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It counts, right?! Orbweaver at 6:58pm 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1287 For my fellow northern sailors: shoveling the snow out around the sailboat while it's on the trailer
Do the Venture 21 and Venture 22 Mast, Rudder, and stays interchange? sovaste at 6:51pm 12.11.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2563 I've come across two old Ventures, a 75 V21 with clean hull, sails, trailer, boom, and interior but
Bow roller, bail, and bow roller make i.d. (3) Walsh0575 at 6:40pm 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 1/583 Hi, I need some help figuring out my bow roller... 1) I.D.ing the bow roller manufacturer (see pictu
Connecting dyneema core halyard to shackle dave_and_dd at 6:16am 12.11.22 Ask All Sailors 7/3804 Hi all, replacing my mains'l halyard with a dyneema core line and wondering thoughts on best attachm
Accessing / Replacing Raw Water Impeller Semper Sailor at 5:56am 12.11.22 Big Boats 9/2077 I purchased a 2002 Hunter 456 recently and spending the next few seasons getting to know her. This
Tell-tail windows in genoa Hayden Watson at 8:03pm 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 19/3199 I am buying a new main and genoa this winter and am thinnking about adding one or two tell-tail wind
Will Webasto/Diesel Heater exhaust condensate damage gelcoat? Exhaust port installation on C34mkii- freeboard or transom (3) Verano at 12:00pm 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 17/4673 Anyone installed a diesel heater (of any brand) on a Catalina 34mkii? I would like to install the e
Sail flaking tips (1) T-Schwan at 11:41am 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 20/5175 Some skippers flake their mainsail with hospital corners, while others crumple it up and call it goo
Installing a transponder for my Hawk-eye depth sounder sailboy98 at 9:48am 12.10.22 Tartan 1/1113 Does the Tartan 30 have any special aspects to consider.
Mixing elbow (yes, another one) Yanmar 3YM20 (3) vandiver at 9:46am 12.10.22 Engines and Propulsion 20/6026 Hi all, In my recently bought Hunter 33, while checking the engine I saw that the mixing elbow got
Go Army... (1) Brian D at 9:07am 12.10.22 Sails Call Lounge 13/2154 Right out the stadium exit.
Day Sailer Cabin Modifications for Comfort (1) TaylorGang at 7:19am 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 25/5536 Hey all, I've got a 1969 Macgregor Venture 17. Taken it out several times this summer and it's great
Boat documentation Brian D at 6:51am 12.10.22 Ask All Sailors 20/2374 When you purchased your boat (used, not new) did the previous owner provide you with the documentati
Hunter 376 Halyard Sheaves mgg at 4:57am 12.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1710 Anyone know where to find the specifications for the main, jib and spinnaker sheaves on the mast?
Replacing Stuffing Box Hose (1) dkinzer at 4:34pm 12.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/5054 I'm planning to re-pack the stuffing box on our 2007 H41AC some time next year when I can get it hau
Boat Smells! Breezy1 at 12:21pm 12.09.22 Mid-Size Boats 45/9226 Hi, I'm totally new to this forum but I'm stoked because I just bought a 326 Hunter at the end of t
CAPE Index.... What does that mean? (2) jssailem at 9:22am 12.09.22 Weather and Forecasting 6/4016
Painting inside the keel locker, antifouling? HeelBoy at 7:50am 12.09.22 Trailer Sailors 11/2672 The project is moving along and I'm eyeing this difficult to reach place while the swing keel is out
Side view line drawing of 386 dtrask at 7:17am 12.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/869 Does anyone have a line drawing of the 386? I can't seem to find that specific model anywhere. Tha
Any Catalina 36 MKII owners... Sailor Sue at 7:13am 12.09.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1159 ... who might know the prop shaft diameter? I'm trying to order anodes for a friend but she and I a

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Selene needs a new piston. sailme88 at 3:14am 08.26.25 You might find it easier to replace the kicker ( solid boom vang) with a new one.... As far as the
Oil filter for a 331 sailme88 at 3:08am 08.26.25 From the information given or not given, can we assume that you are not fluent in diesel? If so, yo
Oil filter for a 331 BigEasy at 10:15pm 08.25.25
Selene needs a new piston. (3) Ralph Johnstone at 9:46pm 08.25.25 Since I am asking, has anyone added a Windless? For a "99 H-310 ? I even wrote a book on it. Yo
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash Richard19068 at 9:39pm 08.25.25 ... before getting the boat put in this spring, the crack was not there.... The crack happened whil
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash (8) BTC1984 at 8:47pm 08.25.25
Deck top clutches, organizers, winches Tally Ho at 7:58pm 08.25.25 If you want to thrubolt deck hardware, drill the hole through the deck and the cabin liner. Then dr
Selene needs a new piston. Tally Ho at 7:46pm 08.25.25 I replaced the piston on a used Seldon rod kicker. You can get the specs from Seldon or take yours
Electrical diagram for Catalina 34 my 1.5 1990 Stu Jackson at 7:43pm 08.25.25 Start here, complete boat manual is there. https://c34.org/wiki/index.php?title=Catalina_34
Rotten locker floor dlochner at 6:32pm 08.25.25 Is there access from the V-berth to the area below the anchor locker? Is the wood only supporting t
Rotten locker floor LittleMurph at 6:22pm 08.25.25 Probably 5 to 10 years. We've only had it for a couple of months now.
Oil filter for a 331 novodka44 at 5:59pm 08.25.25 30B 27 hp
Oil filter for a 331 novodka44 at 5:58pm 08.25.25 What engine? Oh sorry 30B 27 hp
Oil filter for a 331 Don S/V ILLusion at 5:55pm 08.25.25 What engine?
Hunter 34 Reefing and; Lines led to Cockpit? Brian Hope at 5:43pm 08.25.25 Thanks for the ideas and the pictures; Some of the described hardware is on the boat, but not in use
Refinishing Wooden Wheel Foswick at 5:39pm 08.25.25 Good point about sanding, Will. I think this will be a take-home-and-do-in-comfort job, though. Othe
Edson steering brake question GBeck at 5:20pm 08.25.25 T-stat follow up. I removed the t-stat. I ran the engine and motored around for 30 minutes to make
Refinishing Wooden Wheel FastOlson at 5:11pm 08.25.25 If the joints are all solid, with no racking or cracking, I would lean toward just stripping off the
Rotten locker floor shemandr at 5:05pm 08.25.25 How long do you want to keep the boat?
Beneteau First 345 Keel Width trevorharris at 5:04pm 08.25.25 Already emailed them, waiting to hear back, but I figure I'd try here too.

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