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Hunter 40 Mast Step Well jmag at 6:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1060 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 7/2478 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 6/2113 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 36/10296 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 3/1999 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 2/1391 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1626 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 2/2888 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 13/6095 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 27/14848 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 18/7033 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 2/1761 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 3/2141 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) 2/2892 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 2/5014 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 5/2073 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 0/1078 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) 0/2656 I will soon need to replace the swing keel in my Ranger 20. Does anyone make replacements?
Cruise to Ensenada Levin at 9:34am 05.21.11 Destinations 30/12915 Hello all... I've been toying with plans for a cruise to Ensenada later this summer and wonder
Mast Climbing? cscott at 9:24am 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3486 Question? Have any of you ever climbed the mast of your Mac 26? If so, what equipment did you use?

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HELP Rick Webb at 3:48pm 09.24.22 Your 5200 will be a good temporary repair until you get around to doing the complicated repair in 20
HELP Jamesiv1 at 3:38pm 09.24.22 Make a temporary repair until you pull the boat. Which it sounds like you are off to a good start.
HELP Jamesiv1 at 3:35pm 09.24.22 Why would there be a layer of wood? Catalina did not core their hulls. And why would you be getting
Spring for Forespar Whisker Pole? Rick Webb at 3:24pm 09.24.22 Received the spring from Sailor Sue in the mail this afternoon. It is exactly correct. Thanks so muc
First 405 Rudder Parts JohnShannon at 3:04pm 09.24.22 Probably was a spacer, a gap between the rudder and the hull reduces efficiency and the First serie
Hunter 33, 2015 Scott T-Bird at 3:01pm 09.24.22 I don't think it matters that they are keel bolts. The torque is whatever is published for the size
Anyone in PEI CA willing to check a boat out? Epic1969 at 2:26pm 09.24.22 Yes in the big picture the boat is the least of their problems! i second prayers to those hit by Fi
Invest 98L JamesG161 at 2:20pm 09.24.22 Dammit Jim, hope you are doing well this morning. Any perspectives. I am supposed to attend a "beac
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up Monheganlover at 2:06pm 09.24.22 Thanks for all the great suggestions!
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries (1) senang at 1:34pm 09.24.22 Here is the page of our 3JH4E manual for the engine mounts. It shows a port/starbord differentiazati
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up marchem at 1:16pm 09.24.22 While you are rebedding them you should consider using epoxy to seal the core around each of them. I
Invest 98L (1) jssailem at 1:14pm 09.24.22 While Ian is still classified as a Tropical Storm we can expect the storm to turn north within the n
where to add a second halyard ingramsail at 1:00pm 09.24.22 Thanks Dave, pulled the jib down this morning. The track is a poly extrusion, will go back later an
Anyone in PEI CA willing to check a boat out? jssailem at 12:54pm 09.24.22 Thanks HB for posting the news link for PEI. They were hit hard. A little like the US East Coast whe
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean Crusty Ol Salt at 12:11pm 09.24.22 There's a big difference between going to the Bahamas, a long day sail from Florida or to the Carib
HELP Crusty Ol Salt at 12:05pm 09.24.22 Make a temporary repair until you pull the boat. Which it sounds like you are off to a good start. I
HELP Alan Gomes at 11:44am 09.24.22
HELP Jamesiv1 at 11:31am 09.24.22
suggestions to try for : my brand new New Yanmar 1 Gm10 which won't start. ? sesmith at 11:19am 09.24.22 You didn't mention bleeding at the injector. Crack open the line fitting at the injector and crank
where to add a second halyard Crazy Dave Condon at 11:18am 09.24.22 @isaksp00 gave some good advice on raising and lowering the mast. I would recommend removing the s

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