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Zinc Guppy on Hunter 410 BobH57 at 7:27am 11.03.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/592 I'm looking at getting a zinc guppy for use while in my marina (a power boater told me he had to rep
h260 rudder post removal gudiss at 7:09am 11.03.19 Smaller Boats 6/816 hi all, trying to remove my rudder post (h20 w/ wheel). one of the welded tabs at the bottom of pos
STRANGE STAINS twodzusfittings at 7:03am 11.03.19 Bigger Boats 2/471 I recently found strange stains on my transom. When the boat is at the dock or at anchor the stain i
In mast foil winter rattle NYSail at 10:33pm 11.02.19 Ask All Sailors 6/642 Hello all, So took sails down today.... spending night on boat and in mast foil making some noise i
And we're off (1) All U Get at 9:17pm 11.02.19 Ask All Sailors 10/714 Finally set off for the last sail here on the east coast. Left the York River with falling tide and
Electrical wire guard (1) thetone at 5:09pm 11.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/979 I have 1990 35s5. I am looking for this wire guard that protects the electrical wires into the mast
Alternator Voyager1 at 5:03pm 11.02.19 Ask All Sailors 30/2165 My battery charge died, when looking over my battery wiring I found out my alternator wire going to
Engine Mounts Replacements Shagdance at 7:06am 11.02.19 Catalina 310 12/2478 2004 Catalina 310 I am at the point I need to change engine mounts. 1000 hour on engine and noticing
Cold Weather Sailing Prep - Alabama JRT at 12:37pm 11.01.19 Weather and Forecasting 18/2271 The hold my beer state has decided that we will go from 70s to a freeze warning in less the 24 hrs,
Halloween 2019 windy! (2) Hunter216 at 10:20am 11.01.19 Weather and Forecasting 5/682 We had quite a little blast of wind last night in Kingston Ontario (gust to 50+ knots). Lots of powe
Attention Hunter 37 Cutter Owners! Jim Legere at 9:20am 11.01.19 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1934 Hi. As some of you may know, I have been a devoted H37C owner for the past 18 years. During this tim
Mast Raising System with a Roller Furler the_land_of_the_ice_and_snow at 8:03am 11.01.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1567 Is anyone using the mast raising system with a roller furler? I'm connecting the mast raising syste
Fort Lauderdale Boat Show CYQK at 3:16am 11.01.19 Ask All Sailors 12/610 Anyone here take in the FLL show? Was thinking about going next year and was wondering if it is a go
Lifting my Seaward 17 off the trailer Dhamil6490 at 9:27pm 10.31.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1244 I'm trying to lift my S17 off the trailer. I've got good jacks for both front and rear. I need recom
Happy Halloween. Grandkids are great candy gathers jssailem at 8:18pm 10.31.19 Sails Call Lounge 7/771 I learned that cute kids get candy when they knock on doors. It is really something special. It is
Hunter 376 rain boot Diablito at 6:47pm 10.31.19 Big Boats 15/2673
Cruising without the mast decktosser at 2:20pm 10.31.19 Smaller Boats 3/1226 Just wondering if anyone has done any inland waters cruising in a Hunter 23 without the mast. I woul
Cost of a new Oday 28 back in 1983 DYFLWD at 1:20pm 10.31.19 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1642 Anyone know what the cost of a new Oday 28 was back in 1983?
RIP Sid Tracy Terry Cox at 12:44pm 10.31.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 12/1042 Just learned of the loss of a sailing friend, Sid Tracy, S/V LaTraviata, and his battle with cancer.
Cat 34 for near-coastal/short offshore trips? vs Ericson Scandium at 9:34am 10.31.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1683 I'm still a few years away from upgrade-time, but can't help looking.. As kids get older I really li

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Group 24 starter battery Scott T-Bird at 5:16am 06.13.24 Not knowing how your battery banks/charging/switching situation is set up, I don't know why it doesn
rigging tension Will Gilmore at 5:11am 06.13.24 The B&R mast has to have some Bow-Aft bend it or it will Fatigue the metal. That's the key. What
Refrigerator/Freezer issues JamesG161 at 4:26am 06.13.24 Wonder why he had the house bank shut off while connected to shore power. Since he and I have talk
Main Cross Traveler ... (1) Jim Legere at 4:21am 06.13.24 I haven't got a good picture of the stock-from-the-factory H37C mid-boom mainsheet arrangement, but
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners rgranger at 3:53am 06.13.24 . Question: last piece fair with hull. Depending how well I'm able to grind, I would want to extend
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Ralph Johnstone at 9:40pm 06.12.24 Wonder why he had the house bank shut off while connected to shore power. I keep ours on all the ti
Fixing Old Standard Lewmar Port Leaks JoeWhite at 9:37pm 06.12.24 I removed the o ring and cut a 1/16" thick neoprine rubber washer as large as the head of the outsid
Leaking deck plate replacement Ralph Johnstone at 9:26pm 06.12.24 For O Ring material, are you referring to something like this? Yipes ! That's the material and i
Group 24 starter battery jssailem at 8:26pm 06.12.24 It seems that could draw a dedicated starter battery down enough to damage it, no? No. Basic anch
Caulk for shower enclosure with teak trim higgs at 8:24pm 06.12.24 I would think that should work OK. I would treat it like a shower enclosure in a house.
Hunter 34 Hull and deck construction kloudie1 at 7:57pm 06.12.24 Greg is correct, hull is solid and the deck, cabin sides and cabin top is cored with plywood. The ca
Group 24 starter battery dLj at 7:30pm 06.12.24
Group 24 starter battery Davidasailor26 at 5:07pm 06.12.24
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Terry Cox at 5:05pm 06.12.24
Group 24 starter battery kappykaplan at 4:57pm 06.12.24 How much can a starter battery such as the one I indicated above be discharged before doing damage?
Group 24 starter battery skunther at 4:50pm 06.12.24
Bilge maintenance Project_Mayhem at 4:40pm 06.12.24 The keelboat on the right looks sunken in. I sure hope Ranger didn't use wood in the stub like Catal
Refrigerator/Freezer issues kappykaplan at 3:39pm 06.12.24
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Don S/V ILLusion at 3:34pm 06.12.24
Hunter 34 Hull and deck construction (1) Tally Ho at 3:09pm 06.12.24 Hi, interested to find out if the 83-87 hunter 34 has a cored deck and hull, and if so what materia

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