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Boat Hit While At Anchor!! Don Guillette at 12:46pm 05.31.16 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 37/9314 Stu: I received the Catalina owners magazine and noticed your article regarding another boat ramming
Broken Main sheet/ vang hunter240 at 12:41pm 05.31.16 Smaller Boats 9/1050 Well it happened again. The pin that attaches the snap shackle to the main sheet(which is really a b
Securing the boom with Bimini open CHSN WND at 11:39am 05.31.16 Smaller Boats 30/3988 I recently installed a 6 foot Ameriseam Bimini (stern rail seat model) on my H26. To prevent interfe
'83 31' Hunter Water Tank leakage 1mcarlson at 11:36am 05.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/518 I read a previous thread on here about the leaky rear water tank yet cannot ask for further informat
Water in Bilge, even after being out of the water for a year patriciasailing at 11:19am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 6/1947 Hello, I keep having water in the bilge of a 1984 Oday Daysailer II we purchased a year ago. It ha
Any Catalina 22's in Minnesota / Minneapolis area? prskier17 at 10:28am 05.31.16 Catalina 22 8/1350 Hey everyone, My wife and I have been looking/dreaming about our 1st sailboat for several years... n
2000 Hunter Passge floor removal Sillybilly at 10:14am 05.31.16 Ask All Sailors 0/229 Ok lets see if I get an answer. I have a leaking water tank under the floor between the gen /engine
O'day 22 Battens Capri at 9:48am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 1/614 Hello. I have a 1981 22ft. With Neil Pryde mainsail. It takes three battens: 24, 24, and a 30. I wou
Saga's May 2016 Trip Bad Obsession at 9:33am 05.31.16 Ask All Sailors 3/321 Here is the edited video of my May 2016 single handed trip into the Chesapeake Bay: bqDQ1VHNwVM Le
Factory Ice Box bebling at 8:41am 05.31.16 Catalina 22 2/561 I have a 1989 C22 wing keel. Since purchasing we have installed new cushions and upholstery, new se
Oday Wigeon slow leak cliff02138 at 8:04am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 6/2300 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
Oday slow leak help? cliff02138 at 8:02am 05.31.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1096 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
Oday slow leak cliff02138 at 7:56am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 0/770 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
How to remove light bulbs on h386 Boston2020 at 5:53am 05.31.16 Big Boats 0/549 I want to upgrade to LED bulbs. How do I remove the bulbs in the dome fixtures in the head and salon
Centerboard Issue tgrass462 at 9:59pm 05.30.16 Smaller Boats 4/676 Today we pulled our 1999 Hunter 260 from Lake Carlyle to power wash and paint the bottom and wax the
Rudder on H376 Franklin at 8:36pm 05.30.16 Big Boats 1/699 The helm has always been a problem on my 1996 H376. Racing crew seem to always complain about weath
Where is the CO coming from? BayMan at 6:17pm 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1534 1987 Hunter 450. I put a house CO detector in the aft stateroom. I equalized my batteries and it w
Spinnaker?, Gennaker?, Drifter? Need help identifying this sail.. (5) Texas Gun-Man at 5:11pm 05.30.16 Catalina 22 13/2782 Before you laugh too hard at this texas rancher, please remember that I'm a real novice...lol This s
Diesel Problem Smorgasbord... Jtcf78911 at 4:31pm 05.30.16 Engines and Propulsion 61/4822 Hi all. As excited as I was to recently get my O'Day 28 back on the water I was pretty rapidly defl
Catalina 30, Wing keel, Bilge question Bel/Mik at 2:02pm 05.30.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/908 Is it normal for the bilge to form a white skin of something on top of the antifreeze after the wint

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3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes kloudie1 at 4:24am 09.08.23 The big o-ring cover seal is Yanmar # 24311-000700.. The gasket that seals the tube sheet to the cov
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX kloudie1 at 4:13am 09.08.23 Yup, I think that it is a Tohatsu. Mercury had Tohatsu make their smaller "portable" outboards..
Adding second reef to main sail? Kings Gambit at 10:18pm 09.07.23 My experience with the sailing world says masthead rigs should go to a smaller headsail before reefi
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX stickinthemud57 at 9:06pm 09.07.23 Looks a lot like this one except the CT designation... https://img.boatdeckcrm.com.au/media/2017070
Invest 95L (2) JamesG161 at 9:06pm 09.07.23 Hurricane Lee is a very serious Storm. We just reviewed the Hurricane Hunters Flight information.
Invest 95L jssailem at 8:33pm 09.07.23 This is a storm that is well defined. Has a solid core with vertical development. A broad wind field
Sorting out battery charger and shore power questions (2) jssailem at 8:10pm 09.07.23 It's supposed to be a marine-capable charger. Marketing vs Legality... They think they solve their
Sorting out battery charger and shore power questions rgranger at 7:21pm 09.07.23
Adding second reef to main sail? Calif. Ted at 7:10pm 09.07.23 What size genny ? wouldn't reducing the headsail reduce weatherhelm, reefed main with a genny is unb
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question rpwillia at 7:08pm 09.07.23 Used large hose clamps for both.
H42P - new thru hull and seacocks Ralph Johnstone at 6:58pm 09.07.23 :worthless: Show us what you're looking at replacing and we'll have a better idea of what you need.
Adding second reef to main sail? (2) Tally Ho at 6:51pm 09.07.23
Probably am buying a H 260 with wheel, many questions. Where is keel rope to lower? Any tips for new owner. I've owned a few boats. twalker H260 at 6:28pm 09.07.23 Connecting the outboard to the rudder is a fairly common modification. Also fairly easy to do in a
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question CowboyWay at 6:12pm 09.07.23 Interesting mount option. I didn't think to mount it lower like that. How did you secure the base to
Adding second reef to main sail? (1) CowboyWay at 6:08pm 09.07.23
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 5:58pm 09.07.23 Hurricane Hunters in storm now.
Used sail? morbidfollower at 5:53pm 09.07.23 I have a 105% that I believe was off a J22 or something like that. I would look for some other si
3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes (7) Ralph Johnstone at 5:53pm 09.07.23 I'm afraid all of the above bad news is quite true. But fear not, going into the heat exchanger is
Cat 28 MKII - Genoa Fred at 5:52pm 09.07.23 A very illuminating and interesting discussion on co.com for those of you who might be in the marke
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment Dalliance at 5:28pm 09.07.23 This seems to be a recurring topic. My response to related question last spring seems relevant. In

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