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Windicator for Escape Mambo NorCalSail at 8:20am 07.31.18 Parts Search 3/2797 Hi- I recently purchased an Escape Mambo and am looking for a "windicator " or another Escape owner
New Tow Vehicle w4swk at 7:28am 07.31.18 Catalina 22 26/3530 Soooooo, after 250,000 miles on my pickup, I think I will look for a new tow vehicle. I've always ow
Can't post in Owners Mods (1) pateco at 7:06am 07.31.18 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/837 I wanted to add a project in Owners Mod's, but when I go to submit an article, it says I need to log
Hunter Legend 40.5 water in oil S.V. Windshadow at 6:22am 07.31.18 Engines and Propulsion 1/597 Yesterday we found brown thick oil up about 4-5 quarts. How can water get in there? My mechanic said
Water in the oil S.V. Windshadow at 5:58am 07.31.18 Big Boats 36/4516 2 hour sailing in following winds. Then 30 minutes of motoring to a slip. After sitting 4 days, our
Seawater Pump Identification? jviss at 5:23am 07.31.18 Engines and Propulsion 8/1386 I replaced the impeller on my Westerbeke seawater pump, part number 33636. Now the back of the pump
Hood furler bugsboat at 3:30am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 4/454 I have a 1995 Hunter 37.5. The bearings in my Hood 810SL are good. But I had to use a vise grip to h
Block Island sunrise. (1) TomY at 3:19am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 14/1261
Does anyone know what the 36 was designed for? Alctel at 12:07am 07.31.18 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2518 The 36' cherubini hunters seem to be a bit of an odd ball out of the whole series - only made for 2
Has anyone tried digital /wireless radar? Kings Gambit at 10:03pm 07.30.18 Ask All Sailors 25/1985 The radar was swept off me boat in a weird collision that I may come back to someday here. In the m
Finding the elusive oil leak (2) LeslieTroyer at 9:55pm 07.30.18 Big Boats 3/1155 in the middle of my 3week Cruise I noticed oil leaking from the engine. It was very hard to pinpoin
Orca tows a sailboat plenny7 at 9:00pm 07.30.18 Ask All Sailors 13/1279 This would have been something to see https://bnqt.com/2018/07/30/orca-tows-sailboat-across-harbor
Electric winch to raise mast for 18.5 Olive Gardener at 8:53pm 07.30.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/341 Does someone has a simple way to set up an electric winch to step up the mast? I am getting older a
Engine coolant temp monitoring on a Vulcan 7 jwerkjr at 4:48pm 07.30.18 Ask All Sailors 10/1380 I have been researching a way to hook up a second sending unit in the hot water line going to the ho
Weekend Fun! (4) w4swk at 4:42pm 07.30.18 Catalina 22 3/482 cell that moved through causing a little scramble to get the sails down! We are prepping the boat
Can anyone identify this electrical connector? (1) jwerkjr at 4:10pm 07.30.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1182 This connector is on my 1984 3GMF engine. One lead attaches to the altenator. The other leads into t
Bimini Hater Alert (3) BlowMeAway at 4:04pm 07.30.18 Sails Call Lounge 14/1406
Finally got the boat wet JohnGill at 2:10pm 07.30.18 Smaller Boats 37/3490 Yesterday I launched the Hunter 23 and moved it to the slip for the rest of the season. In doing so
S2 8.5 Cradle needed Buzz Brown at 11:15am 07.30.18 S2 6/1380 Any ideas on acquiring a cradle for a 1980 S2 8.5? Boat is located in southeast Michigan.
Hunter 34 Boom Brake (2) Allan12210 at 10:40am 07.30.18 Ask All Sailors 2/444 In reply to Ilanortho, I re-purposed my soft vang as a cunningham with the addition of a hook. (I us

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376 Courtesy light/ cockpit lighting (1) duck21 at 5:19pm 07.06.24 Our 1996 376 has a switch on the crown of the instrument panel. Our external lamp has never worked p
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 5:14pm 07.06.24 OK, @smokey73 , AKA Dan, I looked into my archives of random and often useless h40.5 notes, and I ha
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? jviss at 4:42pm 07.06.24 I just want to do my toerails and taffrail. I was thinking I'd mask off, strip it with this stuff,
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 jssailem at 4:13pm 07.06.24 Smokey, you might also consider a bit of Fruitwood in the mix. Also leave a bit of room for the varn
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 jssailem at 4:10pm 07.06.24 Rich...I like the cut of your jib.:biggrin: :laugh::laugh::laugh::beer:
Bilge Keel on a hunter 22 Darwinless at 3:33pm 07.06.24 Thanks for all the words guys! The boat is currently on a trailer in Panacea Fl and I live an hour a
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? (3) rgranger at 3:30pm 07.06.24
Auto Pilot Simrad issues Davidasailor26 at 3:25pm 07.06.24 12.5 V while running should be adequate, but there could be a wiring issue causing voltage drop betw
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 3:17pm 07.06.24 In the FWIW department, we coincidentally have a wood refinished guy doing some work on a piece of
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? PaulK at 3:10pm 07.06.24 I have used it a lot.:beer: Is that because it takes a gallon to strip six inches of rail, or beca
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project eherlihy at 3:05pm 07.06.24 When we did a section of Skipping Stone's deck, we first found a section of the old non-skid deck i
Silent Air Conditioning dlochner at 2:54pm 07.06.24 Does the air conditioner run on AC or DC? There are devices which dampen the start up surge that wor
Silent Air Conditioning kappykaplan at 2:43pm 07.06.24 Is there any practical configuration to run the air conditioner by solar and battery that anyone kn
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 2:41pm 07.06.24 I just remembered this Hurricane from years past, Hitting Corpus Christi TX as CAT 5. https://en.wi
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 2:21pm 07.06.24 Bay City Texas Nearly same place the Fertilizer Ship blew up, years ago ! :yikes::yikes: https:
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? jviss at 2:18pm 07.06.24 I have used it a lot.:beer: How did it work out?
CITRISTRIP to strip varnish? rgranger at 2:17pm 07.06.24 I have used it a lot.:beer:
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 Don S/V ILLusion at 2:00pm 07.06.24 In the FWIW department, we coincidentally have a wood refinished guy doing some work on a piece of f
Invest 95L smokey73 at 1:39pm 07.06.24 Interesting, the current path on Windy with the European model has it going right over the Nuclear P
Interior stain color for 1994 Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 1:22pm 07.06.24 Well, it turns out that Sherwin Williams can use the color comparator to match paint colors but does

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