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Maintenance Schedules NICK1951 at 6:18am 06.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 11/3200 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES Good Morning Maine and all others, I appreciate your thoughts on routine
Faucet replacement on 2001 Hunter 410 grasshay at 6:10am 06.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2159 Hi All, I just purchased a 2001 Hunter 410. The finish on the faucets are corroded and need to b
engine coolant exhaust hull location wheelsteering27 at 5:28am 06.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1042 where is the thru hull for sea water engine exhaust; is it on the bottom or side of the hull. when m
Capt License/one eye CYQK at 3:23am 06.07.15 Ask All Sailors 21/6828 Lost an eye in an accident Can you qualify for a 6pack capt license with only one good eye??? C
Looking for a 6' to 10' piece of mast ris at 2:31am 06.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/633 Just wondered if anyone had the bottom of a bent of messed up mast. If we cannot find one will just
Water logged rudder? SFKjeld at 1:38am 06.07.15 Smaller Boats 5/944 I had some issues with the rudder on my 23.5 that were discussed on this forum a few weeks ago. Duri
Adler Barbour Cold Machine Died Terry Cox at 10:08pm 06.06.15 Big Boats 2/1213 Both of the original 1991 Adler Barbour Cold Machines have been faithful to our needs over the years
Dometic Adler Barbour Cold Machine Terry Cox at 9:03pm 06.06.15 Musings With Maine Sail 6/4711 Hi Maine Sail, just finished installing a CU-100 Adler Barbour Cold Machine with a vertical box evap
Modifying a powerboat cover to fit a Catalina 22 Leeward Rail at 8:55pm 06.06.15 Catalina 22 2/593 Modifying a vhull runabout powerboat cover to fit a Catalina 22... Has anyone tried this ?
motor length for Hunter 25 skipr00 at 8:11pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 7/1077 Planning on purchase of new motor (either 8 or 9.9 HP electric start) for Hunter 25. Is there an adv
First reef 1998 Catalina 320 Linde32 at 7:07pm 06.06.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/2050 I have a 1998 Catalina 320. The first reef comes back to the cockpit on the port side block. Mine se
Need new winches for Hunter 23 (1) tmberthold at 6:56pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 2/894 The winches are Maxwell #14 one-speed and I could not find them in the web store here. Now what do I
Suggestions for interior finish solodare at 6:55pm 06.06.15 Ask All Sailors 27/3448 The interior on my 1970 venture 22 is probably not that bad to some, but I'm OCD so.....I got that g
Mad RideTheWind at 6:09pm 06.06.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1376 So we have been in a bit of a drought. However, it's been raining for about 2 weeks. I was stoked be
Wing keel performance Bonhommecove at 5:55pm 06.06.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 18/6563 i am in the process of assessing for purchase a 2002 Catalina 310 with wing keel and double spreader
Swing Keel Galvanizing atrometer at 4:33pm 06.06.15 Catalina 22 3/902 I read when doing the bottom you should coat the keel with Rustoleum Cold Galvanizng treatment. Is
So American Pharaoh wins the thriple crown kito at 4:28pm 06.06.15 Sails Call Lounge 6/2748 And the midget gets all the glory. The horse was sweating like a whore on nickel night and they give
Which Model Cable Tensioner for a Hunter 23 Monoceros2 at 4:05pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 3/748 All- Being a novice, I was not aware that I was supposed to use a tension gauge when rigging
Holding T ball fittings in place isaksp00 at 1:10pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 5/1034 Due to needing a new upper shroud my mast is still down, so I can think about better ways to ensure
Water Tank Won't Feed rnp at 11:50am 06.06.15 Ask All Sailors 15/2522 Just returned from a cruise with a few gallons of fresh water left. I refilled all of the 5 tanks a

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Water balast leak in Hunter 260 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:43am 07.11.23 The top of the tank lid is laid onto marine putty with the exterior edges fiberglassed in using the
Winch handle safe use BigEasy at 7:41am 07.11.23 I am wondering if there is any reason to not go ahead and insert the handle in what will become the
Catalina Metal Plaque Jacktar at 7:33am 07.11.23 It is not a HUll ID #, only a model designator and note of hull serial number (which repeats in oth
Life (sailing) after heart attack. Scott T-Bird at 6:54am 07.11.23 Thanks for all the kind thoughts and advise! I'll be letting the dust settle for a while, but there
Coolant Recommendation? jviss at 6:54am 07.11.23 Shell Rotella Ultra ELC has become virtually unobtainable. I'm thinking it's out of production. NA
Rigging information NTLESQ at 6:46am 07.11.23 Thanks for your response. I've never seen the boat with the mast and sails on her. I've just had her
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:43am 07.11.23 It was not clearly stated where the dye was seen. I was trying to find out if it was around the air
Found On Deck rgranger at 6:00am 07.11.23 Ask around and See if someone has a drone they can fly up there and get some video of your mast head
Electrical Gremlins kloudie1 at 5:43am 07.11.23 I dunno, 50 amperes at 120V is 6000 watts which is 500 amps at 12 V way more than a charger would be
Perkins 20 Engine Elissatoo at 5:37am 07.11.23 Thanks for your advice.
What is this material? jssailem at 5:31am 07.11.23 It is not something I recognize. Twenty questions to get more information. Is it solid surface or
What is this material? dlochner at 5:31am 07.11.23 Looks like some kind of chip board that might be used for house sheathing. Sand off some finish on t
Rigging information jssailem at 5:20am 07.11.23
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything jviss at 4:53am 07.11.23 This was the epitome of simplicity ............. nd sleek design which just about kills you when y
Perkins 20 Engine RoyS at 4:53am 07.11.23 If you are sucking out your oil through the dip stick, do not expect to get the listed capacity out.
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything jviss at 4:51am 07.11.23 If you are hell-bent on fixing what you have, first, I suspect there is some kind of galling on the
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything jviss at 4:49am 07.11.23 I recommend replacing the strut with a Multi-position gas friction strut. From the website: Fricti
alternator and wiring RoyS at 4:46am 07.11.23 I by-passed the original start wire in the harness with a separate No.10 wire and that solved the pr
Creases in the mainsail - any suggestions? dlochner at 4:46am 07.11.23 Photos showing the creases would be really helpful.
Found On Deck RoyS at 4:33am 07.11.23 Thanks everyone for your responses. It can only be a captured pin as there is no head or hole for a

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