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Discovery Island Group Cruise Log Terry Cox at 8:00pm 11.17.14 Destinations 2/1994 It was an overcast day with showers June 27 when the first of two boats, a Hunter Passage 42 sailed
Hunter 270 winch info required jpaull at 7:42pm 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1314 Hi. I have a Hunter 270 and would like to change my winches to self tailing. However when I looked a
Winter Project - Clearing up dodger windows kenvail at 6:51pm 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/987 What are the best methods to clear up the windows on an old dodger? I have heard that you can even g
Name placement slowdog at 4:56pm 11.17.14 Ask All Sailors 21/9766 I am going to put a name on my boat is it best on the sides or on the stern
Replaced Glass Windows with Acrylic (5) Seahorse24 at 1:03pm 11.17.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1613 I replaced eight glass windows that go on our Yankee Seahorse with Acrylic. The total costs was sixt
Hunter 310 head, raw water hook-up fxg88k at 11:53am 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/836 I recently purchared a Hunter 310. The prior owner replaced the manual head pump but ran the raw wat
Winter Live aboard - How to keep the pipes from freezing? Wisp at 11:47am 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/4699 I'm a live aboard in the DC area and this is going to be my first winter onboard. I'm looking for su
Rescue or salvage 1986 MAC 25 ? Ranger_12 at 10:57am 11.17.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2403 I have a 1986 Macgregor 25 that I can't decide what to do with. I bought boats for parts and now hav
2QM20 questions from H36 '80-82 new owner - tmjb at 10:55am 11.17.14 The Cherubini Hunters 23/7059 As a new owner of a boat that has apparently sat unused for about 17 years I have started working ma
Nav station chair question from H36 '80-82 new owner tmjb at 10:42am 11.17.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1733 As a new owner of a 1981 H36C I am in the early stages of exploring my boat. One question I am hopin
hiking problem garysisson at 10:20am 11.17.14 Bigger Boats 2/942 I have a problem with falling into the cockpit when sitting up on the very small area of deck while
O'day 25 julu44 at 9:50am 11.17.14 Day Sailers 6/2260
Zinc Anode facini at 7:51am 11.17.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2964
1980 hunter 27 rudder. Lusitano at 6:17am 11.17.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/945 Can anyone tell me the proper way to remove the rudder and what to look for, since there's a lot of
chain links gettinthere at 6:15am 11.17.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1684 I'm striking out looking for a chain connector for 5/16 G4 chain. Some of my chain rusted sitting in
Coupeville, WA Terry Cox at 7:47pm 11.16.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1641 Finally! Too many factors at play, weather, family, etc., etc., etc. Last week during mid winter bre
Play in the rudder shaft 79 h27 Bateau Margo at 5:07pm 11.16.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1430 Well our first year with our first sail boat is in the books. Wrapped it today. One of my winter pro
Vang Adjustment to Stop Flapping Main Leech KZW at 4:40pm 11.16.14 Catalina 310 10/3637 I have C-310, sail no 307. The boat was built in 2005 and has in-mast furling. The leech of the main
Refrigeration problems Perfect Excuse at 4:28pm 11.16.14 Ask All Sailors 10/2665 Refrigeration problem with a Grunert Polar Mate water cooled unit. It runs well for about an hour th
Outboard isn't low enough... Advice on rebuilding mount? (6) Hooks at 3:25pm 11.16.14 Ask All Sailors 30/5330 So I tried to take the boat out today and learned that the motor is not going deep enough in the wat

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Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 10:24am 10.10.23 It does.
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 10:19am 10.10.23 Welcome to the site. Can you explain what a "seabuilt plate" is or provide a picture ? I don't get
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 10:15am 10.10.23 Perhaps this weekend. We'll hold you to it.
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction rgranger at 10:08am 10.10.23 Mine quit some years ago and I got a rebuild kit from Nicro that replaced the motor and battery. I
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Benny17441 at 10:04am 10.10.23 You will need to conduct a Power Survey to estimate your daily overall usage to compare against the
Invest 93L Hello Below at 9:58am 10.10.23 Promise me it will not affect the Annapolis Sailboat Show. :biggrin:
Applying Cetol question TimFromLI at 9:57am 10.10.23 I would use a natural bristle brush as the directiond say. I have used foam with good results but wa
1984 c25 sits bow down Timm R Oday25 at 9:33am 10.10.23 I don't believe the rake of the mast has anything to do with the water line . I'd look long and har
Usefulness of a boom slider(s) on a Selden boom/mast on a 386 Hamish_s at 9:18am 10.10.23 Thank you all for the responses - very helpful, and I can now either ignore them, hang some decorati
Invest 93L Benny17441 at 9:17am 10.10.23 A mild low, which will move quickly with slim chance of strengthening; mainly a rain event for the F
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction Hayden Watson at 9:09am 10.10.23 Thanks, Fellas. First step is to see if the motor is gummed up, can be lubed etc. The alternate m
Dual Tracks on Hunter 33 Scott B at 8:52am 10.10.23 Tracks on the deck were an option for single-handing. Run the sheets to the 2 winches beside the he
Invest 93L kloudie1 at 8:32am 10.10.23 We are keeping fingers crossed that it brings us some rain .. We in Baton Rouge area, are around 7 i
Invest 93L (1) JamesG161 at 8:16am 10.10.23 When is it going to pass over SC? 48 hours
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Crazy Dave Condon at 8:09am 10.10.23 @Tally Ho I was referring to this thread Dave
Invest 93L rgranger at 8:06am 10.10.23 When is it going to pass over SC?:cool:
Precision 23 dock size rgranger at 8:05am 10.10.23 It would not be hard to measure your sheer. Drop a plumb line over the side of your gunnel and then
Dual Tracks on Hunter 33 (1) kbgunn at 8:04am 10.10.23 The deck mounted tracks are used for most sailing conditions and point of sail. Since the sheet is l
Removing rust stains from sail fabric...? rgranger at 8:01am 10.10.23 ...polyester is inert, :plus:And BTW: Dacron is a polyester:beer:
Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 7:45am 10.10.23 But isn't that the widest part of the boat and a ways above the waterline?

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