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Check your boat cover Mike G. at 6:16am 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1845 This has been a tough January here in Connecticut. We are not used to the excessive snow of recent
Hunter 37 armandogrg at 5:34am 02.07.11 Big Boats 1/1318 Need full, specs to rebuild a 1979 Hunter. Any nideas nwhere?
Carbon rigs Followinc at 5:17am 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2019 When considering investing in a carbon rig what criteria do you use to select the supplier? I know t
Spinnaker Pole Height Question Ducati at 4:42am 02.07.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/5515 Can you tell me why and when we raise or lower the spinnaker pole? Thanks
differences Delta Don at 2:31am 02.07.11 Day Sailers 2/1634 I was wondering if anybody knew what upgrades or fixes hunter made to the 18. Would these be retrof
Kudos to Peggie (1) Phil Herring at 9:16pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3957 Practical Sailor, in their February issue, has a comparison of electric heads. Of special note to
Cherubini brass Emblem (1) SMACGW at 9:09pm 02.06.11 The Cherubini Hunters 16/3322 Fellow Sailors- Anyone know where I can obtain the brass angles emblems that went on the stern of s
PaulJ's Spinnaker Furler rpwillia at 8:38pm 02.06.11 Catalina 310 8/2550 PaulJ, A guy in my yacht club lost the mast on his Hunter33 last year, and is in the process of havi
Electric head with macerator GingerP at 7:57pm 02.06.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/7987 We just spent the first night on our new 386 with Jabsco electric head. It has a switch with one si
Pearson 323bow sprit diameter MoonSailer at 5:30pm 02.06.11 Pearson 0/1261 I lost my notes and forgot the diameter of the tubeing used on the bowsprit. I think it is about 1
Need advise on outside WiFi antenna for Panama searching 4 paradise at 4:33pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 19/5464 Hi Group, You guys have always been so helpful, let me throw this one at you. We are sailing Roa
Got my fix today! gpd955 at 3:14pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1960 Been going through the mid off-season depression lately so I took a short train trip to the AC Int'l
sizing truck to tow catalina 30. roygeorge at 3:12pm 02.06.11 Catalina 30 1/1487 i have my boat docked in a fresh water lake near napa, ca. i need to tow it to sacramento for a ne
New photo album to share Dalliance at 2:35pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1775 Over the last five years I have learned a lot from this site, especially the Hunter and Hunter Cheru
Looking for a Surveyor Recommendation in Baltimore area galliob at 2:35pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 8/4944 We are in the process of completing purchase on a used Hunter Legend 35.5 and need to find a good su
Purchase of 336/Survey rachelmackenzie at 10:17am 02.06.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1589 We have put a deposit on a 1995 336. The sale is of course dependent on a survey in the spring. Ca
Good boat for charter? Admiral Akbar at 7:58am 02.06.11 Big Boats 6/1621 What are some good boats for charter? Over 38' new or old.
Beneteau 37.6 nearly goes down, we saved this one (4) C Jones at 7:18am 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 27/6795 Yesterday morning (Saturday) one of the guys on our dock found this Beneteau 37.6 down to the anchor
bow pulpit tedkleban at 6:34am 02.06.11 Day Sailers 1/1807 need help finding a bow pulpit for a 1973 23 ft oday or information on how to straighten one out. ki
Self Tacking Jib? Ed Redmond at 5:55am 02.06.11 Big Boats 2/2399 I have a Hunter 41AC and I'm looking to convert to a self tacking jib. I'm looking at eiother adding

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Which antiseize on injectors? skunther at 6:54pm 05.11.22 I have used this for 50 yrs on everything with good results: Never Seez Regular Grade Anti Seize
Low friction rings Richard19068 at 6:37pm 05.11.22 Perfect. I had not seen the link. (I got discracted looking at the pictures.) Funny. I did too.
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205243
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Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 6:24pm 05.11.22
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:23pm 05.11.22 It sounds like the conclusion of PS was exactly in alignment with my preliminary hypothesis. "Conclu
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 05.11.22 Did you read the P-S article I linked to? That should answer your question. Perfect. I had not se
Sailing the Heel Two Sails at 6:19pm 05.11.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvasse
Low friction rings dlochner at 6:13pm 05.11.22 My question was "Is there any difference between the brands of rings or do I just shop for the chea
Hunter 376 inverter charger cagreen75 at 6:06pm 05.11.22 I would suggest that you venture over to this site: Electrical Archives - Marine How To There is a v
Frustrating latches on C315 Skipper John at 6:02pm 05.11.22
Has anyone purchased from Boatersland.com? Tally Ho at 5:59pm 05.11.22 I'm considering updating my outdated, unsupported and (partially) broken X5 Raymarine autopilot set
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 5:55pm 05.11.22 As I have noted before, the drawing is of my current system which uses single blocks. IT DOES NOT S
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 5:43pm 05.11.22 How much time should I expect to spend bottom painting my boat? 28 foot Oday never done it before on
Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 Tally Ho at 5:42pm 05.11.22 Hey Sailors! Has anyone found an easy drop in replacement for the Ritchie Powerdamp compass on the
Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 BOSSailor at 5:11pm 05.11.22 You can have Ritchie refurbish the compass for far cheaper than a new one. I sent mine off to them l
Winch maintenance - how often do you? All U Get at 4:45pm 05.11.22 Just did mine, all thirteen. Mostly sticky grease with little wear.
Installing a Rule-A-Matic Series 40A Float Switch JoeWhite at 3:34pm 05.11.22 As above, you can use dremal tool to cut the head of the screw off, then remove the float switch the
Outboard engines on 17 foot daysailer Nomad MarkGreen8020 at 3:20pm 05.11.22 Hi Benny. Thank you for the reply. When you say how the boat can handle the weight do you mean even
Installing a Rule-A-Matic Series 40A Float Switch sail sfbay at 3:05pm 05.11.22 One strategy is to chip/break the plastic away from the screws, remove the float switch, carefully r

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