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Taking a trip from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys Geri at 9:47am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1349 We have a 260 Hunter with a swing up keel. Would like to take a trip to the Florida Keys and reques
Polyurethane Glue Murray16764 at 8:45am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2516 I made an attempt to reseat a fixed port on the roof of cabin of my Ben352 last summer. I used sili
ETEC 90 shaft length, prop size and pitch gcarmich at 8:13am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1200 I am seriously considering upgrading my '04 Honda 50 to an ETEC 90. Is the recommended shaft length
Hurth Reduction Gear Data jgonnerman at 7:51am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1920 I have a 1984 Capital Yachts Newport 41 powered by its original Universal 5432 Diesal. The engine ma
ETEC 90 Prop size and pitch gcarmich at 7:46am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/2 I am seriously considering upgrading my '04 Honda 50 to an ETEC 90. What prop size and pitch do you
Returning to the Hunter 36 Family...advice please . deacm at 6:49am 03.04.09 Big Boats 13/2239 Back in 2002, I bought a Hunter 356 and although I loved it, our sailing season is just too short he
Free NOAA Chart Booklets Robspan at 6:28am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1278 The NOAA has come up with an experimental website that offers their charts free in booklet format. I
Should I race? yodaboda at 6:00am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1500 I've just acquired a hunter 23 WK. I thought about racing it in our upcoming club race. We race on
Shower / washdown in the cockpit? Questions. BobM at 4:24am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2373 So now that I am moving my Chartplotter from the port side coaming aft, it leaves me with a 4 x 6 ho
Can any one help me David Frick at 7:53pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1291 I am looking at a Hunter 46-2000 build, and now everyone is an expert, and they are putting the wind
Nav Pod Mod Ron20324 at 7:24pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2179 I installed a chartplotter on my NavPod, but things are too crowded inside and the top cover does no
Electrolysis II Eric on Selah at 7:14pm 03.03.09 Big Boats 4/1349 We put our 380 in the water in Port Charlotte, FL with a new zinc on the prop shaft. A month later,
Gel Coat Touch up question-need a solution alanwir at 6:51pm 03.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1519 On the cockpit floor, I have had some strictly cosmetic issues to deal with. There were some spots,
Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? Rick Webb at 6:38pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2100 Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? How about a whistle, mirror, marking light, PEPRB? May likely have
Transom Question MLM at 3:44pm 03.03.09 Day Sailers 0/1145 Does the 25' Oday have the same questionable o/b bracket weakness as the 23' and will a 7.5 four str
Winterizing fluke Deadline at 3:00pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1256 Yesterday I had to re-winterize my 2001 Yanmar 2GM because of a hard freeze. The engine must have a
New owner..... yugnoir at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3289 Just closed the deal for a 1990 Mac 26s. Will be picking it up next month and need to travel 763 KM.
Replacement Head Catalina 27 (2) Joe Snuffy at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 35/17535 Greetings! I just purchased an 84 Catalina 27. The head does not work, and the Wilcox Company seems
Diesel leak jodygoldman at 2:38pm 03.03.09 Catalina 30 4/2028 I own a 1986 Catalina 30 . The smell of fuel is very strong in the cabin and I have been trying to
diesel engine class windarra at 2:20pm 03.03.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1202 I have a 27' O'day with a 10hp diesel inboard engine. Looking for a class/course on how to operate a

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Best Schematic Drawing Tool for Boat Electrical Systems? Head Sail at 10:18am 02.16.22 Graph paper, mechanical pencil, and template. Don't have to boot it up, inexpensive, easily modifie
Thru Hull Backing Plates Project_Mayhem at 10:05am 02.16.22 To each their own path. The "double" Nuts is nuts in my opinion. I prefer solid and simple. I would
Its funny Friday! Ralph Johnstone at 10:01am 02.16.22 will only screw on if aligned at 0.075 degrees perpendicular to a line drawn between the center of
First start in awhile... Benny17441 at 9:58am 02.16.22 Engine oil thickens when cold. Cold engine oil can place a drag on the starter motor causing it to
Thru Hull Backing Plates jssailem at 9:58am 02.16.22 To each their own path. The "double" Nuts is nuts in my opinion. I prefer solid and simple. I woul
Securing Batteries on my H34 Benny17441 at 9:51am 02.16.22 You could do screws in conjunction with epoxy if there is adequate surface area to adhere to.
Starter issues- 1982 Yanmar (1) Benny17441 at 9:43am 02.16.22 First of all 30 degree weather diminishes the power capacity of a battery, 2nd) the engine oil thick
Stuck Kick up Rudder Pintle AaronD at 9:43am 02.16.22 Ours was corroded badly enough that it had lost multiple chunks of the aluminum casting. I know it's
Hunter 34 companion hatch kloudie1 at 9:38am 02.16.22 My companionway slider had a teak "stop" underneath the front of the slider. It had two screws holdi
Thru Hull Backing Plates Project_Mayhem at 9:27am 02.16.22 I'm familiar with Mainesail's procedure for thru hulls. After some thought here's what I'm going to
Seamanship - World of Wave Craft jssailem at 9:21am 02.16.22 Or roll over repeatedly taking one on the beam. Worse would be surfing down the face into the bottom
Seamanship - World of Wave Craft Will Gilmore at 9:14am 02.16.22 Is not the height that is the problem. It's like falling from an airplane. You're fine until that
Oday 25 portlights Project_Mayhem at 9:04am 02.16.22 Don't use butyl to install the windows. Use 3M 4000 UV, 3M 4200 or Loktite PL series marine adhesive
It just keeps going... Project_Mayhem at 9:01am 02.16.22 Was that just reopening the cockpit drain or putting in a new one? I destroyed the thru hull fitti
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 8:58am 02.16.22 I once heard a story about Silent Cal. One Sunday, Silent Cal went to church, but his wife had to s
Seamanship - World of Wave Craft jssailem at 8:40am 02.16.22 Oh great...:facepalm: Just when I am talking about planning for a cruise along the Western coast of
Seamanship - World of Wave Craft (1) Will Gilmore at 8:30am 02.16.22 Reviving an old thread here to post this article about a recent rogue wave event of Vancouver. The
Stuck Kick up Rudder Pintle Jacktar at 8:20am 02.16.22 buy the ruddercraft one with gas up lift
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 jssailem at 8:05am 02.16.22 No idea if this the one you need, but it shows that they are available. https://edsonmarine.com/pe
Stuck Kick up Rudder Pintle LakeShark at 7:51am 02.16.22 Pictures might help as the kick up rudders I believe changed once or twice if i remember correctly.

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