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Cannot pump water out of sink on 23.5 (1) SFKjeld at 2:38pm 05.02.15 Smaller Boats 4/736 Not sure I'd ever use it much, but I tried the sink for the first time since buying the boat. Added
teak stain other than Sikens kenreed at 1:53pm 05.02.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/847 The only exterior teak on my 309 is the hatchboards, which after 8 years need re-stained. I have s
Total height Mick at 1:19pm 05.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2006 I am planning to move my 2001 26ft Mac , to another lake. The idea is to use the dry storage w/the m
Lucky find under prop (2) Rick D at 11:58am 05.02.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2067 I was lucky the yard decided to pull the prop. Bad electrolysis. Aquamet shaft, twenty years old. Pr
Removing Legend 43 Cabin Floor Board Under the Refrigerator sawimp at 11:51am 05.02.15 Big Boats 0/735 On my Legend 43 I need to remove the cabin floor board that has the freezer/refrigerator unit sittin
Anode Rods For Aluminum Water Tanks sawimp at 11:33am 05.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/816 Considering the eventual corrosive fate of the aluminum water tanks in our boats, has anyone ever in
Boom broke in half with a gust of wind KMP at 10:40am 05.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2686 I wondered if anyone else has had this experience. We were sailing yesterday in the San Francisco B
Panel guage jcol at 10:27am 05.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/516 My first 40 has a VDO panel instrument guage and it has stopped working. Has anyone had this problem
Overboard discharge from deck fill (2) Skipper at 9:54am 05.02.15 Ask All Sailors 23/5542 My original holding tank was 3 gallons. The vent was halfway up,(pic on dock) not at the top. :-0
How to buy a hunter 26 forumuser at 9:11am 05.02.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1062 Dear forum members, I live in germany and the hunter boats are rare here. Therefore it is difficult
Temporary use of Portable fuel tank cbourne200 at 9:06am 05.02.15 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3765 Has anyone set up a portable fuel tank for use with diesel fuel? Problem I'm running into involve
Cleaning curtains BMfmb361 at 7:31am 05.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/608 I am having a problem cleaning the white salon curtains. I tried a bleach solution, but it appears a
What Next? Roger Long at 6:26am 05.02.15 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 0/27544 Well, clearly a lot of work. https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11196275_10202
Dumb question Richandhelen at 5:06am 05.02.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/1438 Is it okay to open your diesel deck fill and add fuel from a jerry can while you are under way and
Main and jib halyard winches EnginesForward at 2:43am 05.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/696 I have two small winches that I bought 40 years ago for another boat I owned. They do not have a pr
Hunter 310 spinnaker sheets Tim22 at 7:53pm 05.01.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/659 I am adding a cruising spinnaker on my 310 and would be grateful if any 310 owner could tell me wher
Is this a quick release forestay lever? (1) ppm411 at 7:15pm 05.01.15 Catalina 22 10/3042 If so, how does it operate? If not, what's the point of the extra hardware?
Masthead sheave FlimFlamII at 6:41pm 05.01.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1605 Bone head move... Pulled the pin on the masthead sheave and as I was about to pull it out it slippe
A sobering test chrisings at 6:05pm 05.01.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1089 My 23 year old son shared this with me. He always wears his pfd when on the boat. I'd like to credit
Roller on end of Boom (1) Canonshooternb at 5:49pm 05.01.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1832 I just purchased a 1985 Pearson 28-2 and need to replace the rollers for the outhaul at the end of t

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I fixed my GPS Rollover issue Leeward Rail at 3:20pm 01.10.23 Good one! Not surprised that you needed XP and RS232. I bought a Panasonic Toughbook for exactly t
help on hunter 34 keel pan (1) Allan12210 at 3:11pm 01.10.23 The intent was sound. The execution, not so much. If the boat didn't stink when you got inside it, m
I fixed my GPS Rollover issue Davidasailor26 at 2:26pm 01.10.23 However, the date was 25 May, 2003. That was surprising. The date epochs are 10 bits, which repres
Occaisional Head Smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:08pm 01.10.23 You didn't hijack the thread...I just provided some additional solutions to your odor problem. --Pe
Considering a Catalina 27... tfox2069 at 1:08pm 01.10.23 I owned a 1974 Catalina 27 with a tiller and 9.9hp outboard for nearly 10 years and sailed her all o
Reefing Sail Trim Don Guillette at 12:54pm 01.10.23 If I were explaining this topic to a group of beginner sailors (for which this forum was developed f
Hunter 26 outboard engine Crazy Dave Condon at 12:53pm 01.10.23 Thanks for correcting me as I would not have recommended that engine for a variety of reasons
Sailing to Bahamas, preparations Barnacle Bill at 12:47pm 01.10.23 I have done many Gulf Stream crossings from Florida to various parts of the Bahamas. I have done it
Oceanis 55 110v Main Breaker Location? (1) brockfromwa at 12:30pm 01.10.23 So... I found the breaker. When I reset it a couple of times I forgot to ensure it was fully seated
Installing a Spinnaker Barnacle Bill at 12:13pm 01.10.23 With an asymmetrical spinnaker, you want to have a block attached somewhere where a tack line feeds
Help IDing a Sailboat jssailem at 12:10pm 01.10.23 Getting in the boat with the fixed items (shrouds, trunk, tiller) you can sit on the sides and explo
Help IDing a Sailboat christophermoorkelly at 12:04pm 01.10.23 Thank you for all this info. I've been trying to figure out how exactly it was constructed as I've b
Help IDing a Sailboat jssailem at 12:03pm 01.10.23 I'm about to get a new centerboard fabricated and design the cockpit, I would plan for Hiking stra
Barlow Self Tailing Arms (1) jssailem at 11:53am 01.10.23 Or a Lewmar EVO winch #40 vice on your boat. The cost for the #40 at WM is $1199 puts the price at
Hunter 26 outboard engine rgranger at 11:47am 01.10.23 Hi @Crazy Dave Condon Actually John installed that 9.9 a few years after you sold him the boat.
Help IDing a Sailboat shemandr at 11:37am 01.10.23 img 7346 shoes some interesting construction details - not helpful to ID but still interesting. It
Busted Mast sbrogden at 11:32am 01.10.23 Can you take some pics of the repair? I will do that when I get the pipe I need. Have found a loc
Busted Mast Project_Mayhem at 11:31am 01.10.23 Can you take some pics of the repair?
Movie for Winter Season PaulK at 11:28am 01.10.23 For good onboard shots of racing rtw, Maiden is hard to beat. OMBM10cBhIs
H240 bulkhead thickness chriscampbell at 11:24am 01.10.23 I know what you mean about knowing the thickness in advance would make life so much easier. The wo

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