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Ocean and heavy weather sailing Susan Roller at 12:11pm 10.10.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/4709 We've just been to a seminar where a speaker said Hunter sailboats are worthless for ocean and heavy
Yanmar 3GM30F Anti Siphon Valve Raw Water Discharge Geoff E at 11:50am 10.10.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2290 I have a connection on the raw water discharge from the heat exchanger outlet to the exhaust and it
Long track All U Get at 11:05am 10.10.17 Ask All Sailors 10/725 Hi all, We were sailing on Long Island Sound and I was doing some practice with the chart plotter w
Use backstay to control forestay tension with furling mast? danstanford at 9:16am 10.10.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 29/8135 My boat has a furling main and a non-adjustable back stay so I assume the mast is not intended to be
Converting from CNG to Propane BobHorn at 8:20am 10.10.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 23/7335 Considering a '86 40' Legend. Looks good except for CNG stove. Has anyone experience with converting
Cleaning textured walls of 1992 33.5 MommaOf3 at 6:20pm 10.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/556 We are the owners of a new to us 1992 Hunter. The walls could use a good cleaning (not moldy just ne
Atlantic towers avankirk at 5:29pm 10.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/51 Installed on 466 no problem Used cherry picker ( rental 20 a day) Assemble dry and adjust according
Boat weight? marchem at 4:42pm 10.09.17 Catalina 310 52/6458 We hauled our boat today for a bottom job. The weight readout on the lift was 16,000 lbs. Someone
GMC /Chevy Colorado/Canyon DAVA390 at 4:05pm 10.09.17 Trailer Sailors 21/2753 Has any one ever pulled a 5000 pound (Precision 23) boat with one? Thinking about switching out my S
SeaDek cockpit in a C22 (1) CloudDiver at 3:21pm 10.09.17 Catalina 22 26/6298 Hey everyone... I know I have been a bit absent lately. Since Photobucket pulled their hostage scam
Repowering 1982 28ft ODay O Happy Day at 3:13pm 10.09.17 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2318 My 28 ft. ODay has a Universal Atomic 11hp diesel (5411) and has been salt water cooled for the past
Refrigeration Issue Hunter 380 Tucsonsailor at 2:55pm 10.09.17 Big Boats 2/739 Ran into some issues with my refrigeration. Had a guy look at it. The compressor goes on and then
Finally!!!!! (2) Brian D at 2:17pm 10.09.17 SSB and Ham Operators 13/1708 If you remember from last year I built a box for my SSB? If not, here is an image of that project.
water getting into cabin ryansk at 1:49pm 10.09.17 Ask All Sailors 4/537 I have a 1993 Hunter 27 with the inboard Yanmar diesel. I've noticed after a hard rain, water collec
Hunter 340 Shower Sump!!! Need to see some pics!! bamabaxter at 1:49pm 10.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2261 If you have installed a shower sump on your 340, please send me pictures. I am about to install one
1980 Hunter 37 Cherubini Kanzaki KH18 Transmission cmonroe54 at 12:52pm 10.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1210 I'm having some work done on my power train (fly wheel to prop) and the mechanic is asking for specs
Help identifying a Raymarine wind system (1) sdemore at 12:40pm 10.09.17 Ask All Sailors 17/5110 I picked up a project boat ('73 C'C 30 MK1) to learn about sailboats and sailing. It has instrument
Tranny problem Clydo at 12:15pm 10.09.17 Catalina 310 5/899 Anyone ever had this problem? At 1500 rpm hear "moderate grinding" noise in forward gear. Any othe
Are you prepared for a fire? Justin_NSA at 8:42am 10.09.17 Ask All Sailors 39/3013 Just got a feature newsletter from Practical Sailor on fire extinguishers. I confess, I don't check
Winning one for us old farts.... (1) Jackdaw at 7:37am 10.09.17 Ask All Sailors 5/643 Last weekend WYC held our big J/24 U-gotta regatta.... made even bigger because this year it was an

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Insurance Burdette at 12:22pm 05.13.24 Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help.
Insurance dlochner at 12:03pm 05.13.24 I've used BoatUS insurance which is currently underwritten by GEICO for 40 years. I always found the
Insurance Burdette at 12:01pm 05.13.24 Thanks!
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Insurance Burdette at 11:55am 05.13.24 The survey was on January 27, 2023. We got our copy in May of 2023.
Insurance dmax at 11:54am 05.13.24 Progressive is decent for a big company. They didn't require a survey from me.
Insurance kappykaplan at 11:52am 05.13.24 Can the survey be used if the insurance company needs one? How recent is the survey? I have insur
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 desodave at 11:19am 05.13.24 We had an 2005 H38 with the E-W berth and didn't like it for the mentioned reasons. I built a remov
12v breaker panel wiring question dlochner at 10:55am 05.13.24 The grounding wire (bare, green or green with yellow stripe and normally non-current carrying) shou
12v breaker panel wiring question domer94 at 10:26am 05.13.24 john , since the "dc neg" and "grounding buss" as labeled on the panel bars are isolated, i will jus
12v breaker panel wiring question jssailem at 10:20am 05.13.24 i have has a neg buss that goes to "DC neg" and another buss right next to it that goes to "DC grou
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 Project_Mayhem at 9:59am 05.13.24 hahaahah. I finished my repair, went to place the window down in my shop and it slid sideways, hit
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (2) anelso29 at 9:28am 05.13.24
Its funny Friday! Ralph Johnstone at 8:53am 05.13.24 I finely set the timer for the oven An electric oven which explodes like a gas oven. What will t
Refrigerator/Solar Timm R Oday25 at 8:49am 05.13.24 The Camco's offering looks tempting . I am not finding any amperage draw rating..
Refrigerator/Solar DArcy at 8:36am 05.13.24 It would be good to know the brand and model of fridge. There are some that run on either 110v AC or
Selden in-mast furler halyard car won't go up DRhoads at 8:27am 05.13.24 Not knowing where your car is jamming, I can just relate what happened to me and hope it helps. On m
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 CaptainCr3ative at 8:07am 05.13.24 I cracked one, repaired it, swore I wouldn't drop the second window, dropped it twice and it ended
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 Project_Mayhem at 7:51am 05.13.24
Refrigerator/Solar east coaster at 7:48am 05.13.24 In my case I have the three prong 500 controller which alternates between ac/DC with AC being firs

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