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Hunter Owners on the Race Course Bill19233 at 6:20am 04.23.18 Racing 9/1932 Raced my Hunter 340 in the GBCA 2018 Conundrum double handed cruising class this weekend. 22 boats i
How to get this fixture open to replace bulb? (1) danstanford at 5:59am 04.23.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/1497 Any ideas? Riveted to mast so no way to get at the back of it without a lot of work.
Key Snapped in Mobella Lock (2) Eds-Therapy at 4:39am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 17/2881 I have recently snapped the key inside a Mobella lock on my boat. Fortunately the lock is in the ope
Important notice re: Splendide Washer / Dryer combo artboas at 8:24pm 04.22.18 Big Boats 4/1746 Ok, so I'm lucky enough to have a washer / dryer in my stbd aft cabin on my 49. But, what you must r
Sold my 272! (1) agprice22 at 3:24pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 12/711 Getting my old 272 ready for delivery this week.... I think it looks pretty good!
Were the kids ever in danger? Brian D at 3:24pm 04.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 44/3787 View the video and give us your opinion. I am sure none of us are Marine Biologist here so unless yo
Removing unknown sealent (1) JRT at 3:01pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 11/846 The previous owner did some very messy sealing of the ports. It is holding fine and I really want t
Window issue (2) stonybrookpictures at 2:56pm 04.22.18 Catalina 22 5/685 Has any one had this problem. I have a Cat 22 MKII and the interior base of one of the windows is de
Controlling shaft key dehler25 at 2:45pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 8/670 Anyone find a trick to keep the impeller shaft key from sliding back on reinstalling the impeller. I
DIY battery pack from recycled 18650 cells Hayden Watson at 2:26pm 04.22.18 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1920 I have to ask. There are a bunch of DIY vids on building a Tesla style power wall battery pack usin
Is it ever OK to see smoke coming from the alternator ... shemandr at 1:16pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 33/10145 Today I hooked up the batteries in order to test some gauge circuits. No shore power. Battery swit
Air conditioner strainer cleaning (1) Vegas at 12:47pm 04.22.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4258 Gonna finally get around to cleaning my air conditioning seawater strainer....see picture. Any tric
N28 Masthead Sheave Size CharlzO at 10:21am 04.22.18 Newport 15/2604 Not sure if others had run into replacements, but when I purchased mine, two of the four were missin
H 34 Bilge Pump wiring faulty hunter healer at 5:59am 04.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/459 I noticed while changing the automatic rule lever on off switch in the nuke that the gear shrink con
red sky in the morning jon hansen at 5:51am 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 10/843 _SezRHeB8hk
And then there were six, leaks that is, how did you seal the stay attachments? (2) williamtl at 7:07pm 04.21.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1905
HELP...Shaft cutting advice Solstice at 5:08pm 04.21.18 Ask All Sailors 14/1013 kinda need some quick help....went to install my new Gori today and found the end of the shaft needs
Tension on forestay and shrouds Scubagirl62 at 5:00pm 04.21.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2748 Can anyone give me a good idea how to get the tension right on the forestsy and shrouds on 1996 Hunt
Not filling?? Seaward hw heater. NYSail at 1:50pm 04.21.18 Ask All Sailors 5/469 so commissioning water system. Cleaned tank flushed rinsed all with the winterization water heater b
Another big builder in bankruptcy. Jackdaw at 1:21pm 04.21.18 Ask All Sailors 11/2336 This time Bavaria. Fromm the German journal Boot Magazin. Bavaria Insolvent Fridtjof Gunkel on 20.0

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Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 9:53am 07.24.24 JamesG161 , tks for the update. What are your chances of getting on the water this season?
New Ham jviss at 8:58am 07.24.24 DIT DIT DIT -- DAH DAH DAH -- DIT DIT DIT Save Our Ship = SOS Roger Out for now... Jim
New Ham JamesG161 at 8:56am 07.24.24 DIT DIT DIT -- DAH DAH DAH -- DIT DIT DIT Save Our Ship = SOS Roger Out for now... Jim.
New Ham jviss at 8:49am 07.24.24 Yea, no more Morse code requirement. I'm kinda bummed about that, but then, I wouldn't have made it
Fresh Water Leak jviss at 8:48am 07.24.24 jviss The plumbing is all original plastic? and I REALLY do not want to replace any more than neces
Couple Who Attempted to Cross Atlantic Found Dead in Lifeboat jviss at 8:46am 07.24.24 Whoops, sorry!
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (2) JamesG161 at 8:27am 07.24.24 It as been a while since I updated this thread. This is what has been happening, so I can get our S
Fresh Water Leak gfrazzle at 8:16am 07.24.24 jviss The plumbing is all original plastic? and I REALLY do not want to replace any more than necess
New Ham JamesG161 at 7:58am 07.24.24 Welcome, I am WD4IWB but not had time to set my rig since Hurricane Zeta repairs have me very busy.
Couple Who Attempted to Cross Atlantic Found Dead in Lifeboat kappykaplan at 7:56am 07.24.24 Yes, this was posted yesterday: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/couple-found-dead-in-life-
Hunter 26 legend. Swing Keel Missing kappykaplan at 7:52am 07.24.24 Here's the link to the Hunter 26 Information Center on this site - it may have what you need: https:
Recaulking windows JoeWhite at 7:16am 07.24.24 As long as the tubes are less than one year old, it should be good.
Catalina 30 traviler shive jviss at 7:09am 07.24.24 Before I upgraded to the Garhauer straight traveler on my 1984 C36 I made new sheaves for the old tr
Compass model 1985 Hunter 31 Joe at 6:31am 07.24.24 May one know the model of the compass on the 1985 Hunter 31? We need to replace the cover. post a
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? jviss at 6:04am 07.24.24 You know, these kind of online diagnostic sessions are frustrating, like the recent guy with the wat
Catalina 30 traviler shive Joe at 5:59am 07.24.24 Your general info is correct but the facts have errors. Garhauer became the supplier of Catalina h
Electric Winch on a 42 Passage (2) Nodak7 at 5:57am 07.24.24 I installed one in cockpit on our H41DS. Not quite the same but the installation process is probably
Considering Teak Cockpit Makeover (3) TomY at 5:00am 07.24.24 Can I ask how you constructed your cockpit. Looks great and I am just about resolved to give it a
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! (1) Will Gilmore at 4:33am 07.24.24 "...a place one appreciates more after having been gone." Yeah, then someone swears at you because
A Little Story About Our GPS sailme88 at 3:59am 07.24.24 Some units employ a back up battery. Check to see if yours does. Those flat lithium batteries give n

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