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Center board stuck any suggestions tommym at 4:00pm 07.14.11 Day Sailers 5/3770 My 12 year old Hunter170 has a stuck centerboard. Never has done anything but drop all these years
Waste Holding System Upgrade Duke at 3:49pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1863 I have a Morgan 321 that still has the original bladder - instead of a tank - waste holding system.
Hunter 31 thruhulls mellis18 at 3:38pm 07.14.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/2643 I want to make sure I find all the thruhulls on my 84 hunter 31. I found the valves for the engine w
The Yawldory Sails! (1) Roger Long at 2:44pm 07.14.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/4303 http://hphotos-snc6.fbcdn.net/280002_1666882852370_1846284215_1067897_1270867_o.jpg Full album here
nature powered bilge pump merlinuxo at 2:27pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2168 I think this is a neat idea: http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=632
auto pilot dlewis812 at 1:38pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 27/6401 reading other post on single handed. have been single handing just fine without an auto pilot o
Boat Us Trying To Help (1) kloudie1 at 1:03pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3218 This was discussed before but here is the BOAT US letter from yesterday.. This is looking pretty ser
Repairing a wooden mast wetass at 1:01pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 6/5134 I have come into possession of a 50' wood mast that came off a boat that sunk in our local marina af
Lights out MarkW at 12:54pm 07.14.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1230 My Steaming light and Bow running lights are out. I have used a wire brush and cleaned the ground w
Can Chain Alone Anchor Your Boat??? Maine Sail at 11:08am 07.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/9237 Hi All, So over the years I have read many a diatribe by those professing that; "The anchor is not
Reefing the mainsail - Hunter 216 Steve Huber at 10:48am 07.14.11 Smaller Boats 1/1510 Any suggestions on the best way to reef the mainsail on a Hunter 216 and the best way to store the r
Gelcoat Colour 1990 Hunter 30 Ray1156 at 10:33am 07.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1227 I'm repairing some deck delamination and would like to match the grey nonskid colouring. I'm having
Sizing the prop for a 1990 H-33.5 w/ 2GM20F navigator97 at 10:07am 07.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1285 Can anyone give me guidance to determine the correct prop size for my H-33.5 with a Yanmar 2GM20F en
A "Single Hander"? Coastie at 8:06am 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 51/8036 Have gotten a bit older, but still love sailing. Am going to buy a boat, but want one I can "single
Help Sailing scuttlebutt at 7:32am 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3570 Hi well I have a Catalina 30 from 1988 I need to get her out and sail. I live in BocaRaton fl and
Who is Responsable for Damage mcrow33 at 7:12am 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4785 Hi, A week ago a micro-burst thunder storm rage though our area. Winds topped 40-50+. The other da
'74 Ericson 27 For Sale -- Excellent condition BobBBalt at 6:30am 07.14.11 Ericson 1/7129 Hi all, Sad to say, but life has forced me to sell "Mariposa", my beautiful 1974 Erics
Convert freshwater bottom paint to salt water protection? Beautiful Day at 9:22pm 07.13.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2846 I am considering the purchase of a 44 foot Catalina. However, she has been sailed on fresh water and
jib furling trouble Dutchess at 9:05pm 07.13.11 Big Boats 5/2501 does anyone know what furling system was standard for a 1990 hunter legend 35.5. my problem is as fo
Catalina 25 stanchion Ted Thompson at 8:05pm 07.13.11 Smaller Boats 4/4219 I have a 1986 Catalina 25 with a bent stanchion at the cabin entrance. It is bent at the base only,

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Set screw.... Davidasailor26 at 5:12am 10.08.22 Some Harken jib sheet cars use a set screw like that to hold the pin in the car.
1 gallon paint can pour spouts thinwater at 5:07am 10.08.22 Much simpler. I have kept cans for many years. Get a roll of aluminum duct tape (Nashua is good). G
Hunter 456 12v Dc Separating Solenoid for House Battery Davidasailor26 at 4:28am 10.08.22
Hunter 456 12v Dc Separating Solenoid for House Battery Don S/V ILLusion at 4:01am 10.08.22 Depending on year, Hunter and most others used battery isolators - a diode switch commonly referred
Protecting Gel Coat from Towing Straps Crazy Dave Condon at 4:00am 10.08.22 Protected gel coat when setting large sailboats in hurricane holes on anchors from lines chafing the
Hunter 456 12v Dc Separating Solenoid for House Battery kappykaplan at 3:38am 10.08.22
Through holes and prop danstanford at 3:17am 10.08.22 From the listing I posted earlier: The boat is at Crescent Beach Marina, the location listed in
Issues Sailing Upwind danstanford at 3:09am 10.08.22 Thanks all, some great feedback here, appreciate it. I wondered how much the tuning aspects would
Where do you guys put your battery? Jamesiv1 at 10:47pm 10.07.22 They disintegrated when I looked at them. lol
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 10:04pm 10.07.22 Yes, she's a monohull--a TES 246 Versus. What you see beneath the pulpit seat is the block and tack
Invest 91L JamesG161 at 9:01pm 10.07.22
Berth headroom 36 vs 38 desodave at 8:39pm 10.07.22 We're currently the owners of a H33 and are considering moving up to a Hunter 38. I am the one who s
Painting or removing headliner? Stu Jackson at 8:26pm 10.07.22 so it can be painted then? Of course.
Set screw.... Stu Jackson at 8:26pm 10.07.22 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging?
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Hayden Watson at 8:17pm 10.07.22 Are there any after-market Volvo parts are are you locked into their extorsion?
Painting or removing headliner? xavpil at 7:45pm 10.07.22 If no previous owner has changed what came from the factory, then the answer is: NO, it is not bei
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Scott T-Bird at 6:59pm 10.07.22 They want $705 for a new pump but I am opting for a rebuild kit for $167. I let you all know the re
Set screw.... Cztomo at 6:54pm 10.07.22 M16x20
Set screw.... Cztomo at 6:53pm 10.07.22 I forgotten to mention the size of the set screw, its a M10 x 20mm long.
Wobbly Fixed Keel danooxnard at 6:45pm 10.07.22 Nunami, was this boat in San Diego on a Mission Bay mooring? If it was I was interested in this boa

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