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Looking for a Hunter 310 Manual Steve E. at 11:35am 04.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1653 I am soon getting a 1999 Hunter 310 and was curious if anyone had an electronic copy of the owner's
Whale Flipper Pump Mark III (1) Rich Stidger at 11:21am 04.09.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 7/373 I have two of these removed from service around 1990. Free for the postage.
Extra Water Tank D Finney at 11:03am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1022 As anyone added an extra water tank to a 331? Im thinking aabout trying to add one under the aft ca
Mast Step pin on 2002 Hunter 306 Philip1126 at 10:13am 04.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1756 I have a 2002 Hunter 306. I have a problem that I did not really resolve for last season's launch (m
navpod mods Banooma at 8:41am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/3202 Has anyone used Starboard plastic, or other cutting board material as a patch for differently-shaped
Starter issue Deadline at 8:34am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 18/4305 The starter button on my Yanmar 2GM20F (Hunter 320) continues to vex me. Last year I replaced the
condensation between hull and liner ncbrydon at 7:59am 04.09.09 Big Boats 0/1083 I am a new owner of a 2002 Hunter 380. I noticed a small spot of water on the floor in the aft cabin
473 Cutter Rig Jester II at 7:48am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1650 Has anyone modified their rig (preferably on a 473) to a cutter rig?
OMC Zephyr Saildrive Brucer at 7:22am 04.09.09 S2 0/1594 I've found lots of documentation for my S2 7.3 except info about the saildrive as installed in our b
spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2459 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1480 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/2010 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1856 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4386 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3496 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/2015 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4700 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r
New Orleans area weather sailaway78 at 3:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1408 Have read a couple post recently, not to mention mine, where someone got pounded pretty good by the
Electric polisher and buffer paulj at 2:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3941 My 26 year old Porter Cable is broken and beyond reasonable repair. I'm looking for recomendations f
Rudder Stuffing Box Swimfar at 2:10pm 04.08.09 S2 6/3485 I have a 1981 S2 8.5A. While crawling behind the fuel tank to inspect the helm cables, I noticed two

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What anchor and rode will physically fit the bow and anchor locker? RoyS at 6:07am 03.12.22 Rocna recommendations use 50 mph winds so their sizing is very conservative.
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rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer JamesG161 at 5:50am 03.12.22 We had stopped installing Xantrex years ago due to on-going reliability and customer support issues
Shackleton's Endurance Found kappykaplan at 5:46am 03.12.22 Saw this a couple of times on the news. Great historical find! :beer:
Should 23.5 bow touch trailer roller? Rick Webb at 5:38am 03.12.22 Yes, and you'll be amazed at what a difference it makes. Lots of info in the archives here on how t
New Catalina 30 Owner BigEasy at 5:21am 03.12.22 [QUOTE="mikeracca, post: 1736620, member: 159338 this is the back of my propane solenoid, any though
Should 23.5 bow touch trailer roller? Daveinet at 5:16am 03.12.22 The first thing you need to do is load the boat and then measure your tongue weight. It should be ar
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1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. BigEasy at 5:00am 03.12.22 Welcome aboard! Congratulations on taking the next step in purchasing your new boat & learning to
1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. shemandr at 4:31am 03.12.22 Congrats for the new to you boat. You'll do fine.... First you hoist the sails and then see what ha
1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. Sail5 at 3:22am 03.12.22 It is good to welcome you aboard. What are your plans for learning to sail? Yacht club, racing cre
1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. Sail5 at 3:09am 03.12.22 Thank you. Yes, atomic 4 rebuilt with 500 hours. She purrs. I'm excited to learn the ropes
1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. nightowle at 1:20am 03.12.22 Congrats. She looks nice. I had a 1975 O'Day 27 as my first owned boat. She was an excellent boat
hunter 49 steering quadrant artboas at 12:54am 03.12.22 Is there any type of grease on the ball joints your showing? I had a friend who never thought to a
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Mark Maulden at 10:45pm 03.11.22 Thank you to Maine for writing/finishing this article. I initially read it on his FB site as I am d
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