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240 Mast Curve Michael Kotula at 10:59am 07.22.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1454 Is it a normal design condition to have a 4 inch plus curve in the top of a Hunter 240 mast?
"Hatch lids" (1) Jfelkins at 10:57am 07.22.10 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2019 My boat is missing some "hatch covers." Is that what they are called? The holes under the cabin cush
Hunter 23.5 and 240 Owners Homespun at 10:25am 07.22.10 Smaller Boats 11/6478 Hello, I have done a considerable amount of online research on trailerable sailboats and think I ha
Does P42 Stern Locker Drain to Bilge? doughndrx at 10:24am 07.22.10 Big Boats 3/1341 Can anyone confirm whether or not the stern lockers on a 1994 Hunter Passage 42 drain to the bilge?
Family Daysailor - 350lbs or less slatemen at 10:02am 07.22.10 Trailer Sailors 14/12486 Hi all, I need advice. I am looking to purchase a lightweight family daysailer roomy enough fo
Ensign Flag mount Sailoff at 10:01am 07.22.10 Big Boats 6/2744 We have a Hunter 34 (1986) and would like to add a US flag to the stern. But we don't know what kin
What size and type anchor do you use on your C-27? Bill5763 at 9:47am 07.22.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/7195 Hey Skippers, I am wondering what type of anchors my fellow C27 owners are using. I sail on Barneg
What size batteries for a Catalina 27 do I need? caguy at 9:39am 07.22.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/7701 Now that I'm back home I will have a million questions about this boat. First off what batteries ha
Block Island 40 Autopilot jeffaronson at 9:27am 07.22.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1706 I am looking for Block Island 40 owners who have installed autopilots. I am scoping out options for
Looking for Autohelm Autopilot ST4000 parts!!! Ripple at 9:20am 07.22.10 Catalina 30 4/6475 The autopilot is still working perfectly except the clutch handle snapped off and the clips that hol
NOX ALL waste PUMP ADAPTER BILL LETO at 8:15am 07.22.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2548 For a HUnter 2004 326,my deck plate says its 1 1/2 in what size adapter do I buy?
Cooler Storage on a 26S JohnH_V25 at 6:38am 07.22.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/4620 Planning on my first overnight trip. Where do people normally stow a cooler on a 26S. I'm thinking
Who owns a Phantom 14? AXEL at 6:33am 07.22.10 Ask All Sailors 4/9694 A friend gave me a Phantom in late May. It needed some work, no big deal. I actually enjoyed paintin
New H40 owners! EpicAdventure at 5:49am 07.22.10 Big Boats 13/2850 I think we've done it. Our purchase appears to be almost complete of a '87 H40! Excited and a litt
Florida boatyards in July (1) Rick Sylvester at 4:36am 07.22.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2053 are hot. Who knew? Just came back from two weeks hard labor overhauling below-waterline plumbi
New 1980 o'day 23 owner with a load of questions bella bu at 11:35pm 07.21.10 Day Sailers 11/4964 new to me 1980 o'day 23 Im also new to sailing, I would love to see as many pictures as possible of
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W-C 51 Head dxplites at 10:17pm 07.21.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/3425 I have a W-C 51 Head that I am looking for parts for. I read a previous thread that you may have a
$50 sailboat race in Lake Stevens WA Ken13569 at 8:56pm 07.21.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1792 The sailboat race I organize got media coverage last night. Actually it is from a previous race beca
thru-hull problems s/v Ale kai at 8:26pm 07.21.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/8757 Ale kai is a 2003 Beneteau 393 Oceanis. I recently had a faiure in my aft head sink and shower thru-

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Electric swing keel winch - Chrysler 26 Timm R Oday25 at 3:00am 05.12.22 Our first boat was a Catalina 22 with a 550 keel . I'm familiar with what you are trying to accompli
Near the end. sailme88 at 2:44am 05.12.22 You do have an affinity for interesting posts....
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 9:10pm 05.11.22
315 Battery Meter Ralph Johnstone at 9:02pm 05.11.22 I suspect your wiring is pretty much as described by @jssailem and @Calif. Ted . An easy check is
315 Battery Meter jssailem at 8:41pm 05.11.22 Skipper John. what happens when you switch from Batt1 to Batt 2? It is a guess, you would get the
Electric swing keel winch - Chrysler 26 rgranger at 8:05pm 05.11.22 If you raise the ballasted keel all the way, the boat will become unstable, if you do it with the s
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 7:45pm 05.11.22
315 Battery Meter Calif. Ted at 7:35pm 05.11.22 Are the house batteries not connected in parallel so they would read as a single battery, so Batt 1
V birth clothes locker latch mechanism? Phil Herring at 7:02pm 05.11.22 If I recall correctly, the 356 run used a couple of different catch mechanisms. If you could photogr
Which antiseize on injectors? skunther at 6:56pm 05.11.22 I removed & re-installed my 3 injectors a year ago after 20 years. I didn't read anything about us
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
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205242
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

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