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Hunter 28 Seacock "Patch" (1) ManicFarmer at 7:20am 05.10.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/1131 I just bought my first sailboat, a 1990 Hunter 28. Survey went well but one of the issues identifie
Mast thickness? Orbweaver at 6:45am 05.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1431 Hi all, I want to attach a couple of pad-eyes to my mast. I'm trying to engineer a system to allow m
Home Weather Station Plymouth Sailor at 4:03am 05.10.21 Ask All Sailors 6/908 Fellow sailors, trying to find an option on the cheap for determining wind speed as the wind speed t
H26 waterline / water flowing into gas locker on tack JimSails at 7:49pm 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 14/1096 Hey all, we have been concerned with the aft waterlevel on the hunter 26. We have a honda 9.9 off th
Towing a wooden dinghy (1) Captain W at 6:39pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 8/670 I have a new wooden dinghy. I am interested to know how you would attach a towing bridle to it. My
2000 Oceanis boom part (2) Winsome 461 at 5:19pm 05.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/431 Looking to replace a piece of the traveler car for a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 461. If anyone happens to
Jerk (1) rgranger at 3:29pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 31/2336 Went to do some work on my boat today and found this... well actually found something was absent
Cracked motor mount on Hunter 26 MySong at 2:21pm 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 15/1107 The plate that my motor mounts on is badly cracked and I need to make or buy a new one. Complicating
Marinas in the Chesapeake gnzoidberg at 1:05pm 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 11/1393 Hi everybody, I am looking for a marina in the Chesapeake area for the summer and into the fall. It
H40.5 Forward Head sump circuit shorted. edguy3 at 12:06pm 05.09.21 Big Boats 7/467 I have a '95 Hunter 40.5 and have just replaced the sump in the forward head. Seems there is a shor
Rhodes 19 electric / solar charging rbaevergreen at 11:42am 05.09.21 Day Sailers 0/516 I'm hoping to add an electric bilge pump to my Rhodes 19 (perhaps one on each side of the centerboar
The joys of reefing on our 26C Nashville_Blues at 11:30am 05.09.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/669 We purchased one of the new Lite-Skin sails from BWY with two reefing points and I wanted to share o
Sabre 34 Centerboard Outeast at 11:25am 05.09.21 Ask All Sailors 2/816 I am revitalizing an '84 Sabre 34 with a shoal draft and centerboard. The centerboard cable snapped.
Catalina 22? For Sale SV_GALATEIA at 10:24am 05.09.21 Catalina 22 1/872 Hi all, I live way up at the tip of lower Michigan, in Cheboygan. Driving through town last week I
Max Prop - shaft and hub tightness wsconner at 10:04am 05.09.21 Musings With Maine Sail 5/863 I had my max prop classic reconditioned this winter and re-installing was fairly straightfoward. Ho
Hunter 460/466 Hydrovane (1) Scallywagger at 10:00am 05.09.21 Big Boats 11/1788 Hello. I have just purchased Ghostly Goose which will soon become my new Casper.I am also purchasing
H260 Forestay reefing removal? GBGraham at 2:47am 05.09.21 Smaller Boats 2/597 My H260 is fitted with a Plastimo 608 foresail reefing system. I would like to remove and service th
PSS replacement job jonelli at 12:18am 05.09.21 Catalina 30 3/816 I had an old PSS seal that I wanted to change out. I ordered a new one based on recommendations from
Detroit River transport Jumpstart at 8:02pm 05.08.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1600 Planning trip upriver from Detroit light to Jefferson Beach (Safe Harbor) Marina on Lake St Clair. A
The simplest things ... (3) pclarksurf at 7:46pm 05.08.21 Catalina 22 0/560 Make me happy ! Last long road trip last season I managed to shear off the zerk flush with the sp

Recent Replies

Moving Up... kappykaplan at 8:20am 02.17.24 Congratulations on the purchase of your new-to-you boat! :beer:
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? kappykaplan at 8:19am 02.17.24 Or should I use a hand held wireless helm Mike? This gets my vote. Keeps the new radio down below
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC smokey73 at 8:18am 02.17.24 I have a Nex Gen 5.5 and am happy with it too. When you have to start it from cold it sometimes tak
Boating with osteoporosis buddybear at 8:14am 02.17.24 Thanks for the reply. I'll know more in 6 weeks. Will be drinking more wine. Did you actually fra
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? dlochner at 8:11am 02.17.24 I changed to a wireless mic, love it. You can be anywhere on the boat and use it. I have a B&G V60 w
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? Jimongee at 8:06am 02.17.24 Thank you dlochner. So it sounds like I need a whole new radio set (helm Mike and nav station set).
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? dlochner at 8:04am 02.17.24 Check your boom angle when the sail is down. If the aft end of the boom is too far down, when you
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? smokey73 at 8:00am 02.17.24 Check your boom angle when the sail is down. If the aft end of the boom is too far down, when you g
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? dlochner at 7:46am 02.17.24 Unfortunately, the answer to your questions is no. You may get lucky and find a used mic on eBay, bu
1980 c and c 32 refrdge question dlochner at 7:35am 02.17.24 We are going to need more information. What brand of refrigeration? Is the refrigeration engine driv
Advice on transcontinental shipping sailme88 at 6:48am 02.17.24 You have several modes available. Over the road.. Club mate did this from San Diego to Maine... In M
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina sailme88 at 6:41am 02.17.24 there is a video floating around ( our intended) out there of a race boat stubbing it's toe and the
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? dlochner at 5:40am 02.17.24 Hi Legend owners, I am close to buying a 1989 Legend 37. The main is impossible to raise the last
Legend 37 - How Much Mast Rake? (2) Marmalade at 4:54am 02.17.24 My guess is it's the full battens loading-up/binding. We had the same problem... went with a Tides
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC Slipin Away at 3:26am 02.17.24 I have the same boat and did remove the generator. It was actually not that hard. Unbolt the gener
Sunwind 311 - question about hull Kostas Metaxas at 1:02am 02.17.24 Thanks Everybody for taking part in assistance! Wish You nice weekend!
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina Crusty Ol Salt at 7:14pm 02.16.24 Among other things this part puzzles me. Usually a grounding damages the bottom of the boat, not th
Water Leaks marcham at 7:12pm 02.16.24 Another option cutting the top / fittings off and inserting a flexible tank. https://www.plastimo-p
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC (2) Bogart at 6:11pm 02.16.24 Thanks for your replies. Here are a couple of pictures. You will see that the genset is installed (i
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina Davidasailor26 at 6:08pm 02.16.24 previous owner was doing a short cut to close to shore and the boat stopped dead and the mast went

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