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Maxwell 17 Single Speed Winch Service (2) Nom De Guerre at 9:48am 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4562 I have my cabin top winch (Maxwell 17 SS) removed for servicing. It's currently disassembled and the
New Head (1) FourPoints at 9:28am 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 4/948 Finished the conversion from the old Porta-Potty to a real head over the weekend, decided to save $
Tacktick wind bearing replacement Terry in Naples at 7:47am 04.14.14 Ask All Sailors 5/3309 My tacktick wind speed indicator at the top of the mast is sticking and only spins in gusts. It appa
Help help more help (1) hummingbirdbassist at 7:14am 04.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1278 I have spent the last year preparing a 80 hunter 30 for launch. Well while bottom painting this past
Daly's Profin Question Swan at 7:08am 04.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1087 We've just ordered Daly's ProFin and want to use it on a small unfinished area where the table base
need main for mac 22 alfred gamil at 6:54am 04.14.14 Parts Search 0/1343 need main sail for mcgregor22, 1982 , good condition plase
Chartplotter for our Hunter356 star302 at 6:36am 04.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/422 Hi, We bought a Garmin 7212 Chartplotter..It is too large for the arch at the helm..Takes up too m
Top Cap for old Lewmar 30 (1) sjburk1 at 6:18am 04.14.14 Parts Search 1/893 I am looking for the center top cap for an older (pre-82?) Lewmar 30 2 speed winch. I have attached
Battery switches seem to be always on (1) Akapeterc at 5:39am 04.14.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1079 I have on occasion forgot to switch the starter battery switch to the on position but my boat still
272 Headliner Replacement agprice22 at 5:18am 04.14.14 Bigger Boats 10/4129 My wife and I have decided to replace the 30 year old carpet headliner in our 272. I am wondering wh
Wiring Diagram for Oday 25 hodgy1957 at 5:14am 04.14.14 Ask An Oday Owner 14/3111 I recently came into possession of a 25' O'day, It seems solid, however the wiring is toast, Litera
rudder removal rojet at 5:07am 04.14.14 Bristol 0/3752 Looking for tips on how to remove the rudder on a Bristol 39/40.
Need a rudder and tiller for Venture 21 Hoddy at 4:56am 04.14.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1020 A year ago in September I had to pull my boat because of a hurricane. I left my rudder and tiller at
Icebox drain leaking -9.2c dbh252 at 4:55am 04.14.14 S2 5/1491 Does anyone here have any experience with repairing a leaking icebox? From the looks of it, the job
Crack between mast & hatch on '86 C-22 (7) dbk0630 at 10:27pm 04.13.14 Catalina 22 8/1799 So I ignored the cracks below when I got my 1986 Catalina 22 last August... and focused instead on m
Fixed port. rsublett at 9:20pm 04.13.14 Bigger Boats 2/975 I need to find a replacement(s) for the fixed port lights in the main cabin on my O'Day 37 Center Co
ev100 auto pilot james295 at 8:57pm 04.13.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/986 Got a good deal on an ev100 auto pilot at the Oakland boat show for my 1994 29.5 hunter , Not very s
Bee-ware! Roadking Larry at 8:34pm 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1422 Found an interesting problem yesterday. My Cal 2-27 is on it's trailer sitting in my driveway under
Mast turtling sneakypete at 7:53pm 04.13.14 Day Sailers 14/7226 I'm new to sailing, took a course last fall on Hunter 146's and did fine. I will sailor my Widgeon t
hatch seal sartorst at 7:39pm 04.13.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1260 On the D shaped hatch seal which side goes up towards the hatch, my boat currently has the seals wit

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Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? Terry Cox at 1:30pm 05.14.23 Do I need to replace this chain ASAP or can we complete our trip and replace it after? Replace it
Rudder Bearing smokey73 at 1:29pm 05.14.23 Most likely stainless steel to aluminum corrosion. It looks like you may have hammered on the pin w
Non working microwave Tom J at 1:22pm 05.14.23 We got rid of ours shortly after we bought the boat. We weren't hooked up to shore power enough to
Water holding tank fittings broken Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:13pm 05.14.23 If it's the 1.5" inlet fitting you may be able to drill it out and replace it with a Uniseal and sh
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? JamesG161 at 1:12pm 05.14.23 Since a few do not click on the Blue Links to read them. This is accurate info still today from this
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:56pm 05.14.23 Funny you should mention that..I am cleaning out some old junk and I found some dot matrix printout
Stuffing box- dumb question? dlochner at 12:47pm 05.14.23 There definitely is misalignment, but the left side of the picture is the shaft log, not necessaril
Its funny Friday! dLj at 12:34pm 05.14.23 Makes me think of the saying, "What's the difference between a poor man and a rich man? A rich man i
Stuffing box- dumb question? Davidasailor26 at 12:29pm 05.14.23 I don't even see how this is possible, but there it is : out flying apart. You have a major probl
Its funny Friday! (1) Kermit at 12:28pm 05.14.23 215660
No More Dinghy Butt dLj at 12:23pm 05.14.23 @Captain Larry-DH Nice! dj
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jssailem at 12:12pm 05.14.23 Nobody can answer this question simply from photos posted :plus: Inspect for the weakest looking l
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 12:11pm 05.14.23
Stuffing box- dumb question? jssailem at 11:48am 05.14.23 Below is a picture of my stuffing box for my 1980 Oday 30. Always left a small pool of water in th
O'Day 28'. Project_Mayhem at 11:45am 05.14.23 Can you make out who the mast manufacturer was? Dwyer made the mast on my '25
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Project_Mayhem at 11:44am 05.14.23 "DNS66" is a good option for that if you use android devices. Edit: it installs without "rooting"
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:43am 05.14.23 Made me wonder.. are there any diesels that use an oem hall effect sensor for a tach ? Obviously yo
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dLj at 11:42am 05.14.23
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? skunther at 11:38am 05.14.23 opps :facepalm: The link diameter has a 125% over design factor. So depending of the link Size, yo
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage dLj at 11:38am 05.14.23 Btw..are any of you old enough and/or have been online long enough to remember "newsgroups?" --Peg

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