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Buying a hunter 41ac Jack999000 at 3:37pm 02.24.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/557 I'm thinking of purchasing a h41 ac I'm in Australia and plan to go into the pacific. A lot of peopl
New Sails for Mac25? StinkBug at 3:27pm 02.24.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1184 I've pretty much replaced and refreshed everything on my boat except the most important part, the sa
Fate has spit upon me (2) JL Stratton at 3:04pm 02.24.17 Smaller Boats 20/2366 Was checking out my forestay cable in preparation for tomorrow's sail. It looked damaged (unwound?)
It stays or it goes (3) Skipperdan at 2:34pm 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 13/1018 I had one of these on my Triton I think but I cannot remember what it was for. Solid Brass. A holder
Beneteau First 20 on order Request advice - outboard size and shaft lenght Dusty Mac at 1:17pm 02.24.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/800 I do not know transom measurements for First 20. Will I want a fixed engine mount where engine can s
Pimp my C275 (1) Codybear at 1:04pm 02.24.17 Catalina 275 60/19872 Seeing that the moderators were gracious enough to create our own C275 group, I figured we need to t
To buy or not to buy: neglected Catalina 27 Sailorpants at 12:25pm 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 22/4079 Hey Sailors, I'm new to sailing with only a few lessons and a few more hours logged, But have wanted
Newport 28 parts pcupach at 11:02am 02.24.17 Newport 2/1402 If you are in need of parts for your Newport please let me now. I will be posting pictures of sever
New Solar Panels, VSR and MPPT Controller David Popken at 10:25am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 14/3451 I have purchased the above and am preparing to install. My current setup is 30A shorepower smart ch
My keel Jorge Guerra at 10:07am 02.24.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/1879 Hi I need some help guys rebuilding these MacGregor 25 I have already redundant bottom I'm almost th
Launching without trailer extension! LakeShark at 10:00am 02.24.17 Trailer Sailors 7/1666 Just came across this today and had to share. if it were only so easy! FPeetFWRVxo
Using a Convoluted Wheel? CYQK at 9:19am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 6/771 Well....... If you are anything like me never heard of a convoluted wheel before. Am polishing all t
Aqua Signal 25 combo - known flaw? (2) Skipper at 8:47am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 22/3307 When I had the mast out 2 years ago, I used the opportunity to get some work done, including install
Diesel Engine Smokes and speed limited forward not in reverse why? Capt Ziggy at 6:57am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1007 My diesel engine spews out black smoke and speed is limited to 2400-2500 RPM in forward. In reverse
It's Flare Season shemandr at 6:16am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 52/3415 I have to replace most or all of my flares, smoke signals and other expired signaling devices this s
Water fill location Ned Ludd at 5:16am 02.24.17 Ask All Sailors 8/884 I have been reading through old posts here over coffee. My boat has the water fill deck fitting in t
Calling all Catalina 275 owners (1) Codybear at 4:37am 02.24.17 Catalina 275 157/46308 Seeing that we are a small group of C275 owners and rather scattered, I thought I would start the fi
Looking At a Cape Dory 25 and 3 different Balboa 26's wsmac at 11:55pm 02.23.17 Trailer Sailors 9/3893 I'm the guy some may know from the Hunter forum who is looking at a 28.5 and a 33. Getting a lot of
leak cloydmilton at 8:58pm 02.23.17 Catalina 310 14/2765 We've had a lot of rain here in LA and after each storm there is fresh water in the bilge. The wate
Mast repair for my 1982 Hunter 22 rick221 at 5:26pm 02.23.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1919 I made a serious mistake lowering mast and the end result is a mast that is now broke in half. Any i

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Can it be repaired? JY14 murray1113 at 6:56pm 06.18.24 It's ACP plastic over foam and fiberglass, so not a typical repair, the manufacturer recommends usin
Identify this brand/model hatch ? PaulK at 6:44pm 06.18.24 Don't know who made your hatch, though it looks like it might be a Bomar. Several of your hatch's fe
Can it be repaired? JY14 shemandr at 6:24pm 06.18.24 Sorry, I missed that it is a JY 14 which I think is roto-molded. Not as repairable.
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 6:22pm 06.18.24
Can it be repaired? JY14 shemandr at 6:19pm 06.18.24 Sorry I can't get a clear idea about the crack from the pictures. The first one doesn't seem that
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 6:15pm 06.18.24 I would think that if you clean up the area really well (sand and get down to solid fiberglass on ea
CNG Tank Terry Cox at 6:07pm 06.18.24 Any advice? Check with one of your local gas suppliers and ask them where they have their tanks re
H44 port setee modification. wyctoronto at 5:57pm 06.18.24
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners Crazy Dave Condon at 5:28pm 06.18.24 I will be off line Wednesday and Thursday morning. Before doing that we need to talk. Did you fi
H44 port setee modification. dlochner at 5:00pm 06.18.24 On my not-a-Hunter I use a seat similar to this on the settee. Works pretty well and it can be moved
Parts for Boston Harpoon dlochner at 4:55pm 06.18.24 Try Rigrite.com they may be difficult to deal with, however they are often the only game in town. If
CNG Tank dlochner at 4:50pm 06.18.24
Hatch Replacement - 2004 Hunter 31 - lots of questions and help needed spadaforaj at 4:41pm 06.18.24 thanks - this weekend is the target to try it out !
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners SteveHughessails at 3:55pm 06.18.24
Salvaging Sunken Boat shemandr at 3:29pm 06.18.24 When a tornado tore thru Cutchogue Harbor, on LI's North Fork, about 6 boats on moorings sank. Loca
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Rick D at 3:22pm 06.18.24
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Tally Ho at 3:01pm 06.18.24
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 Jan Stephens at 2:10pm 06.18.24 Thanks, have contacted them, these are no longer being manufactured, so I was hoping to find one fro
CNG Tank Bronte at 1:36pm 06.18.24
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack rgranger at 1:35pm 06.18.24 ,I would probably attempt to open it with an oscillating saw . :plus:

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