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Electric winch on 91 Hunter Passage Pmack240 at 2:53pm 11.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/552 How do you get power to the electric winch in the cockpit. Turned on breaker on panel and no go! Th
Interior Wood rlongfield at 12:27pm 11.02.23 Catalina 22 13/1945 Quick question, I'm redoing the wood on my Cat 22. Curious if stopping at treating with teak oil i
Remember when a couple of B52's did a flyby of the USS Ranger (CV61) (3) jssailem at 10:17am 11.02.23 Sails Call Lounge 5/1209
Shrink wrapping a sailboat in the water in New London, CT. SVAngelina at 10:00am 11.02.23 Ask All Sailors 3/414 Can anyone recommend a business that does shrink wrapping of sailboats in the water, in the New Lond
Replacing main sail halyard Slipin Away at 8:29am 11.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1616 I need to replace the main sail halyard on my 45cc with Selden in mast furling. The portion of the
Bronze rudder part GarEi at 8:04am 11.02.23 Pearson 14/1727 I think the epoxy barrier coat is coming off my rudder, It looks like this part of the rudder is bro
Rewiring masthead and forward steaming light PK123 at 8:13pm 11.01.23 Ask All Sailors 22/3126 OK ...next project on the refurb ...the steaming light half way up the mast is working just fine ...
Catalina 320 Heat Pump AC not working Ted10028 at 6:18pm 11.01.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1444 I'm told line needs to be bled. Unit come on, water cycles through unit, air comes out of ducts, bu
New Code 0 needs an genoa block attachment (2) Rafael8008 at 12:51pm 11.01.23 Big Boats 2/966 I have been noodling the notion of adding a Code 0 or A 60 as a light air reaching sail for a few ye
What material do people use to help make less noticeable scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few scratches. Davenport at 12:44pm 11.01.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/928 What material do people use to help over up small scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few.
Seaward keel winch Tom E RK26 at 12:42pm 11.01.23 Seaward 0/566 My winch on my 26 RK does not auto stop going up or down. When it goes up it pulls the deck plate o
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 rgranger at 11:30am 11.01.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 16/2046
Engine Sensor ID (3) DyverDown at 10:31am 11.01.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/1166 Can anyone help me deterrmine what I need to replace this broken sensor on our engine: It is locate
Teleflex i5600 multifunction display Toomuchmoney at 10:00am 11.01.23 Ask All Sailors 2/602 My 2009 Hunter 49 is equipped with a Teleflex i5600 multi which I use as an engine function gage whi
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary Tater at 8:56am 11.01.23 Day Sailers 15/3882 I have a small OB for my 170. I hate outboard motors for all the various reasons. I have tried usin
Invest 97L (1) JamesG161 at 7:17am 11.01.23 Weather and Forecasting 0/677 Late Storms in the HEAT loaded Caribbean bears watching.
27 foot Winter cover frame info? Bents at 7:10am 11.01.23 Mid-Size Boats 0/541 Does anyone know where I can find the measurements for a winter cover frame? 27 footer. I have a met
Eelgrass focus group discussions jssailem at 4:19am 11.01.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1863 If you cruise in the PacificNW you will hear about the importance of Eelgrass to the survival of sal
H50 master cabin headliner ceiling (3) Gianni65 at 2:10am 11.01.23 Big Boats 5/928 Hello. It looks like the frame supporting the headliner in the fore cabin, port side detached from
hello colin59 at 8:20pm 10.31.23 Lake Ontario Hunter Sailing Assoc. 11/9315 new to hunter with a 2000 h290 and on lake onrario. anyone have any insights to this model? thanks C

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Close-hauled -- how close? Will Gilmore at 4:17am 08.04.25 I would consider a reef on the headsail, or a slightly smaller one. You just got a new main, but th
Close-hauled -- how close? Gene Neill at 4:07am 08.04.25 I agree with everything said here so far. And FWIW, I can always point higher in gusts, like you men
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 4:03am 08.04.25 Yeah, I get the sense that maybe this wasn't his first repair, and he made it look really easy.
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 3:39am 08.04.25 I'd contact Selden. dj https://www.seldenmast.com
Pumps dLj at 3:35am 08.04.25 The level indicator is still showing full. These are notorious for not working well. I've never s
Albin Vega 27 first time owner �?iban at 3:28am 08.04.25 Looking at your pictures I cant really tell where on the mast side the boom rotates. It may be unde
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 3:22am 08.04.25 Looking at your pictures I cant really tell where on the mast side the boom rotates. It may be under
Teak upkeep dLj at 3:05am 08.04.25 Grey is good. +1 Constant sanding removes teak... dj
Albin Vega 27 first time owner (5) �?iban at 3:02am 08.04.25 Sure I can send pics when I get back to my boat but we won't have a similar system. I won't be back
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 2:30am 08.04.25 Thank you. I will send pics but my mast is down now and the Vega is on the trailer right now. I pac
Albin Vega 27 first time owner �?iban at 9:56pm 08.03.25 Thank you. I will send pics but my mast is down now and the Vega is on the trailer right now. I pack
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 Project_Mayhem at 7:55pm 08.03.25 As @mainesail has pointed out, it's hard to get consistent results with this technique. Bed-IT would
Teak upkeep higgs at 7:50pm 08.03.25 I used to use oil, but found it did not last a full season in Wisconsin. I also found I had to tape
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 7:47pm 08.03.25 I have boom roller furling on my boat and find it quite good. Perhaps if you post some pictures I ma
Winch Maintenance jssailem at 7:33pm 08.03.25 You may need to rotate the stripper until the pin slots line up.
Winch Maintenance (1) Trixster at 7:20pm 08.03.25 Greetings, I am repacking and regreasing my Lewmar 40 winch. All done, expect I can never get thes
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 marcham at 7:08pm 08.03.25 Yeah, the trick is not to let it dry completely.... just give it about 30-60 minutes to get a little
Close-hauled -- how close? dlochner at 6:51pm 08.03.25 When going upwind, it is more important to steer to the wind, especially in gusty conditions. Trim t
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 dlochner at 6:44pm 08.03.25 If you use Sika 291, don't completely tighten the fasteners ... leave about 1-2 turns to finish the
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 Project_Mayhem at 6:26pm 08.03.25 Use TefGel when re-installing so you don't have issues next time the bolt needs to come out

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