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Sam's Batteries Ron20324 at 10:15am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1941 Okay, so a guy walks in to Sam's club with exactly $300 to buy 2 batteries to replace his size 31's.
Buying a Spinnaker, need advice, thanks. azdawgfan at 10:07am 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1148
GPS Wiring Thru Pedestal JimLor at 9:48am 05.01.12 Pearson 4/3304 Ok, got the toilet in, replaced a transducer, got the boat in the water, and have actually gone out
Window Replacement (2) SailAway1 at 9:41am 05.01.12 Catalina 22 22/6054 Hey everyone! Last fall I opened a thread related to replacing the windows on our C22's with Plexigl
2nd Reef line length Old Sailor 2 at 7:38am 05.01.12 Big Boats 0/744 I am in Denver, my boat is in San Diego. So, could someone give me an idea of how long one thinks t
Cover insulating AC side of Panel Richard Bryer at 7:22am 05.01.12 Big Boats 6/1901 One of the recommendations made by the surveyor on our recent survey for insurance was to " Provide
Tried & True Barnacle Removal? JulesinVT at 7:20am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 14/10708 I've read many posts here of what folks have suggested, but I'm less sure of what the original inqui
Jib install noprob2 at 7:09am 05.01.12 Big Boats 7/1616 Well, put jib onto furler this weekend and had a hell of a time getting up the last 6 feet or so Dro
Engine wires (1) mprc25 at 6:53am 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/891 I just bought a 1995 29.5. The engine has 3 loose wires on the port side. Does anyone know what th
Fluxgate compass locaiton... Doug/Karen at 6:50am 05.01.12 Big Boats 7/3552 We are still trying to figure out why our Raymarine 4000 Autopilot directional heading deviates from
Huntet Marine is up and running artboas at 5:16am 05.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/981 Hunter has just moved their email server from St. Augustine to the Hunter facility. They apologize
Storm sail and furled head sail Scotian at 4:35am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2770 Have opportunity to purchase a storm sail but it has shanks to go on forestay. If need to use storm
replacing standard horizon wind indicator gettinthere at 3:58am 05.01.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1568 Got great help in replacing my SH depth display with a Raymarine ST60. Now the Standard Horizon win
Why is gas so High geehaw at 10:43pm 04.30.12 Sails Call Lounge 6/6374 Well I am not one that believes to much in off topic post in this forum. Put I thought this might j
angle of keel zephyritmo at 9:44pm 04.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2297 I just bought a 1983 m-25 with a swing keel. There is no bolt to lock the keel in the down position.
New Catalina Owner (Initial Prep, Etc) svltrack at 9:42pm 04.30.12 Catalina 22 4/1617 Hello All.. This is my first post on the Forum. I am a brand new Catalina owner and am amped up a
Night time companionway hatch lock ideas? Solemn Silence at 9:23pm 04.30.12 Big Boats 9/6531 Looking for ideas to install a locking device on the companionway sliding hatch for night use. Hunte
Leaking hoses from head Endurance2010 at 9:07pm 04.30.12 Big Boats 7/1819 I replaced the discharge hose from my new head and it leaks at the point where the hose connects to
Bow Eye Replacement andersailing at 7:40pm 04.30.12 Ask All Sailors 5/4809 So, this weekend, I managed to snap the bow eye off of my O'Day Daysailer. (Sore subject, don't ask.
Desolation Sound Lost Parent at 6:19pm 04.30.12 Ask All Sailors 17/3504 Planning a 3 week holiday to Desolation Sound this August and would like any feedback on this trip

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Bearing Cap rusted tight LloydB at 8:59am 01.11.23 I can imagine an automatic lock that requires a slide and release or twist near the nozzle what did
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 sail sfbay at 8:56am 01.11.23 Joe makes a good recommendation to contact RigRite.
Reefing Sail Trim Hayden Watson at 8:17am 01.11.23 Here is a link to a video demonstrating how my SLR works. Apologies for my huffing and puffing and
H240 bulkhead thickness chriscampbell at 8:12am 01.11.23 Except if the bulkhead is treated with teak oil as most Hunters are. Nasty tendency to come loose i
2008 H41DS w/ mixed Raymarine and Garmin Nachismo at 7:46am 01.11.23 limitations I found with my 41DS in regards to what even a month or two in the mild Pacific can do
Beneteau 373 (2007) rig tension/tuning specs Lfarquhar at 7:45am 01.11.23 Thanks all - I'll review this with my rigger and let you know how it turns out!
Beneteau 373 (2007) rig tension/tuning specs Lfarquhar at 7:45am 01.11.23 If you have the original blue binder book that came with the boat, it has all the specs for your ri
Reefing Sail Trim David in Sandusky at 7:45am 01.11.23 What Hayden said.
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? JBP-PA at 7:42am 01.11.23 Goo-gone, soap/car wash and water are all I would use. Any abrasive to clean the spreaders will rem
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. isaksp00 at 7:39am 01.11.23 There are two drains to check. One is the cockpit drain that should be at the aft end of the cockpit
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics christophermoorkelly at 7:37am 01.11.23 Ok great, thank you all. Yes, it's steel and will be replaced with the same.
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics JBP-PA at 7:33am 01.11.23 Even a fiberglass center board will stay down from weight alone. There isn't much force pushing it b
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. steve_d at 6:58am 01.11.23 Thanks for the additional info. Didn't know of a cockpit drain. Will check that out.
Considering a Catalina 27... RoyS at 6:36am 01.11.23 I had a 1970? Catalina 27 in the past. Sailed it for years from Buzzards Bay to Casco Bay. One day,
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics shemandr at 6:31am 01.11.23 What about the rudder? It's likely set up to kick up in one method or another. On both of my cente
Considering a Catalina 27... tfox2069 at 6:23am 01.11.23 If you aren't aware, a guy named Patrick Childress made significant structural modifications to a Ca
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics shemandr at 6:13am 01.11.23 Weight alone, I think. I'm seeing rust so I'm assuming it metallic and therefore has enough weight
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics Timm R Oday25 at 5:51am 01.11.23 If I'm to understand the picture correctly ,the left side is the forward edge . There "appear" to be
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 Kiwidrew at 12:41am 01.11.23 Its a 1995 anks for the links. There are some that look close but dimensions are wrong. I have con
Considering a Catalina 27... David in Sandusky at 12:40am 01.11.23 We have sailed our similar Hunter 27 on Lakes Erie and Huron for 23 years, and chartered twice on a

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