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H31 H34 tie rod chain plate (2) state2state at 1:11pm 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2032 What's your opinion on this H31 chain plate? Freshwater only vessel.
Teak stripping a H40 forward cabin inner liner sides waternwaves at 12:57pm 02.07.15 Big Boats 1/893 Kicking around an idea of removing the original carpet glued to the inner liner of the forward cabin
Stainless Steel Fabricator sailor420 at 12:12pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1430 I have a new radome and it will require some modification of my exsisting mast support. The support
Gauges MLampner at 11:44am 02.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 0/514 Though it didn't feel like the right day to start on it, it was cold this morning, work for the comi
Dinghy Davits on Catalina 387 surlymermaid at 11:35am 02.07.15 Big Boats 4/3254 I am installing Garhaeur Davits on my Catalina 387. I am going to install the davits and suport post
Anchor locker bottom... woodster at 11:26am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2025 ...mine is flat and everything sits on that surface ropes, chain, anchors and all else that may be s
Keeping Bottom Siders In Place Dan_Y at 10:25am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 15/4118 Has anyone found a way to secure Bottom Siders to the fiberglass cockpit seats, or at least keep the
Will Non-Bonded Anode Sacrifice? (1) rardiH36 at 10:01am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2370 Question for the long-time boat owners and (if reading) the electrochemical engineers or scientifica
Laser Flare... Receiver? agprice22 at 8:53am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1001 I Have seen the Laser Flare product online, and an idea came to mind. How about equipping search pla
1990 35.5 new owner shawanaga at 8:19am 02.07.15 Big Boats 7/1337 Hi just purchased 1990 and starting to figure out what to add before it is launched in a few weeks.
Gooseneck connection Isail at 8:05am 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/750 Greetings; I was given a Hunter 18.5 that needs a lot of work. At present, I'm trying to rig the
Cutting mainsail shorter chp at 7:47am 02.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/8402 I know the subject of raising the boom has come up before, but I haven't found anything about having
Electric horn? Ken Cross at 7:12am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 17/5649 It seems odd to me that many power boats have a built in electric horn. I've never seen one on a sai
LED bulbs sailnoproblem at 7:08am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 27/3676 I want to replace my interior lighting with LED bulbs. I have the old Perko dome lights. Can I repla
The things i do for my boat DAVA390 at 6:51am 02.07.15 Engines and Propulsion 17/3063 Bought some Glycerin based lubricant this AM for the water pump impeller. In a pharmacy. Guess wha
TV marine freindly DJN51 at 4:33am 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/636 What brand tv handles marine enviorment the best. will be on a 23.5 Hunter so it will take a little
Problems steering my sailboat with outboard/tiller Monaco at 9:18pm 02.06.15 Ask All Sailors 11/5139 Steering my sailboat out of the channel is a two man job because the outboard won't stay in one pla
Baking brownies in the Force 10 oven jveatch at 6:35pm 02.06.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1004 My wife tried baking brownies in the Force 10 oven that is in our Hunter 41DS. She used a glass 9x1
Like 'Em Hard or Soft? robfmcc at 4:55pm 02.06.15 Ask All Sailors 24/3795 Trying to decide on a dinghy, hard or soft bottom is a difficult choice. They both have their pluse
Whisker Pole, Mast Track, and Ring KZW at 2:25pm 02.06.15 Catalina 310 27/9717 I have a 150 Genoa on my C-310 and could use a whisker pole. However, I have no mast track, and no r

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Need Mainsail mast slide fitting size. (1) Tally Ho at 5:24pm 06.13.23 I wonder if the vendor has a template to use to determine the type/size you need? When I ordered a
Universal engine parts, and maintenance schedule, and dinghy davits? Afraal at 5:10pm 06.13.23 Thank you Stu J!
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 5:06pm 06.13.23 The fact that shipping is "free" from Amazon, has nothing to do with the comparable price of the b
Schafer Outrageous Pricing BigEasy at 4:55pm 06.13.23 The Schaefer series 3 cheek block is $41 on Amazon, BTW, so only about 30% more than Garhauer, not
Mast step WI Rigger at 4:50pm 06.13.23 What pictures do you want? I checked the side to side plumb of the mast with the main sheet. The mas
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 4:22pm 06.13.23 Big shout out to @Maine Sail for his excellent tutorial on Balmar regulator programming! The cheat
Schafer Outrageous Pricing capta at 4:17pm 06.13.23 I find it interesting when folks say that "marine" gear is so expensive. It is an incredibly small m
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 3:53pm 06.13.23 Big shout out to @Scott T-Bird , who sent me a Balmar MC614 regulator! Wow. Very generous. So, re
Schafer Outrageous Pricing Scott T-Bird at 3:39pm 06.13.23 You had a block that lasted 37 years and you are complaining about price gouging? Think how long th
Minor project: new teak companionway step jaysweet at 2:47pm 06.13.23 Nice job! Sweet... I bet it can double as a seat as well. Cool Nice job! I stopped referring
Help Identifying another O'Day apell at 2:24pm 06.13.23 If it is a 1980 O'Day, there should be a HIN in the upper right corner of the transom that would co
Help Identifying another O'Day dlochner at 2:22pm 06.13.23
Help Identifying another O'Day dlochner at 2:22pm 06.13.23 If it is a 1980 O'Day, there should be a HIN in the upper right corner of the transom that would con
Help Identifying another O'Day Davidasailor26 at 2:21pm 06.13.23
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 2:15pm 06.13.23 Yes, Rich, I'm recently retired and on a fixed income, but c'mon, we're talking yachts here, aren
Schafer Outrageous Pricing Rich Stidger at 2:12pm 06.13.23 The whole "price gouging" complaint thing gets under my skin! People have choices, and people who m
Alden 44 Air Conditioner location capt�nErik at 2:00pm 06.13.23
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 1:48pm 06.13.23 Obvious price gouging really annoys me. How is it price gouging? What should they do? Twice the
Schafer Outrageous Pricing BigEasy at 1:48pm 06.13.23 Yes, it is getting ridiculous regarding prices of pretty much everything. I plan to rebuild mine, w
Yanmar 2gm hard starting and stalling on lower RPM Yanman511 at 1:45pm 06.13.23 Thanks @Ralph Johnstone I appreciate it I will give it a try.

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