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Hunter 31-2 Mainsheet Routing StephenD at 10:33am 02.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 6/1333 I bought a hunter 31, and I thought the mainsheet was supposed to be double ended and controllable f
Boat hook All U Get at 10:20am 02.28.23 Ask All Sailors 25/1783
Cat-30 Stanchion Repair fhujber at 8:29am 02.28.23 Catalina 30 8/2091 There is severe cracking on my 1988 Catalina 30 around the mid-ship stanchion, starboard side. I'm a
Dyneema terminators Nunami at 7:22pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 4/400 I'm looking for some ideas to replace part of my standing rigging with dyneema. The mast connection
Advice on choosing keel lifting rope (3) CaseyJohn2001 at 4:47pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 7/997 I have a merit 22 that has a liftable 600 pound lead keel. The current rope used to lift the keel is
Splicing 3/16" Dyneema Drinky Crow at 2:22pm 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 11/812 Smallest fid locally found is 1/4". Can use? Maybe I have to ... Allen Brothers Selma Splicing Fid
Leak in water tank: what are my options? Dave96734 at 10:57am 02.27.23 Catalina 30 11/2085 When I attempted to fill the V-berth water tank in my 1984 C30, I discovered a leak. It's from a sma
What is this? (1) D. Inscho at 10:52am 02.27.23 Ask All Sailors 11/875 Hi everyone. I'm nearly a year into an 1982 Newport 33. Still new to cruiser/liveaboard sized boatin
Replacement AC brand advise BroncoJohn at 6:42am 02.27.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/992 I have had serval problems with my original 21 year old 16000 BTU Dometic air conditioner freezing u
Engine oil drain hose adapter (2) jonelli at 11:03pm 02.26.23 Catalina 30 20/2427 213360213361I have one of those oil drain hose attachments under the oil pan at the drain plug. Last
Passage 42 salon/kitchen hatch gaskets replacement (2) juznip at 9:56pm 02.26.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/836 Trying to source replacement gasket for the 2 small hatches in the salon/kitchen. Anyone have a sour
bottom paint Erbardy at 6:26pm 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 23/3083 Going to apply VC17 bottom paint to our new to us catalina 30. How much do you guys use. The prior
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Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel rum_nab at 2:59pm 02.26.23 Trailer Sailors 14/2058 Hi all. I'm brand new here, so please excuse me if this has been posted elsewhere. I just joined a c
Boat Speed and Pointing Dave Powell at 2:16pm 02.26.23 Catalina 309 Group Forum 13/2198 Not much activity recently, but I thought I'd post a question. I sail a 2012 C-309 wing keel, in-mas
Modifications to an Albin Viggen (2) TonyJo&JillBob at 7:33am 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 2/1043 Hi, we have an Albin Viggen 23 and I've removed some of the cupboard in the entrance to the bow slee
Petrel mast diameter please. PeterW at 7:26am 02.26.23 Ask All Sailors 3/550 That's the 12' Petrel Thanks
Dieless Crimpers? Davidasailor26 at 4:58am 02.26.23 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2100 Wondering if anyone has experience using dieless crimpers for heavy gauge (2/0) battery cable, and h
Eliminate topping lift buddybear at 2:03pm 02.25.23 Catalina 310 11/1550 I recently bought a new mainsail which is not setup for the dutchman system as the original sail. I
Wind generators, yay or nay? fred1diver at 12:42pm 02.25.23 Ask All Sailors 32/2542 Hello everyone, another couple of questions for the hive mind. was looking at getting solar panels f

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2014 Marlow Hunter e33 Issues Crazy Dave Condon at 4:32pm 09.03.24 @danhopkins Al Fooks and Mike Thomas at the forum store are former Hunter employees and have the b
3M 5200 MikeHoncho at 4:22pm 09.03.24 @MikeHoncho I tried to think of something that is common on boats where 2 things on a boat that mig
Lake Superior morning Crazy Dave Condon at 4:07pm 09.03.24 Beautiful pictures . Thank you for sharing crazy Dave
Speed over water not working Captain W at 4:06pm 09.03.24 Thank you very much. Very appreciated.
I sealed gap at h260 water ballast hole area border, to get halffoot more height for water.. shemandr at 4:06pm 09.03.24 ??
Hoping to start traveling with the boat :) morbidfollower at 3:58pm 09.03.24 Don't restrict yourself to only California. The Tucson Sailing Club is inexpensive, mostly trailera
I sealed gap at h260 water ballast hole area border, to get halffoot more height for water.. Crazy Dave Condon at 3:51pm 09.03.24 ?
I may buy listing 5 degree H26, can water collect in hidden spots??? Crazy Dave Condon at 3:46pm 09.03.24 Suggest you hire a marine surveyor to look at that boat. Have you specifically looked inside in all
3M 5200 Rick Webb at 3:43pm 09.03.24 It's not currently banned there. Will something be banned in the future ? How would we know that ?
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:35pm 09.03.24 One more thing. Found a site called Plas TEAK. Uses recycled material and offers boat products...lik
DC Three wire deck light question. jssailem at 3:35pm 09.03.24 My wire is secured at the light fitting and then hangs loose in the conduits located in the mast.
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:32pm 09.03.24 Mermaid...probing into the handrail holes on the cabin top...I can feel nuts embedded at position 2,
top side handrails sailmandan at 3:24pm 09.03.24 Perfect...that is what I thought I could do. It would be interesting to see how far forward they go.
top side handrails jssailem at 3:19pm 09.03.24 You can see the acron nuts a washer behind the hand rail I wonder if that was the original design
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover dLj at 3:11pm 09.03.24 Nice write-up! Looking good! Yeah, ipe is hard wood for sure... dj
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover (1) Foswick at 2:49pm 09.03.24 I just realized I haven't posted updates as I said I would. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foreth
top side handrails (1) Riptide33 at 2:22pm 09.03.24 I will have to take alook at where the forward hand rail were. The last owner removed them. This is
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:15pm 09.03.24 Here we go again. I agree with "there is too much disinformation, misinformation, and plain old ru
3M 5200 dlochner at 2:11pm 09.03.24 I just Googled 5200 & California.. The information available indicates that California has indeed b
top side handrails sailmandan at 2:11pm 09.03.24 Riptide....I would appreciate pics.

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