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Running main halyard to cockpit / 18.5 MHJ at 7:47am 10.02.21 Smaller Boats 13/2312 Hello; I found some old posts about running the main halyard on an 18.5 through a block at the base
Hunter legend 37.5 Port and Stbd rod rigging set up inside the boat (2) destiny12 at 3:02am 10.02.21 Big Boats 7/1832 Dear All, Am planning to do a circumnavigation starting in 2023, and am preparing the boat. A conce
Sailboat Drone SandCat at 7:16pm 10.01.21 Ask All Sailors 13/1519 You may have seen in the news where NOAA sailed drones into Hurricane Sam this week. Pretty cool te
Best Fill for Drill and Tap (1) KZW at 2:45pm 10.01.21 Catalina 310 26/4379
Vision 32 side ports? 1StVision at 1:05pm 10.01.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1152 Hi All, My first post here. A couple of years ago I bought a Vision 32. After decades of owning sail
Force 10 Stove Replacement for Legend 35.5 DLLawrence at 12:53pm 10.01.21 Big Boats 1/597 Looks like my old Hillerange is going down fast. After some research, it appears the closest like
Jib Sail Trim Controls Don Guillette at 10:40am 10.01.21 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/4732 I was talking with a beginner sailor from Melbourne, Australia, who has just moved up from a Catalin
Prop sizing (diameter, pitch) for Bavaria 41 (2004) saildrive vs. engine speed (RPM) and boat speed boaterbob at 10:15am 10.01.21 Bavaria 6/4136 My Volvo Penta 2004 D-2 55 pushes my Bavaria 41 at 7 knts at 1800 RPM with existing 3 bladed Aluminu
Interior Cushions 29.5 lakesailer22 at 9:17am 10.01.21 Mid-Size Boats 7/1128 I just purchased a 1994. H29.5 there are no interior cushions. Need help making the cushions or wher
Kubota Diesel (on the hard) model ZH600B Plymouth Sailor at 3:37am 10.01.21 Ask All Sailors 14/1825 I need some assistance with my inboard: just bought another boat and want to start the Kubota motor
Bottom Paint in Northern Climates Charles Erwin at 6:09pm 09.30.21 Ask All Sailors 19/1915 In climates where one takes the boat out in winter, what paint works for this "multi-season" approac
Light on Bimini Structure wont turn on. Changed Lightbulb, and checked the connectors for power, there is none. Any ideas? aescobar100 at 12:20pm 09.30.21 Mid-Size Boats 7/1499 Light on Bimini Structure wont turn on. Changed Lightbulb, and checked the connectors for power, th
E33 Sol� TV aescobar100 at 12:19pm 09.30.21 Mid-Size Boats 6/1079
Water leaking in through plate - 1986 Hunter 28.5 (1) Lilo at 12:06pm 09.30.21 Parts Search 7/1000 The attached photo belongs to a plate located in the last compartment of the aft cabin. This compart
Fall Maintenance - Universal Diesel odaydokay at 9:13am 09.30.21 Engines and Propulsion 15/2747 I have typically done my oil change in the fall, then fuel filter, fuel pump sieve/screen and HE ano
Nav System Replacement Dave Powell at 7:31am 09.30.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 8/3398 I'd like to replace my Raymarine C90W MFD but keep the wind and other instruments as well as the tra
Galvanic Isolators - take in handluggage? braddexter at 6:33am 09.30.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1054 That's it... simple!!
Changing Hoses 12PT at 12:16am 09.30.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 15/2648 I read from the HeadMistress posts that prior to working on changing hoses, you should flush the sys
Replace fuel stop cable with stop button Jaxn at 8:55pm 09.29.21 Engines and Propulsion 12/2272 I have a Westerbeke 10-two and would like to replace the t-handle stop cable with a button. I am hav
O'Day 26 - Didn't sell, but now what? (1) MaritimeOliver at 5:04pm 09.29.21 Day Sailers 22/3553 So, I had mentioned I was going to have to sell my sailboat, which was really bumming me out but it

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O'Day RENDEZVOUS!! LouisMK at 7:28pm 03.11.25 June 13 or 20, sorry.
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main LouisMK at 7:26pm 03.11.25 Loose footed mains work wonderfully, stack packs seem to work well for those who like them but IMO a
Naked Lifelines and Fuel Leak (1) jssailem at 7:15pm 03.11.25 I installed dyneema gates on Hadley in 2015. They are 1/4 inch diameter line with the ends long buri
Engine Overheating Davidasailor26 at 7:05pm 03.11.25
VHF antenna mast mounting jssailem at 6:04pm 03.11.25 Many use the antenna as a sacrificial feeler to let them know when the bridge is too low. One TWANG!
Hunter 34 primary winches Capt Robbie at 5:57pm 03.11.25 kloudie is correct about the embedded aluminum plate. If you move the new ones to far forward then
Engine Overheating (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:33pm 03.11.25 Do HE need to be replaced? If it's clean as you have described, it's the same as a new HE. No mo
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C dLj at 4:29pm 03.11.25 I can't tell much from the photo. Can you take a better close up that shows the depth of that indica
Source for replacement sheaves dLj at 4:23pm 03.11.25 Not considering how easy/hard it would be to physically perform the replacement, it is entirely pos
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main Hayden Watson at 3:39pm 03.11.25 Good point. Smokey73, the OP, has the same year Hunter as me, so I assumed the reefing system is l
VHF antenna mast mounting Urban Hermit at 3:08pm 03.11.25 Go back to Don's question. If you are re-stepping your mast often I wouldn't want a mast head anten
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 3:05pm 03.11.25 Hi all, There was a lot of good advice on this thread and thanks to all who contributed. I ended
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C Urban Hermit at 2:55pm 03.11.25 BUY THE BAYFIELD You'll love it! We had one, though not a C. It's a true blue-water cruiser desig
Considering buying a Bayfield 29C dmax at 2:42pm 03.11.25 Your mast may not be 1/4" thick, so probably not that deep.
Bottom paint question dlochner at 2:42pm 03.11.25 This has been pretty well answered. I just want to add that having a contrasting paint below the wa
Know When to Hold 'em, Know When to Fold 'em ............. Ralph Johnstone at 1:50pm 03.11.25 Those screws are Posidrive - not Phillips. The Posi bit looks like Phillips but the end of a Posi b
Noob. Do you use the mainsail halyard as the main sheet? Chuck_FLA at 1:43pm 03.11.25 I too thought of the more rigid line for the sheet. My question is safety related: can you safely (
Pilothouse Hydraulic Steering Help wbarrie at 1:43pm 03.11.25 Wagner, sadly, doesn't exist any more. Mechanics who regularly work on fishboats would know. I do
Loose footed main with Stack Pack vs non-loose footed main PAC3142 at 1:40pm 03.11.25 Is your single line system the type that has a shuttle in the boom, and that is limiting the travel
Replace Teak Bungs Foswick at 1:31pm 03.11.25 This is kind of tangential, but it is something I learned the hard way, this winter. I just rebuilt

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