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Doyle Cradle Cover bobjames at 9:47am 05.15.14 Catalina 310 5/3377 I have a love-hate affair with my Dutchman system and as I age gracefully I find myself wanting to a
Tiller for Macgregor 26X Helvio at 9:13am 05.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/834 Hi Everyone, I am looking for a idea for convert my 26X for tiller. If someone has any idea fro des
yet another nav light question kpgraci at 8:34am 05.15.14 Ask All Sailors 22/4483 The COLREGS offer a variety of options for navigation lights on a < 12m sailboat, but as I already h
Catalina 270 on a lift-can't contact Catalina suznhenz at 8:34am 05.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/2393 Hi - I am preparing to purchase a 1993 Catalina 270 and am planning on storing it on our 8000 pound
auto helm carneypat at 8:27am 05.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/925 having trouble our boat will not hold course with our wheel helm auto pilot our hunter 29.5 seems t
Cunningham/boom hold-down dawn_coyote at 8:21am 05.15.14 Catalina 22 20/7494 Can someone help out with pictures of how yours is rigged? I'm trying to sort out what I have and wh
Advice when Pulling head on 1989 M-XP25? chrisyse at 7:56am 05.15.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1451 I've decided to pull the head to replace a broken lower thermostat flange housing. I've replaced hea
Logo Colors (1) chuter at 7:39am 05.15.14 Smaller Boats 10/1634 The Hunter logo on the sides of the cabin on my 1985, 23' boat are in need of replacement. Might an
Bolt size for swing keel cal21 Pcalvin1966 at 7:15am 05.15.14 Cal 0/960 What size bolt or pin do I need to put in the swing keel in down position it will be in a slip so it
Seeking shortest & slimmest AA batteries yammy at 10:07pm 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 23/9247 Does anyone know which brand got the shortest ' slimmest AA batteries (i.e. 49.2mm x 13.5mm)? The st
Water from engine compartment bobcranmerbrown at 9:39pm 05.14.14 Mid-Size Boats 7/1947 I have a 1980 Hunter 27 with a Renault diesel engine. The stuffing gland is leaking so lots of water
water pump help (2) krivalsi at 3:46pm 05.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1322 I have a 1988 Catalina 28. Engine is Universal M3-20. My mechanic pulled the coolant water pump
VIN # pacerow at 3:03pm 05.14.14 Irwin 0/1632 Two questions. Since the VIN# wasn't placed on the transoms until 1972, where would I find it on the
Installed depth finder (8) RDS2012 at 3:01pm 05.14.14 Smaller Boats 7/1046 Used two 165 degree concealed cabinet hinges. Think it will work.
Flooded cabin in 192 Jerry Shenkman at 1:55pm 05.14.14 Day Sailers 1/999 Hi; I am new to this forum. I bought an O'Day 192 im Jan/14 to use as a day sailor. Today I opened
New Style Windows & Balanced Rudder Questions -C25 Kper at 1:10pm 05.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1304 What year did the new style windows make it into the C25? And... How can I distinguish a balanced ru
did the heat damage my forestay and lifelines? RonRelyea at 12:56pm 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 16/1811 Some of you may recall that last month, my boat (on the hard) was bow-to-bow with another boat that
Stem fitting help (2) Minnesail at 12:43pm 05.14.14 Catalina 22 9/1883 There's an odd thing on my stem fitting: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t5YHeWpDldE/U3PFf730tyI
Bent swim ladder bobjames at 12:11pm 05.14.14 Catalina 310 7/2188 Over the winter and possibly due to the shrink wrapping process, my swim ladder is bent to one side
Hood furler...need help (1) kito at 11:36am 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1085 Can someone tell me if there is a piece missing in the photo of the Hood furling system? Seller does

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Repair cabin sole with the fake "teak and holly" veneer ice breaker at 10:29am 07.21.23 Flight lead, Not sure if you have the couch on your boat or not, but on my 41ac there is full floori
Weather forecast... jssailem at 10:11am 07.21.23
Universal M25 Exhaust Riser Mixing Pipe (1) Paulam at 10:04am 07.21.23 I am looking for one of these: thanks
Sabre Dave at 9:52am 07.21.23 Head room is greater than 6'. I can walk around the cabin without ducking and I'm 6'
Its funny Friday! (1) Justin_NSA at 9:42am 07.21.23 We have the same problem
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal baycloud at 9:12am 07.21.23 ahh yeh but...I keep adding and routing more and more cables through that area and I'm going through
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal JamesG161 at 9:10am 07.21.23 Sealing the wires per Rich above. Jim...
170 Motor Mount Fasteners rsmithfh at 9:10am 07.21.23 OK I found out the screws are supposed to be #14 x 2" PH Screws. Anyone know if that means pan head
Its funny Friday! (2) jssailem at 9:06am 07.21.23 You East Coasters got it easy.. ined to the water. Out here in Oregon, the predator will chase you
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal baycloud at 8:44am 07.21.23 Interesting product @JamesG161 - sounds like it would work well in a pinch. However for this specif
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal (1) JamesG161 at 8:30am 07.21.23 do you have any sealant or think that sealant here is useful? This is the best sealant that I use.
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable dmax at 8:22am 07.21.23 Get a young person (with really good hearing) to listen for a leak - that's how I found one in mine,
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable rgranger at 7:59am 07.21.23 Could you partially fill it and then jump into a pool with it. Submerge a section at a time and squ
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal baycloud at 7:45am 07.21.23 The only sealant needed here is to seal the wire bundle that routes inside from the quadrant area.
Seeking Input on prior flooding of 1979 C&C 29 Cabin - 6+ years ago Dnea at 7:44am 07.21.23 Thanks to everyone - I am looking at it for family use not long voyages for sure. I will get back th
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? MikeHoncho at 7:05am 07.21.23 A friend has one of these and he & his wife use it a lot. Sez the quality is good. I have not (yet)
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice (2) kloudie1 at 7:05am 07.21.23 Pretty sure you can remove the drum and stainless mangled part. That can be hammered back into shape
Sabre Shoshana at 7:03am 07.21.23
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (2) jssailem at 6:40am 07.21.23 Here is one of the features of Windy that we are using in our tracking of Musetta on her crossing of
Hunter 40.5 Steering Quadrant Cover Removal Rich Stidger at 6:33am 07.21.23 The only sealant needed here is to seal the wire bundle that routes inside from the quadrant area.

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