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Hunter 216 - New Owner swing keel Glenn8732 at 9:02pm 08.07.19 Smaller Boats 45/5584 Just bought this Hunter 216 last weekend. It is a 2004 model, but has not been in the water for mor
Backstay tension seanc at 7:52pm 08.07.19 Sirius 21/22 2/1267 trying to rig up a old neglected girl and there seems to be quite a bit of slack in the backstay. Ad
H26 Transom Crack (1) Fred at 6:14pm 08.07.19 Smaller Boats 5/728 I have a crack in the upper (starboard) side of the transom joint as shown in the picture. I know th
Battery (re)location calvin at 5:42pm 08.07.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/899 I was curious if anyone had moved the battery location on their Hunter 33.5. The batteries on some m
refinishing galley wood Diamondo at 5:14pm 08.07.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1209 Looking for tips on how to re-finish badly scratched/scuffed wood in and around the galley. Anyone
roller furler for Hunter 23 decktosser at 4:49pm 08.07.19 Smaller Boats 10/1217 I an aware that this topic has been discussed but I can't find a reference to my particular question
Dinette Settee Cushion Project (1) sail sfbay at 4:18pm 08.07.19 Ask All Sailors 6/839 Every time I go onto our new to us 2005 sailboat I find another project. The latest one was the din
Propane gas valve question Valerio at 4:00pm 08.07.19 Ask All Sailors 6/553 Does your propane valve get a little hot when turned on ? Or is it mine going bad ?
Need dorade cleaner input pelicanj45 at 1:30pm 08.07.19 Ask All Sailors 10/807
Newbie. Hunter 22. Rigging question. (1) Milesbaymatt at 9:56am 08.07.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/464 Just picked up a 1985 hunter 22. Nice shape. Been sailing for 2 seasons. First boat was a silver li
Lancer 27PS - Dodger sources? HauntedYards at 8:53am 08.07.19 Lancer 3/1154 Does anyone know a company that sells dodgers that will fit the Lancer 27PS? I would love a dodger
Newb looking at a 77 catalina 22 zactus at 6:44am 08.07.19 Catalina 22 19/1171 Hey Folks! I'm new to sail boats and could use some advice. My wife and I live beside a small mari
Replacement mast for 1980 M25 Scaurus at 6:40am 08.07.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/621 I thought I got a good deal for a 1980 MacGregor 25. It had been sitting for a long time and was wel
cutlass bearing measures h340 ger123 at 4:24am 08.07.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/473 hello! I am looking for the cutlass bearing measures for my hunter 340 (built 2001). The manual sa
Homemade mast stepper (4) G0ri11@ at 6:57pm 08.06.19 Catalina 22 26/6943 Here a few pics of the mast stepper I made, fairly closely adapted from $tingySailor's blueprints.
Light pumpkinpie at 6:08pm 08.06.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1254 .
"Maiden" Warren Milberg at 5:33pm 08.06.19 Ask All Sailors 7/759
Line lengths on the Catalina 28 mark 1 peterbud at 5:10pm 08.06.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/614 Does any one have the line lenghtsfor the Catalina 28 mark 1. I am looking to replace my reefline
switch water temp alarm paulj at 3:24pm 08.06.19 Catalina 310 5/625 Any one know of...... Alternative switch with bolt on clip instead of slide on clip. paulj :hoo
Days of Yore.... shemandr at 2:47pm 08.06.19 Ask All Sailors 2/377 I'm nearly finished with a book The Way of a Ship by Derck Lindy. An interesting if a bit tedious

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Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) baycloud at 7:39pm 09.22.23 Thanks for the pics @SV Maverick. Interesting setup - different than mine. Gives me design decisions
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Davidasailor26 at 7:19pm 09.22.23 The one thing I do know is that a negative pressure supply is not what you want connected to the se
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? What is the force which drives the water from
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? my head is nowhere near my packing seal so can't
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Tally Ho at 7:02pm 09.22.23
Applying Cetol question Davidasailor26 at 6:58pm 09.22.23 Did you strip off the gloss before applying the satin finish or did you just apply the satin over t
Its funny Friday! RSHunter27 at 6:56pm 09.22.23 Not funny in the least. I hate to see politics show up on this forum. As far as Colbert, I rate hi
Its funny Friday! RSHunter27 at 6:45pm 09.22.23
23.5 unsinkable??? shemandr at 6:22pm 09.22.23 I can tell you for a fact that a popular well regarded 80' - 90's, 28' boat will go straight to the
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water dlochner at 6:10pm 09.22.23 If they are telling you the thru-hull that supplies sea water to the engine, bad idea. The raw wate
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water RSHunter27 at 6:03pm 09.22.23 If they are telling you the thru-hull that supplies sea water to the engine, bad idea. The raw wat
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? stickinthemud57 at 5:13pm 09.22.23 There is a product that purports to handle such cracks. I have no experience with it: https://www.a
Applying Cetol question CoCaptainsLog at 5:00pm 09.22.23 I have done this before but didn't like the high gloss. I went back to just using the satin finish
Its funny Friday! (1) jviss at 4:24pm 09.22.23 220155
Its funny Friday! jviss at 4:10pm 09.22.23 Wife asked what the female version of a Man cave would be? I responded "a kitchen." Follow me for m
Its funny Friday! Kermit at 3:55pm 09.22.23 Wife asked what the female version of a Man cave would be? I responded "a kitchen." Follow me for mo
Hold post for future announcement Paceship.org at 3:41pm 09.22.23 Thanks for the offer John, may be helpful. What I'd like to do is connect your with the very helpfu
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Benny17441 at 3:02pm 09.22.23 It sounds like clogged fuel filters or globs of crap in the fuel tank. I would replace the fuel fi
Just a bit too much heel and helm rgranger at 2:34pm 09.22.23 Watching a North racing trim video they comment that playing the traveler is best in this situation
23.5 unsinkable??? (1) rgranger at 2:28pm 09.22.23 (snip)...Ive only heard of a few sailing boats that market "unsinkability" as a design feature.....

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