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AFT room odor Carl Gosselin at 11:12am 01.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1286 Hi,We have Hunter 386 2004. After a few months of usage we noticed a bad smell coming from the bac
Why so few... Jay at 10:54am 01.09.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/894 Does anyone have a clue as to why there are so few postings about the 306? Have there been that few
Main Halyard twisting Ron at 9:26am 01.09.05 Big Boats 5/2048 On our Legend 45, the main Halyard got twisted and old and was rubbing on something inside the mast.
Anchor roller Barney Gibbs at 9:24am 01.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/793 I read a post awhile back on anchor rollers. Somebody replied with a link to a site that did custom
Radar Antenna ian19147 at 8:17am 01.09.05 Ask All Sailors 0/760 Are radar antennas inter-changable? Specifically, will a Raymarine raydome 2KW antenna work with a
Peek A Boo Hatch Blinds Droop at 8:00am 01.09.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1289 Does anyone have any info on Peek A Boo Hatch Blinds..Thanks
Removing Exterior Paint Eric at 7:45am 01.09.05 Ask All Sailors 7/1052 I want to remove the name that the previous owner of my boat painted on the stern. It was painted in
Phil.....Archives? Don s/v Tellico at 7:36am 01.09.05 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2021 Where are the older archives, i.e., pre 1999? Are they still accessible? I was directing someone t
California 90 day club MichaelStacy at 7:31am 01.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/798 Are those who have taken advantage of the 'tax loophole' (pre Oct 04), are you required to submit a
O'Day 23 Traveler Norman Fox at 7:00am 01.09.05 Day Sailers 4/1091 I'm interested in upgrading my O'Day 23 with a traveler for the mainsail. I'm looking for suggestio
What's enough ventilation? Gary at 6:34am 01.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/726 '84 H31Finally got around to installing solar vent in front hatch, and two ~8"x4" stainless louvers
Gyro-stabilized autopilots - what's the deal? Debra B at 6:24am 01.09.05 Ask All Sailors 2/908 What effects does one see from the gyroscopic steering options in the new breed of autopilots. Is i
Wind Vanes for Hunters Al - s/v Persephone at 6:19am 01.09.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/801 Has anyone mounted a Monitor or similar wind vane on a modern Hunter who'd care to share tips that
Wheel Pilot Question: Displacement worries Debra B at 6:08am 01.09.05 Ask All Sailors 3/924 I am in the process of specifying an autopilot for my Hunter 37 cutter - displacement listed at 17,8
Mast Height/Main Halyard Bob C at 4:32am 01.09.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1161 I am planning to replace the main halyard on a Cal 24 this spring and want to insure I get the right
Cat 27 water damage Nevil at 4:09am 01.09.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/1049 My wife and I recently bought a C27 and are extremely happy with it.We have found water leaks owing
Rub Rail Cleaning Mike4049 at 3:51am 01.09.05 Smaller Boats 1/947 Will Acetone hurt the material? Is there a better cleaner? I can't seem to get the black blotches
Keel Paint Brian at 3:47am 01.09.05 Big Boats 4/1201 The paint job on my keel started going bad (peeling off) soon (within 6 mos.) after the local yard d
Slugs and gromets Mac666 at 2:11am 01.09.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/941 Hey ALL.Has anyone installed slugs on a main sail?Is it worth the effort?What are pluses and minu
Does the anchor locker on a C-30 1983 Chip Willlis at 2:01am 01.09.05 Catalina 30 4/1344 dring into the bilge? I see a hole in the bow for drainage and I have not emptied the anchor locker

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Forestay breaks for second time in three years Spadman007 at 6:25pm 08.31.20 Yes. I am also on a mooring ball so I have the mast up all the time. The stay broke just above the
Sailing with Efficiency dlochner at 6:23pm 08.31.20 How old are the sails? If the sails are old and stretched out it is difficult to go to weather and t
Forestay breaks for second time in three years justsomeguy at 6:22pm 08.31.20 Do you use a furler?
Turn Blocks on a 1984 Hunter 34 mnmpizza at 6:01pm 08.31.20
Deck Cleats dmax at 5:53pm 08.31.20 Yeah, 1/4" bolts sound too small - I did look at the SBO store, no luck. I've looked everywhere I ca
Main sheet cleat location jonelli at 5:51pm 08.31.20 Pretty certain it was intentional. My boat had almost one owner before me. The second owner had her
Chartplotter Connector Capt jgw at 5:49pm 08.31.20 Hopefully having it hooked up wrong hasn't zapped something. What happens if you input 12V+ on NMEA-
Chartplotter Connector Capt jgw at 5:46pm 08.31.20 One last idea, we had turned down the backlight on our chart plotter once and thought the unit was
Sailing with Efficiency JohnShannon at 5:45pm 08.31.20 You might try reefing, if you have lots of wind it can be faster to have less sail up. A big floggi
Stripper Rings capta at 5:42pm 08.31.20 I have a pair of non-self tailing Barlow 28's on my boat and would love to have self-tailers. There
hull speed, what it means. sailme88 at 5:40pm 08.31.20 I believe the 1.34 formula is incongruent with fore and aft waterline. It applies to the parabolic
Sailing with Efficiency Don S/V ILLusion at 5:39pm 08.31.20
Main sheet cleat location Capt jgw at 5:38pm 08.31.20 Well it does look different. Maybe a PO when he bought the boat found the blocks and coil of line in
Waste holding tank vs A/C duct Ron20324 at 5:38pm 08.31.20 On my BO 323 I had to remove the waste holding tank because it was crushing the duct that ran to th
Turn Blocks on a 1984 Hunter 34 (1) ggrizzard at 5:35pm 08.31.20 Is the "symbol" a "C" superimposed over a "W" as you see here: are no longer in business. If not,
Main sheet cleat location jonelli at 5:31pm 08.31.20
Deck Cleats Ron20324 at 5:30pm 08.31.20 The finish is chipping off of my jib sheet and stern docking cleats - does anyone know of a drop-in
Stripper Rings Capt jgw at 5:30pm 08.31.20 I have a pair of non-self tailing Barlow 28's on my boat and would love to have self-tailers. There
hull speed, what it means. Capt jgw at 5:17pm 08.31.20 1.34x the square root of LWL has always considered to be an average. Some hulls may be faster, other
hull speed, what it means. Will Gilmore at 5:13pm 08.31.20 They get misconstrued as "limits" in layman circles when they're nothing of the sort. This is one

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