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Adding a drifter to a 26C BudGates at 8:44am 07.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/844 Along the Southern California coast we often encounter winds in the range of 2-6 knots. I don't min
Annapolis to Bermuda 473Clipper at 8:04am 07.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/586 If anyone has participated in this race with a 473 please contact me. Thanks Bill Hellman
Rudder Stop? (Pintles - Gudgeon diagram) 20' Oday chipleak at 7:22am 07.08.15 Day Sailers 7/5767 I am a new owner of an Oday 20 (1975) and reading thru rigging, launching, trailering tips...with a
Changing a motor mount meb135 at 7:01am 07.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1477 Engine: Yanmar 3ym30 Boat: 2004 H33 Over the winter, my fuel/water separator leaked fuel on one
Irwin 30 LEAKING!! Mrlee at 6:53am 07.08.15 Irwin 0/1468 I have an Irwin 30 with centerboard. There is a slow staedy leak coming from the forward area justaf
Considering purchase...but...wet core gfroch at 6:46am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 10/2880 Hello- I'm considering the purchase of a 1987 Catalina 30 Tall. It shows very nicely, has some n
New Javelin owner questions houdsie73 at 6:44am 07.08.15 Day Sailers 2/1385 I recently purchased a Javelin. I don't know what year it is and hope someone can assist with the h
Snap and Swivel Shackles sailcapt340 at 5:51am 07.08.15 Big Boats 0/735 I have to replace my Topping Lift and Jib Halyard on my 2000 340. I know that I have a "D Shackle"
a cautionary note on Seaward water heaters (4) Bob 04 H260 at 5:28am 07.08.15 Ask All Sailors 52/12825 While living on our boat last January we had quite a scare. Suddenly the cabin filled with smoke. We
Adding spinnaker halyard to mast flynhi4u at 5:12am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 15/7731 We are hoping to build our spinnaker from a Sailrite kit this winter and I am starting to think abou
Halyard diameter flynhi4u at 5:03am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1359 With the new paint all done and the leaks fixed it is time to get new halyards for our 1983 Hunter 2
Universal 5411 Exhaust jollymon2 at 4:37am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 2/1231 After leaving an anchorage with very heavy vegetation I noticed that no water was spitting out of th
Hood seafurl model 810 gspeckma at 12:14am 07.08.15 Parts Search 3/2067 Looking for parts for 810 furler, specificly the feed extrusion tube.
how does the new search work? jmczzz at 11:19pm 07.07.15 Catalina 22 2/484 I do not get hits when I use the search above? It worked befor. Are there new procedures? James
Do you ask for or use help with dock lines when you come in? Stu Jackson at 10:30pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 40/5546 Many folks have reported having trouble with "helping hands" when they dock. Many times they only m
Storage space on an 8.5 jguyer at 9:10pm 07.07.15 S2 2/1152 I'm getting ready to go on a 19 day cruise on my 8.5. Everything is out of the boat, so I am startin
Sail area and stress higgs at 8:11pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 2/714 Anyone know a formula for figuring how many #s of stress a given sail area imposes on a stay/running
Self tending Jib bigpapaporsche at 7:54pm 07.07.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1298 I am not sure if this is the appropriate location for this post or not, but lets see what happens. I
Hunter 34 Maxwell winch service Ilanortho at 7:39pm 07.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3111 Hi all; Just purchased H34. All 4 Maxwell winches badly in need of lube/ service. Before I disassem
Oops Newport Bob at 7:20pm 07.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 0/910 MainE, Sorry for the mistype Love your state - and have sailed from Maine to Florida

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Hunter 216 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:07am 12.29.23 @chuckwayne and I know your boat as he has one and I was a dealer. Short shaft is fine. Thank yo
Hunter 216 Oriondriver at 9:42pm 12.28.23
Hunter 216 chuckwayne at 8:38pm 12.28.23 you can use a long shaft or a standard short shaft outboard. Hunter recommends a long shaft to keep
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 8:03pm 12.28.23 A "proper" vent thru-hull doesn't allow that, an open thru-hull does...and unlike a fuel or water
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 8:00pm 12.28.23 Yikes, usually Fisheries has decent prices. Unfortunately, Defender has a much lower price. Perhaps
Registration is open! Hunter designers Rob Maza & Glenn Hendersen to speak! colin59 at 7:52pm 12.28.23 when is the next one? thks Colin
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:23pm 12.28.23 . For a vent fitting I would recommend using a proper vented cap and not a though hole to prevent w
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 dlochner at 6:37pm 12.28.23 Yikes, usually Fisheries has decent prices. Unfortunately, Defender has a much lower price. Perhaps
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure (1) pcharn01 at 5:35pm 12.28.23 Anyone know the purpose for this hole?
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 4:35pm 12.28.23 @Gene Neill : My own parts list is at Sailing and restoring #9874 (and some additional pictures in
Hunter 216 FDL S2 at 3:47pm 12.28.23 I know the right guy to ask- @Crazy Dave Condon
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Project_Mayhem at 3:43pm 12.28.23 My 975 leaked if filled too much and the level gauge stopped working. It also stopped pumping water
How to change Trailer tire with Boat on Trailer? MitchM at 3:08pm 12.28.23 thanks for all the great advice and suggestions.. I do have a ViAir 12v tire pump,
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 3:07pm 12.28.23 @LakeShark That is a great endorsement of the Dometic 975! It appears to have nothing in common with
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Project_Mayhem at 2:48pm 12.28.23 I have the Dometic 965. The bellow leaks and the flush only rinses part of the bowl. I cut some slit
How to change Trailer tire with Boat on Trailer? Project_Mayhem at 2:39pm 12.28.23 Jack up the trailer from the frame, not the axle. I'd recommend a floor jack. I have had two Harbor
Leaking Heat Exchanger Gasket - Maybe? colb218 at 1:59pm 12.28.23 Managed to pick up the heat exchanger gaskets today after dropping it off at Greenwood Radiator on T
How to change Trailer tire with Boat on Trailer? AaronD at 1:08pm 12.28.23 We've made use of BoatUS trailer coverage twice now. Both times they got us to where we needed to be
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 AaronD at 12:57pm 12.28.23 @Gene Neill : My own parts list is at Sailing and restoring #9874 (and some additional pictures in a
How to change Trailer tire with Boat on Trailer? JoeWhite at 12:41pm 12.28.23 Make an appointment with a tire shop, buy a 12v tire pump, pump the tire, drive to tire shop with bo

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