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Port Helm bias while under motor power only. tigue at 3:29pm 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/963 I am at the later stages of purchasing a 2003 Hunter 356. With a Yanmar 27HP motor and a MAX prop. I
Anyome have experience with sunbird 16? (1) Zu13 at 2:34pm 09.09.15 Day Sailers 7/5307 I am looking at buying my first sail boat and this seems to be a great option with my limited budget
need hull measurments jgrimmjs at 1:20pm 09.09.15 Bigger Boats 2/848 Oday 272 le, I need hull or trailer measurements for bunks or support post. This is the second trail
Sizing a roller furler and head sail CHSN WND at 11:27am 09.09.15 Smaller Boats 18/2622 I've been in contact with a gent who has a roller furler and 130 jib he'd like to sell. I'm interest
hydraulic gangway nmenkes at 7:54am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/604 hello all sailors I tried this question on two other threads with no luck !!! may be someone can h
C25 fin keel chord? rbpsbo at 8:34am 09.09.15 Smaller Boats 2/1000 hi all new owner of a Catalina 25 fin keel, and she is still in the water (Cape Cod) wondering if
C25 fin keel chord? rbpsbo at 8:33am 09.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/797 hi all new owner of a Catalina 25 fin keel, and she is still in the water (Cape Cod) wondering if
need a dodger ? fgraham at 8:24am 09.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1646 nEED A DODGER ON A 27?
Replacement of a Yanmar 1gm Marijo at 8:19am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/6812 Does anyone know if it is possible to replace a Yanmar 1gm by a Yanmar 2gm on a 1990 Hunter 27? Than
Painting prop shaft & strut Crazy Dave Condon at 8:17am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1582 As a former dealer in North Carolina, I was taught a trick on painting the metal under water more sp
Cetol vs Varnish. Which is better? markwbird at 7:55am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/8868 So I am refinishing the wood trim on the exterior of my H-34 and I am trying to decide between Sikke
running solar feed wires through topsides? danstanford at 5:54am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1840 The previous owner of my 290 put on a solar panel on the arch and has simply fed the feed wires down
Prone to lightning strikes or less prone? Nodak7 at 5:37am 09.09.15 Big Boats 7/1091 Ok.... I think I just got struck by lightning and here is the situation. My boat is on a lift and w
Washdown pump (1) All U Get at 4:10am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/951 Hi all, We finally anchored out and had a little issue while raising 110 feet of chain. Our wash
Hurth Transmission Repair CYQK at 2:50am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1992 Have a Hirth 25 transmission on the perkins 4.108 Anyone have experience which company is best at
Replaced my exhaust hose jmish at 12:10am 09.09.15 Catalina 30 8/2367 I replaced the exhaust hose on my 1988 Catalina 30 MkII, and I'm posting my project notes here in ca
New Autopilot Suggestions planoron at 10:33pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 3/693 OK,,,I am sure this will generate a lot of opinions and hopefully so:) We purchased our boat a y
Changing engine controls SFS at 9:36pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 4/694 My H31 has a relatively new Yanmar 3YM20. I have separate throttle and gear controls on the two sid
Need bomar hatch arms (4) SFS at 9:14pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/1889 1983 H31 with what appear to be the original hatches. Total of 2 hatches, one in main cabin, one in
What are these receptacles? (2) SFS at 9:07pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1106 1983 H31. What can be plugged in to these? I have about 3 of them in the main cabin - they apparent

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Water /humidity? Ralph Johnstone at 11:39am 11.21.23 Why do we bother? I know what you mean. Perhaps creating a posted black list where, after a pe
Cover for Hunter 39 George Braun at 11:32am 11.21.23 look at ShipShape Canvas in the midwest. They quoted me $2900 for a custom cover for my H36. You c
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 11:29am 11.21.23
Water /humidity? Don S/V ILLusion at 10:49am 11.21.23 This seems yet another of those random questions where lots of people spend (read -waste) time tryin
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard Don S/V ILLusion at 10:46am 11.21.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 10:43am 11.21.23
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? colin59 at 10:43am 11.21.23 thks
Which are the best good old daysailers? jimshipsky at 10:28am 11.21.23 B. Bill, Thanks for those suggestions--I'm adding them to my list. I know nothing of the Precisions
Which are the best good old daysailers? Barnacle Bill at 10:21am 11.21.23 I learned to sail on a Flying Scot. Can't say anything bad about them. Others: Rhodes 19 (stated a
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Brad Hoff at 10:21am 11.21.23 Running the engine a bit cooler can lead to increase in deposits in the combustion chamber and mixi
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard Nichole340 at 10:11am 11.21.23 This happened to me last year at a slip in another marina. Mine was reverse polarity and the light
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 9:41am 11.21.23
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 hunter240 at 9:35am 11.21.23 Have been using a CDI furler for around 20 years on my 1998 H 240. When you get it you can cut it to
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 8:42am 11.21.23
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 (2) GeorgeC at 8:33am 11.21.23 Hi, I own a 1983 O'Day 30 with a with a Universal 5416 engine. I compared the picture of your engine
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor DRhoads at 8:30am 11.21.23 Concur with Barnstormer -- new battery. fixed mine.
cleaning the fabric covers of cushions chriscampbell at 8:20am 11.21.23
Boom eye - What is this called? Allan12210 at 7:51am 11.21.23 Clever fairlead. In the fiber spinning industry they were called "Pigtails" to guide the filaments a
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:37am 11.21.23
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 7:03am 11.21.23 The windlass looks like something that could come from either of those seaports. Certainly a piece o

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