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Need Some Pricing Help Carol at 3:23pm 07.04.02 Ask All Sailors 4/953 After sailing my Hunter 27 for 5 years, now hoping to move up. The Hunter is a 1984......Having seri
Trailing the 260 brad at 3:04pm 07.04.02 Smaller Boats 11/901 Does anyone have any problems trailering such a wide boat? Leagel and practical? Also whats the trai
Marine Carbon Monoxide Alarm William T Allen at 2:08pm 07.04.02 Big Boats 2/1107 I have a Catalina 400 (2001-Hull #233) that has two Marine Carbon Monoxide Alarms, one in the bow ca
waste tank Mike at 1:45pm 07.04.02 Big Boats 1/1090 Has anyone changed out the black waste tank and hoses themselves? any suggestions how to best go abo
356 aft lockers Miguel Gonzalez-del-Rey at 1:42pm 07.04.02 Big Boats 7/988 I'm sailing this month from Miami to the Dominican Republic and I am really worried on how the doors
Bow Chocks R Paquin at 12:39pm 07.04.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1269 My hunter 27 just lost a bow chock, one of the bolts snapped (prob. just old age) and I didn't notic
Anyone Know What Happened to TSBB? David Ebert, H170 at 9:59am 07.04.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1071 I have been unable to log on. I am having withdrawls, Please Help!!!
genset 4.3 giancarlo mangoni at 9:07am 07.04.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1000 i am in the process of installing a gen set 4.3kw om my 336.it has a feryman engine.is anyone famili
Bimini Installation Tim at 5:54am 07.04.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1128 I've gotten a bimini for my Hunter 240 but the install instructions are very brief. I received this
Really "STIFF" salon table post Robert M. Seiden at 4:58am 07.04.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1131 We have a 2001 Catalina 320. We finally got around to using the salon table for a berth. It was ex
Loss of Power Bob Chapin at 2:52am 07.04.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/940 Last season I had a situation where my Universal 25 overheated badly. After a good deal of experime
High thrust prop RichardG at 1:01am 07.04.02 Ask All Sailors 0/1173 Replacement props for my 1985 Suzuki 6 hp long shaft come as follows (diameter x pitch):7 7/8 x 5
DYI ac unit Alan Liebnick at 12:23am 07.04.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/925 Has anyone made their own ac unit that uses ice and fan? I have a Hunter31. Any suggestions for a LO
Changing Fuel Filter Dennis at 12:13am 07.04.02 Big Boats 4/868 I know this is a very common procedure and we have all done it at some time. However, does anyone h
Diesel smell Larry Czikra at 11:26pm 07.03.02 Ask All Sailors 7/1678 My name is Larry. I sail the Herring bay area of the Chesepeake Bay on my 27 ft Watkins. I am looki
MAST CRUTCH FOR A M-25 Gordon at 5:43pm 07.03.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1497 Hey Everybody, First time poster here! Question: What does the orig. mast crutch look like for a M
Cutless bearing & Zink clearance Tom Boles at 4:46pm 07.03.02 Other Sailboats 2/870 Off the wall question-Is there any "requirement" for a specific clearance between a zink placed on
Shower Sump? Debo Cox at 9:38am 07.03.02 Mid-Size Boats 4/958 Anyone got details on their shower sump project? I'm looking into one for our 1979 Hunter 30. I've c
Keel Mike at 9:01am 07.03.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1095 I just bought a Oday 22. Are all 22s fixed keels ordo some swing? How do you tel the difference?
Compas Fluid Ted Robichaux at 8:42am 07.03.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/993 My Compass on my steering pedestal has a leak and all the fluid has leaked out. What do I do

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Drama in Pago Pago S/V Honu at 11:50pm 08.17.20 Last word i got was they are on a mooring doing a 14 day quarantine, with enough food and water.
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working Terry Cox at 9:44pm 08.17.20 Ouch! So sorry to hear that news. Do you have the Genset on the upper platform like we have? If so
How do you store Terry Cox at 9:39pm 08.17.20 Been using the Topsider two gallon tank with vacuum pump for years to extract the oil from our engin
How do/would you do it? Jackdaw at 9:30pm 08.17.20
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... (1) SoSound at 9:19pm 08.17.20 @Davidasailor26, it's in... super easy installation. I had almost no wiggle room for the DC lines,
Hardtop for a Hunter 41AC (2) Bill Creadon at 9:06pm 08.17.20 I built 60 hardtops for various sail and power boats using 1/2 thick starboard. I was an owner in a
Doyle Stack Pack help Tim Mills at 8:53pm 08.17.20 Yes, +2 to Ron. I was told by the bag maker to loosen the bag halyards by about 6-8" before raising
Two banks, three batteries and new charger capable of charging three battery banks Bobalong at 8:50pm 08.17.20 Connect charger output to each battery or just to one? Read an interesting paper about connecting
Prep week and dress up day: T_Cat at 8:35pm 08.17.20 Nice! I just moved into my first slip for the remainder of the season in Erie PA. It will really im
LouisMK at 8:35pm 08.17.20 Bike chain is a good idea. Thanks
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors duck21 at 8:10pm 08.17.20 As a side note, Minnesota passed "Sophia's Law" a couple of years ago requiring CO detectors on all
How do you store Mark Maulden at 8:04pm 08.17.20
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors WayneH at 7:42pm 08.17.20 I've been bad about this. Our smoke/CO detector failed on us a while back and we pulled it off the b
How do you store WayneH at 7:19pm 08.17.20 I put the oil extractor in a garbage bag with the hoses. I put rolled up blue shop towels into the e
Doyle Stack Pack help (4) SoSound at 7:14pm 08.17.20 Our sail bag was not adjustable when new. We had it modified so that we could drop it when necessar
Refrigerator repair Sailor Sue at 7:03pm 08.17.20 How 'bout a spray can of expanding foam? It won't be structural but it should fill the gap for ther
Doyle Stack Pack help Rick D at 6:56pm 08.17.20 Yes, +2 to Ron. I was told by the bag maker to loosen the bag halyards by about 6-8" before raising
LITTLE TO NO WIND WayneH at 6:44pm 08.17.20 Ran across this one year in Santa Rosa Sound. We would pick up a breeze and get moving only to get h
84 Catalina 27 bilge pump install richkish at 6:44pm 08.17.20 Yes. I will try to get some photos this week. You are in Port Clinton? My boat is in Sandusky.
Tally Ho at 6:26pm 08.17.20 For the halyard, could you try tying a messenger line on another halyard, pull it through, and then

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