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Bottom painting and paint strips v Vinyl davidpackwood at 11:36am 07.08.15 Big Boats 4/1740 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 11/3156 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 2/949 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 7/5811 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 10/2911 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 52/12908 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 15/7805 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
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 40/5586 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 2/1160 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 2/716 Anyone know a formula for figuring how many #s of stress a given sail area imposes on a stay/running

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1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 (3) rgranger at 10:53am 01.11.24 I think that IS structurally important for two reasons. If I'm not mistaken, the mast sits right
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 pgandw at 10:47am 01.11.24 My guess - the mast compression post takes most of rig loads. The missing bulkhead looks like it wo
New Electronics - Is this about right? Scott T-Bird at 10:39am 01.11.24 The i50/i60 displays will convert the analog transducer data into a format that can be read by dev
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 (1) Sgraves94 at 10:32am 01.11.24
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 (1) Sgraves94 at 10:30am 01.11.24 Congrats on the new boat, sailing is a lifestyle. Pictures of the missing bulkhead would help peopl
Good Winter Read Richard19068 at 10:26am 01.11.24 Thanks. Looks interesting. Patrick O'Brian wrote a novel about the voyage of the Wager called "The
Acoustic guitar and boats. Siamese at 10:19am 01.11.24 Sounds like a good a good place for a parlor guitar. Recording King or similar lower priced git box
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements Ralph Johnstone at 9:45am 01.11.24 These young whipper snappers with their fancy new gadgets! Two way radios and the like. Where wi
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements JBP-PA at 9:42am 01.11.24 Well, that was 19 years ago. These young whipper snappers with their fancy new gadgets!
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 dmax at 9:09am 01.11.24 Congrats on the new boat, sailing is a lifestyle. Pictures of the missing bulkhead would help people
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 Sgraves94 at 8:39am 01.11.24 Thank you very much!
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 kloudie1 at 7:34am 01.11.24 Welcome aboard! Lots of good info on the site.. here is a link to your boats info: Hunter resources,
Acoustic guitar and boats. dLj at 7:20am 01.11.24 There is a new fully synthetic small body quitar - I don't recall the name. Has a classical neck. My
Windshield H430 Leaking Crazy Dave Condon at 6:53am 01.11.24 I plan to talk with someone who was a former Hunter employee. I repaired those leaks. The photo
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 6:45am 01.11.24 Another option is an inexpensive Chinese guitar and just accept it will get damaged. I have a Cor
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements dlochner at 6:41am 01.11.24 Holy cow! "2005 onwards" is "older" and "ageing"? I'm am in big trouble then. Well, that was 19
New Electronics - Is this about right? BrianQ at 6:36am 01.11.24 While not the way I would do it the photo in the initial post will work fine as an unbalanced networ
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements JBP-PA at 6:31am 01.11.24 ...manufactured from 2005 onwards... Holy cow! "2005 onwards" is "older" and "ageing"? I'm am in bi
So long 2023... JBP-PA at 6:16am 01.11.24 I got to do a month long mini cruise on Lake Erie which was awesome! I hope to make it a regular ann
Acoustic guitar and boats. JBP-PA at 4:58am 01.11.24 At one point I thought about getting a Martin Backpacker. Another option is an inexpensive Chinese

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