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Contoure built-in coffee machine (1) murrayabbott at 4:29pm 10.03.17 Big Boats 32/7811 141521 Hi. I have a hunter 45DS with a built in Contoure coffee machine. Well it just stopped workin
Repair and painting issues with Hunter 146 AliceMS at 4:16pm 10.03.17 Day Sailers 2/1281 I bought my H146 new in 2006 and all was great for the first 8 yrs or so. Last few years I've had to
Cut out Icebox, Install a Fridge? or?? (1) CoastLife at 2:56pm 10.03.17 Big Boats 29/6772 Hey guys, I know we were just talking about freezer boxes on H34's but I want your thoughts on opti
Loos Tension Gauges and 316 Stainless Steel Rigging Wire jviss at 9:03am 10.03.17 Ask All Sailors 13/5057 I noticed that Rigging Only uses 316 wire exclusively for boat rigging. At Rigging Only our yacht
Suggestions for northern Maine? Bfranchini at 8:35am 10.03.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/383 We are doing some fall camping in Bass Harbor near Mt desert Island and we are thinking of bringing
Faucet Rubber Gaskets Frank H at 7:41am 10.03.17 Catalina 310 4/1054 Hello Mates. Well I need your help again. I have a dripping faucet that turns on the pump randomly
Macerator rebuild kits? jonelli at 7:40am 10.03.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1338 Anyone know if this West Marine model macerator is compatible with any rebuild kit? One of the WM br
Navico Auto Pilot / Hood Furler question (2) Ward H at 6:10am 10.03.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1503 Looked at a 1987 boat yesterday which had a Navico auto pilot. Looked a bit bare bones and old yeste
Boat Command product uncledom at 6:05am 10.03.17 Ask All Sailors 0/351 I just installed a Boat Command system in my Hunter 41. It wasn't very hard and most functions of t
1987 Catalina 30 Compression Post / Port Questions (2) Ward H at 6:01am 10.03.17 Catalina 30 1/966 From my reading on the Catalina 30, 1987 was the last year of the wooden block encapsulated in FG un
New to Hunter forum - loving it! Dave Whitney at 5:57am 10.03.17 Smaller Boats 6/519 Hello all - I am new to this forum having just received my 1986 H-23 last year. We inherited our bo
How much movement in Swing Keel WindChill at 10:36pm 10.02.17 Catalina 22 27/5165 Hi! Just bought a 1975 Catalina 22. Was wondering how much wobble there is supposed to be in the s
400 Mk II mainsail DinghySailor at 9:52pm 10.02.17 Big Boats 3/1669 My search for a "performance-live aboard" (yes, an oxymoron) is now focused on the Catalina 400 Mk I
New sailor Cecilia Ve at 5:57pm 10.02.17 Ask All Sailors 30/2131 Hello, I am a new sailor and want to buy a boat to live in it and learn how to sail slowly. In 2-3 y
240 trailer brake upgrade caverun at 5:46pm 10.02.17 Smaller Boats 7/726 Both of the wheel cylinders on the original drum brakes on my '98 240 trailer are leaking. So before
1999 Hunter 340 Mast Height? Tall or Shortened? bamabaxter at 5:21pm 10.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1224 After some research, I found out that a shorter mast version of the H340 was made available which lo
Cleaning a inflatable aoversier at 4:46pm 10.02.17 Ask All Sailors 10/3487 I recently put my new inflatable in the boat yard for bottom paint. As expected it came back filthy
Selden In Mast Furling Main for Hunter 380 Tucsonsailor at 4:37pm 10.02.17 Big Boats 5/1074 Hi: Thanks for all who are helping me through my autopilot installation. I have finally settled on
Centerboard pins--where can I get? Ted Johnson at 4:32pm 10.02.17 Smaller Boats 3/610 For some reason Sailboat Owners store will not ship my Hunter 260 centerboard pins for another 2 wee
Solution for insufficient trailer tongue extension (2) Gene Neill at 3:54pm 10.02.17 Catalina 22 22/5028 The built-in extension on Daydream's trailer only adds 4' to the tongue, which is often not enough.

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Invest 92L WayneH at 7:59am 06.21.24 Technology: Being able to tell the wind is blowing 15-20 knots from starboard while moving forward a
Head treatment NYSail at 7:46am 06.21.24 Before putting boat up for winter I completely flush my black water tanks with fresh water a couple
Head treatment NYSail at 7:44am 06.21.24
Head treatment Project_Mayhem at 7:42am 06.21.24 I've tried some formeldahyde stuff that was so bad it stung my eyes when I opened the bottle, Odorlo
Life-Line Stanchions - Pulled Out - 2003 Hunter 326 JamesG161 at 7:31am 06.21.24 I fixed mine using a backing plate of 1/4 inch thick Starboard kind of like a Washer to spread the
Electrical panel backing board LloydB at 7:20am 06.21.24 "A low current instrument or device which can overheat with an internal short circuit should be prot
Is a whisker pole worth the cost chp at 6:31am 06.21.24 On the Forespar website they recommend the HD 6'-12'. I'm not sure if that is overkill. The HD is mo
Head treatment thinwater at 6:12am 06.21.24 Holding Tank Treatments More Holding Tanks Treatments Bactank T3 is very good. Camco TST Citrus is
Head treatment dlochner at 6:09am 06.21.24 I've been using Camco TST (Amazon link) with pretty good results. It helps to oxygenate the sewage t
Cat 28 MKII - Genoa Fred at 5:56am 06.21.24 I've had a chance to install and sail with my 150% Genoa. I needed to change out the jib sheets from
Life-Line Stanchions - Pulled Out - 2003 Hunter 326 (2) American_Mainsail at 5:50am 06.21.24 This same thing happened to my boat over the winter. We had a seriously windy winter here in the Nor
Is a whisker pole worth the cost kloudie1 at 5:47am 06.21.24 FORESPAR 6'-12' Telescoping Whisker Pole \| West Marine
Is a whisker pole worth the cost fred1diver at 5:36am 06.21.24 I personally love whisker poles, looking for one as well, at the moment I used my gaff as a reaching
260 trailer question caverun at 4:17am 06.21.24 Yes, Crazy Dave is correct- Magic Tilt used to list the Hunter water-ballast models on their sailboa
Life-Line Stanchions - Pulled Out - 2003 Hunter 326 jdrutten at 4:14am 06.21.24 For the snapped heads, i would remove the stanchion base in hopes of being able to grab the remainin
Anchor light bulb. Hunter Legend 40.5 1993 Terry Cox at 3:55am 06.21.24 The following LED bulb will likely fit your anchor light fixture. Double-Contact Indexed BAY15d 18-
260 trailer question Crazy Dave Condon at 3:54am 06.21.24 Cal Magic Tilte located in Florida. Road king quit making sailboat trailers
Anchor light bulb. Hunter Legend 40.5 1993 east coaster at 3:40am 06.21.24 If you go to the Catalina Owners website there is a link there to a generic but extensive list of le
B331 Bilge Pump electrical Issues Davidasailor26 at 3:29am 06.21.24 Trace the wires off the house bank and see if you can find one that goes to the pump. On the newer 3
Swing Keel clunking sound hitting boat jssailem at 10:37pm 06.20.24 The Santana 21 is a nice daysailer boat. The banging you hear is possibly the center board loose in

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