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You Can't Reason with Hurrican Season Bad Obsession at 5:27pm 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1772 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKPol9hD0ns Just seems appropriate with all the storms and topics fl
Bed New Scupper Grates? GorillaToast at 5:23pm 09.03.11 Catalina 22 8/2074 I got new scupper grates from CatalinaDirect. Do I need to bed these with 5200, or just screw them t
Stuck Jib Just Looking at 5:19pm 09.03.11 Big Boats 5/4212 When raising the jib on my Hunter 38, the jib is stuck in the roller furling track. The halyard is f
O'Day 35 carpet replace? Blue Streak at 5:08pm 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1478 Has any replaced the carpet liner on the cabin walls? If so, is it difficult and what do you recomm
Trip to National Harbor MLampner at 2:58pm 09.03.11 Destinations 4/3500 Business will give me an excuse to travel to National Harbor, near DC, from Middle River MD in midd
Cracked ignition (1) Team118 at 2:45pm 09.03.11 Catalina 30 10/2344 Hey guys; Over the past few months, I've noticed that the house battery system seems to run down d
TS Lee (4) betzhunter at 1:09pm 09.03.11 Big Boats 0/1168 This morning took this picture of the boat at about 8:30 am. Not to bad yet! The next pictures were
Raw water intake blocked Paul Montgomery at 12:48pm 09.03.11 Catalina 30 10/8303 I have a Universal M3-20 diesel in my 1990 Catalina 30 which is running hot; I have checked out the
Need person in the Dana Pt Ca to caulk windows on 32ft 2002 Jpmeehan at 11:49am 09.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1448 I also need my forward hatch looked at since it is binding. Jim in Dana Point
Lifeline Size on 40.5? Rick D at 11:27am 09.03.11 Big Boats 6/1890 I am having something fabricated, but forgot to measure the OD of the lifeline. Anyone got it at the
A trailer for a '93 33.5 psherwin at 9:40am 09.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1688 I am planning on having a trailer built for my 33.5. The builder needs some measurements pertaining
Rigging for spinnaker CAP Pilot64 at 9:36am 09.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/4599 Hello all, When I purchased my Mac 26S last fall it came with several extra sails that I never got
Swim Platform sunshinemartini at 9:22am 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2138 Question, has anyone added a swim platform to the starboard side of an O Day 25 in place of the boar
Outboard for Ospray P.LIZNPETE at 7:35am 09.03.11 Day Sailers 4/1821 Been looking at new 4-stroke outboards, but I've always owned 2-strokes and not sure what is appropr
Removal of the mast step plate Saillife at 7:00am 09.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1374 I'm getting ready this winter to have the deck recored and to rebed all the hardware, ports, hatches
Full enclosure pic added to album med2463 at 6:58am 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2196 Added pic of new enclosure to our album. http://forums.hunter.sailboatowners.com/album.php?albumid=1
Rudder replacement, C400 RPerkins at 6:45am 09.03.11 Big Boats 1/2056 Anyone have recent experience replacing a C400 rudder? We were damaged in a freak microburst, and ou
Aluminum / Steel corrosion seize Ritdog at 6:44am 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2737 I have an Oday25. It has two 6" aluminum cleats about 1.5" high with SS machine screws that I think
Why We Would Never Charter Our Boat.... (7) Maine Sail at 6:03am 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 27/7566 This is pretty self explanatory. The owners of this LOVELY Hinckley, LARA entrusted their clients to
proper way to "splice" a chain ? Bob 04 H260 at 5:43am 09.03.11 Musings With Maine Sail 9/8580 is there a proper way to slice two pieces of chain together ? I have a piece of 1/4" 70 ft long a

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Diesel tank gauge not working FastOlson at 9:55am 10.18.22 About the need to know (and record) engine hours... There is nothing sacred about your old/ancient O
23.5 interior/navigation light bulbs CrispyCringle at 9:54am 10.18.22 The bulb type is stamped on one of the metal ends of the bulb pictured. If you google the informatio
New electrical panel Cederholm at 9:08am 10.18.22 You guys don't have a circuit breaker on the panel for the bilge pump? My present and two previous
New electrical panel Cederholm at 9:06am 10.18.22 Are you cooking onboard? Propane needs a solenoid at the tank. On that line, I saw a neat idea. Som
New electrical panel dmax at 8:52am 10.18.22 Yeah, I've seen those I just thought most boats came from the factory with a breaker in the panel fo
New electrical panel dlochner at 8:48am 10.18.22 You guys don't have a circuit breaker on the panel for the bilge pump? My present and two previous
New electrical panel dmax at 8:45am 10.18.22 You guys don't have a circuit breaker on the panel for the bilge pump? My present and two previous b
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 8:36am 10.18.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 8:16am 10.18.22 He's through the Pleasent canal. Staging at Cape May to head up to the DC canal. Looking for any a
How many impellers? flightlead404 at 8:13am 10.18.22 Was happened to the pin that goes through the hub of the impellers that you installed? Do you mea
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 8:03am 10.18.22 He's through the Pleasent canal. Staging at Cape May to head up to the DC canal. Looking for any a
New electrical panel Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 10.18.22 Bilge should not be on a breaker on the panel. It should be wired before the panel such that it is
New electrical panel dlochner at 7:53am 10.18.22 Bilge should not be on a breaker on the panel. It should be wired before the panel such that it is a
New electrical panel dlochner at 7:51am 10.18.22 There is no provision for electronics or an autopilot. Cabin lights are typically on 2 circuits, por
New electrical panel Cederholm at 7:50am 10.18.22 This is great! thanks guys - and how did I forget the bilge, sheesh!
New electrical panel WayneH at 7:45am 10.18.22 Are you cooking onboard? Propane needs a solenoid at the tank. On that line, I saw a neat idea. Some
Twin coil water heater dlochner at 7:45am 10.18.22 Due to space limitations, I'll probably use a heat exchanger from Sure Marine. It is only 2" x 23" w
New electrical panel Scott T-Bird at 7:44am 10.18.22 I've used separate breakers for each of the following: chartplotter autopilot VHF sailing instrumen
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 7:42am 10.18.22 It sounds like he had a bit of confusion over the specifications of his boat. I think he mentioned
How many impellers? sailcapt340 at 7:40am 10.18.22 On my 3GM30F Yanmar, I had 1 Yanmar impeller separate from the hub also. It happened about 4 years

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