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Hunter 260 rudder shaft lower bearing kapitangreg at 4:48pm 09.22.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/568 I am replacing the lower bearing piece on my Hunter 260, it cracked. Ordered a new piece from the h
Hunter 34 Harken Unit 2 Furler Line Size Ilanortho at 4:41pm 09.22.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1157 My boat yard replaced my furling line 2 years ago (they lost the original line when unstepping the m
where to add a second halyard Ingram at 3:09pm 09.22.22 Smaller Boats 10/1606 Where is the best place to mount a second halyard to rise and lower the mast on H26 1996. Need to ad
Invest 98L --> TD 9 -->TS Ian --> Hurricane Ian (3) JamesG161 at 10:16am 09.22.22 Weather and Forecasting 67/11642 Not looking good this morning. We been watching this Tropical Wave since 9/20/22. Let's start out w
MK1 interior rearrangment. pete c at 7:42am 09.22.22 Catalina 30 9/1781 I am considering buying a 1980 C30. I really like the interior layout on these, but also love the m
Hunter 240 Rudder Pull up line (2) travorgeron at 4:31am 09.22.22 Trailer Sailors 5/1500 Today when I got my boat back in storage, I noticed that the rudder pull up line pulled straight thr
Help Me Choose A Boat !! petecasey at 10:41pm 09.21.22 Ask All Sailors 36/4931
Refilling CNG Tank Terry Cox at 12:22pm 09.21.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 26/5979 In case you missed my posting over on another forum, there is a CNG filling station located in Fife,
05 H36 Non-technical question on B&R rig (1) Banooma at 11:10am 09.21.22 Big Boats 15/1493 I'm coming from a different experience with traditional Catalina rigging, yet something seems off. T
Persistent Fresh Water Leak Tim2022 at 10:36am 09.21.22 Ask All Sailors 35/3524 Hello, I have an intermittent fresh water leak. It is detected by my bilge pump cycle counter. S
Hunter 33, 2005 (2) Hunter 33 Canada at 6:15am 09.21.22 Ask All Sailors 18/1622 1.Does anyone know what the keel bolts should be torqued at for this model? 2. Does anyone have a re
Aftermarket Chinese Impellers RoyS at 5:41am 09.21.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1573 Recently purchased two water pump impellers for my Yanmar 2QM15. Jabsco impellers were $60+ while se
Jacking Hunter 20 off trailer (3) Ryan61065 at 5:20pm 09.20.22 Smaller Boats 22/2589 Hey guys so the trailer needs some paint and the boat needs some bottom paint too so I've just decid
1977 Hunter 27 Rudder Bushing/Bearing info Mobius at 2:40pm 09.20.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/723 Recently picked up a neglected 1977 Hunter 27 with shoal draft keel. The boat has been on the hard f
Water Hookup connector (1) Johnkent at 2:21pm 09.20.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1551
Catalina 30 Needing Dinette Table or Dimensions (1) TaylorG. at 1:50pm 09.20.22 Ask All Sailors 8/2319 Hello Catalina owners! I recently purchased a 1987 Catalina 30 MkII and the previous owner modified
H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents T J Furstenau at 1:11pm 09.20.22 Big Boats 9/1904 So, I'm curious if anyone (@artboas would be the most likely! ) has looked into the space above the
Keel separating? (3) Noah1981 at 12:03pm 09.20.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1241 a crack appeared on my keel I don't have a photo at the moment but very similar to these. in the sp
Cuttyhunk Sailing video william24424 at 11:25am 09.20.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1091 My idea is show a local place for day sailing or overnight... I try to include 1) Entering harbor, 2
25 vs 26S, who's best to windward? HeelBoy at 4:54am 09.20.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2705 Not intending to start a fight among owners here! lol I'm shopping and there's quite a few of these

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Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat marcham at 7:43pm 07.24.25 I came into my slip a little hot yesterday and cracked the gelcoat on the bow of my Hunter 27. I f
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Tally Ho at 7:40pm 07.24.25 Folks, i started the engine, there was black smoke and it disappeared after less than a minute. I
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Don S/V ILLusion at 7:06pm 07.24.25 Wiped it down with a rag. It was just dirt. Thanks for taking a close up look. Aside from that I
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat shemandr at 7:04pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Rick Webb at 6:37pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Alan Gomes at 6:24pm 07.24.25 At this point I am more leaning towards a temporary fix and then waiting till I am dry docked to do
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) Seb6226$ at 6:22pm 07.24.25 Folks, i started the engine, there was black smoke and it disappeared after less than a minute. I l
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat shemandr at 6:14pm 07.24.25 I think it's an on the hard repair. I'm stupid enough to dangle my legs over the dock and use a powe
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. mermike at 5:39pm 07.24.25 You can use wood as I wrote above. Please, please, please don't use wood. It WILL rot unless you'
Hunter 38 one and only piece of exterior wood quadrille38 at 5:27pm 07.24.25 I should have mentioned that I ordered the piece from Boat Outfitters. Called, gave them the dimens
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) neuneu at 5:22pm 07.24.25 hard to tell for sure if what I enlarged is dirt or a crackg a close up look. Aside from that It
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 5:17pm 07.24.25 Rich makes a fair suggestion about just covering it up and dealing with it later. However, I wouldn
Black some on start of my Hunter 28 (2GM20G Yanmar engine) garymalmgren at 5:15pm 07.24.25 Hi Seb RE: My plan is to change the oil, fuel filters, impeller, air filter to reset the maintenance
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 5:06pm 07.24.25 I I just checked and it looks solid to me. Take a look as well since im a noob. hard to tell for
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 5:01pm 07.24.25
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 DaveJ at 4:57pm 07.24.25 I think dodgers and biminis are mostly after market, mine have no straps, piping in all locations.
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 4:57pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat neuneu at 4:49pm 07.24.25 The good news is that I think you are correct that there is no structural damage. What I would do
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) neuneu at 4:34pm 07.24.25 I just checked and it looks solid to me. Take a look as well since im a noob.
Survey of a 331 novodka44 at 4:32pm 07.24.25 The inspector said all is rather well with the boat, I get the written report tomorrow. The boat has

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