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Searching for Solar Installers in Florida Pat Hooyman at 12:04pm 11.04.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/7 We have a 2007 Hunter 38 that we want to put solar panels on this December while the boat is in the
T4 vs T5 oil njlarry at 7:02pm 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 2/6065 Any difference between T4 vs T5 diesel engine oil. I have always used T4 15 40 wt before but WM only*
Fire Extinguisher Recall Hello Below at 9:58am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 40/4159 Primary manufacturer is Kidde but sold under many other names. https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t'rct=j
Replacement Rudder Alan Stephenson at 9:28am 11.03.17 Catalina 30 3/1214 The rudder on my Catalina30 mk3 TR is saturated and should be replaced or rebuilt. Has anyone used t
Boat Plumbing - Potable Water - Backflow Preventer Before Heater? (2) jviss at 8:24am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 35/5991 My previous boat had a backflow preventer between the pump and the water heater input. My current b
The Elissa...Who Knows About Her? (1) Simon Sexton at 7:21am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 30/2328 http://www.tallship-fan.de/images/segl543b.jpg Who knows their Nautical History?! Step right up an
Winterizing the Yanmar 1GM10 engine w/o starting? heath18703 at 1:52am 11.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2143 We usually winterize the engine by disconnecting the water intake line and running a gallon of antif
Raritan Phil won't flush in dry mode redhead78 at 12:11am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1697 Hey all havin a little trouble wf my head water in bowl won't flush in dry mode pump seems limp rea
1977 Venture 25 Hal P at 4:38pm 11.02.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/758 Question 1: Could someone post a picture of how the Canopy is held up or connected to the boat. Qu
H37C Accommodation Layout Change, too much? (1) cobright at 4:04pm 11.02.17 The Cherubini Hunters 21/2290 Skip ahead to the TL:DR to get to the meat of this... 6 months ago my wife asked what I thought abou
Shroud Cleat Project (8) Jacktar at 2:57pm 11.02.17 Catalina 22 29/6232 5 Ta dah ready to go to boat, and best of all check out the price143256 143257 Finally (I know h
Hunter 49 / 50 AC with 12kw generator problems artboas at 1:49pm 11.02.17 Big Boats 19/2083 Ok, so this is going to get a little technical. First of all, how many out there with 12kw FP genset
Raymarine ST60 plus package Voyager1 at 1:37pm 11.02.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/3779 I purchased my ODay 302 two months ago and the boat came with a raymarine ST 60 plus value electroni
Catalina 22 Cooler Step Options (1) brockway at 12:24pm 11.02.17 Catalina 22 9/4946 My Cat came with a blue cooler. Worked ok but not the best ice chest. I've got a 48qt Igloo Island
Port propane holder modified for a scuba tank Tucsonsailor at 10:21am 11.02.17 Big Boats 4/591 Hi All: I own a 380 Hunter. As you who own this boat know there are built in containers on the port
M25xp Oil plug washer size Ron Allen at 8:45am 11.02.17 Catalina 30 1/589 Hi I have a 1989 with a M25xp engine that has developed a small oil leak from the pan plug. What siz
Who Else Loves The Bruce Kirby Sonar?! (1) Simon Sexton at 8:38am 11.02.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1440 http://shumwaymarine.com/images/sonar/library/rolexUpwind.jpg
Cutter rigged foresails with two furlers cajon409 at 7:49am 11.02.17 Big Boats 2/618 I have a habit of looking for like Hunters for sale, love the heck out of mine, so just looking. Cam
Hunter 340 Windlass georgewd at 7:04am 11.02.17 Big Boats 5/3620 Hi All, I am contemplating adding a windlass to my 1998 Hunter 340. I know I will need to run wirin
Cold Weather Cruising ... JoeRickard at 6:45am 11.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 35/7376 I'm a Great Lakes sailor and have an Oceanis 45 (5th season). I'd like to prepare my boat for early

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What are these screw things called (1) rgranger at 10:03am 06.28.24 more than a dozen and get me a bigger rivet gun...
Invest 95L rgranger at 9:59am 06.28.24 I appreciate these forecasts. THNX!:beer:
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Ward H at 9:59am 06.28.24 If you go ahead and install the 7/16" check for excessive friction going through the fairleads to th
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit rgranger at 9:55am 06.28.24 Unfortunately the one in the images is too big. But I do have good access to get a backing plate i
Ablative bottom paint help (1) rgranger at 9:49am 06.28.24
What are these screw things called dLj at 9:08am 06.28.24 I've never found monel or stainless than difficult with a standard gun, if there are just a few. Us
What are these screw things called thinwater at 8:28am 06.28.24 I've never found monel or stainless than difficult with a standard gun, if there are just a few. Use
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 8:13am 06.28.24 Item 2. I had a look at the line I removed from the sailboat which kept jamming. It was roughly 8mm
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance jssailem at 7:32am 06.28.24 I had a look at the line I removed ...... kept jamming. Was the previous owner clueless and put th
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. JoeWhite at 7:26am 06.28.24 When you look up the mast, does the wind rotate the cups? Does the tail line up with the wind? They
Ablative bottom paint help sailcapt340 at 7:19am 06.28.24
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit wimbledan at 7:03am 06.28.24 Unfortunately the one in the images is too big. But I do have good access to get a backing plate in
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Scott T-Bird at 6:28am 06.28.24 So it appears that the previous owner put a Unit 3 on the boat when he didn't really need it to be t
Search Beautiful Womans in your city for night 3GGG at 5:54am 06.28.24 Does she have a sailboat?
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. LakeOntario270 at 4:43am 06.28.24
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance Marmalade at 4:33am 06.28.24 The manual you linked is for a Unit 3... I don't know your boat, but based on the picture, doesn't l
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance dlochner at 3:46am 06.28.24 7/16" llne is rather beefy line for a Furler, 5/16" is more typical. Line diameters are nominal, th
Identify this brand/model hatch ? Leeward Rail at 11:35pm 06.27.24 Found the mfg. Atkins Hoyle. It's an older version of the "XR200 Offshore" Atkins Hoyle can rebuild
Ablative bottom paint help Ralph Johnstone at 9:25pm 06.27.24 I had purchased two, one gallon cans of West Marine CPP Plus which I've found is ideal for my area.
Bristol 24 external chainplates and traveler install SV Gutsy Lady at 9:00pm 06.27.24 Hello at DMSea! Sorry I missed your message from March. The bulkhead replacement went very well and

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