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Main Sheet Blocks for Cruising H37C JHoward at 3:13pm 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/636 My old Witchard blocks are too broken to use, I need new or slightly used ones for my main sail, 6:1
Lifeline wire size question Chris & Lenore at 2:44pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/4326 It's time to replace our aging lifelines. We have decided to use coated wire instead of the other op
Hose to Exhaust Elbow coming off rfrye1 at 1:37pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/910 Hey Y'all, Out of the blue, the raw water hose into the Exhaust Elbow has pooped off twice, at 2500R
Old CDI furler Derbie at 1:17pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 3/628 I have what is probably a 30-year-old CDI furler, which is in good shape, except for a missing piece
NavionicsHD mrudman850 at 12:44pm 06.28.16 Catalina 22 3/682 Hi My depth finder is history, thought I saw somewhere that one of the Navionics apps provides real
Hunter 23.5 - Need a mast pin and boom vang strap GGordonWoody at 12:27pm 06.28.16 Smaller Boats 24/3830 Hello everyone. We just bought a beautiful, gently used 1996 Hunter 23.5. She's "The Great Escape"
Raw Water Strainer on H34 (2) SabreToothedEngineer at 11:30am 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/1439 The raw water strainer on my Hunter 34 needs a new gasket for the top cover. It's a special thin pla
Need help trouble shooting and identifying my roller furler (3) SV My Luv Too at 11:22am 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/834 125236 125238 125237 Does any one know what style of brand roller furler this is ? I have looked a
Riding a mooring (2) ifmdalvey at 10:33am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 11/949 Last weekend i took a run up the lovely 12 mile Kennebec river to the city of Bath in Maine. Some ni
Trailer support for O'day Gannet (2) meg2323 at 9:40am 06.28.16 Day Sailers 2/1072 My Gannet is sitting on an old bunk trailer ( 2 runners). Since the bottom of the boat does not have
Mounted recylced Raymarine C80 MFD in a used Navpod. (10) pateco at 9:05am 06.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/1893 My boss gave me his old Raymarine C80 multi-function display along with a DSM300 depthsounder and tr
36e Spinnaker Halyard install - Leader line is coming out of the mast foot? hoffmad at 8:59am 06.28.16 Big Boats 7/1113 Finally broke down and bought the hardware for the new asy spinnaker. Now I have the halyard in han
Burned out LED bulb on new bulkhead compass CloudDiver at 8:29am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2186 I've been slowly working on installing a Plastimo Mini Contest bulkhead compass on my C-22. It was
Fail Safe Installation of a DYI Galvanic Isolator? dreuge at 8:25am 06.28.16 Musings With Maine Sail 6/1950 Dear Maine Sail, I have read many discussion regarding the need, use, and installation of galvan
Wing keel woes. (5) C22-Daydreamer at 7:59am 06.28.16 Catalina 22 50/6590 Okay, fellow sailors and wing keel experts. Finally took a look at my wing keel. I don't know if I'm
Window Frames Chevy1217 at 7:59am 06.28.16 Parts Search 1/630 Does anyone know where a Sailor might be able to get window frame material. That would hold 1/4 in a
How fast is your H26/260? rgranger at 7:51am 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/2242 Hey All Just got back yesterday from a sailing trip in the Neuse River (Pamlico Sound). This was my
Peggy- What do you know about Un-chloric? Rich Stidger at 7:49am 06.28.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2741 I just saw this product within the last month or two and I am wondering if it really works to dissol
Expanded water aft water tank on a 473? Paul Williams at 7:20am 06.28.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/708 We filled the aft water tank last week and it seems to have expanded upwards, making the floor panel
Changing the Belt on the M25XPB DaveJ at 4:40am 06.28.16 Catalina 310 20/3148 Tried to change the belt on my engine and was unsuccessful. Shouldn't be hard....what am I doing wro

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Small Wood sailboat dLj at 9:18pm 04.09.24 If you are "restoring" it, paint it. If you are "fixing up" to your liking - your choice. Nice loo
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:14pm 04.09.24 The material is white Sunbrella. Front hatchlight, side portlights, and recently added opening hatc
Dufour 500 GL dLj at 9:13pm 04.09.24 Where and how will you be sailing? All of them except the Beneteau 49 have deeper draft than I'd w
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 9:06pm 04.09.24 Excellent point! Yes, the timing shims are important. I pulled mine off carefully and originally
Replace just acrylic on bow deck hatch? BAD ORCA at 8:38pm 04.09.24 Try and get the old piece of acylic out without breaking it into smaller pieces. Bring it to a loca
Pacific NW Weather (2) Screen Saver at 7:16pm 04.09.24
2005 Catalina C36 MK2 - Shaft and Strut parts Info Steve_Catalina at 7:12pm 04.09.24 Sorry, I had a c34. If you haven't yet checked try also c36ia.com good luck
Starting Engine on pallet (1) TimFromLI at 7:11pm 04.09.24 If you want to start the engine without the alternator try using a "link belt" temporarily. I used o
Lewmar winch #40 Scott T-Bird at 5:47pm 04.09.24 It is frustrating that there is absolutely nothing in their product descriptions that even gives you
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon George Braun at 5:13pm 04.09.24 any canvasmaker should be able to fit new for you
Dodger mold stain (1) JoeWhite at 4:57pm 04.09.24 224058 This is what I used from west marine. $24.00. I washed , scrubbed with soft brush and rinse
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon JamesG161 at 4:40pm 04.09.24 Check your PM's Jim...
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon JamesG161 at 4:20pm 04.09.24 Does anyone know I do and I can have it made for you. You should have my phone number. Jim...
Dodger mold stain Clydo at 3:34pm 04.09.24 Clyde, the Sunbrella site has the answer. Thanks Stu. They give good directions. Will give it a
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Hayden Watson at 1:59pm 04.09.24 Our 2004 Hunter 36 had a Nova Cool R3800 which died a couple of years ago. We replaced it with an
Replace just acrylic on bow deck hatch? dlochner at 1:21pm 04.09.24 The acrylic can be replaced. Contact Bomar they may have on precut and drilled. Or you can go to a l
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement AndyL at 1:02pm 04.09.24 Our 2004 Hunter 36 had a Nova Cool R3800 which died a couple of years ago. We replaced it with an i
3GM30F Service Issue NCBrew at 12:58pm 04.09.24 I recently had my engine serviced to see if the source of mild but persistent light bluish white sm
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 12:45pm 04.09.24 I assume there are set screws, do they penetrate the stanchion and are they threaded? Here is a lin
CS22 in the Thousand Islands dlochner at 12:39pm 04.09.24 Perhaps the most important thing to remember on the St Lawrence is the gross tonnage rule. ;) As

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