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Diesel Exhaust Hose misha93 at 6:29am 11.09.11 Big Boats 2/1601 What should be a total length of a new replacement of an exhaust hose for Hunter 36 1981? How high s
Solomons Berth Roger Long at 6:09am 11.09.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2411 Strider at her berth in Solomons with the R/V Rachel Carson. My hosts graciously arranged for a thi
Anyone redone a cabin sole? ruidh at 4:29am 11.09.11 Ask An Oday Owner 21/6010 This is my next big project and it scares me a little. I think I'm going to have to tackle this beca
Old Boats, Old Friends (2) Roger Long at 3:54am 11.09.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/4428 While waiting for my friend in Saint Michaels, I looked over at a boatyard and was surprised to see
Need owner's manual christaarrabito at 10:38pm 11.08.11 S2 6/2337 We just bought our S2 and have found that the owner's manual has been very badly water damaged. Can
Retire That Silly Worthless Gate Latch (1) Sail123 at 9:01pm 11.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/4235 Retire That Silly Gate Hasp I call this the "The Authentication!" What was Roger thinking anyway
Seeping thru hull valve simplicity at 6:31pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 16/5719 I installed a seawater pump for a new AC unit to an existing 3/4 inch thru hull valve that goes to
Battleship Iowa (2) Johnb at 5:32pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 23/4438 On Sunday I went out from Marina Bay Yacht Harbor in Richmond and was privileged to get to see the I
New Safer Boat Stove RyanHelfrich17 at 5:27pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 37/6556 I am a student at Lehigh University currently working on developing a new type of boat stove that wo
Now working late at night brian3820 at 5:05pm 11.08.11 Big Boats 1/1031 In an effort to get the exterior done before the snow fly's, I am now reduced to working at night af
trying to remove stuffing box from first42 CrazyLegs at 4:30pm 11.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1540 New to us boat = new to us problems. We want to change the stuffing box on our 1984 Beneteau First 4
Small Craft Advisor article BrokeNotBroken at 4:09pm 11.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2212 I wrote an article, "My First Sail" for Small Craft Advisor and they just printed it in issue #72, p
Halyard exit plates (1) guidera48 at 3:34pm 11.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1453 I have two exit plates that I have replaced while re building my mast. They look original and have 2
Peaking Roger Long at 3:34pm 11.08.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2288 Occasionally, in this cruising life, everything comes together in a period of such beauty and intens
Pearson 34-II Drawer System Joe11776 at 1:47pm 11.08.11 Pearson 1/1647 Anyone know if the manufacturer of the drawer system for the drawers under the owners' birth for the
Lacquer Sticks For Interior Wood Repairs Ducati at 1:41pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1728 As I have said earlier, the inside cabinets took a beating this season. I spotted a set of 12 col
Fuel Locker for O'Day 25 (1976) Gudenuph at 1:10pm 11.08.11 Lake Murray Catalina Owners 0/36791 It's my understanding that later models of the O'Day 25 have a fuel locker under the stbd seat in t
Ice box will not drain amberjack915 at 1:07pm 11.08.11 Bigger Boats 7/2407 My wife and I purchased an O'Day 280 this past September (2011). Very nice boat and we are enjoying
Rub rails: To seal or not to seal? rognvald at 11:30am 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2540 Is there a benefit to seal the upper and lower edge of an existing rubrail (where it abuts the hull)
Looking at a C&C 34+ sailingdeac at 6:53am 11.08.11 C&C 2/7473 I am very interested in an available 1990 C'C 34+ Any helpful information will be greatlyl apprec

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Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Jamesiv1 at 6:52am 10.12.22 I firmly believe the 80s and early 90s "new design" is peak C22. What was different about the "new
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. jssailem at 6:49am 10.12.22 BoatZincs sells a corrosion reference electrode (A portable silver/silver-chloride electrode for per
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? Leeward Rail at 6:43am 10.12.22 More like 15,000 but who's counting. :thumbup: Practical Boat did a review in 2000 that stated th
Advice on instruments Cederholm at 6:38am 10.12.22 Where will OP mount whatever system chooses? Is there a binnacle? If I couldn't mount the MFD at
Advice on instruments leo310 at 6:38am 10.12.22 Talk to you local dealers as they may have a package deal that fit your wallet. AS for your Cat 30 I
Dual engine controllers confusion RoyS at 6:15am 10.12.22 Further, there is no excuse for the boat builder to have made this disaster of a design. Yet they ma
Dual engine controllers confusion RoyS at 6:13am 10.12.22 Wait for the inevitable panic situation when there is no time for the eenie meenie to choose throttl
Advice on instruments Parsons at 5:53am 10.12.22 David's advice is great, but I think he means "VHF" not "CB" in the bullet point below. He has many
Advice on instruments shemandr at 5:04am 10.12.22 Where will OP mount whatever system chooses? Is there a binnacle? If I couldn't mount the MFD at t
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. SycloneDriver at 5:03am 10.12.22 Dave, I don't know for sure what anode material is on the boat. I suspect it is the original, pro
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. (1) SycloneDriver at 4:54am 10.12.22
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. dlochner at 4:52am 10.12.22 Do you know for certain that you do not have zinc anodes? In your research you have probably learned
Advice on instruments David in Sandusky at 3:40am 10.12.22 our approach is minimalist but has served us well for 23 years and over 7,000 nm: - Depth guage. - H
Advice on instruments Captain Larry-DH at 1:40am 10.12.22 If you want to integrate the autopilot With the chart plotter, buy both from the same brand. Yes I
Invest 93L (1) JamesG161 at 1:27am 10.12.22 TS Karl continues to hold and rain. It may pass into the Pacific in few days and then strengthen.
Advice on instruments Ward H at 10:52pm 10.11.22 @Kings Gambit What eCharts were loaded on your Axiom? I chose the Axiom 7 with Navionics charts.
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. Tally Ho at 8:58pm 10.11.22
Advice on instruments Kings Gambit at 8:51pm 10.11.22 I recently, in August, upgraded my Raymarine instruments/displays. New weather station at mast head,
Transom seat in sugar scoop 1997 340 (paint?) (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:45pm 10.11.22 If your '97 has the same deck colour as my '99 Hunter, the colour match is the same as white gel coa
Hunter 27-3 furling mast woes (2) SteveandMaryAnn at 8:27pm 10.11.22 Thank you for your reply. This is the swivel hook I need. I am not sure how it attaches to the bot

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