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Finishing Delrin CYQK at 1:01pm 04.15.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1962 Installed a new base for one of my foot blocks How do you get a smooth finish on it?
Towing/retrieving with all wheel drive (1) SamLust at 12:22pm 04.15.15 Trailer Sailors 29/8541 I'm looking for personal experience using an all wheel drive vehicle to tow and retrieve a small sai
Simpson Lawrence Windlass letting go under gravity Jerry21707 at 9:04am 04.15.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1373 2007 Hunter 31 with a Sprint Atlantic Gipsy/Drum model 457. The unit works fine under power both up
leaking windows/ ports solodare at 8:17am 04.15.15 Trailer Sailors 19/3403 Can some one point me in the right direction? Im having trouble finding DIY info. I have a venture
S2 9.2C Rudder Shaft Dimensions islndr at 7:22am 04.15.15 S2 1/2056 I need to replace my rudder and rudder shaft on my 1986 S2 9.2C. The company I found to manufacture
Newbie Needs Advice mlindberg1 at 6:06am 04.15.15 Day Sailers 0/653 I am 99% on my way to be the new owner of an O'day 26. As far as I can tell everything checks out an
O'day 222 rudder repair kveach at 6:03am 04.15.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2939 Hello all, My wife and I are the new owners of a well-kept 1987 O'day 222. Still sorting through
Alternator with dual charging outputs? Ebbing Lattitude at 5:25am 04.15.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1752 Working on my DC system on my new to me boat, and I've found a couple things I can't seem to reconci
41 saloon dead lights uncledom at 4:37am 04.15.15 Big Boats 11/1601 I have a 2006 Hunter 41 that has a leak on the starboard dead light, forward in the saloon. I would
Boom Height/Bimini bambamh at 12:01am 04.15.15 Smaller Boats 5/1147 Boom Height/Bimini/H26 I want to put a Bimini on my 94 H26. How high is the boom. I have not steppe
Mystery Brackets (2) SoundWave at 5:14pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1202 We recently bought a 1992 26S It has these brackets (they look pretty beat up) on the pulpit
Portlight replacement, only option new? Really?! Hump Day at 5:03pm 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1377 I own a 1982 H27. Just like with the rest of you, my Gray ports are at the point that I'm afraid to
Cutting off the hatch flange to make flat base???? Hump Day at 4:45pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 4/2794 I have a 1982 Hunter 27 That has two hatches. A forward Trapezoidal hatch and an midship rectangle h
Bow Thruster Maintiance RHUMB RUNNER at 4:43pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 0/711 I have a Max Power tunnel bow thruster on my Hunter 49, I was told this is a sealed unit in the tunn
Elongated mast pivot hole on 26S Bfranchini at 4:03pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1345 I Believe I once saw a solution to this problem but I can't find the thread... To sum it up, one of
lost!!! please help! futuresailor at 3:06pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2100 I've been sailing with friends and family for a while and now im wanting to buy a sailboat of my own
Auto Pilot For H376 tbleonard at 2:38pm 04.14.15 Big Boats 4/1115 I Am Looking To Add An Autopilot To My 1997 H376. My Other Electronics Is Raymarine. Any Suggestio
Cayenne pepper in bottom paint shebakescakes at 1:38pm 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/3255 Has anyone heard of using cayenne pepper as an additive before bottom painting their boat? I had som
Boom rigging sloanstavern at 12:59pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1512
O'day 26 overpowered easily with 150% genoa? BelladonnaII at 11:07am 04.14.15 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1817 This has been my first sailing season on my new to me boat. I have roller furling that currently has

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macerator doesn't have enough oumph Rick at 5:07pm 11.01.23 Thanks everyone! My macerator is the Jabsco 18590-2094. When I stopped getting vaccuum I installed
winterizing ysm12 Don S/V ILLusion at 4:49pm 11.01.23 This appears to be one of those -ask a question to which many take the time to respond- but the OP d
Contact Davidasailor26 at 4:44pm 11.01.23 And those emails from your best friend in some foreign country who was robbed and needs money to ge
P42 VHF Masthead Cable Routing Rick at 4:28pm 11.01.23 I will just throw this in because it is not that difficult as being said here. I just recently had
winterizing ysm12 TimFromLI at 4:23pm 11.01.23 I don't know that engine but if it's fresh water cooled, maybe try putting the raw water hose in a b
Gelcoat for Hunter 41DS repair in Europe -? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:05pm 11.01.23 The forum store sells the correct gel coat for your boat. Gel coat does not dry in air as it requi
Square top main on water ballast? (1) massnspace at 3:41pm 11.01.23 So after starting this thread I ordered a NON square-top main. The bids I got were more than double
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 (1) rgranger at 3:36pm 11.01.23 All good info .... thanks everyone. This one looks cosmetically well cared for with many recent upg
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary Tater at 3:34pm 11.01.23 This is a simple transom mounted motor.
What material do people use to help make less noticeable scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few scratches. shemandr at 3:22pm 11.01.23 Less Noticeable? Before going the gelcoat route maybe try compound in decreasing grits and then a C
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 jssailem at 2:05pm 11.01.23 :biggrin:
New Code 0 needs an genoa block attachment jssailem at 2:02pm 11.01.23 Your thinking about rigging the control sheets for your sail on Genoa tracks conflicts with my under
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:58pm 11.01.23 Does anyone here know if a 1985 Catalina 27 came without an easel as an option? I would try to fi
What material do people use to help make less noticeable scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few scratches. Ralph Johnstone at 1:46pm 11.01.23 If your h-260 is around 2000 vintage, no problem ? See post #2 : https://forums.sailboatowners.com
What material do people use to help make less noticeable scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few scratches. Siamese at 1:11pm 11.01.23 Stickers! Or better yet, gelcoat. If you can get a color match to your hull, then filling the scra
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 Siamese at 1:02pm 11.01.23 Plenty of clues to go by. As has been mentioned, the big shaft going through the hull would mean th
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 Scott T-Bird at 12:49pm 11.01.23 BTW, I'm not a big fan of the Catalina 27. They have a functional interior, but the side decks are
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 Scott T-Bird at 12:41pm 11.01.23 If you read the Practical Sailor article you'll find that Catalina 27 came in a variety of options i
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 dlochner at 12:35pm 11.01.23 An inboard engine was offered on the Catalina 27. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/catalina-27 L
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 dlochner at 12:33pm 11.01.23 Does anyone here know if a 1985 Catalina 27 came without an easel as an option? I do believe the

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