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Winter Storage & Mast Tuning Revere at 5:49am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1387 Recently purchased 2000 Hunter 310. Have no experience in winter storage. Looking for any advice o
Lavac Conundrum Pioneer18260 at 5:49am 09.14.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2157 Our Lavac Popular has served us very well for its several years since new installation, ' any diffic
Renault RC8D -- Bent? (2) Krow at 5:45am 09.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/4416 hi. here are some pictures, top down, of my RC8D after the PO sucked the jib sheet into the prop, b
Keel Bolts weephee at 5:06am 09.14.09 Columbia 1/3360 Has anyone with a Columbia ever had problems with keel bolts. The bolts on my 8.3 are stainless and
Drive Shaft Bearing / Cutlass Bearing weephee at 5:04am 09.14.09 Columbia 0/2246 Hello. I have an 8.3 Columbia and I want to replace the cutlass bearing where the shaft (3/4 inch d
Loooking to purchase 28-30 Catalina lehtorita at 4:56am 09.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1363 Hello all, I am looking to purchase a 28-30 Catalina. 1999 or newer. I live in New England. My em
New Look for an Oday! Too "Progressive"? (4) emergpa1 at 10:01pm 09.13.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1513 Hi, Just wanted to know what you guys thought of the painted bulkheads with the teak. I think I like
Need advice on adding roller furling awoody at 9:39pm 09.13.09 Smaller Boats 2/1247 I have a 1994 26. This winter I want to investigate adding roller furling. I would appreciate sugge
Closing seacocks xavierlh1 at 9:05pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 34/9415 I've alway been taught to close all seacocks when I'm not on the boat. I just bought a Beneteau 373
Steam? Trucker at 8:55pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2333 I've seen other boats exhaust blowing steam and thought they must be overheating. Last time out on t
Pulsing headsail Todd at 7:02pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 17/6688 Greetings! I have a 1990 Hunter 27 which I purchased last fall. This is my first larger >18ft sail
roach hitting backstay mark milson at 8:24pm 09.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2782 I have a 21 ft mac. The ( P ) = on the mainsail is 21.8 everything on the mast hieght and foot all
inexpensive shorepower cable txtowman at 6:56pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 21/4714 I am looking over the rules for a corpus christi marina. My little catalina 22 only uses shorepower
its been a while... couple questions? had a good summer! luvitt at 5:36pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1960 ive been real busy having fun on the boat and havent visited the forums in a while. Everything has b
Bent My Mst...sos CaptTripps at 4:18pm 09.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1363 Ok...you can't call me any names I haven't called myself. The bridge was about 9" lower than I thou
Inflatable choice hypalon vs. PVC Hermit Scott at 3:45pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 41/20111 I am looking at getting an inflatable around 8' to 9'. In my price range, I can buy a 20 year old hy
Yanmar fuel feed pump Tom23352 at 3:36pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 9/3286 I knew not to over torque that bolt on the intake side of the fuel feed pump on my 2GM20F but I've b
Mast storage RussB at 2:22pm 09.13.09 S2 14/4001 I will be storing my unstepped mast on the deck of my 9.2A for the first time. It will be supported
Anyone else on the upper Potomac yesterday? (Sat 12 Sep?) wonkodsane at 12:37pm 09.13.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1787 My girl and I spent seven hours on the water yesterday, the first time since we got the boat that we
Diesel Tank Removal - 1983 Catalina 27 abacoboy at 12:18pm 09.13.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/2481 HELP! HELP! Must remove and replace leaking diesel fuel tank (Skyline Industries 14 gallon aluminum)

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Trans oil kloudie1 at 8:08am 04.24.22 Chuck, the manual can be found on this site: Click on "Owner Resources" in the top bar then click on
Docking with a loop Tally Ho at 8:03am 04.24.22 Have you tried it on the primary winch? I have not. It might work there also. The cabin top winc
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? Johann at 7:53am 04.24.22 Also, I used the Octopus RS drive, which has less than 2/3 the peak force of the Raymarine type 1 li
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters Crazy Dave Condon at 7:35am 04.24.22 @Ralph Johnstone I have advised in the past closing off the boat and taping a large piece of plasti
Docking with a loop Bob S at 7:33am 04.24.22 Have you tried it on the primary winch?
Build a Better Boat Hook? jviss at 7:32am 04.24.22 Thanks, that looks good. One would have to be careful tossing one of those from a sailboat, with al
Stansions for 1987 Hunter 28.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:20am 04.24.22 @SirMichael current owner of the forum store is a former Hunter employee who has the build list fo
Which wood piece is stronger ? Solid or laminated ? Leeward Rail at 7:17am 04.24.22 With new finish and sealing agents today, you are not likely to have any issues for forty or fifty
Trans oil smokey73 at 7:13am 04.24.22 @Benny17441 The only single 30W synthetic oil I'm seeing on line is marketed for 4 stroke motorcycle
Hunter 23 Hull/deck joint R&R? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:12am 04.24.22 @mjsader Former dealer who sold the most. Retired but willing to help as I sold the most of any de
Which wood piece is stronger ? Solid or laminated ? capta at 7:09am 04.24.22 I have wondered that myself. There is no reason that C&C couldn't have made it from something else.
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (1) Johann at 6:57am 04.24.22 that is a great suggestion ;) I only know about Edson Quadrant Edson calls them Radial drive unit T
Which wood piece is stronger ? Solid or laminated ? Leeward Rail at 6:54am 04.24.22 More fundamentally, why use wood of any type where water/moisture is always present? Sealing it is
Needing a new motor for my Catalina 22 Leeward Rail at 6:41am 04.24.22 Get the longest shaft available. :laugh::oops::beer:;)
Build a Better Boat Hook? Len Ingalls at 6:37am 04.24.22 In addition to the two boat hooks I have, I'd really like to have a grapple - not too big, but one
Docking with a loop Scott T-Bird at 6:31am 04.24.22 I like it! I'm going to give it a try. We have short finger piers with pilings just off the stern.
Which wood piece is stronger ? Solid or laminated ? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:30am 04.24.22 More fundamentally, why use wood of any type where water/moisture is always present? Sealing it is n
Docking with a loop Tally Ho at 6:25am 04.24.22 I use the same system with slight modification and it works great for me. It certainly eliminates
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed Bob S at 6:25am 04.24.22
Build a Better Boat Hook? jviss at 6:24am 04.24.22 In addition to the two boat hooks I have, I'd really like to have a grapple - not too big, but one t

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