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Reefing lines jamming (2) skunther at 5:39pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/544
Deck light fixture missing? (2) skunther at 5:25pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/647
Rudder packing Gland failing (1) boris2point0 at 2:02pm 10.06.25 Yamaha 6/402 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 0/157 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 3/356 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 0/270 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 19/589 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 26/1172 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 1/292 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 14/659 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 7/423 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
Hunter Bow and Stern seat router template (5) PAC3142 at 1:30pm 10.05.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/126 These are the templates I made from 5mm plywood to cut 1/2" thick Starboard bow and stern seats for
Hunter helm seat teak strips (3) PAC3142 at 1:03pm 10.05.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/131 These are the teak strips from the helm seat of a 1994 Hunter 37.5. They may fit other Hunters from
Hunter stern and bow seats (6) PAC3142 at 12:57pm 10.05.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/778 Stern and bow seats from a 1994 Hunter 37.5. These probably fit other Hunters from that generation.
Bottom Barrier (3) Voyager1 at 10:56am 10.05.25 Ask An Oday Owner 6/407 I have oday 302 sail in Lake Michigan and use VC 17 as anti fouling, When pressure washing the bott
Surfed our '72 yesterday ShawnL at 9:12am 10.05.25 Catalina 22 12/676 We went out in what was supposed to be 7-10 gusting to 19 mph yesterday. Thinking that, since it's
Honda 2.3 HP Outboard Propeller Issue (4) sailcapt340 at 8:34am 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 17/878 I have a 2 year old Honda 2.3 HP Outboard. This season I hit the silt and mud at the dinghy dock.
If any of you are going to the Annapolis sailboat show... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:17am 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 13/1139 Raritan has invited me to be in their booth all day Friday and Saturday to sell signed copies of my
B&G WS310 Wind Instrument Problems (1) Schwarz633 at 3:18pm 10.04.25 Ask All Sailors 17/761 I've had my Tartan 33R for a little over a year now and the wind instrumentation has worked well unt

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Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dLj at 5:25am 11.15.25 I know I don't get out much and my glasses pescription reads "Blind in one eye and can't see out of
AI and the SBO Forums Tally Ho at 5:04am 11.15.25
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:23am 11.15.25 Yes, and under favorable, conditions, I could sailing in and out or just into the dock I think that
B & G Zeus 3 intermittently powering down Davidasailor26 at 2:56am 11.15.25
B & G Zeus 3 intermittently powering down dkdoyle at 11:46pm 11.14.25 Hi. This has started happening to me as well. I have rewired the power supply and tested the volta
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Ralph Johnstone at 10:18pm 11.14.25 "My plan is too take a year to get familiar with the boat then sail it down to the Caribbean, stay
Hunter 1987 26.5 chainplate fix jssailem at 10:02pm 11.14.25 The turnbuckle with the wasp nest looks funny in your picture. Might be the photo angle. Maybe the T
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? jssailem at 9:48pm 11.14.25
AI and the SBO Forums RussC at 9:29pm 11.14.25 to paraphrase something I recently read: looking to AI for facts is like watching Green Acres for fa
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging BigEasy at 9:29pm 11.14.25 Like you, I also have a Hitachi model LR155-20B 12V 55 amp alternator. I installed a Balmar ARS-5 e
Winch maintenance questions dLj at 9:05pm 11.14.25 I would use grease. You've got some pretty worn gears there... dj
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging shemandr at 7:13pm 11.14.25 There are simple questions. But not simple answers. If the OP looks back on past threads discussio
Dips in DC mains voltage with weird knocking noises marcham at 6:41pm 11.14.25 Can anyone advise? Whilst moored in the marina, we experienced dips in DC mains voltage with the l
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dLj at 6:28pm 11.14.25 Let me offer some reality as to what is REALLY going on in your existing charging system. You're n
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? (1) Woodworks1 at 6:18pm 11.14.25
Hunter 1987 26.5 chainplate fix (2) Landfall88 at 5:42pm 11.14.25
Hunter 1987 26.5 chainplate fix jssailem at 4:50pm 11.14.25 Welcome to the Forum. Congrats on your new boat. You are looking at one side of the issue. Try to p
Looking at new sails jssailem at 4:43pm 11.14.25 Your Hunter is a well-recognized class of boat. I would expect that most sail makers have access to
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:23pm 11.14.25 While the engine is running, the alternator (Hitachi 55Amp) is producing somewhere between 20-50 Am
Hunter 1987 26.5 chainplate fix kappykaplan at 4:20pm 11.14.25 I don't have a Hunter, but it seems to me that the screws in the raised block likely go into the lam

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