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Engine size questions oday 25 Johnkent at 12:33pm 04.28.14 Ask An Oday Owner 26/2966 I have several questions about what engine size to buy for our boat, both horsepower, length and we
Replacing Hood 810 CL furler Mark48 at 12:15pm 04.28.14 Big Boats 0/628 I have a 1985 H 34 with a Hood 810 continuous line furler. I have been fortunate enough to pick up
Striping Issues (1) hercguy at 12:10pm 04.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/1995 I have a 1994 Hunter 23.5 and am in the process of removing the old striping to include the swoosh,
1984 Hunter 31/ Deck Tom Fritz at 12:06pm 04.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 16/2453 This is new purchase and a re-build project. There are lots of spider cracks around the deck and ca
Outboard and ACR SitkaChum at 11:55am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1897 Hi, A quick question about wiring in an ACR with an outboard motor. I've got a Catalina 30 th
Instrument Panel Nsdnh31 at 11:49am 04.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/952 Purchasing a Hunter-31 and it is in need of an instrument panel. There's basically lots of putty ho
Painting the pedistal Mark Nooney at 11:41am 04.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/825 Hi all, I have 31 1984 and I am doing spring spruce ups. Has anyone painted the pedestal? The b
Deck organizers for a 37.5 bugsboat at 10:35am 04.28.14 Big Boats 6/834 Has anyone replaced the deck organizers under the deck hood? Ours are in bad shape with sharp corner
radar reflector HaroldW at 10:21am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1084 I have only sailed on inland lakes for the last 30 years and am now sailing in the Galveston Bay and
Hull bottom sealer roncynthiaboomer at 10:09am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 4/944 Has anyone heard or have had this product put onto their hull bottom to prevent blister formation af
Replacement Oil Pressure Switch DaveJ at 9:47am 04.28.14 Catalina 310 8/4074 I have a broken prong on my oil pressure switch, a common problem when reading these posts. I called
Boat ref ridge not working (1) steve201 at 8:11am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1155 Any ideas, i have power to a c , power to thermostat. the fan is not getting any power. I'm not sure
Battery Upgrade (4) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:03am 04.28.14 Catalina 310 20/5951 Last year I completed an upgrade on the electrical distribution and charging system. What I didn't
Mac 25 easy Pop-top raising? dickbozung at 7:56am 04.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1673 I'm 70 and its getting really difficult to raise the Pop-top by myself. 2 scenarios - first, dock
Engine commissioning Thom Hoffman at 7:55am 04.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1539 Haven't found this in archive; looking for helpful hints on putting my Universal MX25 back into serv
1984 Beneteau Holding Tank gbgreen59 at 7:46am 04.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/760 I am a new owner of a 1984 Beneteau First 35'. I found that the waist holding tank is missing. It
Flipping the forward Hatch around? rgranger at 7:41am 04.28.14 Balboa 12/3578 Hello Balboa 26 sailors.... So I have a question. Have any of you switched the hinges on your forw
How to make a deck fit back into it's cavity (PICS) (4) Picflight at 6:42am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2063 I ask this question to the audience of this forum because the skills and knowledge I have observed i
San Diego Bay Hurricane CaptDon01 at 2:27am 04.28.14 Catalina 22 1/764 Well, another sailing adventure weekend event is finished, and it's one we'll be talking about and e
where does this water come from and how does this valve work (1) gitpicker2007 at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 22 11/1814 I left the catalina at the slip for a few days while they repaired the outboard (bad impeller). I've

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Cruising Water and Land (1) JamesG161 at 9:19pm 10.04.22 got one looking down at the engine? I have movie of it running today. Can't figure how to let you
1970 Lofland snipe? sail-craft inc. Leeward Rail at 8:12pm 10.04.22 ... i really don't need any criticism.. You posted a clear question, along with photos... so that
Buy now or wait for recession? Leeward Rail at 7:52pm 10.04.22 It's a Catalina 25.. They are super cheap already! $6k USD with a trailer isn't unheard of. There
Rebedding Catalina 310 Starboard Gate Stanchion - No way to reach bolts as it is behind galley cabinets - Deck plate mount? Tom J at 7:50pm 10.04.22 Hi Stu, I did just that. Thanks. I called Warren Pandy at Catalina this am. For the benefit of anyo
Cruising Water and Land Leeward Rail at 7:47pm 10.04.22 Nice Bentley .. Very very nice. The peak of automobiles.
Pleasant Surprise/Docking Leeward Rail at 7:36pm 10.04.22 This stern bridle technique has always worked well for us The stern bridle IS the same idea as the
No Backstay? dmdiehl64 at 7:34pm 10.04.22 Check out ocean racers and catamarans. Not many have backstays 100% of the golden globe boats do,
Pleasant Surprise/Docking Leeward Rail at 7:31pm 10.04.22 Essentially would be coming in - grap a bite of the secured mid ships spring line, try and loop the
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Blitz at 7:15pm 10.04.22 As for updating the software on the instruments, I thought that was the purpose for adding the i70
No Backstay? kloudie1 at 7:15pm 10.04.22 Check out ocean racers and catamarans. Not many have backstays
No Backstay? Hayden Watson at 6:59pm 10.04.22 One often overlooked consideration with rigging dependent on a single backstay is if it fails. Whil
No Backstay? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:49pm 10.04.22 One often overlooked consideration with rigging dependent on a single backstay is if it fails. While
No Backstay? Davidasailor26 at 6:45pm 10.04.22
How to Clean Webasto flame sensor Air Top 3500 skunther at 6:35pm 10.04.22 UPDATE: I checked one more time with Sure Marine again regarding getting the right part number for t
It's groundhog day artboas at 6:27pm 10.04.22 Is it possible it's just a sloppy installation from the factory on some of them that causes the bre
No Backstay? dmdiehl64 at 6:12pm 10.04.22
Berth headroom 36 vs 38 quadrille38 at 6:09pm 10.04.22 I was not aware of an A/C Unit there but I did find a diagram in the 2009 Hunter 38 operator's manu
No Backstay? Hayden Watson at 6:09pm 10.04.22 I have never been comfortable with the idea of no backstay. There is a guy on this forum who has hi
Buy now or wait for recession? Kings Gambit at 6:01pm 10.04.22 There seems to be a lot of cash in the hands of buyers these past couple of years. (Part of the infl
No Backstay? Tally Ho at 5:49pm 10.04.22

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