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Salon table subrock at 8:08am 09.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1449 We have a 2008 Hunter 36 and think it is a great boat that suits us very well. But there is one nigg
garmin blue chart mortyd at 8:07am 09.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1169 i undetstand from posts on this forum that garmin has walked away from its blue chart technology, th
Hunter 34 questions ranchu56 at 7:43am 09.23.12 Big Boats 6/2416 Fellow Hunter 34 owners, Two questions I would like to pose. 1.) Visited the Newport Internation
Westerly Centaur (1) jeg158 at 6:36am 09.23.12 Ask All Sailors 3/4722 My wife and I are currently refurbishing a 1979 Centaur and need a little info. The original mast is
Fiberglass problem?? paulh1 at 5:59am 09.23.12 Ask All Sailors 8/4342 Ok, I decided to fiberglass the small cracks and openings on my boat.I thought about filling with fi
galley foot pump csavage at 10:10pm 09.22.12 Catalina 30 3/1743 the pump is leaking; it's my understanding that it drains the icebox into the sink. is it connected
bow repair mroot at 9:31pm 09.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1490 When i bought this boat it had damGe from rubbing the dock and made it to the wood structure, any re
Rudder bearing on 28.5 Jeff McVittie at 8:45pm 09.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2129 I removed the rudder on my boat to check the bearings on the top of the rudder posts and make sure t
Mast base I-beam sloopslave at 8:17pm 09.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1624 My 1979 Hunter 30 has an I-beam under trhe cabin floor that supports the mast. The I-beam is so bad
Stern Anchor Payout Sytem chasmoyer at 8:11pm 09.22.12 Big Boats 6/1686 Has any 450 Passage owner devised a system to deploy the stern anchor while motoring up to bow ancho
Yamaha 10hp w/elec start, electronic choke Ward H at 7:17pm 09.22.12 Engines and Propulsion 3/2117 Plan to close on the purchase of an O'day 25 this week. the outboard is a 10hp w/elec start, electro
Front Hatch Cover problem Oday Orange at 6:49pm 09.22.12 Catalina 22 0/1111 Hello, I am new to sailing started this past spring!! I have a 1973 Oday 22 That I decided to sail i
Cal Pump, Aircon cooling water Ken13559 at 5:02pm 09.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/763 Some weeks back, I reported my Cal Pump leaking oil (for about a year), and now trips the electrica
Which Autopilot system should I buy? ksagara at 4:01pm 09.22.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2629 Hello, I have an Autohelm ST4000 autopilot system installed on my year 1996 Hunter 280. This 16 yea
336/1995 Galley Sink clippy at 2:11pm 09.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1000 problem - leaking waterline connections under galley sink - unable to access locknuts which hold fau
Transom Motor Mount weight capacity (3) windsurfer101 at 1:06pm 09.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2608 Hello everyone, I have a 1984 25.5 Hunter, with what seems to be an original transom mount, and it'
LED lights for saloon of Beneteau 473 Jester II at 12:37pm 09.22.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/6797 Has anyone replaced the G4 halogen lights in the saloon of a 473 (or similar) with LED's - if so wha
Do you know where I can find this (1) bobtigar at 11:26am 09.22.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2055 I have a cracked lifeline stancion base on my Morgan OI33. The only ones I see in the catalogs are
Oil Looks Absolutely Perfect Roger Long at 11:06am 09.22.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 10/3527 After a 3 1/2 hour run from Portsmouth to Dutch Harbor, the oil looks like the engine had never eve
Fuel gauge accuracy fox islander at 10:48am 09.22.12 Catalina 30 15/4935 Does anyone have a fuel gauge on their C30 that is even remotely accurate? When mine reads almost em

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CG vessel renewal sailme88 at 3:28am 03.16.23 One would thing that the IG's office of the USCG would be on these....."entrepreneurs" like stink on
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? Will Gilmore at 1:33am 03.16.23 tunaboat captain here. My Oday 192 keel lift line due for replacement. Like your winch. Is the ca
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:30pm 03.15.23
Steel Keel Pitting- fill or paint over? (time sensitive question) Daveinet at 6:10pm 03.15.23 On my cast iron keel, I sandblasted and then took a couple of rattle cans of zinc paint. I was going
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint Dalliance at 6:05pm 03.15.23 I fully agree. But as I said, 90% of all production boats are done that way. My '99 H-310 being o
Macerators LakeOntario270 at 4:57pm 03.15.23 Check the long bolts that holds the macerator together. Mine rusted out because they were plain ste
Steel Keel Pitting- fill or paint over? (time sensitive question) RitSim at 4:44pm 03.15.23 Blasting is best, but I had a cast iron keel on a Pearson 26. I used a needle scaler (Harbor Freigh
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 4:41pm 03.15.23 Ken.. You have a 22 ft boat that I suspect you are looking to use for recreation not racing or sail
Mast step replacement jssailem at 4:33pm 03.15.23 Ken.. You have a 22 ft boat that I suspect you are looking to use for recreation not racing or saili
Mast step replacement Ken n Rox at 4:30pm 03.15.23 Keep drilling till you get all the wet wood out and let it dry out a bit if you can as well. You've
Anchors LakeShark at 4:07pm 03.15.23 Some of the posters (not posers, ;)) do have larger boats and we were not paying attention to the
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint Tally Ho at 4:02pm 03.15.23 I fully agree. But as I said, 90% of all production boats are done that way. My '99 H-310 being o
Anchors dlochner at 3:47pm 03.15.23 Just my 2 cents here but a pressurized pump on a 22 foot boat will require more work than its worth
Has anyone replaced the sanitation hoses in an H280 or similar-sized Hunter? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:41pm 03.15.23 You won't have to completely remove the hose clamps till you remove the pumpout hose from the tank..
Macerators Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:35pm 03.15.23 if you'd rather have an electric pump instead of a a manual pump, I'd go with the Dometic T-Series p
Thomas Crown Affair; Best movie Sailing Scene. kappykaplan at 3:33pm 03.15.23 SoSound, tks for sharing that link for the Thomas Crown Affair sailing scene. :beer:
Steel Keel Pitting- fill or paint over? (time sensitive question) BigEasy at 2:52pm 03.15.23 They use interlux 2000 epoxy primer and SeaHawk Cukote antifoul. The Interlux is what I mean by pri
Thomas Crown Affair; Best movie Sailing Scene. SoSound at 2:50pm 03.15.23 Just in case you can't find your DVD (or player). Thomas Crown Sailing Scene And, I also liked thi
Mast step replacement dmax at 2:44pm 03.15.23 Keep drilling till you get all the wet wood out and let it dry out a bit if you can as well. You've
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? tuna boat captain at 2:40pm 03.15.23 RedIvy, I would like to be the first to welcome you to the forum. You are in the best place to get

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