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No Drain To Bilge In Forward Compartment healeyman at 8:08am 04.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1747 Recently repaired a water leak in the bow berth. (The bow compartment where the fresh water tank sit
Questions on Jib Handling and Reefing treeman at 8:03am 04.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2235 Hello: This is my first season with an O'day 222. At this point, I've got 2 hours of sailing exp
Downwind Surfing Sailm8 at 6:58am 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1590 Just returned from a two week trip and I was wondering. I had to motor sail to keep up with our gro
h-34 mast unstepping JFitz at 6:55am 04.21.12 Big Boats 8/2201 I'll be unstepping my H-34 mast for the first time. If I recall correctly, I attach the the crane lo
What would you improve? Maury Wray at 6:44am 04.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2294 I'm completely refitting a 1981 Venture from the ground up. If you stripped your boat of all riggin
Raymarine Speed Wheel Tim Gunderson at 6:26am 04.21.12 Smaller Boats 4/1573 Hi, My Raymarine Speed Wheel seems to stop turning occasionally, so my speed gauge stops working in
28 FT Rudder Bushing set up (3) Mick143 at 5:50am 04.21.12 Bigger Boats 2/1691 Trying to get the rudder so it does not thump on the mooring. When I took it out I photoed the bush
Hunter 2008 14.6 Rudder needed jwbus2004 at 5:34am 04.21.12 Parts Search 0/2593 I'm looking for 2008 Hunter 146 rudder. Thanks.
Nissan 9.9 oil filter wrench Tim Gunderson at 5:26am 04.21.12 Smaller Boats 2/1105 Hi, I have a 2001 Hunter 260 with a Nissan 9.9 outboard. I like to change the oil myself but the o
Chartplotter Baffled Quoddy at 4:51am 04.21.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1509 Our chartplotter, Raymarine C70, has 9 different trip logs. Log Trip Log Trip Ground Log / Trip 1 Gr
'84 25.5 Hunter... can someone help me with information... (1) windsurfer101 at 9:00pm 04.20.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2284 Recently purchased 84 25.5 Hunter - NEED HELP Hello to everyone on this site! I recently purchase
LED Cabin lights, and electric water pump (3) MontanaSailor at 8:57pm 04.20.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3897 Installed 2 white LED 6 bulb surface mount strip lights. 1 above galley , 1 facing forward into a v
1981 hunter 22 light astern??? SenecaDaze at 8:13pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 23/4949 launched my hunter today for the first time,and seems to be front heavy,ill post some pics maybe tom
Hunter 240 Regatas? audriuskanape at 7:10pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 1/1046 Hi, is it any racing or regattas for the boat like Hunter 240 in Great Lakes region? Thanks
Bought a Venture 23 hull Seymore04 at 7:01pm 04.20.12 Trailer Sailors 15/9020 Well I bought myself a project to get back into sailing. I have purchased what I believe to be a 197
Toerail Blaise at 6:09pm 04.20.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1026 I had recently (last year) reported that I had replaced both toerails on Midnight Sun because of a c
Did I make a mistake buying this boat? (2) Ward H at 5:28pm 04.20.12 Ask All Sailors 59/22814
H23 Jib & Spinnaker Halyard Blocks in Mast (3) carboman at 5:16pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 3/1386 What are these really called? I need to replace two of these, but need the correct name for seaarch
B-4 and after settee (6) redhead78 at 4:30pm 04.20.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1477 Hey all here is some of what I have been doing this winter, I loaded 5 pics, would not fly, they are
Deck painting with interlux r.bostic356 at 4:14pm 04.20.12 Catalina 22 1/1212 Anyone with experience in spraying interlux 1 part epoxy? I am looking for the ratio of paint to sp

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Keel Bolts Leeward Rail at 10:19am 10.24.22 Torque specs are usually based on fastener size. That said here are the specs from C&C 30 Owners Ma
Recommendations on bottom paint requested rgranger at 10:18am 10.24.22 Most boat owners in that area rarely (if ever) even have their bottoms cleaned. ... there is your
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? rgranger at 10:15am 10.24.22 I never heard using Easy Off........ Doesn't damage barrier / gel coats? Greg I used to post on h
Keel Bolts Dale Haz at 10:14am 10.24.22 The specs would be appreciated, this again is for a C&C 33-2. thanks Dale
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 10:09am 10.24.22 Now let me see if I've got this straight. You can follow the instructions in post #4 " est it?
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? HeelBoy at 10:04am 10.24.22 I doubt the fish in Lake Erie are sufficiently sophisticated to object to a splotchy bottom. Erie is
Recycled rope (lines) ? (1) Justin_NSA at 10:03am 10.24.22 How much stretch does this line have? Less stretch is better for halyards. ?" or 10 mm would be big
Voltage Meter Issue Don S/V ILLusion at 10:00am 10.24.22 V =RI. Simplistic answer- as resistance (as in a bad connection) increases intermittently, that is
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? dlochner at 9:50am 10.24.22 lol True, however it's supposed to ablate off over the course of years. Losing a few mils every tim
Recycled rope (lines) ? dlochner at 9:46am 10.24.22 How much stretch does this line have? Less stretch is better for halyards. ?" or 10 mm would be big
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? Leeward Rail at 9:45am 10.24.22 it's supposed to ablate off over the course of years And it does. Do you realize that many antifo
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? HeelBoy at 9:32am 10.24.22 The paint is likely ablative antifouling. It is supposed to rub off. Follow @dlochner advice and
Recycled rope (lines) ? Justin_NSA at 9:26am 10.24.22 I'm going to try the line for my jib halyard. But it will be years before I could give review on it
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Hollyberry at 9:22am 10.24.22 One other possibility (and not a good one) is that somebody buried the keel bolts in some fiberglass
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 9:11am 10.24.22 In pic 0420 (The last one) it looks like a piece of metal. The sharp edges would be hard to create
Recommendations on bottom paint requested fstbttms at 9:06am 10.24.22 ...you will need to hire a diver to clean your boat once a month during the hot months and about ev
Recommendations on bottom paint requested fstbttms at 8:57am 10.24.22 I would like the option of putting her on a trailer in Oct-2023 and keeping her at my house for the
Recycled rope (lines) ? higgs at 8:49am 10.24.22 For a halyard, I would stick to the tried and true, especially if it is internal. Should an interna
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) LloydB at 8:48am 10.24.22 Just as an experiment could you set your lathe up to make one more roller out of that rod and then c
ODay 22 cabin floor Project_Mayhem at 8:40am 10.24.22 It looks like the navigation desk/table is on top of your bilge cover preventing you from pulling it

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