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Autopilot for Hunter 380 Tucsonsailor at 10:06am 09.24.17 Big Boats 6/1412 I just purchased a Hunter 380 and wish to put an autopilot in it. Have gotten ridiculous prices from
Yanmar 3GM30 in 1981 Hunter 30 duncanew at 3:36pm 09.23.17 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1137 Does anyone know if a Yanmar 3GM30 will fit in a 1981 Hunter 30 as a replacement for the 2GM? Any p
Found close color match gelcoat sreidvt at 2:49pm 09.23.17 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2475 This may be old news to many on this forum but... In the process of rebuilding the poptop on my 1974
Is this really accurate? (1) Kermit at 2:31pm 09.23.17 Sails Call Lounge 27/2059 Seriously. Answer honestly. Is this accurate?
Vacuum Guage (1) thaeni at 10:07am 09.23.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/609 I have a 3GM30F. The photo shows the vacuum at idle. The filter (R12) is new. Does the vacuum seem h
Vacuum Guage (1) thaeni at 9:35am 09.23.17 Ask All Sailors 4/737 I have a 3gm30f. The attached photo shows the vacuum at idle. The filter is new. Does vacuum reading
Hunter 260 - Big Problems - Water Ballast? Tyler Rippel at 7:11am 09.23.17 Smaller Boats 110/25723 Water ballast - big problems! My family was staying on our 260 last night and all was fine. I woke
Keel winch drum size a real issue? Megaro76 at 6:41am 09.23.17 Catalina 22 13/1946 So from other previous posting, you may know that I am replacing the keel cable, brass pivot ball, a
Oday 23 TRAILER MEASUREMENTS gjaffess at 4:20am 09.23.17 Ask An Oday Owner 0/10 DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ODAY 23 ON A TRAILER? I NEED MEASUREMENTS TO MODIFY A MOTOR BOAT TRAILER FOR MY
'72 Oday 22 (original interior) carpet, also bilge access Love and Luck at 9:00pm 09.22.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/597 My 1972 original interior (dinette table ' seats on port side) is carpeted, hard blue carpet really
Raw Water Pump Seal - Yanmar GM series Charles Erwin at 4:50pm 09.22.17 Engines and Propulsion 8/1029 Vendors in my area do not have the water seal in the right size for these pumps. The measurements a
Mast head rigging for symmetrical kite/spinnakeron a 26S Juan Maritime at 3:09pm 09.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/871 The fractional rig spinnaker on the 26S is too small (in my opinion) to make the whole exercise suff
Big and Long or Small and Simple? 4arch at 12:20pm 09.22.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/680
Newport 28 stay cable tension AKsailboater at 11:10am 09.22.17 Newport 17/2362 I recently have become the caretaker of a Newport 28. I am looking for a good starting point for th
Ideal windlass (5) All U Get at 10:43am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1657 141126 141127 141128 141129 141130 Hi all, I finally got the windlass back aboard. We had Schaef
Steak Saver Propane Adapter jviss at 9:19am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1771 My new vessel has a dual, 11 lb. tank propane locker, but only came with one tank, and is plumbed fo
Den Haan Trawler Lamp (1) jviss at 7:22am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 35/4921 Anyone else have this lamp? It's really beautiful, and bright. It really lights up the whole cabin
A couple of Catalina 30 questions Ward H at 6:49am 09.22.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 36/8095 After a Catalina 30 Mark II caught my eye I started reading up on them. Then a couple of days ago my
McLube OneDrop (1) Justin_NSA at 6:16am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 24/7787 Ball Bearing conditioner. Anyone use the stuff? I won a couple small applicator bottles in the 2017
Playing With Drone (1) kloudie1 at 4:25am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 25/1985 Was out playing with a friend's drone and noted how neat these things are for looking at things .. W

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Help with wiring for new engine shemandr at 5:15am 06.19.24 Why does it need to be on the pedestal?
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? (1) dlochner at 5:06am 06.19.24 Aloha, I'm sorry but I don't have any good news for you. before it sinks. Yesterday would not be
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Jim Legere at 3:35am 06.19.24 That looks bad in the pictures. The stuffing box looks like its almost out of the hose connecting it
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Davidasailor26 at 3:19am 06.19.24 There could be a few things going on here. From the picture it looks to me like the engine could be
Missing Reef Hook? danstanford at 2:17am 06.19.24 My boat has the same gooseneck and the reefing line goes up to the reef point on the luff then back
Missing Reef Hook? Windpilot at 8:53pm 06.18.24 I know nothing about your 280, but on my 410 those 2 lines coming out of the sheaves on the top of t
Can it be repaired? JY14 stickinthemud57 at 8:07pm 06.18.24 Just saw this thread and yes, Plexus is the preferred repair material for Luran (i.e. Hunter 170) an
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 7:26pm 06.18.24 It's ACP plastic over foam and fiberglass, so not a typical repair, the manufacturer recommends usi
Can it be repaired? JY14 murray1113 at 6:56pm 06.18.24 It's ACP plastic over foam and fiberglass, so not a typical repair, the manufacturer recommends usin
Identify this brand/model hatch ? PaulK at 6:44pm 06.18.24 Don't know who made your hatch, though it looks like it might be a Bomar. Several of your hatch's fe
Can it be repaired? JY14 shemandr at 6:24pm 06.18.24 Sorry, I missed that it is a JY 14 which I think is roto-molded. Not as repairable.
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 6:22pm 06.18.24
Can it be repaired? JY14 shemandr at 6:19pm 06.18.24 Sorry I can't get a clear idea about the crack from the pictures. The first one doesn't seem that
Can it be repaired? JY14 Tally Ho at 6:15pm 06.18.24 I would think that if you clean up the area really well (sand and get down to solid fiberglass on ea
CNG Tank Terry Cox at 6:07pm 06.18.24 Any advice? Check with one of your local gas suppliers and ask them where they have their tanks re
H44 port setee modification. wyctoronto at 5:57pm 06.18.24
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners Crazy Dave Condon at 5:28pm 06.18.24 I will be off line Wednesday and Thursday morning. Before doing that we need to talk. Did you fi
H44 port setee modification. dlochner at 5:00pm 06.18.24 On my not-a-Hunter I use a seat similar to this on the settee. Works pretty well and it can be moved
Parts for Boston Harpoon dlochner at 4:55pm 06.18.24 Try Rigrite.com they may be difficult to deal with, however they are often the only game in town. If
CNG Tank dlochner at 4:50pm 06.18.24

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