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Buying tips for 1977 O'day Mariner Doug Bloom at 11:44pm 04.09.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1490 Looking at a 1997 Mariner with 4hp motor and trailer (~$1800). First boat purchase. Have reviewed
Boat Soap or??? Andy at 9:37pm 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1243 When we bought Baroque (82 H27) there was a bottle of WM Boat Soap in the locker. We just stayed wit
Who made the spar and rigging for a 1981 Hunter 27 Richard Marble at 8:10pm 04.09.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1170 This is a follow up from yesterdays question about a luff slide retainer. I now have a list of manu
Who's sailing this weekend (1) Tim Welsh at 3:02pm 04.09.04 Big Boats 1/766 Well I'm headed out tommorrow to do a bit of sailing. May have to crank up one of the heaters at ni
Air Cond on a 23.5? Jo at 2:09pm 04.09.04 Smaller Boats 2/845 I've heard alot about mermaid M5 installations on H26s and H260s, but has anyone thought about putti
Catalina/Capri 16.5 info/owners? KayakerLes at 1:49pm 04.09.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1378 Hello fellow sailors ~I recently bought a 200l Catalina 16.5 and was wondering if there IS a 16.5 a
Biodiesel ! Alain at 12:51pm 04.09.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1148 Any body has ever use Biodiesel on an Universal Engine or Force 10 heater and stove??Thanks*
Rudder Issues Roy Moran at 12:43pm 04.09.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/940 I am test sailing a 1994 Mac 19 looking to possibly purchase it. When I took the boat out on our loc
Peggy (You there) Have you heard of "Cool Breeze" ? Tom S at 10:54am 04.09.04 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1214 They sell Marine chemicals like "Toilet Typhoon" marine toilet cleaner, disinfectant, etc and "Stink
Black streak... [requiredauthor] at 10:48am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1168 Someone suggested I use a product by the name of black streak to clean my topside. I must concur.
Where can I find a Main sail luff slide retainer.. Richard Marble at 10:37am 04.09.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1625 For a 1981 Hunter 27. When I bought my boat the luff slide retainer was missing. (the little thingy
Seal a Steel Keel Paul at 10:03am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1491 Im just a simple guy how requires a simple answer.Steel keel with 30 blisters (dime size) all sand
Need Advice On Installing A New Halyard Joe Mullee at 9:59am 04.09.04 Big Boats 9/1979 I need to replace the halyards on my H34 and need advice.1) What type of line should I be looking
Need Advice - How Can I Go Up The Mast W/O Help? Joe Mullee at 9:49am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 17/1608 I need to do some work up the mast and need a way to get up without help. I can't get to the boat on
Saildrive Neil Franklin at 8:03am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1237 What are the pros and cons on saildrives? Anyone with experience out there?
battery maintenance charging richard at 7:30am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 10/1209 I have a small charger (Guest 6 amp 3 stage charger/maintainer) for maintaining my 2 group 27 batte
What was the brand new pricing of the Mac 26s? eom swampjack at 6:48am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1240 As best I can tell they were made 1990 to 1994.
I didn't know lightning was such a hot topic Richard Marble at 6:21am 04.09.04 Ask All Sailors 14/1500 A couple days ago I asked about a Lightning Master. When I got back to my post I was a little surpr
Considering Coronado 15 Leon Bryant at 5:08am 04.09.04 Smaller Boats 3/22129 Would like opinion. Is this a good boat for first-timer? I did some sailing years ago, crewing for a
Ignition switch Chris Mattingly at 3:44am 04.09.04 Mid-Size Boats 2/1089 I have a C30 and the ignition switch is causing intermittent power to the control panel instruments

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Tank Monitor Installations Steve_Catalina at 4:05pm 01.03.21 The time has come to add tank monitors to the holding tank and probably 2 water tanks. As I look a
The Proper Prop Barn-dog at 3:54pm 01.03.21 The original was 15 x 15 x 1 RH2, the 3 blade is 15 x 14 x 1 RH3 https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/
The Proper Prop Barn-dog at 3:50pm 01.03.21 Since your boat is on the hard I would measure the prop's circumference then divide that number by
Fresh water pump Tally Ho at 3:10pm 01.03.21 Thanks Greg, yes I did those things, see below for where I am now. Hoping to get back and contort m
Found a 2003 C310 JRT at 3:07pm 01.03.21 I considered new sails but decided to give this a try for a few years to get some improvement. Shou
Fresh water pump Boomtown at 3:03pm 01.03.21 The pump starting by itself sounds like you still have some sort of leak. When you fixed the larg
Fresh water pump Boomtown at 2:57pm 01.03.21 Thanks. My apologies for being unclear about the tasks I had already performed. Filled fresh water t
Fresh water pump Boomtown at 2:43pm 01.03.21 That seems to be one whole hell of a job to launch into when you're not willing to follow the simpl
Transom: Solid Fiberglass or Cored dennisv at 2:35pm 01.03.21 Gentlemen, thank you for the feedback. After thinking about traditional boat building, I thought de
26X speed when loaded Justin_NSA at 2:05pm 01.03.21 No offense, but if you need speed, why not get a power boat? Keep the 26S for sailing.
Got a new sailing dinghy (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:02pm 01.03.21 Revision 3 of the jig is just about right :) - rve to a second jig for the port side. The section be
New Tender TomY at 12:57pm 01.03.21 Any obvious issues with using a rowing/sailing 11-foot catboat as a tender? We are likely no more
26X speed when loaded Benny17441 at 12:04pm 01.03.21 The best attributes of M 26X is that it is great at anchor. It can be the first one to get to the
Electric Cooler Wiring ontherocks83 at 12:03pm 01.03.21 The smaller ones are either a fridge or a freezer down to -7 F. the bigger ones have two compartment
New Tender Captain W at 11:48am 01.03.21 Good points. The other tender I had been looking at was a Chaisson dory. Anyone have a feel of th
Electric Cooler Wiring Scott T-Bird at 11:39am 01.03.21 Does it have very good capacity as a freezer? I'd love to have ice cream on the boat every once in
1994 Hunter H26 trailer bracket Crazy Dave Condon at 11:37am 01.03.21 Your welcome sir
New Tender jssailem at 11:36am 01.03.21 Tenders need to be able to ride on the stern wave of your boat. Sometimes you find they just do not
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit Crazy Dave Condon at 11:35am 01.03.21 Good job Jimmy. Holidays over. Finally. My wife tested positive for covid 19 but is fine. Had it
1994 Hunter H26 trailer bracket Jimmy at 11:33am 01.03.21 If correct that is galvanized tubing. I would replace those supports with new ones 5 or 6 inches l

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