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Registration numbers "hidden" on boat 1Goldie at 6:13pm 05.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2924 We failed our free safety check because we did not have our registration numbers somewhere inside on
Throttle lever - not controlling engine robfmcc at 5:22pm 05.14.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1883 It seems that my throttle lever isn't controlling the RPMs of the engine, it will put the boat in ge
Mounting a fluxgate compass. Slade at 4:35pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4122 I've got a Raymarine ST40 fluxgate compass. No problem with mounting the display away from interfer
Saturday... (2) Timo42 at 4:09pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1356 5kts off Malibu. Realtime
CAtalina 30 Main Bulkhead replacement ron albert at 4:01pm 05.14.11 Catalina 30 7/7835 Hi all. Anyone ever replaced the main bulkhead on a Catalina 30. Mine is water damaged and cosmeti
Sliding Hatch Cover betzhunter at 3:58pm 05.14.11 Big Boats 7/2392 My boom fell from the line that it was attached to and cracked the hatch cover on my H34. Now i need
ethanol/ stable/ sea foam Chuck Creel at 3:36pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 47/8838 Ahoy all boaters with outboards. I am experiencing a problem that i know others are having with the
transom ladder GarEi at 2:44pm 05.14.11 Pearson 4/2543 All you Pearson 303 owners, I have a question. Stock transom ladder enters the water by 17" one rung
Mast Spreader Help! Falconer at 2:31pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/6251 Proud new owner of a M25. Don't know anything about sailing. Refinishing the boat then starting this
Hunter 23.5 Mast Damage (1) davidb at 2:16pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 12/5757 I was trying to step the mast on my 1995 Hunter 23.5 today, when it twisted of to one side. This to
Mounting solar panels on adustible feet thinwater at 12:57pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 3/3225 Although using studs to make an adjustable mount is hardly a new idea (engines, street lights), I ad
MacGregor 25 Running Rigging from Ebay MidwestMac at 11:29am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2895 I recently purchased a 1985 Mac 25 that is without any of the running rigging. Given that I am n
O'Day 25 trailer question jsachetti at 10:43am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/5117 My O'Day came with a wooden cradle sitting on a flat iron trailer that the previous owner would have
How to buy vessel from LLC? KittyB at 8:40am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3011 Hi, all, We are trying to get some advice on purchasing a boat from an LLC. We reached an agreement
How Did You Get Into Sailing? Don Guillette at 8:27am 05.14.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/12427 Yesterday, a sail trim forum lister, who does not own a boat (yet), asked me what steps he should ta
RC Sail Boat r.oril at 7:17am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3622 I have this great little lake about 1/2 mile from my house and I want to get a RC Sail Boat. This is
Hunter 44 packing gland captainpat at 6:26am 05.14.11 Big Boats 3/1326 Finally got the packing gland apart on newly purchased 2003 Hunter 426 and found 2 rings of 1/4" fla
Tiller to pedestal steering conversion on O28 Footdocsailor at 5:16am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1644 I am endeavoring to purchase my first boat. I have found an O28 that I am seriously considering maki
What to do if de-masted? inarathree at 5:10am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3661 I read postings and news articles, where people get de-masted from whales (although I dont think it
loose pintles and gudgeons kepeterss at 5:08am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/3938 The pintles and gudgeons on my 1979 Oday 23 have a lot of play in them that seems to be getting wors

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Catalina 25 floor access panels (2) Delta21 at 9:40am 08.14.22 The wood access panels are screwed to the floor. It has the retractable keel. I sponged out about 2
2005 Hunter 38 - accessing Quiet Flush electric toilet solenoid valve Orcas Bob at 9:35am 08.14.22 Thank you flightlead 404! Just where you said it would be! Jabsco's video on cleaning the solenoid i
dock neighbour's shore power cord? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:29am 08.14.22 but it does not solve the problem for smaller boats with no AC system. They are NOT going to instal
Last ride dLj at 9:20am 08.14.22 @All U Get whats your next adventure? More boating? Land sailing? Something else? Don't know yet?
Are these window cracks concerning NYSail at 9:04am 08.14.22 Pete. I have the same frame designed on my Cal. The frame is not an issue. The screw hole needs to
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 8:52am 08.14.22 When the cure is worse than the desease... dj
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (1) jssailem at 8:32am 08.14.22 Saturday morning we showed up at the boat. This "GET THE HEAD OFF" day. Les jumped aboard ready to
What's this hole in the shelf for? Rich Stidger at 8:18am 08.14.22 Is there any chance that the published boat literature might show it as a feature?
Last ride Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:10am 08.14.22 Fruit squirrels.We have squirrels in the yard. They are nut and bird seed munchers. My stepdaughter
Shore pwr plugs Maine Sail at 8:10am 08.14.22 My marina has a table of shame just like that. I am curious what happened to the Smart Plug on tha
Pumpout Adapter for a Hunter Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:01am 08.14.22 Anyone know what thread size Hunter used for the pumpout adapter?I have a 2002 386.Thanks In 2002 i
What's this hole in the shelf for? jaysweet at 7:39am 08.14.22 Anyone know why they put this hole in the shelf under the sink? This is from a 2004 Hunter 306. I
RayMarine Autohelm on Hunter 33 1981 sail sfbay at 7:23am 08.14.22 Welcome to the forum!! Steering or tiller? Post #2 in this thread lists the options: Autopilot Revi
Shore pwr plugs Davidasailor26 at 7:15am 08.14.22 My marina has a table of shame just like that. I am curious what happened to the Smart Plug on that
Hood furler circa 1980 SycloneDriver at 7:12am 08.14.22 I'm finding a little more info now but still no exploded view of drum/bearing. I suspect the unit i
dock neighbour's shore power cord? Calif. Ted at 7:11am 08.14.22 Maybe King Harbor has changed recently, but I wouldn't be surprised if that WAS the harbormaster's b
Remove hard plastic side panels in Hunter 306/2003 Brinky63 at 7:02am 08.14.22 This is on my list as well. As I understand it, you will need to pull down the headliner first. I p
Shore pwr plugs DeniseO30 at 6:54am 08.14.22 We visited the marina in Vancouver BC February 10 2019. . They have a board of Shame. What happens
dock neighbour's shore power cord? (1) thinwater at 6:13am 08.14.22 You response is technically correct... but it does not solve the problem for smaller boats with no A
Air Pax circuit breaker JHorr at 5:55am 08.14.22 Sounds like the breaker is bad. You can pop it out and measure the resistance with an ohm meter

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