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Keel Shapes BroadReach at 7:36pm 03.31.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1754 Glenn, While in the yard recently I was parked next to a Hunter Legend 35 that was in the process of
Mounting new grill sinnettc at 6:55pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2745 My wife bought me a Kuuma grill ' rail mount for my birthday. I'm in the process of getting the boa
Chainplate Rebeding And Depth Sounder Question (so I Don't Clog Up Boards, Thank You) stephenronning at 6:49pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 24/4322 Hello: my sailiboat has water stains on the bulkheads and so I need to rebed my chainplates. What do
Cleaning & adding Gauge to Fuel Tank Mike Denman at 6:10pm 03.31.09 Big Boats 17/2407 I'm going to clean out my fuel tank on my 1987 Hunter 34' and add a float for a Fuel Gauge. My
Interesting day yesterday (3) CharlieCobra at 6:04pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2090 I got laid off from Boeing after almost five years and I got this: Grandchild number seven. Aubrey
Reverse to starboard? AndyO at 5:56pm 03.31.09 The Cherubini Hunters 12/2620 I have a 1981 H30 that will not reverse to starboard. From reviews of that model on this site, the i
Can someone please confirm my underwater measurements (1) mchrisk at 5:43pm 03.31.09 Lancer 1/2196 Ok so today I put on my scuba gear and scratched away more growth than I'm willing to admit to and t
Tide programs and daylight saving time Bob V at 4:47pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1269 This is the time of year that I have to be carefull with my Tides ' Currents Pro software that I dep
Adding hanks to a genoa....spacing ect.... Bill Davidson at 4:18pm 03.31.09 Catalina 30 0/1303 Hi, I'm going to convert my 130 and 150 genoa from a racing foil setup to hanks. This would
Computer without dedicated nav area Roger Long at 2:42pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1363 Here is how I'm doing it: http://www.rogerlongboats.com/09Misc.htm#Computer
count the day lost when you don't learn something Ross at 2:37pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1766 I went to the boat today to see how well she weathered the winter. She did very well without me. I c
Need Trailer Help phyrefighterjay at 2:26pm 03.31.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1235 Hi Everyone, I just purchased a Mac 26X 1995. I am heading 17 hours south to pick it up. THe owner s
Hunter 41 Rudder Post Bob 41 at 1:55pm 03.31.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1549 Hi Glenn - it is greatly appreciated that you are taking the time to talk with the Hunterowners - th
Refrigeration Project Jagermeister (1) Merry Prankster at 12:11pm 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2299 I found a working Jagermeister cooler in the garbage the other day and I am dismantling it to explor
M25 pop-top struts Marty at 11:27am 03.31.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1945 Good afternoon fellow (and gal) 25 owners. I have a question concerning replacing the solid removab
Drascomb Lugger ChuckThomas at 11:22am 03.31.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2594 Anyone sail one of these? I had the pleasure of taking one out with an older gentleman the other da
Speaking of Rudders - bearings on H376? Franklin at 10:39am 03.31.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/2248 Are there rudder shaft bearings on the 1996 H376? The rudder shaft is fiberglassed in all the way f
Matt fiberglass Franklin at 10:29am 03.31.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1601 Glenn: I've noticed that the toe rail on the 1996 H396 first two layers is Woven Roven and the res
Sail Trim on 2004 Hunter (33) MichaelStacy at 9:10am 03.31.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1697 I went from a Catalina 30 (head sail driven) to a 2004 Hunter 33, which is apparently mainsail drive
Performance in smaller 'keel' boats Clark at 8:22am 03.31.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1327 First of all, thanks Mr. Henderson for participating in this forum! I've wondered in recent years w

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Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? PaulK at 12:26pm 02.24.22 The Viper line has the polyester jacket that you want for gripping the winch and long-term UV protec
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 12:24pm 02.24.22 Probably. But I am not sure that was the problem. If it happens again, I will consider that.
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 12:21pm 02.24.22
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 12:15pm 02.24.22 It looks like the breather on top of the valve cover may raise up into that area. I have a cut out i
MH40 Autopilot drive motor jviss at 12:13pm 02.24.22 Can you get new brushes for that motor? Then install them, and use a brush seating stone on the com
New Fire Extinguisher Regs dLj at 12:08pm 02.24.22 Yes - just went through all the fire extinguishers on my boat and have ordered new ones. Mine were a
venture 17 cockpit drain (4) topcat0399 at 12:07pm 02.24.22 yes... build it up... or if you have a very strong and steady hand, you could try taking a grinder
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) Orbweaver at 11:47am 02.24.22 And over here yesterday morning it got down to -12F in the morning, and with single digit highs in t
Newish Capri 18 owner. Slacker at 11:33am 02.24.22 Fall sailing... nuttin better !!!
Replacing sail slugs Ward H at 10:26am 02.24.22 I never heard that they are a wear part. They do degrade because of UV, become brittle and break mo
MH40 Autopilot drive motor Phantom154 at 10:18am 02.24.22 Raymarine sent me instructions for checking the autopilot clutch, motor, and course computer. I knew
New Catalina 30 Owner Ward H at 10:18am 02.24.22 Here is the thing I mentioned in the post before this. It looks like maybe a transducer or speed se
Expanding Hardening Foam PaulK at 10:17am 02.24.22 We had expanded foam under the sole of my father's center-console runabout. It was hygroscopic. Be
Replacing sail slugs (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 10:05am 02.24.22 I assume you are familiar with the various options to slugs which are often problematic. One example
The snow is melting! And that means I'll be sailing soon (ish) dreadpiratk at 9:44am 02.24.22 Got all the way up to 30 here with some actual sun in the frozen hell of upstate NY. 12" of snow c
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 9:30am 02.24.22 Hey, thanks for the response. The new winch is getting installed with deck foot switches at the mast
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered Tom J at 9:28am 02.24.22 Regardless of what they say, we cruised for over 40 years in RI/MA/NH/ME/NY with my unregistered ou
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc Zencra at 9:18am 02.24.22 This is going in the wrong direction. how do I connect the maretron to chartplotter? my maretron fue
New to us Hunter 40.5 baycloud at 9:10am 02.24.22 How are you planning to do that? I originally was thinking the same thing but..... Well I have 840
Yanmar 3YM30 Oil pressure sender threads tfox2069 at 8:49am 02.24.22 I tried email and msg on Faceboook over a week ago. I'll give them a call. Wanted to confirm if I

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