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Tall vs Standard Paul Mulrenin at 6:50am 09.13.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/983 Any opinions on the Fin Keel and tall rig option.
Broken centerboard downhaul Phil Woods at 4:31am 09.13.01 Day Sailers 1/1180 This post seeks guidance on reapiring the centerboard for an old Day Sailer II.I mistakenly cleate
Paceship P-17 Joel Greenwald at 1:33am 09.13.01 Catalina 22 0/4528 Is it possible to obtain an owner's manual for a Paceship P-17 designed by C and C? I am about to pu
Replacing engine throttle control. Jack at 9:19pm 09.12.01 Big Boats 1/1033 Is anyone else not thrilled with the engine throttle on the console of the 2000 340.I have a 2000 3
Venture 24 spreaders john at 1:15pm 09.12.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1052 I recently bought a MacGregor Venture 24 which I am having a blast sailing on the bay. However, the
Radar mast mount Carl Manns at 7:25am 09.12.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/961 A Ratheon small mast mount costs about $200. This seems high for what you get. Has anyone found a qu
Feul filter question for 81' H30 Fred at 1:00am 09.12.01 The Cherubini Hunters 4/949 I have a 81' H30, and it has a Yanmar 2QM15 diesel. There is a bronze external fuel filter assembly
winter storage..jacks dave at 10:51pm 09.11.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1070 i have a 83 25' and wouldlike to know where the jacks should be located and what hieght. mine is the
Hunter 43 and 430 George Kornreich at 5:20pm 09.11.01 Big Boats 0/1161 This is in reply to the recent posting by Erin Strench asking how the 43 and the 430 compare. I own
How do you get to the chain plates? carl gamble at 6:15am 09.11.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/982 Our Hunter 310 is leaking around the chain plates on both the port and starboard sides.Does anyone
Tragic day LaDonna Bubak - CatalinaOwners at 1:57am 09.11.01 Ask All Sailors 8/1020 I think the entire country is in shock today. My prayers are with everyone but especially those affe
Accomadations Robert W. Bonney at 4:25am 09.11.01 Ask All Sailors 14/1391 Due to the closure of airports across the country, if any of our sailing friends or families are tra
Jib Claude Perreault at 9:07pm 09.10.01 Mid-Size Boats 8/1265 I own a Hunter 28.5 1986Does someone know the exact dimensions for a Jib on this boat?
Shipping Hunter 35.5 Niagra Fall to Vermont Michael Angier at 4:33pm 09.10.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1007 I'm planning on shipping a 1991 Hunter 35.5 from Niagra Falls to Vermont.Have several quotes from
A THOUSAND QUESTIONS chet pruszynski at 12:26pm 09.10.01 The Cherubini Hunters 4/917 Well it has finally come to pass WE NOW OWN OUR OWN 37C and I'M IN HEAVEN.....well kind of... for th
air in fuel line T Dugas at 11:24am 09.10.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1105 I changed the filters on my yanmar 27hp diesel, once changed with new gaskets installed I refilled t
Broken Mast Step Joe Knapp at 8:08am 09.10.01 Big Boats 1/1015 I'm looking for comments on the experience I had yesterday with my 1998 340 while I am waiting for m
hunter 23 lifelines all around the deck and cockpi Steven de Filippis at 6:55am 09.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1187 my 1985 hunter 23 only has lifelines up to the beginning of the cockpit, i have noticed some others
Keels Away! Albert Strasser at 6:32am 09.10.01 Ask An Oday Owner 0/904 This is the sad saga of the day the wing keel nearly sank Utopia, our O'Day 322. It was almost "bomb
Second Reef Bob James at 5:47am 09.10.01 Mid-Size Boats 1/1143 This year I moved up to a Catalina 310 from the Catalina 22 that I sailed mostly in inland lakes but

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In honor of Paul Kresge Jackdaw at 5:52pm 06.21.20 Yeah maybe not a hotbed of excitement but with a little development maybe. A weekly question perha
Outboard motor Timm R Oday25 at 5:36pm 06.21.20 With the type of motor mount you have (one that lowers ) you might get by with a 15" . The outboard
Fathers day jon hansen at 5:18pm 06.21.20 back at you, yawl :)
In honor of Paul Kresge jon hansen at 5:16pm 06.21.20 clay, i always love learning new stuff.
Acrylic slider over companionway decktosser at 4:58pm 06.21.20 Good advice from all....thanks...I think maybe Starboard might be the way to go...
just saved 90$ Ron20324 at 4:36pm 06.21.20 ...a 30 amp plug, wow those suckers are expensive, or are we the suckers for paying that much? T
Roller furler Jrtauber at 4:11pm 06.21.20 Thanks. Will try that.
just saved 90$ fred1diver at 3:56pm 06.21.20 the way there PO wired the boat it's amazing it's still intact, but that is for another story ;) I'
just saved 90$ dlochner at 3:53pm 06.21.20 I started shopping for a 30 amp plug, wow those suckers are expensive, or are we the suckers for pa
Life lines and padding dlochner at 3:48pm 06.21.20 For some of the reasons @jssailem mentioned I would not put cushions on the lifelines, especially th
Transducer placement on a 18.5 Hunter dlochner at 3:42pm 06.21.20 Depth transducers work by sending out high frequency sound waves. When mounted in a hull, they must
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 3:40pm 06.21.20 They would still find a way to showboat https://thumbs.gfycat.com/EmotionalEvenBoa-small.gif -Will
Dinghy Equipment? hawk232 at 3:32pm 06.21.20 "Detonation" as often referred to in the internal combustion engine occurs whenever the "explosion"
Transducer placement on a 18.5 Hunter rgranger at 3:23pm 06.21.20 Where this "place in a liquid" crap comes from is anyone's guess. Check the archives on this site
Acrylic slider over companionway rgranger at 3:21pm 06.21.20 I would use starboard https://www.boatoutfitters.com/cut-to-size-white-white-king-starboard?gclid=C
Transducer placement on a 18.5 Hunter Revv up at 3:19pm 06.21.20 Where this "place in a liquid" crap comes from is anyone's guess. From the GPS store, I would ha
Life lines and padding Ron20324 at 3:18pm 06.21.20 Your boat your choice. That's why he said "the question was cushions", not a sermon about all you
Acrylic slider over companionway Dave Groshong at 3:12pm 06.21.20 I have always used acrylic, be sure to cut the angles correctly to keep water heading out, not in.
H31 main sheet jssailem at 3:11pm 06.21.20 By George you are correct. @SFS. I must get coffee before start reading these great questions. With
Acrylic slider over companionway Rick Macdonald at 3:08pm 06.21.20 I'm not sure if that piece is acrylic (Plexiglass) or polycarbonate (Lexan). Apparently Lexan is str

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