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Prop decision: Axiom fixed vs Autostream Old Sailor 2 at 9:25am 12.01.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3559 As a newbie here at Hunter I need some advice. I am replacing the prop on my 42 Passage. I current
BVI Cruising Guide rgallagher at 8:53am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 24/5817 My wife and I are thinking about chartering bareboat or flotilla in the BVI next year. I want to get
Looking to Buy a 31'/Engine issues/temp solution..outboard? mtnmankeith at 8:51am 12.01.11 Grampian 0/3046 Hey folks, Long time lurker about to take the plunge. I have my eye on a Grampian 31. She's a bit
Installing Electric Brakes rgranger at 8:23am 12.01.11 Trailer Sailors 23/7896 So I'm hoping someone on this list has installed their own electric brakes on a trailer. I recently
Water Intrusion/Balsa Core atrometer at 7:14am 12.01.11 Day Sailers 5/2367 Apparently a lot of boats (O'Day included) get water intrusion/wet balsa (rotted) under stanchions,
Best book for structural fiberglass repair? brian3820 at 6:46am 12.01.11 Big Boats 10/4591 Hi everyone. As many know, we are restoring and refitting a 1984 H34. I do have a couple cracks in t
Mustang Recalls 2 Inflatable PFDs Soundbounder at 6:00am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1374 Mustang Survival is voluntarily recalling all model number MD2010 and MD2012 Inflatable Personal Flo
Devastation Roger Long at 5:23am 12.01.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/4378 We waited out the windy and rainy day at R. E. Mayo in Hobucken. It was a delightful stop, a place
Feeling / Kirie Boats reworb at 5:08am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 14/16470 My house is located on shallow water and I really would be most comfortable with a boat that draws a
Safety measure to prevent demasting Mich222 at 4:25am 12.01.11 Ask All Sailors 10/4819 Have you installed a second set of lines/wires/ropes/ standing rigging as a safety measure backup o
Teak question jfrench at 4:13am 12.01.11 Catalina 22 7/2379 I can never remember the nautical name for the cabin door boards, but the broker who sold my boat de
Quandry over New Holding Tank System for 1983 Pearson 37 kappykaplan at 3:33am 12.01.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3521 Peggy, one of the items on my refit list for this winter is to get rid of the 5-gallon bladder that
Hope all boats are OK Kestle at 2:36am 12.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/989 It is 2:30 am, and we have been getting gusts north of 40 knots in Los Angeles. I'll make a trip do
H27 pulpit wanted DianaOfBurlington at 8:59pm 11.30.11 Parts Search 1/2063 Looking for a bow pulpit from a later-vintage (1980-ish) Hunter 27. It will have four legs, a bowma
Triple Spreader Mast Russf at 7:32pm 11.30.11 Ask All Sailors 6/6134 I understand that a triple spreader mast requires a great deal more effort and skill to tune than a
Motor mount screws dvpatton at 6:55pm 11.30.11 Day Sailers 9/3697 Hello, everyone. I've had a heck of a time with the screws that affix the motor mount to the deck of
Winch Loop Ralph Lee Terry at 6:26pm 11.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1596 The loop that is used to wench the boat onto the trailer is loose. How do you get to the back side t
Side windows on a 42 Passage ttac at 6:02pm 11.30.11 Big Boats 6/1757 Our 1991 42 Passage side window's in the salon have been leaking! I have tried to seal them with 3M
fresh water holding tank collie at 5:29pm 11.30.11 Smaller Boats 3/1500 where can i find a schematic of the fresh water holding tank, every week I empty about 5 gallons of
holding tank bench removal dutchy at 3:45pm 11.30.11 Big Boats 3/1426 I want to replace and clean all the hoses around my holding tank on my '87 Hunter 34. The tank is u

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Lithium Installation for Legend 40.5? artboas at 8:14pm 11.10.22 I have four 6-volt FLA batteries in the port lazarette and a 5KW Westerbeke generator in the starbo
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 7:52pm 11.10.22 I've got a drain at the elbow leaving the heater. And definitely next time. Or next boat.
GPS antenna on Hunter 23 rgranger at 7:52pm 11.10.22 Thanks. The picture helps alot. Is that a vhf antenna on top of the gps antenna? Yes
Looking for a used trailer for a1990 C22 wing keel Salty Jack at 7:05pm 11.10.22 Thank you Tedd. I will keep this in mind.
Filling Instrument Holes dlochner at 6:58pm 11.10.22 The inside of the bulkhead appears to be covered in vinyl, there will be no matching that. To fill
Happy Birthday Marines (1) WayneH at 6:56pm 11.10.22 From my marine stepson.
Filling Instrument Holes Davidasailor26 at 6:55pm 11.10.22 BoatworksToday is a very handy YouTube channel for this kind of thing. This video in particular shou
Black Widow vs VC-17M? dlochner at 6:53pm 11.10.22
Happy Birthday Marines Justin_NSA at 6:19pm 11.10.22 Semper Fi VMCJ1, VMFP3
Marina pump out broken when hauled out--help to pump out at home Eileen14284 at 6:13pm 11.10.22 Lots of good ideas here for us to try. As Tally Ho said we don't have overboard discharge or a mace
Filling Instrument Holes shank at 6:08pm 11.10.22 No, sorry, I wasn't clear. I just want to glass over them to match the rest of the cockpit wall. Tha
Happy Birthday Marines FDL S2 at 6:08pm 11.10.22 Happy Birthday Marines! Semper Fi
Holding Tank Ventilation Tedd at 6:08pm 11.10.22 Thanks for the reply, @Peggie Hall HeadMistress . I feel like I may not have explained my system ver
Sanitation hose recommendation requested artboas at 5:59pm 11.10.22 If the hose could normally be done in 1.5 without additional fittings, adding a reducing coupler ju
Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely! Ralph Johnstone at 5:55pm 11.10.22 Removed fixed prop ... boat speed improved immensely Compared to that prop, having NO prop would be
Holding Tank Ventilation Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 5:54pm 11.10.22 Hi Tedd... I'm glad you not only bought my book, but have actually read at least some parts of it.
Black Widow vs VC-17M? Davidasailor26 at 5:53pm 11.10.22 OK, I don't get it. How does 2x3=12? Is each "around" 2 miles? I presume Dave means 1 mile from wi
Replacing frameless acrylic fixed ports Hayden Watson at 5:48pm 11.10.22 Awesome post!!!!!! The plexiglass is color tinted so the pigment is IN the whole plexiglass. Howeve
Filling Instrument Holes Don S/V ILLusion at 5:46pm 11.10.22
Sick chuckwayne at 5:35pm 11.10.22 Happy to hear you're better, Dave. It's been a tough year

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