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Engine Mount for Tender GAB at 3:23am 08.14.06 Forum Help (Site Talk) 7/1093 Hi, Has anyone figured out on a hunter 386 where to mount the dingy engine? It seems the design o
Securing rudder downhaul line R. A. Lueck at 4:32am 08.14.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1245 I currently have a cleat mounted on the tiller that is used to secure the rudder downhaul line as we
Running lines to the cockpit boatlubber2 at 4:37am 08.14.06 Smaller Boats 3/1218 Hello Fellow Sailors:I own a Catalina C22 sailboat and I am thinking of running most of my lines t
Exhaust stains Bill O'Donovan at 5:13am 08.14.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/963 Is it just me or does the Hunter 320 stain badly from exhaust because of the water washback? There's
Limited rpm on Yanmar 2GM20F Grady at 5:24am 08.14.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2044 Have a problem with the Yanmar engine in our just purchased Hunter 30 that we believed was a binding
Tach not working Nereussailor at 5:53am 08.14.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/1040 I have a 1983 H30 with a Yanmar 2GM the tach hasn't worked since the day I bought it. Is there some
CAL VS: CAT viejodelmar at 5:49am 08.14.06 Ask All Sailors 2/910 I am back in the water ( so to speak ) after a 8 year absence. I have options on two sailboats. In
Trailing Height Larry Tunison at 5:46am 08.14.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1007 My 21' has a factory trailer. Does anyone know what the trailing height is for traveling - undrpasse
Motor Uphaul Abby Normal at 6:26am 08.14.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1179 I took my M-25 out for the first time yesterday. I had raised and lowered the motor (6hp 2-stroke M
Macgregor rigging Mac at 6:30am 08.14.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1091 I need some info on the rigging on my 1982 25 foot Macgregor. I called Macgregor and they said whoe
When do you need bottom paint Rob Hills at 6:50am 08.14.06 Ask All Sailors 6/936 How long can I leave my boat in the water (Long Beach, CA) with virgin gelcoat (no bottom paint) bef
Cleaning 216 Bill Montague at 10:07pm 07.29.06 Smaller Boats 4/949 Curious as to what products everyone uses to clean their hunter 216 boats? I have my boat moored and
1973 Cal fin keel (1) Jerry at 10:49pm 07.29.06 Cal 1/501 I've had my 2-27 cal since 2001 It's been a very satisfying boat. I was wondering I recently repower
Heaving-to JerryA at 11:06pm 07.29.06 Day Sailers 3/1130 Thanks to all you 170'ers, and Tereza. I can now put my 170 in the hove-to position with ease. I pr
holding tank odors Ben Stavis at 12:15am 07.30.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1561 Hi Peggy,We finally launched our boat and are testing the holding tank that I installed last year.
Anchor light H410 Dave at 12:22am 07.30.06 Big Boats 4/861 Need some help. My anchor light has gone out. I need to drop my main and jib to use the halyards.
Autopilot cicks off Frederick at 2:15am 07.30.06 Big Boats 1/819 After years of no-problem-use suddenly 5o % of the times somebody is using fresh water (pressure pom
transformers charles at 2:52am 07.30.06 Big Boats 3/760 I may be in the market for a transformer to solve my corrosion problems. Any one know where Hunter i
Autohelm Tom H31 at 3:07am 07.30.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/872 After several years of use our Autohelm 4000 decided that it would only turn the rudder completely i
staling motor suds22334 at 3:03am 07.30.06 Catalina 30 4/1511 I just had some work done, on my 25 hp diesel new filter,changed the oil flushed the water jacket Al

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Stem/Keel Repair - Update dlochner at 5:35am 05.03.21 The hull was likely laid up in one piece. It is a small enough boat to do that. The thickness of th
Stem/Keel Repair - Update dLj at 5:23am 05.03.21 I've no idea how this boat was built. In fact, I don't even know what boat it is by looking at it. S
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? RoyS at 5:20am 05.03.21 You can get white smoke from water in your fuel. You will know soon after you replace the fuel in th
Racor Fun Yesterday sailme88 at 4:59am 05.03.21
240 HIN indentation number location? SolentHunter at 4:32am 05.03.21 awesome thanks everyone! it's easy to find when you know where to look! Now I have the number how d
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? garymalmgren at 2:54am 05.03.21 I just had a mechanic do a major rebuild of my Yanmar 2GM20 Luck won't cut it. Where is the mechan
Wilcox Crittenden to Raritan PhII markwbird at 9:22pm 05.02.21 Thanks, Peggie.
New H260 owner marine head question and Zebra mussels. Ralph Johnstone at 9:02pm 05.02.21 My question is this: Isn't my underwater thru-hull raw water intake for the marine head going to be
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina Kings Gambit at 8:57pm 05.02.21
240 HIN indentation number location? twalker H260 at 8:49pm 05.02.21
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:31pm 05.02.21 The chances of all that crap continuing on at this stage in the game are 0% . Pick up a lottery tic
How should a rebuilt Yanmar behave? Charles Erwin at 8:22pm 05.02.21 Good luck. Hard to help from a distance but - Assuming the assembly was carefully done and all the
New H260 owner marine head question and Zebra mussels. sail sfbay at 8:22pm 05.02.21 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! You will find some answers to your questions here: Microsoft
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina mcartair at 8:13pm 05.02.21 Remember the Pier? How that went out. It was more crowded during the Covid peak than it is now. An
What happened here... DArcy at 7:53pm 05.02.21 That's a Stealth 21, very low freeboard.
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina PaulK at 7:12pm 05.02.21
Got a new sailing dinghy dLj at 7:06pm 05.02.21 One heck of a fine job! dj
Transfer of Beneteau 31' from FL -> NY Tom J at 7:05pm 05.02.21 One data point is to learn if you can make it under the Indiantown bridge. That would determine if
Stem/Keel Repair - Update PaulK at 7:05pm 05.02.21 You might want to grind back a little bit of a taper (perhaps 3"?) and then lay a fiberglass strip u
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina Kings Gambit at 6:50pm 05.02.21 When we last visited Florida, we noticed that the state parks seemed to be self-funded. You paid a

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