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Water leak bugsboat at 3:35pm 07.08.15 Big Boats 12/2986 I need your thinking caps! Our 1995 Hunter 37.5 has a wet locker in the V-berth on the starboard sid
Tidal current online resource CapnGrumpyBreeches at 2:01pm 07.08.15 Ask All Sailors 21/3764 I'm Looking for an online reference that shows not only tidal charts for a given area but also tidal
rudder gasket material periwink 12345 at 1:08pm 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 6/1336 Can anyone tell me the name of the red gasket type material that is glued to the insides of the alum
Bottom painting and paint strips v Vinyl davidpackwood at 11:36am 07.08.15 Big Boats 4/1742 I have a 1996 40.5 Hunter legend, which I have just hauled out to get a bottom job done. I am looki
H42 forward hatch BellaSogno9119 at 10:08am 07.08.15 Big Boats 11/3158 My 1991 H42 forward hatch has seen better days. Has anyone changed the lens or do I need to change
Rudder packing nut / spud part number (1) qazvick at 8:52am 07.08.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/950 I have an 83 cherubini 33. The rudder packing nut /spud is corroded to the point of uselessness. In
Adding a drifter to a 26C BudGates at 8:44am 07.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/848 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 0/589 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 7/5813 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 4/1484 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 0/1478 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 10/2920 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 2/1395 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 0/740 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 52/12909 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 15/7809 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 8/1384 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 2/1242 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 3/2073 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 2/485 I do not get hits when I use the search above? It worked befor. Are there new procedures? James

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Seaward 25 taking on water. Davidasailor26 at 4:44pm 01.12.24 I presume it wasn't leaking before you left? I could think of a couple possibilities - Either the s
Seaward 25 taking on water. kappykaplan at 4:43pm 01.12.24 Bilge pumps primarily remove nuisance water from the bilge. As you discovered, they can't keep up w
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure pcharn01 at 4:19pm 01.12.24
Espar hydronic heating system matts997 at 4:00pm 01.12.24
Compression post repair 30' Hunter Dalliance at 3:57pm 01.12.24
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Hayden Watson at 3:53pm 01.12.24 Hayden, if you know the dimensions couldn't you figure it out? I believe the issue would be the cl
Inner metal structure on 28' Oday Question dmax at 3:52pm 01.12.24 The rudder was made by Foss Foam and they did use mild steel attached to the stainless rudder post i
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 3:51pm 01.12.24 While sailing in Greece an acoustic guitar player inspired me to make a you tube video of my charte
Beneteau 373 rebedding toe rail and stanchion behind power panel (1) Lfarquhar at 3:28pm 01.12.24 After a thorough investigation I found the source of the leak. The port light has a leak. I've mar
60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 3:09pm 01.12.24 Based on feedback from owners and non-owners alike. I know not all Hunters will sail the same. It's
Stack Pack on boltrope Main dlochner at 3:06pm 01.12.24 Narrow strips, like @Tally Ho used will work much better than a long strip of Dacron.
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement pgandw at 2:59pm 01.12.24 There are a lot of WWP sailors at TrailerSailor.com. Even a separate group for WWP. Fred W Stuart
Acoustic guitar and boats. dmax at 2:52pm 01.12.24 Speaking of instruments on boats, one of life's most memorable moments happened the first time I vis
60 best Boats 30' and under Project_Mayhem at 2:48pm 01.12.24 Why are you dragging 2 props? The OMC Saildrive is rather unreliable. Like many owners of this fin
Acoustic guitar and boats. Tally Ho at 2:33pm 01.12.24
Stack Pack on boltrope Main (1) Tally Ho at 2:31pm 01.12.24 I am replacing a very old sail cover with a Stack Pack. The Main on our C&C 35 Mark III uses a bol
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Pericles at 1:39pm 01.12.24 That would be a Dana 24? Hey Terry , not a Dana. A PSC 25. Previous to the Dana PSC designed and
Windshield H430 Leaking ivieto at 12:50pm 01.12.24 I sealed my H430 with this on the outside.... Lexel Never leaks. Jim.... it seems very interesti
Stack Pack on boltrope Main dlochner at 11:53am 01.12.24 I am replacing a very old sail cover with a Stack Pack. The Main on our C&C 35 Mark III uses a bol
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Stu Jackson at 11:17am 01.12.24 Hayden, if you know the dimensions couldn't you figure it out? I believe the issue would be the cle

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