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Mast Carrier AnnapCoveJim at 5:09am 03.07.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1716 Where is the best place to get replacement parts for my 26M? Specifically I would like to replace
Hunter 34 Deck Joint/Cap Rail Imagine That at 3:29am 03.07.10 Big Boats 14/2363 Does anyone know if the upper holed part of the toe rail on the 1983-1986 Hunter 34 has any longitud
1987 Hunter 23 lcoop at 8:15pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1835 I just purchased a 1987 Hunter 23 and would like an owners manual anyone know where I can get one.
lost centerboard Robert Holson at 8:01pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1319 hi all, got a BIG problem, to wit, the centerboard has fallen off my Hunter 26 water ballast sailboa
Ugly Pedestal/ Nice Improvements (2) Hermit Scott at 7:49pm 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 27/8707 I made a GPS holder and cup holder(that will hold a 40 of malt liquor). The cockpit table is complet
missing boom justsailing at 7:22pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1231 Im trying to rebuild a Hunter 27 1981 and its missing a boom, where can i find one use ? I been look
Oh Joy Resto 03/06/10 and a B-Day party... (10) CharlieCobra at 7:14pm 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1851 I got in some of that big Locust today. A single board weighs right at 100 Lbs. Ya oughta try wres
Westerbeke Parts Source Marquesas at 6:44pm 03.06.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1384 New owner to a Westerbeke 30B Three engine. Boat is located in Toronto. Trying to located an inexpen
Beneteau 361 performance br111 at 6:26pm 03.06.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/14069 By my signature line, you can see we haven't picked a boat yet. I've been researching 361s, remember
Drill to power winches Eric Mitterndorfer at 4:50pm 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 50/20054 I have heard of people who use a cordless drill with a couple of batteries as a driver for boat winc
Hunter 27 hull thickness... (3) emkay at 3:15pm 03.06.10 The Cherubini Hunters 1/2991 Never could find info on this anywhere, but now I know. I removed the old transducers to install new
Crack in hull bottom (2) BoatBum at 2:25pm 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2216 29235.vB 29236.vBI was starting to get my 1985 Hunter 25.5 shoal draft ready for a bottom job when
Rigging help please mikemo at 2:03pm 03.06.10 Catalina 22 8/2129 Greetings everyone. You might remember me asking advice when buying a 1972 Cat 22 in January. After
Looking at Bristol 29 1970 Hover212 at 1:26pm 03.06.10 Bristol 12/7087 I started on the Oday forum as I have a 1974 Oday 27 with delam issues. Everyone pretty much said lo
Swing Keel / Centerboard removal & maintenance: Hunter 22 (1) ksetchfield at 12:15pm 03.06.10 Smaller Boats 14/11415 Hi Everyone, With the nice weather this weekend, I got to the marina and pulled the keel off my 198
O'Day 222 roller furling BAHoff at 12:05pm 03.06.10 Sails Call Lounge 0/3375 I want to to buy a roller furling system and new sail. Have only used a traditional jib. Have look
Dagger Board 26macsailer at 11:01am 03.06.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/106 I took my dagger board out on my 88 MacGregor D and noticed that there are four manufactured holes i
Online Hunter Manual? btanderson00 at 10:33am 03.06.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1324 Hello all, Does anyone know of an online Hunter owner's manual link? Thanks!
DIY Battens RECESS at 9:40am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 10/13398 I read a short thread on Sailnet that SailDog was in but it had very few replies of people that have
Sticker Required or Ad over the Top? (1) rpwillia at 8:54am 03.06.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2579 Got this email from a local boat dealer. Is this bogus? I was aware you get get the USCG Auxiliary t

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Need larger hole in hatch Ralph Johnstone at 9:05am 02.21.22 I don't know the exact mechanism, but I can tell you from experience that machining acrylic, even w
Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds cb32863 at 9:04am 02.21.22 Use white electrical tape and tape your shrouds vertical to your lifelines. They let go when the mas
B&G Vulcan 7 help dlochner at 8:57am 02.21.22 Are sure you used distance and not distance to waypoint (DTW)? Make certain you clear the cursor or
Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds (1) RussC at 8:57am 02.21.22 1/4" bolt 2 1/2" long with nyloc nut keeps the toggles from falling over wile raising the mast. to
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping (1) jssailem at 8:56am 02.21.22 Just about enough to do two repacks. ircumference is about 4.3". With 3 turns to fill the stuffing b
Anyone knows anything about Woodster ? Ralph Johnstone at 8:53am 02.21.22 His shore power has been off for a year due to a hurricane last year and he is having to use a port
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:50am 02.21.22 I ended up using the standard inexpensive waxed flax stuffing material. Didn't know waxed was sti
Auto-Pilots jssailem at 8:50am 02.21.22 two of them threaded so that should distribute the load. The either will or they won't. At the lea
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping Ralph Johnstone at 8:40am 02.21.22 just replaced my old traditional stuffing box with a Volvo dripless stuffing box. Talk about luxu
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) jssailem at 8:35am 02.21.22 What did you do @Orbweaver ? no sooner than I started reading your post than the skys opened and rai
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Tom J at 8:33am 02.21.22
BATTERY BANK SETUP Don S/V ILLusion at 8:26am 02.21.22 You currently have about 3.84 kWh (80ah 4 * 12v) at full capacity, a little less than 2kwh usab*
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:13am 02.21.22
Stove Dimensions jssailem at 8:10am 02.21.22 Looks serviceable. I had one in my 1974 boat. Decided I wanted to replace the gas line, regulator, f
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Justin_NSA at 8:00am 02.21.22 We're supposed to reach 70 degrees today but only a high of 20 tomorrow as a "polar pulse comes down
BATTERY BANK SETUP dlochner at 7:54am 02.21.22 I purchased a 10kW motor from a manufacturer. The distance to motor from my slip to open water (Pot
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Orbweaver at 7:50am 02.21.22
Hunter 33 Stuffing Box dripping jssailem at 7:45am 02.21.22 The beauty of a stuffing box is the immediate feed back it gives. It works or it does not. YODA wou
Bosun's chair mikeracca at 7:45am 02.21.22 Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will be needing something here soon.
BATTERY BANK SETUP jr22553 at 7:40am 02.21.22 Lot of questions. The biggest question is what kind of power does your motor need? How big is the m

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