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Rain in port lazerath of Hunter 23 and under floor boards scott hall at 9:58pm 11.12.17 Ask All Sailors 2/331 I have a Hunter 23 which is on a trailer and I keep seeing water in port lazarth where I keep batter
Garmin Data Card Programmer for older chartplotters (2) Rich Stidger at 4:10pm 11.12.17 Ask All Sailors 4/2746 Has anyone successfully installed the old Garmin proprietary Data Card Programmer software with eith
Replacing Sanitation Hose on 2004 Hunter 36 (3) johnstillo at 4:06pm 11.12.17 Big Boats 12/4787 I own a 2004 Hunter 36. Before attempting to replace my head and sanitary hoses, I searched SailBoat
23.5 Thru-hull fitting sizes/upgrades BranThomps at 3:45pm 11.12.17 Smaller Boats 13/2597 Hi! New owner of a 1993 23.5 and I'm going through the boat to make it ready to launch. I was cleani
DeWalt 18V Power Tool Batteries jviss at 1:47pm 11.12.17 Sails Call Lounge 11/2312 My son's two batteries won't charge. I was about to apply a rejuvenation therapy to them, but then
Engine raw water siphon break (1) Skipper at 12:01pm 11.12.17 Ask All Sailors 7/2452 I'm troubleshooting a reduced raw water flow issue - other thread. Started wondering again about the
Hunter 41DS Shower Drain (2) gfrazzle at 10:54am 11.12.17 Big Boats 7/1209 I think I have a loose connection or split hose on the drain under the aft shower floor. The shower
Can the 50.1 meet USCG Criterion for inspected vessel? JoeRickard at 9:48am 11.12.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1420 Has anyone out there looked into having a Beneteau 50.1 meet USCG Criterion for inspected vessel?
"Anti-Osmosis Protection Paint" Lee Hadjiosif at 7:44am 11.12.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1034 Looking to buy a 7 year old 42' Jeanneau Sun Odyssey. One of the comments in the listing is "Anti-os
Covering boat for winter NYSail at 5:51am 11.12.17 Ask All Sailors 33/5558 so with new boat I am getting ready to put her to bed. Figure I will have a cover made next year so
LIPO BATTERIES SVEN MARTINEZ at 1:42am 11.12.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/3470 Hi Folks, Question on using LIPO's for house bank. Anyone have experience they can share?
Barlow winch designations/model numbers Robert Weiss-Malik at 7:58pm 11.11.17 Cal 4/6827 My Cal 24 T/4 has a pair of Barlow winches that are stamped with the number "18" designation. These
Artistic Flair to Companionway Hatch Boards: Very lengthy project post (20) Will Gilmore at 6:58pm 11.11.17 Day Sailers 34/7255 New Companionway Boards Repost from the Mariner Class Association Web site's Maintenance and Restor
1982 Newport fixed portlights (2) MitchK at 5:18pm 11.11.17 Newport 0/661 Got a question for you owners of N28's. The fixed portlight on mine leak a bit, and I would like to
How long mixing elbows last/reduced flow (1) Skipper at 4:54pm 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 18/1830 -update 11/13 below- How long do mixing elbows last? Mine in 6 years old. About 300 hours. Looks new
Steaming light Pompadi at 4:51pm 11.11.17 Catalina 309 Group Forum 5/1539 Our Steaming light has blown, does anyone know the size of the light bulb for the steaming light on
Raritan PHii pump rebuild Sefuller at 3:13pm 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 27/6340 I needed to rebuild the pump on our PHii, and was surprised that I could not find any videos documen
Keel bolts (2) Voyager1 at 12:58pm 11.11.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1157 when my boat was hulled out for the winter I noticed a 1/8 inch or so crack around the keel. I torqu
Marking jib sheet position danstanford at 11:14am 11.11.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 17/5035 Having never done this, I am thinking through the implications of marking my jib sheet for a beat so
Tarp v. Custom Canvas Winter Cover Tyler Rippel at 10:59am 11.11.17 Smaller Boats 22/8124 I am behind schedule on getting a couple things fixed and covering my boat for winter, but I recentl

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2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? justsomeguy at 7:11pm 06.29.24 I bought a can of R134a and a hose for about $50-60 bucks and recharged my fridge myself. Not diffic
Stripped Wench Base Screw rgranger at 7:09pm 06.29.24
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) dlochner at 7:06pm 06.29.24 1404 is a cleat for a Danforth style anchor. The wedge slides into it. One caveat, it seems to be pl
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... rgranger at 7:03pm 06.29.24 "and then pop in new [ Monel rivets". Don't use stainless or aluminum. Thanks for the assist:ton
Simrad RS35, HS35 not connecting JoeK at 7:01pm 06.29.24 I have not done any firmware updates. Do they happen automatically? How would I update the hand set?
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 6:37pm 06.29.24 No its not wired backwards, this system worked flawlessly for 3 years and for some strange reason l
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Kupe at 6:15pm 06.29.24 Thanks gang! Got back to the boat today with more time to dig into this. The unit is a NovaKool
Need help recognizing items on my boat Sanfelice at 6:14pm 06.29.24 The second picture is an anchor mount for Danforth type anchors
Stripped Wench Base Screw jssailem at 5:35pm 06.29.24 Somehow over the years one of the screws that hold our main sail wench to the hull has given way to
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator (1) jssailem at 5:27pm 06.29.24 Do you have the shunt properly wired? spect you could get a negative amp reading.
Hull flex question Hunter 23 1986 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24pm 06.29.24 The boat is a 23 wing keel. I am waiting on some photos and will report back soon
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port (2) jssailem at 5:14pm 06.29.24 Try motoring up to six or seven knots and slipping into neutral. Good chance that the pull to port
Downsizing to a 260 Ward H at 5:12pm 06.29.24 This is where a Stack pack is worth every penny. We struggled with flaking our new heavy stiff main
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... dLj at 5:11pm 06.29.24 OK, but that really wasn't the point. The magnet trick makes fishing a messenger easy, but you hav
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port heritage at 5:03pm 06.29.24 Try motoring up to six or seven knots and slipping into neutral. Good chance that the pull to port
Need help recognizing items on my boat DayDreamer41 at 5:01pm 06.29.24 Hi All, Hope your day is going well. I've figured out most of my boat. I have a Dufour 34 from 197
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) jssailem at 5:01pm 06.29.24 Your Dufour 34 is a mast head rig. e back stay tensioner. Study how to trim your sails using the adj
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 4:56pm 06.29.24 Your clamp meter should have an arrow that needs to be oriented in the normal direction of current
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? gfrazzle at 4:45pm 06.29.24 I had mine recharged for around $200. Still works great 3 years later. A new system was going to co
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator heritage at 4:45pm 06.29.24 Your clamp meter should have an arrow that needs to be oriented in the normal direction of current f

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