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Catalina 42 Oil Change Larry Barnett at 9:53am 08.09.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1629 I recently purchased a 1990 Catalina 42', Hull number 137. It has the Yanmar 44 horse diesel engine
WOW HAROLD at 8:32am 08.09.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/941 ITS OVER LETS JUST SAIL!
Trailer springs/winch Rich Riesmeyer at 7:49am 08.09.00 Smaller Boats 1/1079 One of the leaf springs on our 23.5's trailer is broken. Could someone tell me, what is the capacit
Bilge water in 320 Stuart Gordon at 7:34am 08.09.00 Mid-Size Boats 3/1676 I am on the market for a used 320. I have read the FAQ regarding water that accumulates in the bilg
Extended Cruising William Woodford at 6:54am 08.09.00 Big Boats 1/1057 I am looking to purchase a boat for some extended cruising (six months in the Caribbean and six mont
Roller Furling Advice C. Posey at 6:42am 08.09.00 Ask All Sailors 3/1280 Need advice re: putting roller furling on my 1977 Catalina 27. I will also need a new sail. Is it
Stanchion poles scraping piers John Blakely at 5:45am 08.09.00 Mid-Size Boats 5/1309 I have a l985 Hunter 31. Excellent boat overall; but the stanchion poles are positioned about 15 to
GUIDANCE ON BUYING A 320 HUNTER MAGDALENA DE PEREZ at 5:20am 08.09.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1029 CONSIDERING A 320 HUNTER FOR OUR FIRST EVER. COUPLE WITH OLDER TEENAGERS.LONG WEEK END USERS. WHAT X
Free Flow Tiller West Wing at 5:06am 08.09.00 Smaller Boats 3/1149 I've heard many people talk about single handing the 240 - however in order to go forward at all (ev
Sideways Movement West Wing at 4:36am 08.09.00 Smaller Boats 7/973 Does anyone else feel that the 240 has quite a bit of sideways movement in light wings. I seem to fe
Old Mariner acquires an OLD MARINER Ron at 3:10am 08.09.00 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1346 We recently acquired an old (Class No. 781) Mariner. Does anyone have photos, product literature et
electric windlas Ray Bartschat at 2:35am 08.09.00 Big Boats 5/1131 Hi fellow Hunter Legend owners:I recently purchased an '88 Hunter 37.5 Legend. I'd very much like
c27 questions Eddie at 2:03am 08.09.00 Mid-Size Boats 3/975 I am looking to buy a 1976 c27. Overall I like the boat but I do have a couple of questions. 1) The
bad odor Stephen Ostrander at 1:55am 08.09.00 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/1736 Forgive me if you've addressed this one before, but here goes: The only time I get really bad head o
Par Bilge Tom Whitworth at 1:07am 08.09.00 Mid-Size Boats 4/974 At the start of this season I purchased a 1998 Catalina 320. The only problem I have experienced to
Why not to put auxillary fuel pump! Ron Dague at 12:04am 08.09.00 Other Sailboats 5/1134 There was some discussion about using a small pump in the fuel line to make bleeding the lines easie
380 96- BUZZER BILL SHAKUN at 11:50pm 08.08.00 Big Boats 0/926 Can the Buzzer be replaced from thefront of the pedestal, and how...
240 Cabin Storage Richard Walker at 11:02pm 08.08.00 Smaller Boats 11/957 I've just bought my first sail boat and realize I have a lot more to learn than I first thought - bu
Swim Platform Michael at 2:17pm 08.08.00 Big Boats 3/952 Recently I was re-reading an article in the re-trofit section of my February 97, Sailing magazine an
steering wheel and stand Lionel at 12:19pm 08.08.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1073 I have a Hunter 34 / 1984 and I broke a part of the stand of my steering wheel that 's the part tha

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What is this under vberth... jssailem at 9:46pm 02.29.20 The item is manufactured by AirMar. They make transducers. It could be a sonar transducer or a paddl
Big scare with new standing rigging jssailem at 9:41pm 02.29.20 Those are bright and clear images. Nice camera. Very helpful in the circumstance.
Big scare with new standing rigging (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 9:39pm 02.29.20 Good catch. I've used my 400mm zoom lens to help to help diagnose a couple of mast head issues for
Big scare with new standing rigging Roadking Larry at 9:30pm 02.29.20 Good catch. I've used my 400mm zoom lens to help to help diagnose a couple of mast head issues for m
Coronavirus related travel in the Eastern Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia jssailem at 9:20pm 02.29.20 Maybe. But the perception is creating a panic. This will reach the ports of Entry and I believe sail
Anyone else following the Sail GP series this year? jssailem at 9:08pm 02.29.20 Training? Do we need training. What about the Nike way... Just Do It. Swoosh... One problem was pr
Navionics App Issues rgranger at 9:04pm 02.29.20 Just tried mine on my iPhone 6 and its working fine. Its now called "Boating" rather than Navionics
Big scare with new standing rigging Muttondressedaslamb at 9:02pm 02.29.20 Pretty Norseman fitting. but at least the problem wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Maybe you l
Big scare with new standing rigging jssailem at 9:00pm 02.29.20 Pretty Norseman fitting.
hit a rock in the keel Ralph Johnstone at 8:40pm 02.29.20 This is now a puzzle to figure out or is it a pool? Who's for lead? I got ...................
Valve thru hull fittings..... to remove Ralph Johnstone at 8:28pm 02.29.20 Ouch ! ! ! ! The body appears to be SS and the hose/MIP thread adapter is cast bronze (sand castin
hit a rock in the keel Will Gilmore at 8:18pm 02.29.20 This is now a puzzle to figure out or is it a pool? Who's for lead? Who's for iron? Who's for steel
Second time replacing this pump, any better ideas on hand pumps? Ralph Johnstone at 8:02pm 02.29.20 I know that in the Great Salt Lake here in Utah I think you're on the wrong lake. That look more
IN-MAST FURLING MAINSAIL chuckwayne at 7:54pm 02.29.20 my sailmaker uses a pair of welding vicegrips - flat jaws - to work the sail out
hit a rock in the keel artboas at 7:46pm 02.29.20 most hunters had steel keels instead of lead. Lead is a soft metal, I would be surprised hunter wo
Strut lubrication? smokey73 at 7:34pm 02.29.20 Thanks, just wanted to confirm that. Just wanted to a make sure.
My first sail of 2020 Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 7:27pm 02.29.20 Nice!!- we had that kind of day yesterday- only 75 degrees. Today the winds were over 20
Strut lubrication? Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 7:25pm 02.29.20 yes they are water lubricated
Anyone else following the Sail GP series this year? Michael Davis at 7:20pm 02.29.20 It would make the cruise slip by before we could blink. 40 knots. Would be 30 minutes between ancho
Strut lubrication? MikeHoncho at 7:20pm 02.29.20 The set screws keep the bearing/bushing in place which in the strut, with my wakeboard boat, was co

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