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Removing vinyl Lettering from transom Paul Tourville at 7:02am 03.12.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1893 Does anyone have information on how to remove vinyl lettering off from the transom? Also, how do yo
Slave Ship to New Orleans VANN at 6:45am 03.12.00 Other Sailboats 0/787 I am looking for two sailing wenches for a weekend trip from Biloxi to New Orleans. Some Sailing exp
Dining table support post Matt Boulton at 6:16am 03.12.00 Big Boats 4/1333 The dining table support post on my recently acquired '88 C36 will not telescope down once the black
Doyle Sails Gary Fisher at 5:49am 03.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1207 Has anyone purshased a Doyle full batten sail from HOW? Do you like it? Did it help the performance
Yard replaced cable and shafted me Vince Thomas at 5:06am 03.12.00 Big Boats 4/1082 At the end of last season the gear cable snapped. I put the boat into the yard for laying up and ask
Window rebedding Mike at 4:58am 03.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 5/3722 I am about to undertake the rebedding of all my windows. Could anyone give me a clue on procedures
Macerator Pump Mike at 4:54am 03.12.00 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2293 I recently bought a 1980 Catalina 27, my first boat. The macerator pump, which is not a stock item
Cracked Laminate Pete Pasquale at 4:04am 03.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 1/1219 The counter top laminate in the head of my Catalina 30 is cracked. Does anyone have any experience
Hunter Racing Jeremy at 2:41am 03.12.00 Racing 3/1420 I just bought a 97' Hunter 26. I want to use it for racing. Does anyone know where i can get a spinn
Rub Rail Blues VANN at 2:34am 03.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 6/1197 I would like to clean my rub rail. Nothing I have used seems to work. I thought about sanding it dow
Wire run Doug at 12:31am 03.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1001 Any suggestions on how to run a new wire through the existing harness on an 89 H30? I know electric
Cart before the horse Steve at 12:00am 03.12.00 Smaller Boats 4/962 Just bought a Hunter 26 the previous owner pulled it in and out but not over the road, with a Jeep G
Keel Modification Jim Arneson at 11:39pm 03.11.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1322 I'm considering shortening the keel on my 1983 Hunter 31 due to the low water conditions on Lake mic
Keys cruising advice George Henry at 10:42pm 03.11.00 Smaller Boats 3/1096 Going to Boot Key, Marathon area to launch this spring for a week long cruise to Key West and back.
Mildew on cushions Doug at 3:26pm 03.11.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1029 Just bought a used 28 Hunter and found mildew in the fabric of the cushions, other than that they a
mast cleaning Mac Lindsay at 12:08pm 03.11.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1152 I have a 1984 Hunter 31 and I would like to clean the mast without harming the finish. The mast is a
Don't forget the Owner Directory Peter Albright at 11:40am 03.11.00 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1106 Many of the poeple posting are not in the owners directory. This is a great place to find out more a
depth gauge transducer n.h.bennett at 10:04am 03.11.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1059 Has anyone had success using an in hull depth transducer with a depth gauge?
Trailer Bunk Slides Jim Seamans at 9:39am 03.11.00 Smaller Boats 7/1134 I was surfing the web and came across a article "Notes on Retrieving"written about a Santana '22. T
Navigation Lights Tom George at 8:54am 03.11.00 Mid-Size Boats 2/1198 The colored lenses in the navigation lights mounted in the bow of my 1978 Hunter 30 have faded. The

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Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise free cruiser at 12:42pm 01.31.20 If Johnston Strait is a howling westerly, you can find calm water by going the back way , Greene P
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise free cruiser at 12:33pm 01.31.20 If you leave Nanaimo in a westerly , go out thru Departure Bay. That lets you clear Gabriola easily
Tandem-axle trailers with no springs Tedd at 12:32pm 01.31.20 i would think they likely used Torsion axles. The ones I was looking at didn't, but I hope you're
dog on board dlochner at 12:22pm 01.31.20 How small is the dog? Can the dog be leashed? When I had a sailing dog, he would just stay in the co
3YM prop shaft coupling bolts and propeller nut torque settings? (1) dLj at 11:59am 01.31.20 So ball park torque for the 8 mm bolts would be around 100 inch pounds. Run them in lubricated. Stai
Topping lift measurement twalker H260 at 11:39am 01.31.20
GOBI got me again! (God of Boat Idiots) daviddp at 11:25am 01.31.20 So..... I replaced my Raymarine wind instruments this summer. Worked great, for a week. Then wind
GOBI got me again! (God of Boat Idiots) ontherocks83 at 11:25am 01.31.20 Sounds like something I would do. At least the only real damage is to your ego and truthfully you di
Topping lift measurement dfp51 at 11:10am 01.31.20 Thanks David. There must be two configurations, since our topping lift is adjusted at the mast. A
Setting up for slab reefing - cheek block position? shemandr at 11:07am 01.31.20 Just keep in mind that flatening the sail is as important as reducing sail area - maybe more importa
Topping lift measurement (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 10:48am 01.31.20 Euclidean geometry from High School
Topping lift measurement Davidasailor26 at 10:46am 01.31.20 Our 28 had the TL fixed to the top of the mast, through a sheave at the aft end of the boom, and the
Replace shaft and cutlass paulj at 10:34am 01.31.20 Ok Paul here is your picture.:wow3: Something played "Geographical Fugue" on my shaft. Well I loo
Bilge turned black! Ed.S at 9:59am 01.31.20 I have a Hunter 376. After a very rough transit I found the water in the bilge to be Black as India
Bilge Hose size problem Ralph Johnstone at 9:56am 01.31.20 You want safety, correct any leaks that you may find ............................. and keep an e
Yamaha 25-2 Elysium in Marina Del Rey jssailem at 9:54am 01.31.20 Welcome to the forum. Always a wonder why someone selects one boat over the many others. Around th
H 33.5 Port side deck organizer turning block installation MarkSails21 at 9:53am 01.31.20 It was removing the hood that I was concerned about. Mine seems to have some sort of white caulking
Transmission Replacement justsomeguy at 9:47am 01.31.20 I used marine grade 3/4" plywood spacers under the front mounts. Thereby allowing your fwd mounts
Transmission Replacement Witzend at 9:43am 01.31.20 I used marine grade 3/4" plywood spacers under the front mounts.
3YM prop shaft coupling bolts and propeller nut torque settings? smokey73 at 9:35am 01.31.20 While precision is a worthy goal, in about 40 years I have not observed a boat yard mechanic using

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