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Help for an aspiring sailor Dave at 1:53am 03.28.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/840 Hello everyone!I've had a few opportunities to be out on a sailboat, but am still very novice. I'v
Difference between water ballast & weighted keel? Bob at 1:37am 03.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/2197 I am just starting to look for a boat in the 26 to 28 foot range and wanted to know how a 26 foot wa
Mooring Bit Mark at 1:10am 03.28.03 Day Sailers 3/1265 I have an Oday 20 which I will be mooring for the first time. I plan to install a mooring bit on th
Stuffing Box Kevin at 12:08am 03.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/831 I'm replacing the stuffing in the stuffing box on my h28.5 (1987)...on the dry! This is the first ti
3GMF Starting Battery Ron at 11:55pm 03.27.03 Big Boats 2/846 Does anyone know what size starting battery is used for the 3GMF Yanmar? Would a Group 24 660 CA @32
For Hunter 25.5 owners... Dave Busby at 10:41pm 03.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/856 Just an observation to let you know...I just replaced the nylon/delrin sheaves on my boom, which of
Towing Insurance Pete at 10:00pm 03.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/789 I'm moving my boat to Solomons. I have BoatUS tow insurance with the $500 max per incident. Is tha
trouble starting a 3GM Jeff at 8:10pm 03.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/783 Right at the end of last season my Yanmar 3GM began to act up when starting. Basically I had to cra
Revised Fresh Water Maintenance guidelines Stuart at 8:09pm 03.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1868 Hi Peggy,A while back, you mentioned that you'd revised your fresh water maintenance guidelines.
Cutlass bearing Don at 7:21pm 03.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/920 Does anyone have any good info on replacing the cutlass bearing on a 1982 Hunter 27?Thanks,Don
Nowhere for anchor rode??? Gary at 2:21pm 03.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 6/935 76 Oday 25One other thing.....there is no capped sleeve on the bow to allow anchor rode to be stowe
Sail Dimension Russ c at 1:40pm 03.27.03 Smaller Boats 5/760 I have a 135% genoa on order from my local loft for my 1985 Hunter 25.5. They do not have any dime
Confused new Oday owner Gary at 12:42pm 03.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1193 Just bought a 76' Oday 25. I had a friend who is an expert sailor look over the boat and he voiced s
Stern Lazerette, rudder post / stops, etc. (1) Richard McDonald at 12:25pm 03.27.03 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1233 I am in the process of removing an old "cutter 21" autopilot from the rudder post. As you can see in
Major '84 H34 renovations Ron Mills at 11:15am 03.27.03 Big Boats 20/1144 H34 owners and others take a look at the completion of my major renovations to my H34. If you want a
THE BUTTONS BACK!!!! THE BUTTONS BACK!!!!!!!! Tom s/v GAIA at 10:08am 03.27.03 Ask All Sailors 0/783 I have no idea what went wrong, but thanks for your help!!tom
Oday tempest rig Michael Crump at 9:53am 03.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1616 Does anyone have a set of rig dimensions for an ODay Tempest (70)?
boom vang T-bone at 8:56am 03.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/861 Can someone tell me the real advantage or purpose of a boom vang?
Headliner (for lack of a better term) Dan at 8:17am 03.27.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/973 I have an 88' Catalina 36. The headliner (molded interior ceiling) is beginning to show some age, a
How stupid would this be lml at 7:36am 03.27.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/764 Downwind, 5-10mph winds, with asymetrical spinnaker, one hand on the sheet, and NO BALLAST. Has any

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Hood System Furler extrusion connector Dave Groshong at 3:52pm 05.17.20 Email Marty, she should be able to help you: marty_barnett@pompanette.com
2005 Hunter 38 Anchor Roller glonek5 at 3:50pm 05.17.20 sorry, here in Chicago still waiting to drop ours. I'll be able to check later this week. we have th
merc 9.9 outboard on my 260- help please (1) AndyVS at 3:43pm 05.17.20 Here is a pic of my Merc 9.9. Andy
SG200 Question Hello Below at 3:27pm 05.17.20 I am surprised that you have not received any responses to your post yet. My guess is that it would
Hardtop for a Hunter 41AC (5) Stephen M at 3:08pm 05.17.20 Trimming edges of Hardtop. Will have to cut out skylight. Bought a simple car skylight at junk yard,
2008 Hunter 33 Anode Replacement jaysweet at 3:03pm 05.17.20 I am trying to find the correct size of anode for my 2008 Hunter 33 sailboat. Does anyone know the
Looking for new mast DougM at 3:02pm 05.17.20 Its a no brainer if that mast is damaged the way it is, and at least one of the spreaders is bent or
Hardtop for a Hunter 41AC (8) Stephen M at 3:02pm 05.17.20 Fitting Hardtop today. Still have rough edges as I have to mark top centerline and mark trim lines.
Hardtop for a Hunter 41AC (3) Stephen M at 2:57pm 05.17.20 Have the hardtop ready to fit on the bimini frame. Fingers crossed that it fits. Will use topping li
Hunter Legend 37 - Deck core (1) senang at 2:55pm 05.17.20 Hunter 38 year 2005 deck just in front and to the side of the coachroof winches cored, around 35mm
Diesel fuel leak dlochner at 1:49pm 05.17.20 Sounds like it is the lift pump. If it is a slow leak, it might be somewhere else with the fuel just
Diesel fuel leak shea0613 at 1:44pm 05.17.20 Thanks for all the responses. I went back to the boat today. A very small amount of diesel was bac
Diesel fuel leak Jeff at 1:37pm 05.17.20 My leak was from my old Ezell tank. To my surprise they still had blue prints for my 1993 tank. Chec
Hood System Furler extrusion connector Jeff at 1:25pm 05.17.20 i just rebuilt my system. Call Pompanette to help with Hood parts. They often ship next day. The par
Center board line tension gudiss at 1:16pm 05.17.20 since i have had the boat from 2016, yes difficult to winch up
2008 Hunter 33 Anode Replacement FastOlson at 12:25pm 05.17.20 My SWAG is that given size of your boat it is 1". As suggested, just measure it from inside the boat
Looking for new mast (3) Sailavie1 at 12:23pm 05.17.20 I will help on tuning. Look at the shroud and forestay chain plates to see if they pulled particu
PVC Tube in 340 Mast looking2buy at 12:18pm 05.17.20 jssailem, pretty sure all the cars are straight so probably no that. The track is a slot extruded
high water? jon hansen at 12:03pm 05.17.20 the entire mitten is getting 1" to 2" and some areas up to 5". it takes about 3 days for the run of
high water? jon hansen at 11:59am 05.17.20 https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/05/significant-flooding-expected-in-lake-michigan-beach-towns-beg

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