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Thru Hull Plywood Spacers Rotting Mark Cothran at 11:58am 08.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1461 I am trying to find out if anyone else has experienced the same problems with the plywood spacers wh
Cradle for Hunter 31 (1987) 4' draft Elleigh at 11:48am 08.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1042 Help! I need a cradle for winter storage at my boat yard...I am hoping to find a used one....any th
Mast Height on O'day 22 Jinks at 11:24am 08.26.02 Ask An Oday Owner 6/6234 I recently purchased a 1975 O'day 22. She has obviously had the mast replaced and it measures about
Polybutylene Pipe. Steve Dion at 10:55am 08.26.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/4710 FYI:Polybutylene pipe, as you may know has been "recalled" in homes. The problem is Clorine and H
C' 30 props Al Britton at 10:18am 08.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1016 I have a 1987 Catalina 30 with a Universal M25 diesel. What is the optimum propeller for this boat /
AC installation Ken DeLacy at 10:02am 08.26.02 The Cherubini Hunters 6/992 Greetings all, I finally broke down and purchased ac for the boat and have some questions regarding
o'day 23 fin keel Bob Sullivan at 9:53am 08.26.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1015 I have recently acquired an o'day 23 fin (fixed) keel sloop and am looking for any info available. I
Starter motor Don at 9:50am 08.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 6/1154 I have a 82 Catalina 30 with the 5411 engine. My starter motor is toast - I can't rebuild it and I
hole in my 336's hull Bob Peters at 9:39am 08.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/822 Hello,Below is a note sent yesterday to Hunter Marine. I am wondering if anyone has had this probl
Mariner mast lowering Wayne Randolph at 9:29am 08.26.02 Day Sailers 1/1134 We are having difficulty lowering our mast. It did not have lateral stability with the old broken c
473 Shaft Log Mike at 8:56am 08.26.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/961 Has anyone experienced any proplems with their shaft log? I've heard through my dealer that several
Replaced Jabsco PAR Hugh at 8:45am 08.26.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1134 Peggy et. al.- A few threads back I posted about our head showing signs of aging, and asked about re
Engine trouble Ozana Halik at 8:18am 08.26.02 Big Boats 1/977 This past weekend I tried to start the engine (Yanmar 3GM30F) on my 1995 35.5 Legend. The previous w
standing rigging? Jim Hamilton at 7:58am 08.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1234 Hey everyone.... I'm looking into purchasing my first sailboat and figure a Catalina 30 will fit
Insurance Crazy Dave Condon at 7:37am 08.26.02 Smaller Boats 12/1260 YOu need to read your policy closely. A fellow who busted his mast submitted the quote to Boat US.
Amount of water intake for cooling Paul Akers at 7:33am 08.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/807 Having just posted a response to a hot-running diesel engine made me come up with this question. Ho
Propane Bottle Location Frank Wang at 7:08am 08.26.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/851 I have a Hunter 30 1989. I need to add a Newport Propane heater and the propane system to my boat. I
Water in the bilge Pat at 6:48am 08.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 7/1043 I have been carrying water in my bilge. I thought it was the packing gland. I adjusted that to 4 dri
Autopilot for L43 Ed O'Connor at 6:41am 08.26.02 Big Boats 4/977 Has anyone installed a rotary drive auotpilot on a legend 43? I'd be very interested in doing so on
Coolant capacity, C-36? John Visser at 6:26am 08.26.02 Big Boats 1/1025 1984 C36, with Universal M25 and 6 Gal water heater. Can anyone tell me the coolant capacity? Th

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Full Batten Main Sail. kappykaplan at 3:14pm 08.15.20 What point of sail? Have you tried easing the mainsheet? What's going on with the vang (if you hav
Hunter 42 passage sail sfbay at 3:13pm 08.15.20 DayDreamer41.............nice diagram with lots of detail......wished my Hunter 46 manual had the sa
Hunter 42 passage (1) DayDreamer41 at 3:11pm 08.15.20 On the 41 it shows it here
My first sailing video .... shemandr at 3:09pm 08.15.20 Thanks for keeping thread alive. I was afraid it would just drop out of sight.
I just bought a new boat and the previous owner tossed the running rigging lines over board? Red_Dog at 3:07pm 08.15.20 Your write up is great! You also have too much time on your hands. :biggrin: I would hate to be in
Rod Ralph Johnstone at 3:05pm 08.15.20 ? ? ? And that would be ..................................
Sirius 21 Mast standoff ends (1) johnCartelli at 3:02pm 08.15.20 I decided to make my own.. i know someone with a lathe . should be able to make a couple in less tha
Adding dedicated jibsheet winches to a H310 wdonovan at 2:58pm 08.15.20 Wow thanks guys for the input and especially for the factory manual links. There is so much I can le
Boat traffic on the coast of Maine is high. SycloneDriver at 2:54pm 08.15.20 How do you spot the guy that hates everything form a safe distance? I'm a very social person, love
Danforth anchor rules shemandr at 2:42pm 08.15.20 I poo pooed the Fortress being a fan of the weight on the bottom school. But early this year I was
Securing the mast at the base Gene Neill at 2:27pm 08.15.20 Looks secure to me!
Hunter 42 passage sail sfbay at 2:20pm 08.15.20 Might send a PM to those Hunter 42 owners in this thread who replaced their Jabsco toilet solenoid v
hunter 42 passage sail sfbay at 2:19pm 08.15.20 Might send a PM to those Hunter 42 owners in this thread who replaced their Jabsco toilet solenoid v
Danforth anchor rules srimes at 2:14pm 08.15.20 I thought danforth type (including fortress), when set, had the best holding power/weight ratio?
Pop Top Gas Spring Addition (1) ShawnL at 2:13pm 08.15.20 Wow -- perfect timing. I just installed my kit from CD today. Unfortunately, it did not go as plan
Hunter 216 Chain Plate sail sfbay at 2:10pm 08.15.20 This thread about a Hunter 216 chain plate and article entitled "Rebedding the chainplates" might be
Top it up and hope???? srimes at 2:08pm 08.15.20 Well, spark plug was nice and dry, but gave a few pulls with it out anyway. It took a lot of oil t
Winch question Davidasailor26 at 2:07pm 08.15.20 Some smaller Barlow winches just have a button to release the drum instead of the Allen screw. Depre
Lehr Impeller kloudie1 at 2:06pm 08.15.20 Welcome aboard.. Same impeller from a Tohatsu 5.. The engine was made by Tohatsu and Lehr had a prop
Lehr Impeller sail sfbay at 2:03pm 08.15.20 Welcome to the forum!! Might check with these sites..........they did not say "no longer available"

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