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Ladder for newer Hunters Don Lucas at 3:26pm 04.03.16 Big Boats 10/2098 Anyone know of a good stow-able side boarding ladder for the newer Hunters (the one's with the outwa
Thoughts on solar powered wireless wind speed/direction units? kito at 1:32pm 04.03.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1127 Since my mast is down, I am toying with the idea of installing a wind speed/direction unit. I seen t
prpo shaft chuck stas at 1:24pm 04.03.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/673 Help I was trying to remove the prop on my 1983 30' oday and the shaft broke off at the prop. thre
Tensioning stays on daysailer II borovans at 12:46pm 04.03.16 Day Sailers 2/3026 Hi there, I'm getting close to first test sail after fixing up a '74 daysailer 2, making the final a
Fuel level sender: what material for gasket? philwsailz at 12:23pm 04.03.16 Ask All Sailors 6/3066 I am going to crack open my gas tank and suck out the 5+ year-old fuel in the next day or so. I wan
RW intake hose? druid at 9:17am 04.03.16 Engines and Propulsion 7/1504 What kind of hose is the "official" one for the RW intake? I've asked several stores, and they seem
1990 35.5 Genoa size shawanaga at 8:56am 04.03.16 Big Boats 8/1167 I just purchased a new head sail from North and it is a 145% they recommended this but I have heard
Boarding Step (3) Terry Cox at 8:07am 04.03.16 Ask All Sailors 21/8681 I made a boarding step for our boat out of inch and a half white PVC several years ago so that the a
Correct way to hook up Waste tank Hunter 31 1984? captain john24377 at 7:50am 04.03.16 Mid-Size Boats 14/2752 I have 1984 Hunter 31 - it has a factory installed waste holding tank. The boat has been sitting
Mast spreaders missing? mainepod at 6:42am 04.03.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/4135 I'm considering buying a well-usedVenture 21 (supposedly 1990) and the mast does not have spreaders,
Rope and rigging measuring gauge chrisings at 6:08am 04.03.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1293 Hi folks, Years ago, like 25 or more, I purchased a handy little item from Davis Instruments at a bo
Mast Tang bolts Ken13559 at 4:01am 04.03.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1614 In the course of running new earth cables to replace corroded ones, I discovered one of two my starb
SAE90 gear oil Ken13559 at 3:53am 04.03.16 Ask All Sailors 7/838 My Suzuki DF2.5S obm calls for SAE90 gear oil, however I can only find Castrol Manual 80W90 gear oil
Is This Overkill (2) Greengas at 7:22pm 04.02.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2231 Here are two photos of the anchor that came with my Mac 25. It is clearly a Danforth. But I can't
Stop thinking ... Start doing (4) pclarksurf at 7:10pm 04.02.16 Catalina 22 15/1821 you can second guess it all day long-- best way to finish is to start already: turns out my "patch"
Forward Hatch Cainsoccer at 5:41pm 04.02.16 Catalina 22 1/568 Wish I could lock and unlock from the outside while on deck. Has anybody tackled this issue, or is i
Rinsing CDI furler tclC-18 at 5:37pm 04.02.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1095 I have bought a boat with a CDI FF1 jib roller-furler, and I understand that no maintenace of the fu
Drop Keel Robert Pimentel at 3:01pm 04.02.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1425 I have a 85 25' Mac and we were planning on going fishing on a shallow lake for a week and planning
86 Hunter 31 Spinnaker Install Dfisher at 2:11pm 04.02.16 Mid-Size Boats 14/3214 I went up the mast to install a spinnaker halyard today and was unsuccessful. I'm having trouble ge
Bobstay on TR (1) ChangsinLattitudes at 12:17pm 04.02.16 Catalina 30 5/1592 Anyone have this issue before? See picture. Wondering what to do. Thinking of just tightening the b

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Getting into Boat Chartering Michael Davis at 7:51am 02.08.24 Why not take the coarse in Toronto and do the practical on your own boat? I did mine in Comox B.C. a
My, how time flies! kappykaplan at 7:41am 02.08.24 Welcome back! :beer:
Hunter misleading weights Crazy Dave Condon at 7:00am 02.08.24 @rgranger and @Crusty Ol Salt You two sailors can swab the poop deck
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 fuel gauge not working elink at 4:52am 02.08.24 Mine didn't have a floating arm. It appeared to be the type with a float on a shaft, however the flo
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 4:19am 02.08.24 Ordered 2"x4" Buck Alongquin gland shaft hose, now just discovered on this site stated that our 1" s
WATCHING PAINT DRY! (1) twodzusfittings at 7:56pm 02.07.24 Thanks everyone for the compliments. Still not finished, so let's hold the applause. (Ha Ha) @Richa
Dangerous URLs? Dave at 6:59pm 02.07.24 It's been fixed. An oversight on some of the backend upgrades. Thread closed.
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 fuel gauge not working dlochner at 6:47pm 02.07.24 The gauge is probably OK. The senders, especially the senders that have a floating arm are known to
Dangerous URLs? Dave at 6:32pm 02.07.24 What @Davidasailor26 said. There have been some upgrades going on in the background that probably c
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help marcham at 5:24pm 02.07.24 Thanks for coming back and closing the loop. Happy anchoring! :)
Dangerous URLs? Davidasailor26 at 4:49pm 02.07.24
Dangerous URLs? kappykaplan at 4:49pm 02.07.24 Chrome is telling me that the SBO certificate is invalid. "This server could not prove that it is f
Dangerous URLs? Hello Below at 4:45pm 02.07.24 +1
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 - Sail drive seal replacement dlochner at 2:43pm 02.07.24 Good choice. If the seal fails, the boat sinks.
2009 Bavaria Vision 40 - Sail drive seal replacement elink at 2:39pm 02.07.24 Well in the end, I wound up having the seal replaced. Requires removal of the engine. No small task.
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help Mike H. at 1:48pm 02.07.24 I ran the engine, found the windlass breaker and switched it on and turned the regular circuit break
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. (1) BarryL at 12:32pm 02.07.24 Hello, My plotter is a B&G Zeus 3S. It supports forward scan, but those transducers are big $. Inst
Where to find hull number H49 rgranger at 12:26pm 02.07.24 Does the H49 2009 has the hull # written or engraved in the hull? All commercial boats made after
WATCHING PAINT DRY! Richard19068 at 12:26pm 02.07.24 That looks great. Did you sand off the old nonskid or just fill it in? What color Brite side are you
Black Butyl tape? rgranger at 12:24pm 02.07.24 I purchased a dark grey roll from @mainsail years ago. That would probably look better than white.

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