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Standing Rigging Assistance iamaskier87 at 3:14pm 04.27.15 Catalina 22 5/1277 Hello, I purchased my first boat, a 1981 Catalina 22, last summer in the water. During fall haul
VHF Cable Location? 2 OLD PIRATES at 2:29pm 04.27.15 Catalina 310 16/2134 Hi All: I bet some of you northerners are biting at the bit to get those sails up. Got a ques
Forespar mast car plastic runners Syversens at 2:28pm 04.27.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/858 Hey all, I have a Beneteau 361 and many years ago I put a spinnaker pole a friend gave me on the
Big Day for the H34 " The Splash " chrisrezba at 2:09pm 04.27.15 Big Boats 8/1311 Hello Hunter Forum Guys and thanks for all your help. I just splashed my 1st Big Boat and I did it i
Engine Blower bwasileski at 2:01pm 04.27.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 23/6474 Hi All. Last fall the blower for my engine quit turning on with the initial turn of the key. With a
Looking to buy a MAC36 CAT MIAMI PROAS at 1:18pm 04.27.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/638 I just lost a bid 4 weeks ago on a MAC36 sold in Key WEst, and I know is a longshot to find another
Cabin leak in a Beneteau 373 ualiah at 1:04pm 04.27.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1882 When we have heavy rains on Galveston Bay, I have a small cabin leak around center cabin light in my
Removing galley sink Catalina C350 bafanabafana at 12:55pm 04.27.15 Big Boats 1/1314 Has anyone had experience with removing a galley sink in a Catalina C350? I need to replace faucet a
Removing Prop (1) Tom-in-Annapolis at 12:45pm 04.27.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2215 I need to remove the two bladed prop on my Hunter 34. I've taken out the cotter pin and the prop nu
PSS shaft seal - what do I use for the vent hose? holdech at 12:23pm 04.27.15 Engines and Propulsion 20/10711 The boat came with a PSS shaft seal. The vent tube was a piece of 3/8 clear vinyl (thin wall, not re
Looking at a O'Day 28... but... dc78212 at 12:06pm 04.27.15 Bigger Boats 14/9754 It's a good looking boat, nice running diesel, bulk heads were replaced (good job too) overall the
Oday Emblems (1) Euphoria2011 at 12:04pm 04.27.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/745 Hey all, a coworker here does woodworking as a hobby with a cnc machine and long story short, he mad
out of fuel when still 1/3 tank PatAndEuan at 11:50am 04.27.15 Big Boats 15/1596 Recently experienced a problem with my fuel. Was just heading out to cross the Strait of Georgia
O'day Parts? FrankMeg at 11:23am 04.27.15 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2408 Hi, Looking for parts for an O'Day 27 and having some difficulty locating. Any suggestions? Thanks
Headsail/Spinnaker tmcp51d at 10:03am 04.27.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/834 While looking at the top of my mast I found I was using the spinnaker halyard for the headsail (I th
New sailor of a 32' Colmbia cnoonan at 9:48am 04.27.15 Columbia 1/1275 Hi Just wanted to talk to anyone who has a 30'+ Columbia! Charlie N Destin, FL
135% Genoa On 25.5 Hunter ???? jareddavis at 9:34am 04.27.15 Smaller Boats 14/3299 During a race Sat on Lake of The Ozark, MO I tore my jib sail. I put on a roller furler 4 years a
30 O'Day Shaft Length SaltyDogCharlie at 9:08am 04.27.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/531 I have an 1983 O'Day 30 in Deltaville. I had the shaft replaced this spring and the yard cut it int
Is this pump self-priming (1) wufibugs at 8:41am 04.27.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1405 I'm relocating my overboard pump and wondering if it has to be installed lower than the holding tank
Do I need battery fuses? cb32863 at 8:28am 04.27.15 Musings With Maine Sail 25/13559 I have been reading the thread on battery fuses and doing some looking around and I am wondering if

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Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? Ranzo at 4:48pm 10.30.23 Hey LakeShark! No worries: keep it coming! There's no doubt she's been leaking the rain in, especia
Its funny Friday! Tally Ho at 4:42pm 10.30.23 I remember filling my motorcycle for about 40 cents! but I hauled Tally Ho out for the winter las
Hunter 290 stack pac main sail cover colin59 at 4:27pm 10.30.23 Thanks, where did you order it from, seems to be unavailable on hunter owners web site? thanks Colin
macerator doesn't have enough oumph TimFromLI at 4:26pm 10.30.23 As Ralph suggested earlier, is there an air leak at the deck fitting. In your first post you said t
Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? LakeShark at 3:57pm 10.30.23 I hate to be the be of bad news but it looks like you have a number of leaks. You likely have some r
Islander 28 - Antenna Cable location jssailem at 3:40pm 10.30.23
macerator doesn't have enough oumph jssailem at 3:36pm 10.30.23
Extending Table Leafs artboas at 3:25pm 10.30.23 Hi I know this sounds too simple, but you just pull the table top apart. The brown clips are just f
Extending Table Leafs artboas at 3:14pm 10.30.23 Just bought a hunter 49 and wondered if anyone could help explain how to extend the table. Mine has
Its funny Friday! Davidasailor26 at 3:04pm 10.30.23
Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? Ranzo at 2:57pm 10.30.23 Hey George! That does help: this boat is definitely a learning platform for me, both to improve my s
Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? ...3TacksontheWater at 2:47pm 10.30.23 Argh: I have made an ugly discovery. I thought I had a stripped out screw for the bottom fitting of
reason h260 bilge pump is NOT in lowest point? Crazy Dave Condon at 2:25pm 10.30.23 You have a dual switch. Manual should turn it on. Bilge is automatic. Otherwise it will need
macerator doesn't have enough oumph sabbatical88 at 1:40pm 10.30.23 @JamesG161 @Ralph Johnstone, the Jabsco pump in use is the 18590-0000, which is 12V. Agian, my bad f
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger George Braun at 1:32pm 10.30.23 we moved up from an Islander 32 to a Hunter 36 with the specific intent of NOT moving to a boat that
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 12:28pm 10.30.23 Ah, the good ol' days! :beer: I can remember $0.65/gal but... whooooo damn.... you must be old.:bi
reason h260 bilge pump is NOT in lowest point? (1) rgranger at 12:27pm 10.30.23 Keep a sponge on the boat to get the last little bit of water out of the bilge before you close up t
Islander 28 - Antenna Cable location yak4fish at 12:11pm 10.30.23 I finally found the antenna coax - it was under the headliner near the back wall of the head. I tes
reason h260 bilge pump is NOT in lowest point? dlochner at 12:11pm 10.30.23 Bilge pumps, like the one you have, are centrifugal vane pumps. They work well at pumping water, not
Its funny Friday! kappykaplan at 11:44am 10.30.23 You could occasionally get gas for 25 cents a gallon when competing stations were having "gas wars"

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