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Taking Hand Rails Off 77 Hunter 30 MLampner at 7:19pm 11.01.09 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2116 Planning to pull the hand rails when the boat goes on the hard for the winter in a couple of weeks.
tiller pilot recomendation H27 1979 fnuttersny at 7:15pm 11.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1199 I need info on tiller pilot for H27 1979. Has anyone installed one and how well does it handel weat
Stuck internal outhaul in jiffy reef boom RonRelyea at 6:26pm 11.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1559 I've got a '90 Vision with jiffy reefing and outhaul line internally in my boom. My outhaul line is
Mast Length sam03v at 5:39pm 11.01.09 Newport 1/3203 Hello, I have a boat that is very similiar to a Newport or Neptune. It's a late 70's early 80's boa
mac 25 rigging thetable at 5:16am 11.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2324 bought 25ft. the main mask rigging need to be reworked,i need a basic rigging for boom
trailer adjustments for a hunter 240 Dock Holiday at 4:49pm 11.01.09 Smaller Boats 6/1976 Hey folks, I am new to sailing and I just bought a hunter 240 and having trailer problems. I had
Replacement Keel Bolts for Pearson 26 sailorjack77 at 4:30pm 11.01.09 Pearson 1/2413 Any suggestions on the best place to order new keel bolts for the Pearson 26? What do I need to look
Hunter 28.5 shower?? lakenorman285 at 3:08pm 11.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/3013 I am considering the purchase of a mid 80's Hunter 28.5 in the near future. As I read the original b
Keel bolts davegil at 1:50pm 11.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1335 Can anyone suggest where I can get Keel boats for my 1996 Oceanis 40CC and information about droppin
Windless, Electirc or Manual DennisMansour at 12:48pm 11.01.09 Big Boats 5/1610 Good Day, Looking for advise on what type and or size Windless would work for my 1985-34ft. Hunter.
Adding a bus bar across battery switches? bsmith15 at 11:51am 11.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1832 Adding a second house bank to my O361. In doing so I will be adding another OEM battery switch. I wo
Oh Joy refit 11/01/09, with questions about iron sickness.. (6) CharlieCobra at 9:33am 11.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2880 Here are a few of the culprits, some of who's purpose I dont know: In the stem post, there's this r
Roger Conrad Gary Meckes at 8:46am 11.01.09 Day Sailers 0/1305 Would Roger conrad contact me regarding his book and video about Daysailor II. I would like to order
trailer for 222 1986 seebreeze at 7:35am 11.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1879 Good afternoon, I am looking for a trailer for my 222 and I have no idea what kind is needed or wh
Where did summer go sailaway78 at 6:46am 11.01.09 Ask All Sailors 54/7955 Wow, what happened. Yesterday was nearly perfect. Were in Port. St.Joe, Fl. and it was really nice
Buying a used Mark II Mitch & Mary at 5:33am 11.01.09 Big Boats 2/2209 We are about to sea trial and survey a 1998 Mark II. We will be first time owners. What are areas th
Keith's Teak Shoaldrafter at 1:15am 11.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1679 Keith said, "I bought four feet of 1"x7"x4' teak in atlanta last week...$112 american dollars.....my
H450-456-460-466 Rudder Pics? FollowYouFollowMe at 1:27am 11.01.09 Big Boats 6/5040 Hi All, Wondering if anybody has a picture of their rudder from a 1999-2004 44-46' Hunter they co
Self Tailing Winches Dalliance at 1:05am 11.01.09 Ask All Sailors 12/12460 My jib sheet winches are non-self tailing two speed Barient 22; original to the boat. They are in go
wax on, wax off Mike8193 at 7:42pm 10.31.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2211 Up to this point I have always waxed my boat by hand. I tried a buffer once but either I bought too

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Oceanis 400 switches SimonNZ at 12:35pm 04.03.22 The labels drive me bonkers too. With age, the LEDs have different brightnesses (not a word) too, I
Desperate leakinhg PaulK at 12:15pm 04.03.22 Encapsulated keels can leak too. Maybe HeadSail's advice is the best - haul her and see where the wa
Desperate leakinhg Alan Gomes at 12:14pm 04.03.22 Maybe have it hauled and look where the water comes out. Exactly!
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 11:59am 04.03.22
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 11:56am 04.03.22
Spinnaker, hows and whys jon hansen at 11:48am 04.03.22 X3nThVJc-1M
Desperate leakinhg (1) Tom J at 11:43am 04.03.22 Maybe check your keel to hull joint. I had to dive on my old O'Day when the keel bolts pulled throu
Oceanis 400 switches (1) jeepbluetj at 11:32am 04.03.22 Soldered joints do not flex well. Boats move. I'd say not the best idea for terminating wires to bre
Spinnaker, hows and whys jeepbluetj at 11:10am 04.03.22 Best part of flying a sym spin is bellowing "Blow the guy!" when things start to get out of hand. Su
Desperate leakinhg PaulK at 10:52am 04.03.22 Is it fresh water or salt water? A picture might be helpful. If it takes a week to get 8" it shoul
Desperate leakinhg Head Sail at 10:51am 04.03.22 Maybe have it hauled and look where the water comes out.
CENTERBOARD HELP (1) twodzusfittings at 10:48am 04.03.22 So we have come to the end of this challenge. All my "Angst" disappeared slowly as I asked questions
Be careful giving out information Crazy Dave Condon at 10:43am 04.03.22 You are welcome. @Phil Herring plesse be aware of this
r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? PaulK at 10:40am 04.03.22 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3723744-aero-hydrodynamics-of-sailing
Be careful giving out information Tom J at 10:18am 04.03.22 Thanks, Dave. I have seen this on other forums, too. Someone from outside the US will ask members
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 10:14am 04.03.22
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 10:01am 04.03.22 Have you had a chance to deeply discharge the batteries to see if the engine has any trouble idling
B 361 Interior Light Switch BigEasy at 9:49am 04.03.22 To close the loop, I contacted Ward Richardson at Beneteau and he referred me to Jon Boston. Jon p
1981 Hunter 22 bow deck-hull seam Crazy Dave Condon at 9:29am 04.03.22 Already spoke with him today and waiting for addl information. Will advise you all once I review
plastic holding tank odor Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:13am 04.03.22 I'm sure the spill IS at least one of the sources of your odor. The bilges are in need of a serious

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