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roller furling replacement Blacksheep at 10:58am 12.30.23 Ask All Sailors 5/697 Have any Hunter 46.6 owners replaced the Selden Furlex Jib System? I have significant problems with
Raritan Superflush Guido at 7:10am 12.30.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/1889 Good source for parts?
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? Davenport at 8:23pm 12.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1317 Here by Houston the Clear Lake bay when north wind hits about 3 days each winter month, the water dr
2005 Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Power Consumption drm1 at 8:21pm 12.29.23 Big Boats 29/4223 Hi, I have the original freezer and fridge provided by Hunter. My AGM house batteries are 4 x 6V AG
San Carlos advise Allowishish at 7:10pm 12.28.23 Destinations 1/1031 We are looking for advice on where to sail for a 5 day trip out of San Carlos. any advice on anchor
Hunter 216 Oriondriver at 3:01pm 12.28.23 Ask All Sailors 4/423 Shaft length for Hunter 216 outboard
How to change Trailer tire with Boat on Trailer? MitchM at 5:01am 12.28.23 Trailer Sailors 26/5524 my 2,000 # sailboat is sitting on its dual-axle trailer (LoadMaster 5 Starr. 2011 ) .
Water lock broke Ken13559 at 9:03pm 12.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/1712 As if I haven't had enough engine issue, yesterday just as my mechanic refitted the my repaired gear
Hunter 335 chain plate lamby at 7:02pm 12.27.23 Ask All Sailors 3/641 Can anyone give me some info (or videos) on how to replace the Hunter 335 chain plates
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 6:29pm 12.27.23 Catalina 22 39/5179 Looks like this is finally happening. I've bought the potty, and now I've started this thread. So th
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Skipper J at 1:42pm 12.26.23 Seaward 12/4372 Hi, Those of you with these boats, would you cross an ocean with them? The keel-lifting system look
Yanmar SB8 no water out of exhaust HOLLYALYSSA1288 at 6:22pm 12.25.23 Ask All Sailors 6/995 Hunter 27 yanmar SB8. No water is coming out of the exhaust. Trying to troubleshoot, could use som
He's on his way (1) rgranger at 3:44pm 12.24.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1180 222184
S2 9.2A Instrument Panel (1) palermorw at 1:55pm 12.24.23 S2 2/1192 Engine was replaced with a Yanmar 2YM15 by a previous owner. When I turn the power on the warning li
Safety Mindset tailboom at 7:27am 12.24.23 Catalina 22 2/692
Santa's Gifts 2023 JamesG161 at 7:17am 12.24.23 Sails Call Lounge 21/2771 What is Santa bringing for your family or your boat this year? For us, 10 new through hull valves,
OpenCPN on HP laptop - all instruments and transducers-How? Help? YankeeViking at 1:59pm 12.23.23 Ask All Sailors 1/723 Hello, I have a 1988 Precision 23 I would like to connect all the instrument transducers: depth/temp
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year & Most of all a big Thanks to the folks that make it happen. (1) Claude L.-Auger at 1:59pm 12.23.23 Ask All Sailors 8/945 To all my special HOW friends, This word to say thank you for your generosity in sharing thoughts a
Beneteau 343 ZInc Location Radiance at 4:44am 12.23.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1679 Hi I have a 2005 Beneteau 343. I'm a little confused about the location that the anode cap on the pr
rusty keel bolts Precision 23 (1) YankeeViking at 4:32am 12.23.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1159 Hello, I am considering purchasing a 1988 P-23. Upon my initial inspection of the vessel I noticed t

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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
Musing on DC Electrical Changes colemj at 2:39pm 06.21.25 100A seems way too high of a top load for your DC distribution panel. We've got tons more that that
Weight of Hunter 23.5 trailer plus boat i.e. including boat, mast, furling jib, single axle trailer and 5HP motor Rick Webb at 2:36pm 06.21.25 I got 630 using the axle weight rating. 630# seams light 530# seen ridiculously light. There were tw
Musing on DC Electrical Changes dlochner at 2:17pm 06.21.25 The Walmart batteries may not be all that bad. All the major battery companies make private label ba
Adding roller furling. colemj at 2:15pm 06.21.25 The only thing that determines which way the drum spins is which side of the sail has the UV stripe.

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