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Banner Marine Riding Sail for 41 ft Hunter jack1812 at 1:31am 01.15.08 Big Boats 14/1801 Has anyone had experience with the Fin Delta # 2 riding sail from Banner Marine (or any other type)
Mast height/bridge clearance Mistral Swil at 1:11am 01.15.08 Hallberg-Rassy 4/2433 Does anyone know the exact standard mast height above the water (for bridge clearance) of the 33ft M
Rain water in the mysterious shower bilge Scott F. Murphy at 2:50am 01.15.08 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1511 Not being a live aboard, in two years of ownership I have never been aboard "Some Day" ('79 Cherubin
fix or salvage ? Penetrater at 3:17am 01.15.08 Mid-Size Boats 14/1442 im kinda at a loss hear, not really shure what to do, so im needing some advice.First off this is
New Orleans area bridge info sailaway78 at 4:27am 01.15.08 Ask All Sailors 3/989 Took a run over this morning to check out the new Hwy.90 bridge. Had heard it was supposed to be co
Gennaker operation question Syversens at 5:04am 01.15.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2361 Hello all, I got some new parts from beneteau (which I highly recommend, their spinlock were half pr
Recommend a surveyor in GTA? Brian Scott at 6:41am 01.15.08 Ask All Sailors 17/1941 Just got lots of helpful replies to my winter boat buying question which leads to this follow up. An
Deck Core Repair bristolianboater at 7:40am 01.15.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1140 My 1982 C-38 has brown gunge seeping through the small crevaces in the cabin deckhead and around the
whale watching novelman17128 at 8:23am 01.15.08 Ask All Sailors 31/2115 I will be sailing offshore this Saturday looking for whales and porpoise. Have any of you seen eithe
Sail cloth Bugsboat at 9:10am 01.15.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/1234 I am trying to make a decision about a new dacron mainsail. Was wondering what other Hunter owners t
batteries Mike8193 at 8:30am 01.15.08 Ask All Sailors 35/2016 I have had my boat for 3 years now. It has two marine batteries, you can turn them on one at a time
My story Don Chesley at 11:05am 01.15.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1434 If this effort bothers anybody please let me know and I wiil not do it again. Please excuse the typi
Inverter noise LSCalifornia at 10:54am 01.15.08 Big Boats 37/4630 I'm curious if it's just me or is anybody else bothered by a very high pitched electronic sound comi
Sail adjustment on In-Mast furling Main Weasel at 11:07am 01.15.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2131 We have a 2004 331 with the in-mast furling main. It is very hard to flatten the sail when the wind
Block Recommendations? dancing bear at 8:33pm 01.15.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1016 The sheaves on most the blocks on my Mac 25 are very dry, starting to chip, and it is time to replac
1978 30' Oday windows NickS2 at 3:43pm 01.15.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1535
Problems with steering Phil18130 at 3:32pm 01.15.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/2875 The steering on my 2002 26X is very stiff. When the motor and rudders are detached from the steerin
catalina 34 factory engine Tim Haibach at 10:52pm 01.15.08 Mid-Size Boats 7/1685 What was the original factory engine for this model? I'm looking at a boat with a perkins 30 hp and
losses Backstay Jake Landreneau at 10:49pm 01.15.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/3116 I have recently purchased a Venture 2-22. However I noticed when stepping the mast I have to lossen
Mooring Pennant configurations chiefjgreene at 10:16pm 01.15.08 Smaller Boats 12/2819 Since there are no bow cleats, chocks or mooring bit on the H23, what does one do to secure the moor

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Can anyone Id this? Joe at 6:15am 10.20.21 I'm so relieved it's not a bosun's chair. Me too, but it would've been called a bosun's THONG.....
I Need Some Deck Painting Advice. (1) Joe at 6:11am 10.20.21 I used Kiwi grip on non skid deck areas. It's water based and will definitely solve your spider cra
VPNs and SBO Davidasailor26 at 6:04am 10.20.21 Does your VPN provider put you in some other country? That could hit some kind of blocking rule. Al
VPNs and SBO jssailem at 6:01am 10.20.21 Perhaps it is the VPN or the server the VPN is using. I use Nord-VPN. Generally no issues when log
ZF marine ZF 12 M Gear Purchase CYQK at 5:56am 10.20.21 Looks like it will be harbor marine in everett wash Poss same as fred warner
Tohatsu 8HP Slip Water Flushing System Joe at 5:48am 10.20.21 You need a boarding ladder or swim platform on the transom. I flushed my motor with the ear muff sy
Oil change, there's got to be a better way. justsomeguy at 5:44am 10.20.21 It looks like this: Think I saw one of those in an Austin Powers movie once.
Should the prop shaft flange be painted? Justin_NSA at 5:07am 10.20.21 I have used Eastwood products to clean, prep and paint rusty automotive parts. My "new" Buck Algonqu
I Need Some Deck Painting Advice. dlochner at 5:04am 10.20.21 My hull above the water line was painted (poorly) by a previous owner. I lived with it for this se
I Need Some Deck Painting Advice. ShawnL at 3:52am 10.20.21 My hull above the water line was painted (poorly) by a previous owner. I lived with it for this sea
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed Davidasailor26 at 2:31am 10.20.21 What kind of speeds do you get when motoring? The speed under sail does seem low, and the polars fro
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed (1) PEDRO MENDES PINTO at 2:01am 10.20.21 I'm measuring the SOG with two GPS. I have a tunnel bowthruster from origin of the boat.
Oil change, there's got to be a better way. BigEasy at 12:15am 10.20.21 Have not perfected procedure, by any means; however, free standing manual pump canister helps tremen
Trailer lug nut tightness BigEasy at 11:54pm 10.19.21
H280 Service Manual JamesG161 at 8:36pm 10.19.21 replacing the rudder bearing Those are not replaceable.:( Jim...
Hunter 45CC Autopilot Motor jssailem at 8:34pm 10.19.21 Its been a year with the tighten screws and the pilot motor has had no issues driving the rudder, e
H280 Service Manual twalker H260 at 8:24pm 10.19.21 Some of the information located here might help. https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/export/M
Hunter 45CC Autopilot Motor Sailor_Al at 7:55pm 10.19.21 Has anyone ever removed/replaced the autopilot motor located in the bottom of the pedestal? It seem
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed Ted at 7:54pm 10.19.21 The numbers in the first column are the wind angles.
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed Tally Ho at 7:26pm 10.19.21 6.1 knots definitely is slow for that boat. If you are measuring your speed with a knot meter, it m

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