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Hunter 28.5 Head & Quarterberth Hatch Replacement AND Side Saloon Windows SteveMontgomery at 12:12pm 03.18.16 Mid-Size Boats 8/3645 I need to replace 3 of the "Grey Enterprises" plastic hatches on my 1985 Hunter 285. I'd like to rep
Shallow water (Intracostal Waterway at Titusville, FL) polarbrer at 10:00am 03.18.16 Catalina 22 10/1231 I think I had posted this in the wrong forum first. ( I hope I don't get in trouble). I plan to keep
Interested in buying a 322 Mike Madeira Beach at 9:20am 03.18.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/801 Any advice from current or past owners on what to look for in these boats would be greatly appreciat
How to fasten something to inside of hull Greengas at 8:49am 03.18.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1122 One of the strips of wood that goes along the side of the galley that has the snaps on it that hold
Best way to refinish teak ? C22BC at 8:47am 03.18.16 Catalina 22 19/6183 Time to redo my teak bright work for the first time. A couple questions from the collective knowled
Venture rebuild set up ideals? (2) sailnewbie at 8:34am 03.18.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/510 120760 120761 120760 120761
The Alachua FL facility (1) onremlop at 8:32am 03.18.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/58 I drove by the Marlow Hunter facility last night and it was shut down. Most everything is gone and o
Hunter 45cc Sweet Liberty at 7:42am 03.18.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/563 need to replace the nonslip tan wood grain steps to cockpit, any suggestions to where I might find t
Galley faucet Beneteau 473 replacement cartridge Eric3626 at 7:22am 03.18.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1343 Does anyone know what model or manufacturer is for the Galley Faucet on a Beneteau 473 model yea 20
Higher and faster! Sandy Stone at 6:57am 03.18.16 Ask All Sailors 5/737 First race last Wednesday night with new sails. What a difference! The old boat has new life.
Fiberglass Feels Chalky Greengas at 6:51am 03.18.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/765 So, I'm cleaning my boat cockpit using Simple Green and the cloth I'm using is getting real white re
Wilcox Crittenden Marine toilet (1) Cleve S at 6:13am 03.18.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3024 I have taken out my WC marine toilet and would like to sell it if anyone is interested. It is a sen
Sailing the Intracostal Waterway (Indian River, Titusville, FL) polarbrer at 8:15pm 03.17.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1064 Next winter I'm hoping to keep my Catalina 22 in a slip in Titusville and sail on the Indian River t
Bulkhead Compass Doug J at 7:36pm 03.17.16 Ask All Sailors 23/4265 I just bought a new Plastimo Contest 101 compass. Can someone tell me how far away from electrical
H31 Mainsail-Boom Questions Capt-Jack at 5:58pm 03.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1076 I have a 1985 H31 that has a number of hardware/gadgets/lines on the boom that are apparently associ
New PEARSON 28-2 SAILBOAT OWNERS group in facebook Canonshooternb at 5:34pm 03.17.16 Pearson 0/1490 There has been a new PEARSON 28-2 SAILBOAT OWNERS group created on Facebook for those that would lik
Update - Resurface the Rudder - Update (6) Greengas at 4:37pm 03.17.16 Ask All Sailors 14/1966 120751 120748 120750 120750 Hi I own a Mac25 and I believe the bottom portion of the kick up rudder
Repairing cracks in deck Bigdaddy at 2:36pm 03.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/730 I have a JY 14 (= Hunter 140) and it gets hairline cracks in the deck and cockpit. It's the Luran/ A
Somebody know what make and model is this boat (2) rickyvv at 2:19pm 03.17.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1677 120745 120746
Who's got a Spinnaker? willsnow at 1:58pm 03.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/648 I'm planning on roller furling soon, with just a 100% (maybe 110%) furling headsail for most days -

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Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? JoeWhite at 2:39pm 11.16.23 Yes you can as long as you have a grounding point on the instrument panel.
Remove Prop fstbttms at 2:29pm 11.16.23 bup: I do have a Martec folding prop that I may try... If you do, do NOT install it without using
Remove Prop (1) SirMichael at 2:25pm 11.16.23 I finally got my prop off. I went up there with a mapp gas torch and got the prop up to 250 degrees
Teak Inlays Syversens at 2:21pm 11.16.23 We did that on our previous Bene, a 361 in fact. This was 10 years ago but we found it in parts, ord
Whisker Pole RussellBeckner at 1:29pm 11.16.23 I appreciate the replies herein as I had the same question and the input is very applicable. Great t
1987 Hunter 28.5 Project Update (2) RussellBeckner at 1:11pm 11.16.23 @Simon Sexton. We have an 86' H28.5 and have been thinking to add AC. Would you know the model and B
Suddenly needing some brake work Rick Webb at 12:53pm 11.16.23 . A little past time on that one
Suddenly needing some brake work (1) Gene Neill at 11:16am 11.16.23 .
Suddenly needing some brake work (1) Gene Neill at 11:14am 11.16.23 Couple more pics for your enjoyment.
Convert partial battens to full battens Sailor Sue at 10:55am 11.16.23 I also should have mentioned, our full battened main always looks nice, even when it's not properly
Hunter 290 bimini (1) jdrutten at 9:21am 11.16.23 Attachments? Not exactly sure what you mean, but there are diagrams of the arch at least in the 290
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 rgranger at 8:44am 11.16.23 ...replacing one of the 3 clutch units with a 4 clutch setup. I did that on my H26 (well actually
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Ralph Johnstone at 8:40am 11.16.23 Sorry, but I always get a little skeptical when I see specific statements like those of RichH's but
Convert partial battens to full battens shemandr at 8:29am 11.16.23 Regarding the Tides Song Track, I sailed a season of Wed PM and weekend races on a J 34C with the sy
C25 jib downhaul routing Stu Jackson at 8:19am 11.16.23 Joe's right in both posts. :) I never "threaded" my downhaul, always used the second hank down fro
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 George Braun at 7:36am 11.16.23 Just wanted to thank everyone for a really useful set of posts! I was wondering about access to th
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 7:28am 11.16.23 One of the promises of Firefly batteries was the ability to be left in a partial state of charge for
Adding a pod the Helm (1) Teamspirit uk at 7:14am 11.16.23 I have fixed different pods to my 326 over the years I am based in UK so not sure if the are availab
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:53am 11.16.23 My mainsail has two full battens on top. The bottom two are partial. So the outhaul has purpose i
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 6:52am 11.16.23 Here's something else you might want to consider.... We just ordered a new mainsail for our J/32.

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