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Steve Pettingale Rick D at 2:17pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1115 In Catalina Island at a local Hunter Owners' Rendezvous. Steve Pettingale was a featured speaker. He
How to UNBED this cleat to rebed!?!?!?! weinie at 1:44pm 06.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 6/3820 I am finally getting around to re-bedding my bow cleats on my catalina 27. It's a real pain in the
wash down install on 426/44 captainpat at 1:42pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1023 I already think I know how I want to install a deck/anchor wash down pump, however, I would like to
raw water intake for motor, size? Jared1048 at 1:15pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/884 I recently broke an arm on the raw water intake housing and needs to be replaced. I got a new one fr
Gremlins moved to the AC circuit... KandD at 1:09pm 06.23.12 Big Boats 3/1202 *sigh... so last month, I was have DC circuit issues but I replaced the battery and it seemed like a
tiller hardware shadowthecat at 12:31pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/645 I've got a 27ft hunter 1977 and I'm looking for the tiller hardware piece to attach the tiller to th
Tachometer Installation primetime at 11:44am 06.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1904 Hi everyone, Thanks in advance for reading this post. I picked up a 1980 Catalina 30 and I would
Battery Question gjaffess at 11:03am 06.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1093 I have 2 Exide batteries on My O'Day 272. One doesn't seem to be charging. Will one battery start
anyone using a roller furling Main sail? southportsailor at 10:43am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1734 New to Macgregors, haven't sailed in a few years. This 26M (2008) that I just bought has a roller f
Recommend Porta Potty davenlynn at 9:40am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/3985 Please - - - What is a good, reliable model of porta potty that does not need to be plumbed in the b
replacing lifelines - stanchion issue (3) Sherry at 9:37am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 15/6951 Well as usual with my boat projects, one good thing leads to another.... I want to replace my lifeli
H260 Yamaha outboard control cable failure. WATCH OUT! RJPARTNERS at 8:59am 06.23.12 Smaller Boats 2/1262 I am the new proud owner of a 2000' Hunter 260 with a outboard Yamaha 9.9 with Yamaha remote control
A Beautiful Thing sailaway78 at 8:27am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1602 Thursday night, I finally got a decent weather window to get home. Could have done it at other times
Battery question shemandr at 8:07am 06.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2586 Hi My 4d AGM's are toast. The boat is up on the Mystic River for repairs and is almost ready. For
Shower door leak davidpilchman at 6:09am 06.23.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1133 A small stream of water is exiting my shower beneath the hinge and flowing under the forward floor b
Depth Transducer Connection jrezab at 5:23am 06.23.12 Pearson 2/1333 My 1986 Pearson 303 has the original thru-hull DataMarine depth transducer. I want to connect it to
Defender Marine Lost Parent at 4:59am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 57/11539 Does anyone have trouble with them returning emails , I have sent 3 now and no response
affordable deck organizer for smaller boats (1) centerline at 10:37pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3002 I went to the local marine supply store and as usual, it was painful to pry the dollars out of my wa
O'day 222 Jib/Genoa anchorclanker at 10:09pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1676 If im reading the original brochure correctly, these 222's came standard with a roller furler? New t
Diesel Leak jeagles at 10:05pm 06.22.12 Bigger Boats 5/1387 I recently bought an Oday 31. Took 2 buckets of saturated fuel cloths out of bilge. Mechanic examine

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Potentially dangerous forestay situation artboas at 4:53pm 04.25.22 The issue you discuss is the very reason I elected to use the Hayn Marine Hi-Mod fitting. The desc
What's in a Name? Davidasailor26 at 4:51pm 04.25.22
Potentially dangerous forestay situation Hello Below at 4:45pm 04.25.22 Crazy Don Condon will definitely weigh in here but I would think it would be the dealer that ultimat
Potentially dangerous forestay situation (1) jssailem at 4:40pm 04.25.22 The issue you discuss is the very reason I elected to use the Hayn Marine Hi-Mod fitting. The desc
Build a Better Boat Hook? dLj at 4:39pm 04.25.22 Those are interesting. Very inexpensive! I'm guessing they are likely made from probably a 420 type
Build a Better Boat Hook? jviss at 4:30pm 04.25.22 https://www.amazon.com/Grappling-Grapnel-Stainless-Climbing-Retrieving/dp/B01BTHAV60/ref=asc_df_B01
Rudder damage discovered after bottom paint removal to gelcoat RitSim at 4:28pm 04.25.22 I had a C30 and did this repair as well as some "bubbles" (3" x 8") under the skin. I had cracks, a
Build a Better Boat Hook? (1) Will Gilmore at 4:26pm 04.25.22 https://www.amazon.com/Grappling-Grapnel-Stainless-Climbing-Retrieving/dp/B01BTHAV60/ref=asc_df_B01B
Build a Better Boat Hook? jviss at 4:23pm 04.25.22 Is this a joke? dj No! I mean, I don't expect you to, but it would be awesome if you did. I'd p
Potable Water Fittings jviss at 4:22pm 04.25.22 Interesting. I'm a big fan of the Parker O Ring/Grab Ring fittings, and LLDPE tubing. All food-gra
Tohatsu Sail Pro starting issues brockangelo at 4:22pm 04.25.22 This time was a success. I took advice from several of you: made sure the screw to the fuel filter u
Annual WAxing ROutine drm1 at 4:20pm 04.25.22 :-) Thanks Siamese!
Rudder damage discovered after bottom paint removal to gelcoat dmax at 4:18pm 04.25.22 Interesting crack, not sure if an impact would cause that as the forces are exerted on the leading t
Rudder damage discovered after bottom paint removal to gelcoat sail sfbay at 4:14pm 04.25.22 My reo cents...yard has the right approach.
Build a Better Boat Hook? dLj at 4:13pm 04.25.22 Nice! Please make one for me! :) Is this a joke? dj
Build a Better Boat Hook? jviss at 4:12pm 04.25.22 I made my own. Took 1/4" diameter 316 stainless rod, one longer, one shorter, with about a 1 1/2" d
Build a Better Boat Hook? dLj at 4:09pm 04.25.22 In addition to the two boat hooks I have, I'd really like to have a grapple - not too big, but one
Potable Water Fittings Nichole340 at 4:06pm 04.25.22 That would be whatever Hunter used in 2000. They have screw on connections with stainless steel fer
Annual WAxing ROutine Siamese at 4:03pm 04.25.22 If you follow Mainesail's advice (I sure do), then you'll notice he doesn't recommend you use any so
Update Bad Obsession at 3:54pm 04.25.22

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