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teak stain other than Sikens kenreed at 1:53pm 05.02.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/908 The only exterior teak on my 309 is the hatchboards, which after 8 years need re-stained. I have s
Total height Mick at 1:19pm 05.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2290 I am planning to move my 2001 26ft Mac , to another lake. The idea is to use the dry storage w/the m
Lucky find under prop (2) Rick D at 11:58am 05.02.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2115 I was lucky the yard decided to pull the prop. Bad electrolysis. Aquamet shaft, twenty years old. Pr
Removing Legend 43 Cabin Floor Board Under the Refrigerator sawimp at 11:51am 05.02.15 Big Boats 0/758 On my Legend 43 I need to remove the cabin floor board that has the freezer/refrigerator unit sittin
Anode Rods For Aluminum Water Tanks sawimp at 11:33am 05.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/835 Considering the eventual corrosive fate of the aluminum water tanks in our boats, has anyone ever in
Boom broke in half with a gust of wind KMP at 10:40am 05.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2979 I wondered if anyone else has had this experience. We were sailing yesterday in the San Francisco B
Panel guage jcol at 10:27am 05.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/544 My first 40 has a VDO panel instrument guage and it has stopped working. Has anyone had this problem
Overboard discharge from deck fill (2) Skipper at 9:54am 05.02.15 Ask All Sailors 23/6081 My original holding tank was 3 gallons. The vent was halfway up,(pic on dock) not at the top. :-0
How to buy a hunter 26 forumuser at 9:11am 05.02.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1085 Dear forum members, I live in germany and the hunter boats are rare here. Therefore it is difficult
Temporary use of Portable fuel tank cbourne200 at 9:06am 05.02.15 Ask An Oday Owner 7/4479 Has anyone set up a portable fuel tank for use with diesel fuel? Problem I'm running into involve
Cleaning curtains BMfmb361 at 7:31am 05.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/707 I am having a problem cleaning the white salon curtains. I tried a bleach solution, but it appears a
What Next? Roger Long at 6:26am 05.02.15 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 0/28797 Well, clearly a lot of work. https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11196275_10202
Dumb question Richandhelen at 5:06am 05.02.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/1580 Is it okay to open your diesel deck fill and add fuel from a jerry can while you are under way and
Main and jib halyard winches EnginesForward at 2:43am 05.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/754 I have two small winches that I bought 40 years ago for another boat I owned. They do not have a pr
Hunter 310 spinnaker sheets Tim22 at 7:53pm 05.01.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/672 I am adding a cruising spinnaker on my 310 and would be grateful if any 310 owner could tell me wher
Is this a quick release forestay lever? (1) ppm411 at 7:15pm 05.01.15 Catalina 22 10/3229 If so, how does it operate? If not, what's the point of the extra hardware?
Masthead sheave FlimFlamII at 6:41pm 05.01.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1635 Bone head move... Pulled the pin on the masthead sheave and as I was about to pull it out it slippe
A sobering test chrisings at 6:05pm 05.01.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1100 My 23 year old son shared this with me. He always wears his pfd when on the boat. I'd like to credit
Roller on end of Boom (1) Canonshooternb at 5:49pm 05.01.15 Ask All Sailors 6/2030 I just purchased a 1985 Pearson 28-2 and need to replace the rollers for the outhaul at the end of t
Aft Holding Tank on a Hunter 40 tigermoon at 2:42pm 05.01.15 Big Boats 1/962 I have a 1985 Hunter 40. The original owner replaced the aft holding tank with a s/s tank located i

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bulb number Yanmar tach chp at 5:59am 07.02.23 Thanks. I got it figured out.
Depth/shape of 2004 Hunter 36 diesel tank jssailem at 5:51am 07.02.23
Bimini and Dodger replacement jviss at 5:50am 07.02.23 Fabricating a new tensioned canvas from an old one is a bad idea. The existing dodger and bimini on
Bimini and Dodger replacement Spindrift NH at 5:32am 07.02.23 Fabricating a new tensioned canvas from an old one is a bad idea. The existing dodger and bimini on
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. dlochner at 5:30am 07.02.23 Today I remeasured the hull potential, it was -370mv. Then I added a shaft anode and it measured -
Raider Cherubini 33 rgranger at 5:08am 07.02.23
Raider Cherubini 33 kappykaplan at 4:05am 07.02.23 Then you should etch it there. That needed to be done when I purchased my boat in 2008.
Raider Cherubini 33 prc at 4:02am 07.02.23
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? (1) Marty Gingras at 9:07pm 07.01.23 This was a picture from shortly after the adjustments; It's about the only one at a head-on angle I
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 9:07pm 07.01.23
Blown exhast Ralph Johnstone at 9:01pm 07.01.23 We can't begin to make a guess what the issue is until we have A L L the details of what happened wh
Cockpit Table Friction Latch quadrille38 at 7:31pm 07.01.23 On our 2007 H41AC, the cockpit table leaves each have a friction latch that holds them in the folde
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:47pm 07.01.23 I'd say there was too much sag in the OP's photograph, because draft is very much 'knuckle forward'
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. SycloneDriver at 6:40pm 07.01.23 Today I remeasured the hull potential, it was -370mv. Then I added a shaft anode and it measured -5
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 6:16pm 07.01.23 When do we get to see a video of SV Hadley motoring out of the harbor into open water? :clap::clap
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 6:07pm 07.01.23 When do we get to see a video of SV Hadley motoring out of the harbor into open water? :clap::clap:
Blown exhast capta at 5:57pm 07.01.23 Just out of curiosity, is this engine gas or diesel? Was seawater pouring into the boat anywhere? Wh
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 5:43pm 07.01.23 Yes @kloudie1 it feels good.
Roller furling: where do I start? jssailem at 5:42pm 07.01.23 I sold my used Pro-Furler online. Fellow was rebuilding a Pearson. He needed to cut the extrusion to
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kloudie1 at 5:36pm 07.01.23 That's GREAT, John! Glad she is varooming again !!

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