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Issues removing cutless bearing. (4) snoopy_ at 12:00pm 02.28.21 Catalina 30 40/6704 190907 190908 I feel I am doing something very wrong. Now I can't rotate the shaft and the colle
Electric start connections on 9.8 Tohatsu Leatherneck at 11:18am 02.28.21 Ask All Sailors 10/4840 I just reinstalled my outboard onto the boat and am not sure if I reconnected everything correctly.
41DS Charger/ Inverter Replacement gfrazzle at 10:09am 02.28.21 Big Boats 9/1539 I know this subject has been discussed at length before but I would like to bring it up once more fo
Swim ladder step repair (2) shank at 9:28am 02.28.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1442 Hello sailors, I'm refinishing the steps on my swim ladder and I found some rot on one of them wher
Alternator assembly ... or, when curiosity gets the better of me (3) Scott T-Bird at 8:56am 02.28.21 Ask All Sailors 34/3014 :facepalm: I got the pully off the alternator for my upgrade and I do a little cleaning up at the c
B411 Shaft Pitting (3) RitSim at 7:58am 02.28.21 Ask All Sailors 44/5672 I am changing my Volvo molded rubber shaft seal. After removing the shaft coupling at the transmiss
Air Conditioning unit in 37.5 Unwinder at 9:09pm 02.27.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1559 It is time to replace the original A/C unit in my 1994 37.5. It is a split system with a blower in
Follow up to creating Seatalk Network (1) Team118 at 6:14pm 02.27.21 Big Boats 18/5349 This is a follow up to answers I have received from a previous posst, follow ups from Raymarine and
Sheaves needed (3) ScottySailor at 5:33pm 02.27.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1332 I have an 84 Hunter 31. So yesterday was good and good lol, wind was 15-20kts gusting to 30 so great
O'Day 30 Blowboat at 5:07pm 02.27.21 Ask An Oday Owner 16/3388 Looking for any information, things to check, opinions, and anything helpful for an O'Day 30...I thi
Dyneema lifelines on Hunter 36 AndyL at 4:54pm 02.27.21 Big Boats 13/2004 I am planning jobs without being able to see the boat :( Lifelines need replacing and I thinking of
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. Jops at 9:05pm 02.26.21 Big Boats 28/4817 Just repowered my 1989 Catalina 36 Universal mp25xp with a rebuilt. Starts right up but when I take
Line organization (1) CaptainRan at 7:46pm 02.26.21 Smaller Boats 12/2360 I found these cool little velcro garage organizers on Amazon and they make great line organizers. I
New Sails Macconnell23 at 6:56pm 02.26.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1977 I bought a Hunter 23 last year and I think I need new sails. I sail it on a small lake in Ohio and
1995 - 40.5 - Rudder Bearings MetricMountie at 3:26pm 02.26.21 Big Boats 4/919 Would anyone know the size and or manufacturer of the top and bottom rudder bearing including the lo
water under v-berth (2) neoflight at 3:07pm 02.26.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1710 I have a head scratcher. My New to Me 1998 H33.5 (likely not a 333 as stated in prior posts) has an
New Owner 28.5 (1) M. Maron at 2:50pm 02.26.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/992
Ericson 38 sunk (dripless packing gland failure) Alan Gomes at 2:43pm 02.26.21 Engines and Propulsion 0/47 Just saw this on Craig's List. I don't know what the back story is on this. Edit: Since Craig's Lis
Ericson 35 (3) ken1976 at 2:34pm 02.26.21 Ericson 7/134 Inherited this ericson 35 (and Irwin 30 in first pic) on recent land purchase. Both boats have been
Hunter Saloon Table (2) Ericchrist at 1:13pm 02.26.21 Parts Search 1/830 Hey Sailors, I own a 2001 Hunter 290 and have been slowly replacing parts and adding accessories. I

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Fiberglass battens for sailpack? billjoye at 7:17am 03.24.25 West Marine has 5/8" and 1 5/16" wide batten fiber glass stock available online. Max length is 12 f
Launching/Recovering Sailboat billjoye at 7:08am 03.24.25 I was referring to the built-in extension on the trailer. My extension is less than 4 feet, giving a
Incompatibility With Windows 11 Boat Laptop & AIS / GPS MFD at 7:04am 03.24.25 Yes, there is a thread over at Cruisers Forum dedicated to just OpenCPN.
Is fairing compound reasonable for a hull crack (1) 4lane at 6:27am 03.24.25 As must suggested, the old fairing compound just shrunk which developed the crack. I chipped it all
Steer Stop Kraffert at 6:13am 03.24.25 I'm going to have to do something. Thanks for the input
Steer Stop fred1diver at 6:10am 03.24.25
Engine Overheating Feo23 at 6:05am 03.24.25 Huh ? What ? Howzat ? I can only offer a completely uninformed and baseless conjecture that the
Fiberglass battens for sailpack? fred1diver at 5:34am 03.24.25
Steer Stop Kraffert at 5:31am 03.24.25 The issue with removing it is she's in the water, some have said that the radial holds the rudder, o
Steer Stop colemj at 5:17am 03.24.25 Flip the radial around and use the other half with the stop. Or take it to a machine shop, who wi
1982 H33 - boom vang rigging questions Joe at 4:41am 03.24.25 Do you have any idea who manufactured your vang. Not Hunter... but the company that made the Vang.
John Lund, September 13, 1942 - March 16, 2025 Joe at 4:24am 03.24.25 What a lucky man you are to share your passion with such like minded friends. God Bless all y'all.
7 Years no haul out twodzusfittings at 4:24am 03.24.25 About "No such thing as a free boat". s. I pride myself with having done just that. It's not always
Spreader blocks location sailme88 at 3:20am 03.24.25 You have coated cables as lazy jacks? That doesn't seem right. Make them out of 4mm dyneema - che
'Biggest outboard ever' swinging off a H340 Pushpit? dlochner at 3:17am 03.24.25 We have carried our 5hp Honda, the same weight as a 6hp Yamaha, on our pushpit for years and thousan
7 Years no haul out marcham at 10:49pm 03.23.25 The flip side is someone getting into boating with a free boat, planning $3000-$5000 for a refit and
7 Years no haul out Foswick at 10:32pm 03.23.25 I had written out a long post about this, but decided to cut it short. These posts come up all the
Engine Overheating BigEasy at 9:53pm 03.23.25
Trailer Boston Whaler 22' Revenge 900 miles? Tedd at 9:32pm 03.23.25 It looks like the trailer has surge brakes. You'll want to at least change the fluid in those, and b
7 Years no haul out marcham at 9:08pm 03.23.25 1) Why is he giving it away and not selling it (even at a family discount price??) 2) Get a survey.

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