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Hunter 23 teak slats on seats daydreamerh23 at 1:46pm 04.10.24 Day Sailers 13/714 Hi! We just bought a 1986 Hunter 23 and I am curious as to why there are wooden slats on the cockpit
Electric Windlass gregrosine at 1:30pm 04.10.24 Ask All Sailors 8/341 We have a 1999 Beneteau 352 with a manual windlass. We would like to replace the manual with an ele
Hunter 23 Roller Furler boardmanlake at 11:47am 04.10.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/205 Looking to add a roller furler to my Hunter 23 Can anyone link me the tangs/link plates they used t
Beneteau Shallow Bilge - Paint, Gelcoat (1) jbmia at 11:45am 04.10.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/343 Question for the group... Can anyone confirm what material is used in Beneteau shallow bilges where
Small Wood sailboat (2) zinahewitt at 7:08pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 10/489 Hi All, I have a small wood sailboat 12' feet. Clinker built. I trailer it and it sits in my carpor
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon (2) smokey73 at 4:15pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/294 Does anyone know what material would be good to make a replacement cover for the outside sun shade f
2005 Catalina C36 MK2 - Shaft and Strut parts Info sail4sf at 3:56pm 04.09.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/406 We had an incident recently that broke our strut, propeller, and prop shaft. We are not able to ord
Replace just acrylic on bow deck hatch? (1) kjdoyle1 at 1:16pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 7/482 I have a 1994 Hunter 29.5 and the acrylic on the bow deck hatch cracked. Can I have someone just rep
Converting compost toilet to tank system 2007 Hunter 31 (1) DH31 at 12:57pm 04.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 1/336 Bought boat with compost toilet. Running new waste lines to holding tank, any easy way to get access
Dufour 500 GL Bluesmoods at 12:00pm 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 6/620 Greetings folks I am giving serious thought to acquiring a Dufour 500 GL. Although the market has
Dodger mold stain Clydo at 8:36am 04.09.24 Catalina 310 3/559 Anyone have suggestion for good mold stain remover? Whole lotta products on the market. Guy that u
Farmer's Almanac report - Mid West and South Singing times 2. (1) jssailem at 7:38am 04.09.24 Weather and Forecasting 0/211
CS22 in the Thousand Islands DMD at 6:47am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 8/372 Have been looking at a number of CS22s that are for sale. I live on the St Lawrence. Havn't sailed f
Catalina 34 Interior Guystapo at 6:04am 04.09.24 Ask All Sailors 6/524 My interior looks good but needs a good wipe down ..what is a good product for this? Furniture polis
Pic of Hunter 23 Masthead for fitting main topping lift tim_brisbane at 8:19pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/416 Hi all! Looking at fitting a topping lift to my hunter 23. It lives at a marina a long way from my h
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 4:18pm 04.08.24 Catalina 310 10/900 As part of spring commissioning, I want to extract 1 cup of diesel from the bottom of my tank to che
Hunter 216 to buy? AlwaysSailing at 1:59pm 04.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/560 Hi all, I joined this forum as I am considering picking up a Hunter 216. They come and go for sale
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 9:40am 04.08.24 Ask All Sailors 9/777 I'm going to have to rebuild my windlass, the Lofrans Tigres. It apparently has a "safety feature" w
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 7:46am 04.08.24 Big Boats 12/950 Hi, This question is re: 2004 Hunter 36 The Hunter store sells small strips of self adhesive SS to
Bilge water smells like gas (1) Bluebonnet87 at 4:09am 04.08.24 Smaller Boats 6/745 Hi all, I'm in process of siphoning out some water in the bilge of this 26.5 i just pruchased. Im j

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Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass Ralph Johnstone at 12:23pm 10.23.24 I still have to ask the question which I imagine is lying in wait on the tip of many people's tongue
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission Hello Below at 12:11pm 10.23.24 After you receive yours, give me a call I have a bridge I want to talk you you about. Oh :(. So y
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass Ralph Johnstone at 12:11pm 10.23.24 Big difference depending on the execution of the lamination. The OP gave it roughly two layers of
Alden 46 Alden 46 at 11:52am 10.23.24 Beautiful! Thanks for the interior pics. It looks like a great layout. I love the lip and stainless
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission (1) Dave at 11:52am 10.23.24 I have not done any research into this device with the exception of clicking on a Home Page news st
My rudder broke off wardk at 11:46am 10.23.24 they didn't ask
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission jssailem at 11:01am 10.23.24 Oh..Boy... " the E-Cat was initially inspired by the announcement of physicists Martin Fleischmann a
What is this stuff on my hull? kappykaplan at 10:51am 10.23.24 They look like organic growth of some sort. Please let us know what you find after excavating.
Axle length Crazy Dave Condon at 10:19am 10.23.24 @caverun Thank you so much sir. Axle has been ordered
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass baycloud at 10:16am 10.23.24 I never mentioned exactly how many gallons but I'd guess ~10-15. It is a very unique shape and as pe
35.5 running rigging kappykaplan at 10:02am 10.23.24 You may be able to find what you're looking for here: https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/dl/downloads
Universal M25XP dies after 30 to 40 minutes JoeWhite at 9:10am 10.23.24 Do all M25XP's have this filter in the pump? V&J has replaced the fuel pump with Facet pump
Universal M25XP dies after 30 to 40 minutes Project_Mayhem at 9:06am 10.23.24 If you have not already remove the pickup tube from the tank and remove the screen.. Also check the
Vendee Globe RussC at 9:02am 10.23.24 Where can I buy tickets for a ride on the Hugo Boss keel? I still have a vivid picture in my mind
Vendee Globe LakeShark at 8:38am 10.23.24 For those that like to follow each day with commentary. This guy from Amsterdam does a fantastic jo
Dodger and Bimini features you love? Hello Below at 8:20am 10.23.24 Some great suggestions! Thanks. Will let you know how it goes. Just another suggestion and you c
Wrapping a stainless tank in fiberglass Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:02am 10.23.24 Somewhere near the start of this thread, he mentioned 5 gallons and also made several references to
Alden 46 Don S/V ILLusion at 8:01am 10.23.24 Good choice
Cabin Top Winch Advice... Gene Neill at 7:59am 10.23.24 Do I need a cabin top winch base plate? I'm concerned that without a base plate to increase the he
Winterising Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:47am 10.23.24 There's a better way to clean out the holding tank than just flushing clean water into it from the t

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