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Cutless Bearing kair at 11:13am 11.05.08 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1301 Does anyone know the outter diameter of the cutless bearing for the 1980 Hunter 36 Sloop? Thanks
Cutless Bearing kair at 11:11am 11.05.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/982 Does anyone know the outer diameter of the cutless bearing for the 1980 Hunter 36? Thanks Steve
Fairlead Adjustment Don Guillette at 10:44am 11.05.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 28/12908 The fairlead adjustment is one the most important sail trim adjustments you make on your boat. If yo
Bristol 30 info? Hector at 8:55am 11.05.08 Ask All Sailors 1/3442 HI I'm looking at a 1973 Bristol 30 (centerboard model). I really like this particular boat - it's
Perkins 4-108 Problem mckee1952 at 8:38am 11.05.08 Ask All Sailors 10/2540 This last weekend after a non eventfull motor of about 3hr's to an anchorage for the night, we start
signet marine insturments Terry in Naples at 7:53am 11.05.08 Ask All Sailors 6/5519 When I purchased my boat it already has the signet system in it. ( wind direction speed, depth, spee
Travelling advice g1gaumond at 5:23am 11.05.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1681 I am heading into the windy city for a few days on Business and I'd like to call on sailors for some
How much time to unstep a mast? Mike G. at 5:06am 11.05.08 Ask All Sailors 25/11719 While reviewing invoices from the marina, I noted that they charged me 6.5 hours to unstep the mast
New Feature Added Maine Sail at 4:58am 11.05.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1534 I wanted to let you all know that you can now bookmark a specific post within a thread instead of bo
Site updates, 11/5 Phil Herring at 12:09am 11.05.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1842 In the forums: horizontal ads have been removed from the top of the screen and run vertically down
Looking for comments on this C27 dman535 at 9:39pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 6/2544 I posted some pictures of a boat I am considering. It needs some work - that is for sure. Boat seems
boom kicker H34 Alex at 9:03pm 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1272 as the title gives away I have a hunter 34 from 85'. Im thinking of adding a boom kicker next seaso
North Channel Pic (3) heysteveh at 8:44pm 11.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1163 Checking to see if my new avatar will show up. It is a picture we took while sailing in a light bree
help ! how to remove flange from drive shaft bonaroo5698 at 7:35pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 25/18031 i have a beneteau 393 (2005). have to change shaft bearing. separated the flange on the transmissi
Spinaker for Catalina 28 (1991) liberty at 7:24pm 11.04.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1330 Looking to add a Spinaker sail to my Catalina 28 (1991). Need to purchase a spinaker and see what r
Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 5:20pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 12/3677 OK, this is driving me nuts. My boat has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound t
First 285 DC panel & water heater qiestion? SoSound at 5:19pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2264 First 285 DC panel ' water heater question? Thanks for bearing with me, I'm working on a lot of thi
Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 4:54pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1998 OK, this is driving me nuts. My 85 H31 has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound
Yanmar 3GMF ranchu56 at 4:20pm 11.04.08 Big Boats 9/1915 Looking for advice. Meter shows 3518.6 hrs on the engine. I only had the boat in the water for 4 mo
A new look to the cabin woodwork (4) Trinkka at 4:17pm 11.04.08 Day Sailers 1/1573 It seems that every year I need to make a change or do some kind of a modification to my O'Day 222.

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Attaching Clamshell Dalliance at 1:26pm 02.14.22 I'll give you a quick lesson. My sailing buddy and I on different boats transiting the Fox River,
Attaching Clamshell (1) Apex at 1:23pm 02.14.22 @jviss: entertaining thread so far. My 2cents? yes, short bronze screws. And bottom-tap the hole
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 jssailem at 1:23pm 02.14.22 As David suggests, I use the wheel brake on the binnacle to temporarily hold the wheel in place. It
First start in awhile... Richard19068 at 1:15pm 02.14.22 Don't ask me how I know this. :facepalm: I've done that. But mostly I wonder why my dinghy outbo
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? jviss at 1:12pm 02.14.22 The guy at boatzincs.com, where I buy my zincs, advised to use aluminum.
Attaching Clamshell Richard19068 at 1:10pm 02.14.22 Thanks, but this isn't a scoop strainer. Edit: I can see how you might think it is, or it could ac
First start in awhile... kappykaplan at 1:09pm 02.14.22 Don't ask me how I know this. :facepalm: :plus:
Attaching Clamshell jviss at 1:08pm 02.14.22 This is from MaineSails Marine How to site: HYDROLOCK! Cause = Improper Orientation of Scoop Stra
Attaching Clamshell Rick486 at 1:06pm 02.14.22 I'll give you a quick lesson. My sailing buddy and I on different boats transiting the Fox River,
Attaching Clamshell Richard19068 at 1:05pm 02.14.22 ... do you face the strainer into the prevailing flow of water or away from? ... I choose away, th
First start in awhile... Hayden Watson at 1:05pm 02.14.22 If your boat has a manual kill cable you can leave it pulled out and it will crank forever and not s
Attaching Clamshell Rick486 at 1:04pm 02.14.22 How do you attach this? Just put some short bronze screws into the hull? is once in a while to c
Raw water intake strainer JrzSailor at 12:56pm 02.14.22 Interesting. I don't think I have a slotted intake strainer on mine. I'll check next time I'm at the
Hunter 280 mid boom traveller (4) Gypsy Wind at 12:32pm 02.14.22 Here are some pics of our previous 1996 280.
Raw water pump. (2) Tomusa at 12:19pm 02.14.22 Yes, Oberdorfer. I had a leaky Sherwood and completely rebuilt it. Definitely not fun..many parts,
Attaching Clamshell nwsearle at 12:14pm 02.14.22 Sorry, I should have added that I purchased the strainer that had the through hull treaded section a
Thru Hull Backing Plates Dalliance at 12:13pm 02.14.22 I'm leaning much more towards using my existing thru hull and valve since I can't find anything wro
Attaching Clamshell nwsearle at 12:07pm 02.14.22 I'll give you a quick lesson. My sailing buddy and I on different boats transiting the Fox River, W
Thru Hull Backing Plates Dalliance at 12:06pm 02.14.22 @Dalliance Photos in post 15 and further comments explain it is a hole in the hull liner giving acc
Thru Hull Backing Plates Project_Mayhem at 12:00pm 02.14.22 I'm leaning much more towards using my existing thru hull and valve since I can't find anything wron

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