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Survey Ron Roman at 8:32am 05.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/900 I accepted an offer on my boat. The next step is for the surveyor to come out to the boat. My questi
H240 centerboard bracket. Need help Crazy Dave Condon at 8:12am 05.24.15 Smaller Boats 2/767 On the centerboard bracket, there are two holes in the lower part of the bracket which to attach the
wheels for car / traveller on Missen Boom (3) batami at 7:28am 05.24.15 Parts Search 18/2491 I may have some terms wrong, so please excuse me - bit of a newbie. i acquired a Tahiti Ketch (se
Bottom paint dragonfly2 at 5:35am 05.24.15 Ask All Sailors 3/862 I am keeping my P21 in the water this year and had it bottom painted with ablative anti fouling pain
Location of dagger board wire / line? Braavos at 5:11am 05.24.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/552 Hi all. We are new 2002 26x owners who bought the boat last summer and are now fixing it up to be re
Raymarine ST60 Depth Instrument Errors ssbowen at 4:40am 05.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/853 I have recently purchased a Hunter 36 and have found that the ST60 depth unit only works when in dep
Are these the Access Hole Plugs? (2) Macboy at 9:04pm 05.23.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1402 We've got quite a few spares on board and in effort to help a fellow sailor we were going to offer u
Should Spreaders Clamp In Upper Shrouds Tightly? (5) DinoKanuck at 7:16pm 05.23.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 57/15666 Question on standing rigging. Should the end caps of the spreaders capture the upper shroud and h
Line diamensions Yellowjeepman at 4:15pm 05.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/746 Can anyone steer me to information on sail handling line replacement sizes and lengths ? I have had
Oh no Leatherneck at 4:02pm 05.23.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3345 My mast fell when I was trying to lower it. Now it's bent. Is there such a thing as mast repair?
Brown Water Leak Under Cockpit Rich6705 at 3:18pm 05.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/875 Hello all. I have a 1981 O'Day 25 that has been leaking brown water into the bilge since I bought i
Broadside docking protection Ted at 1:24pm 05.23.15 Ask All Sailors 9/2929 My new docking arrangement this season has me docking my boat broadside to a fixed dock. I don't par
4JH3E Transmission Compatibility DivinaVitae at 12:15pm 05.23.15 Engines and Propulsion 9/6689 I have a Yanmar 4JH3E (European) that needs a marine transmission. In my quest to find and procure t
Yanmar parts GThorne at 9:36am 05.23.15 Big Boats 5/1578 Any suggestions on parts suppliers for an old Yanmar 4JHE engine? I am looking for a lubricating oil
Videos of O'day 26 hard to reach areas mlindberg1 at 8:19am 05.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/605 Please do not get seasick watching these videos. Armed with my old ass and an Iphone I crawled aroun
alternator for H 54 worldfest at 7:46am 05.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/904 Howdy from Houston! Our 1982 H54 is still sailing, but the alternator went out. The Universal dealer
Plexiglass Windows Sailor_Jeff at 7:23am 05.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 10/1626 As anyone here actually used headlight polish to clear up an old plexiglas window on a hunter sailbo
dirty main piedpiperIII at 7:19pm 05.22.15 Catalina 22 7/1056 I have been looking around on this computer for ways to clean my dirty main sail. The jib looks very
Help with mast rigging (6) mlindberg1 at 7:18pm 05.22.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1361 I am new to sailing and have a few questions regarding rigging on Oday 26. Looking at the mast head
shaft size jotruk at 6:25pm 05.22.15 The Cherubini Hunters 1/753 I have a 1979 hunter 27 and need to know what the shaft size is. also need the size of the prop that

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Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (1) jssailem at 8:44am 07.08.23 Chart Plot from data received 07July 17:12 GMTly on his face and pants and shirts, and jackets... Es
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion Hollyberry at 8:33am 07.08.23 For most sailboats I think a bow thruster is only going to be 'necessary' if the boat won't back up
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion Calif. Ted at 7:57am 07.08.23 I got my ASA certs on a Beneteau 43 at a time when no one would dream of putting a bow thruster on a
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 (2) twalker H260 at 7:25am 07.08.23 Photos from construction phase of h26/260 by Marlow Hunter. How much water are you getting? A litt
st 4000 and rudder position Tally Ho at 6:56am 07.08.23 That makes sense, in very light winds, with almost no movement. I was also thinking, it would be go
What brand transducer is this? dlochner at 6:51am 07.08.23 The bells and whistles are mostly software driven, so they are cheap to add in and the market is com
What brand transducer is this? Ben16737 at 6:43am 07.08.23 Can't help you with the brand, however, those are ancient and it is highly unlikely that you can fi
Hammock install on a H26? WesternTraveler at 6:31am 07.08.23 Unless you already own one, I would not spend all the money on the "tacker" just to hold up the ham
What brand transducer is this? dlochner at 6:30am 07.08.23 Can't help you with the brand, however, those are ancient and it is highly unlikely that you can fin
Head removal Dream Weaver at 6:21am 07.08.23 Thanks for your quick answer. I should have written this earlier! I spoke to Patrick at Groco, who
P42 motor mounts mbaker at 6:09am 07.08.23 4JH2-TE. 62HP.
Need help wiring my new air conditioner thinwater at 6:08am 07.08.23 Remember the other details. The water intake must rise steadily, with no high spots, to the unit. O
Harbor 20 replacement bilge hose - choice and install horizonjob at 5:28am 07.08.23
Harbor 20 replacement bilge hose - choice and install dlochner at 5:23am 07.08.23 Trident 144 hose is a good choice. The important feature is a smooth bore. Corrugated hose reduces t
2008 H36 microwave replacement shemandr at 4:58am 07.08.23 We used our H356 microwave mostly for storage. And for a Faraday cage a few times. But it was pret
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question LakeOntario270 at 4:26am 07.08.23 I know plenty of 30 year old boats with the original rigging here on Lake Ontario.
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question xavpil at 4:14am 07.08.23 I have known riggers and they usually say that a standing rig can last (generally) 15 to 20 years i
Replacing lower sheaves on Catalina 30 with internal halyards Hayden Watson at 4:09am 07.08.23 Also try a powered impact drill. Try a little tightening first, then loosening. A little back an
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 docwells at 1:54am 07.08.23 We put food color in the ballast tank and found the color in the leaked water so definitely from the
Adler Barbour Compressor "Pumping" when on Battery Power Davidasailor26 at 1:05am 07.08.23 With the compressor running and the battery fresh off the charger I was reading 12.6V at the breake

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