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Snap Shackle rather than locking halyard shackles NYSail at 7:45am 05.21.20 Ask All Sailors 9/3405 I am getting ready to replace halyards..... Often I see the jib has a snap shackle rather than a loc
Hunter New White Gel Coat Match P12nash at 7:29am 05.21.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2665 Hey Guys, I'm trying to fix some cracks on the transom where the swim ladder is attached that are s
Extending 120 volt AC wiring barnstormer at 5:56am 05.21.20 Ask All Sailors 15/3231 Could someone please tell me what is the proper way to extend AC wiring on my Catalina 30? I am tryi
Up Load issues... sailme88 at 5:04am 05.21.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 10/1649 I've been out sailing every day this week, and taken a few videos to up load. For some reason a dia
Cabin Heat Bob S at 4:06am 05.21.20 Ask All Sailors 4/2217 Looking for an economical way to take the chill out of our boat. If I do launch this season I will p
Water spigot for gallon milk jugs (1) MySong at 3:28am 05.21.20 Ask All Sailors 17/6470 I am looking for a water spigot that would fit on a 1 gallon jug. I tried the ones that come with th
Hunter powertrain parts - source in Canada? AEarnshaw at 10:48pm 05.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/497 Need a new Shaft Strut (aka P bracket) ' Shaft for my '91 Hunter 30. Will let you use your imaginati
Hunter powertrain parts - source in Canada? AEarnshaw at 10:46pm 05.20.20 Engines and Propulsion 1/614 Need a new Shaft Strut (aka P bracket) ' Shaft for my '91 Hunter 30. Will let you use your imaginati
Hunter powertrain parts - source in Canada? AEarnshaw at 10:44pm 05.20.20 Ask All Sailors 2/453 Need a new Shaft Strut (aka P bracket) ' Shaft for my '91 Hunter 30. Will let you use your imaginati
Hunter 356 headsail forsterp at 9:59pm 05.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/800 Would like to know if a 135 genoa will work on a Hunter 356. Want to upgrade the current 110 to 130
ProFurl B29S Furler - Need Some Advice on Upper Swivel (4) CapitalistSailor at 9:15pm 05.20.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5695 I have a ProFurl B29S furler that was original to my 2000 Beneteau 311. I am the second owner. I bou
Stainless question Mark Maulden at 8:43pm 05.20.20 Ask All Sailors 13/1655
Eventually... Sledge62 at 6:34pm 05.20.20 Catalina 22 4/683 I should have had this old boat on the water by now. Work and no time this last week. 2 headed probl
Preparing Cockpit For Painting ? (1) Delawaredave at 6:32pm 05.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/559 1984 Hunter 27. Cockpit was painted prior owner. Chipped and I want to repaint. Attached pic of s
Fresh Water Manifold Leak jhagg at 5:34pm 05.20.20 Big Boats 5/1456 Finally got my 2004 Hunter 44DS in the water and started commissioning only to find a rather impress
Salvage Yards Tri-state? ScourgeOfTheHudson at 2:25pm 05.20.20 Ask All Sailors 4/720 Hello all. my Google skills seem to be failing me. I've been searching for a salvage yard in the tri
Replacing subfloor on 356 / 36 from water heater leak (1) karellen at 2:16pm 05.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/504 I purchased my boat with a soft subfloor in the aft cabin and around the bottom of the cabin steps,
please delete this accidentally duplicated post Mike Oldak at 2:06pm 05.20.20 Big Boats 0/317 accidentally duplicated post
Installing the Transducer for an Axiom 9 (1) Mike Oldak at 1:44pm 05.20.20 Big Boats 12/3499 I just bought the Axiom 9 with the remote transducer (which was free). It seems like it was designe
Plum Island LIS Good News! shemandr at 1:36pm 05.20.20 Ask All Sailors 1/563 There was a survey of marine life around Plum Island - known to many of you as an Animal Research Fa

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Rope clutch replacement stickinthemud57 at 8:20am 04.02.25 A few years back I outfitted my boat with Lewmar DC1 clutches and cannot imagine an easier-to-use op
SPRING BREAK - Weather kappykaplan at 7:58am 04.02.25 Not that I'm in your neck of the woods, but my bottom paint is going on today and confirmed the boat
Aqua Lift muffler C310 jssailem at 7:41am 04.02.25 One idea is to close the raw water through hull while trying to start a stubborn engine. This stops
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Stu Jackson at 7:32am 04.02.25 Doesn't sound like enough to need to even thinking about draining. What engine?
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel (2) majorkong1 at 7:09am 04.02.25 Thank you. Below are some photos of the trailer and extension. This is the only place where I could
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel Timm R Oday25 at 7:00am 04.02.25 Off the top of my head I'm going to say pretty close to the 46" . As you already found out the angle
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame JamesG161 at 6:41am 04.02.25 I spray painted my old ones to match. Jim...
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame (1) sailcapt340 at 6:18am 04.02.25 Are you asking about this type of interior frames?
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! BigEasy at 6:09am 04.02.25 Those look like isolated grounds, so my guess would be that the rectifier has two ground terminals
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame Project_Mayhem at 6:05am 04.02.25 Pics? What's the issue with your current frames?
Keel Bolts DianaOfBurlington at 6:03am 04.02.25 A common misconception about keel bolt torque is to torque to the bolt's specifcation. Torquing to
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! Project_Mayhem at 6:02am 04.02.25 Here's an article that explains the Battery Sense wire and why it is important and how to wire it c
Keel Bolts DianaOfBurlington at 6:00am 04.02.25 Well, they did not use a torque wrench at all. Unfortunately, the Insurance stated it needs to be f
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! colemj at 5:56am 04.02.25 While we are the subject of alternators. What is the purpose of the black jumper wire as seen on H
Keel Bolts dlochner at 5:53am 04.02.25 A common misconception about keel bolt torque is to torque to the bolt's specifcation. Torquing to t
Lithium cold storage question dlochner at 5:47am 04.02.25 I want to convert my lead bank to Lithium. The potential problem is my jan-feb temps can approach
Lithium cold storage question ice breaker at 5:30am 04.02.25 Unfortunately not. Thanks for the idea.
Need New Spreader Bracket and Spreader for 1982 H25 DianaOfBurlington at 5:26am 04.02.25 The spreader brackets being pop-riveted on is a good way to hide several nightmares. When I re-built
Connecting a battery Charger to 1977 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 2qm15 dlochner at 4:58am 04.02.25 When designing critical systems on a boat, redundancy is important. Having the start battery serve a
Hunter 23 cloth color jssailem at 4:58am 04.02.25 @ggrizzard knows his colors. Pacific Blue is a popular color choice among boat owners. There are two

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