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Cannot pump water out of sink on 23.5 (1) SFKjeld at 2:38pm 05.02.15 Smaller Boats 4/794 Not sure I'd ever use it much, but I tried the sink for the first time since buying the boat. Added
teak stain other than Sikens kenreed at 1:53pm 05.02.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/976 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 9/2461 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 8/2203 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 0/787 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 5/913 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 16/3342 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 0/586 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 23/6590 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 8/1137 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 7/5169 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 1/844 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 0/29618 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 6/1647 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 1/799 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 0/698 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 10/3311 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 15/1715 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 2/1133 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 6/2145 I just purchased a 1985 Pearson 28-2 and need to replace the rollers for the outhaul at the end of t

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Hunter 40.5 JamesG161 at 5:15am 11.09.23 I put a cork into each hole to stop cold air from passing out of the boxes into the bilge I use ju
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:11am 11.09.23
Alden Challenger Chain plate/Hatframe/Backing plate repair. TomY at 3:27am 11.09.23 Thanks for the followup, Tom. Really glad to hear this repair has been solid! For the ones where
Setting Tack on Dipping Lug Sail dLj at 12:49am 11.09.23 Sail questions seem addressed above. On your dagger board/swing keel/whatever it's called - there sh
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. dLj at 12:37am 11.09.23 A fundamental problem is that the winch direction needs to be in both directions. It depends upon wh
FAREWELL Skippers john2 at 12:01am 11.09.23 thanks for all the info, and good luck !
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. BigEasy at 9:39pm 11.08.23 Appears to be a waste of time & money. Could have made that cleat hitch in much less time than the
2013+ MH-40 Discussion matts997 at 8:28pm 11.08.23 Thanks for the reply. The M-H 31 seems to be a very rare boat indeed, especially out here on the w
Vented Loop Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:54pm 11.08.23 No need for a vented loop, although a high loop would be helpful in preventing back flow from the ta
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. Davidasailor26 at 7:39pm 11.08.23
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose (1) dkinzer at 7:36pm 11.08.23 I replaced the 3" exhaust hose on my 2007 41AC last year. I didn't relish the thought of trying to w
Setting Tack on Dipping Lug Sail (1) rgranger at 7:34pm 11.08.23
Replacing main sail halyard dkinzer at 7:19pm 11.08.23 Sometimes the direction gets turned around by inexperienced crew. When we bought our 2007 41AC tw
Vented Loop dlochner at 7:03pm 11.08.23 No need for a vented loop, although a high loop would be helpful in preventing back flow from the ta
I thought I have seen it all...and then this. dlochner at 6:38pm 11.08.23 What will they think of next? I suppose if you own one of those floating multi-story condo cats a po
H450 Grunert fridge/freezer dlochner at 6:33pm 11.08.23 Why? If it is working, let it be. You'll never find a better refrigeration system. While the system
Replacing standing rigging dlochner at 6:28pm 11.08.23 Is that Sta-Loc ? Spell check correction? Or a new fitting it was not aware of? Greg Dang, t
Setting Tack on Dipping Lug Sail dlochner at 6:27pm 11.08.23 I bet you can find all of your answers in one of Greg Rossel's books. Here's one available as a fre
Its funny Friday! (2) Kermit at 6:12pm 11.08.23 221268221269
Replacing standing rigging Ward H at 6:01pm 11.08.23 In 2018 I paid $1900 for my C30 standing rigging, except the forestay. The mast was down so the rigg

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