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forestay length and ballast tank mod on 26M fortunare at 12:41pm 02.21.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/905 I'm looking for a used genoa for my 26M. It has a new furling jib but thought a genoa might be nice
Supporting O'Day 23 for painting ClintonLakeSailor at 12:13pm 02.21.16 Day Sailers 3/1817 Hi all, I have a 23 O'Day and I want to paint the bottom. I plan on parking it in the driveway and w
Seaward Chainplate Leak Repair Jolly Seaward at 11:49am 02.21.16 Trailer Sailors 25/4058 Hello . . .new to the forum. Looking for anyone who has repaired their Seaward 25 chain plates . .l
H306 Aft Cabin Leakage Bedouin at 8:30am 02.21.16 Mid-Size Boats 4/952 Good morning! So, while checking on Bedouin while she's on the hard I noticed some leakage in the a
Seaward Slipper 17 pre-purchase ?? Donovan at 7:45am 02.21.16 Day Sailers 2/2981 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 12/2071 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 2/1735 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 9/1513 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 4/16724 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 14/2444 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 7/1169 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 135/14787 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 16/2274 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

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Hunter 376 arch modification Velella at 11:52am 02.02.24 Thanks John. Hopefully someone has done it and can provide some advice.
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. wpatch at 11:39am 02.02.24 This is good stuff. Really appreciate the help and input. That document was clearer to me than other
Catalina 30 - Replacing Heat Exchanger Zinc (issues with too much water after closing thru-hull). ChrisVR1994 at 11:22am 02.02.24 There should be two seperate devises that stop the flow of sea water. Your thru-hull valve should
Adding a solent sail or staysail to a B&R rig Peter Preusch at 11:02am 02.02.24
stalling engine Ralph Johnstone at 10:57am 02.02.24 Remove your fuel tank fill cap and try starting to see if the fuel tank vent is clear. Don't forge
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. BarryL at 10:43am 02.02.24 Hey, Regarding autopilots and chartplotters, I would select the chart plotter I like best and I wou
stalling engine cloydmilton at 10:08am 02.02.24 Thank you for help . I'll give these suggestions a go. Keeping my fingerss crossed
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. dkinzer at 8:36am 02.02.24 NMEA 2000 is based on Canbus, the same networking in your car. And, SeaTalkNG is just NMEA 2000 wi
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. dlochner at 8:14am 02.02.24 Thanks again for your help, some background I am in IT, understand complex networking NMEA 2000 i
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. wpatch at 8:08am 02.02.24 That's a huge help:-) EV-100 is the wheel based auto-pilot. I agree its a bit light for her size. I
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. dlochner at 7:50am 02.02.24 It is unlikely, I think, that the B&G chart plotter will be able to control the EV-100 autopilot. O
320 dink agrunsky at 7:42am 02.02.24 Thank you
NMEA 2000-Help/Guidance where to start. wpatch at 6:04am 02.02.24 Got it..that makes sense. What I think I was missing was the need for step/down converters to get it
The Show Must Go On Scott B at 5:00am 02.02.24 I also went to the Toronto Show. Always look forward to it as a mid-way break between haul-out and
stalling engine kappykaplan at 4:44am 02.02.24 process Groundhog Days... I see what you did there! :beer:
stalling engine sailme88 at 4:32am 02.02.24 Check your tank vent. Mud wasps love to build in them. With our venting, the tank develops a vacuum
stalling engine Davidasailor26 at 3:24am 02.02.24 Could be a leak in a fuel hose allowing air into the lines. Inspect all the hoses for cuts or tears.
New Trolling Motor Project_Mayhem at 9:11pm 02.01.24 I had a 36lbs on my Starwind 19. It pushed much better than expected. I broke one blade off of it at
Mainsail Fidgit at 7:11pm 02.01.24 Ino lofts near me in Central WI. But I bought from Precision Sails a couple years back for my O'Day
Spray foam in bilge. Any idea why?? (1) Fidgit at 6:53pm 02.01.24 Looks like my photo didn't load. Here ya go:

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