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Testing new ad format Phil Herring at 4:07pm 10.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 30/1492 Just a heads-up that you may notice a few ads mixed into forum threads. These are limited to: - th
Companionway step and other questions. Bill and Kathy McDonald at 3:55pm 10.27.16 Catalina 22 18/1775 IMG_3437 by Bill and Kathy McDonald posted Oct 27, 2016 at 4:44 PMThe piece of C### step at the comp
Good Cover Solutions for Teak protection from sun while boat in water Ksailboat Owner at 3:38pm 10.27.16 Ask All Sailors 5/2429 Fellow Sailors, I own an O'Day 272 that sits in the water all year long in GA, and have to continual
What to do after reverse polarity oday630 at 2:22pm 10.27.16 Musings With Maine Sail 17/8008 So...after completing the exhaust overhaul, some wiring upgrades and yearly maintenance it was time
even the macgregor camper boat can be a well balanced sailor TortugasRoyal at 10:52am 10.27.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1401 Even the macgregor camper boat (26X) can be a well balanced sailor. Wow. I have achieved it. Boat i
New guy here Sea-r-cy at 10:42am 10.27.16 Ask All Sailors 3/348 Not a sailboat person, scrapped out a 30' Luger, looking for info of value and where to sell a 30'
Beaching a Mac (4) walt at 9:33am 10.27.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1862 Sumner posted about his trip to Flaming Gorge which I really enjoyed http://forums.sailboatowners.c
Question about leaving a heater plugged into shore power on Pathomas at 8:47am 10.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/4479
Info on fixing H33 - 2005 Side Cabin Window Leak Maurice Doran at 8:31am 10.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/903 I am looking at buying a H33 that had a leaky window. The issue was "fixed" by the previous owner w
Cabin top winch relocation chrisings at 8:30am 10.27.16 Catalina 30 41/5311 Has anyone relocated the starboard side cabin top winch, the one we use for hoisting the main? On ou
Blue Angels Airshow: Pensacola, FL. Nov 11 & 12, 2016 FlyboyTR at 8:07am 10.27.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/898 The Blue Angels will be performing on November 11 ' 12, 2016 at their home-base in Pensacola, Fl. We
Advice on refreshing deck after new bottom job... (1) SVMySalvation at 7:32am 10.27.16 Catalina 30 4/718 So, last month i was blessed with a new to me '98 30' catalina mkiii. due to it being such a big in
Dang-blasted cooling pump for fridge! DayDream2 at 5:55am 10.27.16 Big Boats 6/1762 Hey Hunter friends, I bought this boat almost two years ago and have been through two freshwater coo
Davits for Oceanis 45? (1) JoeRickard at 5:09am 10.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2372 Does anyone know who fabricates davits for the Oceanis 45? When clicking around I found a boat for
Mac 22 Galley $iRe408 at 8:30pm 10.26.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1319 Any Mac 22 owners add a galley to their cabin's? Could you send any photo's, instructions, links e
Cracked encapsulated keel Oday 28 (2) blackout at 6:24pm 10.26.16 Ask All Sailors 11/3049 Has any had any experience with repairing a crack in an encapsulated keel. Evidently we did not tra
How much should we budget for annual maintenance supgirl2277 at 6:20pm 10.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 39/5483 We are looking at getting a 23 foot Hunter (1986) or 22 foot Catalina (1980). Visually they both see
Genoa Car Part (1) SDcondogirl at 5:53pm 10.26.16 Parts Search 1/626 Hi. Looking for the rubber housing that keeps the block upright on my Genoa Car. Beneteau's spar par
Recommendation for new head in aft cabin 40.5 Hunter 1993 Buoysmom at 5:45pm 10.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/547 has anyone replaced the aft head to an electric one on a 1993 40.5 Hunter. We wanted a full size hea
Color of plexiglass on 1993 Hunter 40.5 Buoysmom at 5:42pm 10.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/467 we need to replace all fixed windows and portholes and needed the correct color, anyone know?

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Engine Vent Fan tfox2069 at 11:39am 01.30.24 One other note that just occurred to me. My 2009 Hunter 36 had the 3YM30 engine compartment fan on
Engine Vent Fan Hello Below at 11:38am 01.30.24 Can anyone either confirm or deny that this is the way its supposed to be......?? Confirmed . . .
When to tack Drinky Crow at 11:36am 01.30.24 In the '90's I subscribed to Dave Dellenbaugh's "Speed and Smarts" newsletters which were very helpf
Engine Vent Fan Roland5048 at 11:34am 01.30.24 From what I have always believed, the engine room fan is used to evacuate gasoline fumes before tur
Remote oil filter for M25XP (1) Alan Gomes at 10:59am 01.30.24 It would be fantasticil filter and need to spin it off while trying to hold the hot oil slick baggy
Adding a solent sail or staysail to a B&R rig Peter Preusch at 10:59am 01.30.24 My PO installed a spinnaker pole downhaul point just forward of the front hatch. He also had a lig
Leaking Chain Plates Calif. Ted at 10:29am 01.30.24 I once heard Gerry Douglas tell a bunch of owners at a rendezvous that "You should just plan to rebe
Rub rail leak Ed.S at 10:11am 01.30.24 Thank You Ralph Johnstone for the reply. That's what I expected. I think I will try to isolate the
Android phone app connection issue DArcy at 10:02am 01.30.24 I don't use the app on my android devices. I find it much better to use the web browser. Try just un
Adding a solent sail or staysail to a B&R rig (2) kloudie1 at 10:02am 01.30.24 My PO installed a spinnaker pole downhaul point just forward of the front hatch. He also had a ligh
Android phone app connection issue Davidasailor26 at 9:53am 01.30.24 Try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it? Other than that my next suggestion would be to just us
Engine Vent Fan tfox2069 at 9:39am 01.30.24 Sounds like the fan is hard wired to the ignition circuit. There is no safety issue with putting i
Engine Vent Fan Calif. Ted at 9:38am 01.30.24 Most are on the ignition circuit so run while switch is on, Catalinas have a switch on bottom of eng
Engine Vent Fan ggrizzard at 9:28am 01.30.24 Sounds like the fan is hard wired to the ignition circuit. There is no safety issue with putting i
320 dink Scott T-Bird at 9:28am 01.30.24 We have a Zodiac 270 aero floor. It is 8'10" and fits on the bow, but I can't say that I've ever go
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 9:24am 01.30.24 Pretty lucky with my solar day nite vent running it keeps the interior around 95 max and locations o
Android phone app connection issue Rich Stidger at 9:23am 01.30.24 No VPN, and I'm using the same wifi network. And it failed to connect on a different wifi network a
321 prop anodw/nut and 2 25mm shaft anodes kappykaplan at 9:23am 01.30.24 Wesleymi, you should post this in Digital Dumpster Dive -- Free Gear: https://forums.sailboatowners.
Mast Support Bracket "Event" kloudie1 at 9:16am 01.30.24 I agree that a rigger or someone who is familiar with that mast support structure should be consulte
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hello Below at 8:39am 01.30.24 Then let's give this a try. From my research on this forum, Fred Ficarra (R.I.P.) on Epitome was a

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