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Survey Ron Roman at 8:32am 05.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/965 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 2/812 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 18/2697 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 3/912 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 0/585 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 4/903 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 8/1521 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 57/17188 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 4/794 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 20/3636 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 2/922 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 9/3067 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 9/7236 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 5/1759 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 3/657 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 7/1038 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 10/1871 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 7/1092 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 8/1443 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 1/805 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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made homemade bow fenders for h260, is there store version? jssailem at 1:13pm 10.29.23 Sailing around with nose guards would not be my preferred look. If I did not trust myself to arrive
Bottom Paint jssailem at 1:07pm 10.29.23 I just had the marina wet blast the bottom of my Catalina 22 and apply several coats of barrier and
Mast Trailer Crazy Dave Condon at 12:39pm 10.29.23 @rgranger Thanks for that. Use to looking in the standard position but as a former investigator i
P42 VHF Masthead Cable Routing Jim_H42 at 12:31pm 10.29.23 Jssailem - I bought my boat from the original owner who told my he got it at the Miami boat. So it
Bottom Paint Crazy Dave Condon at 12:22pm 10.29.23 @Richard19068 is correct assuming the keel is a swing keel. Was the swing keel cleaned to the g
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:15pm 10.29.23 Hang on to your suspender 'cause this is really going to give you a belly laugh but I always coat th
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose Sailm8 at 12:13pm 10.29.23 You might get a temp fix using muffler tape where the cracks are.
Bottom Paint Richard19068 at 11:23am 10.29.23 It has been a long time since I had a Catalina 22 but as I recall the keel needed to be worked on i
Bottom Paint HomeyD at 11:05am 10.29.23 Old paint removed. Thanks for the input, I feel better.
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 11:03am 10.29.23 We left the generator wiring as original. There is a transfer switch near the breaker panel , so it
H49 Selden Furling Mast Base Plate replacement artboas at 10:56am 10.29.23 Contact SBO, and pay for a consult with Mr. Kerr. He will have the answer. No need to guess
H49/50 battery replacement artboas at 10:52am 10.29.23
Will 1hp motor push h260 on calm day?? Crazy Dave Condon at 10:25am 10.29.23 @Rick Webb On the Roman galleys, it was called ramming speed!
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 10:12am 10.29.23 When I installed the sender for the Wema fuel gauge the cover seemed like a natural place to put it
Bottom Paint Rich Stidger at 10:04am 10.29.23 I have never heard of anyone removing the keel to refinish it. Question: By "wet blast" do you mean
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 8:23am 10.29.23 Boy, that car just got creamed. -Will
Its funny Friday! (1) JamesG161 at 8:09am 10.29.23 My Wife decided to paint the entire walls of our home. She went to buy the 10 gallons of paint.
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Claude L.-Auger at 7:28am 10.29.23 Ralph, I have just been in the dungeon to disconnect the batteries for the winter lay-up. I confirm
Trim and angle under assymetric. shemandr at 6:57am 10.29.23 You would do the same thing surfing down waves. As you go down the wave and your speed increases, y
Need help with a 1980 Snipe boat built by McGaughlin regarding rigging of traveler. shemandr at 6:51am 10.29.23 It's hard to imagine your setup from a narrative. Can you post some pictures? I think you will get

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