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Broke the mast! Would like your advice! Fcolon01 at 7:30am 12.08.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1318 Over the weekend I made a huge rookie mistake... When checking a chain plate on the port side I did
How to Bosun Chair with in mast Halyard? McIntoshUSA at 7:28am 12.08.14 Ask All Sailors 15/4448 How to Safely use Bosun Chair with only a spinnaker Halyard? I have a friend who has an in mast Hal
Broke Mast Fcolon01 at 6:49am 12.08.14 Smaller Boats 1/1361 Over the weekend I made a huge rookie mistake when checking a chain plate on the port side I did not
1996 Hunter 410 Ster Rail Flagpole, flag staff, Ring jsmac at 6:29am 12.08.14 Big Boats 3/963 Hi, Does anyone know the diameter of the stern rail flagpole ring? Apparently Westmarine has thre
Amiot deck fill colored rings jibstay at 6:15am 12.08.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/3042 The blue and red colored rings on my Amiot deck fills have faded or broken. Apparently, these are
Tri-lens radar reflector Ken13559 at 6:11am 12.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1034 I've a medium size Tri-lens Radar Reflector mounted about half way up the mast. Cruising chute and
How hot is hot water Ken13559 at 1:29am 12.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1176 Anyone know temperature of water in hot water tank when heated by engine after many hours of running
headliner repairs? jasonkd at 9:02pm 12.07.14 Pearson 0/750 There are a bunch of old screw holes and a small gash on the headliner of my 365. What's the best or
Tank Level Sensor Installation (3) wufibugs at 8:51pm 12.07.14 Ask All Sailors 27/4134 Friend wrecked his RV and gave me his tank level gauge and some sensors. I know they won't be very a
Furling system damage CapnGrumpyBreeches at 7:15pm 12.07.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1091 Some how the top extrusion of my Furlex 100s system for my Catalina 22 snapped at the extrusion join
Yamaha throttle housing replacement harkonnen30 at 5:37pm 12.07.14 Yamaha 4/1914 Hi I'm looking for a replacement for the throttle housing on my Yamaha 30. Can't seem to find anythi
Recommendations For Masthead Vhf Antenna twodzusfittings at 4:49pm 12.07.14 Smaller Boats 7/973 Getting my list of improvements for 2015 ready. Would like recommendations for a masthead mounted an
Some Guys Like a Big Transom on Their Girl Windborne at 2:14pm 12.07.14 Ask All Sailors 32/9629 Was at the the St. Petersburg Boat show yesterday looking at the new Catalinas, Hunters, Jeanneaus '
Auto Pilot Control Box DENNY23861 at 1:26pm 12.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1056 I Need To Tie My New Gps Into My Old Auto Pilot But Can Not Find The Control Box For The Auto Pil
Ask All Hunter Owners Forum Don Guillette at 1:17pm 12.07.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/2454 Usually, I trawl through the various sites looking for topics -- it ain't easy dreaming up topics!!
Kenyon Boom End Sheave Axle Pin Removal (5) Blackacre at 12:44pm 12.07.14 Big Boats 8/3509 I'm trying to remove the Sheave Axle Pin on my 1986 Hunter H34 with a Kenyon #3550 Boom and K-11472
Bilge Mount After False Bilge Alteration (4) Blackacre at 12:26pm 12.07.14 Big Boats 32/6534 I recently completed the "False Bilge Alteration" that many recommended on this site for my 1986 Hun
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on revisted, Part 6 Skip Gundlach at 11:26am 12.07.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1360 Whole lotta shakin' goin' on revisted, Part 6 Well, because it's been more than a year since ou
Water Leak H 376 interpanama at 11:09am 12.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1068 I have a 97 Hunter 376 witha water leak apparently coming from teh joing in between topsides and hul
Wireless vs wired internet speeds Brian D at 10:17am 12.07.14 Sails Call Lounge 2/2779 If you are running wireless (which I think just about everyone is) and you are in your home, I have

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1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 6:01pm 09.25.23 Sorry. The prop shaft illustrated. Do you know the steel type used?
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. Ralph Johnstone at 6:00pm 09.25.23 I that 316? Again please ?
Rabbit starts FDL S2 at 5:43pm 09.25.23 We do staggered starts based on PHRF ratings, highest PHRF boat goes first down to the lowest starti
The Sewing Machine Thread Apex at 5:22pm 09.25.23 @jviss Test what you got, and beyond leather and sunbrella: add in layers of dacron and webbing ple
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 5:17pm 09.25.23 easy @jviss, if there is a machine that can sew the head of a jib, I'm buying iT! I confess I am s
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? (1) Calif. Ted at 5:15pm 09.25.23 Here's the TSB from Catalina for repair of the compression post block on a C34, if you have evidence
The Sewing Machine Thread Apex at 5:13pm 09.25.23 What's your point? By the way, this is the sewing machine thread, not the sail repair failure thre
The Sewing Machine Thread jviss at 5:09pm 09.25.23
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? Stu Jackson at 4:53pm 09.25.23 I did go to the C34 forum first, but didn't see a lot of activity so thought it would make sense to
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix pclarksurf at 4:45pm 09.25.23 To some earlier points on whether you can safely gel coat on top of epoxy resin (and to a larger ex
The Sewing Machine Thread (3) Tally Ho at 4:44pm 09.25.23
New O'Day 25 Rudder? Sunbird22358 at 4:12pm 09.25.23 D&R Marine does have replacement rudders for the 25, not cheap... but stronger than the original!
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. BabuBoat at 4:08pm 09.25.23 Makes one wonder what keel bolts are made from. 302 and 304 I know are subject to crevice corrosio
Catalina 34 MK II Compression Block Repair or Replace? jbmia at 3:43pm 09.25.23 Hmm. I don't see any loose laminate around the rest of the keel as if there were an impact down ther
2010 Honda 9.9 with new impeller doesn't "pee". Diablito at 3:23pm 09.25.23 Thanks to all of you. This is a used 2010 engine, bought with the understanding that some TLC would
Clamshell Vent Covers Mechone at 3:10pm 09.25.23 I hit it with the buffer, went to marine store and purchased a stainless one , looks better and shou
Just a bit too much heel and helm (1) FDL S2 at 2:55pm 09.25.23 On the 24, we would "vang-sheet" in puffy conditions. We set the vang on hard (whatever was good fo
Mast up winter storage sailme88 at 2:47pm 09.25.23 No matter how well you wrap the shrouds ( if wire) you will have water run down them. Rod rigs are s
Mast up winter storage dlochner at 2:13pm 09.25.23 EIGHT?!?! pad cradle?! Couldn't think of a more secure means. In Muskegon, there are many on 4pad
Just a bit too much heel and helm JRacer at 2:10pm 09.25.23 PS, I would prefer 10 and not more than 15 degrees of heel vs 20. That's what we would shoot for on

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