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Hatch and lens restoration with wood (5) trevoratlarge at 5:02pm 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 5/339 Hi folks. I bought my boat in April and the previous owner was in the early stages of refurbishing t
Had KBW20 tranny rebuilt on a Hunter 42 Passage and now Fwd is reverse and Rev is forward (1) mesmith1122 at 2:58pm 10.07.25 Big Boats 7/471 Just had my Kanzaki KBW20 tranny rebuilt. Shift lever is facing towards the stern of the boat with t
Eye splice for Samson MLX3 halyards Hayden Watson at 12:36pm 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 7/396 I recently got some Samson MLX3 line to make new halyards with. This is a moderately high-tech core
Tropical Storm Jerry (1) JamesG161 at 8:42am 10.07.25 Weather and Forecasting 8/507 234774 Dammit Jim...
Precision 280 Oriondriver at 7:35am 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 9/425 Anyone have experience with this boat? Thanks in advance.
SWANSEA, MA Listed: 09-28-2025 Dave1act at 7:00am 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 0/14 2006 Hunter 36 SWANSEA, MA Listed: 09-28-2025 My name is Dave, I am interested in your boat. You
Head - Raritan PHII outlet connector bowed (2) skunther at 6:02pm 10.06.25 Ask All Sailors 26/1220 I recently replaced the joker valve, and the outlet connector and hose adapter facets are bowed towa
Shower drain on 1993 Legend 35.5 skunther at 5:51pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/198 I modified my shower drain to pump overboard via the galley drain (https://defender.com/en_us/whale-
Reefing lines jamming (2) skunther at 5:39pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/551
Deck light fixture missing? (2) skunther at 5:25pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/660
Rudder packing Gland failing (1) boris2point0 at 2:02pm 10.06.25 Yamaha 6/404 Hi Sailors. I am looking for some advice form other Yamaha owners. I have a Y30 there is signifi
Catalina 30 Stanchion issue DPotter at 1:37pm 10.06.25 Catalina 30 0/158 Hi all - 1994 Catalina 30 here. I have a loose stanchion that looks to have been bent at one point.
H50 generator Laid-back at 11:04am 10.06.25 Big Boats 3/361 I have to replace or repair the FP 12 mini generator on our Hunter 50 and are trying to weigh my opt
Splendide WD2100 - F13 Error on Hunter 460 FatSteveTheBoatCat at 9:10am 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/275 We have a vented Splendide washer dryer combo WD2100 that came installed on our 2002 Hunter 460 in t
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. (2) BAD ORCA at 9:03am 10.06.25 Ask All Sailors 19/591 I had to cut away a chunk of floor to get access to the forward part of the bilge/keel bolt in recen
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 7:15am 10.06.25 Catalina 30 26/1182 My stuffing box seal packing nut has bottomed out, I think. it feels like the nut has bottomed out
Aft Cabin adding Cabinets or Shelves buddybear at 8:47pm 10.05.25 Catalina 310 1/294 Normally the aft cabin is used for storage we call it the garage. Has anyone put cabinets or shelvin
Electrical Project Almost Complete (4) AP0196 at 3:33pm 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 14/660 Spend the last two weekends (And two cases of beer) redoing the electrical on my Cat 22. I wish I ha
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? sailbadsinner at 2:56pm 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 7/430 My Xantrex 1800 inverter just smoked and died. It has been in my Morgan 43 since 2007. 18 years i
Hunter bow and stern seats, and helmseat teak strips in Digital Dumpster Dive (3) PAC3142 at 1:43pm 10.05.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/23 Hi, I just posted free Hunter bow, stern, and helmsman seat items in the Digital Dumpster Dive forum

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Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dlochner at 4:30am 11.17.25 Thanks for the info on getting the right model of alternator. Hope getting the pulley off will ne a
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging GeneraiT001 at 4:12am 11.17.25 That is the one with a single foot (SF) and a dual V belt pulley (DV). That's not what you want.
Hunter 41 DS - Any Known Issues? Look-Fors? Mtmaksim at 4:03am 11.17.25 Yep - I had a dumb moment - it's a 2008. Somehow I lost 10 years writing the post!
MarineMaster Pro - Free Route Planner Project_Mayhem at 8:07pm 11.16.25 Does it give an eta based on current speed?
Outboard transom mount repair Project_Mayhem at 8:06pm 11.16.25 If the OP is not in salt water, I'd recommend using Unistrut washers as backing plates. 1/4" thick s
A day at the beach shemandr at 7:45pm 11.16.25 Ayup!
A day at the beach PaulK at 7:00pm 11.16.25 At this point it looks like both the rudder and keel have been sheared off. Looks like sawzall time
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 6:18pm 11.16.25 BTW, when I converted to the J10 pulley https://www.westmarine.com/balmar-pulley-conversion-kit-1808
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 6:08pm 11.16.25 Hi, Thanks Thats what I was looking at - XT-SF-170-DV-KIT :) How can I figure out the spindle or s
Hood Stoway In-Mast Furling Manuals (4) UpperPintle at 5:30pm 11.16.25 I have a manual system, but no continuous line (just crank at the mast). Attached are documents I f
Outboard transom mount repair Timm R Oday25 at 4:53pm 11.16.25 From my experiance ,I am seeing a inner wood core that has very likely rotted . Mine was like this .
Removing fuel tank on Catalina 310 max_sailing at 4:45pm 11.16.25 I got the rubber from Amazon here: WochiTV Adhesive Solid Rubber Strips, 2" Wide x 1/4" Thick x 60".
A day at the beach Ralph Johnstone at 4:07pm 11.16.25 If I ever get blown ashore, it's got to be in Sea Girt. What a wonderful crowd of residents.
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging (3) Ralph Johnstone at 3:13pm 11.16.25 Hacking a Hitachi alternator works for @Ralph Johnstone because he has a relatively small LA batter
Outboard transom mount repair dLj at 2:58pm 11.16.25 I wonder if @Crazy Dave Condon knows... dj
Rigging Quote dLj at 2:11pm 11.16.25 I'm in White Rocks Marina, in one of the many Rock Creek(s), but this one is in just inside the wid
Outboard transom mount repair jssailem at 1:54pm 11.16.25 Obviously is a bit too much. I agree.
Outboard transom mount repair JBP-PA at 1:36pm 11.16.25 I do not know about "obviously cored" but the image does suggest that the bolt and nut, which is ci
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 1:07pm 11.16.25 I hope your bow pulpit light is a "Bicolor". Red/Green. The third light (white) must be positioned
Rigging Quote jaysweet at 1:07pm 11.16.25 I agree with that decision. A mast head tricolor is really only best when off-shore. I see in your

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