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Keel Painting Question Bill Bowman at 11:07am 07.08.02 Smaller Boats 2/819 Question: A friend and I have just acquired a 1986 Hunter 23 with a winged keel.
Keel Painting Bill Bowman at 11:06am 07.08.02 Trailer Sailors 2/1843 Question:A friend and I have just acquired a 1986 Hunter 23 with a winged keel. The boat has been
Radar mount Chuck at 9:23am 07.08.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/884 I just baught a new radar for our Hunter 27. How high up on the mast should we mount our 12 inch dom
Mast light deck plug Lee at 9:19am 07.08.02 Smaller Boats 6/1279 Has anyone found a good way to extend the wires that come up through the deck? I replaced the plug l
Mainsheet traveler indecision Douglas Marshall at 9:11am 07.08.02 Day Sailers 5/1414 I recently purchased a 1972 oday 22. The boat has been modified to include a mainsheet traveler on
Dingy hardware D.Gordon Campbell at 9:06am 07.08.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/969 I just purchased a new 400MkII and with it a 10' hard dingy. Recently during a trip I pulled the din
New forum menus? SailboatOwners.com at 8:26am 07.08.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/895 Thanks to input from Toni Gartner and Michael O'Mara, we have a prototype forum menu that keeps acti
New forum menus? SailboatOwners.com at 8:21am 07.08.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/832 Thanks to input from Toni Gartner and Michael O'Mara, we have a prototype forum menu that keeps acti
Springs for Schaefer Line Clutch Tim Davis at 8:06am 07.08.02 Big Boats 3/1037 I have Schaefer line clutches on my 1984 Hunter 34 with broken springs. Schaefer says they don't ca
three cheers to Raritan Bryce Grefe at 8:05am 07.08.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1357 Peggie,Just a note, I bought a couple of Raritan Crickets for my H410 2 winters ago. Last week one
New forum menu? Phil Herring at 7:10am 07.08.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 13/1318 Thanks to input from Toni Gartner and Michael O'Mara, we have a prototype forum menu that keeps acti
The Case of the Missing Spreaders Art Tirrell at 7:01am 07.08.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1060 Just bought a V-21 (74) which had been on the trailer since 1989. Along the line, someone decided th
Lewmar Portholes Larry and Carol Schroeder at 6:37am 07.08.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/971 We are beginning to have problems keeping our portholes open----there's an obvious adjustment to the
27 boom shape jim johnson at 6:19am 07.08.02 Mid-Size Boats 4/1219 a sailing friend of mine has a catalina 27 with an obvious bend in the boom, probably 2-3", with the
correction re. can anyone give advice? Jim & Jane at 5:54am 07.08.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/903 We have just bought a hunter Passage 42, ' need to do some repairs on the leather upholstery, any ad
Solar panel on Catalina 320 Chris at 5:43am 07.08.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1587 Has anyone installed a solar panel on a Catalina 320 and been able to locate the wiring harness cont
jib clam cleat marshall at 5:42am 07.08.02 Day Sailers 0/1077 I am searching for a jib clam cleat for a 1986 javelin oday. Where can I find one? I have a photogra
Pull to left under power Charlie Burga at 5:34am 07.08.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1233 I recently purchased a 1986 Hunter 34 in very good shape. I have noticed that when motoring the whe
Single Handed Sailing in A 260 - Jib Line silkcitykid at 5:22am 07.08.02 Smaller Boats 7/890 When I am out sailing by myself, I often have problems reaching the jib lines from behind the wheel
Rig tuning Geoff in Ann Arbor at 5:21am 07.08.02 Big Boats 1/961 Can someone point me in the direction of good information on rig tuning? I have a '92 33.5, which i

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Rivet tool recommendation? BlowMeAway at 8:26am 06.27.20
Rivet tool recommendation? MikeO53 at 8:17am 06.27.20 I have bought 3 different Arrow brand rivet tools and found them to not have enough leverage for lar
Hunter 260 Versus Seaward 26RK jviss at 8:11am 06.27.20 I'm going to assume that it was a typo when you said Macgregor, and you meant Seaward, since we're
Delamination jviss at 8:06am 06.27.20 but in mst cases were operator error. That's utter nonsense, @Crazy Dave Condon . Now I know why
TV Antenna Rich Stidger at 7:58am 06.27.20 Seems like a strange answer from Glomex. I agree that RG-6 is a good choice for the mast length bec
eherlihy at 7:52am 06.27.20 I use gelcoat with wax from Jamestown Distributors in the color "cream" it may require a little brow
Catalina 310 Polars (1) Hayden Watson at 7:49am 06.27.20 Here is the polar for a C30 tall rig/bow sprit with 150% genoa. You could compare the spec to see h
Are PVC RIBs still inferior? Kings Gambit at 7:45am 06.27.20
H410 Steering issue scottdube at 7:44am 06.27.20 Project complete, need to sea trial it but it's all back together. A very do-able job if you patien
Gelcoat- Color Match 1990 (1989 Hunter Legend 35.5) Crazy Dave Condon at 7:42am 06.27.20 They may have a small gel coat paste that will dry in air. Call Dave Groshong as his experience is
1983 C25_Lower Rudder Gudgeon Leak Hayden Watson at 7:42am 06.27.20 I never dug into that pile-up on my C25 but it sure looks like a typical "mung-pile" that Catalina l
Hunter 260 Versus Seaward 26RK Tedd at 7:40am 06.27.20 @walt : Our current boat is a Macgregor 26S. It's really great value, and you can't top it for bein
Catalina 310 Polars (2) sail sfbay at 7:39am 06.27.20 The closest I could get were polars for a Catalina 22 (top) and 36 (bottom from these websites. I a
Job sheet tracks Crazy Dave Condon at 7:38am 06.27.20 Looked at photo again. It is the 45 degree edge of the companionway top. Forget screwing into fib
Suggestions Joe at 7:34am 06.27.20 I though ya'll knew that Tohatsu makes the small HP mercury OB's.... Mercury Outboards, 30 Hp and
Delamination Crazy Dave Condon at 7:33am 06.27.20 @jviss Before condemning the Hunter 260, there were a few this happened to but in mst cases were o
Sail Trim and Aeronautic Theories. shemandr at 7:32am 06.27.20 One inconsistency is that in the bath tub illustration and the airplane model there is a source of p
Are PVC RIBs still inferior? Brian D at 7:30am 06.27.20 Thanks @Kings Gambit and @Richard19068. I keep my PVC inflatable (Mercury 240) at home in its bag. B
Hunter 260 Versus Seaward 26RK Tedd at 7:25am 06.27.20 @jviss : I'm going to assume that it was a typo when you said Macgregor, and you meant Seaward, sin
1983 C25_Lower Rudder Gudgeon Leak Stu Jackson at 7:24am 06.27.20 Welcome to our group. Good questions and well presented. I'm sure there will be specific responses c

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