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Hidden fuse(s) on C30 wiring harness? George Da Porge at 6:40am 07.31.17 Catalina 30 10/883 Anyone know if the wiring harness has any fuses in an inconspicuous location? I'm stuck with no jui
Max prop settings Legend 35.5 Bob in New Orleans at 6:33am 07.31.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1644 Hunter legend 35.5, Yanmar 3GM30f, I'm replacing my fixed pitch 18x11 two blade propeller with a 16"
H26 led cabin lighting Charisma at 6:03am 07.31.17 Ask All Sailors 12/902 OK I know this has been brought up before but i cant find it. Can someone give me a link to a direct
Hunter 466 Engine crank no start Dennis55 at 6:21pm 07.30.17 Ask All Sailors 34/1799 Engine started perfectly last week Hunter 466 2004. Tried to start today and it turns perfectly, but
Salon Mirwin at 6:02pm 07.30.17 Catalina 310 5/856 hi everyone, Well, we sold our freedom 30 so now it's time to get serious....would you 310 owners te
Windex bent up (4) Bilbo at 5:44pm 07.30.17 Catalina 22 15/1420 Well, today I had to drop the mast at the dock to unbend one arm of my Windex. Somehow it got bent u
Practice Sail Trim Don Guillette at 1:34pm 07.30.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/1400 I receive this type of phone question about once every 3 weeks and every time it throws me for a loo
37.5....What Do You Make Of This? (1) Rick D at 1:16pm 07.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/354 This is a friends 37.5. They noticed the deck lifting on the starboard side and this crack. It was r
Hunter Passage 450 Volvo Instrument Panel/VDO Tachometer Chuck Cohen at 12:44pm 07.30.17 Engines and Propulsion 1/678 Our 20 yr old, original tachometer died last week. It's a VDO. Volvo part #873660 and VDO #N02070009
Bearing buddies on my 2005 146 trailer SFKjeld at 10:54am 07.30.17 Day Sailers 11/973 This is the original trailer. Like to put bearing buddies on it. I have no documentation on the trai
Happy Birthday Woodster! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:47am 07.30.17 Ask All Sailors 10/825 May God grant you the senility to forget the people you never liked anyway, the good fortune to run
H35.5 Legend Bilge Pump Operation (1) Kgatesma at 7:30am 07.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/702 Is there a switch somewhere to manually activate the bilge pump or is it automatic? There is about
Bilge pump switch 35.5 Kgatesma at 4:59am 07.30.17 Big Boats 3/453 Is there a bilge pump manual switch somewhere on a Hunter 35.5? Are the buttons on the battery co
Ben Huff Sailing Wrangler David in Sandusky at 4:57am 07.30.17 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1633 Ben Huff docked his Cherubini Hunter 30 next to us this spring. Turns out he is getting ready to sol
H35.5: Head not getting water Kgatesma at 4:56am 07.30.17 Big Boats 5/418 On a Hunter 35.5: The PO says the water to the head is shut off. Is there a valve somewhere that t
Air conditioner wet filter twx at 6:45pm 07.29.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/700 Wondering if anyone has heard of the acceptability (or not) of putting something in the AC wet filte
Wanting to buy a 310 Mirwin at 5:19pm 07.29.17 Catalina 310 7/920 Hi everyone.... I am new to the forum. My husband and I are interested in buying a 310. We currently
Genset.... is bigger always better/needed NYSail at 5:07pm 07.29.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1291 hello all, So into my summer with new boat (beneteau 423). We have 2 air conditioning units, refrig,
Companionway door springs Wedgie at 4:36pm 07.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/646 I have an ongoing problem with the companionway door springs on my Hunter 2007 45CC, One or both of
Hello Again CaptKimble at 2:38pm 07.29.17 Ask All Sailors 2/214 Hi everyone. I lost my account information somehow. I was logged on as Kelmore. I waited and waited

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Thru hole and keel crack, dlochner at 8:05am 06.14.23 Welcome to SBO. The hairline crack is a pretty common issue on boats with a bolt on keel. It is cau
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 8:03am 06.14.23 don't expect plastic to last forever but when it does fail, I expect a fair price on the replacemen
Thru hole and keel crack, rgranger at 8:03am 06.14.23 The drain looks fairly good to me. Why do you suspect it is the through hull? If water is entering
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M LouBegue at 7:42am 06.14.23 Hi Lou, I made the swap a few years ago. It was a lot of work, but doable. It is a good time to
Minor project: new teak companionway step (2) rgranger at 7:41am 06.14.23 I do need a replacement telescoping swim ladder, though, as the old one is getting pretty beat. The
Schafer Outrageous Pricing FastOlson at 7:40am 06.14.23 Schaefer. Yes... Sometimes great design and engineering... and sometimes not. I tried their stanchio
Need Mainsail mast slide fitting size. rgranger at 7:33am 06.14.23 Im planning on installing Bainbridge " Allslip" sail slides . On First 41S5---- come in dif
Should I switch to hank on? rgranger at 7:30am 06.14.23 One of the most personal of all choices! Just rambling here ... Solo sailing certainly tips the sc
Schafer Outrageous Pricing kloudie1 at 7:18am 06.14.23 I do understand manufacturing and retail, I just don't like to feel taken advantage of... I did note
Doesn't hurt to ask eherlihy at 6:46am 06.14.23 Check the dimensions of your track and, as eherlihy said, "call them". Guido, who was the traveler
Alden 44 - 1984 Windlass Model Number jviss at 6:44am 06.14.23 What's wrong with it? It can probably be repaired. I had a Maxwell-Nilsson vertical capstan wind
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate THECUSCUS at 5:49am 06.14.23 I keep track of keel position by counting turns of the winch handle. I know how many turns it take
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem jviss at 5:22am 06.14.23 By the way, you might want to rebuild the old pump and hang on to it. I'm sure those are not cheap
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem jviss at 5:21am 06.14.23 I'm not a Yanmar guy, but that looks like a regular petcock, and used to bleed. I like to pump cool
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 5:15am 06.14.23 I'm sure you are right, but $75 X 12 = $900 and I was not interested in spending about a grand so I
Schafer Outrageous Pricing dLj at 5:01am 06.14.23 Well, that's going to be list price, $75 each. You can get them for $58 through WalMart. Maybe ev
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 4:41am 06.14.23 Digi-Key rocks! Ordered MOSFETs Sunday night, they will arrive today, via USPS first class mail, ch
In mast furling main working much better now JamesG161 at 4:23am 06.14.23 Artistic licence Why have a in-mast mainsail in that Selden drawing? It is unfurled already, on t
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem (1) arcadiahunter28 at 4:01am 06.14.23
Edson wheel size and leather cover? jviss at 3:55am 06.14.23 One thing that it doesn't do is make my Yanmar sound like a Harley! And that's a good thing! I di

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