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40.5 Legend Owners Manual aadams1 at 3:02pm 01.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1084 Hi - My husband are in the process of closing on a 1993 40.5 Hunter Legend. We're looking for an el
replace hatch arms bugsboat at 2:06pm 01.06.13 Big Boats 3/1442 Hi everyone! Happy New Year. I am trying to replace the arms for our 1995 Hunter 37.5 opening hatc
42 Passage main water tank replacement The Artful Dodger II at 1:17pm 01.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1022 I am interested in speaking with anyone who might have had anything to do with repairing or replacin
76Reinell interior retrofit sailingonu at 12:02pm 01.06.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1503 I have a 1976 Reinell 2210! Anyone out there have one of these boats? I have taken the old carpet of
Raw water mixing elbow blocked mikewhite7314 at 9:54am 01.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/5997 I have a yanmar 3gm 30f engine and the raw water system is blocked. I was getting water through to t
Butyl tape question serenisea at 9:47am 01.06.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/7452 I have a stubborn hatch that continues to leak even though I re-bedded it twice (with Life Caulk).
Main sail only actnuts at 8:06am 01.06.13 Day Sailers 5/2695 My jib is removed for stitching so...... Anyone sail with just the main? 10-15 knot winds, 2-3 foo
Off to Aruba Doc_holiday at 6:31am 01.06.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/886 I just love this "one happy island", I just wish I had the boat there. My dream is to retire there a
Hunter 28.5 stanchions thetone at 6:12am 01.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1810 The stantions on my 28.5 are damaged. I need to get them off but the bolts wont turn. I am thinking
Cat 350 Replacement engine gauge cluster nybor at 5:15am 01.06.13 Big Boats 3/3060 hello. I recently purchased a 2006 boat and am cleaner her up. I want to replace the M-35 engine clu
Crazy idea here! Joel H. at 4:36am 01.06.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/2848 The questions are: Has it been done? Could it work? Here goes.... Running a hank-on headsail up a b
hard rubber rub rail restoration Mark Maulden at 10:14pm 01.05.13 Ask All Sailors 6/2627 The S2 has a black rub rail at the hull/deck join. At least I think it's hard rubber. Maybe it's a
Lake Barkley tgrass462 at 9:57pm 01.05.13 Smaller Boats 3/4056 We just returned from a trip to Kentucky - looking at lake front property. Initially we confined ou
Lehr Propane Outboards Jon Bastien at 8:49pm 01.05.13 Ask All Sailors 12/8470 Hello all, After much contemplation, I bit the bullet and bought a Lehr 2.5 HP propane-fueled out
built in exhaust tank on 1984 31ft Hunter leaks OceanDriver at 8:32pm 01.05.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/1585 I have a 1984 Hunter 31 and all season my bilge would fill up with black/raw water. I finally found
272 or 280 stern starboard railing needed jsmo66 at 8:23pm 01.05.13 Bigger Boats 1/1165 Hi All- if anyone knows where I can get a stern starboard railing for a 272 (maybe 280) - please do
Liveaboard? Stu Ducklow at 6:28pm 01.05.13 C&C 2/2869 As a newbie sailor, I've just bought an ancient C'C 25 which marine surveyor assures me is solid and
trailer flat and broken springs today! doehunter at 6:06pm 01.05.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 38/5097 On a very busy freeway, everyone moving too fast, construction zone, and no shoulder. A guy pulls
Considering a Hunter 426AC 2003 PDReynolds at 4:54pm 01.05.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1275 Hi Everyone, Before I make a purchase I would like to poll the owner community and look for your
New member w/ O Day 27 RubyJean at 3:59pm 01.05.13 Pacific North West Cruisers 5/50637 Hi all PNW sailors.. Just bought a O Day 27 in fantastic shape, have sailed my Haida 26 from Canada

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Water Tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:05pm 03.09.23 Y'all do realize that starting with post #9, you've been critiquing a 2019 water tank patch job.....
Selling to a USCG and Texas registered boat to someone living in Mexico JamesG161 at 11:51am 03.09.23 but to each his own. He will re-sale it in Mexico for double his money. Jim...
Selling to a USCG and Texas registered boat to someone living in Mexico (1) vsfoster at 11:42am 03.09.23 Update: the buyer has bought a one way ticket, hotel and rental car reservations in Corpus. I believ
Inverter Bilge query Captain Larry-DH at 11:41am 03.09.23
Inverter Bilge query Don S/V ILLusion at 11:23am 03.09.23 All, thanks for your responses, good advice on many levels. I wasn't clear in my original post. The
Inverter Bilge query Scott T-Bird at 10:25am 03.09.23 Best practice is to have separate hoses for both the primary and emergency bilge pumps. I'm sure so
Inverter Bilge query tfox2069 at 10:23am 03.09.23 An "easy backup" to your manual pump would be a 12v bilge pump with a float switch plumbed properly
Inverter Bilge query (1) capta at 10:23am 03.09.23 I had a similar system on my 53 footer, but I had 3 much larger a/c pumps, with 1.5" discharge lines
Proper prop size tartan 33 capta at 10:10am 03.09.23 Most prop manufacturers have a prop sizing guide on their web site. You will need some information,
TOO MUCH WIND? Scott T-Bird at 10:08am 03.09.23 Nothing unusual here, just a standard pitchpole. I can't count the number of times I've done the sa
TOO MUCH WIND? capta at 10:03am 03.09.23
Inverter Bilge query Jeff2650 at 10:03am 03.09.23 All, thanks for your responses, good advice on many levels. I wasn't clear in my original post. The
TOO MUCH WIND? Kings Gambit at 9:35am 03.09.23 Yes. I know line squalls of the Chesapeake are notorious. As is similar in SW FL. Humidity-driven st
TOO MUCH WIND? mermike at 9:26am 03.09.23 I took a date out sailing (long ago) and pitchpoled a Prindle 16 at speed. I always wondered what is
TOO MUCH WIND? tfox2069 at 9:01am 03.09.23
TOO MUCH WIND? Kings Gambit at 8:47am 03.09.23
TOO MUCH WIND? dlochner at 8:23am 03.09.23 As one ages, one's thoughts about reefing change. I was once in the never reef and fly the 150 all t
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust anelso29 at 8:09am 03.09.23 Interlux 2000 is a two part epoxy. Main thing is grind/sand to bare shiny metal and apply 2000 imm
Spinnaker in top pulley-is it a concern? (1) kloudie1 at 8:07am 03.09.23 here is what the spin halyard on a crane looks like: e halyards and forestay. Some fractiionally rig
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 8:00am 03.09.23 I had a good day. Got the cutlass bearing and new shaft installed. Then we put on the PSS Dripless

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