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Woosley Dolfinite Compound Ozana at 12:52am 04.03.03 Ask All Sailors 4/1363 I'm sealing a porthole.Has anybody used Woosley Dolfinite Compound to seal portholes, hatches, etc.
New boat, new toilets, new questions Frank Arndorfer at 12:44am 04.03.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1252 I'm taking delivery of a new 426DS in about two weeks. One of the options we went with was the Eco F
Catalina 387 Raleigh Hamilton at 11:45pm 04.02.03 Big Boats 0/886 I have ordered a cat 387 hull #15. Does anyone have any reports or comments on the earlier hull numb
26x coming apart after crossing Madison Blackwell at 11:45pm 04.02.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1258 I own a 2002 26x which I purchased new from Boating Atlanta and took to the Bahamas,the vessel is n
Ballast spring freeze question Charles Ross at 10:52pm 04.02.03 Smaller Boats 7/837
reaching strutts and afterguys, help! Brian at 10:32pm 04.02.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1041 I have a whisker pole I use only from time to time. I just read a post that talks about the type of
Peel Away 1 - Report Rob at 8:12pm 04.02.03 Ask All Sailors 1/898 Well, I did my rudder and it came out great! The peel away went on like icing a cake. There were a
Rudder question about H 27 (1978) Olivier van Mierlo at 7:28pm 04.02.03 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1141 While busy making preperations for a longdistance journey with a shoal keeled H27 (1978) i'm conside
Some questions about H27 ('78) Olivier van Mierlo at 7:24pm 04.02.03 The Cherubini Hunters 0/823 While busy making preperations for a longdistance journey with a shoal keeled H27 (1978)i'm consider
Pop Top installation John Pollitt at 4:05pm 04.02.03 Smaller Boats 6/892 Bought a Pop Top through the HOW chandlery and am preparing to install it. It doesn't mention it in
Kenyon Boom Parts Jim at 1:31pm 04.02.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1188 I need to replace some small parts on my Hunter 34 boom. It's a Kenyon. Is there a contact or web
Mast tuning and testing wiring before stepping Marty Seitzinger at 12:16pm 04.02.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1032 I have read a ton of posts about stepping and tuning here, but there does not seem to be much about
Odd looking whisker pole Bob at 12:04pm 04.02.03 Ask All Sailors 3/970 Need help identifying an odd looking end on my whisker pole.THe pole is extendable and has a 1.25"
Hatch Leaks Roger Haney at 11:30am 04.02.03 Big Boats 3/843 The hatch over the master bunk in my P420 leaks. It appears to be coming through the hinge it self.
12 volt pannel to Battery Jerry at 11:24am 04.02.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/994 I'll soon be adding a 12 volt, six switch pannel to my mac 26s. I'll run items such as: Fans, GPS,
The right jib for Lake Michigan / Chicago area Bob at 11:18am 04.02.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1013 I am moving to Chicago and need some advice from Chicago area sailors. I have a 28' O'day that is m
Stern deck over-hang repair and protection Bill Ebling at 10:42am 04.02.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/949 The 1985 H31 deck-hull joint near the transom has the deck molding hanging over the hull and is unsu
Contract on 1998 Hunter 376...good move? Larry Stewart at 10:03am 04.02.03 Big Boats 7/1041 Ok...we are moving up from a 1987 Hunter 31...flew to Charleston, SC today and spent two hours check
Screens Clay Hunter at 9:48am 04.02.03 Big Boats 1/775 Hello Sailors! One Last question for you. On the Lady In Red, our Hunter Legend 40.5, the hatches ha
cutlass bearing replacement Larry Lemasters at 9:45am 04.02.03 The Cherubini Hunters 3/978 I am a relatively new owner of a thirty Cherubini, year and a half, and have been told by a yard man

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Chainplate Fabrication dLj at 6:00am 09.21.20 I find that the #1 culprit is those darn driver bits that are used for everything. They are all ca
Chainplate Fabrication Hayden Watson at 5:26am 09.21.20 ... All this said, who uses plain carbon steel wrenches anymore? You find it more in clamps, vises
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Scott B at 5:26am 09.21.20 Two hole saws chucked together. The smaller one the size of the hole you have now acts as a guide t
Old propane tank safety-guy at 5:25am 09.21.20 Thanks for the help. I will see if the old hose will just attach. I will be surprised if it is tha
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Rick Webb at 5:24am 09.21.20 Two hole saws chucked together. The smaller one the size of the hole you have now acts as a guide th
Yanmar 3YM30 Heat Exchanger Removal and Cleaning Scott B at 5:21am 09.21.20 The Yanmar Service manual for the 3YM30 is here. May help some. https://hunter.sailboatowners.com
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Scott B at 5:19am 09.21.20 I did this swap couple years ago. Changed out one of the cig plugs and installed a USB socket. I u
Chainplate Fabrication dLj at 5:10am 09.21.20 @DianaOfBurlington the concerns expressed about Asian supplies no longer really applies in today's m
Chainplate Fabrication dLj at 4:55am 09.21.20 @Hayden Watson said it well above. The passive oxide layer is disrupted and you can get a tiny amou
O'Day. 40- reefing setup? daviddp at 3:41am 09.21.20
When was my boat made? NickBeneker at 3:05am 09.21.20 the plate on the transom only has the model number and hull number.
Onan Cummins 8KW Genset Issue Mechone at 3:01am 09.21.20 Impeller and shaft turns with the engine. Onan Cummins has no reference of a shaft seal. I'll press
Electric wire common ground question Ward H at 2:42am 09.21.20 One complication I forsee with two 2-wire runs is wire color, with the 3 wire I can tell battery 1
What is wrong with my sail? Joe at 2:37am 09.21.20 Show us a picture of the other side. We can't really tell from the angle you're presenting.
Cam cleats for jib sheets?? (1) Joe at 2:28am 09.21.20 This is what I meant by an open cam cleat on a riser. If the line is low to the deck when you rele
Adventures in reefing Ward H at 2:23am 09.21.20 Dyneema is nice and slippery and should run through the cringles easily. That same feature makes it
356 Jib sheet keeps getting caught in the rigging Joe at 1:43am 09.21.20 The same exact problem, for another boat model, was discussed this past week. There is a gap betwee
Adventures in reefing G0ri11@ at 12:59am 09.21.20 Seems like the jam cleats at the front of my boom are either missing their lever or otherwise only s
356 Jib sheet keeps getting caught in the rigging karellen at 12:04am 09.21.20
Davit Selection NYSail at 11:51pm 09.20.20

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