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Refrigeration lines HD74 at 11:33am 07.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/774 The refrigeration lines from my compressor to unit is sweating a lot. The water drops down off them
Refrigeration lines HD74 at 11:11am 07.25.21 Ask All Sailors 1/380 My refrigeration lines on my fridge are sweating and dripping a lot of water. This is causing a buil
H212 Centerboard raising rope broken timjneedham at 8:49am 07.25.21 Smaller Boats 4/979 I ordered new Dyneema cord to replace the broken one, but I'm not sure how I'm going to attach it. D
Lewmar port lights Xstream at 7:22am 07.25.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1989 My 1996 Oceanis 281 has six older style Lewmar port lights. I have heard of other folks who have re
Chicago slip question Jimongee at 5:41am 07.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/423 we are on our 356 in Sturgeon Bay, WI awaiting parts. In 2 days we are departing for Chicago. We
Fresh water pumps NYSail at 11:44pm 07.24.21 Ask All Sailors 3/823
Lewmar folding wheel capseaquel at 5:45pm 07.24.21 Ask All Sailors 4/807 Lost one of the machine? Screws which connect the folding parts of the spokes to the standing parts.
Hunter 35.5 Legend back stay rigging. (2) FrKim at 3:39pm 07.24.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/922 Should the back stay be tight to the point of inducing an aft bend in the mast between the fore stay
Hunter 212 - Trailerable - I need advice for the procedure on Replacing the 6mm Dyneema cord used to raise the retractable centerboard timjneedham at 1:56pm 07.24.21 Trailer Sailors 2/464 Has anyone replaced the rope? The rope is snapped and the keel swings freely down. I'm pretty anti-p
Keel (4) Rodsails at 1:22pm 07.24.21 Big Boats 4/895 Had a great day sailing near Big Bay De Nok Michigan, only to come to a hard stop at 7.5 knots. 3 ha
Time to tighten main furler? (1) Nachismo at 12:37pm 07.24.21 Big Boats 21/2532 With main mostly unfurled I see the remaining couple wraps are aft. See pic. Would tightening the
Portlights RMintle at 11:04am 07.24.21 Ask An Oday Owner 3/809
ANGLE OF HEAL FOR RACING upwinddan at 9:48am 07.24.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2828 I race a Hunter 33.5 that has the elliptical blub with the little wings. I am wondering if anyone ha
New Rudder? DeliriousSailor at 9:01am 07.24.21 Smaller Boats 14/2378 Hello everyone, I need some advice regarding the rudder on my H26. The current rudder needs repa
Fuel guage for 1982 Hunter 33 john1234 at 8:52am 07.24.21 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1597 There is no fuel guage on my 1982 Hunter 33 Cherubini era sailboat. Anyone have suggestions to what
Life Line Stanchion Replacement FrKim at 7:29am 07.24.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/556 Can anyone explain how to replace a mid ship Life Line Stanchion. Are there any instructions availa
Weeds in the prop? Jimongee at 6:23am 07.24.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1284 Ok so here we are in our 2002 356 yesterday. We were motoring into the Sturgeon Bay very busy chann
Change the filter on a Beneteau 51.1 AC joelsbuch at 5:37am 07.24.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/511 How do you change the filter on my AC units? The boat manual doesn't seem to show a filter but my d
Got the mast up! (1) patbratton at 5:20am 07.24.21 Smaller Boats 5/579 Friday was hot in Georgia. My son and I spend the morning running down the remaining parts to replac
Transport Costs? Apex at 3:01am 07.24.21 Ask All Sailors 16/2096 Anyone have experience in transport recently? Have a quote for 30ft. (only response thus far). Incl

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard (1) Ward H at 6:44am 10.07.24 Here is the Keel Stub Repair document from Catalina Yachts for those interested. I also have it in
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:11am 10.07.24 @Project_Mayhem When transporting my zero turn lawn mower, it is stored as forward on the trailer
Rudder Removal American_Mainsail at 5:44am 10.07.24 I used your tutorial many times. It was invaluable. Thanks Happy that we helped!
Asymmetrical Spinnaker rigging Dave Groshong at 5:02am 10.07.24 Maybe ask these people, they look like they've got it down! Flying the Asymmetrical spinnaker fro
Online Resources east coaster at 4:50am 10.07.24 There is also Boat US for hurricane prep if you don't have time to read all four volumes of the abov
Lazarette clasp ? jssailem at 4:43am 10.07.24 If you have been a small (20 ft or less), powered boat owner you may have heard there is a CG requir
Deck Core Repair east coaster at 4:43am 10.07.24 Agree with Shawnl check boatworks today. His latest video covers these issues and your concerns. He
Bow Eye pcharn01 at 4:30am 10.07.24 Trailer was deep enough. There was a slight incline between the boat and trailer which has been the
Bow Eye ...3TacksontheWater at 4:08am 10.07.24 Well, it's absolutely something you need to do plus it's a good upgrade that everyone should do even
Indian Summer in the Pacific NW jssailem at 4:01am 10.07.24 Thank you @gnetwerker for the in person update. I am aways south at the moment. We had a beautiful d
TD 14 (2) kappykaplan at 2:20am 10.07.24 Milton is definitely getting stronger . . . urricane comes ashore. 227909 Stay safe, y'all.
O'Day 25 Boat Stands David W at 11:12pm 10.06.24 The Brownell site has a stand calculator.
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Alan Gomes at 8:50pm 10.06.24 The switch to all-glass keel stubs occurred around 1988. I was very active on the Catalina 30 list
Indian Summer in the Pacific NW gnetwerker at 7:21pm 10.06.24 It was a pretty nice day in Nanaimo today -- broken clouds, some sun, dry during the day. Wind yest
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Richard19068 at 6:40pm 10.06.24 It has been way over a decade, and I do not recall the exact model. The story was either here or th
O'Day 25 Boat Stands FDL S2 at 6:33pm 10.06.24 I have an S2 7.3 (24ft) that draws 4ft and I use 4ft stands.
Lazarette clasp ? shemandr at 5:44pm 10.06.24 I've personally seen a boat sink because the lazarette lid opened in a knockdown allowing a massive
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Alan Gomes at 5:36pm 10.06.24 If you mean 'no reports', you might want to change the wording to "very seldom" ... as there was a*
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Alan Gomes at 5:32pm 10.06.24 The C30's, and if I'm not mistaken, other Catalinas, used wood until 86 or 87 when the Mark II came
Lazarette clasp ? jssailem at 5:16pm 10.06.24 There are some boats that have access to the lazarette lid from the inside. In that case the tie do

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