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Tralor ball bearing Alberto Poulin at 12:51pm 04.25.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1454
Mac22 keel bolt Gary Studdard at 12:48pm 04.25.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1365 Where are the keel pivot and lock bolts located? If I'm seen them, I didn't recognize them.If the
Polar Diagram for 28.5 Bill Fullaway at 12:31pm 04.25.01 Mid-Size Boats 1/1179 Has anyone purchased or seen a Polar Diagram for a Hunter 28.5 SD. I understand you can purchase the
Oday 222 again Michael Knight at 12:09pm 04.25.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1165 I'm checking out an '86 222 which looks very good. The only real problem is with bumper system(or
island girl products, mmsailor at 12:07pm 04.25.01 Other Sailboats 2/847 I would like to talk to some one at island girl, or at least echange emails,, Can someone tell me ho
Securing batteries Alan at 11:55am 04.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/926 I have a 1986 HUNTER 31. My 2 gel cell batteries are located below the aft port quarter berth. They
LPG vs. Alcohol vs. Kerosene -- H37 cutter Debra Blatnik at 10:46am 04.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1191 I am trying to decide what to do about an LPG locker on a 37 cutter. (1979) The boat I have needs a
Seafit Dripless Packing I. B. Stupid at 10:24am 04.25.01 Ask All Sailors 1/1163 OK, don't know who I can blame for this one, but I received Seafit Driples packing yesterday to inst
H33 Cutless bearing removal Mark Mowery at 9:50am 04.25.01 Other Sailboats 5/888 Just in case anyone is interested, I came up with a tool that allowed me to remove and replace the c
Boom Rigging Mike at 9:35am 04.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/876 I am really aiming this ? to Steve Dion. How do you have your H31 rigged with regards to the boom? T
engine mounts Mike at 9:22am 04.25.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1086 has anybody changed their own engine mounts and any hints if you have on keeping the engine in align
buying a p420 dene at 9:06am 04.25.01 Big Boats 3/1140 I am looking at buying a P420. Are there any problems with this boat. It is a 1999
Specs - Mast Height? R. Young at 7:51am 04.25.01 Big Boats 7/14992 In the spec section it gives the mast height. Is this the mast alone or it height above the water li
Whatta Group! John Settle at 7:25am 04.25.01 Bigger Boats 0/1276 Re my article on Oday 22 scuppers.Thanks to the great number of you that have made suggestions. I
Wheel Steering Robert Wilbanks at 6:38am 04.25.01 Mid-Size Boats 6/1461 I recently bought a catalina 27 '80 model. It is a very nice boat but I would like to have a wheel s
Autopilot for Mac 26X Eric at 3:50am 04.25.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1677 I am considering adding an autopilot to my new Mac 26X. Has anyone had any experience, good or bad,
23 Speakers & Stereo Dan Ulrich at 2:49am 04.25.01 Smaller Boats 4/873 Has anyone mounted speakers in the "Cockpit" of a Hunter 23? I currently have box speakers mounted o
Asymetrical (Cruising) Spinnaker for 450 Mike Pilolla at 2:40am 04.25.01 Big Boats 5/1156 We are finally at a point where we are beginning to think about what kind of spinnaker to use on boa
I NEED TO REPLACE MY MAST & BOOM RAGTIME at 2:36am 04.25.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1044 LAST SUNDAY 04/22, WHILE SAILING IN SAN CARLOS,MEXICO, THE PORT, AFT, LOWER SHROUD PULLED OUT OF THE
Peggy, a couple of questions... Tom Ehmke at 2:13am 04.25.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1231 Peggy,I recently sent you an article about the changes I'm making in the head/holding tank on board

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H 41 large saloon window resealing an some question Valerio at 2:14pm 04.14.20 My window was all ready cracked on one edge. Now the mistake is done i glue that window with the 520
A little baffled by sailboat performance numbers... shemandr at 2:13pm 04.14.20 Man, you are bored! I was watching Spanish lessons on TV yesterday. Como esta usted? This has
Heavy winds jon hansen at 2:12pm 04.14.20 april is a harsh month at this latatude for sure
Mega 30, Head plumbing length/size dlochner at 2:12pm 04.14.20 Yes, you should buy Peggie's Book it is worth the money, I forgot to mention that. See the link in
Bottom Paint for Hunter 170 DFD at 2:11pm 04.14.20 Thanks. I assumed it needed paint on the bottom. Does the hull need any kind of paint maintenance?
Bottom Paint for Hunter 170 Hunter216 at 2:03pm 04.14.20 I would like to freshen up my 170 hull paint. Not really sure if it needs it as I don't know how t
H 41 large saloon window resealing an some question artboas at 2:01pm 04.14.20
Sanding ablative bottom paint Davidasailor26 at 1:42pm 04.14.20
Interior Wood Refinishing rgranger at 1:40pm 04.14.20 OY VEY! Yup... that is a gut and rebuild job. But there are a lot of us on here who have done tha
Bottom Paint for Hunter 170 rgranger at 1:37pm 04.14.20 If the paint on the bottom is chalk-like then you already have a coat of ablative bottom paint. It
Thru-hull replacement and hull thickness jaysweet at 1:35pm 04.14.20 Unintended, and understandable, 'over thinking'... you always bed the G10 backing plate in thickene
Thru-hull replacement and hull thickness jaysweet at 1:31pm 04.14.20 I would go with the 4200. Using epoxy IMHO requires great care to produce a backing surface that en
Thru-hull replacement and hull thickness jaysweet at 1:26pm 04.14.20 In the second photo, the hill looks like a fiberglass laid up over a backing plate. Here's a photo
Interior Wood Refinishing Rich Stidger at 1:23pm 04.14.20 You are correct- the interior is in very rough shape. I think it is beyond saving with sanding and
Finding Obscure Sailboat Items (and a sorry story to go with it). sailor832 at 1:22pm 04.14.20 you could try boater resale shop of Texas they seem to have lots of old stuff.
Interior Wood Refinishing sailor832 at 1:15pm 04.14.20 carefully remove the panels and use for patterns to make new there is no saving those panels they ar
Yanmar 3TNE68C-EG1 Service manual srancourt at 1:11pm 04.14.20 Thank you very much. That will help. But the Maspower Generator is using the Yanmar. I am looking fo
Bottom Paint for Hunter 170 (2) DFD at 12:58pm 04.14.20 Thanks for the reply. Makes sense since it's out of the water most of the time. What type of paint
Rabbit hole (4) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:56pm 04.14.20 I dont understand the idling issue and how it can affect the damper. with the trans in neutral and
Bottom Paint for Hunter 170 Justin_NSA at 12:50pm 04.14.20 You want a smooth, glossy bottom. Anything less creates drag.

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