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Custom toggles and 3/4 inch turnbuckles steveebryant at 11:57am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2524 I have a Hunter 30. There is a headsail furler well in the bow of the boat. I have purchased a new H
Laptop GPS Compatibility MKirk51 at 11:35am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 22/4924 I'm gonna be getting a laptop, GPS and road navigation software real soon. I'm on the hard so I'll h
Any Artists out there? codfather at 9:21am 12.09.09 Sails Call Lounge 16/6309 My wife and I are both artists. I was wondering if there are others on this site that are into doing
Cutlass bearing replacement chrisericson at 8:59am 12.09.09 Ericson 0/1993 Has anyone had experience replacing the cutlass bearing on an Ericson 29 ?
Continued Autopilot Woes... Levin at 8:25am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2029 Hello everyone... Seems I can never get away from Autopilot woes. I had all kinds of problems wit
I've been hit ! Pat T at 8:15am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 19/3009 The boat is alll put away for winter on cradle, custom cover on, batteries disconnected ' charged, e
fixing a teak hatch... Valentina at 7:32am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1621 Hey there sailors. As my winter project I am fixing up a sliding companionway hatch on E27 It is mad
sailing schools jimmyp at 5:43am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1681 I plan to take my family to St. Petersberg, Fla for the holidays. I plan to enroll them into a sail
Tampa to the Keys IrishLunaSea at 4:40am 12.09.09 Smaller Boats 13/13480 Hello, I am sailing my 23.5 out of Tampa Bay and plan to head to the keys for a few weeks at Christm
Sailing fast with instruments Quoddy at 4:13am 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 27/5843 Does wind instrumentation help you sail faster? If so, how?
Id Decals For Tools BroadReach at 10:53pm 12.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1682 Over the summer months I had several problems on my Hunter Legend 35 that require my metric and SAE
How Far Offshore Single-Handed???? Sumner at 7:59pm 12.08.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3896 Just interested in knowing if any of you have sailed single-handed off-shore: 25-50 miles? 50-10
Taking a poll...changing bulbs in the mast BobM at 6:56pm 12.08.09 Ask All Sailors 22/6742 At some time in your life you will be faced with a mast light failure. In a discussion elsewhere I
Change in prop pitch BobM at 6:49pm 12.08.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3100 Will going from a 16RH9 to a 16RH12 pitch be a significant change? The later is a folding Martec an
Boom Vang Bale sightline at 6:34pm 12.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2465 How far from the mast is the Boom Vang Bale attached to the boom?
Electrosense tank monitor YorkshireLad at 5:53pm 12.08.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/3942 I am getting around to replacing the holding tank on my h40.5. No leak yet, but from what I read, i
New-sail prices jcherubini at 5:35pm 12.08.09 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2620 Is it me; or are the Doyle prices on the HOW sail loft/chandlery WAY higher than Sail Warehouse and
25 O'Day 1979 stern port side access boards huffwahoo at 4:30pm 12.08.09 Day Sailers 4/1855 I recently purchased a 1979, 25 Oday, centerboard configuration that I am in the process of restorin
water pump alans at 4:09pm 12.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1656 hi, i have a yanmar 2gm20f, noticed my water pump dripping. would you recommend a rebuilding kit or
Questions about a Solent rig robertsapp at 3:45pm 12.08.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/9739 We recently bought a Hunter 336 which has what is basically a Solent rig - two headstays with the wo

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Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits thinwater at 2:06pm 04.15.22 Good post @Scott B I'll just add that the fastening hardware should never be part of the conducting
A Technically Sophisticated Repair dLj at 1:56pm 04.15.22 I have about 8 hours of music on my phone but mostly I just listen to Spotify now. I use a Bluetoot
37C Portlight Dave Groshong at 1:53pm 04.15.22 We've only sold 512's and 715's for that boat, so if it is the bigger one, pretty safe bet it is a
What do you think of this...... dLj at 1:43pm 04.15.22
What do you think of this...... Rick486 at 1:33pm 04.15.22 In 47 years of sailboat ownership, I have never seen a fitting that looked like that. As kwe all now
Repurposing a Rope Clutch (1) dkinzer at 1:27pm 04.15.22 We have a mast mounted clutch for our roller furling jib halyard. I decided to mount a horn cleat
240 fender location when docking (1) patbratton at 1:25pm 04.15.22 Obviously a noob question, but where do you all with 240s like to tie on your fenders for docking?
40.5: Shaft growth rgranger at 1:13pm 04.15.22 At any rate, the Rust Oleum Cold Galvanizing I have never used this product as a bottom paint but
Raymarine I40 wind? fred1diver at 12:35pm 04.15.22 How did you like it? How much do you want for it?
What do you think of this...... NYSail at 12:31pm 04.15.22 @NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
What do you think of this...... dlochner at 12:30pm 04.15.22 She dropped off old and picked up new. Said every one of them are bent. a refund. If you are picki
What do you think of this...... NYSail at 12:30pm 04.15.22 @NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
What do you think of this...... (1) NYSail at 12:28pm 04.15.22 She dropped off old and picked up new. Said every one of them are bent.
What do you think of this...... dLj at 12:27pm 04.15.22 @NYSail I'm not sure what you mean by "bogus"... Bogus: not genuine or true; fake. But if that's
What do you think of this...... dlochner at 12:26pm 04.15.22 Not a good swage because of the bend. Whether it left the rigging shop that way or was damaged in tr
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 12:21pm 04.15.22 Good stuff Mike. It's great to see new life being breathed into an old boat. And I'm sure your dock
Removing lettering stain randerson5726 at 12:16pm 04.15.22 I thought it looked like the gelcoat has been bleached out except where the letters were rather tha
86 Hunter 25.5 (1) Mrfixit at 12:15pm 04.15.22 If this helps, here is the plumbing diagram for the 285 Hunter. The bilge pump discharge tubing goes
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits DArcy at 12:05pm 04.15.22 Good post @Scott B I'll just add that the fastening hardware should never be part of the conducting
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? LloydB at 11:54am 04.15.22 If you buy that boat you will most likely want to repair the wiring and if the bilge pump works now

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