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Moving Boat with Sheared Shaft Strut tomgrigsby at 12:36pm 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 18/3941 My 1979 H30 has a sheared shaft strut (sound of weeping here). It sheared off clean at the hull. T
Seepage from Waste Line Vented Loop... JoyRide28 at 11:56am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2751 Hi Peggy, et., al., Happy New Year. I have what I hope is a fairly simple question. I have noticed t
Gasoline vs. Propane. Benny17441 at 11:19am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4333 One of our friends posted a reply to a thread and he raised the safety issue of using propane vs gas
Crack in Hunter 17 Deck James White at 11:05am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/5905 Need help please- from ANYONE- I want to buy a Hunter 17 (love these boats) but it has a 14" crack
Jabsco Head rebuild or replace...? Squidd at 10:50am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 37/16515 I posted this on another forum and just got reamed and basicly told I was a fool... so please be gen
1984 H34 HWH - What is this valve? (1) dqb24 at 10:45am 01.03.12 Big Boats 23/6034 Starboard/outboard side of the hot water heater...small diam petcock - was frozen - after PB blaster
new FX mainsail Jordan grant at 10:38am 01.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2054 Incemy last post Ive gotten to try out the new sail so I can answer my original post from +months ag
emergency tiller question Bergovoy at 9:39am 01.03.12 S2 6/2092 hey all... I have a 1980 S29.2a and it has a plastic deckplate on the back seat/bench area... unde
Stern Rail Seat (1) Scott2 at 9:12am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1197 Laast summer my H240 went through a horific lake storm that blew up quickly.Winds were estimated at
Now I know what's under that 8.0CC sole ewoden1 at 8:21am 01.03.12 S2 0/1073 Opened up the sole on my 8.0CC this past week. Interesting piece of, ahem, engineering. Recall I
Anchor Sizeing Great Lakes Squidd at 7:47am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 31/7657 Looking thru my gear and I have a "S13" Danforth which I assume is a 13# anchor, I have 30' of 3/16"
Bull Creek Buffet (Video) Roger Long at 7:16am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3217 I stuck my head out the companionway this morning just in time to see a feeding frenzy of dolphins,
House Battery Replacement JeffThompson at 4:27am 01.03.12 Big Boats 8/1573 Over the holidays, our house battery finally decided to go to the great battery graveyard in the sky
Moment of Truth Roger Long at 4:09am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2376
Removable cockpit table paul1938 at 9:46pm 01.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/1896 I have a 2005 H33 and while the folding table is great when we are docked, it's a pain when we are s
San Diego Trailer Sailors davenlynn at 9:45pm 01.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1984 Are there any marinas on either Shelter Island or Harbour Island that rent slips for a day or two?
Hunter 376 A/C and genset cahenesy at 7:03pm 01.02.12 Big Boats 11/4454 Hello all, I am in the process of purchasing a 1997 Hunter 376. I mostly sail on Lake Sidney Lan
Hunter 22 bilge pump location question SenecaDaze at 6:43pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 23/9201 the boat is a 1981 model,there was no bilge pump mounted when i bought boat,i have a small bilge pum
Show Off Time (4) GorillaToast at 6:23pm 01.02.12 Catalina 22 19/2300 Ok, so I decided to work on the boat instead of watching the Rose Bowl. After Ohio State (just down
Hunter 260: hole in cabin floor? epsilonblue at 6:00pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 18/5138 I have recently bought a hunter 260. there is a one inch diameter hole cut in the cabin floor adjace

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Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. AlastairLC at 8:08am 11.18.22
ProFurl S26 with Failure at Sail Attachment Point GaborSolyom at 8:06am 11.18.22 Here is what I have gone with for repairing the ProFurl S26's broken eyelet on my Hunter 25.5 (1984
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. AlastairLC at 8:03am 11.18.22 the hardest task was to raise the mainsail Thanks Rich. I would have thought the hardest task woul
Questions About Bottom Paint cousineddy at 8:03am 11.18.22 But, the volume of biocide leeched out of the paint is very small compared to the volume of the lake
Questions About Bottom Paint fstbttms at 7:59am 11.18.22 After using it for 30 years, trust me it ablates or wears off on leading edges of the keel, the hul
Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 7:58am 11.18.22 VC17 is not an ablative paint. It is a hard, thin-film coating. After using it for 30 years, trus
Questions About Bottom Paint fstbttms at 7:55am 11.18.22 VC 17 is based on pure ground copper suspended in some kind of slippery vehicle which does ablate.
Questions About Bottom Paint rgranger at 7:54am 11.18.22 That product exists. https://www.coppercoatusa.com Damn! Only 42 years late on that idea....:bigg
Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 7:47am 11.18.22 Why is that not common anymore? Seems like a modern version would be to encapsulate copper "dust"
Questions About Bottom Paint fstbttms at 7:46am 11.18.22 Why is that not common anymore? Primarily because it is prohibitively expensive. It is also heavy
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. duality at 7:44am 11.18.22 wait til march, west marine has a 2 for 1 sale for lewmar winches. mike
Questions About Bottom Paint rgranger at 7:43am 11.18.22 The ship had to be dry docked and its bottom sheathed with copper sheets to help protect its botto
Questions About Bottom Paint kappykaplan at 7:42am 11.18.22
Occaisional Head Smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:42am 11.18.22 My only complaint is it really takes a toll on fresh water supply which could be a drag if extended
Questions About Bottom Paint rgranger at 7:40am 11.18.22 ...The biocides leach out of the paint and are ingested by a multitude of organism in the water ...
Do not lick this Toad! rgranger at 7:36am 11.18.22 I wish I had that same fear for circular saws... I had one back out of a cut I was making and roll
Hunter 280 mast Question rgranger at 7:33am 11.18.22 Here is another thread I found on the same topic https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/hunter-h
Hunter 30T issues before buying? KevinKirby at 7:07am 11.18.22 Hi Kevin. Your previous post was about a stuck Galley table on this boat. Lets get real. You are c
Questions About Bottom Paint dlochner at 6:59am 11.18.22 Are you under the impression that the biocides in anti fouling paints only effect the "slime" found
Questions About Bottom Paint fstbttms at 6:57am 11.18.22 Yes Well, you would be wrong.

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