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vibrating rudder explorer at 10:33am 04.20.14 Catalina 22 4/1525 HI Guys, I have just joined the forum, although i have sailed a 22 for 22 years in South African wat
ground tackle logout at 10:03am 04.20.14 Catalina 30 4/1291 Friends: I just up-graded from a 27 foot Catalina to a 30 foot Catalina. We had the 27 for over 30
Velcro disc's (1) ttac at 9:49am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/754 Have been looking for the disc's used to hold our cushion's in place. I am adding a photo of one tha
Baba 30 on tralier whisking at 9:41am 04.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/693 I see pics online of a Baba 30 on a tralier. I am in search of the owner of that tralier. I wanted t
Winches Benny17441 at 9:17am 04.20.14 Ask All Sailors 0/568 I have been seeing some postings regarding selection of new winches or repairing of old ones. Just
Lighting Fixture Switches Search (1) SailMaster at 9:00am 04.20.14 Parts Search 3/1595 Hello everyone, We are searching for the small push button switches that turn on and off the small
Catalina 27 Height? Sea Changer at 8:29am 04.20.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2309 Does anyone know the keel to cabin top height of an 1982 27? I'm currently on the hunt for indoor
St Louis to Key West rblevens at 8:11am 04.20.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1813 Happy Easter everyone. As you know I've been restoring my Hunter 37C Drifter. I was curious if anyon
Check list Prime Time at 7:51am 04.20.14 Ask All Sailors 2/938 A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...... Actually not so funny. Last week moved my boat
Fold Down Cabin Table Re-Do Coyote at 7:32am 04.20.14 Bigger Boats 9/2612 Greetings: I have recently purchased an 85' Oday 28 in INCREDIBLE condition,, We are doing some ge
halyards... jaycrawford97 at 7:14am 04.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1376 Replacing internal CDI roller furling halyard and main halyard this weekend. Anyone have the correc
Starter for 28.5, Yanmar? JohntheJayhawk at 6:51am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/925 Can my brothers suggest the best way of searching out a starter (new, used, rebuilt) for my 87 28.5?
Marine AC TimHunter340 at 6:22am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1043 Hello all I have enjoyed reading this forum. I Have a Marine Air AC. Last month it stopped worki
SJ24, more than just a racer? Bigjer40 at 5:55am 04.20.14 San Juan Sailboats 5/17939 There are a couple of SJ24's for sale in my area. My son really wants to race but the wife and I lik
Bildge pump circuit breaker zrod at 1:41am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1197 Hi. i am unable to find up where is located the bildge pump circuit braker on a hunter 340 1999? A
Servicing Jabsco Quiet Flush canuck at 9:36pm 04.19.14 Big Boats 1/777 We have a 37045 model on our Hunter 39. There is a small leak from below the motor so I guess the s
Can anyone help me identify which sails to use? gitpicker2007 at 8:40pm 04.19.14 Catalina 22 8/1409 I have 4 sails that came with the 1981 Catalina 22 I just bought. I believe 2 are mains, one poss
Mast Grounding on O'day 25? Mikesab at 8:25pm 04.19.14 Day Sailers 4/1645 In doing all the re-work on the cabin top and mast hinge, the only wiring I encountered was a 3 cond
Changing Strut on 40.5 (6) SVPardonMyFrench at 8:05pm 04.19.14 Big Boats 4/870 Anyone changed their Strut on a 40.5 or similar. Mine broke in half 2 inches under the hull due to
Side Power SE 55 Bow Thruster Marc14857 at 7:13pm 04.19.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/923 Anyone have any experience removing the Zinc from this unit. I've been able to unscrew the retaining

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Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:01pm 07.19.23 Temporary thread highjack oes to a vent hru-hull in the anchor locker, that's ok. But if the vents
Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs jviss at 1:57pm 07.19.23 Here's an update. I tested two different bulbs in the socket I bought. For both, the two pins of t
Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs jviss at 1:31pm 07.19.23 Are the 'pins' travelling the full length of the slots? No, it's an indexed socket and bulb, one s
Packing Nut/Shaft Log Drip kappykaplan at 1:31pm 07.19.23 Excellent attitude. A man's reach should always exceed his grasp :facepalm: . A man's got to know
Packing Nut/Shaft Log Drip (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:02pm 07.19.23 I strive to create unique problems in whatever project I undertake. Excellent attitude. A man's
Crack in the bilge where mast meets bottom hull - Catalina 320 Will Gilmore at 12:55pm 07.19.23 Just as dlochner has pointed out, a hard grounding can have a wide range of effects upon a sailboat.
Mainsail foot mod question Joe at 12:50pm 07.19.23 I don't know about making the sail flake more easily, but the shelf foot provides the same kind of e
Let's Buy A Sailboat Thaniel at 12:37pm 07.19.23 He asked how efficient that was and I told me not very much. I think it is funny that so many peo
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? FastOlson at 12:36pm 07.19.23 Takacat boats makes an interesting inflatable dinghy. Amazon.com A friend has one of these and he
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? ggrizzard at 12:35pm 07.19.23 Be aware that there are two types of inflatable dinghy material, Hypalon and PVC. Hypalon is more du
Against the wind - in the docks sbrogden at 12:25pm 07.19.23 1) Assuming you've just launched from a trailer, you can probably turn a 14 boat in the dock or ar
Against the wind - in the docks JBP-PA at 12:20pm 07.19.23 1) Assuming you've just launched from a trailer, you can probably turn a 14 boat in the dock or aro
Against the wind - in the docks sbrogden at 11:59am 07.19.23 I have not found a single example on YouTube or anywhere else showing how to launch a small sailboat
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement Richard19068 at 11:47am 07.19.23 Take the old belt to a NAPA. They will match the belt. Gates makes NAPA belts. I don't think it is
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? jssailem at 11:37am 07.19.23 I use a 9ft inflatable for the PacificNW waters. 6hp Yamaha. Is satisfactory in waters similar to t
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? MikeHoncho at 11:27am 07.19.23 Check out Newports. The tubes are alot larger in diameter that typical inflatables and they are spec
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement dlochner at 11:24am 07.19.23 Take the old belt to a NAPA. They will match the belt. Gates makes NAPA belts.
Winch handle safe use Roland5048 at 11:16am 07.19.23 I would really like to see a documented case of a winch freely spinnin while under load without the
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement Richard19068 at 11:14am 07.19.23 It looks like this is what you have. https://www.gates.com/us/en/search.html?searchType=product&te
Dinghy - tender: affordable option? xavpil at 11:09am 07.19.23 Just remember, if you get a small, underpowered inflatable, you are going to get soaked going into

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