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Hunter 270 Tiller & Outboard an Orphan? jimfrankelly at 9:09pm 06.18.11 Smaller Boats 9/3374 Looking for other Hunter 270 owners that have tiller/outboard. I have only seen diesel/wheel 270 mo
3 cylinder Yanmar dvantong at 7:24pm 06.18.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1913 I have a 1996 B321 with a 3 cylinder Yanmar with about 400 hours that has a lot more exhaust smoke a
C&c 30 1980 Moonstruckmantis at 5:37pm 06.18.11 C&C 2/7311 I am looking at a 1980 30' C'C. That said, I know absolutely nothing about boats. How do I determine
Hunter 30 Power Plant MLampner at 3:19pm 06.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2876 In a post about a possible transmission problem, I have told my tale of whoa, so I won't repeat it h
Canada Day splash :( c_witch at 2:21pm 06.18.11 Trailer Sailors 13/5941 Just an update. Looks like my intended Canada Day splash date is not gonna happen :cry:. I've got mo
Bow (1) Bill1565 at 8:46am 06.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2384 Took the welded mess off our bow today. Looks like several mods to stock and then small boat roller
Origo stove tip (2) Trinkka at 7:32am 06.18.11 Day Sailers 8/12129 I posted this tip last year in the "Salty Sailors" forum but never took any pics of it until yesterd
hatches garyc at 7:07am 06.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1632 I have replaced the forward hatch and now want to change the salon hatch. The forward hatch is alum.
Universal 25 xp stalling faithforster26@msn.com at 7:07am 06.18.11 Catalina 30 8/2365 We have a Catalina 30, 1988 and have found that when cutting back on the throttle to low RPMs and th
Looking for bowsprit cspears283 at 5:39am 06.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1040 Where can I buy (to modify for 19) bowsprit and rails. Love to work on boats as much as being in th
IPad app Smitty at 5:31am 06.18.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2550 I love the iPad application. But, how can you get more information about the poster and/or their boa
Backing plates Smitty at 5:27am 06.18.11 Ask All Sailors 11/4737 My Cal 28 does not have backing plates in some places that really need them. So, where/how can I ge
Ice Box Drain Hose Not Connected jmhoffman at 5:13am 06.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/2537 Hello All, I own a 2000 Hunter 290 and have discoved that the hose on the ice box drain is not conne
Turning JasonC at 4:27am 06.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1348 I am a new Mac owner, and I wanted to know if when under power if any one else had trouble turning i
Crew (3) Roger Long at 4:13am 06.18.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/5055
How to unfreeze frozen bunk cushion zippers?? (1) Cruiser1 at 1:02am 06.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1794 I have just started to look at replacing the foam in a few of my bunk cushions. The covers are still
What did this and how do I keep it from happening? (2) patrickfarley at 7:53pm 06.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2230 This is one of my life lines. I don't know what caused the rust. It was rusted when I bought the b
Day Sailer III Jib Track (1) mikeDS3 at 7:44pm 06.17.11 Day Sailers 0/1038 March/2010 I posted a thread looking for helping in changing some worn out cleats when I ran into a
Boat Angel 1975 ODay 20 toddco at 6:07pm 06.17.11 Day Sailers 5/2550 I am very new to sailing, but we bought a 1975 Oday on an Ebay auction from Boat Angel. We paid very
Upgrading the hatches - Legend 37.5 oldjags at 6:00pm 06.17.11 Big Boats 6/2497 How practical is it to upgrade the opening hatches on the deck? I really like the flush mounted hatc

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New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:16pm 08.26.22 Oh wow. What a bummer. How soon do you have to leave? Grandma loses her in home care coverage at t
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 6:01pm 08.26.22 As other's have mentioned and I alluded to, I wouldn't use too much torque. You said it was in Ne
New Catalina 30 Owner mermike at 5:58pm 08.26.22 Take her with you. A PITA, but doable.
Mainsheet location shemandr at 5:54pm 08.26.22 Now I like to have a pillow for my ss.*
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:53pm 08.26.22 Former C30 owner here. The direction seems to be to figure out what is holding the prop shaft- is
Frozen prop shaft smokey73 at 5:47pm 08.26.22 OK, that might work, will give it a try... thanks As other's have mentioned and I alluded to, I
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:45pm 08.26.22 I am betting it is the shaft packing gland is dried out and frozen. That said way to many variables
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:41pm 08.26.22 IT'S frozen. What is IT? I'd suggest finding just what IT is before you apply any force. 1. Sepa
Frozen prop shaft RitSim at 5:38pm 08.26.22 Former C30 owner here. The direction seems to be to figure out what is holding the prop shaft- is i
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 (1) Kingjim91 at 5:37pm 08.26.22
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:33pm 08.26.22
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:31pm 08.26.22 There are bolts on the coupling that are probably on either pretty tightly or frozen themselves. M
Frozen prop shaft Crusty Ol Salt at 5:18pm 08.26.22 I am betting it is the shaft packing gland is dried out and frozen. That said way to many variables.
Anchoring/Guest moorage with access to downtown Seattle? mermike at 5:07pm 08.26.22
Counterclockwise spinner just SE of Cozumel? JamesG161 at 4:55pm 08.26.22 Dammit Jim" looking for some perspective here. check your PM's
Frozen prop shaft Ralph Johnstone at 4:50pm 08.26.22 IT'S frozen. What is IT? I'd suggest finding just what IT is before you apply any force. 1. Separ
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Sailavie1 at 4:44pm 08.26.22 I have the same boat, so this is very interesting info. So far no cracks on mine but I will tie the
Lewmar 25 winches FastOlson at 4:26pm 08.26.22 If Lewmar winch models are still ID'd the same way, your old model 25 might be less advantaged than
Hunter 280 mid boom traveller chp at 4:21pm 08.26.22 Was thinking of adding stiffener plates as you suggest. Didn't think about spreading out the blocks
Frozen prop shaft Don S/V ILLusion at 4:13pm 08.26.22

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