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Cabin Vanity Mirrors John Hosty at 6:36am 04.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1103 Alas both the mirrors in the forward cabin on my H41 have broken. Can anybody help me with size spec
Hunter 33 leak - hard to trace (1) Dreamer at 6:27am 04.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3345 Dear All My Hunter 33 (2006) has a leak which shows in the area of the shower pump (lowest part of t
Kids Life Vests (2) gpd955 at 6:07am 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1615 Sean is on the cusp of reaching the weight limit for his current life vest, a Mustang Li'l Legends.
Bilge garylinger at 5:41am 04.18.11 S2 15/2821 I have a 1980 9.2C. There is a 'hatch' in the cabin sole just below the companionway stairs, in the
Catalina 270 head issue SimplyGern at 5:34am 04.18.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/7438 I have a 1994 Catalina 270. The vent for the black water tank is vented through one of the stanchio
Critically Damped Vessel Motion Ariel at 4:50am 04.18.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1170 Roger, Congratulations on your article "Critically Damped Vessel Motion" in the May/June issue of
Installing Chartplotter jmhoffman at 4:31am 04.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 9/4313 Hello All, I own a 2000 Hunter 290. My goal is to mount my Garmen 541 Chartplotter on the pedestal.
Battery Geriatrics Roger Long at 3:40am 04.18.11 Musings With Maine Sail 19/7226 OK, now that we know that I'm not the person to ask about batteries http://forums.sbo.sailboatowner
Waxing Mark H at 11:48pm 04.17.11 Smaller Boats 7/2457 Guys can I be given some good ways and products for waxing my deck and hull.? I'm old school so I kn
Raw Water Strainer?? rpell46 at 9:33pm 04.17.11 Catalina 30 13/4635 Hi all, My '91 Cat.30 is still on the hard, waiting patiently to get wet again. After finishing a
Electrical upgrade FourPoints at 9:00pm 04.17.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1505 Just posted pics from the installation of a battery switch and electrical system upgrade I completed
Curious about the head setup on Hunter 37.5 bugsboat at 7:49pm 04.17.11 Big Boats 5/1826 We are experiencing a backflow problem with our head. After flushing, water runs back into the tolie
Catalina boom bowlinguy800 at 7:02pm 04.17.11 Catalina 22 7/2767 Hello All, I'm in need of a boom. I purchased an 1984 Catalina 22 which came with a mast but no boo
Traveler Control Lines on Port Side rpwillia at 6:59pm 04.17.11 Catalina 310 11/3853 Finally got the whole story from Guido at Garhauer. Since the MT-2 traveler has the sheaves riveted
Mod Traveler so control lines are on port side rpwillia at 6:58pm 04.17.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 0/2 Finally got the whole story from Guido at Garhauer. Since the MT-2 traveler has the sheaves riveted
Adjusting Voltage Meter rpwillia at 6:53pm 04.17.11 Catalina 310 10/3597 My meter is reading at 15volts, but when I put my digital meter on it, I get 14.5volts. I suspect th
My 1st adventure on the MAC (1) doehunter at 6:50pm 04.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1615 This weekend I went out with my son on his 1st overnighter. Launched at Offats Bayou in Galveston T
Bleeding the fuel lines (1) rpwillia at 6:09pm 04.17.11 Catalina 310 15/7473 Although the Universal manual says that the M25XPB is self-bleeding that isn't necessarily so. So af
Anyone in Charleston SC going to check out the Velux 5 Ocean Scott B at 5:28pm 04.17.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2092 The Velux 5 Ocean race, Sprint 4, is ending in Charleston in 30 - 60 hours. Anyone in the area goin
A Lady J follow-up... (20) CharlieCobra at 5:18pm 04.17.11 Ask All Sailors 16/3925 Here's a long delayed follow-up on Lady J. The interior paint is done but we have some assembly of v

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What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Mikem at 9:50pm 07.13.22 This is why my broter and I bought 300 acres in Northern Maine Ski country so we can build where ev
Port hatch on Hunter23 help Billleathen at 8:26pm 07.13.22 Thanks. New question. Do you have any advice on mounting a raymarine tiller auto pilot on the H
Groco or Apolo thru hull Vaves? ramoore at 8:08pm 07.13.22 Velero, please make sure you understand the possible thread mismatch between thru-hulls and the scre
Funny Friday!!! (1) jssailem at 7:53pm 07.13.22 207294
Halyard choice opinions... Scott T-Bird at 6:54pm 07.13.22 I bought 4 different models of lines this year in multiple sizes, I am very impressed with the 8 mm
Air conditioning issue Crusty Ol Salt at 6:48pm 07.13.22 Mateo, that's not a bad price for coming out to your boat. Unfortunately, what ever is leaking is p
Need to figure out what model Universal diesel Captain Marcus at 6:43pm 07.13.22 If it's a Kubota block like mine the oil dipstick will have # printed on it. Mine says Z500 (Kubota
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? SBO Police Bot at 6:39pm 07.13.22
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? (1) Scott T-Bird at 6:23pm 07.13.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2F
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race Knuttle at 6:15pm 07.13.22 There is another factor that must be consider when you are deciding between a broad reach and downwi
Failed Bottom Paint - Puget Sound - Options jssailem at 6:00pm 07.13.22 Could this be another case of "Don't ask... Don't tell" ?
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? jssailem at 5:48pm 07.13.22 On average, electric vehicles generate a negative environmental benefit of about -0.5 cents per mile
Failed Bottom Paint - Puget Sound - Options fstbttms at 5:42pm 07.13.22 With the paint or cleaning? Cleaning ablative paints is illegal in your state.
Failed Bottom Paint - Puget Sound - Options Mark Maulden at 5:40pm 07.13.22 You are in violation of the law :p With the paint or cleaning?
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Brian D at 5:40pm 07.13.22 I would wander back to Walmart and see if any of the other ones on the shelf have the little plasti
Decoding Beneteau Hull number (HIN) Hollyberry at 5:33pm 07.13.22 Looking for same info... HIN starts with BEY but it's a '91 so I don't think the FR prefix was in pl
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? jviss at 4:51pm 07.13.22 Speaking of neighborhoods...I'm currently evacuating the house I've lived n for 25 years, in a wonde
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Tally Ho at 4:51pm 07.13.22 How in the heck did we get this thread far off track ?
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? kappykaplan at 4:44pm 07.13.22 getting back out is getting harder:) :plus: I can identify with that, too!!! :beer:
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? Tally Ho at 4:42pm 07.13.22 Sure is! But as I've gotten older, getting DOWN into little cars has gotten too hard! :beer: Gett

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