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Taking a half step into the dark side Marc14857 at 5:40am 10.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/523 After enjoying 12 years sailing our H44 AC, we are taking a half step into the dark side and are pur
Link 20 battery monitor (1) pullark at 10:12pm 10.12.18 Catalina 30 6/2081 Hello All, My Catalina 30 has a Link 20 installed. Recently I've noticed that if the boat is unused
Self Tacking Jib rpwillia at 8:22pm 10.12.18 Catalina 310 9/1648 Saw this on the 445 or 425 at the Annapolis show and really like it. Anyone tried this on their 310?
Catalina 18 Mast Stepping Ajay73 at 5:45pm 10.12.18 Smaller Boats 3/1022 Is the C18 mast easy enough to just walk up, hand over hand, by walking the cockpit seats and assumi
Lazerette gasket placement on a 23.5 PropellerHead at 3:14pm 10.12.18 Smaller Boats 3/449 Anyone have a picture showing the placement of the lazerette gasket trim? I ordered some from this s
Aluminum Paste, ever work with it? Brian D at 9:22am 10.12.18 Ask All Sailors 93/8150 I have a small aluminum part on my throttle control that a screw was installed cross thread. The hea
Manual Holding tank pump out while boat is in the cradle carriemeaway at 7:12am 10.12.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/4720 Anyone have experience on how to pump out holding tank on a 2006 Hunter 38 foot sailboat while it is
Forestay Length djplatt at 6:38am 10.12.18 Sirius 21/22 0/833 Does anyone have the exact length of the forestay for a Sirius 21. I am trying to replace a furling
Happy Birthday, US Navy Brian D at 6:02am 10.12.18 Sails Call Lounge 15/1273 10/13/1775 243 Years Young Fair Winds and Following Seas, and Long may Your big Jib Draw!
O'Day Daysailer sails needed Comet at 4:17am 10.12.18 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2895 I want to thank everyone for their responses to my request for used Daysailer sails. Sadly when I we
Catalina 22 Trailer Conversion CJordan at 1:38am 10.12.18 Catalina 22 8/2886 I just bought a 1982 model Catalina 22 swing keel in what appears to be good condition from a legacy
H240 Mainsail and boom Dolphin55 at 12:33am 10.12.18 Smaller Boats 46/3116 Is the mainsail foot supposed to slide into the boom track or is just attached at the tack and the c
yanmar oil/breather questions VanIslandGuy at 9:27pm 10.11.18 Engines and Propulsion 18/7157 My engine is a Yanmare 4jh2e. We recently changed the oil. We took the boat out for an hour motor
Follow-up question on steering cable John R at 6:55pm 10.11.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1508 Some time ago, I posted a question under the title "clunking noise from rudder post". After speaking
CYS Self-Steering Wind Vane Sailon1 at 3:49pm 10.11.18 Ask All Sailors 7/965 Does anyone own one of these? I have one and need to replace the a few parts. Any responses are appr
Looking for Pearson 30 Owner's Club or Similar Org. Sailon1 at 3:33pm 10.11.18 Pearson 0/725 Lake Erie is home port to my P30, and I would like to know if there are any owner's associations. I'
Companionway doors VV at 1:35pm 10.11.18 Ask All Sailors 16/4468 Where can companion way doors be found for a 31ft Angelman?
House batteries connection Boby_Hunter33 at 1:27pm 10.11.18 Big Boats 11/1561 I have 3 batteries. All grouds are connected. Two are connected together through a doide to the main
I have this is my hunterr5ds bilge, what is it? (1) Boby_Hunter33 at 1:24pm 10.11.18 Big Boats 4/647 Attached is a picture of a device in the bilge. Can anyone tell me what it is?
How to test this bilge pump hunter 45ds (1) Boby_Hunter33 at 1:17pm 10.11.18 Big Boats 3/565 Attached is a picture of a bilge pump in my hunter 45ds. How can i test it without filling the bilge

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Old bilge blower wiring question. jssailem at 7:30am 05.27.24 Yellow is typically hot (+) and blue is "neutral" ... since you only have two I would assume neutra
Gelcoat Cracks on Toe Rail jssailem at 7:21am 05.27.24 I agree with Dennis about the nature of the cracks. The boat is 23 years old. Use and some UV damage
LFP Battery Install, or Argh! ...More Fuses! SoSound at 7:19am 05.27.24 Sweet set up Dave. :clap: Thanks to the members and posts on this forum, who do such a great job i
Chain plates Hunter 49 jssailem at 7:16am 05.27.24 Looks like Stainless Steel corrosion has occurred. Water has entered the metal and is corroding on t
LFP Battery Install, or Argh! ...More Fuses! jssailem at 7:08am 05.27.24 Sweet set up Dave. :clap:
P42 Engine removal advice jssailem at 7:00am 05.27.24 The engine access is under the stairs. Looks like there is room through the companyion way to raise
Searching for Moody 46 / Moody 47 Joe at 6:58am 05.27.24 Moody, huh? That's a low production, high end vessel.. It is very likely you could benefit by conta
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount (1) jssailem at 6:53am 05.27.24 First my rant... That looks like a real cool daysailor dingy. I'd put a paddle in it and sail it in
Cut rudder bottom? B41S5. Joe at 6:42am 05.27.24 I have a beneteau 1990 41S5. I want to cut 4 inches off the bottom. Is there metal in there? Any
P42 Engine removal advice (1) juznip at 6:38am 05.27.24 Above the engine is another engine (acting as a generator(Yanmar 1GM10). There is a metal frame that
Help with seized fresh water pump Afraal at 6:32am 05.27.24 Thank you @jssailem. I see the impeller size difference on the parts list. I found both options avai
Prospective Catalina 30 (1987, MkII tall rig) keel issue dmax at 6:22am 05.27.24 Yeah - it's not the usual Catalina smile which as you say affects the forward part of the keel joint
Swim step lanyard thinwater at 6:21am 05.27.24 I'm guessing the center section has to be lowered by hand to prevent large impact load on the lanya
Swim step lanyard (1) jssailem at 6:15am 05.27.24 Your challenge is with the dyneema line. It does not like to make sharp bends. C.S.Johnson makes a v
Help with seized fresh water pump jssailem at 5:57am 05.27.24 Am I missing something? As always the devil is in the details. Here is a copy of the parts manual.
Help with seized fresh water pump (1) Afraal at 5:34am 05.27.24 I found this one on Amazon and in a few sites for the Kubota D1005. It seems identical to the one fr
Cut rudder bottom? B41S5. kappykaplan at 5:24am 05.27.24 I want to cut 4 inches off the bottom. Why?
Help with seized fresh water pump kappykaplan at 4:40am 05.27.24 On our way back to the dock yesterday, the fresh water pump on my Universal M25xpb seized. It all h
NYC to Milwaukee on a 42' sailboat: how long? dlochner at 4:37am 05.27.24 All inland waters in the US use Statue miles which are shorter than NM, 5280 feet vs.6076 feet. To
CENTERBOARD WOES tgzzzz at 4:18am 05.27.24 Lucky you. I wanted a CB in new boat and it was stuck. I had zero luck getting "the mud" out. Finall

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