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Boat Cover & Boom Cover Pattern wanted shelleye at 6:34pm 09.23.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2152 Hi, I am in Australia and loving my McGregor 26S trailer sailer. We have been leaving it on a dry d
Barient Model 24-45 winches RBilly at 6:10pm 09.23.15 Bigger Boats 8/4534 I have an '83 O'day 28 with Barient Model 24-45 winches. Am looking for service manuals/ info to rem
Compartment purpose? SCMermaid at 5:54pm 09.23.15 Smaller Boats 6/1052 What is the unusually shaped compartment in bow area of Hunter 260 for? Cannot determine its purpos
One more thing... (3) C22BC at 5:19pm 09.23.15 Catalina 22 6/746 I have to redo my wood work this winter , I guess the best method is to remove it all instead of tr
Custom or factory option... (3) C22BC at 4:46pm 09.23.15 Catalina 22 22/2589 Any ideas ?
P34-2 Rudder Post Play? colderwater at 1:49pm 09.23.15 Pearson 0/705 I just had a survey done on a '90 P34-2, which turned up more movement in the rudder than seems norm
83-87 Hunter 31 Owners gr8_2_av8 at 1:06pm 09.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/4171 Hello all I am planning to do some deck hardware upgrades this winter. I mostly cruise but have
AC circuit breaker fgraham at 12:53pm 09.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1356 I have a 1983 catalina 27. Anyone know where the main ac circuit breaker is? Thanks
The soles may be next SFS at 12:25pm 09.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1105 Questions about H31 soles Ok, so I should get the boat back next week (new strut, shaft, bottom job
Water heater danners at 11:51am 09.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/792 Any words of wisdom in removing an old water heater from a hunter 30? It's located between the En
Sheet Storage on ulkhead shanker at 11:48am 09.23.15 Smaller Boats 7/825 On the bulkhead of hy 260, the PO had installed a sheet/rope bag on each side of the companionway. I
Survey results and misc. questions marchem at 10:54am 09.23.15 Catalina 310 6/1408 Slowly moving closer to owning a 310. Did the survey yesterday. Only surprise was that the steerin
Attaching T-Track to teak toe rail oldlaxer1 at 10:14am 09.23.15 Ask All Sailors 12/3616 I'd like to add midship cleats on my Tartan 30 but don't want to put in on the deck due to trip haz
Anchor roller on a Hunter 34 too narrow markwbird at 10:09am 09.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2126 So, all you Hunter 34 owners out there know exactly what I'm talking about. The anchor roller is to
Stepping the mast on a Mac 19 Chris Hansel at 9:46am 09.23.15 Lancer 1/1335 Hi, I'm looking at several boats to replace my 26S. One of the considerations, as I'm up in age, is
2015 In-Review braol at 8:39am 09.23.15 The Cherubini Hunters 0/600 Well, what a long, slow, interesting trip 2015 has been! As some of you may know, my boat was on th
swing keel solitudesdream at 8:36am 09.23.15 Smaller Boats 4/2003 I have just acquired a Hunter 20. I need to replace the cable or rope for the swing keel. How to I s
C310s in Huntington Harbor (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:03am 09.23.15 Catalina 310 20/3268 We were in Lloyd's Harbor on Long Island the other day. We took a dinghy ride into Huntington Harbo
Do This V. How To Do This... Jtcf78911 at 7:15am 09.23.15 Bigger Boats 10/1117 Dear friends in O'Day. :) Pardon my ignorance as a new sailer-owner of a relatively old (1985) O
Any value to 74 oday 20 with delaminated deck? LordNelson at 5:05am 09.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/659 I bought a second 74 Oday 20 that appeared to have a solid deck. Mine, Just Ducky, is collapsing und

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Prop rotation question Scott T-Bird at 2:27pm 01.08.24 That does not look like a Max Prop..? Nope! It's Autostream. I'm packaging it up tonight to send
New Bavaria Cruiser 51 owner - suggestions for sail wardrobe etc nightowle at 1:54pm 01.08.24 you may want to check in with the Bavaria owner's site and forum: bavariayacht.org/forum. the immed
Espar hydronic heating system dlochner at 1:45pm 01.08.24 Dave: Good point about the fuel tank...right now the gauge is sitting half-way between 1/2 and 3/4s
Espar hydronic heating system matts997 at 1:41pm 01.08.24
150 genoa vs 135 dlochner at 1:35pm 01.08.24 In general the 135 will perform about as well as a 150 when the wind is on the beam or forward once
Tabernacle design dlochner at 1:24pm 01.08.24 The reason a compression post or additional support under the mast/tabernacle is in here. or bulk
Raritan Superflush Guido at 1:23pm 01.08.24 What parts do you need or expect to need? Fwiw...the Raritan SuperFlush uses the same tried and tru
Yamaha 36 broken mast. Ameseys at 1:14pm 01.08.24 I'm sure you've seen this article about replacing a Y36 mast in Ireland. Maybe they can make some su
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 1:08pm 01.08.24 That does not look like a Max Prop..? See post #20 . . .
Tabernacle design rgranger at 12:30pm 01.08.24 I believe that Mud Hen is the boat model not the name of this boat. I think you are right. Here is
Tabernacle design rgranger at 12:28pm 01.08.24 That is a very sweet little boat.:cool:
Prop rotation question fstbttms at 11:18am 01.08.24 That does not look like a Max Prop..? This issue was discussed last month. It is an Autostream.
150 genoa vs 135 David in Sandusky at 11:18am 01.08.24 In my opinion, a 150 is a critical sail for racing into the wind in light winds. However, it has rea
Compression post on Hunter 37.5 Legend NoReverse at 11:14am 01.08.24 I have a 37.5. I had that issue. I sealed all the wiring going through hull with silicone and put
Has anyone installed a bow thruster on a 91 hunter 42 passage? (Pictures?) (1) Nodak7 at 11:07am 01.08.24 That is sweet. My 420P would just be a skiff with something like that. Rick, My total cost for in
150 genoa vs 135 shemandr at 11:07am 01.08.24 A friend did it on his Tartan 33. He was happy with the result. The boat sailed better in our 15 k
Has anyone installed a bow thruster on a 91 hunter 42 passage? (Pictures?) DRhoads at 11:01am 01.08.24 I just put the same system on my 420. I would recommend the external version also. Much lower cost
So long 2023... jssailem at 10:52am 01.08.24 Live and enjoy life to the fullest Scott. I find myself in the Caribbean on a sailboat. Unknown how
2GM20F engine issue (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:51am 01.08.24 Now I'm back to square one!:banghead: The repaired gearbox didn't solve my reversing problem. Now I
Prop rotation question Maine Sail at 10:39am 01.08.24 I didn't realize that I was going to have to know this before taking my PYI Max Prop off for re-con

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