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Refinishing the teak and holly sole. flyella10 at 5:19pm 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/4559 I am looking at refinishing the sole on a Hunter 28.5. I guess one would strip the old urethane fin
Pearson Wanderer centerboard pendant replacement Wanderer138 at 4:38pm 08.08.11 Pearson 0/1594 In case anyone is interested, you need 16 feet of 1/8 or 3/16 7x19 stainless steel wire rope to repl
I am so darn happy I could pass out! (1) RECESS at 4:14pm 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 9/4009 My 9.8 hp Tohatsu 4 stroke with the 25" ultra long shaft showed up today. She feels sooo shiny! I se
DS200 problems (1) richk at 4:13pm 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1303 I have an H35 Legend with a OEM DS200 Navico depth sounder. It doesn't work; I'm cheap. The Display
1993 Catalina 30 Information stevestk at 4:09pm 08.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/2409 I looked at a boat Sunday for purchase consideration and thought I covered everything but: I'm tryin
Leaking chainplates or something else? Rich Langdon at 4:00pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 3/2450 I bought an O'day 25 2 years ago and rebedded the chainplates literally 30 minutes after I signed th
1987 O'Day 302 Owners Manual - Scanned Copy jsmac at 3:01pm 08.08.11 Bigger Boats 2/4380 Hi Everyone, I have just found and scanned my 1987 O'Day 302 Owners Manual. It's actually in pret
How to haul a 27' Sailboat cross-country (1) PamelaJo at 2:55pm 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 4/3317 http://s0.2mdn.net/dot.gif How could I go about hauling my 27' Catalina from California to
Mariner Cockpit drains JRH at 2:53pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 2/1783 Hi....just launched my "new" Mariner....1970 centerboard model I purchased about 10 years ago...! Lo
Hunter 356 or 376 ? rdkaz at 2:29pm 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2266 Narrowed my boat search to either a 1997 Hunter 376; or a 2003 Hunter 356. Both boats are about the
Added a water heater thermometer? KenKindrick at 2:12pm 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1364 I want to know what the water temperature in my water heater is so I will know if I need to run the
leaking prop shaft waynesr at 1:48pm 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3349 I see the prop shaft on my cal 2-27 is leaking. What is the procedure?
Leaky Jabsco Discharge Elbow stevemac at 1:43pm 08.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/10592 Hi Peggy, In 2008 I performed a complete refit with a new Jabsco toilet, Shields Poly X hose, repla
150% genoa ebsail at 1:40pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 1/1461 Has anyone purchase a 150% Genoa for a 25 O'day? if so how do you like it. Who made it? How much
Jib car repair Paul17630 at 1:30pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 0/1213 I purchased a 1973 DS II. The jib car was frozen. I broke off the nut attempting to free it up. I ha
LED Lights? An anonymous user at 1:06pm 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1467 Anyone tried these? http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage'Page2Disp
Stepping the mast for the first time! An anonymous user at 1:02pm 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2635 Well we raised the mast for the first time by ourselves. I added a friction winch to the ladder on t
Hunter 49 Jabsco Solenoid location mrmarch at 12:58pm 08.08.11 Big Boats 2/1365 Does anyone know the location of the Solenoid Valve ' Siphon Breaker for the Jabsco head in the main
holding tank system on Catalina 30 abaron at 12:45pm 08.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/14988 I crew on my brother's new (old) Catalina 30. Circa late 80's. While he is replacing all standing ri
Beneteau 343 Rig Tension pmunger at 12:44pm 08.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1935 Does anyone know the Loos-Gage Tension for a 343? Uppers and lowers???

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Issues Sailing Upwind Davidasailor26 at 6:32pm 10.07.22 How does the helm feel? If you let go of the tiller will the boat go to windward or leeward? Does th
Harvest Moon Regatta 2022 PaulK at 6:05pm 10.07.22 Neptune may wreak havoc unless you perform the proper re-naming ceremony!! (Google is your friend)
Set screw.... heritage at 5:41pm 10.07.22 Some forestay furlers have set screws to hold the aluminum extrusions together.
Where do you guys put your battery? Jamesiv1 at 5:24pm 10.07.22 The last time I was doing something like that I was hitting some spots on my keel with Interlux epo
Issues Sailing Upwind Harrit at 4:44pm 10.07.22 Thanks all, some great feedback here, appreciate it. I wondered how much the tuning aspects would
Random photo from our first regatta chriscampbell at 4:20pm 10.07.22 Chris: One of the 4 elements of sail trim is ANGLE OF ATTACK. The primary sail trim control for ad
Random photo from our first regatta Don Guillette at 4:10pm 10.07.22 Wow, that looks like a great improvement. I'll have to study my situation a little and see. That's
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:02pm 10.07.22 Scott, I think you are right. I finally got some good advice from the local Volvo Penta dealer and w
Where do you guys put your battery? Davidasailor26 at 3:58pm 10.07.22 The last time I was doing something like that I was hitting some spots on my keel with Interlux epox
Installing a Spinnaker jon hansen at 3:41pm 10.07.22 so where does the forestay attach? what are all those blocks for? is it a monohull?
Its funny Friday! FDL S2 at 3:35pm 10.07.22 A buddy was over at my boat, we were trying out a new 10' RIB with a 9.9 OB. We both agreed the Yam
No Backstay? Mechone at 3:33pm 10.07.22 Many owners of Hunters that have done Atlantic crossings have added backstays and staysails My boa
Pleasant Surprise/Docking sesmith at 2:47pm 10.07.22 Different strokes...but having done both (and we have) I'll take the stern bridle technique any day.
Through holes and prop PK123 at 2:43pm 10.07.22 @Scott T-Bird its been really interesting evaluating everyone's comments - thanks to everyone for s
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Scott T-Bird at 2:24pm 10.07.22 If it hasn't been figured out by now, it's probably time to just replace the pump.
1 gallon paint can pour spouts dlochner at 1:41pm 10.07.22 The culprit is dried paint in the can seal that prevents the lid from resealing completely, we all k
Painting or removing headliner? Stu Jackson at 1:36pm 10.07.22 The headliner in the cabin is a beige vinyl. If no previous owner has changed what came from the f
Invest 91L kappykaplan at 1:36pm 10.07.22 Tks, (not) Dammit Jim on this one. :beer:
1 gallon paint can pour spouts Nichole340 at 1:35pm 10.07.22
Invest 91L Don S/V ILLusion at 1:28pm 10.07.22

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