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Bent Stanchions spadaforaj at 4:19pm 11.25.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1810 My Hunter 33 has quite a few severly-bent stanchions. These are one-piece (i.e. no separate base a
max prop bc_rick at 3:44pm 11.25.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1467 I have a 2001 Hunter 380 and would like to know what max prop is recommended for my boat? I am not a
Can Pink Antifreeze Ruin Toilet Components? BobSail at 3:24pm 11.25.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/7821 Peggie: Our waste system has been winterized per your book specs. The boat is on the hard. As a
Garmin Data Cable Crossovers (6) Roger Long at 2:45pm 11.25.09 Ask All Sailors 15/7927 I'm going to put an access plate in the base of my mast to get at the connectors so I just cut the G
Water between hull and interior shell (1) RonRelyea at 9:30am 11.25.09 Ask All Sailors 10/4812 I've got a 1990 Hunter Vision that is on the hard for winter. When I left it a few weeks ago, I had
Ratchet block Quoddy at 8:11am 11.25.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3552 I'm working on a 6/1 Harken Carbo mainsheet and one of the suggestions is a Ratchet w/Cam.What is th
back from the shake down all systems checked... (1) Sanford H. at 7:57am 11.25.09 Smaller Boats 0/972 Hi everybody! We went down to Pensacola this past weekend and got to shake the boat down... Lighter
asymmetric spinnaker dfast at 7:46am 11.25.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2733 Has anyone here added an asymmetric spinnaker to their (2004-present) Hunter 33. If so where did you
Chain Plate John J6388 at 7:44am 11.25.09 Catalina 310 3/1961 On the C310 the chain plate for the main lowers does not lift up high enough to get under to clean a
Anyone sailing a 26.5 out there? Capn Ellis at 7:04am 11.25.09 Smaller Boats 7/1924 I see lots of posts concerning 26 footers and 25s, but never any 26.5s. How many of us are there on
Hand Held Chart Plotters Ducati at 5:14am 11.25.09 Ask All Sailors 14/3347 Any suggestions for hand held chart plotters? Do Raymarine make them? Trying to keep electronic c
Portable Air Conditioners Ducati at 5:10am 11.25.09 Ask All Sailors 14/6925 Any suggestions for small portable air conditioners that could fit in a 36' sailboat? We don't like
Need to know what's necessary Colin Mosier at 8:02pm 11.24.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1608 I'm going to buy one. There are some great mods out there from experienced owners and I want to k
Hatch repair RAD88 at 7:37pm 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2650 I did a bit of homework on this and found I could have the hatches bead blasted, powder coated and t
Oh Joy resto 11/24/09 (6) CharlieCobra at 5:54pm 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 11/1961 I figured out a way to get the house off finally. We put it on wheels and will roll it forward on t
Rudder seal leakage dwgifford at 5:34pm 11.24.09 The Cherubini Hunters 14/3656 I have a 1978 33' Hunter and it has developed a leak around the bellows that is attached between whe
I36 Lifting Points and Rudder Plans Islander36Kairos at 4:57pm 11.24.09 Islander 2/2512 Hi, We are new owners of an I36 (1982). Does anyone have anything that shows correct lifting points
Installing Inner Stay on Hunter 41DS nautimoments at 4:32pm 11.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1781 Has anyone installed an inner stay on a H41DS? If so, how did it work out? What did you have to do
Absolute necessities for sailing in the Bahamas? Flo at 3:31pm 11.24.09 Ask All Sailors 57/14504 I'm new to this, so bear with me please! My boyfriend of 5 years has recently come across a very
Battery Acceptance Observations (7) Maine Sail at 1:10pm 11.24.09 Musings With Maine Sail 21/5551 The subject of battery acceptance comes up quite a bit so I wanted to do a bench top experiment to s

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PVC for Black Water Tank Vents jssailem at 8:53am 04.09.22 If I understand this, you plan to connect PVC pipe to Hose. Would that not leave the pipe edge expos
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (2) Learningthehardway at 8:50am 04.09.22 Got back out to the boat this AM. Took the sails down so we can get the mast down on Monday. It look
Lightning Protection Captain Larry-DH at 8:46am 04.09.22 I grounded my mast and rigging on my last boat. It was struck twice in 11 years. No hull damage, but
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 8:38am 04.09.22 I'll try to take a few pictures today if I make it to the boat.
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 8:21am 04.09.22 Mark, you hit it right. That is what I was getting to. I would have tried to explain how a gusher wa
New Catalina 30 Owner Mikem at 8:18am 04.09.22 I have a solution to that disaster that just showed up in a brown box that was delivered from a bro
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 8:15am 04.09.22 Mine is 2009 and does not have deck ones. But googling on Internet I see it is the same configuratio
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 8:08am 04.09.22 What year is your boat? My 2008 has the usual, red and green, mounted at the front and a white mou
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank smokey73 at 8:04am 04.09.22 @hvac&r tech I fully agree. I am not fixing blame at this point, although there is "responsibilit
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts PaulK at 8:02am 04.09.22 Agree with ScottT. Brackets holding the spreaders are usually riveted to the mast, not glued. The "
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 7:56am 04.09.22 Hi Jssailem, thanks for your kind confirmation. It's weird indeed I never see them on pictures of ot
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 jssailem at 7:45am 04.09.22 more correct if you are navigating with the engine. This is correct. If navigating under power the
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 7:42am 04.09.22 Not being judgemental here. Even if you can afford to replace the 4 house batteries with no strain
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank jssailem at 7:38am 04.09.22 Yes it is a complex system and my boat is new. Yes that would be true. It is pretty boat and will
Wash down pump orientation (3) Captain Mateo at 7:31am 04.09.22 This is something that I've been thinking about, too. What is your plan to provide source water to
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts Scott T-Bird at 7:21am 04.09.22 You need to take a close look at the mast. A 24' O'Day is going to be a light-weight rig so take it
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 7:21am 04.09.22
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 7:16am 04.09.22 I am working with dealer and they asked Beneteau on Friday for assistance which I finally got, it wa
I blew a fuse! Maine Sail at 7:16am 04.09.22 What he is saying is that all banks on a boat should have over current protection, including startin
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank smokey73 at 7:06am 04.09.22 Not being judgemental here. Even if you can afford to replace the 4 house batteries with no strain

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