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Hunter 28.5 main sheet car newage1461 at 8:40am 01.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1095 I just bought a 86 28.5 , then the next day it snowed ! Anyway, the main sheet traveler car is so p
45' mast for Buchan 37 (9) Sailing_Victoria at 7:09am 01.20.23 Parts Search 15/2191 212325212326212327212328212329 The geographical location is New Westminster, BC Canada. I checked w
44ds rudder drop (5) HarryvdMeer at 6:57am 01.20.23 Big Boats 6/819 Currently in St Marys, GA boat yard doing bottom maintenance. Trying to drop rudder to fix a crac
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover smokey73 at 5:55am 01.20.23 Ask All Sailors 7/623 I am having leaks from the multiple screws that hold the tank cover on the port water tank. I kno
Fuel Tank Return Line (2) chichiflys at 5:12am 01.20.23 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1426 I replaced the aging and leaking 30 gal aluminum tank on our '82 H36 last week with a 14gal Moeller
Anchor light - battery operated and rechargeable Mark Maulden at 8:24pm 01.19.23 Ask All Sailors 17/4297
Grab handles on 356 saloon 'ceiling' apybus at 4:56pm 01.19.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/602 Hi, Having damaged the headlining around the wooden grab handles, with masking tape pulling the sur
Mas-technologies instrument gauge for Yanmar (1) Laid-back at 1:14pm 01.19.23 Big Boats 10/1721 The Mas-technologies instrument that displays the Yanmar gauges on my Hunter 50 has a large brown s
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat PGIJon at 12:21pm 01.19.23 Big Boats 37/4385 Well my H34 days are over. Hurricane Irma caused Progressive Insurance to total the boat. They sen
What did he mean when he said this? Sail22Capri22 at 6:48am 01.19.23 Ask All Sailors 29/2575 I purchased a Capri 22 (wing keel) this past summer. I found a Sailing Magazine article on the boat
AGM Winter Self-Discharge Data (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:45pm 01.18.23 Ask All Sailors 4/631
Lifeline Replacement dkinzer at 5:42pm 01.18.23 Ask All Sailors 15/2365 I'm in the process of gathering data to perform lifeline replacement on our 2007 H41AC. It currently
Hunter Coach Top Mast Cable Port (3) Upwind at 4:41pm 01.18.23 Big Boats 2/893 After saying goodbye to my 1996 376, I am in the market for a new Hunter...this time looking for a s
Hunter 260 Trailer Mods Philthy at 1:07pm 01.18.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/964 Hi Guys I am new to the forum and so far love the insights shared. I have recently acquired a Hunt
Hunter 356 windlass csairlie at 11:47am 01.18.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/997
Hunter 460 Keel pelagic4005 at 10:22am 01.18.23 Big Boats 3/981 Hello, We are looking at a Hunter 460 with wing keel 5'6 draft. Can anyone please tell me the depth
Replacing Boat windows Salvonight at 7:58am 01.18.23 Ask All Sailors 16/3413 I'm trying to replace the windows on my 1976 Columbia. The windows are mounted from the inside and u
B361 Sail Inventory GDanko at 5:07am 01.18.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1323 As the 2022 season closed on the Great Lakes, we acquired a 2001 B361 in Michigan. She's always been
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month Phil Herring at 10:03pm 01.17.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 29/11667 It is with great sadness that we will be closing BeneteauOwners.com later this month. We have been
A good 31' +/- for a 77 year young warren5421 at 4:24pm 01.17.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1249 Have had boats on Lake Michigan for years. Wife has a bad knee, motor cycle accident, from sliding

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Making new floorboards for a Beneteau dLj at 6:44am 03.18.25 Looks great! How much time to apply plasteak & approximate cost? +1
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau BigEasy at 6:33am 03.18.25 UPDATE: Project successful. Went with the Plasteak Teak and Holly (matte finish) and it looks gre
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? colemj at 6:10am 03.18.25 I, personally, will never install WhatsApp or any Meta product. It is the burden of knowledge of ho
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 5:41am 03.18.25 Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Thanks for reminder. Their prices
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (3) Nonixskis at 5:22am 03.18.25 So what you're saying is that finished product using the existing floor boards as the sub floor wou
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line yelkenli at 7:46pm 03.17.25 It will be by hand. I will go with the larger and in polyester double braid. Thanks for all of the f
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line Tally Ho at 7:40pm 03.17.25 Do you have the reef line run to a winch? Or are you pulling it by hand? pulling by hand may be ea
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:10pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pl
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dlochner at 5:58pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversatio
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:54pm 03.17.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purch
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Davidasailor26 at 5:53pm 03.17.25 Ways I, personally, would use this app: "Hey, I am at my boat and need to turn her around in her s
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:52pm 03.17.25 Yes, depending on which die is used. The smooth heatshrink die does not crimp as securely as the d
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Will Gilmore at 5:42pm 03.17.25 Arrowhead Industrial Services, Inc. 3537 South NC 119 Graham, NC 27253 CA1998040008 IA01 Joe Cassid
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (1) jssailem at 5:25pm 03.17.25 I chose to use a Racor 500MA when I installed a replacement for the original Ford Diesel Motor filte
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 4:47pm 03.17.25 What kind of crimper are you using? I forget the brand, decent crimper. I bought it from Mainesai
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 4:23pm 03.17.25 All great points and thank you for them. I grew up boating and spent a significant amount of time o
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Foswick at 4:21pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversation
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? JoeWhite at 4:11pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pla

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