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Relocating Jib Winches foolproof at 8:00pm 08.11.13 Catalina 30 8/2593 I am wanting to move my jib winches aft about 4 feet to better accommodate single handed sailing. I
spreader compression tube (1) Hayden Watson at 7:47pm 08.11.13 Catalina 30 2/1068 I am re-rigging and repainting my mast. When I removed the spreader bracket the tube that the larges
H310 JTR at 5:54pm 08.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/810 Hello All, New owner here. We have bought a H310. Good all around boat except for a few hitches t
Big Jib or Small Jib Don Guillette at 4:58pm 08.11.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 47/28263 OK, we now know, thanks to RichH, Stu J (who uses tidal current to his advantage, which I never thou
Trouble starting boat...once again Team118 at 4:30pm 08.11.13 Catalina 30 9/1331 I believe I posted something last year about this and want some thoughts. I have a 1977 Catalina 3
Cleanng Winches tkwhalen at 4:26pm 08.11.13 Big Boats 5/1227 Cleaning Winches I have Harken 40"s from 2004 on my cabin top. For those of you who have these you
Splendid Day! (5) agprice22 at 4:24pm 08.11.13 Catalina 22 1/775 Cayuga Lake, today... Sailing a Run: ings. Passing an Oday 24. We came from 150 yds astern to 1
Removal of Main Traveler Track Jim L at 4:15pm 08.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/744 Any one removed the Main Traveler Track? This is a tough chore, I started this weekend only to find
First sail in over a year AWalker at 4:07pm 08.11.13 Day Sailers 5/1233 I took my son (8) for a sail last night on our O'Day 23. It was the first time I have had the boat o
Proper Cable tension Please Costy at 3:53pm 08.11.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1409 I got me a tension Gauge and I was wondering if anyone know what the correct Tension I need for my 2
Mac 26x cruise spd under power (15HP) Tntimbo at 3:41pm 08.11.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1016 I am looking at a late model 26x w/15 HP Merc 4-stroke. What kind of spd and fuel burn should I ex
Hairline Cracks in Cabin top pcounts at 3:26pm 08.11.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/8376 I have a 2006 Catalina 22 Sport. I noticed this year I have developed quite a few hair-line cracks i
Boat lift capitolajack at 3:11pm 08.11.13 Smaller Boats 0/1059 Where should I attach my harness to lift a Catalina 14.2? Excuse my lack of a more precise descript
Wanting to buy a Catalina 250 or Hunter 260 Chief RA at 2:59pm 08.11.13 Ask All Sailors 18/4776 Anyone know of a nice 250 Catalina or Hunter 260 for sale? I want a wing (shoal) keel with galvaniz
Healiner removal Hannah Quinn at 2:31pm 08.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/4882 I have found a couple of threads on removing the headliner in a Hunter. I've tried a couple of diff
stiff steering 1999 Oceanis 381 terrykiwi at 12:47pm 08.11.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3728 Have just completed 3 weeks away in the North Channel of Lake Huron Canada but I am still experienci
Prop size mikeone at 11:24am 08.11.13 Ask An Oday Owner 0/666 I would like to know the proper prop size for a 322 ODAY with an 18 hp yanmar. Two or three blade?
merriman winches WillowsBeach at 9:17am 08.11.13 Catalina 30 0/1061 I have bought an old 1976 C30 with Merriman Holbrook winches - anodized aluminum I believe. One of
Fuel problems gel3 at 8:46am 08.11.13 Mid-Size Boats 8/1914 I own a Hunter 290 it's a 2000 and I've owned it for 4 years. In the past 2 years I've had to change
Perseid meteors are happening now (visible at night) dlandersson at 8:22am 08.11.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1386 Perseid meteors are happening now (visible at night) :D http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/11

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When to Replace Aluminum Anodes with Zinc dlochner at 4:51pm 02.07.23 Aluminum anodes are fine for salt water. Stay with Aluminum. Magnesium for freshwater only Aluminum
Passage 42 Washing machine question. juznip at 4:41pm 02.07.23 Mystery solved. There are 2 screw that were put in the top of the cabinet and a piece of trim on the
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? kappykaplan at 3:35pm 02.07.23 Learning what you really need is a significant learning curve and one that you can only learn by sa
Hunter 380 muffler Ralph Johnstone at 2:36pm 02.07.23 Getting it repaired by a local fibreglass shop seems like the quickest and reasonable priced soluti
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC senang at 2:32pm 02.07.23 To keep my mental heath I installed a Sigma drive, so no more engine alignment and flange troubles.
Kanzaki KM3P4 problem Hunter 380 (2) Ralph Johnstone at 2:25pm 02.07.23 Specs for a Knazaki KM3P4 are rarer that chicken's teeth but the KM3P4 is listed as a torque limiter
Hunter 380 muffler senang at 2:12pm 02.07.23 Getting it repaired by a local fibreglass shop seems like the quickest and reasonable priced solutio
Has anyone installed a linear drive autopilot in a Legend 37 or 35? senang at 2:04pm 02.07.23 Installed a Jefa linear drive in our H38 a couple of years ago.
Hunter Legend 41 - Raymarine Linear Drive Autopilot senang at 2:02pm 02.07.23 I have installed a Jefa lineair drive in our 2005 H38. Bypassed all Hunter instructions for a Raymar
79 Irwin Citation 34 Rudder Issue DBG8492 at 1:45pm 02.07.23 Yes that is a bummer. If the survey was ordered by you and is recent, you may have some recourse wi
Black residue in transmission dlochner at 1:16pm 02.07.23 ATF is red. If it has any black or maroon color the transmission probably needs to be rebuilt and ha
Kanzaki KM3P4 problem Hunter 380 dlochner at 1:08pm 02.07.23 First, don't replace the transmission with another Kanzaki they suck, get a new ZF, it will run abou
Hunter 41 Steering Quadrant Access? dlochner at 12:55pm 02.07.23 Perhaps some well meaning soul decided to stop water from entering the well where the steering quadr
Has anyone ever installed a Raymarine linear drive autopilot to a Hunter Legend 37? senang at 12:51pm 02.07.23 I installed a Jefa linear drive on our H38 some years back. I did create my own base for the Jefa un
First Year LD_C310 at 12:50pm 02.07.23 Thanks - I got a lot of insight on problem solving from reading this forum. Thanks to everyone who
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters senang at 12:38pm 02.07.23 Yes, engine panel in cockpit is as in your picture above. The round instrument with the override swi
Hunter 41 Steering Quadrant Access? Ralph Johnstone at 11:39am 02.07.23 That "IS" a head scratcher. You've tried everything I would have tried. Any chance you can get an
I Know Age is just a number but at 75 am I just dreaming ? OBG at 11:21am 02.07.23 Our friends were in similar situation. He an accomplished racer, she a white knuckler. Solution - a
Sailing and restoring #9874 AaronD at 10:36am 02.07.23 This is a good reminder. Many people do not know that in order to have a stable trailer you need t
Meet your new Forum Administrator dlochner at 10:22am 02.07.23 Hmmmm.... I smell a tastless joke in there someplace but.... I don't want to get in trouble with

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