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H31 Dinette Seat Inspection Port wufibugs at 9:22am 12.10.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/903 I wonder if anyone has any idea why Hunter put an inspection port into the wooden seat of the forwar
How wide is the mast? keljohnso at 8:53am 12.10.14 Catalina 22 4/1010 How wide is the mast? I need to buy SS bolts to go through it.
catalina 320 galvanic isolator catalina453 at 7:34am 12.10.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1730 I am a new owner of a 1997 catalina 320. I have experienced rapid zinc deterioration in salt water.
Rudder shaft packing sailnoproblem at 6:34am 12.10.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1563 I want to replace the shaft packing on my Tartan 34C. (rudder) I have a tiller, was gonna change to
Looks Like the Left Coast Is Gonna Get It shemandr at 6:18am 12.10.14 Ask All Sailors 39/3320 I put on the Weather Channel and I guess the Pacific storm approaching CA,WA ' OR is going to be a d
If you were to get a nice gift... Doc_holiday at 6:08am 12.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3304 If'n Santa were to bring you something for the boat, what would it be? For me: A new rudder from r*
82 Catalina 25 JanS48 at 10:25pm 12.09.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1112 Greetings Well, I finally settled on an 82 Catalina 25 fin keel. It's in fairly good shape needin
Hatch Size gknox102 at 6:22pm 12.09.14 Smaller Boats 2/1285 I have a 2008 Catalina capri in storage. I'm trying to find out the hatch size opening size to buy a
aft keel bolt ss plate corrosion / water hunter healer at 5:57pm 12.09.14 Big Boats 8/2295 My newly purchased 1983 hunter 34 has be puzzled.All help needed here on this one please. Boat is on
Foam cored rudder rebuild (4) davidjet at 5:26pm 12.09.14 Ask All Sailors 11/5358 Hi guys I'm rebuilding my rudder. Do I have to remove the old foam? It is still hard. Or can I fair
Ideas for outboard mount on my curved Stern Rail? (1) the Dog House at 1:50pm 12.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 8/4950 Hello, I am having a hard time finding a stern rail mount for my outboard dinghy motor for my 2006
Where the heck is the HIN? 2006 H33 syoun10 at 12:58pm 12.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1453 My 2006 H33 had a Vessel Safety Check (VSC - see below for what that is) today and failed because ne
Water Tank Management (5) Blackacre at 10:14am 12.09.14 Big Boats 9/1914 1986 Hunter H34: I'm looking to modify my water tank supply system in order to feed water from bo
Running Rigging Jim 5757 at 9:49am 12.09.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 21/14932 Hello to all! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! I'm putting our off-season worklist t
tiller leight JohnZ at 9:46am 12.09.14 Catalina 22 2/718 Cutting down the tiller length on the tiller or does any one know the correct length for the tiller
Aluminum Bimini Frame Bad Obsession at 8:36am 12.09.14 Ask All Sailors 18/4734 My Bimini has an aluminum frame. I want to get a flexible solar panel, around 50 or 60 watt. I wo
Looking for a 47 or 48 Foot Boat DJW at 6:23am 12.09.14 Ask All Sailors 14/1979 I am looking to upgrade our 1974 Cascade 42 that we keep in HI. We have a 50 foot slip in Pearl Har
Cherubini curtain track? kito at 5:51am 12.09.14 The Cherubini Hunters 17/2834 I thought making curtains would be a good first project on my new sewing machine.....never used one
Inspection cover (1) Stratus3 at 9:36pm 12.08.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/3793 New old Mac 26s, does anyone have any idea what the round inspection hole that is in the middle of t
The Doors Casagf66 at 8:48pm 12.08.14 Ask All Sailors 13/2030 Hey gang, So, I'm in the process of purchasing a 1981 c'c 34, boat seems to be well maintained an

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Rabbit starts PaulK at 6:19pm 09.24.23 Interesting to have one of the competitors run the automated horn. Makes it easy if the starting lin
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (7) ...3TacksontheWater at 5:59pm 09.24.23 Well, progress is being made, albeit very slowly. Why, you may ask ties directly into my New Halyard
Legend 43 stock propellor baycloud at 5:16pm 09.24.23 I have a 1996 37.5. I am a fan of 3 bladed props as when in high wind situations the two bladed pr
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 5:14pm 09.24.23 Once I get her in a sling, I will update progress here. Thanks everyone for their helpful suggestio
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? drewlamparello at 3:14pm 09.24.23 I had a 2007 Capri 22 before my 2017 Cat275. The Capri was a great lake boat. when I moved to the co
Deck paint recommendations (1) Nashville_Blues at 3:02pm 09.24.23 It's time to repaint. I'm not the original owner, but it looks like the deck has never been painte
Deck paint recommendations Nashville_Blues at 2:59pm 09.24.23 You are absolutely right, once painted you can't go back. And perhaps it has already been painted.
Dry bilge in H49/50 Laid-back at 2:38pm 09.24.23 As the gulper pump can run even if dry, is it even necessary to use the drain box? Just hook it up t
Deception Pass. Hayden Watson at 1:55pm 09.24.23 I found this video of Deception Pass. It was taken on a fairly low flood current but does show how
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Don S/V ILLusion at 11:59am 09.24.23 Are you saying that if I turn off the power to the splitter and the VHF, the AIS will transmit norm
Just a bit too much heel and helm Don Guillette at 11:58am 09.24.23 We have a reasonably tender boat that does not mind being pressed on but I would like to have a pro
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 11:42am 09.24.23 Are you saying that if I turn off the power to the splitter and the VHF, the AIS will transmit norm
23.5 unsinkable??? Roland5048 at 11:37am 09.24.23 Several years ago, a friend and I tried to sink a 25' sailboat hull. Dang thing would not go down.
1990 MacGregor 26s steering mechanism stickinthemud57 at 11:34am 09.24.23 Which part of your steering mechanism is bent? Could you provide some photos?
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 11:30am 09.24.23 Here's the installation instruction on my LasDrop Gen II Why can't Sureseal have instructions lik
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. Ralph Johnstone at 11:22am 09.24.23 On that subject, at least one person suggested that if it's epoxied to the hull, I'm in for a big w
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging baycloud at 11:07am 09.24.23 Interesting - so you only use 1 compressor and do a spillover? I was considering that...it sounds li
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter stephen_i_w at 10:56am 09.24.23 Antennas are not really expensive. A second antenna will work much better than a splitter. I simpl
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". Onoahimahi at 10:54am 09.24.23 I had this happen twice on different larger motors 1) No peeing but motor was not overheating: The p
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Lee Hadjiosif at 10:33am 09.24.23 In theory this will work. In practice it is an accident waiting to happen. If the VHF is used to tr

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