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Soft teak: fill or wood hardener? Rob Heath at 6:45am 04.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/494 I have a small patch of teak (about 2 square centimetres) on the cockpit sole that has gone soft: yo
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Owner manual in french for Hunter H260 Danielle M. B�dard at 11:13pm 04.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/346 Hi everyone! I'm the owner of a Hunter H260 and I am looking for the owner manual in french. Can som
Javelin Manual RVJavelin at 6:02pm 04.06.20 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1384 I am a new owner of a Javelin. I have the rigging instructions, but not a manual. Another site sugge
...It's the most wonderful time of the year (2) jssailem at 5:50pm 04.06.20 Weather and Forecasting 10/1014 It is a wonderful time of the year for the Weather honchos... NOAA - the National Hurricane Center
H 41 large saloon window resealing an some question Valerio at 5:26pm 04.06.20 Big Boats 9/1598 Hi to all h41 owners, my h41 top saloon window have been leaking and now is time to do it. I am goin
ssb CatNap3 at 3:41pm 04.06.20 Ask All Sailors 0/373 Does anyone have an old icon or equal ssb and antenna coupler to donate to a neophyte user for marin
STEAM out the exhaust Chanbo at 3:27pm 04.06.20 Ask All Sailors 22/1994 I recently (8 months ago )did a complete upper on my Catalina 30 with an M25. Its ran great until re
Android App Issue Rick D at 3:05pm 04.06.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/1356 Getting an"license expired"message on my Android all. I deleted and reloaded the app twice.
Wheel shaft grease NateyZ at 9:42am 04.06.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1033 I just spent the better part of a week fighting to get my old Yacht Specialties wheel off my pedesta
Help - I did it! (1) betzhunter at 7:44am 04.06.20 Big Boats 23/2714 As you can see I was trying to take my pedestal guard off and I was tapping it with a rubber blow ha
321 air conditioning install Wesleymi at 6:39am 04.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1649 I am wanting to install air conditioning in my 1998 Oceanis 321. It has never had it so I am startin
No thread names ... shemandr at 6:07am 04.06.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/503 I'm getting an increasing number of thread replies which have no forum name and hence no place to cl
Hunter Shift Cable Damage Zakwadas at 1:04am 04.06.20 Big Boats 3/891 Hi, I own a 1997 Hunter 450 Passage, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced damage to thei
Light Replacement (1) Kevy at 9:43pm 04.05.20 Ask All Sailors 3/833 Hello all, This is a little specific but I'm hoping someone has some insight. I have to replace a
1999 410 helm seat waterlogged SailorFrank at 8:13pm 04.05.20 Ask All Sailors 3/465 The helm seat has collected so much water that it is heavy enough to start crack the firberglsss at
Unidentified Sail (4) sailingfordays at 7:18pm 04.05.20 Ask All Sailors 7/677 I recently purchased a sunfish sailboat, it came with some extra items, it is obvious this sail does
Bought '74 C22 in September (1) Erbardy at 6:03pm 04.05.20 Catalina 22 5/740 I bought a 74 C22 in September and sailed it for a month before putting it on a trailer. I am in th
Nav Station Light (1) Bill19233 at 5:02pm 04.05.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2129 The light on the nav station on the coiled wire on my boat has seen better days. Has anyone found a

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Is a little water in the bilge okay? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:04pm 07.07.24 Bilge pumps have to discharge above the waterline, which means the discharge line from the pump has
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 svseacucumber at 6:48pm 07.07.24 Hmm. If it were mine, and you go with a motor as large as a 10 or even 8 hp, I think I'd get rid of
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 svseacucumber at 6:42pm 07.07.24 I would recommend a max OB size of 6HP you will hit max hull speed at about 2/3 WOT. That is plen
Boom connection woes? DaveJ at 5:56pm 07.07.24
Coaming trim install? dlochner at 5:47pm 07.07.24 Dow 795 would be a good choice, it is flexible and has good adhesive strength, yet can be easily rem
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... rgranger at 5:28pm 07.07.24 Thanks for closing the loop!
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 rgranger at 5:26pm 07.07.24 I would recommend a max OB size of 6HP you will hit max hull speed at about 2/3 WOT. That is plena
Boom connection woes? CowboyWay at 5:21pm 07.07.24
What are these tracks used for? rgranger at 5:21pm 07.07.24
Folding or Spring Cleat Regrets? jssailem at 4:52pm 07.07.24 Check the acorn marine site. Read their testing data. They show how the unit failed and at what load
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 4:37pm 07.07.24 Rich is right. Westerbeke doesn't make pumps either. So what pump is it? Johnson, Sherwood, Ober
Boom connection woes? DaveJ at 4:08pm 07.07.24
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... jviss at 3:20pm 07.07.24 Mine too, the second reef was already installed, just the first reef line was missing. Ah, gotcha.
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 3:19pm 07.07.24 Eherlihy, good to know the details for the OEM nonskid. I'm not enough of a craftsman to replicate t
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Rich 35.5 at 3:17pm 07.07.24 Only one shuttle block? So, one reef? Mine has two. Mine too, the second reef was already instal
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? LakeOntario270 at 3:16pm 07.07.24 I use Sierra 23-3307 for my Westerbeke 20B Two
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 3:13pm 07.07.24 Hmm. If it were mine, and you go with a motor as large as a 10 or even 8 hp, I think I'd get rid of
A Little Story About Our GPS jviss at 3:06pm 07.07.24 So, now you trust that GPS?
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... jviss at 3:02pm 07.07.24 Only one shuttle block? So, one reef? Mine has two.
Folding or Spring Cleat Regrets? Skipper J at 2:49pm 07.07.24 I have a set that hasn't been installed yet if you need some pics or have questions about it Hi,

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