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Freshwater Tank Replacement for 1988 Hunter Legend 40 boatlife_bliss at 2:16pm 05.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/627 Hi there, We're liveaboards, located in Marina Del Rey, California. Long story short, back in Sept
This is cool- NOAA announces launch of crowdsourced bathymetry database (1) nat55 at 1:35pm 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 8/936 Not sure of the importance to recreational sailors but will add to accuracy after all the data is lo
ST 50 wind malfunction Alice A. at 1:15pm 05.31.18 Big Boats 6/1044 When we went sailing last week our ST50 wind instrument refused to take a reading in light air and m
1986 Shoal Draft H34 - New Owner Checking In (2) mnmpizza at 1:14pm 05.31.18 Big Boats 22/1541 Greetings fellow Hunter Owners! Just purchased ; Ideas on Settting up an Cockpit Reefing system; Ir
H22 (1981) Kickup Rudder assembly instructions newsailor130 at 12:24pm 05.31.18 Smaller Boats 10/1131 Hello All, I have a 1981 Hunter 22 and the rudder got messed up the other day when I ran aground. Th
Catalina 22 Purchase - Interior Condition;Furler Question (3) robcooper0767 at 12:05pm 05.31.18 Catalina 22 50/2948 Hi all, I'm looking at a C22. Posting some photos of interior and also of furler. Furler has no na
Garmin GPS/MAP 4xx Series Card Reader with 64bit Windows OS Rich Stidger at 11:50am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 8/494 This will be of interest to a very narrow group. The short version is that Garmin has declined to s
More CBP stays the same the more they CHANGE jssailem at 10:21am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 31/1444 Here it is... the Small Vessel Reporting System is going away. To be replaced by the NEW CBP APP. I
Knock knock. Who's there? Halyards. (1) Phil Herring at 9:12am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 61/5932 Does your boat -- or even worse, your neighbor's boat -- suffer from halyard slap? While it can som
Removing refrigerator Evaporator Frank P at 8:53am 05.31.18 Ask All Sailors 1/444 Hello All I need to do some repairs so I will need to remove my refrigerator evaporator from my Danf
stern rudders rpd at 8:49am 05.31.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/550 rpd here with a question about stern dual rudders on macgregor 26x I getting ready to launch and not
Self Tacking System SkinSaubz at 8:16am 05.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 61/10274 Hello, I have a 1988 Hunter Legend 35, I am finishing up my oupv registration and starting my own ch
Size of sewage pump out fitting for O'day 272 ? Pat at 6:39am 05.31.18 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1138 Our club is now missing the pump-out connector that screws down into the boat's pump out deck connec
Aft cabin on a '87 Legend 37 BobHorn at 6:37am 05.31.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/359 Looking at the subject boat. Haven't seen the boat yet. How useful is the centerline berth in the af
Depth Finder won't shoot through Hull Bones at 6:27am 05.31.18 Smaller Boats 27/4490 Looking for someone who may have encountered this problem on a 25.5 Hunter. Purchased a Hawkeye dep
Clearcoat on teak dtalent at 5:14am 05.31.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/3814 this isnt a new topic but i'm in the middle of prepping my teak for refinishing. looking to see if a
Headliner Voyager1 at 4:22am 05.31.18 Ask An Oday Owner 2/540 I have an ODay 302 with a carpet headliner that has some old stains from water damage. The water tur
12v Battery Isolator Replacement (4) HMT2 at 9:49pm 05.30.18 Ask All Sailors 7/1620 I am putting some new batteries on my boat this week. My current system has worked well for years. W
teleflex engine control problem GWG at 7:55pm 05.30.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/479 I am having problems with my Teleflex engine control. It works fine controlling the throttle, mooves
Deck light switch jwerkjr at 6:53pm 05.30.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/446

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Have you tested your PFD? jviss at 4:45pm 07.23.23 Decades ago when I was constantly buying sailing magazines, I noticed a big difference between the
Heads up for FWC VP 2003 owners - heat exchanger (1) Hollyberry at 4:30pm 07.23.23 Well, as happens at my age I had a couple of things backwards. I did have a fixed bracket version bu
Have you tested your PFD? Johnb at 4:27pm 07.23.23 I totally forbid the use of life jackets in chlorinated water.
CHI-MAC today shemandr at 3:30pm 07.23.23 Jon, where are you following this? I might have added to your list of conditions - wicked thunder
Faulty Fuel Gauge Robert J Miller at 3:21pm 07.23.23 Anybody know where and how to access the fuel tank on a 1999 Beneteau 311?
Jacklines and Tethers Davidasailor26 at 3:13pm 07.23.23 Dynema is a blend of high density polyethylene and polyester. Dynema line can be purchased with a p
Jacklines and Tethers DayDreamer41 at 2:59pm 07.23.23 After reading the article posted here on Jack lines and tethers I am quite certain that using jack l
Wrapping my boat question MikeHoncho at 2:19pm 07.23.23 Consider it a temporary solution that, in my opinion, would be a significant deterrent for resale.
CHI-MAC today jon hansen at 2:09pm 07.23.23 still a non stop spinnaker run
Universal diesel M18 Oil Change JoeWhite at 1:19pm 07.23.23 I use a pump with the hose. You will find that, unless you extend the hose and let it drain into a c
Catalina 27 teak before and after BigEasy at 1:19pm 07.23.23 I appreciate the durability of the gloss finish and there is consensus that it improves the life of
Heads up for FWC VP 2003 owners - heat exchanger Ralph Johnstone at 1:05pm 07.23.23
Jacklines and Tethers capta at 1:01pm 07.23.23 Personally, the only time I've used a tether is when I'm going out a bowsprit in heavy weather. Howe
Heads up for FWC VP 2003 owners - heat exchanger Hollyberry at 12:16pm 07.23.23
Universal diesel M18 Oil Change RitSim at 11:41am 07.23.23 My previous M25 had a drain fitting on the bottom of the oil pan for oil changes. The loose end of
Heads up for FWC VP 2003 owners - heat exchanger (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:37am 07.23.23 Leaking at nearly every tube, was the comment YIPES :yikes: ! You must be running around in batt
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? jonelli at 11:35am 07.23.23 The Whale manual indicates: d out in ANSI B1.20.1 Creating a leak free NPT connection involves the
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? (1) rgranger at 11:12am 07.23.23 Shouldn't have taken the red pill. I thought it was a tic tac... Mama say... never turn down a br
Flush Deck-mount Lights To Illuminate One's Mast (1) rgranger at 11:09am 07.23.23 I've seen them for decks but not on boats. a hole in your cabin top...one more item requiring butyl
Catalina 27 teak before and after BTC1984 at 11:02am 07.23.23 That is a difficult question. I am just guessing here; however, I would think that you're dealing

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