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Need New Mac 25 Sails or La mauney process Mark at 4:14am 05.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1464 Well, I need new sails. At least a new main for now. I guess they are the originals, 1986. Does
Insurance and Hurricane question? Rob at 4:02am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 13/1562 I was just reading over a CNN report from NOAA about this upcoming hurricane season. Then I started
Crazing or cracking on 1985 34' Hunter deck Ken Hershenson at 3:32am 05.25.05 Big Boats 2/1338 I'm considering puchasing a 1985 34' Hunter. the boat is a 1 owner in above average condition. But I
Yanmar 3YM30 JohnEh at 3:18am 05.25.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/2843 We are now optimistic that the overheating problem on our engine has been resolved. The engine ran
Another stuck centerboard question Mitchel Cline at 2:35am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1465 I have a similar (perhaps identical) problem to the gentleman that wrote regarding a stuck centerboa
Rewiring the mast and ... DCsailor at 2:29am 05.25.05 Smaller Boats 4/1419 I have been sailing my '86 Hunter 23 for a couple of summers (both in DC and Florida). Great boat l
Storing the gennaker PrincessoftheLake at 2:13am 05.25.05 Big Boats 1/1014 I have a 1985 Hunter 34 that came with a large gennaker. Since we don't have a cruising spinnaker y
272LE Anodes Thankyou Hubertt at 1:57am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/808 Just to say thanks to Lou, J.B.Dyer and Richard, for their responses to my post on this of May 11th.
Electric motors sierradave at 1:56am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/878 Anyone had experience using a small electric outboard? We've got a 1974 O'Day 20 and I'm tired of m
Through hull Fitting James Tait at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/844 My O'Day 20 has two through hull fittings-one for the cockpit drain and the other for a small sink.
HELP! CB Stuck up, boat IN water guyssail at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/829 The centerboard on my '73 o'day 23 appears to be stuck up. this is my first swing keel boat...looked
Help with kill switch on Yanmar 2QM15 David W at 1:41am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 9/4465 Over the weekend my kill switch finally gave up the ghost. I had thought I had devised a repair that
Anybody doing the Figawi this year?? Allen at 1:33am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 0/876 Hey Guys,I'm heading out tomorrow morning from Boston to Sandwich on the Cape Cod Canal en route t
portlight shades Bill C320, Papillon at 1:32am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1944 Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep out the mornig sun and/or provide privacy while in the sl
Dinghy Franklin at 1:06am 05.25.05 Big Boats 11/922 Two part question:1) Why is an inflatable dinghy so hard to row and is it just now realistic to ge
Where is hull serial number on an O'Day 17" Peter Johnson at 12:23am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2122 I'm insuring my new-to-me O'Day 17' Daysailer 'Odie'. The insurance company wants the hull serial n
Bimini? Boom tent???? What is this thing??????? me262 at 11:14pm 05.24.05 Smaller Boats 9/1519 I am wanting to construct a cockpit shade. I have found after only two trips out in the Texas sun, t
Radiator flush? Bill O'Donovan at 11:08pm 05.24.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1007 Still trying to get an answer as to whether it's good to put Prestone radiator flush through the raw
Yanmar driving high output alternator Arthur Boas at 10:59pm 05.24.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2124 I installed a high output Balmar alternator on my Yanmar 4JH2BE (Hunter 40.5)I found continual bel
Hardware Vocabulary aquaholic1 at 10:28pm 05.24.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/984 Does anyone know of a website where mast/boom/rigging hardware is identified and defined? My sailing

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Issues removing cutless bearing. DayDreamer41 at 6:18pm 02.28.21 The problem I see do that is by putting the clamp on the collets you will put too much pressure betw
Swim ladder step repair dLj at 5:31pm 02.28.21 The one side looks beyond repair. If this a rope ladder then I would not trust an epoxy repair as i
Dyneema lifelines on Hunter 36 jssailem at 5:26pm 02.28.21 so probably all good. Oh AndyL... "Hunter 36 US Rock Hall Just getting started - 3 years experienc
Fuel valve location fullbore at 5:21pm 02.28.21 Thanks Michae!
new to sailing i seek experience Whatfiero1 at 5:19pm 02.28.21 If your in Norfolk VA go to BroadBaysailing.org and on home page we start practicing in March
Follow up to creating Seatalk Network jssailem at 5:18pm 02.28.21 At first glance I note that you are powering the backbone at one end (the Axiom) and you need to con
Boarding step build Mark Maulden at 5:18pm 02.28.21 Hayden, what does your written moorage agreement say?
Boarding step build VisionPNW at 5:17pm 02.28.21 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GBK88RJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_2BQX5DJTRFVGQRC6T2M9?_encoding=UTF8&psc
Coach roof core replacement 1978 H27 sandpiper10471 at 5:17pm 02.28.21 I have done a 80 Hunter 33 and parts of a 81 Hunter 37C. The 33 was cored with 1/2" balsa, the 37 wi
Glow plugs $$$$$$ jssailem at 5:07pm 02.28.21 I think you are correct @capta. At least I have heard that from other boat owners. A Perkins that is
Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 4:52pm 02.28.21 Be wary. I think you have seen enough on this boat to realize she has issues. If you don't want a
Glow plugs $$$$$$ capta at 4:50pm 02.28.21 Westerbeke is I believe, a Perkins. Before spending money, do a compression check.
Fuel valve location Michael Davis at 4:44pm 02.28.21 Mine is right at the fuel tank. Should be somewhere between the filter and the tank. If not I would
Issues removing cutless bearing. snoopy_ at 4:37pm 02.28.21 You could try something like this to reinforce the collet https://www.amazon.com/Climax-2C-125-Two-
Issues removing cutless bearing. (2) Michael Davis at 4:29pm 02.28.21 190927190928 It got a lot easier after I discovered that there really was two set screws that I hadn
Glow plugs $$$$$$ Michael Davis at 4:06pm 02.28.21 I found when I rebuilt my 5411 that I could use Kubota plugs, much cheaper than Universal. I believe
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. skipperclaud at 4:05pm 02.28.21 boat. Installed 2014. Looks nice!!
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. skipperclaud at 4:04pm 02.28.21 In the photos the front engine mounts are at the ends of the stringers. There does not appear to be
Electric start connections on 9.8 Tohatsu Leatherneck at 3:58pm 02.28.21 Thanks so much. I'll go down to the slip tomorrow and check it out.
Issues removing cutless bearing. DayDreamer41 at 3:08pm 02.28.21 You could try something like this to reinforce the collet https://www.amazon.com/Climax-2C-125-Two-P

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