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Ocean Hatch on Cabin top Dreaming at 1:39pm 08.14.14 Catalina 310 3/1172 Hey everyone. So, I was not smart and I stepped on the hatch on the cabin top and cracked it. The on
O'day 34 Hornet rob_sail at 12:42pm 08.14.14 Bigger Boats 48/12920 Hi, Is anyone familiar with the O'Day 34 Hornet? I believe two were built by Jim Hunt were used for
What size dinghy LordNelson at 12:40pm 08.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1202 I have an Oday 20 that we day sail on Seneca Lake in NYS. I need a dinghy to get out to the mooring
Gel Coat Cracks- to be or not... rblevens at 10:58am 08.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1251 On non-structural gel coat cracks... how much do you have to do to them before you paint over them?
cockpit speaker broken rduker at 9:58am 08.14.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1425 Someone kicked in the outside speaker in the cockpit and broke it. Does anyone know where I can get
Cemented Bilge??? gRussell at 9:18am 08.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1193 It appears that a prior owner of my 1973 O'Day 22 filled the bilge with cement. I assume to add weig
Wiring diagram Stochs at 9:10am 08.14.14 The Cherubini Hunters 1/865 Where can I find a wiring diagram for Hunter 30 1977 vintage?
Hunter H34 Embroided on Towel (3) betzhunter at 9:09am 08.14.14 Big Boats 8/1300 We have a four needle embroidery machine and I had always wanted to embroider my Hunter on my shirts
1997 hunter 33 squidly at 8:59am 08.14.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/737 can a mid size hunter sail the blue water...i am kinda of a newbe and friends have told me it can bu
Clean bilges? bobgelb@gmail.com at 7:57am 08.14.14 Catalina 310 3/1217 Ow do you clean the area under the engine floor housing? There is stuff that flows into the bilges t
Hunter 27 (3) Canyonkeeper at 7:37am 08.14.14 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1858 After lots of cleaning she is starting to take shape. We two part teak cleaned everything inside an
Hunter 426/44 aft asym. captainpat at 7:11am 08.14.14 Big Boats 4/863 Hunter 426/44 owners: RE: Asym. spinnaker questions. 1) How to rig sheets? do they run to the g
Cockpit locker locks (5) Akapeterc at 6:11am 08.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/794 I've searched through the hunter owners website and cannot find these catches anywhere anyone have a
My friends are heading out on "The Great Loop" blowinganddrifting at 5:23am 08.14.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1896 My friends Mark and Vicki Hill are leaving the Northern most point of the Great Loop, Cheboygan Mich
Cracked Hull, good hardware. jeffwingo at 5:14am 08.14.14 Day Sailers 7/2189 My hull is in really bad shape. It might or might not be repairable, but the trailer, sails, hardwar
Sourcing 23.5 rudder pintles Hugh Straub at 5:13am 08.14.14 Smaller Boats 1/621 One of the rudder pintles on my 1993 23.5 has badly corroded and needs replacement. Any ideas about
Motor Mount Kper at 4:27am 08.14.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/1050 I currently have an original motor mount on my C25 equipped with one spring which is a real chore to
Lake Erie O'Day Owners pfschmid at 9:47pm 08.13.14 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1545 I just started a new social group called Lake Erie O'Day Owners. You don't have to own an O'Day to
Prop shaft replacement on Hunter 31 Maynestay at 9:14pm 08.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1768 Looking for general information regarding difficulty and cost...
New sailors in a sailor town (2) Team Sleeper at 7:25pm 08.13.14 Day Sailers 8/1375 Hey all - Joe Sleeper here. My wife's name is Jenn, we decided on making a shared account for this

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Winterization? David in Sandusky at 6:39am 08.30.23 Our marina pumps antifreeze into our engine when they haul it out in the fall. We run antifreeze int
Refilling Compass - where's the port? (1) RitSim at 6:33am 08.30.23 The port is under a tab of melted plastic. I had no luck refilling mine because of almost invisible
Thundering water tank? David in Sandusky at 6:28am 08.30.23 It happens on our aluminum water tank, usually after filling it. What happens? After filling, there
Problems with cdi furling jib rgranger at 6:23am 08.30.23 on mine, the halyard times there and the tack is secured through one of those holes by a small line.
Thundering water tank? kloudie1 at 6:22am 08.30.23 Might just be "oil-canning" where a slightly distorted panel of the tank snaps in or out as the weig
2001 HUNTER 320 Keith P at 6:17am 08.30.23 I will be purchasing the whole kit.
Refilling Compass - where's the port? kloudie1 at 6:17am 08.30.23 Many compasses don't have fill ports but you can carefully drill the bottom of the case (usually pla
Problems with cdi furling jib (1) patbratton at 6:17am 08.30.23 I would assume that one cleat is for the tack and the other for the halyard. Mine uses shackles. Yo
Stowing Winch Handles Ward H at 6:15am 08.30.23 A friend had a vinyl winch handle holder that he never installed because he didn't want to drill hol
Any advantage to using fiberglass wrap on Yanmar diesel exhaust? jssailem at 6:10am 08.30.23 It is a challenge. Wrap the pipe to prevent a nasty burn when working on the engine or corroding pip
Cockpit drain not draining JBP-PA at 6:02am 08.30.23 Endoscope have become really cheap, you could feed one down and see what is going on. https://a.co/d
Winterization? Sailfanatic at 5:59am 08.30.23 Draining the water tanks is pretty much just a matter of letting the pump run until everything is e
Catalina 22 bilge care JBP-PA at 5:56am 08.30.23 Most larger boats do not have bilge drains. Use a bilge pump for large amounts (which you should no
Winterization? JBP-PA at 5:51am 08.30.23 Only food safe antifreeze in your water system. This is not the same stuff as engine antifreeze!
Thundering water tank? RoyS at 5:30am 08.30.23 Also there should be a manifold somewhere so that you can isolate the tanks and use one at a time. E
Winterization? Jimongee at 5:22am 08.30.23 Thank you davidsailor
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks JBP-PA at 4:58am 08.30.23 How tall is the mast? My mast is 30 some odd feet. I use a track cleaner like the one in the Prac
Any advantage to using fiberglass wrap on Yanmar diesel exhaust? dLj at 4:42am 08.30.23 The only "bad" aspect that comes to mind is the potential to increase corrosion and it being "invisi
Sister ship! -- lame start to my own boating season danooxnard at 4:39am 08.30.23 Beautiful Lake!
Catalina 22 bilge care danooxnard at 4:37am 08.30.23 On my 1974 C-22 there is no drain for the bilge. I have had no need for one since I do not get water

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