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Hunter 31 stern rail replacement Mark7604 at 8:01pm 08.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2104 It was a bad day. I crashed my 1985 Hunter 31 into a docked boats anchor during a swift ebb tide. I
'99 380 Jib Furler Line Size planoron at 7:45pm 08.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/513 Back again,,,I will be going out next week and need to replace the old furling line for the jib. I
Link 2000/Freedom Question Rick D at 6:42pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1223 Just returned from a couple weeks in Catalina Island. While there, I ran the Honda 2000 once a day f
Right of Passage? (2) Roadking Larry at 6:10pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1130 Last saturday I had the headboard shackle on my main fail. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/
steering h28.5 billandmir at 4:48pm 08.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/947 has anyone refit rudder bearings on a 85 28.5? I am looking for parts or refit parts.Rudder seems lo
H26 First time mast steping Dfisher at 4:11pm 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 5/971 I have gone through the manual a couple of times and done my research on here but have a couple ques
H460 Bow Thruster Brigadoon460 at 3:46pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 12/2037 Hello, first off my apologies for throwing this post up as i'm guessing there have been posts on thi
Engine mounts Soaring eagle at 2:54pm 08.15.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2285 Anyone have any thoughts on replacing motor mounts ??? I have a Yanmar 30GM in a cat 320 . Yanmar
Heat exchanger clamp Tom J at 1:11pm 08.15.14 Catalina 310 8/2219 I had another heat exchanger clamp break. Ordered 2 new clamps from our local Universal distributor
Alternator and tachometer cutting in and out 4arch at 12:47pm 08.15.14 Big Boats 9/5455 I recently unplugged from shore power with batteries full, motored about 5 hours, and dropped the an
Dismasted! (2) KrustyKrab at 11:38am 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 24/3460 Is what happens when you don't use your mast-raising shrouds. Trailer sailors know what I mean. I
Hatchboard bag Canvasback at 11:38am 08.15.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 6/2610 Hey skippers, curious to know how you stow your hatchboards. All comments much appreciated!
Macgregor Venture 22 Mast needed njbaker at 9:57am 08.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2961 Hello all. I just purchased a 1983 Venture in great shape but...I do not have a mast! Can anyone
battery relocation bryan crites at 9:54am 08.15.14 Big Boats 7/1637 Any ideas on a better battery location for a hunter 1984 34. I am cosidering moving them to a much e
Mast tuning specs AZTom at 9:42am 08.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/816 I recently purchased a 1999 Beneteau Oceanis 321 with in-mast furling. Can anyone help me find the
Raymarine Auto Tiller Pilot Remote twodzusfittings at 9:03am 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 1/836 Has anyone installed a RF remote to their Raymarine St1000 or ST2000. If so are you experiencing any
Wheel Nut wflowe2 at 8:53am 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 19/1977 Friend Lost the steering wheel nut on his 1989 Hunter 30. The shaft is 1" SS and the nut was not met
New to me 272 on Seneca Lake (1) agprice22 at 8:40am 08.15.14 Bigger Boats 1/830 We have had a few wonderful days with our 272 refurb project! We have redone most of the boat, and w
Adding ball bearing upgrade to a cdi furler dkyvars at 7:53am 08.15.14 Catalina 22 5/2017 I have a cdi jib furler on my Catalina 22. Can I add ball bearing upgrade to it?
Toe Rail Help (1) repawn at 6:48am 08.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3009 I am repairing the leaks on my boat and have to remove the toe rails on my Oday 22 - there are 5 scr

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New 170 sailor (4) rsmithfh at 2:03pm 06.19.23 TLDR I messed up my boat and I need help. So I took the boat out for the first time, in a little mo
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Hello Below at 1:57pm 06.19.23 For 10 years we had out Watts mixer value set to not mix (ie be damned, give us water as hot as it g
Batten Lengths H26 rgranger at 1:38pm 06.19.23 That will all depend on who made your sail. Best thing to do is to buy some stock and cut it to siz
Help finding the right boat rgranger at 1:37pm 06.19.23
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems rgranger at 1:26pm 06.19.23 if one is so helpless as to not be able to control the temperature of the hot water outlet, being ou
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Radio Flyer at 1:19pm 06.19.23 I need guidance on my fresh water system. The PO had a 3" x 15" PVC 'tank' plumbed into the syste
Hardware needed to attach CDI roller furling on a 1989 Catalina 22. (1) justsomeguy at 1:00pm 06.19.23 Can anyone tell me what hardware is needed to attach the roller furling drum to the stem fitting?
Shroud anchor point (1) mbaker267 at 12:56pm 06.19.23 Thanks, I thought that looked wrong. This boat does have the forward and aft shrouds. If you look at
Dockside water connection Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:40pm 06.19.23 They are not analogous. I posted this to another conversation about dock water connections: Fai
Help finding the right boat Don S/V ILLusion at 12:35pm 06.19.23
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Hayden Watson at 12:22pm 06.19.23 Thank you Hayden, have you done this before? do you know how intensive it is? I have not done this
Do you trailer with the motor attached? danooxnard at 11:59am 06.19.23 I trailer with my motor attached to my C22. It is a 9.9 Tohatsu and weighs about 94 pounds. I am usi
Shroud anchor point Any Sea at 11:55am 06.19.23 The short answer is it's wrong. The upper shroud should anchor to the middle chain plate shown in y
Help finding the right boat Scott T-Bird at 11:23am 06.19.23 It seems like you are comparing extremes. A Pearson 39 is a very old design that was made intention
Dockside water connection George Braun at 11:13am 06.19.23 If you have a transom shower, just T it into the cold feed. Very simple Art - how would that then
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 11:10am 06.19.23 You can also rebuild the HBW 50 for about $500. Hurth HWB 10 Transmission Rebuild dissassembly par
Oberdorfer N202M-908 Pump leaking stevenhagberg at 10:56am 06.19.23 I have a Catalina 30, 2001 hull number 6444. When I bought the boat with 560 hours on the Univeral M
Rub Rail Adventure (2) Brinky63 at 10:30am 06.19.23 Hi All, I figured I'd keep the thread going! Attached are two photos from the stern which show the
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Hayden Watson at 10:16am 06.19.23 Trailer Leaf Spring Hangers \| Trailer Suspension Hangers In truth, on the Clipper 26 I preferred t
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? LloydB at 10:14am 06.19.23 Do you have a diagram of how this supply system is supposed to work with the variable pump?

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