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ethanol/ stable/ sea foam Chuck Creel at 3:36pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 47/8852 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 4/2563 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 14/6276 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 12/5785 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 3/3236 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 4/2898 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 5/5128 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 9/3015 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 23/12448 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 5/3630 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 3/1335 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 3/1650 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 11/3675 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 3/3961 The pintles and gudgeons on my 1979 Oday 23 have a lot of play in them that seems to be getting wors
Quick fix trailering? jmark at 4:51am 05.14.11 Trailer Sailors 10/4482 Hi, I am new to sailboats and the activities involved in maintaining and moving them. I want to get
73 Ranger 29 Pics - Inside and Outside lemuscounseling at 7:49pm 05.13.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8680 I would love to see any 73 Ranger 29 pics so I can see how mine will look after I'm done working on
Hunter 410 stern rail seats Don Lucas at 3:11pm 05.13.11 Big Boats 4/1591 I have a new to me 410. The stern rail seats are off the boat and I don't know whether the drink hol
Another Sailboat 'Capsize' Rick D at 3:09pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/6815 This seems awfully familiar: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110513/ap_on_re_us/us_va_capsized_boat
New Prop The chief at 2:15pm 05.13.11 Catalina 30 13/3720 I have a 1989 cat 30 TRBS with Wing. It has the standard Universal M25XP Engine. When I purchased it
need pro's and con's bill beyler at 2:10pm 05.13.11 Smaller Boats 6/2062 I bought a 23.5 Hunter last year and moored it on Lake Mendota in Madison Wi. The boat has a CDI fur

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Throttle Shifter thetone at 1:08pm 08.24.22 This one works great for replacing the now obsolete MV-1 https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/part.php?m
Boat stand height and quantity for H386 Marmalade at 12:50pm 08.24.22 This might be a good reference on the heights/locations for supports. H386 Shipping Cradle
Is this Y-33 worth restoring? Roland5048 at 12:41pm 08.24.22 A dock neighbor of mine bought a 37 Irwin three years ago whose interior looked like the one in your
Throttle Shifter Dave Groshong at 12:36pm 08.24.22 This one works great for replacing the now obsolete MV-1 https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/part.php?m
old boat needs metal holder to step mast into shemandr at 12:33pm 08.24.22 I've been wrong enough today but is it possible that the nipple fits into the rectangular opening in
Throttle Shifter JoeWhite at 12:17pm 08.24.22 Have you tried taking it apart and providing some grease. It may have a broken coil spring.
Top of Mast FastOlson at 12:13pm 08.24.22 If the base loading coil for the VHF is older, it might be a model with the ss rod embedded down thr
Boat stand height and quantity for H386 dtrask at 11:51am 08.24.22 Hi Andrew, the boat won't be at a marina or boatyard and the transport company isn't providing them
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 11:50am 08.24.22 Understand the issue.The Seacock was closed. I don't really have a water lift muffler like so many
Shrouds WI Rigger at 11:40am 08.24.22 Has anyone lost one of their halyards down the mast? If so, did you have to drop the mast to rethrea
Boat stand height and quantity for H386 shemandr at 11:29am 08.24.22 Why don't you rent the stands from the boatyard for the first lay up and see what they use. Then yo
old boat needs metal holder to step mast into (2) Kandydisbar at 11:20am 08.24.22 Send photos of bottom of the mast. Here ya go.
old boat needs metal holder to step mast into Kandydisbar at 11:06am 08.24.22 Looks a bit like a Lightening
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 10:10am 08.24.22 I am at home today, practicing my varnishing skills on the sunroom woodwork.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 10:09am 08.24.22 With the cranking that was done, was the seawater thru-hull closed and the water lift muffler drain
Hunter 460 rear port seat pulpit (1) sail sfbay at 10:07am 08.24.22 I would contact these guys with a Hunter 460 image off the internet, like the one below, marked up w
Hunter 460 rear port seat pulpit Sisyphus at 10:01am 08.24.22 Welcome to the forum!! Please post a photo of what you want to replace. Make a dimenional sketch an
Yamaha 30 - rudder - drop / inspection / maintenance sail sfbay at 10:00am 08.24.22 Good plan to inspect your rudder bearing during haul out. Some helpful articles below. Sailboat Rudd
Hunter 460 rear port seat pulpit Sisyphus at 9:59am 08.24.22 Did you send an e-mail to the store on this site? No I haven't. We are in the process of buying
Top of Mast Parsons at 9:33am 08.24.22 Looks like the cable is just standard TV coax with an internal connection (oxidizing). I cannot gue

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