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Is it necessary to splice the anchor line onto the first link of chain? luvitt at 3:16pm 06.05.09 Ask All Sailors 15/4947 My first link is badly corroded. The surveyor dinged me on it. The way it is setup now, the line i
Main Halyard hard to raise & lower Sailoff at 12:51pm 06.05.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/4885 We have a 1986 Hunter 34, purchased last summer. This year the marina added a wind speed instrument
Rigging kair at 11:18am 06.05.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1244 Does anyone have the line sizes for a 1980 Hunter 36? I am looking at replacing some of my rigging
Battery charger needs 8ga wire - ok to use a pair of 10ga? mcaswell at 10:39am 06.05.09 Ask All Sailors 26/4084 I'm installing a Truecharge 40 (replacing the original Guest 30 amp charger that is behaving strange
Bottle water system question stephbattista at 10:18am 06.05.09 Smaller Boats 2/1305 The 26 foot Hunter I own came without the water bottles that feed to the sinks in the head and the g
Loose Footed Main Sail Shoaldrafter at 10:03am 06.05.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1902 It was said on this forum: "I think that this is becoming the style for Mainsails." 'Free Footed'
Engine courtesy730 at 9:53am 06.05.09 Catalina 30 6/1675 I have a M-30 I just bought. Universal is frozen. Can anyone tell me a good replacement engine for t
Projects BobM at 9:23am 06.05.09 S2 3/1394 If you have any projects pending...and I know you all do...do another S2 owner a favor and throw you
S2 owners.com updates - HELP! BobM at 9:20am 06.05.09 S2 0/1342 Come on guys! Let's make this site something useful and that we can be proud of. :dance: Please s
Asymmetrical Spinnaker Witzend at 9:20am 06.05.09 Catalina 310 10/3278 I'm thinking on adding an asymmetrical spinnaker to the my 310 with a dousing sock. If the tack of
S2 owners.com updates soon BobM at 9:17am 06.05.09 S2 0/1223 Currently I am working with Phil to try to get this site straightened out. Phil needs to fix the li
H-26 Replace Tiller BrianW at 8:37am 06.05.09 Smaller Boats 6/1941 The original aluminum tiller on my 1994 H26 cleanly broke off right where it bolts (stainless steel
Heading East Slowly sailaway78 at 8:29am 06.05.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1083 Still heading east, and still not to Pensacola. Been really taking it easy. Isn't that the way it's
weight factor and speed-seaworthyness sailormanbigd at 8:04am 06.05.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1919 Just got off on a tangent on my previous post so I will post another topic. Why would more weight be
Mosquito repellant bobtigar at 7:57am 06.05.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3741 We are off to the Florida Keys next week. Does anyone have a "proven" product to repel mosquitos?
S2 7.3M Trailer jpg at 7:51am 06.05.09 S2 1/4848
instaling an electric winch Russ Laroue at 7:47am 06.05.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/999 I have a 1995 Hunter Ledgen 355 and would like to replace my manual mainsail halyard winch with a Le
SVE 8 Zincs Greenman at 7:43am 06.05.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1617 I just purchased a 1975 H27 with a SVE 8 Yanmar. It's rew water cooled, and I was told there should
Riggin Diagram ricks01 at 7:39am 06.05.09 Ask All Sailors 1/2802 Hello all, I just bought an Oday 22 and the rigging diagram got wet so it's a litltle to blurry to r
Hunter TheEdge 27 anchor/masthead lite problem aquataenius at 7:34am 06.05.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1518 I have a brand new Hunter TheEdge 27 motorsailer. I am testing all the lights and have noticed that

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Tenara sewing threads lehighsail at 5:53am 03.18.22 This thread :)biggrin:) has caused me to rethink using Tenara or PTFE Lifetime. :laugh:. Groan
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? jviss at 5:50am 03.18.22 I apologize if this is repetitive, but I advise that you initially pay close attention to the struct
Its funny Friday! (1) lehighsail at 5:47am 03.18.22 203538
Repurposing a Rope Clutch Parsons at 5:29am 03.18.22 How about a line constrictor to reduce the chafe on the (single) point where the clutch or cleat con
Friction hinges on '92 Beneteau hatch and ports Dan33 at 5:25am 03.18.22 Most of the Beneteaus I worked on at that time had Goiot hatches and ports.
New S2 ( to me :) Halvern at 5:10am 03.18.22 Congratulation on your new boat. S2 made a great one. Just got an 11A. Curious, with a beam of 10.25
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 2:33am 03.18.22 Some people just don't have what it takes to pull off dark humor. It takes a lot of creative thinki
hunter 49 steering quadrant artboas at 12:50am 03.18.22 sorry Art, not my pic, just an internet pic to help explain what I was asking. I'll take a pic of
H34 1984 prop strut replacement artboas at 12:45am 03.18.22 Update.. i removed the old bent strut but found out a direct replacement from the store would take
Its funny Friday! SFS at 11:46pm 03.17.22 ...I miss The Far Side... He is making the occasional new cartoon. Check out his website, which i
Are the water tank outlets accessible? mikeracca at 10:40pm 03.17.22 I finally started the project. All of the original vinyl tubing has been removed except for the hos
Catalina 30 starboard water tank mikeracca at 10:37pm 03.17.22 10 year old thread... @barnstormer did you find a solution? It's looking like I'll have to cut t
Repurposing a Rope Clutch jssailem at 10:12pm 03.17.22 It is old school but a solid option. Just secure the halyard to a cleat. Be it at the mast or in the
can't pump out waste tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:45pm 03.17.22 @peggie I would like a link to your article on vacuflush heads. It's not a link, it's document th
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? xavierspl at 8:25pm 03.17.22 This is an exciting project. We each have a particular focus that influences or desires for a boat
Old style square circuit breakers Glenn2002 at 8:21pm 03.17.22 Wow I sure will!! Thanks for that!!
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION jssailem at 8:12pm 03.17.22 G10 (according to Laminated Plastic https://laminatedplastics.com/g-10.pdf ASTM D695 Compressive S
Old style square circuit breakers Phil Herring at 8:05pm 03.17.22 Hi Glenn, give us a call tomorrow at 877-932-7245 (9am to 3:30pm Pacific time). We've got a stash of
Hunter 31 1984 Life lInes Ralph Johnstone at 8:01pm 03.17.22 Is that located in Vancouver ? Care to share the name as I'm going to be in the market for new line
Hunter 306 salt water in the bilge but only when sailing Arbee at 7:52pm 03.17.22 Thanks for the replies, I'll start from the bilge pump to the discharge and explore that route as @C

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