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Crack under mast plate (1) arigione at 8:47am 08.17.14 Day Sailers 1/1124 I am considering purchasing a hunter 170 that has a crack underneath the mast plate. Attached is a p
Couple Questions after First Mast Stepping Dfisher at 7:35am 08.17.14 Smaller Boats 5/865 First of all I would like to thank Brian W for talking me through the first mast stepping on my 94 H
Sole TV- fix or replace jayncee at 7:27am 08.17.14 Big Boats 2/816 Our tv just started scrolling through red, yellow, blue, etc. screens. Pulled the plug for extended
C-310 Diagram (1) KZW at 7:23am 08.17.14 Catalina 310 51/12034 I've been going through Amazing Grace making a diagram of the location of various equipment. I thoug
Real Sailors kloudie1 at 7:05am 08.17.14 Ask All Sailors 15/1601 Check this out.. Interesting find: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-viking-ship-discovered-near-
O day 222 Mast destroyed bischopj at 6:09am 08.17.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1986 The mast on my o day 222 came crashing down yesterday while racing in 15mph winds. It bent in half j
Another engine mount question kito at 5:51am 08.17.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1645 Another engine mount thread got me thinking about my engine mounts. How do you know when the mounts
Jammed Wire/rope Main Halyard On A C27 Anonymous 121765 at 5:45am 08.17.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1798 My friend has a mid '70's C27 w/o'board in the well. He has a jammed wire/rope(AARGH) halyard I beli
Truly Amazing (1) jwieneck at 4:59am 08.17.14 Big Boats 2/852 We took delivery of our new (to us) 2005 Hunter 41 DS yesterday. I am sure I will be coming to the
Dorade horn (3) rblevens at 4:29am 08.17.14 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1264 Any one have a dorade horn laying around for sale? http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center
Fridge/Freezer Freon Gas Scallywagger at 1:44am 08.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/824 Hello again Another question if I might? What type of freon gas does the fridge and freezer take
Stuck steering mechanism. Joe Umali at 7:57pm 08.16.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1392 I am in the Philippines and I own a MacGregor 26 X (Hull No. 09521697) which I bought from a previou
Head Sea Water Intake and Shower / Refrig Pump Out (3) KZW at 7:20pm 08.16.14 Catalina 310 30/6976 I recently acquired a 2005 C-310. Learning about the systems is interesting given the inaccuracies i
smoke from my bilge pump wiring av8erdunn at 6:39pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 7/2749 Well I was at my boat today and remembered the previous owner had disconnected the bilge pump for so
Hunter 22 ( early 80's ) cover pattern? 203 at 5:56pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 4/1041 I'm curious if anybody has ever developed a DIY cover pattern for the older Hunter 22. I came acros
hatch board material Kivalo at 4:54pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 14/2746 Does anyone know what the companionway hatch boards were made of on a 2003 260? (obviously not the t
Sliding hatch on H23.5: driling new holes Rick Macdonald at 2:30pm 08.16.14 Smaller Boats 5/1802 I've been searching through the forum and found mentions of this issue, but not enough to give me th
masthead whyknot2 at 2:02pm 08.16.14 C&C 2/1152 I have a 1976 25' C ' C, and need a new masthead. does anyone know where one can be found? I reall
Fridge Running off engine Jacksonboat at 1:50pm 08.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/998 My fridge or ice-box or whatever it would be called is a large aluminum block that is cooled only wh
Fuel Gauge and Sending unit Jacksonboat at 1:44pm 08.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2184 Confused about this. I want to replace my fuel gauge and sending unit from the original which is si

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Sails up at the dock ? Tally Ho at 7:48pm 08.22.23 Looks good! I got a new main on my 322 this year as well. Went with One Sail, the only local loft s
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal jssailem at 7:26pm 08.22.23 Sounds Great ! They did the right thing.
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal MikeHoncho at 6:56pm 08.22.23 Update. I received the new Vesper yesterday and installed tonight. LED turned green immediately af
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Boatyarddog at 6:31pm 08.22.23 I checked all valve guides, new seals. lapped seats. Everything looked almost new so its not a valv
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup Boatyarddog at 6:29pm 08.22.23 Why not? "Rebuilt" means different things to different people. Did he install new valve guides, r
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Dan3121 at 6:28pm 08.22.23 I think it can be done in the water. I believe you will need to drill the holes for the cross bolt.
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan quadrille38 at 6:22pm 08.22.23 Hi folks, my wife and I purchased Sailboat and Ontario waters a couple days ago. we are US citizens
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan duck21 at 6:20pm 08.22.23 Hello! Two years ago we brought our boat up Lake Michigan, through the St Marys river to Sault Ste
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 6:19pm 08.22.23 Sounds good!:thumbup:
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 6:18pm 08.22.23 I have already pressure washed them with water. I will use some cleaner as suggested, then scuff the
Winchbit driver fred1diver at 6:13pm 08.22.23 I have a stack pac that we designed that allows the jacklines to be dropped and the cloth to be rol
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:12pm 08.22.23 I don't know what can be going on inside the strut bearing / Cutlass they could make it bind so fier
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:08pm 08.22.23
Need Routing help for navigation to Soo Michigan JohnShannon at 5:59pm 08.22.23 The question is confusing. Where is the boat now? What is your final destination. I guess I read
O'Day 31 Rudder Replacement Sanfelice at 5:59pm 08.22.23 I think it can be done in the water. I believe you will need to drill the holes for the cross bolt.
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 5:36pm 08.22.23 That's a show stopper for me, no manual operation. I didn't even notice that! It was originally d
Winchbit driver jviss at 5:28pm 08.22.23 It is interesting in that it uses 42dcv to run which is produces by a small boost converter so that
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 5:25pm 08.22.23 Oh, that's cool! Harken has a winch with the motor partially embedded, but it still projects 4"+ i
Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 smokey73 at 5:13pm 08.22.23 I have a 1994 Hunter 40.5 that the USCG Documentation says was built in 1993. The rudder stock is s
Stowing Winch Handles stickinthemud57 at 4:31pm 08.22.23 I've yet to see one of these turn yellow from UV. Home inspector in Texas. I see PVC pool plumbi

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