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Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns Project_Mayhem at 11:46am 12.15.23 Ask All Sailors 20/1594 I'm looking into various methods for creating new cushions. One of them utilizes a plywood backing.
Yanmar question Froman1950 at 10:53am 12.15.23 Engines and Propulsion 22/3223 Hi, I have a Saga 43 with a Yanmar diesel. I'm a very experienced sailor but a new boat owner. Hope
New Sails AMM at 5:51am 12.15.23 Racing 0/6 I have a brand New North A2 Spin and storms sails for a Beneteau 523, price negotiable
(re) location of hot water heater john2 at 3:29am 12.15.23 Catalina 310 11/2130 Hello , i'm looking for some advice.... Our old original hwh gave up and was leaking. I bought a
Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose (1) Ken13559 at 8:21pm 12.14.23 Engines and Propulsion 27/4044 I will probably need to replace the Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose for my boat. Now I don't remember
How's my hull? (2) Not Too Shabby at 6:19pm 12.14.23 Catalina 22 5/1199 I have read various threads about the integrity of other members' hulls regarding oil canning, rotte
Opinions? Navigation Laptops! rgranger at 7:09am 12.14.23 Ask All Sailors 16/3660
Steering wheel on my Catalina 320 is too big? Ted10028 at 6:01pm 12.13.23 Ask All Sailors 20/2272 It is almost impossible to get from behind the wheel into cockpit without stepping up on the seats.
Aft Storage Locker, Lazarette, Lid Support jsmac at 1:43pm 12.12.23 Parts Search 6/1007 Hello, I have a 1998 Hunter 410 and the chart table has a lid with a flexible holder when I open it.
Cabintop traveler relocation on an O'day 26 artleyt115 at 6:24am 12.12.23 Ask An Oday Owner 0/537 Hi everyone! my friend and I had an opportunity to purchase a Harken cabintop traveler kit for a ver
H36 "Bulkhead" separation? (4) chichiflys at 5:10am 12.12.23 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1431 During the process of rebuilding the base of our compression post last year, I took notice of the ou
Re-installing the shaft coupling Straycat22296 at 4:17pm 12.11.23 Ask All Sailors 34/4994 What is the consensus on applying some kind of anti-freeze on the propeller shaft prior to reinstall
Swim platform question (1) ian260 at 1:23pm 12.11.23 Ask All Sailors 20/2902 Has anyone ever seen or heard of a swim platform with an outboard mounted to it? I know its common o
Furano connection charliec30 at 9:52am 12.11.23 Catalina 30 1/678 Hi all trying to have my mast pulled for service on 92 CAtalina 30. Yard cant find the connection to
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 8:30am 12.11.23 Engines and Propulsion 6/994 I have a Volvo Penta D1-30F engine in my 12 year old Bavaria 34. I have just taken the original Volv
Jeanneau SO 42 DS Lee Hadjiosif at 7:27am 12.11.23 Ask All Sailors 0/305 To SO 42DS owners. I dismantled the cabinets inside the aft port lazarette in order to get to the GP
Fall Sailing trip-October 2023 ShotgunSlim at 4:23am 12.11.23 Catalina 22 1/545 For your enjoyment: YBo1zmrZJUA
Compass deviation Viktor Eysselein at 5:36pm 12.10.23 Big Boats 0/13 I installed a Ritchie compass on my Hunter45CC sailboat. It has a 10 degree deviation. Turning the s
Compass deviation Viktor Eysselein at 5:30pm 12.10.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2002 I installed a new Ritchie compass on my Hunter 45CC boat. It has a 10 degree deviation. How can you
Monoceros cabin sole (2) monocerosin at 3:03pm 12.10.23 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1038 221885221886

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Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter (3) Intrepid-II at 6:17am 06.22.25 The #1 keel bolt, starting #s at the bow, had the copper grounding wire wrapped around the keel bolt
Anchor roller fred1diver at 6:12am 06.22.25
Diesel Fuel Additives... Necessary? CYQK at 6:10am 06.22.25 Power Services 1)Cetane Booster 2) Biocide Pay attention to the ratios recomended to add ,good f
Which is any are the diesel tank vent - 2004 Hunter 41 Don S/V ILLusion at 5:24am 06.22.25
Calculated Wind Speed Way Too High Foswick at 8:55pm 06.21.25 Well, we sailed or motored another 50 NM or so over the past few days, and the phenomenon never recu
Looking for inspection checklist for a Water Ballast C250 Stu Jackson at 5:14pm 06.21.25 https://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=4
Fuel sender and gauge info Stu Jackson at 5:13pm 06.21.25 I read it as "full'ish, half'ish and I need to fuel up" Good points based on even purely rectangul
Adding roller furling. dLj at 5:02pm 06.21.25 My boat has two fore sails, the genoa and the staysail. Both furlers run clockwise to furl. The stay
Adding roller furling. Joe at 4:59pm 06.21.25 The question and solution are similar to your preference in how you like your bathroom tissue mount
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter heritage at 4:57pm 06.21.25 No problems at all after 5 years. The nuts have stayed tight and there has never been any water ent
New outhaul line, Catalina 320 Calif. Ted at 4:07pm 06.21.25 I did this a couple years ago because the moving block had disintegrated. I was pleasantly surprised
Adding roller furling. Calif. Ted at 3:57pm 06.21.25 Doesn't matter in a mechanical sense, you simply furl the sail and load the line on the drum in the
New to the forum BigEasy at 3:53pm 06.21.25 Nice boat. Appears to be in great shape; well maintained!
Musing on DC Electrical Changes dLj at 3:46pm 06.21.25 Get some Boeshield T9 - it is excellent to help clean up electrical connectors and keep them in good
Recommendations for outhaul/inhaul lines? Calif. Ted at 3:27pm 06.21.25 Your use of the terms outhaul/inhaul sounds like an in mast furling sail.
Adding roller furling. BigEasy at 3:26pm 06.21.25
Weight of Hunter 23.5 trailer plus boat i.e. including boat, mast, furling jib, single axle trailer and 5HP motor Westerly at 2:48pm 06.21.25 I'll check out my trailer nameplate when I'm up at our cottage. Thanks for your posts.
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter Intrepid-II at 2:45pm 06.21.25 This was my diy fix a few years ago. Hunter 27_75-84 Owner Modifications and Upgrades I am going
Musing on DC Electrical Changes colemj at 2:39pm 06.21.25 100A seems way too high of a top load for your DC distribution panel. We've got tons more that that
Weight of Hunter 23.5 trailer plus boat i.e. including boat, mast, furling jib, single axle trailer and 5HP motor Rick Webb at 2:36pm 06.21.25 I got 630 using the axle weight rating. 630# seams light 530# seen ridiculously light. There were tw

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