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2002 Beneteau 331 Mast Height tommoran5555 at 9:40am 02.14.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/4488 Can anyone tell me for sure what the factory mast height is for a 2002 Beneteau 331 with centerboard
Take a Break From Shoveling Snow Ariel at 7:46am 02.14.14 Ask All Sailors 2/842 Last week I posted a story about a fair wind sail to NYC. This week you can rest your arms from shov
The Loss of a 37 Cutter (1) Jim Legere at 6:49am 02.14.14 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2104 I was very sad to come across this article yesterday. Sadder still than the loss of the boat is the
ray triducer digby sailor at 1:45am 02.14.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/754 Opinions on new raymarine triducer (depth.speed.temp) seems better to me to have a single transducer
Newbie at shaft tighting question (1) PGIJon at 7:48pm 02.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/690 In order to remove the built up corrosion, I sprayed on an anti-corrosive on the stuffing box/Shaft
Mini crutch phxfan at 5:57pm 02.13.14 Catalina 22 11/1410 Any one out there with 22 on trailer and put baby crutches under sternof trauler so no tip up of bo
40.5 aft bilge area tvangrove at 4:34pm 02.13.14 Big Boats 7/1217 The access to the forward part of the 40.5 bilge is easy and since I have a dripless stuffing box, I
Lewmar Electric Winch Conversion in Hunter 376/380? bigbrownpilot at 2:00pm 02.13.14 Big Boats 35/9717 Has anyone converted the Lewmar 44 winch to electric in their Hunter 376 or 380? Cost? Issues? Pr
Looking for O'Day 19 Electrical Advice lsmarden at 1:58pm 02.13.14 Day Sailers 5/4157 For those with an O'Day 19 Weekender, what do you have for an electrical system? I have a 1981 O'
Throttle lever / cable replacement for a 1999 Hunter 410 2discover at 1:35pm 02.13.14 Big Boats 3/1410 Hi Shifting the throttle lever on my H410 is stiff, the lever shows some wear and corrosion and I co
My Babies (1) rgranger at 11:59am 02.13.14 Ask All Sailors 27/2160 Looking out the window at my two babies... That is a Balboa 26 in the greenhouse and a 1976 Hobie 1
How to Clean Mildew from line(rope) Anonymous 121765 at 11:41am 02.13.14 Ask All Sailors 10/22205 My traveler line being in the shade of a wet winter is showing green mildew on the dress end loops.
Mast movement Beluga Free at 9:41am 02.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2149 I have a 1998 hunter 450 passage. I believe it has Z spars mast and mast step. I have just noticed t
Dinghy Davits Whats the best? capi6289 at 8:57am 02.13.14 Big Boats 44/30215 Hi, I just bought a Hunter 466, with a dinghy and no davits, I prefer to have it on davits and not t
main sail sheet hull-in to Short capi6289 at 8:43am 02.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/951 I have a Hunter 466, hulling out the big furling main with electric wench is easy, my issue is pulli
good year not to cover boat dlewis812 at 8:23am 02.13.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1110 i picked the perfect winter not to cover (not really by choice but other circumstances). what kin
Attaching things to fibreglass MickP at 7:42am 02.13.14 Ask All Sailors 29/5564 Hello, Very basic question i'm afraid....I have bought myself a circuit breaker to sit between the s
FB Group? LawyerBob at 7:30am 02.13.14 Islander 0/1947 Ok, I hope I don't run afoul of any forum rules here, but I'm hoping to get a bunch of Islander sail
First sailboat (1) Sharkbait64 at 6:00am 02.13.14 San Juan Sailboats 1/2127 I picked up a San Juan 24 from eBay last fall and started some work on her striped the hull bottom g
Raymarine ST50 masthead wind transducer. patrick33308 at 5:45am 02.13.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1528 Mine has quit, and I can see where the windwane is damaged/missing. So, anyone have a source for a u

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1989-94 Hunter 27-2 schematics or manual dlochner at 7:17am 06.08.23 This article may clear some of the confusion. The late 1988-early 1989 version of the Hunter 27-2 wa
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Johann at 6:59am 06.08.23
Lubricating the top bearing at the top of the in mast furling? tfox2069 at 6:24am 06.08.23 Your topping lift should go all the way to the top - perhaps use that as your primary safety line.
SS Rod popping sound jssailem at 6:13am 06.08.23 That info sounds very good. I know on my boat (mast head rig) that I need to tighten the backstay wh
Battery Switch Confusion Ward H at 5:52am 06.08.23 I agree with @jssailem and @dlochner that best practice is not to mix batteries of different ages an
SS Rod popping sound mesmith1122 at 5:50am 06.08.23 Hey Terry!!! We have inspected chainplates and the SS Rods the plates are secured to. Both are grea
Jabsco volume per stroke robinrjellis at 5:38am 06.08.23 Thank you everyone.
SS Rod popping sound Terry Cox at 4:52am 06.08.23 Hi Marty & Annie. No staysail on our boat and no popping sounds either. At rest standing rigs on bot
Help Identifying model apell at 4:04am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized... Yes, my thought, too. I'm heading over th
Help Identifying model apell at 4:01am 06.08.23 Will do and great idea. Thx
Help Identifying model apell at 3:59am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats
Help Identifying model sailme88 at 3:45am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized...
Help Identifying model Will Gilmore at 3:27am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats a
SS Rod popping sound kappykaplan at 2:45am 06.08.23 safe passage the rest of the way! :plus:
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion artboas at 12:04am 06.08.23 Hi Art, Our system is planned at 600+ah of lithium and we would like to heat hot water and reduce
Stainless Rub Strake Installation Rick Webb at 9:09pm 06.07.23 My link to the drill bit didn't make it into my post. Second try Kobalt Magnetic Screwdriving Bit
Help Identifying model apell at 8:15pm 06.07.23 Exactly...I'm new to this site, but it was my perusal of the model list with identifying letter w
Help Identifying model apell at 8:11pm 06.07.23 The 20 with an added window and transom cutout is a decent guess, but even that was first built in
SS Rod popping sound Hollyberry at 8:07pm 06.07.23 Good stuff!.. safe passage the rest of the way!
Help Identifying model Hollyberry at 8:04pm 06.07.23 right ... the 26 wasn't built til '83

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