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removing trailer from boat in driveway tim burke at 1:55pm 02.14.24 Trailer Sailors 9/1882 can any one point me in the right direction. i have a precision 18 and want to work on trailer
H41DS black foam boxes in ceiling? (1) Nachismo at 12:26pm 02.14.24 Big Boats 5/718 What are these black foam boxes that foil my attempts to remove the hard plastic headliners to acces
Question for where cap shrouds pass through spreaders iamwhatiam at 10:06am 02.14.24 Ask All Sailors 0/16 Delete post
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar twodzusfittings at 9:16am 02.14.24 Ask All Sailors 14/1890 I'm contemplating purchasing a large unit for my boat. I have a good spot for it with good air circu
Boating with osteoporosis buddybear at 9:14am 02.14.24 Catalina 310 5/1640 Recently I fractured the L2 in my back a compression fracture. It was determined that I have osteopo
2001 Beneteau 381 (1) dnimigon at 9:13am 02.14.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/872 Looking at this 2001. I researched Beneteau site and only could find the 381 was the Oceanis series,
Hunter 30 Skeg assessment (3) QChunter at 6:47am 02.14.24 Ask All Sailors 12/1118 Hi group, first time poster. I bought a hunter 30 1979 last year and everyday is a new discovery! wi
Solar powered vents Pagan Baby at 3:12pm 02.13.24 Ask All Sailors 4/636
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? captain69 at 3:08am 02.13.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1025
Vee Berth plywood -'99 Hunter 380 dchipley at 3:46pm 02.12.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/345 Had a leak from the wiring through deck to the pulpit prior to us acquiring the boat. Now I have a s
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (2) smokey73 at 3:16pm 02.12.24 Ask All Sailors 4/623 I think I have the pre-bend correct on my 1994 Hunter 40.5. Do any of you fellow 40.5 owners have a
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? (1) elink at 2:56pm 02.12.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1043 I bought a sailboat with a retractable bow sprit for using a genaker. Unfortunately I am not 100% su
Hunter 320 in mast furling fbcoache at 11:03am 02.12.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/750 Looking to purchase a Hunter 320 that has in mast furling Never have had this set up before. Ca
Water Leaks laitm001 at 9:58am 02.12.24 Big Boats 7/1232 Anyone ever had to replace a water tank on a 49. Might have a leak under the galley and it looks lik
stripping cetol from teak domer94 at 7:33am 02.11.24 Ask All Sailors 16/2397 hi all , does anybody have the best technique for stripping that stuff? does it react to heat gun a
Free chafe guard rgranger at 5:08am 02.11.24 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 5/1896 Hey all I ran across a Craigslist FREE ad for decommissioned fire hose. If you are in the area an
New Main Sail PhilaSailor at 6:01pm 02.10.24 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1297 Any thoughts on the main sail for the 37 cutter ? I'm buying a new main sail and considering the op
new mulitbank battery charger experiences LydieBP at 5:14pm 02.10.24 Ask All Sailors 17/1729 Hello fellow sailors, My just acquired ketch has an old burned out xantrex multistage battery charge
Genoa Track Replacement -Alden Caravelle TaborKP! at 10:08am 02.10.24 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1142 Hello All, I have a number of cracks across fastener holes on my genoa track on Wind Song and a sect
Please help. 1979 37 Cherbuni Water Tanks (1) SnowSurfer at 5:35am 02.10.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/1537 Hi Just took delivery of my 1st boat !! very stoked 1979 37 Cherbuni Previous owner is out of the

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Lithium Trolling Battery dlochner at 6:57am 06.22.25 You will need a solar controller that is programmed to handle LFP batteries and a shore power charge
Which is any are the diesel tank vent - 2004 Hunter 41 kloudie1 at 6:27am 06.22.25 Engine supply and return, Gen supply and return.... and tank vent.. A swag would be that the topmost
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter (3) Intrepid-II at 6:17am 06.22.25 The #1 keel bolt, starting #s at the bow, had the copper grounding wire wrapped around the keel bolt
Anchor roller fred1diver at 6:12am 06.22.25
Diesel Fuel Additives... Necessary? CYQK at 6:10am 06.22.25 Power Services 1)Cetane Booster 2) Biocide Pay attention to the ratios recomended to add ,good f
Which is any are the diesel tank vent - 2004 Hunter 41 Don S/V ILLusion at 5:24am 06.22.25
Calculated Wind Speed Way Too High Foswick at 8:55pm 06.21.25 Well, we sailed or motored another 50 NM or so over the past few days, and the phenomenon never recu
Looking for inspection checklist for a Water Ballast C250 Stu Jackson at 5:14pm 06.21.25 https://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=4
Fuel sender and gauge info Stu Jackson at 5:13pm 06.21.25 I read it as "full'ish, half'ish and I need to fuel up" Good points based on even purely rectangul
Adding roller furling. dLj at 5:02pm 06.21.25 My boat has two fore sails, the genoa and the staysail. Both furlers run clockwise to furl. The stay
Adding roller furling. Joe at 4:59pm 06.21.25 The question and solution are similar to your preference in how you like your bathroom tissue mount
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter heritage at 4:57pm 06.21.25 No problems at all after 5 years. The nuts have stayed tight and there has never been any water ent
New outhaul line, Catalina 320 Calif. Ted at 4:07pm 06.21.25 I did this a couple years ago because the moving block had disintegrated. I was pleasantly surprised
Adding roller furling. Calif. Ted at 3:57pm 06.21.25 Doesn't matter in a mechanical sense, you simply furl the sail and load the line on the drum in the
New to the forum BigEasy at 3:53pm 06.21.25 Nice boat. Appears to be in great shape; well maintained!
Musing on DC Electrical Changes dLj at 3:46pm 06.21.25 Get some Boeshield T9 - it is excellent to help clean up electrical connectors and keep them in good
Recommendations for outhaul/inhaul lines? Calif. Ted at 3:27pm 06.21.25 Your use of the terms outhaul/inhaul sounds like an in mast furling sail.
Adding roller furling. BigEasy at 3:26pm 06.21.25
Weight of Hunter 23.5 trailer plus boat i.e. including boat, mast, furling jib, single axle trailer and 5HP motor Westerly at 2:48pm 06.21.25 I'll check out my trailer nameplate when I'm up at our cottage. Thanks for your posts.
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter Intrepid-II at 2:45pm 06.21.25 This was my diy fix a few years ago. Hunter 27_75-84 Owner Modifications and Upgrades I am going

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