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Just starting out....am I thinking right? armondo at 1:53pm 06.27.19 Trailer Sailors 60/9590 Hey folks! I am pretty new to sailing and trying to figure out what I want to do. Hope that is ok
Anyone know what these are? (1) wing15601 at 1:16pm 06.27.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1453
Fuel polishing dehler25 at 12:13pm 06.27.19 Engines and Propulsion 12/1500 I am putting a permanently mounted fuel polisher together with a Racor 500 FG as the filtering eleme
Shaft Seal Bellows Hose Clamps (1) Bill19233 at 9:05am 06.27.19 Engines and Propulsion 3/560 Found some water under the shaft seal on the boat last night, sponged it up and it kept filling back
The two boat system john6206 at 5:42am 06.27.19 Smaller Boats 12/1971
Rudder Change hunter 23.5 ? jbreland at 4:58am 06.27.19 Smaller Boats 13/1630 Did hunter change the design of the rudder or did someone other than ida sailors make a different ru
Insurance Survey RoyS at 4:53am 06.27.19 Ask All Sailors 26/1984 Four years ago I had an insurance survey done on my 1980 boat. This resulted in my obtaining a compe
Yay! Another windlass question - Lofrans/320 Kevy at 10:19pm 06.26.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/663 Hi all, I think I've finally decided on a windlass and will go with a Lofrans X2 on my Hunter 320.
Led light replacement No Dress Rehersal at 9:53pm 06.26.19 Parts Search 0/459
Head Won't Pump Out... (1) SirMichael at 7:45pm 06.26.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/3550 My son called, he was using our boat this evening, and reported that the head won't pump out (report
Prepping a boat for sale / survey Scott T-Bird at 7:01pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2021 I happened to look at a boat with a broker on Tuesday night for about an hour. It's a '96 model Cat
H26 Trailer Issues Fred at 4:44pm 06.26.19 Smaller Boats 23/1776 I have a stock H26 galvanized trailer with an extending tongue for my 1996 H26. I find that when tow
Proud owner... (1) rpell1@msn.com at 3:31pm 06.26.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1443 Hi all, If you remember, in 2018 my '91 Cat30 MKII, Southern Belle, was accidentally dropped on the
paddle wheel sensor, LEAK Apex at 3:27pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 2/490 looks like the bedding compound is crumbled away allowing for a small leak, maybe 1/2tsp per hour? t
Water Heater not working mcrow33 at 3:13pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 10/1174 I have a Seaward Product Hot water tank that isn't heating the water by the engine. The boat is on a
Don't you love the new season shake down sail? (3) TomY at 1:46pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 2/343 There are a lot of bits and pieces to a sailboat. Some are really important, some not so much. Afte
79 Hunter 30 Layout (2) Jallred863 at 1:15pm 06.26.19 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1776 I recently bought a 1979 Hunter 30. Ive been looking at pictures of other Hunter's from the same yea
Solar powered Air Vents Richard Bryer at 12:33pm 06.26.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1868 Looks like time to replace the solar air vents on my H34. The ones just forward of the mast. They ha
Connecting old Garmin to old Raymarine. goofeyfoot at 11:58am 06.26.19 Parts Search 76/8374
2004 Hunter 33 high temp alarm SailingAnt at 11:19am 06.26.19 Mid-Size Boats 23/3378 Hi everyone. We purchased a 2004 Hunter 33 recently. Here is the story so far. Picked up the boat in

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Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue Tally Ho at 8:07pm 07.12.24 Update: removed cable and pulled wire out, but could only get about 3ft of an 8ft cable to come out
Catalina 16.5 Mast Flotation Rick Webb at 8:05pm 07.12.24 Absolutely a great idea. We played around with all sorts of ideas but the only one that truly worked
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue 3GGG at 7:47pm 07.12.24 Update: removed cable and pulled wire out, but could only get about 3ft of an 8ft cable to come out
electric windlass BigEasy at 7:47pm 07.12.24 Could you also use something like this on a simple windless system? Maybe? Have a friend who use
Yanmar 20gm starting issue 3GGG at 7:45pm 07.12.24 Update: started up just fine today.
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. SoSound at 7:26pm 07.12.24 I like that idea, @Will Gilmore, the clip more than the velcro. But I wouldn't rule out a clever us
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. (1) SoSound at 7:21pm 07.12.24 @twodzusfittings (if I've never told you so, I love that name!), I don't have pedestal guard tubes b
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. (2) Will Gilmore at 6:24pm 07.12.24 I'm thinking something like these to catch the two leaves to the center board. Plastic cabinet latch
electric windlass dmdiehl64 at 6:22pm 07.12.24
Replacement for bose 321 artboas at 5:47pm 07.12.24 I would reccomend going with Garmin Fusion. It's meant for the marine enviroment, and can be control
charging problem with new batterie artboas at 5:24pm 07.12.24 I call BS on the 3000 aH.
Hunter 38 - disassembly in rear cabin artboas at 5:23pm 07.12.24
Installing a simple solar system to charge a one-battery ? MitchM at 5:19pm 07.12.24 excellent ideas, thank you all. I have been running AGM s as house batteries in m
Hunter 38 - disassembly in rear cabin quadrille38 at 5:18pm 07.12.24
T3800 Depth of Plastic Waste and Water Tanks? dlochner at 5:08pm 07.12.24 Forget the float senders. Get yourself a couple of Gobius Cs. https://gobiusc.com
TotalBoat Lust vs. Cetol dlochner at 5:06pm 07.12.24 Ah, please elaborate! I was thinking of a bunch of coats of Cetol natural followed by a couple of
TotalBoat Lust vs. Cetol dlochner at 5:03pm 07.12.24 I'm also curious about the differences between Lust and Gleem. I've used Gleem and like it, but not
charging problem with new batterie dlochner at 4:53pm 07.12.24 I just upgraded my house band to 3000 AH. After first doing this I didn't detect a problem. A few
electric windlass Ralph Johnstone at 4:48pm 07.12.24 Forgive me for my attitude; No forgiveness required. These guys never cease to amaze ALL OF US.
Stress cracks in Stainless Steel Arch on my Hunter 306 rgranger at 4:47pm 07.12.24 Can you take measurements from your existing arch?

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