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Replacing a Damaged Push Button Breaker (1) dkinzer at 1:49pm 04.08.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/488 I was finishing up the installation of a Blue Sea automatic charge relay today and as I went to put
1993 Hunter Passage 42 needs keel and rudder SailorShaggy at 12:38pm 04.08.23 Big Boats 0/7 My 1993 Hunter Passage 42 was blown off its jack stands last weekend visibly damaging my keel and ru
1993 Hunter Passage 42 needs keel and rudder SailorShaggy at 12:36pm 04.08.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/7 My 1993 Hunter Passage 42 was blown off its jack stands last weekend visibly damaging my keel and ru
1993 Hunter Passage 42 needs rudder and keel SailorShaggy at 12:28pm 04.08.23 Ask All Sailors 22/1535 My Hunter 93 Passage 42 was blown off its jack stands last weekend visibly damaging my keel and rudd
Can anyone help identify the make/ model of this 27' cutter sailboat? (4) Seattle Sail Gal at 12:25pm 04.08.23 Ask All Sailors 8/865 Hello sailing gurus, I have the opportunity to bid on this estate sale, auction sailboat in a couple
DC Air Conditioner Clarke Prescott at 11:10am 04.08.23 Ask All Sailors 1/319
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement (1) Gnomeastay at 9:20am 04.08.23 Parts Search 5/1216 Hey Everyone - I have a little Escape Rumba ( see picture - it's not my picture but it shows the b
Yanmar 4JH2E - Where do these wires attach (2) smokey73 at 7:18am 04.08.23 Ask All Sailors 4/917 While searching around for my tach sensor I found this connection with 2 wires not connected to anyt
Corrosion on boomkicker (2) markbl at 6:43am 04.08.23 Ask All Sailors 11/478 I have bought a Beneteau Oceanis 361 from 1999 last year and found massive corrosion on the boomkick
Schenker Zen 30 watermakee FBD at 4:09am 04.08.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1504 Hello I bought the above watermaker and had it professionally installed about four months ago. For t
Companionway replacing pen boards for easy access while cruising Crusty Ol Salt at 7:37pm 04.07.23 Ask All Sailors 19/1399 Doing some pondering tonight... Kind of thinking ahead. What do you use to close you companion way
Pacific Northwest Cruise 2010 Terry Cox at 4:25pm 04.07.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 3/1012 The attached video was created a few years ago, a compilation of those best video clips from previou
Adding midship gates on a 1996 H336 capseaquel at 1:17pm 04.07.23 Ask All Sailors 6/378 Adding midship gates on a 1996 H33
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 geoffschultz at 11:47am 04.07.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1000 I'm in Belize trying to help a new cruiser by supplying them with routes in Belize. I have the rout
Weather for Masters looks terrific. jssailem at 8:21am 04.07.23 Sails Call Lounge 5/685 Masters 2023 has begun.
Bilge drain holes on Hunter keels? murrayabbott at 5:43am 04.07.23 Big Boats 5/732 I have a 2011 Hunter 45DS. We are in fresh water. We are getting a rust spot high on the back edge o
lines (1) Suri at 5:45pm 04.06.23 Ask All Sailors 8/650 Can someone please explain what the XLS, or TRO means when describing the hank you in advance.
Marlow Hunter 37 Stern Endcap Crack (1) wilschmidt1 at 2:25pm 04.06.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/658 Has anyone had and addressed a crack high on the toerail near the endcap on the stern? Any thoughts?
Sailing the Abacos dlochner at 9:53am 04.06.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 6/1497 In 2022 Second Star sailed to the Abacos. Here's a short clip of our trip across the Abaco Bight. O
Tally Ho! Tally Ho at 7:58pm 04.08.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 9/1785

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new engine? Rebuild? Make do? adamv at 9:40am 05.29.24 Thanks David and yes I am convinced there's life in the engine- it's just that someone has to do the
Help with seized fresh water pump JoeWhite at 9:39am 05.29.24 Yes, it is worth the trouble. I am curious why are you replacing the alternator?
Damned generator Mark Maulden at 9:28am 05.29.24
Damned generator Ralph Johnstone at 9:23am 05.29.24 Relax and let's work this through methodically. That is exactly what a marine certified electrici
Catalina 22 mk-2 1996 is there wiring in the hull near the mast? scouper at 9:21am 05.29.24 It looks to me like you found a good place to drill through the deck so that the waterproof outlet
macerator hose removal advice Ralph Johnstone at 9:16am 05.29.24 Nice job. No need to let the Permatex cure as it doesn't. It remains soft for keeps, which is what
Leaky windows shemandr at 9:14am 05.29.24 It seems to me that it would be a LOT easier to have new windows cut to the correct size. I don't t
hunter 33 2004 bar indicator kappykaplan at 9:09am 05.29.24 If you don't already have one, you need to get a Raymarine Rudder Reference Indicator to show rudder
Help with seized fresh water pump Afraal at 8:50am 05.29.24 @JoeWhite, I just recently installed a couple of Victron battery monitors. ( I hated not knowing wha
Hunter 356 or 36 - approx. recent cost of new jib/genoa? flightlead404 at 8:47am 05.29.24 I don't want to hijack the thread, but I find myself in possession of a brand new, never even unfold
Help with seized fresh water pump JoeWhite at 8:39am 05.29.24 Afraal, if you have battery monitor, there is a shunt that is connected to the negative terminal of
Merit 22 owners jefstr at 8:39am 05.29.24 Thanks for the quick answer.
Damned generator dlochner at 8:30am 05.29.24 Also with main battery switch on I have 13VDC to the main engine starter only 0 VDC at the gen moto
Damned generator JamesG161 at 8:29am 05.29.24 Ok Clay, check your private messages and Call me , please.
Damned generator Clay Smith at 8:27am 05.29.24 Calm down. Take it easy. Relax and let's work this through methodically. To start with Clay, we do
Parts for West Wight Potter 15 SSP at 8:24am 05.29.24 Thanks! I'll check them out.
Parts for West Wight Potter 15 Calif. Ted at 8:22am 05.29.24 Railmakers of Costa Mesa used to be the supplier to many of the southern California boatbuilders, if
Damned generator Clay Smith at 8:12am 05.29.24 So with the start battery switched on I show 13 VDC at boat engine and zero at gen engine. At the st
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 7:50am 05.29.24
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 LloydB at 7:47am 05.29.24 Have you double checked to see if you're Bimini frame has been warped up higher 1/2 inch by an unkno

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