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A Sad Commentary Paul Wash at 12:17pm 09.22.09 Smaller Boats 3/1611 This past weekend we were enjoying a laid back sailing Sunday following a SCA Saturday in the mouth
Hull profile Hunter 33 1980 for cradle. Sylvain at 12:11pm 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1155 I'm getting a cradle from a friend who sadly sold his 38' Hans Christian. It's a heavy duty cradle
RACOR water separator on Yanmar 2QM15 Sylvain at 12:06pm 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/2596 My Yanmar 2QM15 is very difficult to start now. History: When I picked up the boat on Lake Michigan
Reefing a furling Genoa PatSul22 at 11:58am 09.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1962 I have a 272 and am considering getting new sails. For the head sail I am thinking of getting a 145%
New Owner 1980 hunter 33 Sylvain at 11:50am 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2150 I'm the proud new owner of a Hunter 33 1980. She's now in Kingston, Ontario. I will post specific q
West Coast of Lake Huron David in Sandusky at 11:38am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1955 East(!) Coast of Lake Huron Thank you who responded to my request about the North Channel! How ab
LED light conversion Bob 04 H260 at 10:35am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1798 I would like to replace my anchor/steaming light, two dome lights, and one spot reading light with L
Engine Fails to Turn Over Sometimes Con't Steve Carpman22174 at 10:11am 09.22.09 Big Boats 5/1450 A couple of weeks ago I posted a thread regarding the intermittant failure of the Yanmar on our Leg
I guess I always did want to live aboard. Snotter at 5:46am 09.21.09 Sails Call Lounge 45/11418 You got to love Alabama. 10 years ago, my wife of 19 years, says "I want a devorce". The court gra
Salt water leak gregm at 9:32am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1283 I'm confounded by a pesky leak on my 2005 Hunter 36. It is a saltwater leak that occurs in the area
Prop Replacement Art Pennino at 9:30am 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/2413 Looking for input on a prop replacement for a 92 H30. The engine is a 2GM20F. We hit a submerged obj
Need 40 foot Lancer 30 Mast lenny53d at 9:26am 09.22.09 Lancer 1/1944 I need a mast for a 1980 30 foot Lancer. The one that came off my boat is 40 long, but could go a l
De-comissioning tip.. (1) Maine Sail at 9:20am 09.22.09 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3926 I just found this photo in my archives and thought it would be a good idea to post with winter comin
Need a Mast for a Oday20 beauhamilton at 9:18am 09.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1293 I have an Oday 20 with a 22' mast and it was bent during transport, a new mast is $1400.00 any idea
Atomic4 oil change Valentina at 8:02am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 11/6550 Hi, sailors. Just bought a boat (Ericson27) with Atomic4 gas engine in it. I'm not familiar with th
cockpit drains garyc at 7:42am 09.22.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1978 Out sailing yesterday great wind . boat was heeled for long time and discovered a leak at the cockpi
New Owner of a MacGregor 25' lshilling at 5:46am 09.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2166 I'm new to this website and to boat owning so forgive me if I'm being redundant. My husband and I re
Rainy weather seadaddler at 5:44am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1017 So I am watching all the rainy weather and wondering if the lake sailor's are getting some of the ra
Back from cruising (10) Tim R. at 5:40am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3143 We returned last week from about 2 weeks cruising the Maine coast. The trip started Friday, Sep. 4t
Gunkholing, Maine Style Part 2 Maine Sail at 4:56am 09.22.09 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4216 Here's a 360 degree view from inside the Basin which is on Vinalhaven Island, ME. You Tube won't let

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Starting fluid thinwater at 5:09am 04.07.22 A significant reason you hear not to use SF on a diesel is most deisels ( in vehicles) now have flo
Bridge clearance info thinwater at 5:02am 04.07.22 The grand glaize is a no-go without unstepping for sure. I believe it's only around 25ft. Most
Hard Bimini for the H37C (3) chichiflys at 4:40am 04.07.22 My father constructed a hard top many years ago on our '82 H36. It's still installed on the boat, b
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. jon hansen at 4:18am 04.07.22 sweet
Hard Bimini for the H37C Slipin Away at 3:04am 04.07.22 I have done that on my Hunter 45cc using the arch as a rear support. I made a lip around top so it
1992 Hunter 30T Winches AlexB at 12:04am 04.07.22 Good afternoon, I have the above boat and a plastic ring between the 2 rubber rings at the top of
New Catalina 30 Owner (6) mikeracca at 9:17pm 04.06.22 So I dropped a fat stack (as my kids would say) on the boat today. I bought new electric panels. An
Waste Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:06pm 04.06.22 Replace it! Urine is so corrosive that it can eat through any metal tank, even 316 SS. The first l
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 9:04pm 04.06.22 204148
can't pump out waste tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:47pm 04.06.22 IIRC, it's 9 miles off the Gulf side in the Keys, 6 miles the rest of the west coast side. However,
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. (10) mermike at 8:21pm 04.06.22 Portable bandsaw to the rescue: 3 different sizes. I drilled and tapped. Pretty soon I had a nice co
Rub rail and deck hull joint. kendyoozed at 8:00pm 04.06.22 I am still trying to plan how to attack this job. I may have found a source for the original insert
Hunter 34 Yanmar 3gmf Tom J at 7:59pm 04.06.22 Any heat exchanger should be cleaned periodically. You can take it to a radiator shop for cleaning,
charlieann CharlieAnn at 7:58pm 04.06.22 Thanks for you guys replys, I'll check em out...
can't pump out waste tank Tom J at 7:50pm 04.06.22 You DO know that not only is New England a "hotbed" of NDZs, it's also illegal to dump a tank anywh
Waste Halvern at 7:42pm 04.06.22 Got the v birth opened and I have an aluminum holding tank without any type of cleanout access port.
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 7:35pm 04.06.22 A couple for Phil Herring How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None. That's a
S2 11A - Locked throttle and gear shift Halvern at 7:22pm 04.06.22 I got the throttle shaft tweaked in line and after having buffed the ring and repainted it. Both lev
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 7:10pm 04.06.22 I have isolated the source. Water is coming in from a weep hole from a breach somewhere in the encap
autopilot install on an H280 jssailem at 6:51pm 04.06.22

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