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Keeping the fridge/freezer cold while sailing pumpkinpie at 12:05am 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/7098 I'm in the process of purchasing a 2006 Hunter 41 DS. It has a Separate front loading Refrigerator a
catalina 250: replacing antifouling coat and boat stand rig francois.lavoie at 8:10pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 0/726 I have a catalina 250 with ballast and swing keel. I intend to sand the old antifouling coat only an
Deck Painting jamieFL at 6:55pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2445 My project keeps drifting. Everything I do sparks more work. I'm working on a 1988 Watkins 25. At
Inflatable dinghy recommendations iamwhatiam at 4:05pm 05.13.19 Catalina 22 34/8136 I apologize if this has been asked already...tried the search engine but didn't see anything recent.
Oops we did it again (2) The Rabbit at 2:37pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 3/714 Good times in Miami
Splicing Tiny Dyneema (5) AaronD at 12:32pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 4/5484 I've been using single-braid dyneema (Amsteel, Endura 12, etc.) for a variety of applications. It's
Solids in the water tank (1) Oceanis 440 NY at 12:30pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1688 Hi All, Cleaned out the water tanks (to the best of my ability) and found these pieces of ??? In th
Hurrisheet? WayneH at 10:35am 05.13.19 Weather and Forecasting 2/871 I ran across an interesting website while doing "research". flhurricane.com with a tag line of "Hu
The 170 and an Asym Spinnaker..... Shorefun at 10:18am 05.13.19 Day Sailers 4/742 My boat came with the asym spinnaker which I doubt has ever been used. The hull did not get all the
Easier to replace a Jabsco head than to fix it? limbodog at 7:21am 05.13.19 Big Boats 21/5564 I've got two heads. One goes to a cracked holding tank. We won't talk about that. The other goes t
Leaking Water Tank On Port Tack-O'Day 34' Windchime2 at 4:22am 05.13.19 Ask An Oday Owner 5/970 On out last 2 outings one of the bilge pumps kept cycling on, but strangely only when we were on a p
Prop Stuck on Shaft Steverhnm at 11:49pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2162 After great pains and exhausting all manner of contraptions I finally cut the nuts off my prop shaft
Perkins 4-108 Injector Pump Troubleshooting MrMoses at 10:58pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 4/6002 Perkins 4-108, Delphi Injector Pump... Over the last month, it took more and more cranks for the e
50 foot Challenger Ketch CPT Ron at 9:15pm 05.12.19 Big Boats 0/1091 Yearning to learn more info on the Challenger Yacht Corporation. I understand the President passed
Main Sail What type? (2) pumpkinpie at 7:41pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/825 I took a couple pictures of the main sail on the boat that I'm in the process of purchasing I don't
Catamaran Q :) sbcwolff at 6:50pm 05.12.19 Ask All Sailors 11/2336 We are used to monohauls, and have recently picked up a Star Cat 5.6 from someone who wanted to give
Midship Cleat Placement VT Fitz at 6:02pm 05.12.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/879 I've posted a question about midship cleat placement on my '07 Hunter 27 on Ask All Sailors, but I w
Midship Cleat Placement (2) VT Fitz at 5:58pm 05.12.19 Ask All Sailors 15/4475
95 Evinrude 9.9 battery cable hookup kenr74 at 4:51pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 10/1833 Anybody happen to have one of these outboards? My boat came with the motor detached. I know it has
Rudder bearings Cal 27 astevens at 4:17pm 05.12.19 Parts Search 0/427 any source for rudder bearing for a cal 27? Thanks

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Taking the mast down PlaneTom at 1:10pm 11.16.24 The mast came down easy, wiring was all with connectors at the mast base. now we can finally clean
'82 Yanmar 2GM Overhaul Plan Dalliance at 12:57pm 11.16.24 Familiar with that specific Yanmar. Done that motor from wear to complete blue print rebuilds. Hav
Has anyone installed the Raymarine Linear Drive Type 1 in a H34? or similar boat? (2) kloudie1 at 11:56am 11.16.24 Mike, going to be a tight fit. Pictures below.. There may be room above the driven wheel but because
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 Don S/V ILLusion at 11:41am 11.16.24 https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dwa-cs-201a as th Daiwa I have introduces no loss. Coax switch
Cabin ceiling vent latch part (1) MachZ at 11:40am 11.16.24 Look as good as the originals.. What was the failure mode on the originals? I have had the rivet
DIY proyects The_Sailing_Pelican at 10:54am 11.16.24 Nigel Calder's book is one staple, I also like Don Casey's book.
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 Mark Maulden at 10:17am 11.16.24
Hunter 38 Lithium Ideas Tin Kicker at 8:51am 11.16.24 If it if you are going to start an engine with lithium batteries, the #1 biggest consideration is wh
Boom Outhaul 1998 Hunter 410 Crazy Dave Condon at 8:50am 11.16.24 Mike st SBO ordered all the inventory for Hunter. Marine. Z Spar is synonymous with U S Spars
Has anyone installed the Raymarine Linear Drive Type 1 in a H34? or similar boat? kappykaplan at 8:44am 11.16.24 looks like you welded up a new bracket Yes. Mount needs to be sturdy.
Has anyone installed the Raymarine Linear Drive Type 1 in a H34? or similar boat? Mike Oldak at 8:40am 11.16.24 looks like you welded up a new bracket. Hopefully on my H34 I can just mount it to the bottom of a
Has anyone installed the Raymarine Linear Drive Type 1 in a H34? or similar boat? (2) kappykaplan at 8:05am 11.16.24 I switched from a new wheel pilot for the same reason as you. Here are a couple of photos of the ty
Raritan Marine Elegance vs SeaEra QC Conversion Kit Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:01am 11.16.24 see two options:Marine Elegance, freshwater, standard height with the angled back for $734, perhaps
Hunter 38 Lithium Ideas Hayden Watson at 7:30am 11.16.24 You will get a ton of opinions on this issue so as with any info found on the internet, you will nee
Suzuki 2.5 on 8- Foot Trinka Captain Larry-DH at 7:16am 11.16.24 I had a Suzuki DF2.5 motor and hated it because it would often recoil hard on the starter cord and t
Suzuki 2.5 on 8- Foot Trinka Timm R Oday25 at 6:56am 11.16.24 Blitz . The extension goes on the throttle . This allows you to sit further forward on the boat .
Question about solar panels and batteries. Tin Kicker at 6:50am 11.16.24 I like simple. The link shows percentage state of charge for AGM battery voltage levels. I have a sm
'82 Yanmar 2GM Overhaul Plan Tin Kicker at 6:30am 11.16.24 If the engine comes out it is silly to not take the opportunity to replace the fuel and return hoses
Hunter 38 Lithium Ideas Tin Kicker at 6:13am 11.16.24 Engine alternator output should always go to the start battery which should be kept lead AGM due to
DIY proyects (1) JBP-PA at 6:09am 11.16.24 Nigel Calder's book is one staple, I also like Don Casey's book.

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