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Ilya is Launched! arknoah at 7:01pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1173 After many frustrating weeks of waiting and trying not to be a major pain at the marina, Ilya was fi
Winch to eye relationship (1) dscribner at 6:29pm 05.21.11 Trailer Sailors 12/6648 In one post I posted a photo of my boat on the trailer. One fellow piped up and said that my winch
Hunter 40 Mast Step Well jmag at 6:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1058 Our Hunter 40 (1986 vintage?) has a shallow well for the mast step. It's a problem. It collects but
Battery life Ross at 6:02pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2469 I had to change my batteries this year they lost 3 volts over the winter and won't hold a charge. Th
Patronus is home Juice6576 at 5:59pm 05.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2109 Shakedpwon cruise is in the books. The weather was crappy and not much sailing got done, but we sure
Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/10272 My mast has a 12" crack at the lower section of this 50 ft mast. (see photo) Is there a risk sailing
Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1996 Macgregor Owners, RE: 25 ft Macgregor sailboat: How do you gain access to motor mount bracket bolts
barlow winch Jerry C at 4:52pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1388 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1625 I recently purchased an Oday DSII but it has a DSIII rudder, I took the rudder assembly apart to cle
Removing bent dipstick Raftco at 4:09pm 05.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 2/2863 I have a Universal 25XP diesel. Today, I went to check the oil level and found the dipstick seems t
Boom vang ehudm at 3:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/6077 Did anyone try to use 2 boom-vangs? one connected to the port side and the other to starboard side.
Breaker Sizing FourPoints at 2:59pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 27/14743 I'm trying to size the breakers for the new electricial panel, right now on the old panel everything
What would you do with this fitting? Roger Long at 2:15pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/6993 This fitting on my Yanmar, just downstream from the RW pump, has a NPT thread but has to end up orie
Grand opening of New dock in Anacortes paulj at 2:08pm 05.21.11 Catalina 310 2/1747 New dock at Port of Anacortes - Cap Sante Boat Haven Anacortes,Wa is not for Catalina 310's ..
Normal cracks in keel? (3) bustedrudder at 2:03pm 05.21.11 Big Boats 3/2135 Looking at a 376 shoal draft. On haulout it was noted there is a 2' crack on the port side starting
trouble logging in Bob 04 H260 at 1:41pm 05.21.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2885 I can login fine on the home page but if I try to login on the Hunter forums I get an error, user na
Coolant Change Siamese at 1:26pm 05.21.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/4994 I need to change the coolant on my 309's 3YM20 Yanmar. Can anyone speak with authority on the best
New Panel (1) c_witch at 12:59pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2072 HIee, Just thought I'd post a picture of the new panel I've made for our boat. It has mounted a n
Well...Hello There rhr1956 at 12:44pm 05.21.11 Pearson 0/1072 I just joined the group. I have sailed off and on for about 20 years and I am just getting back into
Keel jlgregg at 11:05am 05.21.11 Ranger Boats (WA) 0/2637 I will soon need to replace the swing keel in my Ranger 20. Does anyone make replacements?

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DC Circuit Breaker Failures senang at 11:10am 09.13.22 Quadrille38, according to information from Eddie Breeden when he was still actif the panel on the H3
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Stu Jackson at 10:54am 09.13.22 Here's another resource: https://centekmarine.com/product/category/propulsion-exhaust And whenever
Traveling alongside BigEasy at 10:37am 09.13.22 This would be exacrly my response as well .Coming from a blue collar background myself ,the driver
Trailer Tongue Question LloydB at 10:31am 09.13.22 The square tube of the tongue rotates downward out of the U channel when the locking pin is pulled f
Unknown part on my 18.5 shemandr at 10:09am 09.13.22 It may be a pennant for the mainsheet hardware. Some sailors move cleat up or down to their taste.
Bottom Paints Bob S at 10:08am 09.13.22 Micron CSC Extra Don't quite understand your problem. If it has worked why ask for alternatives. I
Anchor Chain Terry Cox at 10:04am 09.13.22 I'm trying to identify the grade of chain on a recently acquired 2005 Hunter 33, < 15000lb. Most v
Trailer Tongue Question Skipper J at 9:59am 09.13.22 Thanks for all the feedback. I'll be able to look at it closer to see if it was tilt or extension on
Underrated marinas DArcy at 9:43am 09.13.22
Bottom Paints fstbttms at 8:57am 09.13.22
Bottom Paints Don S/V ILLusion at 8:52am 09.13.22
1987 Catalina 22 Circuit Panel John Marrone at 8:22am 09.13.22 What thickness of wood substrate did you use, and product used to adhere these wood elements to the
A/C duct locations Ed.S at 8:12am 09.13.22 Gus, I apologize, Some pictures were integrated from other threads. I see you used the Webasto A/C
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Harle000 at 8:11am 09.13.22 Many thanks. I've identified the Vetus Waterlock VTSLSL90 as being a possible option but I've met an
A/C duct locations Ed.S at 8:09am 09.13.22 Gus, Thanks for the response, I am a little confused what air conditioner did you install I see a p
Bottom Paints fstbttms at 8:09am 09.13.22 Not at all. Simply another risk to consider and it's just as easy to ask in this forum. And so h
Bottom Paints rpell1@msn.com at 8:01am 09.13.22 Hull divers are not "in the business of painting boats." And the hull diver's priority is to provid
What is this cable for? Scott T-Bird at 7:21am 09.13.22 It's definitely the topping lift. It is short because it typically has a line, blocks and a cleat t
Removing bent driveshaft strut from 1985 hunter 31 fstbttms at 6:58am 09.13.22 The OP hasn't been to this forum in over three years. I'm guessing he has probably resolved this iss
New mast came with wrong base Crazy Dave Condon at 6:57am 09.13.22 Have copy of Bill of Sale which I will respond tomorrow

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