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replacing halyards on hunter vision 32 mikewhite7314 at 11:19am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/824 OK, so the boat came out of the shipyard after bottom job and the main halyard is now sitting at the
Missing Impeller Blades 5411 No Heat Exchanger Blue Hull at 9:45am 05.20.13 Catalina 30 10/2394 My engine stopped pumping water during my first time out for the season yesterday. I shut it down as
Mast raising system Sailor 3269 at 9:42am 05.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 56/7466 Good Day everyone This is my question for today is. My mast that is 28' on my 79- 25' venture.
through hull depth tranducer paint swallowtail at 8:51am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1119 Should the plastic surface of my through hull depth transducer be painted with anti fouling or does
Great service Mikem at 8:45am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/579 I searched various vendors for a tiller for the family's 1980 Cat-25 and found the best deal on this
Advice on deck paint robertsapp at 8:02am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1653 Our '95 H336 has a gray paint on its molded nonskid deck surfaces. Or at least, it used to. It's get
Spinakkers... ccraigmile at 7:55am 05.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2151 I've rebuilt a 1974 MacGregor 25 that came with sails etc. In that it came with a Spinnaker, two Sp
oil in the coolant reeder at 7:55am 05.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 5/1483 A well meaning friend put about 1/2 quart of 30 weight oil into the fresh water cooling system of my
Beneteau 311(2000) refrigerator fuse unit location Widgeon1 at 7:30am 05.20.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/3775 Hi all, I have a Beneteau 311 (2000) and recently the refrigerator has stopped working. After inves
windlass circuit breaker location fvolpe at 6:46am 05.20.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2923 Where is the windlass circuit breaker located on a beneteau 36 and what does it look like? Frank
Tire pressure on a ken's welding trailer fstopf4 at 5:55am 05.20.13 Smaller Boats 3/929 Last year we purchased a Hunter 23 it came with a single axle Ken's welding trailer. Any recommendat
Hall Pass...... (1) Maine Sail at 5:52am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 12/1879 Last night around 5:30 my wife says "You should go out to Jewel Island and see your friends.".......
Water heater troubleshooting Dima at 5:50am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/3983 I use to have a link to the post with detailed instruction how to troubleshoot and fix water heater.
You Lake Travis sailors! jackhartjr at 3:52am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1126 Hi folks, had a delivery in Austin, TX Wednesday, came over a hill and there lain out before me was
Hood Seafurl 5 fail (2) Andreas7699 at 2:06am 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1877 Should this happen? It is from 2008 and I have not sailed that much. I tighten the halyard in strong
S2 7.3 O/B Motor mount hangin at 12:38am 05.20.13 S2 0/1074 Is the fiberglass/plastic cover lag bolted or bolt/nut connrected? I need to recaulk to prevent rai
Hard Start Kit for A/C Ken13559 at 12:19am 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1188 I powered my 12000BTU aircon with Elemax(Engel) SHX2000 Genset. It runs ok. Out of curiousity, I fit
Chain Plate and Bulk Head Repair Mcshane at 10:17pm 05.19.13 S2 0/1088 Before putting in the water, I wanted to re-bed my chain plates. Had some rot in the port forward b
Still getting water in the bilge while sailing Piotr at 9:04pm 05.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2170 It's definitely NOT leaking from the top side. Does any one else get any water in the bilge while sa
Tiller Handle Length and Other Questions... amilkovits at 8:20pm 05.19.13 Sirius 21/22 6/9358 Hi All - I am a new owner of an '81 Sirius. The boat was left on the trailer for the past 10 ye

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Hunter 146 engine options Eric S. at 1:45pm 04.17.23 Thanks Curtis. It's precisely the false transom that concerns me on the 146. I just want to make s
Newbie Fresh and Green DRhoads at 1:41pm 04.17.23 Welcome aboard Clay. You are going to love the 420. As you can see, I have one and the wife loves
Hunter 146 engine options CurtisC at 1:20pm 04.17.23 I've got a Hunter 18 that I use a short shaft Suzuki 2HP on. Plenty of shaft length and plenty of H
Bow truster on hp450 DRhoads at 1:16pm 04.17.23 Just had an external installed similar to the one Nodak7 shows, may be the same. works great especi
Stepping up mast on H25 , use gin pole? Ross Nielsen at 1:14pm 04.17.23 Thanks, my mast is 34.8' and I feel I need a roller on a crutch I can raise to 10' at the stern of t
Try- Sail Ready Bag (1) jssailem at 1:10pm 04.17.23 Not sure how big your Try-Sail is. Blue Performance makes a Halyard Bag in 3 sizes. The large one mi
Sourcing leks Project_Mayhem at 1:03pm 04.17.23 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the traveler is the second hardest deck component to get to,
Try- Sail Ready Bag Waybad at 12:54pm 04.17.23 I have a separate track, I just realized I have to also drop at least one side then the other side o
More efficient way to clean gears? Rick Webb at 12:53pm 04.17.23 This would be more dangerous than anything else I could do in my house. Ultrasonic Cleaner ? It Wor
More efficient way to clean gears? Rick Webb at 12:50pm 04.17.23 Did the video begin with him having an assistant hold his beer? Don't all the good ones begin that
Identifying water in the bilge. Benny17441 at 12:46pm 04.17.23 Boat wash, wet bathing suits, galley spills, rain, sea spray, plumbing leaks........ All bring wa
More efficient way to clean gears? rgranger at 12:34pm 04.17.23 Organic chemistry; brings back nightmares :yikes:. Happy that you Chem E's deal with that stuff
Fresh Water Prime- Can't Get it nveater at 12:28pm 04.17.23 Thanks very much that will be my next move
Sourcing leks Timm R Oday25 at 12:23pm 04.17.23 As I had previously posted , the tbridge mounted traveller leaks the most . Good thing there are spe
Free Beneteau! Don S/V ILLusion at 12:19pm 04.17.23 I didn't expect this to make financial sense but had to ask since it was virtually free Where in F
Perkins M30 Compression issue nsailscal334 at 12:19pm 04.17.23 Thank you for the suggestions! We'll look into all of them and keep plugging along (pun intended) u
Yanmar in '79 37c Hollyberry at 12:17pm 04.17.23 Is it really only a 2 cylinder engine on a 37 footer??
Newbie Fresh and Green (1) rgranger at 12:07pm 04.17.23 ....the basic physics doesn't change much from a Sunfish to a 40-footer. :plus: This was my first b
Interior/Birth Measurements? Timm R Oday25 at 12:02pm 04.17.23 Good afternoon . I'm going to go out on a limb and say you don't have the cushions either . p.m. me
More efficient way to clean gears? MikeHoncho at 11:59am 04.17.23 Even Practical Sailer article agreed with me.:biggrin: ______ MEK is the activator for Fiberglas

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