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Lowering Mast on H19 tampastockman at 6:21am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 9/1806 I am going to pick up my H19 today. I will need to lower the mast. I am a big guy and strong (6'4 24
Pearson Wanderer John Bailey at 6:13am 04.26.12 Pearson 2/2659 I'm in the market for a Pearson Wanderer. Would like to hear anything that pertains to the boat --
Tall Ships - NYC lehigh375 at 5:24am 04.26.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1357 The tall ships will be coming from the south up the east coast for the parade into NY harbor at the
Restore teak Bigjer40 at 8:22pm 04.25.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1276 My 1984 H27 has teak grab rails topside and a strip just below the grab rails. They are very grey a
water tanks Golden Road at 7:58pm 04.25.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1769 Hey folks, I'm wondering what kind of water (drinking) tanks the O'Day 23 came with. My 1976 looks l
new keel winch cable GDTRFB at 7:46pm 04.25.12 Catalina 22 20/3845 I just picked up a new winch cable I had made. I showed the shop my old cable and wanted a new one
Engine Siezure Mystery Kallen at 7:41pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 11/2177 I am struggling with a perplexing mystery. A customer's Catalina 27 with an Universal diesel will c
Installing watermaker 393 Kordie at 7:39pm 04.25.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2967 After keeping an eye on the web I have found myself a brand new Katadyn 160 e Watermaker at a very g
Shaft Packing Size- 1982 H-30 Nelsonhow at 7:38pm 04.25.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/996 Anyone remember the packing size for the shaft packing on a 1982 H-30 with a 1" shaft all originally
Hanging Blocks for Lazy Jacks/Stack Pack jimfrankelly at 7:29pm 04.25.12 Smaller Boats 0/1117 Matt at the Ottawa Chandlery suggested I use Llifting Eyenuts to hang the blocks for the Lazy Jacks/
Someone Else's Cherubini H37C rardiH36 at 7:15pm 04.25.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1429 I acknowledge that SBO forums shouldn't be a platform for boats for sale. But on this Cherubini for
Steering/Rudder Problems ljfiorenza at 7:12pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/2629 THe steering on my 1988 Catalina has always, in the three years I have owned her, been stiff, compar
engine won't start newboatowner at 7:06pm 04.25.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/3372 I have a Catalina 30 with a 1985 M18 Universal engine that started giving me trouble at the end of l
VHF radio COCKPIT Plug bobcat30 at 6:40pm 04.25.12 Catalina 30 3/1320 The VHF plug in the cockpit does not make a good contact to the female end of the cockpit mic. I se
Water Pressure System drbobfarra at 5:58pm 04.25.12 Pearson 2/1534 I just sailed my 1990 27' Pearson from Milwaukee to Montrose Harbor in Chicago. This is my first sa
Unconventional Bottom Paint rgranger at 5:43pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 18/5299 Hey All I'm hoping for some advice on the use of graphite bottom paint. I've read a lot about it o
Bronze cleaning Ted at 5:25pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 11/8588 I'm looking for suggestions on how to clean my cast bronze seacock before I reinstall it. The surfac
Stainless grab rails O'day 28 (2) tcwaltz at 5:25pm 04.25.12 Bigger Boats 8/2254 As much as I like the look of teak inside my boat, I'm not a huge fan of it on the outside. The pre
rail mounted engine aliebnick at 5:01pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1405 I have a 1986 Hunter31. I am looking to mount my dinghy's 2011 6 hp Mercury outboard engine on my st
Teak floor in the cockpit John Rushing at 4:58pm 04.25.12 Big Boats 3/4004 I have a Hunter 34 and was wondering if anyone out there has put teak floors in their cockpit. Did

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AutoHelm ST30 Replacement kappykaplan at 7:45am 01.08.23 Greg, the part is in Denmark.
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement Tally Ho at 7:25am 01.08.23
Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? thinwater at 7:04am 01.08.23 If you know the length, you can often pull the new cable using the old cable and a coupling nut.
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement (1) frimi_captain at 7:02am 01.08.23 Defender has this bit of info. https://www.defender.com/pdf/ReplacingOldRayInstr.pdf That is help
Contessa 32 Owners ... dlochner at 6:47am 01.08.23 The Class Association will be your best source. https://www.co32.org
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement frimi_captain at 6:45am 01.08.23 https://www.ebay.com/p/552261714 CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 6:13am 01.08.23
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Hayden Watson at 5:49am 01.08.23 I still contend that the real sin of the PO was allowing it to partially sink or flood with rainwate
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 01.08.23 Still check the mast mfg As there were different masts at the end of the Hunter 26 production line
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 4:31am 01.08.23 I like tillers in boats under 30'. But I don't think that is that bad. It puts the helmsman in th
Set screw.... sailme88 at 3:49am 01.08.23 Consider yourself lucky....Murphy's first rule states, " Objects dropped or falling on a sailboat w
Set screw.... artboas at 11:17pm 01.07.23 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging? Many years ago, On
Single handing Will Gilmore at 10:22pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th I hope you meant to type that
Think your PO made mistakes? Calif. Ted at 8:44pm 01.07.23 Biggest chore with many boats is fixing the "Improvements" made by a previous clueless owner.
Dingy conversion (1) rgranger at 7:27pm 01.07.23 I'm envisioning a duct tape seam popping open while planing across a bay.... dj Lol
H26 Main sail rigging twalker H260 at 6:42pm 01.07.23 According to OP profile they have a 26, not 260.
Dingy conversion dLj at 6:09pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as i
Rain water through the mast JoeWhite at 4:28pm 01.07.23 On my c36, water was leaking into the bilge from leaky windlass shaft seals aswell.
Think your PO made mistakes? Siamese at 4:26pm 01.07.23 A wheel on a Catalina 22. Maybe we can do a thorough search of the SailboatOwners site, and find th
Rain water through the mast jonelli at 4:14pm 01.07.23

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