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Hunter 34 Refit, Cabin sole, Compression post and more (1) CoastLife at 9:00am 02.04.17 Big Boats 41/10750 Hello everyone. My names Chad. My wife Katie and I are refitting our newly acquired 1983 Hunter 34
Ignition Wiring Question (1) Kevin S at 8:50am 02.04.17 Mid-Size Boats 8/3515 Wondering if anyone can shed some light on this for me: I have a 1993 Catalina 270. I went to start
Hunter 41 Bow Thruster patrick17440 at 7:10am 02.04.17 Big Boats 8/1375 I plan on installing a bow thruster on my 2008 H41 DS and I do have the instructions from Hunter des
3QM30F Loyalist at 5:51am 02.04.17 Parts Search 7/697 Anyone have any rebuildable or unused parts please let me know. Thank You
Sharp Seapilot DMS1958 at 5:29am 02.04.17 Ask All Sailors 3/2007 I have a Sharp Seapilot on my 1979 Endeavour37A. I found a rather robust conceversation here from 20
Clean-out for a metal fresh water tank? ArkadiyS at 5:18am 02.04.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/506 i am thinking of installing a 5" - 6" clean-out / hatch on our fresh water tank. Looking to have ac
Spring cleats Matpearce at 1:33am 02.04.17 Catalina 310 8/1353 Hi I am planning on installing a track and track mounted cleats on the fiberglass toe rail I have s
Chainplates/bulkhead Carl Weathers at 6:51pm 02.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/2440 Hi all. Introductions are in order, I suppose, so here goes. Retired nurse here and sailor wannabe
How do you change a bulb in this cabin light? (1) evan709 at 6:36pm 02.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/855 Picture below is of one of the cabin lights in my 1993 Hunter 23.5. The bulb is burned out in one o
Mi Amor restoration (4) Skipperdan at 6:05pm 02.03.17 Chrysler 77/9790 I am new here so I thought I would introduce myself first. 58 year old retired from water treatment
Irwin 37 Sloop - advice! Tamboat at 5:32pm 02.03.17 Irwin 2/1695 We are in the process of buying a Ted Irwin 37 sloop , and welcome any advice from existing owners -
Yanmar transmission dipstick heritage at 3:29pm 02.03.17 Engines and Propulsion 11/7645 If you have a GM series yanmar with the kw tranny and your dipstick has the yellow plastic threads
Grounding to keel bolt help (1) tahoemark at 2:16pm 02.03.17 Ask All Sailors 22/6656 In cleaning the bilge of my J100 the ground wire became dislodged. I think it was already severed as
Can't find valves to sink in the head Lotte Lou at 9:55am 02.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1188 Morning everyone, Edited post* Thank you for the replies so far. I should have said that I have alr*
Hunter 320, 2001 tanks monitoring Mity at 9:32am 02.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/604 Hi, I would like to know if someone replaced their Holding tank and water tank monitoring system by
emergency tiller for transom hung rudder Jdlevey at 8:43am 02.03.17 Parts Search 0/595 Can anyone provide diagram or details for fabricating an emergency tiller for an Oday 280 with a tra
Oberdorfer pump questions pullark at 5:13am 02.03.17 Catalina 30 6/1253 Hi, My 1989 Catalina Mk11 is fitted with a M25XP engine and Oberdorfer raw water pump (cover gasket
Shore Power Joe Madden at 8:38pm 02.02.17 Catalina 30 13/2298 I'm a new Catalina 30 owner (1990), and I'm curious if I need to be doing something when I connect a
Water getting into v-berth lower storage compartment h34 Capt Robbie at 6:43pm 02.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/2148 Can't find where water is coming from that ends up in the bottom of the storage compartment in my 19
Traveler hardware advice (3) marke14 at 6:19pm 02.02.17 Ask All Sailors 11/3296 Hello everyone, We own a 25' sloop, a Universal Marine (St. Pete) Montego 25. It has a traveler tr

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Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 4:05pm 12.11.23 The forestay of the Catalina 315 is so close to the head that it might be considered a fractional
Swim platform question shemandr at 4:00pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Tom J at 3:55pm 12.11.23 Tom have you notice any differences in the boats handling with the davits and solar panel compared
Swim platform question Scott T-Bird at 3:19pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder i
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 3:16pm 12.11.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not specif
Swim platform question dlochner at 3:04pm 12.11.23 The transom of the sailboat was not designed to support the weight of a swim platform and an out sus
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 2:10pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Swim platform question (2) rgranger at 2:08pm 12.11.23 You would need a way to lift your OB. Otherwise, I'd worry that your OB would get swamped on a regu
Swim platform question ian260 at 1:42pm 12.11.23 I see why it makes sense for a powerboat. But I don't see how it would affect a sailboat? Sailboats
Swim platform question (1) thinwater at 1:29pm 12.11.23 Not for a sailboat. When powerboats mount motors back there, they are running on plane and the aft m
Compass deviation leo310 at 1:09pm 12.11.23 used to do compass swings on aircrafts and that took a few hours to make a deviation card. The probl
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 1:03pm 12.11.23 Because my Bavaria 34 is a sailboat with and engine
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! American_Mainsail at 12:44pm 12.11.23 Do you have a water tank on either side of the hull? Did you maybe drain one side thinking that you
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Shagdance at 12:43pm 12.11.23 Not sure if this will help you, but you could fabricate something like the davits I installed on my
Compass deviation (1) rgranger at 12:12pm 12.11.23 Thanks for that helpful post. Nice to see that at least someONE understands this difference betwee
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 11:58am 12.11.23 Why does your post have links to Cruisers' Forum?
Compass deviation dlochner at 11:37am 12.11.23 The North Star? Yes, Polaris is on the move. However given the distance from earth it will take s
Monoceros cabin sole monocerosin at 11:26am 12.11.23 These are great resources, thank you! I think I feel comfortable putting in a brace without tearing

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