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No Drain To Bilge In Forward Compartment healeyman at 8:08am 04.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1823 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 5/2263 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 1/1606 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 8/2248 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 10/2338 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 4/1615 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 2/1731 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 0/2604 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 2/1118 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 2/1527 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 4/2299 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 8/3939 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 23/5014 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 1/1057 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 15/9126 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 2/1052 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 59/23420
H23 Jib & Spinnaker Halyard Blocks in Mast (3) carboman at 5:16pm 04.20.12 Smaller Boats 3/1405 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 1/1491 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 1/1229 Anyone with experience in spraying interlux 1 part epoxy? I am looking for the ratio of paint to sp

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Replacing Stuffing Box Hose (2) Ralph Johnstone at 4:59pm 12.09.22 When repacking a stuffing box, has anyone found a wear groove or scoring on the shaft Is this the
Painting inside the keel locker, antifouling? Leeward Rail at 4:55pm 12.09.22 @Project_Mayhem has it right. Since its living on a trailer, I don't see bothering with antifoulin
Replacing Stuffing Box Hose dkinzer at 4:55pm 12.09.22 I had been thinking of replacing the stuffing box with a dripless seal. However, after reading more
Replacing Stuffing Box Hose Rick D at 4:40pm 12.09.22 If you are going to the trouble of replacing the hose, have you considered a dripless shaft seal? Pe
Oh no, not that sticky! kappykaplan at 4:33pm 12.09.22 I'm afraid that product has several other drawbacks and is not recommended for this purpose. Wise
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? shemandr at 4:31pm 12.09.22 There are three stages to a thunderstorm event while sailing: 1). You hear thunder. Crew member say
Oh no, not that sticky! Ralph Johnstone at 4:18pm 12.09.22 :poop: No, I'm afraid that product has several other drawbacks and is not recommended for this pu
Boat Smells! Don S/V ILLusion at 4:17pm 12.09.22 Thanks! I'll check both of those out for next season. Did you chose the ExterminOdor over Odorlos b
Just had to show these off stickinthemud57 at 3:40pm 12.09.22 Your keel is showing I do wonder just how much of my bottom shows when I'm heeled that far over. M
Just had to show these off stickinthemud57 at 3:39pm 12.09.22 Nice. You have to update your avatar now. Ha! Hadn't thought about that. Maybe a little Photoshop
Ignition key will not insert into the ignition. Davidasailor26 at 2:21pm 12.09.22 i switched out the key for a heavy duty push button switch years ago. keys are a problem waiting
Painting inside the keel locker, antifouling? Project_Mayhem at 2:03pm 12.09.22 Macgregor just gelcoat in there just like the rest of the hull. It takes 2-3 weeks for growth to occ
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? JamesG161 at 2:02pm 12.09.22 Thermal Potential Energy or Joules/Kilogram During the Tropical Storm season, we focus on the Oce
Boat Smells! Project_Mayhem at 1:59pm 12.09.22 Thanks! I'll check both of those out for next season. Did you chose the ExterminOdor over Odorlos b
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? (1) jssailem at 1:52pm 12.09.22 @ggrizzard You will find it on Windy, as an item in the layer list on the right side of their scree
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? JamesG161 at 1:51pm 12.09.22 Better understanding here... What is a CAPE Index - Windy.app
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? JamesG161 at 1:45pm 12.09.22 Is there a link? Convective Parameters - Cape
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? dave_and_dd at 1:35pm 12.09.22 @Scott T-Bird any report on how you liked the Viper halyards? I'm just about to replace my main ha
Painting inside the keel locker, antifouling? HeelBoy at 1:31pm 12.09.22 Any idea what paint, if any, is in the keel trunk now? Considering the neglected nature of the kee
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? ggrizzard at 1:24pm 12.09.22 Is there a link?

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