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cabin stairs replacement (1) Navicula at 3:00pm 12.15.12 Big Boats 0/1179 I replaced the steps in the cabin with a composite material........ the origianl 17 year old steps w
shifter hunter (1) Navicula at 11:56am 12.15.12 Big Boats 4/2099 my pull button on my shifter has been stuck since I bought the boat.......so now that its winter....
bildge counter aqua alarm (1) Navicula at 11:45am 12.15.12 Big Boats 0/793 I have just installed a bildge cycle counter from aqua alarm......I followed the instruction and hoo
Bilge Blower Hose ................... (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:44am 12.15.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2613 Has anyone had any experience installing bilge blower hose other than the usual clothes dryer type o
zihuatenejo zeehag at 10:46am 12.15.12 Destinations 7/3660 awesome beautifulll..pix pending...got here with only 1 1/2 oz diesel fuel in tank that was spozed
Keel Flaking off large patches on both sides Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 10:32am 12.15.12 Ask All Sailors 9/5297 Recently we've noticed our keel has been scaling off in large patches on either side of the keel. I
Killem for diesel fuel Atlantic Phil at 8:17am 12.15.12 Engines and Propulsion 3/4147 I bought a sailboat with a diesel on Sept 1st. It had a near full tank of diesel and I haven't used
A tale of two 309s mlynch66 at 7:57am 12.15.12 Catalina 309 Group Forum 6/2592 I'm in the market for a 309, and looked at two last week in MA. I was hoping for some input from the
Nice pocket cruiser illustration (2) emergpa1 at 7:49am 12.15.12 Ask An Oday Owner 15/2078 Check this out, really cool with some neat ideas. The web site has narrative to go with the illustr
Arid Bilge System ChrisL at 6:35am 12.15.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2975 I'm thinking about adding this system to my Hunter 45. Does anyone have any experience or reviews o
Rudder Repair CzechMate at 8:18pm 12.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2351 I took a small bite out of my rudder blade when I turned to far and hit the prop blade. The bite is
Engine Water Temp Gauge Lee Hadjiosif at 6:28pm 12.14.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2548 I have a B381 and would like to add a temp sender and gauge. I have the Captain's westerbeke panel a
Catalina 30 Starter Button FredB at 4:52pm 12.14.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/4520 I have a 1987 Catalina 30 MK II with an Universal M-25XP engine. My starter button is intermittent.
2005 H33 gel coat cracks hudjohnjen at 4:36pm 12.14.12 Mid-Size Boats 10/2912 I have a 2005 H33. It has several hairline gel coat cracks in the following areas: - water fill -
How do you prepare for leaks? jfschena at 4:21pm 12.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1767 It seems to me several things can fail on my oday 26 that can sink the boat. I have thru hull fittin
Brunswick, Ga. sailors? Bonzai at 4:19pm 12.14.12 Destinations 4/6713 Am looking for other cruiser type sailors in the area to sail in company with, also local crew/help
A Perfect Day Roger Long at 4:01pm 12.14.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2263 I had a perfect cruising day. Took pictures. I went below with my shoulders still warm from sun th
HAPS Membership Application Form Mikem at 3:25pm 12.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/916 HUNTER ASSOCIATION OF PUGET SOUND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Annual Dues $60.00 Initiation fee $20.0
Help Identify? (1) Airbornne at 1:58pm 12.14.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2531 Can someone tell me what kind of boat this is? It is described as a 1976 28 dutch sailboat with 2 cy
Great Lakes tour (2) Caboteur at 11:49am 12.14.12 Destinations 14/14759 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, As winter is closing in and Caboteur is on the hard, my wife

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Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:37am 04.10.23 @TreeRog there is now under documentation on the hunter 240 boat information a detailed explanatio
Posting Guidelines Ward H at 5:57am 04.10.23 I've been trying out Video Editor apps for pre-editing on the phone right on the boat. Amazing tool
Spreader blocks location garymalmgren at 5:52am 04.10.23 Any set rule on how far from the mast to install them? Starboard spreader. halfway between mast an
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? glanrock at 5:27am 04.10.23 I'm curious what you did about the cracks you found. Did you paint over them with epoxy primer? Did
Posting Guidelines TomY at 5:19am 04.10.23 Timely thread. I'm immersed in a self-imposed Youtube -'Shoot video on DSLR and Iphone'- crash cours
Removing Dyneema Core thinwater at 4:38am 04.10.23 The Warpspeed line has a Dyneema core so I figured that would be a Dyneema to Dyneema splice unless
Furlex 100s Bearing Tube Problem (3) KursadT at 4:29am 04.10.23
Alternator temperatures danooxnard at 4:25am 04.10.23 The FLIR and infrared heat guns only see the surface temperature. They do not seen inside things or
Install wash down pump? Slipin Away at 1:35am 04.10.23 See my solution to simple wash down Located under hunter 45cc modifications
Alternator temperatures Hayden Watson at 10:58pm 04.09.23 TICs (thermal imaging cameras) are notorious for being way off on the temps represented by the cros
Alternator temperatures MikeHoncho at 9:00pm 04.09.23 TICs (thermal imaging cameras) are notorious for being way off on the temps represented by the cross
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement (4) rgranger at 8:33pm 04.09.23 Here pics of the one I had tos 214493 214494 214495 If they were about 50% bigger I might still hav
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement rgranger at 8:28pm 04.09.23
Frozen Galley seacock JRT at 8:17pm 04.09.23 I used this product and it worked great in water. https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/other
Ice Box Lid Hold Open JRT at 7:58pm 04.09.23 I purchased these on Catalina direct and installed them on the fridge and dry storage lid. They wor
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 TreeRog at 7:48pm 04.09.23
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 TreeRog at 7:40pm 04.09.23 It went super smooth and easy. 3 men job to play it safe. The whole centerboard will be replace in
Schenker Zen 30 watermakee SycloneDriver at 7:03pm 04.09.23 I suggest that you figure why the operating pressure is low. The pressure is critical to push the w
Sanitary Pipe Routing - Tartan 4100 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:40pm 04.09.23 No it is not the way things generally are but from your drawing it looks fixable and I'll be glad to
Replacement Seals for Instrument Thru-Deck Fittings? BigEasy at 6:26pm 04.09.23 I have not seen replacement rubber grommets for Shakespeare #4189 cable outlet fittings. You can re

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