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Yanmar 3GMF oil change nemo99 at 6:55am 01.23.09 Big Boats 8/6677 Hi; I have a yanmar 3gmf and change oil in the engine by inserting a small tube into the dipstick h
Fiberglass Repair (1) jaymenator at 8:28pm 01.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2825 What is the best way to repair pitting? I have several areas topside with some pitting as shown belo
Hand Held GPS Shooter II at 8:27pm 01.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 12/2921 Looking to get a hand-held GPS for use on the Chesapeake. Anybody have any recommendations for brand
Low profile vent Hunter 34 dperreault at 7:00pm 01.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2204 Does anyone know where to get the low profile vent for the Hunter 34 , year 1983 -1984 ? It was onc
Swing Keel locked or unlocked? Chic questions tanya09 at 5:28pm 01.22.09 Catalina 22 7/3316 Just purchased a 85 Cat 22. I had the bottom painted last fall and had the swing keel and bolts che
Joe Trinkky Dinky Shoaldrafter at 5:04pm 01.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1461 Thank you for your post on the plant visit. Question about use of roving guns to spray inside th
Question about connecting my VHF to my GPS mschenk at 4:37pm 01.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1157 Hi Sailors: I have a Standard Horizon Intrepid model GX1270S VHF radio and a Garmin GSMap 492 and I
Westerbeke instrument replacements NautiBuoy at 4:20pm 01.22.09 Bigger Boats 1/1432 The Tach/hour Meter and Volt Meter on my '87 272LE have both failed. Any suggestions for replacemen
What do you cook with? Trinkka at 1:54pm 01.22.09 Trailer Sailors 81/16761 The last Thread that I entered on cooking on a small boat has been languishing. So I offer a questio
butyl tape John at 11:16am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 13/9248 Maine Sail uses butyl tape instead of caulking for sealing deck penetrations. I have never worked wi
Power Inverter Question Rick2413 at 9:52am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 18/5726 I presently have a xantrex 1750 watt inverter(1500 watt continuous) on my boat. It has two outlets.
starting engine first time in 2 years. (1) luvitt at 9:45am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 26/4120 hey all, Ive been working on restoring this 40' hunter legend for about a year now. Its a beautiful
Table of Rigging Sizes & Lengths Donalex at 8:15am 01.22.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2227 Hi Phil, In the Halcyon days of HOW I think we used to have access to a table of Running Rigging siz
strictly sail chicago discount code duality at 7:56am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/4685 here is a discount code for the chicago show! 50% off SSC09CD anyone have any others mike
Backup outboard tom.watson at 7:55am 01.22.09 Catalina 30 4/2125 Last year, I had trouble with my A4 that turned out to be a gas line pinhole after weeks of looking
Simply amazing Alan at 6:35am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 11/1953 SYDNEY: Two Burmese men, who said they spent nearly a month floating in an icebox on storm-battered
What's this on my Cal 20? (1) Wahiawa at 3:20am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/5032 Aloha, Can anyone tell me what this bracket is for on the back of my Cal 20's mast? I recently bo
Knotmeter or GPS jibes138 at 2:39am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 48/9603 What is the opinion of this group regarding using, and maintaining a knotmeter versus just using the
Which Mac sails best? wonthaggi at 10:35pm 01.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2515 Hi from a future Mac owner. Prior to the model X. and M (Which I can't afford) Which model Mac s
Whisker pole rvh111 at 10:24pm 01.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2107 Hi there, I am about to take possesion of a 2005 Hunter 33. Can anyone tell me what size "whisker p

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Recommendation for a hatch or companionway air conditioner Ilanortho at 2:24pm 02.15.22 r. The one we used was the 5,000 or 6,000 BTU model. Per your Recommendation I did a search for
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling Stu Jackson at 2:10pm 02.15.22 Solution has to be unique to this brand of furling main gear. Which is?
Hunter 34 companion hatch Capt Robbie at 1:50pm 02.15.22 db421 as marksbird posted about putting groves into the hatch is really a great tip to do, and I w
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? Marmalade at 1:15pm 02.15.22 @flightlead404 - not sure what source for multi-color striping you found online, but I searched the
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling sailingdeac at 12:33pm 02.15.22 I've searched all over. Key in this is that the 309 I think has its own furling main brand. Other
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling Stu Jackson at 12:27pm 02.15.22 It is so frustrating to have quite a lot of rainwater in the bilge due to this minor design problem
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? Dave Groshong at 11:52am 02.15.22 We have a few multi color stripes https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/searchres.php?kw=striping
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling sailingdeac at 11:24am 02.15.22 So true, Don.... but the other post offers a possible suggestion IF IF it is true that the drain
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? flightlead404 at 11:06am 02.15.22 Catalina Direct has multi-stripe tapes available. 50' Roll Sheer Stripe TapeSapphire Blue & Turquoi
Thru Hull Backing Plates Ward H at 11:00am 02.15.22 I used a 3 1/4" Lennox hole saw blade in a 16V Dewalt drill. I took my time, changed the battery on
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling Don S/V ILLusion at 10:54am 02.15.22 Hard to fix most mast leaks unless you step the mast and thoroughly seal the area
BOLT BROKE OFF jviss at 10:54am 02.15.22 A machinist's trick my father taught me is to drill the center with a left handed drill - the broken
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (3) sailingdeac at 10:50am 02.15.22 This shows the barely visible electric wires
First start in awhile... jeepbluetj at 10:41am 02.15.22 Worse perhaps if you do it at the fuel dock with witnesses, not that I would know anything about su
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? jeepbluetj at 10:37am 02.15.22 Catalina Direct has multi-stripe tapes available. 50' Roll Sheer Stripe TapeSapphire Blue & Turquois
Thru Hull Backing Plates Dalliance at 10:28am 02.15.22 As a side note if you have never done it: "... cut a G-10 backer plate ..." is easier said that don
Recommendation for a hatch or companionway air conditioner Ilanortho at 10:04am 02.15.22 Thank you for you experience and advice.
BOLT BROKE OFF Jake N Eggs at 10:01am 02.15.22 You need to get a center punch hole in the broken part of the bolt as close to the center of the bro
Need a mast for 22 sport, standard. pclarksurf at 9:23am 02.15.22 If you are in Everett, WA -- there are a couple of Sailboat salvage yards in the extended Seattle me
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? RussC at 8:40am 02.15.22 not sure you'll find multi color like that but there's a very large selection of vinyl striping tape

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