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Fairclough Boat Covers - Local Knowledge?? Dave at 9:18pm 10.15.03 Big Boats 5/2818 I have been researching full winter boat covers. Do any of you have experience or knowledge with a c
When to winterize? Thaddeus Selden at 8:22pm 10.15.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1663 With all the recent posts about winterizing, I'm slowly beginning to accept that my sailing season m
Swim platform Andrew Brayshaw at 6:37pm 10.15.03 Big Boats 3/833 I love the shape of my Hunter 34 but where I think Hunter were a little unimaginative when they desi
how much halyard Paul Billings at 5:37pm 10.15.03 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/2228 I'm wondering how much halyard tension is typically required. My boat (C30) is recently acquired an
Holding tank dumping Question Steve at 2:47pm 10.15.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/801 I'm well aware of the 3 mile dump limit and I'm careful to make sure I'm out 3 miles before I dump,
Mac 25 winch Butch at 1:22pm 10.15.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/843 I just bought a Mac 25 and had it out 3 times.My question is how do you use the winch with the jib?
Water in The Battery Compartment Randy Simmons at 1:06pm 10.15.03 Smaller Boats 5/846 I have a 1985 H23 and have constantly had a problem with getting water in the aft (battery storage)
Mainsail reefing for 322 Robert Sagebiel at 12:03pm 10.15.03 Bigger Boats 4/1280 We just sailed / motored 160 miles around NJ (Riverside to Barnegat Bay)... used the ODay 322 reefin
Mooring Mahem Fred Hofmann at 11:33am 10.15.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/854 Is there a solution to the sailboat flailing around on the mooring? Its pretty breezy here tonight a
What's Should Mac 19 Prop Pitch Be? Steve at 10:43am 10.15.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/915 I bought my 1994 Mac 19 and Force 40HP motor separately. I don't think the pitch on the prop is set
Just Bought a 15' day sailor w/o mast and rudder. pjcarpen@peoplepc.com at 10:41am 10.15.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/829 I just pruchased a 1970 15' day sailor and it needs a mast and rudder. I've only sailed smaller boa
V-berth in the 1985 40 ft. Hunter Tammy at 10:40am 10.15.03 Big Boats 3/789 Does anyone know of any plans or photos of anyone who converted the v-berth from one single into two
Mesenger John at 10:25am 10.15.03 Big Boats 9/912 I have a new 356. There is a mesenger line in the mast. One end wrapped around a cleat on the mast
Sealing Port Holes Kev at 9:46am 10.15.03 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1423 Am looking for advice on sealing my port holes of my 1981, Hunter 33 Cherubini. Previous owner had
Henk Meuzelaar of Port Vila (Vanuatu) Rick D at 9:10am 10.15.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1733 Hey Henk: I thought your tour was up and you'd left. Don't know where I picked up that idea. Anyhow,
Forward Cleats on a 29.5 Tim McCarty at 8:16am 10.15.03 Mid-Size Boats 13/926 I love my 29.5 dearly, but have always considered the forward cleat location (IN the anchor locker!!
Hard Dodger for Catalina 36MkII Walter at 7:41am 10.15.03 Big Boats 1/2198 We have a soft dodger and bimini on our 2001 Catalina 36MkII, complete with connector panel, but no
Opinions Please Dan at 6:59am 10.15.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/739 I've been sailing about 2 years and have come to the conclusion that I want a simple ballasted boat
How to calculate spinnaker sheet length? scott wilson at 6:23am 10.15.03 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 19/5409 When I bought my boat last year it came with a symetrical spinnaker and all the fixings, except pole
26.5 ladder loss Todd Bohon at 4:22am 10.15.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/797 At the conclusion of a recent race my 1987 26.5 was bumped in the stern by another boat, so much so

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81 Hunter 36 cockpit drain hose question (H37 similar?) tmjb at 8:36am 06.21.20 Thanks so much for the great info. Very helpful for my shopping. In the interim, yesterday I took t
2002 Catalina 28 transmission RitSim at 8:15am 06.21.20 Also had a problem with my C30 Hurth transmission. Rebuilt it myself but, in the end, I purchased a
GDay from Down-Under-Sean JRT at 8:07am 06.21.20 Welcome to SBO! What a cool boat you built! We have had the 310 a little over a year now and have
2002 Catalina 28 transmission JoeK at 8:01am 06.21.20 The Hurth HBW50 trans has a history of such failures, found on many Catalinas. A friend had his reb
Locking the CB Gene Neill at 8:00am 06.21.20 I've never locked mine, doubt I ever will. I have zero faith that tiny little hand-tightened bolt c
Nice Run... dLj at 7:56am 06.21.20 Thanks for the report back. Love to hear the outcomes! dj
H31 main sheet (1) sail sfbay at 7:56am 06.21.20 Unlike the newer Hunter sailboat manuals, the 193-87 Hunter 31 manual did not list running rigging s
Battery issues SycloneDriver at 7:52am 06.21.20 15 minutes of run time wouldn't replace the power that I use during a day sail, and I don't use that
Starting an engine that sat for 3 years dLj at 7:42am 06.21.20 Honestly, looking over everything in this thread all you need to do is change lubricants and go star
Battery issues jviss at 7:39am 06.21.20 If you were only charging 15 minutes a day and the first few weekends were fine, you were probably j
Blocked through Hull fittings Gary Ryan at 7:38am 06.21.20 First time I've ever heard of them. Any tools/utensils that I could insert and clear out?
Raymarine radar / Chart plotter removal jviss at 7:31am 06.21.20 Raymaine autopilots of that vintage, and current vintage, too, do not use a gps at all. They use ei
Starting an engine that sat for 3 years BigEasy at 7:21am 06.21.20
Battery issues Don S/V ILLusion at 7:19am 06.21.20
Starting an engine that sat for 3 years shemandr at 7:18am 06.21.20 So how did the PO get that boat in that structure in that orientation? It reminds me of a Austin Po
Blocked through Hull fittings rgranger at 7:13am 06.21.20 I HATE mud daubers
H31 main sheet rgranger at 7:11am 06.21.20
Blocked through Hull fittings smokey73 at 7:03am 06.21.20 I'd be more apt to believe Mud Daubers rather than spiders.
Motor for 1978 Hunter 25 Cherubini BigDaddD at 7:02am 06.21.20 Thanks everyone. I appreciate the feedback. I have decided on a Tohatsu 9.8.
Raymarine radar / Chart plotter removal BigEasy at 6:56am 06.21.20 The only other way that I would think it might get its gps data is if you still had the old Raymari

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