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Teak Cleat spacers for Oday 30 jrocheleau at 6:56am 08.08.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/440 The teak spacers between my center deck cleats and the deck are badly worn. I want to make some new
Hunter 23.5 Hulu/deck/rudder cored? travelingjerryb at 6:18am 08.08.16 Smaller Boats 44/3409 Hi all. Can anyone tell me if the 23.5 has solid or cored hull/deck/rudder? (Dave C :-))
Non-Skid Deck Surface new coating depot430 at 5:24am 08.08.16 Ask All Sailors 3/740 Is there a product to restore the color of a non-skid deck that does not fill in the non-skid (groov
Can't get up wind sailnewbie at 3:04am 08.08.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/2523 224 venture and no matter what I do I can not get up wind. Best I can do is slightly above 90 degree
Autopilot for Oceanis 323 clipper dynamitten at 1:30am 08.08.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/5481 Hi. Just bought a Beneteau Oceanis 323 clipper from 2004. There are no autopilot in the boat, and I
H42 fuel tank drawing eianm at 12:25am 08.08.16 Big Boats 3/688 Does anyone have the drawing for the fuel tank for a series one H42 passage please? EIan
Shaft is shot tomgrigsby at 5:23pm 08.07.16 The Cherubini Hunters 15/1281 I have a bronze shaft that is corroded and eating up the cutless bearing. She's on the hard for bot
1 � week until my trip fred1diver at 4:58pm 08.07.16 Trailer Sailors 21/2561 hey everyone, well, it's almost time for my trip to the georgian bay, I just checked this weeks weat
Delo 100 30wt oil Mark Maulden at 1:27pm 08.07.16 Engines and Propulsion 7/1530 So, Chevron quit making this oil. It tried the Delo 400 and i get some smoke and a bit more usage.
Yammer White Smoke Question Dfisher at 1:25pm 08.07.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/942 I had an odd smoke situation today with my yanmar 2gm and was wondering if anyone can shed some ligh
Fresh water tank v berth leak Clydo at 12:11pm 08.07.16 Catalina 310 5/1224 Have checked archives on fresh water leaks and all appeared engine area related - hot water, shower
Towing Tube with Kids on Hunter 17 LordNelson at 12:00pm 08.07.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1115 How to install fitting strong enough to pull kids while sailing on 08 hunter 17. A family member use
Olympic Sailing guide w/times Pat at 10:59am 08.07.16 Ask All Sailors 3/406 The schedule for Olympic Sailing is item no. 4 under the heading "Ask all Sailors"....box 1 Pat
US Spars mast furling problem mwickser at 10:05am 08.07.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/5876 I have a Beneteau 331 (2003) and am having a huge amount of trouble with the in mast furling this ye
Epic viewing of the M32 World Match race (3) Jackdaw at 7:46am 08.07.16 Racing 0/573 This weekend the World Match series race is doing an expo stop at Wayzata Bay. Two of the boats are
Hunter Legend 35.5 propeller pitch sls11115 at 7:41am 08.07.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1257 Can anyone tell me the standard pitch on a 16 inch diameter propeller on a 1990 Hunter Legend 35.5
NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT LIGHTS OUT Boogie Wallen at 7:14am 08.07.16 Big Boats 1/506 I have a Hunter (1994) Passage 42: the engine instrument, the autohelm instruments on the steering
Olympic TV sailing schedule kito at 6:10am 08.07.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1312 For those interested, here is the tv schedule for sailing. http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/sa
installing electric macerating head sailme88 at 5:49am 08.07.16 Big Boats 18/4293 I hope this helps other owners who may endeavor to go this route. As many of us have experienced,
Oceanis 40CC Fresh water system Tom Merriwether at 7:08pm 08.06.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2085 I'm trying determine if the two drinking water tanks in my '97 Beneteau 40CC are connected. I haven'

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Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:41pm 04.01.24 Hi Dan, I am a little late in the chat but thought I would pass on some information anyways. I hav
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 artboas at 9:34pm 04.01.24 Having gone through all the above mentioned permeations described above I replaced the macerator wi
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... artboas at 9:23pm 04.01.24
Rode for Desolation Sound jssailem at 9:12pm 04.01.24 I posted this on another thread. It may help. https://www.boatingmag.com/how-to-make-rope-to-chain-
Rode for Desolation Sound jssailem at 9:10pm 04.01.24 How would I get a thimble and shackle past the gypsy and into the anchor locker? Simple answer, yo
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 9:08pm 04.01.24
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... artboas at 9:07pm 04.01.24 The info for the oem install is in the hunter files folder for the 420 https://www.marlow-hunter.c
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 8:58pm 04.01.24 If you have space, I'd use a thimble and splice over a thimble to the chain. The rope to chain spli
Bent wing keels artboas at 8:54pm 04.01.24
Rode for Desolation Sound skunther at 8:49pm 04.01.24
Ground tackle - joining rope to chain thinwater at 5:24pm 04.01.24 It should be done the way it was done. Folks with windlasses know this. A thimble/shackle system wi
Name Change smokey73 at 5:08pm 04.01.24 Part of our ceremony was pouring the toasting champagne to all four winds and also included taking a
Mooring line...... smokey73 at 4:57pm 04.01.24 We had a recent storm at our mooring field. It was strong enough to tear out the Samson Post on one
Trailer sailer = beach launch? bonkle at 4:52pm 04.01.24 That Hunter looks excellent. Seems like allot of these size boats have allot of space wasted (for my
Mooring line...... Davidasailor26 at 4:45pm 04.01.24
Trailer sailer = beach launch? john6206 at 4:39pm 04.01.24
Mooring line...... jssailem at 4:26pm 04.01.24 The problem is that the fibers have so little stretch that when they go around a bend the outer fib
Ground tackle - joining rope to chain (1) jssailem at 4:07pm 04.01.24 Check out the Mantus Swivel. It goes between your anchor and your chain. It helps to flip the anchor
Ground tackle - joining rope to chain jssailem at 4:05pm 04.01.24 Well that depends. Do you want to continue to use the windlass to draw the rode (the rope portion)
Name Change stickinthemud57 at 3:49pm 04.01.24 I recently attended a boat renaming ceremony and found it equally fun, silly, and amusing. Our MC c

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