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Painting Carpeted Liner??? Rick Belisle at 7:32am 05.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/872 We have an '88 H285. It has the light grey walls in the cabin, made out of cheap-looking carpet. The
depth sounder failure Ron at 7:01am 05.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1076 I installed a new Signet transducer and guage on my 1985 C27 because of deep water failure. The new
Sink cabinet in head repair/replacement Zen at 5:47am 05.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/1097 Hi All,The head counter cabinet's wood has is decayed. Looks like the previous owner never fixed t
Halyard deck blocks jcherubini at 5:10am 05.26.03 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1417 I am trying to figure out the best way to lead the halyards aft on this Hunter 25 Mk I ('bubble-top'
SOG! Scott at 4:37am 05.26.03 Big Boats 4/1036 Hooking my Garmin GPSMAP 76 to my Raymarine ST4000+ Autopilot is driving me nuts. I've hooked the b
Why no used sails for my 22 Morton Peet at 3:53am 05.26.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1119 Search as I may I find no used sails for my 1974 Oday22. It is a recent purchase and believe it or n
C350 Acu-Gage Tank Monitor Blair Dehuff at 2:30am 05.26.03 Big Boats 17/5173 I have a new C350 which has "Acu-Gage" tank monitor at the nav station. The readings for the water t
Age is just a number SailboatOwners.com at 2:12am 05.26.03 Ask All Sailors 70/3760 Ellen MaCarthur, aboard Kingfisher, completes the Vendee Globe nonstop, solo, around the world race
deck repair john at 1:36am 05.26.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1094 The bow section on my ODay 22 is quite spongy and is suffering from delamination. I need to cut ope
fiberglass delamination john at 1:27am 05.26.03 Other Sailboats 2/880 The bow section of the deck on my ODay 22 is spongy. I have decided to cut the deck open and replace
Water ballast leak? Reena at 1:15am 05.26.03 Smaller Boats 6/1110 We have repaired the last 2 seasons two cracks that spread out in a "Y" about 2 inches from the cent
Stop the rock!! Stewart at 12:21am 05.26.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/999 This past weekend took our 26x out to Ship Island on MS Gulf coast. Beautiful weather and a great da
37 cutter portlights Thomas Loftus at 12:07am 05.26.03 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1066 Does anyone have information on when the 37 cutter design changed from 5 opening ports per cabin sid
Replacement Head for 1984 H34 Edward Duhe at 11:30pm 05.25.03 Big Boats 7/796 It's time for a new head in my H34. I was wondering if any of you H34 owners that have replaced the
hunter 31 compression post (1) Jim at 11:30pm 05.25.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2661 I know that many of you have had the mast compression post problem. But i am considering buying a 19
Repair halogen interior cabin lights? Rick at 11:05pm 05.25.03 Big Boats 5/933 Several of our halogen interior cabin lights in our 1999 Hunter 340 are not working. Tried replacin
B&R rig for Long-range cruising Charles Frick at 10:45pm 05.25.03 Big Boats 7/2738 I am buying a H356. My intention is to do extensive cruising, first the Caribbean, then perhaps worl
ROUGHEST SAFE(?) WATER FOR H23 Randy Simmons at 9:39pm 05.25.03 Smaller Boats 8/928 I have my H23 docked on Lake Erie near the Marblehead/Port Clinton area. Every time I've tried to go
Crazy Dave (and/or Hunter 19 (93-96) aficionados) Leif Arneson at 4:45pm 05.25.03 Smaller Boats 1/923 Please respond to the following:Why does my Hunter 19 (93-96) not have a backstay? The mast pumps
Marine Air Systems Air Conditioner Failure Jim Logan at 2:03pm 05.25.03 Ask All Sailors 5/4443 Has anyone had a Marine Air Systems air conditioning system with the Passport II control fail in suc

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H26 Center Board Line rgranger at 4:27pm 10.12.20 Yep the one bolt But you have to wiggle the board back and forth to walk the bracket out of the tru
H240 steering rgranger at 4:25pm 10.12.20 @rgranger @caverun or anyone else , can you either advise home unit or a manufacturer of motor to r
"Stuffing Box"? Tally Ho at 4:22pm 10.12.20
Who owns Machias Seal Island? jssailem at 4:17pm 10.12.20 over a nothing rock... But a glorious Bird Sanctuary and site of a Light House. And it appears to
Looking for Simba jssailem at 4:16pm 10.12.20 The boat identified in the above link would be about 45ft. Listed as 14 meters by 6 meters. Good L
Who owns Machias Seal Island? sailme88 at 4:14pm 10.12.20 I believe the decision to NOT have the world court decide was so that both countries could maintain
Battery Brands sailme88 at 4:11pm 10.12.20 I needed batteries. The only place open at the time was Sam's Club. They had Duracell Group 27 AGM
Which boat? Based Only On Specs. Tally Ho at 4:11pm 10.12.20 Well, if this is purely an academic exercise, I would go with the 35-footer... I sail a 32-footer no
Which boat? Based Only On Specs. JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 4:11pm 10.12.20 Looking at a boat by the numbers only ignores hull form. This is far more important then any of the
Overpowered prop? jssailem at 4:09pm 10.12.20 I believe, no more than a 12" radius propeller. What interests me is you might be able to get rema
Adding halyard rollers up the mast head (1) RitSim at 4:05pm 10.12.20 Don't know the Z-spar site for you but the US site is USspars.com See the link below for the catalog
Who owns Machias Seal Island? jssailem at 4:04pm 10.12.20 There anomalies all over the world. You would think by now that we and the Canadians might have res
Who owns Machias Seal Island? sailme88 at 3:55pm 10.12.20 You know the saying, " We'll have to agree to disagree"... Cuz that about sums it up... ICE and USB
Who owns Machias Seal Island? shemandr at 3:48pm 10.12.20 Must be more than sea birds involved. I was looking at history. Maybe tomorrow.
Who owns Machias Seal Island? Rick486 at 3:42pm 10.12.20 Been there back in the early 90's. Didn't see any machine gun nests on the rock :) But who knows now
Kuuma 160 grill Rich Stidger at 3:30pm 10.12.20 I never leave the bottle attached. As soon as the cooking is done the bottle comes off. I have the
Battery Brands berner73 at 3:28pm 10.12.20 I have 3 Durcell 31s, and they are outstanding for my B323, 3ym20. I won't bother buying any other
Kuuma 160 grill shemandr at 3:20pm 10.12.20 We never left the bottle on our Magma. The propane bottle lived in a sewn bag attached to the rail.
Block and tackle mast climb shemandr at 2:58pm 10.12.20 ... Importantly, he never used the boat's halyard to secure himself or his equipment for climbing.
Kuuma 160 grill John6275 at 2:58pm 10.12.20 Having had different brands of portable propane stoves I can attest that all of them have loose reg

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