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1980 H27 product suggestons for deck paint txmilke at 6:28am 06.16.14 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1077 Hi All, Has anyone tried to match the color on the original gray (I think) deck paint on the non-ski
cushion cleaning flasailor at 6:27am 06.16.14 Big Boats 8/1074 I recently purchased an 86 h34 which has the blue cushions I have seen on most h34's. They are not
Losing Coolant: advice requested. edguy3 at 6:12am 06.16.14 Big Boats 15/1645 Here's the situation on my 4JH2E in my Hunter 40.5: Last season: Broke V belt, twice, overhe
Masthead lightbulb type - 192 Vrotate at 5:32am 06.16.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/619 I have a 1986 192. The masthead light is the original. Anyone have a guess as to what type of bulb
Raw Water Intake Ball Valve won't close! bigbrownpilot at 4:45am 06.16.14 Big Boats 12/4492 Last time we were motoring out in our 2002 Hunter 380, we were running the Yanmar at around 3200 RPM
Sail cover sailnoproblem at 4:35am 06.16.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1125 Time to replace my main sail cover. I live on the Jersey shore and want to know of any local sail/ca
Capri 18 Transducer NewbieOwner18 at 2:14am 06.16.14 Smaller Boats 2/2087 I'm a new owner of a 1991 Capri 18 and would like to install a depth sounder. I don't want to add a
L25-V - Lead bulging into cockpit Mik at 9:51pm 06.15.14 Lancer 5/1632 Hello I have agreed to purchase a very nice Lancer 25-V sailboat. After cleaning out all the "st
crack in the bilge under the transmission (1) windcat at 8:53pm 06.15.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1066 :eek:This is what we found after pulling the Atomic 4 and scrubbing the bilge. Is this crack somethi
cutter rig for Hunter 40.5 Dad21fjggh at 8:48pm 06.15.14 Big Boats 9/1692 I am in the process of purchasing a '94 hunter legend 40.5, and was wondering if anyone has tried to
23.5 mast pin mmhamer at 7:51pm 06.15.14 Smaller Boats 5/897 Thx for the feedback on my 23.5 interior light issue. Now I have another question. I am missing th
H466 Headsail Lyle7358 at 7:06pm 06.15.14 Big Boats 1/596 I'm looking for a recommendation regarding purchasing a new roller furling headsail for my 2002 H466
Source for bumper for H36 (3) Al Miller at 6:10pm 06.15.14 Big Boats 3/664 The 356 36 models used a plastic bumper on the swim step to hold the cockpit piece that folds down.
84 First 42 Rudder Shaft Mitch Witt at 6:04pm 06.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/785 My 1984 First 42 (built in France) has a 4" did sold rudder stock. I want to drop the rudder in
Reefing a C30 drazlou at 5:15pm 06.15.14 Catalina 30 7/1579 I was out today and the wind piped up so I thought I'd practice reefing. My C30 came with single lin
Yamaha to edson MaxinCalgary at 4:19pm 06.15.14 Smaller Boats 31/2910 I guys, anyone had the same problem as me. Just installed a T9.9 on my 260. I have an Edson wheel ,
Help please need head gasket tighning sequence and torqe lbs Charlie D at 3:39pm 06.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/797 Captains I have looked every where, I need to know the torque sequence and the torque f
Deck repaint - Non-skid - Help (3) chrisings at 3:35pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 14/6065 Hello kind forum folk, Been completing some pretty big, by my estimation, projects on our new to u
Claiborne Young passed gettinthere at 1:20pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 2/979 Claiborne Young died yesterday of injuries from a motorcycle accident. Claiborne was the founder of
Auto bilge pump Atlantic Phil at 12:36pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 2/845 I thought my auto bilge pump was broken. However when I creased the wires back to the panel and brok

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alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft heritage at 4:50pm 10.19.22 Hmm, i can see i made a mistake in refering to those "other boats" as dogs, no disrespect intend a
Tongue Extensions Tedd at 4:44pm 10.19.22 Gentleman used a floor jack to see if he could lift the 3rd wheel off the ground.....his extension t
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:32pm 10.19.22 WOW! What great advice. Thank you. I am pursuing Hayden's advice and looking into a 12v pump. I fig
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dLj at 4:29pm 10.19.22 It seems to be very confusing ... slack tide rarely corresponds with low and high tides. Based on
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust heritage at 4:21pm 10.19.22 Make sure you heed Davidasail's advice. If you force water through the system, the engine must be r
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? sail sfbay at 3:27pm 10.19.22 Hard to tell...........maybe CDI since they have manufacturing them since 1979 Headsail Roller Furle
Does anyone recognize the make of roller furler? sail sfbay at 3:26pm 10.19.22 Hard to tell...........maybe CDI since they have manufacturing them since 1979 Headsail Roller Furle
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up Tally Ho at 2:48pm 10.19.22 Thanks! Quick question though - if you didn't remove the chainplate from the bulkhead, how were you
sand and finish Teak and aHolly capta at 2:23pm 10.19.22 As above, the Teak & Holly is just a thin veneer on plywood. If the finish now is just scuffed witho
Hunter 23.5 rain water leak Crazy Dave Condon at 2:21pm 10.19.22 You are welcome sir
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback (2) dmax at 2:13pm 10.19.22 Update: decided the SS pan head screws didn't look right, wasn't interested in putting in 80 bungs s
23.5 replacement parts Orbweaver at 2:04pm 10.19.22 Thanks Dave, I didn't know about the build list on the forum store. Looks like I'll need to put a fe
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Crazy Dave Condon at 1:54pm 10.19.22 @Orbweaver is correct on tightening clamp down.
23.5 replacement parts Crazy Dave Condon at 1:51pm 10.19.22 The forum store has the build list of parts for the hunter 23.5. The owner of this website is a fo
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft shemandr at 1:49pm 10.19.22 Jim Taylor. Good pedigree. A nice looking boat with about anything you'd want.
Quick Question windansea at 1:42pm 10.19.22 Probably your official coast guard registration number. Try a web search for coast guard hull ident
Forestay decking coming out Tally Ho at 1:42pm 10.19.22 What is the forestay anchored to under the deck? Is it sturdy and just the cover plate is loose? I
Quick Question Tally Ho at 1:37pm 10.19.22 Sailboatdata lists the LOA of a Catalina 38 as 11.61 M. Maybe they just rounded to 11.5? https://
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 1:31pm 10.19.22 Low tide tomorrow is at 10:15am so he could start before that like an hour or so and then ride the
Tongue Extensions scottscotty at 1:27pm 10.19.22 tubing wall thickness will need to be stronger than necessarily thought for. There is a You tube vid

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