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Beneteau bottom paint color 361 mshimota at 7:24am 03.16.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1887 I'm trying to find the greenish/blue paint color to match my 361 sailboat bottom. The two beneteau
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning John Marrone at 7:11am 03.16.22 Catalina 22 8/5121 When we got our 1987 Catalina 22 there was a lot of hull surface oxidation. Used the typical McGuire
Hunter 36 2007 Spin George Braun at 5:19am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/665 looking hard at a 2007 36 this weekend. Selden furling mast. Does anyone know if this mast has or
Swim Platform Lockers Bill19233 at 5:16am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1022 I have a 2000 Hunter 340, I need to replace the rubber latches on the swim platform lockers. I have
302 keel construction cah at 9:31pm 03.15.22 Ask An Oday Owner 1/593 how is the 302 keel made. Is it cast iron? Lead? what is best way to protect it?
Tenara sewing threads Ken13559 at 5:00pm 03.15.22 Ask All Sailors 22/4319 Has anyone tried Sailrite's Tenara threads for Bimini and sailcovers repair? Is this thread difficul
Handrails for 25.5 (1) RKMCCORKLE at 4:07pm 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/748 I'm trying to get handrails for a Hunter 25.5. whitecap has the 4 loop 43inch but they don't match u
Transducer through hull size Suntala66 at 2:53pm 03.15.22 Ask All Sailors 5/2839 I recently bought a 1991 Hunter 37.5 Legend and I need to replace the depth finder transducer. I am
H34 1984 prop strut replacement Mike Oldak at 12:42pm 03.15.22 Big Boats 11/1835 apparently one of the causes of my engine vibration was a loose strut. any suggestions? where are
Isomat reefing line length Dan Kelly at 12:20pm 03.15.22 Big Boats 9/1725 Hunter passage 42 Does anyone know the length of line required to replace both the 1st and second r
42 Passage aft shower drain (3) wade the giant at 11:41am 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/739 Our aft shower drain was never connected properly to the drain hose. So I disconnected the drain( it
Rudder Post & Bearing Issues 1984 Hunter 34 bman at 11:31am 03.15.22 Big Boats 12/1751 Hello All- After being told that there was lateral movement with the rudder on my H34 and that the B
Beware the Ides of March jssailem at 11:11am 03.15.22 Sails Call Lounge 3/583 https://duckduckgo.com/i/fee8a7da.jpg Ides of March The Ides of March is the 74th day in the Roman c
Icemaker under Nav station - Hunter 36 2006 George Braun at 11:11am 03.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/663 anyone know if this was a factory option? Size? Brand of icemaker? anyone replace with second frid
New sails kendyoozed at 10:48am 03.15.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3489 I need new sails. My sails are probably original. I need some guidance on what to purchase. I like
Pull start problem on Evinrude 8hp 19196 Light air at 9:22am 03.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 2/747 Yesterday I went out to my boat to check on any damage that may have happened due to high winds and
Sausage Makers? jviss at 6:31pm 03.14.22 Sails Call Lounge 10/1040 Anyone make their own sausage? I've gotten into brewing beer and smoking meats, and now I'm thinkin
Water line stripe color Gdindy at 6:09pm 03.14.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/758 Anyone suggestions for the color formula or where to buy pre-made qt. of paint for the water line d
Hunter 31 1984 Life lInes Glenn2002 at 6:03pm 03.14.22 Mid-Size Boats 10/1804 Our top starboard lifeline broke the other day when we were attempting to close it. It snapped near
Replacement for Original Aluminum Deck Fills Clutch Cargo at 3:07pm 03.14.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/774 I thought I'd start a new thread because the other one is getting rather large and this is a much mo

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The holy grail of all questions nautical kappykaplan at 9:36am 04.04.25 Here goes . "how does one keep toilet paper from becoming soggy when onboard for any length of time
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Stu Jackson at 9:33am 04.04.25 Does Catalina recomend 235 ft. lbs.? I set mine to 110 which is around what Catalina reccomends for
Removing the Steering Shaft on a Merriman/Yach Specialties Pedestal Sable Sailor at 9:29am 04.04.25 Apologies for being so late in replying. Thanks for the suggestions. The manual just shows a pin (ro
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit fred1diver at 9:12am 04.04.25 Did you by any chance try to contact a Honda dealer to ask them? it might be a common issue that t
Starting battery Davidasailor26 at 8:38am 04.04.25 Yeah, maybe. Engineers are pretty conservative to begin with. Adding another safety factor on top o
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 8:35am 04.04.25 Another option might be a deep-offset box wrench. But I'm not sure you have the clearance on those n
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 8:31am 04.04.25 Forgive me for starting with the obvious: Is the engine getting fuel, air, and spark? Make sure the
Starting battery mermike at 8:26am 04.04.25 And a pinch of reserve.:biggrin: Yeah, maybe. Engineers are pretty conservative to begin with. Add
Cracks in the bilge HermanHunter at 8:18am 04.04.25 From what can be seen in the picture, nothing looks alarming. Those bolt look brand new. It does
Cracks in the bilge HermanHunter at 8:12am 04.04.25
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? marcham at 8:07am 04.04.25 In that case, since you have a big repair area, it would be best if your contractor were to do a co
fresh water flush jssailem at 8:05am 04.04.25 Whatever resolves your need makes sense. :biggrin:
Cracks in the bilge HermanHunter at 8:05am 04.04.25 To me, that just looks like what happens to really thick gelcoat if there is the tiniest amount of
fresh water flush Arrgh at 8:03am 04.04.25 Wow! I didn't think this would gain so much attention. Interesting to read everyone's solution. I
Replacing nuts on keel bolts MFD at 7:58am 04.04.25 If you know what a crews foot wrench is, looks like you could get one of those in to tighten those
Replacing nuts on keel bolts MFD at 7:56am 04.04.25 First of all, congratulations on doing this, it is inspirational and on the backlog of maintenance t
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 7:50am 04.04.25 If you know what a crews foot wrench is, looks like you could get one of those in to tighten those n
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dmax at 7:44am 04.04.25 That's a lot of keel bolt - my O'Day 35 had 7 that were 3/4" for a 4600 lb. keel. The most forward o
Cracks in the bilge (1) Dalliance at 7:41am 04.04.25
Cracks in the bilge Will Gilmore at 7:38am 04.04.25 From what can be seen in the picture, nothing looks alarming. Those bolt look brand new. It does l

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