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I should know the answer to this but I don't... Does it make sense to paint a bronze prop with VC
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has anyone put a small swim platform on a 26s or c. i know it will require a lot of reinforcement bu
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It was an overcast day with showers June 27 when the first of two boats, a Hunter Passage 42 sailed
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As a new owner of a boat that has apparently sat unused for about 17 years I have started working ma
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Recent Replies

Adding second reef to main sail?
Tally Ho at 3:11pm 09.08.23
Mine's relatively new, but I know a lot of guys put blocks on there. Then, the blocks need mainten
Hunter 320 Steering Issue
Tally Ho at 3:06pm 09.08.23
Winter Cover - Midwest
Steve L22188 at 3:01pm 09.08.23
Yes...Shipshape is the answer. They already have the patterns for many boats. I've had mine for a
Adding second reef to main sail?
Tally Ho at 2:52pm 09.08.23
I haven't detected a friction problem with mine. Maybe it's related to line size? And I am probab
Adding second reef to main sail?
Tally Ho at 2:46pm 09.08.23
An old Garmin GPSMap740. PO installed it sometime before I bought the boat. But I wired in the wi
Adding second reef to main sail?
jviss at 2:19pm 09.08.23
Ever use one?:doh: Duh! Uh, have used since maybe about 1976 with Stephen Colgate on City Island,
3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes
kappykaplan at 1:59pm 09.08.23
Since this has always been a fresh water vessel I was not concerned about build up barnacles on the
Adding second reef to main sail?
Kings Gambit at 1:33pm 09.08.23
The Cunnigham is an invention of Briggs Cunningham, skipper of Columbia and winner of the 1956 Amer
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging
tkwhalen at 1:04pm 09.08.23
I rig my preventer from the mid ship cleat using a dyneema soft shackle to where the boom vang (atta
H49/H50 Anchor Snubber/Bridle Setup
tkwhalen at 12:59pm 09.08.23
I use a bridle and I pass it through the chocks up front as you are suggesting
Winter Cover - Midwest
plenny7 at 12:31pm 09.08.23
Shipshape Canvas, based in Duluth. https://www.shipshapecanvas.com I couldn't tell you the cost n
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX
jviss at 12:28pm 09.08.23
Darn, I was thinking I could ask seller of sailboat to drop it 2500 for not being 4 stroke, ha. If
Adding second reef to main sail?
jviss at 12:20pm 09.08.23
Ditto with reducing friction on the reef line. I lashed my blocks to the dog bones. I haven't dete
Anyone know if this Mercury 9.9 is 2 stroke or is 4 stroke? I seems too old to be 4. Its on a Hunter 260. -- ALEX
jviss at 12:15pm 09.08.23
BTW, I really did make popcorn! Ha, ha. Working on my recipe. Orville Redenbaker's, in my 2 qt. s
Adding second reef to main sail?
jviss at 12:11pm 09.08.23
it looks like the luff of the main is a little slack. This is the functional equivalent of tighteni
Adding second reef to main sail?
Tally Ho at 12:06pm 09.08.23
Greg, I'm not really following what you're doing here, and why. Why all the hardware? Why not jus
3GM30F raw water pump missing impeller vanes
kloudie1 at 11:59am 09.08.23
If no overheat problems, no need to play further.. Good job!
Adding second reef to main sail?
Kings Gambit at 11:39am 09.08.23
Yes, but those measures are not gust responses. If sustained winds are increasing, flatten the sail

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