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Gel Coat Adventure at 6:06pm 08.18.09 Big Boats 3/1446 Hunter gave me a jar of matching white Gel Coat for my boat but no hardener. I bought Gel Coat Harde
Water in bilge on B311 dino at 4:47pm 08.18.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2107 Hi, All, I have a small amount of water which comes into the bilge on my 2000 Beneteau 311. The w
Life Of a mainsail Mick at 4:24pm 08.18.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2356 As you will be able to quickly tell , I am new to the mac and with only about a year ' half into sai
Black sheets Hermit Scott at 3:14pm 08.18.09 Ask All Sailors 16/2996 Sta-set is cheaper if I buy the black instead of the tracer type. I saw that one guy had a dark colo
Anchor Windlass installation Westminstersailingguy at 3:09pm 08.18.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/5251 I want to install a horizontal windlass on my Hunter 31 1985 - I think I need to install in on the a
Honda 4 stroke VS Mercury 2 Stroke Mougly at 2:37pm 08.18.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2000 Hello all I am thinking about trading my 7.5HP Honda motor for a 6.5 HP mercury 2stroke motor as th
Cockpit Locker Hinge Replacement 55781 at 1:29pm 08.18.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1219 I broke a cockpit locker hinge this weekend and I need to find an exact duplicate so the holes all m
Help! 1st time trailering. (1) tundra101 at 1:11pm 08.18.09 Day Sailers 7/2278 My Oday 23 is about to be trailered 1000 miles. What is the best way to secure the mast for the jour
O'Day 26 trailer solution impulse II at 12:25pm 08.18.09 Day Sailers 22/14826 Hello all, I am posting a solution for my O'Day 26 purchased this Spring. This is in hopes someone c
Hunter 38 owner feedback judymolly at 11:30am 08.18.09 Big Boats 19/8404 Hello: I am currently looking at a new 38' Hunter. Asking for feedback about this boat please.
Missing parts on Furlex Furler question (1) Ken Honeycutt at 11:22am 08.18.09 Big Boats 5/2166 Had a problem this weekend coming back from a cruising vacation. We were in some variable winds and
Problems... BruceK at 10:24am 08.18.09 Mid-Size Boats 11/2243 Battlling the dealer and, to some degree, Hunter...boat is an '08 built late '07..commissioned May '
Hatch Covers gfrazzle at 10:16am 08.18.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1436 Does Hunter have hatch covers available? If not, are they available elsewhere? I want to cover the
jib halyard and mainsail track peconicbay at 9:46am 08.18.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1706 I have noticed that my jib halyard is partly blocking the top of the main sail track on the mast. T
Southern Lake Champlain TOMV at 9:34am 08.18.09 Destinations 1/3303 Working On My New (1983) Macgregor Would Like To See Same Boat In Good Shape To Set Goals And Wint
West Marine VHF 550 Radio Rosasco at 9:23am 08.18.09 Ask All Sailors 4/6225 I recently boat a Catalina 22 which has installed a West Marine VHF 550 radio, but got no owners man
H23' w/CDI furler - Raising a jib sock? joelledupont at 9:08am 08.18.09 Smaller Boats 9/3447 I've spent some time trying to find my answer in the archives but haven't been successful in locatin
Replacing C309 stanchion DRThiessen at 8:46am 08.18.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/2854 Due to a "perfect storm" of 5 coincidences and the incompetence of the skipper (ME) in trusting neop
Main VS Genoa Preformance thaeni at 7:15am 08.18.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1416 I have a '84 27' Hunter and have been sailing with just the main and then just the Genoa to get a fe
May science cruise story out Roger Long at 7:14am 08.18.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1249 The "Points East" issue with the story of our May science cruise is now out at marinas and marine st

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1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? Joe at 8:16am 04.12.22 The traveler is part of your "running" rigging(rope). Usually, when we talk about replacing the rig
Renogy jeepbluetj at 8:16am 04.12.22 Pretty open ended question/discussion. I would not generally use a Renogy solar controller. Why?
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? JamesG161 at 8:14am 04.12.22 If you look at his first picture you can see his rudder is Fiberglass where it is cracked. So that c
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 8:11am 04.12.22 Ok guys there are two parts to the bearings 1) 2 on the Rudder shaft 2) 2 affixed to the boat The
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? JamesG161 at 8:06am 04.12.22 Ok guys there are two parts to the bearings 1) 2 on the Rudder shaft 2) 2 affixed to the boat The
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 8:03am 04.12.22 @dLj Really good question. Hopefully the @kjdoyle1 will respond back soon. While this is only a
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

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