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Seaward Slipper 17 pre-purchase ?? Donovan at 7:45am 02.21.16 Day Sailers 2/2980 Looking at a first boat. It is a 1984 Slipper 17 with shallow fin keel. Boat seems to show well. Min
Need to find this fuse...lost it so don't know type... (1) Boatman1710 at 5:38am 02.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2068 I have a 1989 Hunter 34'. There is a 120 VAC Load Center control panel just above the chart table on
Replace fixed salon portlights with ones that open. daviddiscenza at 4:56am 02.21.16 Newport 2/1734 Hello. I purchased a 1985 33' Newport late last year. She's in great shape but I'd like to make some
Celestial Navigation, part2: Sextant Apex at 4:44am 02.21.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1512 Based on the previous thread, I wonder about the various sextants out there. Besides the Plastic Da
Let's plan a 2016 Spring Rendezvous on Lake Murray Lew Love at 4:18am 02.21.16 Lake Murray Catalina Owners 4/16719 calling all Catalina boat owners on Lake Murray, send me an email letting me know you wish to partic
Lancer 25 and the Newbie TimorTom at 12:37am 02.21.16 Lancer 1/4063 Newbie Looking at the L25 and having trouble finding non-confusing information. Some sources lump al
Any other hull cleaners? Justin_NSA at 7:51pm 02.20.16 Ask All Sailors 14/2443 I've tried Star brite Instant Hull Cleaner on the brown stains between the bottom paint and boot str
NuTeak knotoldyet at 4:41pm 02.20.16 Ask All Sailors 3/921 Does anyone have recent experience with purchasing NuTeak interior flooring? I did the best research
Keel Cable Swage/ Ferule keeps breaking suvh8er at 1:45pm 02.20.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2102 Hello everyone its been a minute since I've posted but I have been having all kinds of fun repairing
3M Marine Premium Mold and Tooling Compound prowler at 1:12pm 02.20.16 Ask All Sailors 1/453 Does anybody have any experience in compounding a fiberglass boat with 3M Mold and Tooling Compound
Gear Ads Search Function Ed Caldwell at 1:01pm 02.20.16 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/647 I'm logged in and on this page: http://hunter.sailboatowners.com/gear/gear.php I see a search butto
GPS n FishFinder / RAM Mount (7) Doug J at 11:09am 02.20.16 Smaller Boats 7/1168 I installed my Garmin GPS and Fishfinder using a RAM Mount, I saved from my last boat. This kind o
H26 Lack of Conduit (4) Doug J at 9:49am 02.20.16 Smaller Boats 2/587 I'm hoping by me posting some of my projects as I go along will help others who recently acquired an
What to Look for in (Almost) First Sailboat (Used) goofeyfoot at 9:33am 02.20.16 Ask All Sailors 135/14785 Hello all. I'm not sure whether this is the correct forum, but I am trying to get into a used sailb
H26 Stereo Installation (3) Doug J at 9:09am 02.20.16 Smaller Boats 16/2273 I replaced the old stereo that came with my recently acquired 94' H26. Before installing it I cons
Where is the wiring (2) Jacktar at 7:14am 02.20.16 Catalina 22 5/884 Finally got up courage to drill down through cabin top on the Cat 22 (1983) to find the original wir
O'Day 37 Center Cockpit GaryZ at 5:08am 02.20.16 Bigger Boats 1/1027 Hello All, I am heading to Huron, OH to look at an O'Day 37 Center Cockpit boat. Is there anything
New at the beach (1) All U Get at 1:40am 02.20.16 Ask All Sailors 11/951 Guess who was in the chair next to me?
What a night. Windtherapy at 6:37pm 02.19.16 Ask All Sailors 1/431 Came home from going out to dinner. Super high winds here all day. No power upon getting home. Tree
Water Spout Track.. (2) JamesG161 at 6:18pm 02.19.16 Ask All Sailors 2/1436 In October 2015, a water spout ripped through the marsh for about 4 miles and ended about 70' from

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Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help JoeWhite at 2:15pm 02.01.24 It would help if the engine is running, since it will increase the voltage and reduce the current wh
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help (1) dkinzer at 1:56pm 02.01.24 Rebuilt kits with bearings are available. The rebuild kit for the Sprint Atlantic windlass is avai
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. dkinzer at 1:40pm 02.01.24 What interface do they speed and depth transducers have? SeaTalk1 perhaps? Raymarine sells a SeaTalk
Simpson Lawrence Windlass Help flightlead404 at 1:26pm 02.01.24 I doubt the engine needs to be running to run the windlass, at least, assuming the start battery has
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! flightlead404 at 1:21pm 02.01.24 we drank all the beer--No change. That's what you get with light beer....
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). ChrisVR1994 at 1:15pm 02.01.24 There's a lot of water in that system, don't be surprised. Look at how long the hose run is from t
Strange phenomena seen while boating? capta at 1:14pm 02.01.24 On our last sail south to the Caribbean from Bermuda, I was looking at a star in the NE sky when it
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). Stu Jackson at 1:02pm 02.01.24 There's a lot of water in that system, don't be surprised. Look at how long the hose run is from th
WATCHING PAINT DRY! dlochner at 12:54pm 02.01.24 Before painting the whole hatch, try painting just a few square inches. If it still doesn't cure, yo
320 dink (1) sesmith at 12:49pm 02.01.24 I don't like storing anything on the foredeck of our Catalina 350 as it gets in the way of the v-bir
WATCHING PAINT DRY! twodzusfittings at 12:00pm 02.01.24 Huh! Where there's a will there's a way. Opened up the workshop back door, pulled my work table to t
The Show Must Go On (2) DArcy at 11:22am 02.01.24 I went to the Toronto boat show last weekend. There were two sailboat manufacturers represented It w
The Show Must Go On Drinky Crow at 11:05am 02.01.24 Nah. I can get boat show pricing online avoid the crowds and save the $17 ticky price. In the water
WATCHING PAINT DRY! twodzusfittings at 11:02am 02.01.24 Thanks Dave. Great education. I agree with your assessment that it is not a heat/temp issue. The ami
The Show Must Go On Tally Ho at 10:46am 02.01.24
The Show Must Go On Project_Mayhem at 10:05am 02.01.24 I used to attend the Chicago boat show when they had sailboats. Now I think that they have power b
Strange phenomena seen while boating? Roadking Larry at 10:02am 02.01.24 Coming out of Mare Island shipyard on a nuke submarine in 1983 we got to spend a rough night on the
Remote oil filter for M25XP Alan Gomes at 9:20am 02.01.24 I have the M12 engine with a horizontal filter. I save old pink antifreeze jugs (1 gallon) and cut
Thinking of buying a Hunter 460 or 466 jacques lacroix at 9:03am 02.01.24 Great, I took a look, thanks for the help
WATCHING PAINT DRY! dlochner at 7:52am 02.01.24 Perhaps too much or too little catalyst? Epoxy does not use catalyst. Polyester and Vinylester do

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