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H26-Steaming/Deck Light-Lens or No Lens? (1) BrianW at 9:08am 08.17.14 Smaller Boats 5/805 On the Aqua Signal steaming/downward pointed deck light, does the deck light have a clear lens? Mine
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 51/12039 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 2/853 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

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Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 9:15am 08.23.23 Morning @Tally Ho , could you please provide a link to a AAA+ video you produced and posted here
H34 Mast Wiring Disconnet Allan12210 at 9:08am 08.23.23 Thanks Allan. I'm reading your compression post repair document. That's what I'm working on. Can yo
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" jssailem at 8:58am 08.23.23 Hi Tim. Welcome to the SBO Forum. Thank you for the image. What I see is dampness on the engine head
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 8:51am 08.23.23 A while back, @Tally Ho produced a video which I "believe" was a demonstration of removing the cutl
What is this? (1) JamesG161 at 8:44am 08.23.23 Also for your live aboard Dog anchor. Thanks Ralphs:laugh:
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 8:40am 08.23.23 The water tank and waste tank are both under the vberth. Fill them up to the top. Every little b
BOAT PREPARATION IDEAS for Storms JamesG161 at 8:39am 08.23.23 We decided to post this again for 2023 Jim and John
What is this? Ralph Johnstone at 8:35am 08.23.23 You win a brand new Chrysler Lebaron! :doh:
Anchors morbidfollower at 8:28am 08.23.23 I'll swear by our relatively lightweight 13lb Mantus M1. The instant that thing hits the bottom, it
Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 Irek at 8:24am 08.23.23 Thx Smokey for the very valuable advice on how to deal with frozen bolts. Thx God I did not have to
Fuel tank issues jssailem at 8:08am 08.23.23 Might be that your fuel pickup is short. Found mine I think was cut down and sits about an inch and
Fuel tank issues JoeWhite at 7:38am 08.23.23 An earlier poster located a pinhole on pickup tube a few inches below the upper end. As long as the
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? chichiflys at 7:24am 08.23.23 Waaay scary. Get rid of them. All of them. Do it now. I guess. But yeah I'm in the process of rep
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? chichiflys at 7:23am 08.23.23 I don't know your specific model boat, but if you can see the chain plate, both from the inside and
Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 smokey73 at 7:20am 08.23.23 You are right about dreading removing the radial and keeping it reusable. It took a long time and p
Fuel tank issues chp at 5:50am 08.23.23 Might be that your fuel pickup is short. Found mine I think was cut down and sits about an inch and
What is this? clw2000 at 5:25am 08.23.23 Thanks Ralph! You win a brand new Chrysler Lebaron!
new companionway doors john2 at 5:20am 08.23.23 Thank you for sharing your projects. Both are very nice. I'm impressed that the doors can hang be
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 11:10pm 08.22.23 Well, there's another idea... I thought of a few heavy ratchet straps, attach them to the fingers. I
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? (4) Ralph Johnstone at 10:59pm 08.22.23 I see you're between two fingers : cking in stern first, loading a bunch of junk on the bow and see

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