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Anchor Locker Leak JasakaRose290 at 9:52am 05.08.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/911 I was wondering if any one else has this issue or can suggest a way for me to fix it... I have a 2
New/Used Sails flyboy1717 at 9:29am 05.08.12 Catalina 30 4/1502 Hello, My sail loft just recommended that I replace my roller furling jib. I'm looking for a 135. D
Hunter 212 lostboy at 9:23am 05.08.12 Smaller Boats 2/2093 Looking at a year 2000 model 212, looks to be loaded with options, two sets of cockpit cushions seve
Anchor Locker Leak JasakaRose290 at 9:09am 05.08.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/718 I was wondering if anyone has had this issue, and/or what to do to fix it... I have a 2000 Hunter
Tight Rudder Bearing Stargazer3 at 8:02am 05.08.12 Big Boats 3/3211 Since I bought my H410 last year, the rudder has been extremely hard to turn. Queries to HunterOwner
Am I losing my mind? Mast lighting connection. C22PYLOT at 7:39am 05.08.12 Catalina 22 7/1943 I built a beautiful (in my opinion) mast light out of an old power tool light. This hides the bare b
Unable to upload manual into Downloads Jake N Eggs at 7:30am 05.08.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 8/4437 Hello, I have tried a couple of times to upload the Hunter 33 Owners manual in the downloads sect
Ace Trailer OceanBluzs at 7:18am 05.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1000 I have to break down and buy a new trailer, or not sail this year. Mine is the original ('89), used
First 38 forward hatch spring jgurley at 6:30am 05.08.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1214 The spring on my forward hatch has escaped it's anchor, so the hatch is no longer self supporting.
Folding Prop Report (2) Maine Sail at 5:51am 05.08.12 Musings With Maine Sail 42/24812 Some of you may know that I purchased and installed a Flex-O-Fold two blade prop this year replacing
Finally Out! Tsatzsue at 4:57am 05.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/975 Finally got some water time on Sunday in Narragansett Bay. Never fails...the water was like a pane o
New Jersey ICW Local Knowledge Roger Long at 4:56am 05.08.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1775 I made the run from Cape May to Atlantic City a bit early to take advantage of good weather. I'm no
Fuel Filter yellowood at 3:42am 05.08.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1691 Is it necessary to replace the fuel filter on my Catalina 27 every year? Thanks.
Keel Vibration - Advice? northcave at 1:32am 05.08.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1424 I have recently bought a swing keel Beneteau 26 from 1986. On our first passage from Salcombe to Da
H36 folding/fethering propeller speeds Andreas7699 at 1:17am 05.08.12 Big Boats 6/1796 Hi. I have been reading about folding and fethering propellers for a while and it seems to me that o
Sailing course cmt145 at 8:40pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2183 Can someone recommend a sailing course that will take a person from basic to advanced . In Florida o
When you open your boat and hear water running, is it a bad Juice6576 at 8:14pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 9/2170 So we had a hell of a lot of rain this weekend, so I went down to check out my new Zarcor comp anion
Today was a good day. (4) Time Out at 8:09pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1502 The marathon of bottom painting, cleaning and waxing is done. The boat was launched today and I got
Travel to Gulf with a another sailboat healeyman at 7:07pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/2486 Have a sailboat on Chicamauga Lake, on the Tenneseee River. The first mate and I wish to take the s
Fuel filter clean? (1) rhythmsurfer at 7:04pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2423 After buying the 1981Hunter 36 (Yanmar) I have put somewhere between 50-100 hrs on the motor. After

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Need a H336 potable water tank monitor jssailem at 11:43am 01.03.23 The store here also has a variety of tank monitors. https://shop.sailboatowners.com/cat.php?17232
Need a H336 potable water tank monitor jssailem at 11:38am 01.03.23 I use the Scad Tank monitor. https://www.scadtech.com/tank_monitors
Dinghy air leak repair advice dmax at 11:32am 01.03.23 That's going to tough to patch correctly, I would seek professional help, usually not too expensive.
Hunter 18.5 mainsail batten lengths jssailem at 11:19am 01.03.23 When dealing with a batten, I look to the sail and measure the pocket. Then I order the batten. If
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Dalliance at 11:11am 01.03.23 Throttle position also affects injection timing. My Yanmar 2QM15 engine manual suggests fully openi
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting SycloneDriver at 11:08am 01.03.23 My Volvo Penta 2002 start process when cold was to pull and hold the kill handle, open the throttle
Older sailers dLj at 11:03am 01.03.23 As some of you may recall, I've been driving a school bus since January 2005, one of the joys in my
Need a H336 potable water tank monitor Ralph Johnstone at 10:48am 01.03.23 My current monitor has a WUF code . Welcome to the site. I've just got to ask, "what is a WUF co
Stock Color for 85' 22 watercolors II at 10:46am 01.03.23 Catalina Direct for my 85 Catalina 22. I've been happy with results and I've been a graphic artist f
Any sailor peppers out there? rgranger at 10:43am 01.03.23 (snip) ... super alien intelligence invasions... (snip)..staying on boat to avoid in-laws. ;)
Catalina 22 Swing Keel Touch-up Paint Recommendations watercolors II at 10:39am 01.03.23 VC Tar Epoxy Primer
Dinghy Motor Mount Hunter 326 Quasimotor at 10:36am 01.03.23 Many thanks! That was my guess as well. Very kind of you to go look. Happy New Year.
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? dLj at 10:27am 01.03.23 As a Canadian, understanding that Canadians do not need a license to own/captain a personal sailboa
Any sailor peppers out there? smokey73 at 10:24am 01.03.23 Probably the best gun for personal HOME protection is a youth model 20 gauge pump action shotgun wit
Any sailor peppers out there? dLj at 10:22am 01.03.23 staying on boat to avoid in-laws. Now can be an apocalyptic event best avoided.... dj
Any sailor peppers out there? william24424 at 10:08am 01.03.23 Nuclear War, super volcano, weaponized virus', ecological collapse, post biological super alien inte
Capri 18 - time at ramp watercolors II at 10:04am 01.03.23 I just finished my 30th season with a Catalina 22 on a small lake in the mts. of western PA. I have
Bearing Cap rusted tight rgranger at 10:00am 01.03.23 ..., replace the caps with "Bearing Buddies" to keep the new bearings in good shape. :plus::beer: .
Dinghy air leak repair advice Hello Below at 9:57am 01.03.23
Older sailers Terry Cox at 9:53am 01.03.23 As some of you may recall, I've been driving a school bus since January 2005, one of the joys in my

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