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Do you have Fishing stories? (1) Ken Cross at 6:28am 06.06.17 Sails Call Lounge 37/2051 Have you a good sailboat fishing story? Unfortunately, I have no great story for this picture excep
Refrigerator Recharging Kit Big Red at 5:49am 06.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/515 We have a Waeco refrigerator. After reading several posts, it seems to be a good idea to purchase a
What are these? Symmetrical underside patterns near keel (1) SeanP at 3:55am 06.06.17 Mid-Size Boats 3/961 I have just had my newly-acquired H31 1986 hauled for bottom paint. I noted these strange, but regul
Forward show drain Joe Wienecke at 6:27pm 06.05.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1089 I have a 2005 41 DS. There is a forward head/shower. The drain in the floor drains to a space unde
Help & Information needed for my Sirius rebuild for retirement use tomp at 6:27pm 06.05.17 Sirius 21/22 6/1795 I have purchased my first 21 foot sailboat.Sirius It appears this boat sat more than it was used. I
Help & Information needed for my Sirius rebuild for retirement use tomp at 6:17pm 06.05.17 Sirius 21/22 0/709 I have purchased my first 21 foot sailboat.Sirius I removed everything
How to burp air out of cooling system Yanmar 2gm20f? Jecemis at 5:02pm 06.05.17 Engines and Propulsion 9/4696 Hi all ~ Is there an easy way to burp out air that may be in the coolant system? I'm having an issu
Whats the Status of the Marina in Marathon With the Fire? Rick Webb at 2:20pm 06.05.17 Ask All Sailors 2/375 Hope it looks worse than it actually is.
water in rudder repeter at 1:15pm 06.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 8/2280 Re: Hunter 33.5 (vintage 1994). Upon commissioning earlier this month, I noticed that the wad of lar
Isotherm Smart Energy Controller (SEC) question (1) Jackdaw at 1:06pm 06.05.17 Musings With Maine Sail 23/8155 @Maine Sail, (or anyone else), After quite a bit of research, I'm adding an Isotherm GE 80S Compac
What strength power washer. DAVA390 at 12:33pm 06.05.17 Ask All Sailors 29/7605 Recently borrowed my brother's electric Power washer to clean the boat.2000 psi. Satified with resul
Hot Water Tank Leak mattinva at 11:54am 06.05.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/3142 Has anybody had experience with hot water tank leaks on Hunter? I emptied the tank last fall, bypas
Transom Shower 311 Model Bob Cowan at 11:22am 06.05.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1197 I have a 311, and I don,t see a place on the transom to select hot or cold water for the shower. All
Whisker poll Bob Cowan at 11:16am 06.05.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1064 Anyone know what length whisker poll i need for a Beneteau 311 with a 110 geni?
Mast wiring tgrass462 at 9:58am 06.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 10/1948 We will be dropping the mast on our 2008 Catalina 320. How do you access the mast wiring to disconn
Join the Lake Norman Catalina Owners FB Group mhamilton64 at 9:58am 06.05.17 Catalina 30 0/562 If you sail your Catalina on Lake Norman, NC, please consider joining this FB group. We are plannin
Jib furler on 25.5 (1) Zephyr-Jeffer at 9:38am 06.05.17 Smaller Boats 33/2251 Launched my boat last thursday and have been sorting thorough the running rigging since. I've attach
Somebody's gotta be first (1) bawlmer at 9:11am 06.05.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1588 Half of our marina was torn up and replaced this last year. It was lots of relocation and playing mu
Tough Prop issue Pat T at 8:14am 06.05.17 Ask All Sailors 20/2682 This issue took place over the past few years. I am puzzled. I had Kiwi prop for a few years when I
Simpson Lawrence Horizon 1500 3/8 G-4 Chain Gypsy sailorskier at 7:56am 06.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/3258 I have a 2004 Hunter Passage 456 with a Simpson Lawrence Horizon 1500 windlass. I am in need of a 3

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Could use some help! higgs at 9:18pm 06.24.24 Pulling the mast on that boat should be easy with a mast crane. It would be a good opportunity to i
No more vroom vroom? higgs at 9:11pm 06.24.24 You don't say how little your engine is or its brand. If you have been using ethanol gas (premium n
Yanmar 20gm starting issue higgs at 9:04pm 06.24.24 Where are you setting your throttle?
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments higgs at 9:01pm 06.24.24 Rain?
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments rgranger at 7:24pm 06.24.24
Flickering House Lights dlochner at 6:53pm 06.24.24 YES - Corrosion was on light in the head---- It seems that it fried the wires between the head and
Flickering House Lights Davidasailor26 at 6:30pm 06.24.24 YES - Corrosion was on light in the head---- It seems that it fried the wires between the head and
Okd J24 traveler repair (1) JRacer at 6:20pm 06.24.24 That's a Harken windward sheeting car. Contact Harken. Here is a pic. Not sure if they can provide p
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments JoeWhite at 6:09pm 06.24.24 On my c36, I found leaky windlass shaft seals were the source of the water reaching the bilge locati
Removing ceiling light Rich Stidger at 5:15pm 06.24.24 IIRC, you give a CCW twist to remove.
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 5:14pm 06.24.24 Yeah thats really messed up when they do crap like that. I have found a few Friday at 5:00 construc
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments Scott T-Bird at 4:53pm 06.24.24 You'll have to describe in more detail the circumstances under which you find water. After rain eve
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 4:52pm 06.24.24 Not threaded. You're right, that explains why there were only nuts and washers with no backing plat
Flickering House Lights jssailem at 4:49pm 06.24.24 Man that is a bugger. :banghead:What were they thinking.
Looking for used bow pulpit for a 1983 CAL 35 MKII jssailem at 4:46pm 06.24.24
Looking for used bow pulpit for a 1983 CAL 35 MKII (2) jssailem at 4:44pm 06.24.24 While the manufacturing group differed the hull specs and the bow pulpit look remarkably similar. I
Okd J24 traveler repair Sailor Sue at 4:30pm 06.24.24 After being docked over a particularly windy period, the shackle on my traveler seems to have poppe
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. KCofKC at 4:08pm 06.24.24 Things to consider, a new CDI is about $700, you will give up some pointing ability the larger the h
ABYC wire identification question? shemandr at 3:48pm 06.24.24 For a change they may praise that PO!
Push button switch for starter (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:02pm 06.24.24 I see your 25amp fuse between the relay and the alternator. is that a blade fuse? Just a glass fu

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