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PC chart plotting softwair?? JimGeddes at 11:28am 10.05.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2347 I'm looking for some chart plotting software for my laptop. is there anything free out there? What
H34 Changing iron fin to lead shoal keel - pros/cons spinwing at 11:22am 10.05.09 Big Boats 12/3213 We are interested in moving to a Hunter 34 however draft is a major concern because of silting in ou
Dark growth in fresh water flush water? andy boyer at 11:20am 10.05.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2582 I had a Jabsco quiet flush head with fresh water flush installed last winter by the dealer. We are g
O'Day 30 bilge pump location TinKicker at 11:11am 10.05.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1879 We are in the process of buying an O'Day 30. In preparation for the survey, we were checking around
Water in Cabin - Drydock CatNY22 at 10:19am 10.05.09 Catalina 22 2/1551 I recently purchased a 1976 Catalina 22 which had last been in the water in October of 2008. It has
356 Aft Compartment water leak shemandr at 9:43am 10.05.09 Big Boats 3/1487 Last weekend we had a race overnight around Block Island and had the boat heeled more than we usuall
Hull line drawing skipperlenny at 9:17am 10.05.09 Bigger Boats 0/2090 I have recently purchased a tri-axel trailer that was built to haul a Mirage 32 and I need to modify
engine trouble Adrian Morris at 9:16am 10.05.09 Smaller Boats 3/1605 I have a Hunter 19 with a 1995 8 hp honda this weekend it seemed like the prop was slipping at times
Cleaning Sails fdefran12 at 9:03am 10.05.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2463 Any recommendations for the best way for cleaning Dacron and gennaker Sails?
Potential Bilge Pump near-disaster dcroome at 7:23am 10.05.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1701 Hi there, This is my first post. I recently had a near-disaster on my 2006 Hunter 33. I was cle
A 12 year-old annoyance SOLVED! (4) Rich Stidger at 6:16am 10.05.09 Ask All Sailors 17/2848 I guess I'm just slow. I should have solved this issue years ago, but maybe there were always bigge
Diesel odor Papa Bruce at 6:06am 10.05.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/3238 I have an 1993 H30t. I've owned it for a couple seasons and when we clean out the boat in the Fall:c
Robertson autopilot rod end Andr� R. at 5:09am 10.05.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1765 I have a friend that has a hydraulic Robertson linear drive, that has been rename since Simrad /Navi
What systems have you put in place to improve ability to raise or lower you foam-filled kick-up rudd (3) Mich222 at 3:26am 10.05.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1916 Is there anyone out there still using the foam-filled kick-up rudder who would like to contribute??
Great day to sail (5) OdayDave at 10:00pm 10.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1431 The weather forecast was calling for an overcast and cool day (max temp. in the high 50's), but with
bottom job questions gfroch at 9:08pm 10.04.09 Smaller Boats 6/2537 Hello all- After 10 years of painting every few years on my trailer, the bottom of my '95 H26 is pr
Rig Tension, 1991 MkII Inter20sailor at 8:53pm 10.04.09 Catalina 30 2/1848 Salts, New to the boat, and looking for some basic numbers on a loose guage for stays, shrouds, a
Why no rear stay on 26M? ddetlor at 8:51pm 10.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/3142 Why did MacGregor not add the rear stay to the 26M? It seems like something that is missing for str
Jabsco head seth at 7:29pm 10.04.09 Ask All Sailors 8/3169 Does everyone seem to have trouble with their Jabsco heads? They seem to be everywhere. They come o
One more H356 A-Sail question... Doug/Karen at 5:39pm 10.04.09 Big Boats 1/1234 This weekend we experimented with an A-Sail on our H356. We tied the tack line to our bow roller an

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How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? dLj at 7:49am 04.12.22 Ahh, so you guys are saying the bolt should not be the primary means of attachment between the uppe
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch Project_Mayhem at 7:44am 04.12.22 Call D&R to confirm. Rudy used to be the parts manager at O'Day
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? jssailem at 7:39am 04.12.22 @smokey73 Has a very good point. Some Hunters, I have learned, were equipped with fiberglass rudder
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 7:37am 04.12.22 From your owners manual , this might show a better picture. drive (the disk). The radial drive cl
Hull Rot Scott300 at 7:35am 04.12.22 Bottom paint degrades quickly under a strong alkali environment. I used to publish a homemade peel
Renogy jviss at 7:35am 04.12.22 @Maine Sail or anyone else, anything on this?
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 7:33am 04.12.22 @kjdoyle1 If that is a fiberglass shaft (not shaft tube, but actually the shaft) IMHO you are abou
Hull Rot Scott300 at 7:25am 04.12.22 That looks like old bottom paint to me. Fiberglass doesn't "rot". The most common way for solid fib
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? (1) JamesG161 at 7:20am 04.12.22 From your owners manual , this might show a better picture.
Raritan rebuild? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:11am 04.12.22 The toilet is a Raritan PHII. You can download the owners manual from here Raritan SuperFlush Owner
322 Keel Material Tin Kicker at 7:08am 04.12.22 I found and resurrected this thread because the top of my keel had pin-holes in a blistered loose ar
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? (1) JamesG161 at 6:57am 04.12.22 This is what a new Quadrant looks like and the upper bearing it tight fit to that Quadrant
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? JamesG161 at 6:51am 04.12.22 If you remove that thru bolt your rudder will drop out of the boat. Sometimes it will not drop sinc
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? kjdoyle1 at 6:49am 04.12.22 Ahh, so you guys are saying the bolt should not be the primary means of attachment between the upper
78 H30 Water Tank Replacement Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:46am 04.12.22 Bladder tanks are ok for water holding, but a good quality tank of that size will cost as much or mo
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? JamesG161 at 6:45am 04.12.22 Is this a bearing Yes, the whitish colored circle is the upper bearing. Normally made of UHMW. On
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? kloudie1 at 6:37am 04.12.22 OOPS, I didn't see that too well.. John is right, the steering quadrant needs to be split and maybe
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? jssailem at 6:31am 04.12.22 Perhaps that is the problem. Before surgery you may wish to examine the quadrant and the linkage as
Seams A Problem? jssailem at 6:21am 04.12.22 Reminds me of the term, Planned Obsolescence. :yikes: A real headache:banghead:
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? kloudie1 at 6:11am 04.12.22 Looks like the thru bolt has sheared and the hole is elongated. One way to fix it would be to epoxy

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