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windlass Hans at 8:33am 12.23.11 Big Boats 7/2777 I have a newly acquired 1989 Hunter legend 37; It has a shallow anchor locker. Has any one added a w
Adding a chartplotter toddco at 8:12am 12.23.11 Trailer Sailors 36/13819 My bride is getting me a chartplotter for Christmas. My Oday 20 had been completely stripped. Ther
Yanmar 27 Mr.X-Ray at 8:02am 12.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1452 So I'm looking at doing my first oil change on my y2k 340 and currently cannot find anything on the
looking for a gently used outboard Lee Hunter at 7:53am 12.23.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1394 We are in search of a gently used 10-15 HP outboard motor for our Catalina 25. We currently have a
What Do You Use For Zipper Maintainance? Joe Mullee at 6:45am 12.23.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3300 I've had to replace some of the zippers on my bimini, its cover, some on my dodger, and on my main s
gally table raffo at 6:30am 12.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3471 I have a 26d 1988 mac with a table and with two holes drilled into to the port side of the counter t
Sail Cleaning, do I need burning permits? Chris Patterson at 6:22am 12.23.11 Catalina 22 12/2757 I can't help but feel like this subject has been raked through the coals countless times, but here i
Adjustable Geona Car System captron at 6:02am 12.23.11 Ask All Sailors 13/5410 I want to buy the adjustable geona "E-Z" Glide car system from Garhauer so that I can adjust the geo
Broken trailer San Diego. Mike Sackett at 1:09am 12.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1190 Broke the leafspring on one side, need a mobile welder that knows how to fix boat trailers in the SD
What have I gotten myself into? (5) GopherIT at 11:38pm 12.22.11 The Cherubini Hunters 29/5433 Our dream was to buy a sailboat, learn as much as we could hands on and sail away to the Virgin Isla
How to use Butyl Tape e714753 at 5:22pm 12.22.11 Catalina 22 11/3851 I am ready to start rebedding and installing all of my deck hardware on my 22. I just finished the t
Throttle Arm problems 85/Mac/25 at 12:37pm 12.22.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1796 I have a 1986 Johnson 15hp long shaft outboard on my Mac 25. It works great. But the throttle arm w
Shroud Tension Question cb32863 at 12:34pm 12.22.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/3590 Need some help with a definition so to speak. The O' Day manual for my 25 says that the upper shrou
Broken rudder - need dimensions Hunterdk at 10:03am 12.22.11 Big Boats 7/1381 Hi All My rudder broken and I need the lenght to rebuild it, any source ? Well a new rudder would
S2 9.2C Blue Mesa Colorado Barnacle Bob at 9:35am 12.22.11 S2 1/1508 Ahoy, I am looking to contact the owner of a S2 9.2C sailing Blue Mesa in Colorado. Any info would h
Merry Chritsmas and Happy Holidays to all woodster at 9:29am 12.22.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2080 everyone have a great holiday ...am leaving Georgia in a few mins to go down to Fairhope Al and Pens
Propeller problems Peter Lynch at 4:34am 12.22.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3228 Hi all We have a four year old Hunter 27 on Sydney Harbour. We love it! However, last year we
1995 MkIII Deck Light skookumchuck at 8:46pm 12.21.11 Catalina 30 1/1443 Does anyone know where I can source a deck (spreader) light bulb for a 1995 MkIII? It is a long neck
cabinet construction glitch (2) doehunter at 8:32pm 12.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1582 I successfully made all the pieces to assemble a cabinet in the head in my 26S. Made from 1/2" oak
Trickle charger problem? DAVA390 at 4:52pm 12.21.11 Ask All Sailors 16/5559 As some of you may know or emember, over last winter I repaired the lights on my Precision 18 i boug

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universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 8:17pm 08.08.22 It sounds like you are saying when you rotate the alternator out on the bracket to tighten the belt
hunter 280 main sail effort rgranger at 8:13pm 08.08.22 HVe you tried cleaning the slot? Or spraying some dry lube in the slot? If you have sail slugs try d
Gelcoat questions. Kaysirin at 8:09pm 08.08.22 Nice, thank you rgranger, sail sfbay & Ralph Johnstone! :beer::cool:
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 8:06pm 08.08.22 208139
Flush! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:06pm 08.08.22
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 7:59pm 08.08.22 So the kit arrived. With an addtitional CAD$99 import duty and $40 for the gaskets, I'm well over $1
Hot water tank use when at anchor dlochner at 7:44pm 08.08.22 Yep, the water in the tank is replaced with cold water. This is not all bad as the water in the tank
Rebuild Perkins Diesel jssailem at 7:42pm 08.08.22 It made sense to me to practice good maintenance. Cruise the boat and fear not using the engine in k
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:32pm 08.08.22 Of course, you have to find your intake line thru-hull and open it. Do you have a thru hull dischar
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? Zinger88 at 7:30pm 08.08.22 Obviously, this topic is dependent on whatever your personal situation may be and there's really no
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:28pm 08.08.22 Just to explain pumping water from a sink ... the premise is to let the sink drain into a line so th
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:18pm 08.08.22 It does work to simply pour water into the bowl and pump it out with the waste, but it's not a good
Flush! Tally Ho at 7:18pm 08.08.22 Here is a bit of video that gives an overall layout of a typical system with a holding tank. ftNRht
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:09pm 08.08.22 Take a picture and post it ... It's very simple ... if you have a marine head, you use the hand pump
Flush! Plymouth Sailor at 7:00pm 08.08.22 What's the make/model/approx age of the toilet? --Peggie No idea, looks like 90s or even 80s, how
Flush! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:50pm 08.08.22 She's very open with sharing her knowledge but you should buy Peggie's book. Money well spent. As
Hot water tank use when at anchor JoeWhite at 6:28pm 08.08.22 When you turn on the hot water faucet, the water pump detects low water pressure and pumps fresh col
A jib and a genoa? (1) Gene Neill at 6:19pm 08.08.22 This may or may not help, but here are the luff, leech, and foot measurements for the five headsails
Flush! BarryL at 6:12pm 08.08.22 Hi, As mentioned, marine toilets do not have a water tank like a home toilet. Most marine toilets a
Mixing elbow cracked. sailcapt340 at 6:11pm 08.08.22 All the advice you have been given here is correct. You will save yourself a lot of work by removin

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