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Water Ingress GP at 1:31pm 10.08.06 Bavaria 16/5683 G'day,I don't know if this forum is active but I'm ever hopefully. I am the proud Owner of a Bavar
Cable for Forward & Reverse Robert in St. Louis at 1:15pm 10.08.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/721 Hello Fellow Sailors,I have a new problem to share and would like some feed back if any Hunter own
Reefing Lines Eric14536 at 1:33pm 10.08.06 Smaller Boats 1/810 When I purchased my 25.5 a month ago, it didn't have any reefing lines run. The topping lift is occ
Roller Furler Macgregor 19 Peter & Alsion Sarkozy at 4:42pm 10.08.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1278 We are Macgregor 19 owners and have recently purchased a CDI Furler system, what size sail is recomm
roller furler Alison & Peter Sarkozy at 4:39pm 10.08.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/833 We are Macgregor 19 owners and have recently purchased a CDI Furler system, what size sail is recomm
Parts for sale beware! Mac at 2:22pm 10.08.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/819 Parts for sale beware! Does anyone know Gary Cripps? I sent him 300.00 for Macgregor standing riggi
Bottom color Dansaulo at 2:03pm 10.08.06 Catalina 30 0/1009 I bought a catalina 30 1993 the hull color is whiteand the stripes color is Burgundy.I removed ant
Back stay attachment RichB at 1:41pm 10.08.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/938 I recently looked at a 1989 h23. ( for sale) To my amazement, the back stays attached to the transo
Stemhead Fitting Howard Cubberly at 10:47pm 10.06.06 Bigger Boats 0/1684 The Stemhead fitting ( the fitting on the bow where the anchor rollers are) is broken on our boat '
Property Tax Steve Kamp at 10:41pm 10.06.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/721 The question posed by Phil regarding how far away is your boat brings up a related question: If you
Help! Sunken boat mcfolly at 11:20pm 10.06.06 Smaller Boats 1/1443 Help! Any thoughts on how to right a sunken boat? It went down yesterday...mast and all are under
Smelly head Paul at 11:35pm 10.06.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1017 We recently bot a 2003 with a head that always smells. Seems like there is a lot of pressure when fl
Atomic 4 (1) Mark R. at 12:33am 10.07.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1360 Hello all,Sold my Oday 23 and now I am the new owner of a 1976 Oday 27. I'm new to inboard engines
HALYARDS TO COCKPIT 23 ITHACAJIM at 12:19am 10.07.06 Smaller Boats 1/897 AS A NEW HUNTER OWNER I AM INTERESTED IN RUNNING THE HALYARDS AFT TO THE COCKPIT, WOULD APPRECIATE A
BVIs In November - Some Questions Robert at 1:08am 10.07.06 Ask All Sailors 4/920 First time ever to BVIs.1. What is weather like that time of year? Does it get dark early 5:00 PM?
hull cleaning Magallanes at 2:21am 10.07.06 Trailer Sailors 6/1868 Want to know how to remove a green layer from the bottom of the hull. Polish cream doe
Rudder Question cmorin at 2:51am 10.07.06 Catalina 30 3/1283 I noticed on our 89 Catalina 30 there is a plastic,nylon ring around the rudder post just above the
Hot water heater advice.. Jack2438 at 3:47am 10.07.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/1031 The exsisting hot water heater is rusting apart.I have searched the archives and found there are two
What to look for Robert at 4:55am 10.07.06 Mid-Size Boats 4/1094 I am going to look at a 1981 HUnter 27 and had a few questions. This will be my second boat. My firs
Empty Pockets Tom H at 4:28am 10.07.06 Smaller Boats 27/2099 It appears that "Empty Pockets" is out of pocket. Maybe they moved on to bigger and better things. B

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Hunter 460/466 Hydrovane Scallywagger at 2:09am 05.14.21 Have you searched here ? https://hydrovane.com They seem to have an unlimited number of different
Solar panel installation - Oceanis 31 - advice LRsunnyB at 12:35am 05.14.21 Thank you for your advice. I guess at the back of my mind was the thought that cable routing might h
Its funny Friday! (1) All U Get at 10:37pm 05.13.21
Need a clean SS cut All U Get at 10:26pm 05.13.21 I used a metal blade with my miter saw for cutting tubing for my solar panels. The tubing wants to
Surprise!! Shaft wear by packing nut All U Get at 10:06pm 05.13.21 If I were on a little remote island and discovered some wearing on the shaft, I would beach the boat
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. rgranger at 10:05pm 05.13.21 Ah, give him a break. It's his first post! :wink: All right:rolleyes:
Solar panel installation - Oceanis 31 - advice SoSound at 9:28pm 05.13.21 I installed solar panels on my Oceanis 34 last year. At the same time, I was able to install larger
Need a clean SS cut Ron20324 at 8:56pm 05.13.21 You can put a metal cutting blade in a table saw, miter saw, tile cutting saw. I prefer to use a met
H26 waterline / water flowing into gas locker on tack JimSails at 8:50pm 05.13.21 Where is the hole for the motor wires on your boat? Not sure if this is different on each boat. I
Anyone have any idea what these are?? Tom J at 8:07pm 05.13.21 Looks like a conversion from a hanked on jib to a jib with a luff rope, but no furling mechanism.
Polypropylene rope - floats or nope? JamesG161 at 7:54pm 05.13.21 Must have been one helluva big bucket Nope it was small one. 1 pound of Steam weighed more for su
Compac 16 owner NotASailor at 7:50pm 05.13.21 Looks good. An easy way to replace carpet is to use the new carpet tiles they now sell. https:
A Global View JamesG161 at 7:49pm 05.13.21 Yes, very general. Not so fast. Just Click on the word EARTH. Then you too, can see Waves, Jet S
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom Claude L.-Auger at 7:35pm 05.13.21 Hi again Sam. To follow up on my promise of getting you the length of my 2 reefs lines, they are res
Covid-19 Vaccination Daveinet at 7:30pm 05.13.21 Based on the new CDC guidelines, masks are not required in doors, if you have been vaccinated. My wo
Water coming from head Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:27pm 05.13.21 The part # -74001-2852- in your first photo tells me it's a replacement motor for a Jabsco 37045, 3
DC Wiring Orbweaver at 6:32pm 05.13.21 Many thanks all! I do have the 3% and 10% charts, so I should be good. I am going to spring for a de
A Global View Will Gilmore at 6:23pm 05.13.21 Yes, very general. -Will
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 6:21pm 05.13.21 The local marine patrol found a sailboat adrift in the fog off the coast of Maine. The officer, fea
Just repowered my Catalina 36 Universal mp25xp with a rebuilt. Starts right up but when I take my finger off the ignition it just dies. (1) Jops at 6:17pm 05.13.21 That is what I thought but I have this sender united that the temp gauge was connected to.

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