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CS22 in the Thousand Islands DMD at 6:47am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/900 Have been looking at a number of CS22s that are for sale. I live on the St Lawrence. Havn't sailed f
Catalina 34 Interior Guystapo at 6:04am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 6/1162 My interior looks good but needs a good wipe down ..what is a good product for this? Furniture polis
Pic of Hunter 23 Masthead for fitting main topping lift tim_brisbane at 8:19pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/978 Hi all! Looking at fitting a topping lift to my hunter 23. It lives at a marina a long way from my h
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 4:18pm 04.08.24 Catalina 310 10/1915 As part of spring commissioning, I want to extract 1 cup of diesel from the bottom of my tank to che
Hunter 216 to buy? AlwaysSailing at 1:59pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1133 Hi all, I joined this forum as I am considering picking up a Hunter 216. They come and go for sale
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 9:40am 04.08.24 Ask All Sailors 9/2054 I'm going to have to rebuild my windlass, the Lofrans Tigres. It apparently has a "safety feature" w
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 7:46am 04.08.24 Big Boats 12/1808 Hi, This question is re: 2004 Hunter 36 The Hunter store sells small strips of self adhesive SS to
Bilge water smells like gas (1) Bluebonnet87 at 4:09am 04.08.24 Smaller Boats 6/1433 Hi all, I'm in process of siphoning out some water in the bilge of this 26.5 i just pruchased. Im j
Refrigerator thermostat wiring (2) danm1 at 5:46pm 04.07.24 Big Boats 16/7278 I have the top loading Adler Barbour freezer and adjacent fridge on my Hunter 356. The freezer therm
Monoceros thru-hulls monocerosin at 4:59pm 04.07.24 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1726 Hello again 37c group! Got some thru-hull questions in video form qaYsRSZ3CSQ
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 3:22pm 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 85/11215 Had a minor disaster the other day; now thinking this is best approach. Please let me know what you
Disassemble Older Morse Shifter (1) Jackfmcc at 1:27pm 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 5/960 Anyone know how to disassemble this old Morse shifter? I need to relocate it to a different spot in
ghost striping / lettering residue domer94 at 10:34am 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 7/835 i removed old decals / name etc with combo of eraser wheel and heat gun. seems there is still some
Programing mppt controller NYSail at 5:08am 04.07.24 Ask All Sailors 2/412 Basic electrical question. So just bought a Victron MPPT 100/50 smartsolar controller to replace my
Do I need a grounding plate? JohnBisMe at 11:57pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 4/2131 I am a relatively new sailor (A few years with Hobie Cats), and have stepped up to a Mirage 5.5, a s
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Drinky Crow at 7:33pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 5/725 Lots of btchin' about volatile nature of the new CSC formulations tearing apart rollers anyone got*
Mast for plastic Walker Bay 10 (4) FTPartridge at 6:56pm 04.06.24 Parts Search 4/1969 As part of liquidating my late parents' estate, I sold the Walker Bay 10 (plastic model) on craigsli
Yanmar 3JH2-TBE with apparently a 4JH heat exchanger core. (3) geoffschultz at 1:47pm 04.06.24 Ask All Sailors 1/866 This is related to Yet another Yanmar overheating issue, but is slightly different. I'm at anchor i
Backup Nav Lights for $2.49 (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:53pm 04.05.24 Ask All Sailors 1/319 I spotted these battery operated nav lights the other day and ordered a set. I haven't opened the bo
Diesel Generator Slow Starting on First Attempt Georgedoyle at 3:34pm 04.05.24 Engines and Propulsion 5/850 I have a Mastervolt Whisper 8 generator With a Mitsubishi L2E engine. It usually starts slowly befor

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Keel repair LLoyd B at 10:03am 10.26.25 A bit late for a comment now because you probably already made the repair. It looks like the keel ha
Statue of limitations on DPO ? (1) rgranger at 9:29am 10.26.25 Elmers Glue Time to abandon ship...
The Sewing Machine Thread BigEasy at 9:18am 10.26.25 switching to a servo motor is a dramatic upgrade How much $ for that mod?
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Project_Mayhem at 9:15am 10.26.25 You missed my reference. Do a video search for "the front fell off Clarke and Dawe" Ahh I though
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts dlochner at 8:28am 10.26.25 Friday Joke - The Front Fell Off
The Sewing Machine Thread MikeHoncho at 8:26am 10.26.25 switching to a servo motor is a dramatic upgrade
Shaefer 1-inch traveler car Joe at 7:35am 10.26.25 Check with Minney's Yacht Surplus in Newport Beach - Costa Mesa, California. A sketch or dimensions
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Leeward Rail at 7:31am 10.26.25 Totally. It was limited to some Lagoon's. It was a funny video nonetheless You missed my reference
Keel repair Project_Mayhem at 6:42am 10.26.25 I feel welding a new hole would be quite hard for even the best welder,it is cast iron. So my idea
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts BigEasy at 6:31am 10.26.25 That assumes someone would buy a Catalina, when they can buy something else they prefer, and have i
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Project_Mayhem at 6:28am 10.26.25 That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point. Totally. It was limited to some Lagoon's. It
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts sailme88 at 3:20am 10.26.25 OYE !!! WE went with a Catalina because they were still in business. Previous boats were either out
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Leeward Rail at 9:17pm 10.25.25 No way the fronts fall off of them! :laugh: That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.
Hunter 39 Furlex Line (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:42pm 10.25.25 I'm guessing it's 5/16". Buy yourself a $5 caliper. These things are worth their weight in gold. You
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Project_Mayhem at 8:38pm 10.25.25 That assumes someone would buy a Catalina, when they can buy something else they prefer, and have i
Statue of limitations on DPO ? Project_Mayhem at 8:37pm 10.25.25 The hull to deck joint on my 1980 Tartan is the original non-leaking butyl. So guess what I used to
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Leeward Rail at 8:23pm 10.25.25 You would think that with Beneteau closing up shop in US & Hunter closing, there would be enough of
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 Wanderwind at 8:22pm 10.25.25 Thank you @shemandr - lots of good stuff in there! Great advice on cleaning the boat up. I really
Ranger 12 - rescue jssailem at 8:17pm 10.25.25 The boat my friend owned had a wooden mast and boom.
Hunter 39 Furlex Line MFD at 7:01pm 10.25.25 I would say to figure out the manufacturer and model of the furler - should be on there. then go to

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