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Moorings Morte at 2:30am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 8/1810 The method that I have been using the past years for setting my mooring up for 23' Hunter is to plac
Mast Support jbrbetc at 1:31am 12.13.04 Smaller Boats 0/727 My mast support (between the cabin top/mast plate and the keel) is delaminating and/or spliting apar
H28 Compression Post Quality Time at 1:05am 12.13.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/862 I recently bought a 1992 Hunter 28' and when I had the mast unstepped I noticed something that looke
MacGregor KNOCKDOWN Richard at 12:59am 12.13.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 43/4834 I'm curious as to how many people have actually had (or seen it happen) a KNOCKDOWN with a MacGregor
Windlass - Free-fall or Power-down? Wanabe at 12:57am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/966 Please advise which is better, a free-fall or a power-down horizontal windlass with a 22# plow ancho
Dawn Wilson is Free . . . Nick at 12:20am 12.13.04 Destinations 0/1495 Dawn was arrested by Mexican police walking back to her boat with medication her husband needed. She
Need Help with Water heater hose!!!! Paul Aubrecht at 12:20am 12.13.04 Big Boats 3/814 I have a 2003 356.I have discovered that the blue cold water hose to the water heater is leaking at
rigging costs for winter layup Richard Bonomo at 11:48pm 12.12.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/870 My yard charges about $12 per foot of boat length for unstepping and stepping the mast before and af
mast cable tension fred at 11:37pm 12.12.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1141 I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CORRECT CABLE TENSION SHOULD BE ON MY 1984 CATALINA 30'WITH THE TALL MA
OBX Hunter Sailing Association Michael Collier at 11:25pm 12.12.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/807 The Outer Banks of North Carolina or OBX Hunter Sailing Association is being organized. The Outer
Stuck in the Mud - Yanmar 3HM35F hkstone at 10:19pm 12.12.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1870 Question: why would air get into the fuel when a load is incurred? Getting out on my boat (88' Lege
below deck autopilot (Raymarine or other?) Debra B at 10:07pm 12.12.04 Ask All Sailors 6/1777 Well my ancient autopilot (Not RayMarine, Not Raytheon, original Autohelm) seems to have given up th
O'Day 302 to the U.K. Mike Wannell at 6:43pm 12.12.04 Bigger Boats 0/1070 My wife and I now the proud owners of an O'Day 302 baught from New Jersey Yacht Sales (can not thank
Hunter 34 Table Modifications ncgarya at 3:56pm 12.12.04 Big Boats 2/851 I just posted some photos of the new table I made for my Hunter 34 in the photo forum. Please let
H 18.5 vs H 19 vs Catalina 18 Tom C at 3:40pm 12.12.04 Ask All Sailors 4/2929 I am moving up from sailing sunfish and the like to a small trailerable cruiser, and am looking at H
minimum size boat for bahamas cruising Tom C at 3:19pm 12.12.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/8117 I was looking through the archives and came accross a post by someone who was asking about sailing a
Motor mounting Gregg at 1:43pm 12.12.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/800 Okay..... Here I go again. I am going to install my NEW Yamaha 15HP, and I need to know, My motor
Surf's Up! SailboatOwners.com at 12:33pm 12.12.04 Ask All Sailors 34/1831 Combined wind waves and swell heights along the Washington Coast ran 25-30 feet for a few days last
tandem anchors Richard at 12:18pm 12.12.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/835 I have been forced to use anchors in tandem (end to end, chain rode to aft of foremost anchor) fo
When Not To Use A Fluke-type Anchor Rick D at 12:18pm 12.12.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/786 For what bottom conditions does Fortress not recommend their (or other fluke-type) anchor? Are there

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H34 - why would Hunter use Butyl tape to hold wiring in place? ggrizzard at 6:15pm 08.27.20 Well, I've owned my H30C since new and it came with butyl tape holding the hidden wiring in place. T
O'day 20 railing on stern jssailem at 6:14pm 08.27.20 Noodat, when they reopen the border we would be glad to invite you down and introduce you to the man
Annapolis fall boat shows cancelled MitchM at 6:08pm 08.27.20 alas we will have to forego our annual annapolis trip to look at boats we cannot a
Yanmar 3GMD Just Shuts Off, Restarts Later MitchM at 6:06pm 08.27.20 yanmar recommemnds either a brand new copper washer (which they'll sell to you at
Wire size from Battery ON/Off switch to Electrical Panel smokey73 at 6:03pm 08.27.20 10% voltage drop is not good just getting to the panel. Your problem is that long16ft run. For thin
Sad day, and no way to fix Daveinet at 5:58pm 08.27.20 Jackdaw, I told you not to look :) But I understand, you just wanted another flower pot for Black Ha
Teak and holly finishing PaulK at 5:55pm 08.27.20 i do not varnish the sides or the bottom of the boards. i want the wood to breath. tradition says
Sirius 21 Mast standoff ends (1) johnCartelli at 5:53pm 08.27.20 so i tried both people i know with lathes and not one got back to me....soooo...facebook market plac
Motor dies and lacks its normal luster performance-wise MitchM at 5:52pm 08.27.20 start w engine cold. take a clean white rag and wipe the fuel lines slowly look
Sad day, and no way to fix Davidasailor26 at 5:49pm 08.27.20 That is sad. Hopefully your brother-in-law and his grandkids enjoy it though. It might not be a sail
Dodger woes MitchM at 5:45pm 08.27.20 1/ surely there's a well respected competent canvas maker in a nearby town to whom you
Bought an H170 Sailavie1 at 5:25pm 08.27.20 Congrats, she looks in very good shape. I looked at one in Calgary a few weeks ago and it was full o
Teak and holly finishing capta at 5:23pm 08.27.20 If you want it to hold up as a walking surface, not a show piece, use the same stuff they use on bas
Wire size from Battery ON/Off switch to Electrical Panel CarlN at 5:20pm 08.27.20 10% voltage drop is not good just getting to the panel. Your problem is that long16ft run. For thing
Furling mast, weird switch capta at 5:09pm 08.27.20 It is a Hood Stoway system and that engages the electric drive or disengages it for manual operatio
Kudos to the SBO team Brian D at 4:52pm 08.27.20 :beer::beer::beer:
Installing an electric bilge pump 1979 O'Day 30 twodzusfittings at 4:39pm 08.27.20 one needs both an electric and a manual, in case the electric dies Totally agree. My manual bilge
Furling mast, weird switch DayDreamer41 at 4:37pm 08.27.20 Ratchet and free?? In one position will prevent the sail from furling out and in the other it will a
Sad day, and no way to fix Jackdaw at 4:14pm 08.27.20 Ugh. So sad. No longer a sailboat thread.
Teak and holly finishing berner73 at 3:45pm 08.27.20 However you choose to finish it, as soon as you're done immediately drop something heavy on it so yo

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