05.31.24 Here's my thread from ages ago when I repaired the hatch on our c22 https://forums.sailboatowners.c
Racor 220p vent nut broke?? Salty79 at 7:29pm 05.31.24 I've got a metal plug on order, will report back! Thanks all.
Racor 220p vent nut broke?? jibes138 at 7:28pm 05.31.24 https://www.grainger.com/product/4VRV4?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231&gad_source=1&g
Racor 220p vent nut broke?? jibes138 at 7:23pm 05.31.24 A coping saw blade might fit in the little hole so you could cut a slot on each side for a screwdriv
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount jibes138 at 7:08pm 05.31.24 Unscrew the traveler. Add your brackets, then screw it back down. You might need a few washers betwe
Idle and throttle control help Tally Ho at 6:28pm 05.31.24 Do you have a single-lever control? Or separate throttle and transmission levers? What kind of pr
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... stickinthemud57 at 5:37pm 05.31.24 This gets my vote. Welcome to the forum! :beer: This

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