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Upgrading Raymarine Instruments Steve E. at 9:19am 10.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/3911 Greetings all, I am planning on upgrading my existing RayMarine ST40 Depth and Speed instruments wi
Anyone with Experience and Advice on Sailing the San Francisco Bay Area spadaforaj at 8:34am 10.30.17 Ask All Sailors 27/5943 Big decision may be coming up - a potential move from the east coast = can a cruising couple that h
Some scrap teak, a cool idea... (1) ShotgunSlim at 7:18am 10.30.17 Catalina 22 13/1635 I'm a wood hoarder, I admit it...and when I renovated the interior of my '86 C-22, I saved every scr
Topside Paint or Wet Sand & Buff? onlinelee at 5:04am 10.30.17 Ask All Sailors 22/5288 Hi Friends, would be super to get some feed back from members who have been there and got the T-Shir
Eye in the sky? (2) Scott T-Bird at 4:03am 10.30.17 Ask All Sailors 12/820 143123 Saturday afternoon was warm and breezy on the bay ... barely another soul out there. After a
Bonding/electrolysis ? (1) Sefuller at 7:46pm 10.29.17 Musings With Maine Sail 28/9662 I have two questions as I am trying to understand bonding - first, with the boat out of the water, w
Mast sheaves (1) Voyager1 at 6:21pm 10.29.17 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1282 Just bought an Oday 302, had it for a month and pulled it out of the water for winter. I do fresh w
Newer Main For Javelin John Stevens at 5:28pm 10.29.17 Day Sailers 11/1370 I'm looking to buy a used mainsail in good condition for my Javelin Located in FL Thanks, John
Frostbite! (4) Jackdaw at 4:52pm 10.29.17 Racing 40/3496
Over Winter Fuel Strategy shemandr at 2:15pm 10.29.17 Ask All Sailors 37/1725 So there are 2 schools of thought on how to manage the fuel system over the winter. It's either the
H34 shaft replacement Charlie98117 at 11:48am 10.29.17 Big Boats 20/2705 I am planning to replace my 25 yo dripless shaft seal and thought it would be easier to cut off the
Lift points Bob Fry at 10:04am 10.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/543 I purchased a 1994 23.5 , and the lift point stickers were removed. Was wondering could someone show
Fractional or full jib on 1980 - 36 Joe23455 at 7:02am 10.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1034 I am the 3rd owner of Trinity, do not know if jib is original, my question is the length of the 110
Oday 25 questions Bo96 at 5:59am 10.29.17 Ask All Sailors 3/365 I recently purchased an O'Day 25 and I have a few questions about how the plumbing should go under e
Attaching the boom to the mast. Sea Estate at 3:35am 10.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/3104 Hi, My name is Loyal Ritter, I have a 1986 23' Hunter. I am in Apollo Beach, FL. I would like to
What the...??? Eh? Brian D at 8:56pm 10.28.17 Sails Call Lounge 2/645 -QWGkZxdUaQ
Removing life line stanchions Hunter 31 Hunter 31 at 6:19pm 10.28.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/688 I would like to remove all the life line stanchions from my H31 so I can tarp the boat for winter. S
AGM or GEL batteries Monty VM at 5:37pm 10.28.17 Big Boats 26/3758 and why? is there a way to tell if an existing inverter is appropriate for these batteries. I have a
Hunter 41 DS large window resealing (2) Joe Wienecke at 2:18pm 10.28.17 Big Boats 22/5649 I have a 2005 Hunter 41 DS. The boat has large fixed window on each side of the saloon. See pictur
how do I remove double postings? centerline at 2:05pm 10.28.17 Ask All Sailors 0/4 It used to be a simple as going to edit and clicking the "delete posting" button.... but this option

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Compression post repair 30' Hunter Roland5048 at 3:32pm 01.13.24 Why do you think it needs to be replaced? It's usually not the compression post but the iron I-Bar
Large Frame alternator in M25XP Hayden Watson at 3:10pm 01.13.24 In the current issue of SAIL Nigel Calder has a rather detailed article regarding charging of a LiF
Espar hydronic heating system dkinzer at 12:53pm 01.13.24
Espar hydronic heating system matts997 at 12:38pm 01.13.24
Replace Radar capta at 12:34pm 01.13.24 IMO you can't go wrong with any manufacturer other than Raymarine. I've had nothing but terrible exp
Compression post repair 30' Hunter ggrizzard at 12:03pm 01.13.24 I'm one who has completed the job on my 1979 H30C . As Dalliance said, many of us have and posted v
Good Winter Read mermike at 11:55am 01.13.24 That's a great read. Yikes, those conditions were brutal.
Good Winter Read jssailem at 11:25am 01.13.24 Agree Roy. Hit was a good read. Seemed the shipwrecked sailors were their worst enemies.
Baby Stay (2) jssailem at 11:23am 01.13.24 If you examine the shroud design symmetry it provides triangular support to maintain the mast in col
Wema replacement sending unit chp at 11:06am 01.13.24 The Globius pro looks like exactly what I want. I just needed something to tell me when my tank is g
Espar hydronic heating system (1) dkinzer at 9:54am 01.13.24 After thinking about this some more, I suspect that the valves work as follows: 1) with the valves
Espar hydronic heating system FastOlson at 9:49am 01.13.24 I would first check/change out the little fuel filter that feeds the heater burner. Make (really) su
Fuel pump filter-necessary? Deleted member 117556 at 9:47am 01.13.24 I'm not sure a lift pump is even needed for a 310. Replaced my mechanical lift pump about 3 years ag
Large Frame alternator in M25XP shemandr at 9:37am 01.13.24 In the current issue of SAIL Nigel Calder has a rather detailed article regarding charging of a LiFe
Replace Radar Kings Gambit at 9:32am 01.13.24
Inner metal structure on 28' Oday Question fourwhitesocks at 9:32am 01.13.24 @dmax Thank you for that! Agreed on not wanting to lose steering!
Espar hydronic heating system (1) dkinzer at 9:22am 01.13.24 there are 3 ball valves under the port settee I suspect that your installation has the valves to
60 best Boats 30' and under Kings Gambit at 8:55am 01.13.24
Seaward 25 taking on water. shemandr at 8:24am 01.13.24 I understand that the OP is green so I hope that this post will be taken as helpful. The salon bilge
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 David in Sandusky at 8:03am 01.13.24 If you cannot take the mast down, then you can loosen all of your stays the same number of turns, un

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