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Hunter Passage 450 Volvo Instrument Panel/VDO Tachometer Chuck Cohen at 12:44pm 07.30.17 Engines and Propulsion 1/912 Our 20 yr old, original tachometer died last week. It's a VDO. Volvo part #873660 and VDO #N02070009
Bearing buddies on my 2005 146 trailer SFKjeld at 10:54am 07.30.17 Day Sailers 11/1288 This is the original trailer. Like to put bearing buddies on it. I have no documentation on the trai
Happy Birthday Woodster! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:47am 07.30.17 Ask All Sailors 10/962 May God grant you the senility to forget the people you never liked anyway, the good fortune to run
H35.5 Legend Bilge Pump Operation (1) Kgatesma at 7:30am 07.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/890 Is there a switch somewhere to manually activate the bilge pump or is it automatic? There is about
Bilge pump switch 35.5 Kgatesma at 4:59am 07.30.17 Big Boats 3/524 Is there a bilge pump manual switch somewhere on a Hunter 35.5? Are the buttons on the battery co
Ben Huff Sailing Wrangler David in Sandusky at 4:57am 07.30.17 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2020 Ben Huff docked his Cherubini Hunter 30 next to us this spring. Turns out he is getting ready to sol
H35.5: Head not getting water Kgatesma at 4:56am 07.30.17 Big Boats 5/526 On a Hunter 35.5: The PO says the water to the head is shut off. Is there a valve somewhere that t
Air conditioner wet filter twx at 6:45pm 07.29.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/946 Wondering if anyone has heard of the acceptability (or not) of putting something in the AC wet filte
Wanting to buy a 310 Mirwin at 5:19pm 07.29.17 Catalina 310 7/1200 Hi everyone.... I am new to the forum. My husband and I are interested in buying a 310. We currently
Genset.... is bigger always better/needed NYSail at 5:07pm 07.29.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1578 hello all, So into my summer with new boat (beneteau 423). We have 2 air conditioning units, refrig,
Companionway door springs Wedgie at 4:36pm 07.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/921 I have an ongoing problem with the companionway door springs on my Hunter 2007 45CC, One or both of
Hello Again CaptKimble at 2:38pm 07.29.17 Ask All Sailors 2/266 Hi everyone. I lost my account information somehow. I was logged on as Kelmore. I waited and waited
Water tank sensors mjmercer19248 at 1:22pm 07.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 9/941 Replaced the level sensors about 4 years ago. Within a year they stopped working. When I pulled them
What is this thing and what does it do and where can I get another? (1) Nodak7 at 11:56am 07.29.17 Big Boats 17/2007 What is this thing and what does it do and where can I get another? I just completed a solar panel i
amperage on Hunter 420 tadd5181 at 11:36am 07.29.17 Big Boats 5/678 I ruined my shore power Y adaptor (maybe sometimes called a pig tail I think). I found that amperag
Compression post leaking Razor Ray at 10:29am 07.29.17 Seidelmann 0/1191 I'm the proud owner of a 1985 Seidelmann 295CB, and hoping someone can offer help with this issue. B
Windspeed instrument ST160 Clydo at 10:09pm 07.28.17 Catalina 310 12/3136 My windspeed doesn't work even though replaced with new transducer. Need to measure voltage from "b
4jh2e first oil change... VanIslandGuy at 8:34pm 07.28.17 Big Boats 5/3829 I've just done the first for me oil change on our H410. We ran the engine until the oil was good an
Hunter 50 ST-60 Tridata Wiring (2) SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:53pm 07.28.17 Big Boats 3/699 I am in the process of trying to install an ST60 Wind Instrument above the companionway on my boat w
Good to be back, looking for anything on Capital Yachts keysskipper at 6:47pm 07.28.17 Ask All Sailors 5/505 Ahoy again, after a long hiatus due to a bad scooter accident on Key West we are back on Sailboatown

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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
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 4:02pm 06.29.24 Check the wiring on the shunt. There is a battery side and a load side, reverse them and the readin
Invest 92L Johann at 3:59pm 06.29.24 I knew about the drop sondes. But I was looking at the recon map and there are wind barbs from wher
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator dlochner at 3:56pm 06.29.24 Check the wiring on the shunt. There is a battery side and a load side, reverse them and the reading
Stripped Wench Base Screw Don S/V ILLusion at 3:44pm 06.29.24 I emailed my son for a photo... Of the wench or the winch? The former might be more entertaining.
Stripped Wench Base Screw fiatlux at 3:20pm 06.29.24 I emailed my son for a photo...
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 3:20pm 06.29.24 Hurricane Beryl It is small and compact moving West at 23 mph. The Hurricane Hunters heading to th
Stripped Wench Base Screw Justin_NSA at 3:18pm 06.29.24 You're sure it's not thru-bolted? That would be strange to just be screwed in.
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Justin_NSA at 3:15pm 06.29.24 I had mine recharged for around $200. Still works great 3 years later. A new system was going to cos

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