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engine replacement cables draft at 12:19am 04.28.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1132 I need tips from anyone who has replaced control cables on Hunters with edson steering pedistle
Shaft Alignment Randy Chitwood at 12:16am 04.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/1067 Does anyone have any experience with any changes in shaft/engine alignment as a C30 is moved from th
BOOM VANG Dennis Rielly at 11:20pm 04.27.03 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1231 I will installing a rope boom vang on my '81 30 shortly, but I'm a little concerned about where to a
Raritan PHII Not Pumping Laura Bertran at 10:40pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1678 My one year old PHII, which was working perfectly at layup last fall, is not pumping in raw water. P
Replacing Exhaust Flap Assembly Jamie Taylor at 10:34pm 04.27.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1562 I recently purchased a stainless steal exhaust flap assembly from Catalina Direct. Any advise on rem
Drilling into my Mast Doug Dannen at 10:31pm 04.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1067 I'm installing a Lazy Jack system on my Oday 272 and it requires me to install two cheek blocks on t
Finding woodwork? Mark Nelson at 9:50pm 04.27.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1058 I've just purchased a 1976 Catalina 30 and would like to replace all the woodwork on the deck. Where
Installing a new halyard Lewis at 8:16pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 6/2591 I plan on installing a new main halyard and outhaul. Are there any tricks to insure a smooth operati
Loose pulpit screws Leif Arneson at 5:15pm 04.27.03 Smaller Boats 6/1295 The (machine) screws attaching the after pulpit stanchions to the deck on my Hunter water ballast ar
Looking for a good sailboat pls help! Tim at 4:21pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1096 Being a temporary "landlocked" sailor I have "caught" the fever agin to purchase a sailboat. I used
3 Blade Propeller?? Leif Askeland at 3:41pm 04.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/975 My 36 Hunter Vision has the factory installed 2-blade propeller. The boat has always seemed to be s
Pacific Sail Expo Rick Dober s/v Baytrek at 2:20pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1305 Peggie, It was a pleasure meeting you at the boat show yesterday. Too bad the publisher didn't
Engine belched out an oily slick Hans Baart at 1:41pm 04.27.03 Big Boats 1/772 Can anyone give some insight on this?I started my Yanmar 3GMF today after not having run it for abo
Centerboard Repairs Arnie Hoffman at 1:25pm 04.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/994 Just a FYI to those with C.B. 30's. When I bought my '82 last summer the previous owner had wedged
Bottom Paint and a centerboard? Geof at 1:09pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 9/3855 So, last year, our first year with our O'Day 25, and I let the yard do the bottom paint. We were ou
Anyone thought about their leaf springs lately??? tom b. c-22 at 12:55pm 04.27.03 Trailer Sailors 3/1707 Well I have.. Oh boy, what fun..I bought a 74 catalina with trailer that hasprobably seen better da
Hose bulge guy, again! Bruce Z at 12:35pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1429 Greetings Mistress,I put in a new hose. I cleaned up the aluminum elbow on the tank and it looks o
Battle of the Prop Shaft Flex Couplings! (1) Stirling Hasen at 12:34pm 04.27.03 Big Boats 5/2726 After finally being able to remove my prop shaft on my Hunter 54. I noticed that my Federal Flex Cou
Pumpout Problems Gary Scheir at 11:12am 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1274 We installed a new Raritan Cricket head in our 1991 Hunter 28 last year, and all seemed to work fine
Loose Strut repairs John Pool at 11:07am 04.27.03 Big Boats 1/990 I am looking for information on repairing my strut so that it doesnot wiggle side to side. Any sugg

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I win! Glsawyer at 12:09pm 10.24.20 Typically, the Raritan is a better head than the similar priced Jabsco. As long as nothing is brok
I win! Hayden Watson at 12:08pm 10.24.20 Typically, the Raritan is a better head than the similar priced Jabsco. As long as nothing is broke
I win! Glsawyer at 12:07pm 10.24.20 I'm ordering a tv for the boat. Should I do a 12v or standard? I have the ability to power either ea
H 34 anchor locker hose Claude L.-Auger at 11:54am 10.24.20 access thru the inspection port, If you replace the hose make sure that you don't have any dips o
I win! Glsawyer at 11:30am 10.24.20 I think I read that you have several sets of sails that came with the boat. Can you not measure the
I win! Hunter216 at 11:28am 10.24.20 I think I may be missing about 16inch of my mast. Builder recommended repairing what I have. Then m
Propeller antifouling - B331 Rick486 at 11:27am 10.24.20 Propspeed is the best stuff there is: https://propspeed.com/marine-products/propspeed/product-info
Universal M25 Bad Noise, Engine Stop Benny17441 at 11:26am 10.24.20 Prior to last weekend, the engine seemed to run fine in neutral, fwd and reverse. On a few occasio
Propeller antifouling - B331 fstbttms at 11:14am 10.24.20 Propspeed is the best stuff there is: https://propspeed.com/marine-products/propspeed/product-infor
Osiris Rex? BlowMeAway at 11:14am 10.24.20
Propeller antifouling - B331 Michael Davis at 11:11am 10.24.20 No, just that pretty grey. Works well
I win! Glsawyer at 11:07am 10.24.20 Finally. Clean and can relax on deck with getting tangled up. Water boat is coming out to fill the
Just starting out....am I thinking right? Leeward Rail at 11:06am 10.24.20
Propeller antifouling - B331 Bluenose at 11:06am 10.24.20 Thanks - nothing on top of Barnacle Barrier?
Toerail damage B323 finding a replacement joker460 at 11:02am 10.24.20 Or $80 a foot :yikes:
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock surfstud31 at 10:39am 10.24.20 SUCCESS!!!! Ok, I finally got the hose on the seacock! At least far enough - past all 4 barbs which
Mast Wiring Connections (2) jssailem at 10:18am 10.24.20 Here is my solution on my CAL. Note I have a deck stepped mast. The lines come through the deck into
Invest 95L jssailem at 10:07am 10.24.20 "Look at dat coo-youn feeding dat alligator!" Would that be dangling a chicken drum stick near the
Hunter 240 Furler sspan at 10:06am 10.24.20 In my years using CDI FF2 if not set up or maintained properly, no issues. However the internal j
Engine Heating Hot water (1) jssailem at 10:06am 10.24.20 With all the on line plastic T fittings on the internet I thought it would be relatively easy to fin

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