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oxidation on keel hunter 306 (1) brinky at 8:15pm 10.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1969 i just hauled my hunter 306 (built 2005) and applied a new coat of bottom paint. the connection b
ODay 19 lp_gilbert at 7:28pm 10.28.13 Day Sailers 1/943 I have a 19 footer that I bought a couple of yrs ago and the bottom paint ends below the water line.
fullt time cruisers, average monthly budgets? centerline at 6:45pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1686 based up on a couple that has a capable boat that is in good repair,... and that they were budget mi
e-mail wanted Spence at 6:11pm 10.28.13 Parts Search 3/2369 Does anyone have an e-mail contact for Rig-Rite company below? Fax is all I can find at the site.
Canvas coloring BobnCamie at 4:33pm 10.28.13 S2 12/2968 Greetings all. I am new here, having finally bought our "dream boat". Been waiting a long time. Firs
Cracking Lead Keel Old C&C Owner at 4:00pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1382 I am the owner of an old (1974) C'C 30 which I am interested in restoring. I have just begun the pro
Installing an Electric Windlass macalla at 3:37pm 10.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1305 Any tips for retro-fitting an electric windlass on an Oceanis 390? The original windlass was manual
Davitts for an Oceanis 390 macalla at 3:29pm 10.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2498 I'm thinking of installing davitts on our Oceanis 390, so that we can use a 3m RIB with the outboard
Battery wiring diagram (1) Sefuller at 2:17pm 10.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 13/8113 I believe I am finally ready to begin the actual wiring part of my project. I have a lot of the cab
P26 portlights bblument at 1:30pm 10.28.13 Pearson 0/1437 Howdy, all... My 1972 P26 has some pretty messed up portlight windows. Instead of repairing or res
Winch Strong Direction markwbird at 1:00pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 14/5558 I read the other day that most winches have a strong direction. Didn't know this. My understanding
Storage cabinets under V Berth on C-28 Captain Kirk1517 at 11:37am 10.28.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1505 Purchased this boat new in 2002. The cabinets under the V berth are hinged at the bottom with a pia
charging system Hickdog at 11:14am 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1677 Need some guidance on charging system for my 26.5 Hunter (1987). at the present time my battery char
Holding Tank Oder seathumper at 11:12am 10.28.13 Big Boats 7/2371 A couple of years ago I removed the corroded aluminum holding tank and replaced it with a new 3M(?)
First post and question Guts1236 at 8:26am 10.28.13 Catalina 30 8/1542 Hello and thank you for letting me partake in your forum. My username is an old nickname from my co
Leaky port , hatch , ck o rings steve201 at 8:11am 10.28.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1042 just felt the need to post this, I had three ports that leaked bad.after reading about 15 posts on s
additional fins on cavitation plate on outboard henry53 at 7:57am 10.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1299 I have a 50 hp outboard on my 26x it seems to have to work hard to get on plane. I think a fin attac
Picture and Size of Logo for Sail kesagape at 7:41am 10.28.13 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1600 I am looking for a good picture and the size in inches of the sail logo for my Hunter Cherubini 33 m
Needing Outboard Motor Advice Kenneth Frehm at 7:15am 10.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1130 Looks like after 30 yrs, my Honda 7.5 is headed for Davie's Locker (city dump not under the lake)...
DSC Safety Call - Appropriate to use? FourPoints at 6:51am 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1550 I just got my new Icom M412 radio installed this weekend (purchased at the Annapolis boat show, grea

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Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA dLj at 12:50pm 07.04.23 Thank you to both @jssailem and @JamesG161 ! So far so good. Seas have been a bit rough but so far
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 jonelli at 11:56am 07.04.23 One time, my RPM's stopped going more than 2000RPM and took a week to figure out the fuel shutoff le
Engineering Issues MikeHoncho at 11:49am 07.04.23
Engineering Issues MikeHoncho at 11:48am 07.04.23 I saw this video this morning and wondered, how did the park safety team miss this on their AM insp
shore power female-end fell in the water rgranger at 11:47am 07.04.23 RadioShack / :laugh::laugh::beer:
Can anyone explain this southern Atlantic pattern of July 4? (1) rgranger at 11:44am 07.04.23 Media conspiracy
Lewmar forward hatch handle has come off and there is slight cracking on the lense around the hole. Ralph Johnstone at 11:33am 07.04.23 Welcome to the site. Many people here have Lewmar hatches on Hunters and Cats. Some of them like m
Adler Barbour Compressor "Pumping" when on Battery Power rgranger at 11:33am 07.04.23
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 10:41am 07.04.23 Have you considered : e problems with things that have keyboards, engines, and long hair......
Catalina 270 Rub Rail Calif. Ted at 10:35am 07.04.23 Only two kinds of boat parts, available but expensive and unavailable at any price, after dealing wi
shore power female-end fell in the water LloydB at 10:08am 07.04.23 In my opinion every electrical problem description should start out with some statement such as this
Catalina 270 Rub Rail Ward H at 10:08am 07.04.23 I was curious as I paid less than that for my C30 so I looked it up. I paid $4.24/ft and I'm seeing
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:07am 07.04.23 Have you considered : e fails.
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Ralph Johnstone at 9:57am 07.04.23 Thanks all for your replies although I see that none of them rose to the level of extremely offensiv
Fuel (In)Efficiency Stu Jackson at 9:51am 07.04.23 I've read maybe hundreds of these fuel gph posts over the years. Many of them "promote" checking gp
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 9:40am 07.04.23 In terms of size for a fuel leak, that's huge :yikes: ! The leak appears to be continuous. The pic
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 RitSim at 9:35am 07.04.23 I helped a friend last year with a keel space. In his case the keel bolts could be easily loosened
Shoutout to Weems & Plath Davidasailor26 at 9:23am 07.04.23
34 Hunter Anchor Locker Question SabreToothedEngineer at 9:20am 07.04.23 Thank you Claude, that's really helpful. I saw your photos before, but now with your description I u
Shoutout to Weems & Plath PaulK at 9:17am 07.04.23 We got a "new" W&P ship's bell clock on the main bulkhead when we bought Arcadia several years ago.

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