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Corrected time was our friend this time! Scott T-Bird at 6:12pm 06.16.19 Racing 19/1036 The first real race for Ward and I was exciting to say the least! Too bad only 4 boats were entered
Survey - Sea Trial Issues and Questions pumpkinpie at 5:52pm 06.16.19 Ask All Sailors 17/1267 Hi everyone - Wife here... This is our second survey, two separate boats. The first was a complete c
1981 Hunter 27 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:23pm 06.16.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1305 Crazy Dave Condon
Dredging Lake Tashmoo Channel Rick486 at 3:34pm 06.16.19 Destinations 3/578 Hi all: Does anyone know if the channel dredging took place as planned? Are we good to go now? Thank
Leaving hot water heater turned on (AC) marchem at 3:29pm 06.16.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1641
Ignore this accidental post. Leaving hot water heater turned on (AC) marchem at 3:28pm 06.16.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/342
Would You Consider Dinghy Rings vs. Davits sail sfbay at 1:10pm 06.16.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2137 I installed dinghy davits on my 2004 Hunter 386 and sailed with a dinghy and motor on them all the t
Furler won't turn. Svseptember at 12:18pm 06.16.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1390 I have a furlex 300 that decided to stop rotating (see video). Does anyone suggest a root cause/solu
Yanmar power loss Terrel01 at 10:51am 06.16.19 Mid-Size Boats 7/1127 I have a Yanmar 30 hp with 400 hrs that makes terrible noises above 2000 rpm. It starts and runs
O'Day 272LE shore power andyjeff at 10:00am 06.16.19 Ask An Oday Owner 4/747 I have a 1988 O'Day 272LE that I recently purchased. It has a shore power cable and I would like to
Hot Water Heater and Salt Water Scot Yount at 9:56am 06.16.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/710 Need some advice. The old The Raritan hot water heater on my boat has given up the ghost. It has o
Furler won't turn Svseptember at 9:46am 06.16.19 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 9/10181 PFva2SiPF-II have a Furlex 300 that decided to stop turning (see video). Does anyone have a probable
Season 3 begins agprice22 at 9:28am 06.16.19 Telstar 0/775 I will treat this as a Seasonal Journal. We are beginning season 3 with our Telstar. She is getting
Serial number on 72' Venture 2-24 sjstewart at 8:22am 06.16.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/620 I found mine inside the hull on the Port stringer drilled in in 1/4" holes mine is 4 yes number 4.Ea
New depth display....old transducer njlarry at 8:08am 06.16.19 Musings With Maine Sail 14/2119 Just applied Maine Sails handy tips to connect my old 200 mhz? Data Marine transducer to a new Rayma
Leaving the Dock (Fail) AaronD at 7:44am 06.16.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/1128 This has been a few years, so I'm willing to admit to it now. Perhaps some of you will enjoy... I h
Bringing back to life Dirty duece at 6:43am 06.16.19 Ask An Oday Owner 1/413 Hello I just purchased a 1973 oday 23 pop top. The Hull itself is not in bad shape but there is a fe
Hoisting a Beneteau F235 from keelbolts am22 at 12:48am 06.16.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/425 Currently a member of ABYC. Everything goes on in and out of the water via a 5k hoist. The exact qu
Simrad T10 rgranger at 8:43pm 06.15.19 Ask All Sailors 2/334 hello all. Anyone know what size fuse I should be using? I purchased a simrad T10 auto tiller on eB
Is this damage serious? Jimd118 at 8:13pm 06.15.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1213 0F7D85E5-3DEE-486D-8619-8EB8EBF8913A by Jimd118 posted Jun 15, 2019 at 11:02 PM I am looking at a H

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Genoa sheets LakeShark at 7:05am 09.13.23 Inside so as to not side load the stations upwind (downwind loading is a lot lighter on the sheets).
Recessed control panel housing replacement ideas Walsh0575 at 6:54am 09.13.23 Hi...thank you everyone for the ideas! Lots to consider. At this stage I'm kind of liking the patch/
Looking for new sails?? (1) LakeShark at 5:57am 09.13.23 @shemandr not sure I have seen anyone do that on a Catalina 22. For max speed and performance most j
Rigging diagram for Boston Whaler Harpoon 4.6 PaulK at 5:57am 09.13.23 This should help a bit. Googling for images of the boat will show details like cleats and turning b
Looking for new sails?? shemandr at 5:47am 09.13.23 If you use inside tracks, for sailing downwind you can use a "Short sheet" to haul the jib clew outb
Adding second reef to main sail? jviss at 5:43am 09.13.23 Yep. Unless you have a Hank-on head sail. Greg The sail will also need a foam luff pad to keep i
Need help with part ID from 85 Mac 25 (2) THECUSCUS at 5:43am 09.13.23 [URL='https://forums.sailboatowners.comhttps%3A//forums.sailboatowners.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/12/12
Genoa sheets Will Gilmore at 5:23am 09.13.23 was curious what the original design intent was. I would hazard a guess that the Catalina 22 was d
Fuel pump filter-necessary? RoyS at 5:10am 09.13.23 I would change the Racor to a 2 micron and omit the 75 micron if I were you.
Manufacturer's Sail LOGO Crazy Dave Condon at 4:48am 09.13.23 @patbratton Sailboatowners.com owns Hunterowners.comm The owner of Sailboatowners.com is a former
Manufacturer's Sail LOGO patbratton at 4:35am 09.13.23 Problem solved. There is an error in the HTML code that does not pass on the boat manufacturer's nam
Genoa sheets danooxnard at 4:14am 09.13.23 Mine are run outside. I have a roller furler and 135 also.
27 Mast Gate Options danooxnard at 4:13am 09.13.23 Can you use a dremel tool to elongate the holes that hold the mastgate to the mast? That would allow
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? kappykaplan at 2:22am 09.13.23 I am pleased to report that I have a shiny prop and shaft that is spinning freely!! Whoo hoo! :bee
Hunter 33.5 false bilge? (1) wony at 12:06am 09.13.23 Ohhh such a great idea @plenny7! Thanks much for the feebdack and sorry for late reply... If you d
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:05pm 09.12.23 Beautiful. Never driven a diesel but when you started to open the throttle on this beast, it surged
Raritan PHII long term review (5) Ralph Johnstone at 10:44pm 09.12.23 219835 Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I don't remember having any problem lifting the gland nut straight up and out
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 9:06pm 09.12.23 Well folks, it has been a real butt whoppin'... but I am pleased to report that I have a shiny prop
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 9:00pm 09.12.23 As long as it shows its original bronze colour a few thou underneath, it's good to go. To the Moon
Adding second reef to main sail? CowboyWay at 8:12pm 09.12.23 So I did look into some options to add the second teef to my existing 23 year old main sail. Sailrit

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