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Better way to make twin bed of h26 seats, than 6x2ft plank I did? (10) Davenport at 12:00pm 10.24.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/518 Is there better way to make twin bed of h26 seats, than 80x16inch plank and 4x4inch blocks stacked f
Rough night - storm surge dLj at 1:56am 10.24.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 3/1799 I'm uploading a short video of my boat being thrown around in the marina where I'm located at the mo
Rough night dLj at 2:57pm 10.23.23 Show Us Your Boat--Videos 1/1197 I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. It's the first time I'm posting a video. Had a tough night la
Chartering Moon Dragon dlochner at 2:44pm 10.23.23 Sails Call Lounge 0/1196 If by some rare chance you have chartered Moon Dragon, you might want to check your travel insurance
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 9:55am 10.23.23 Smaller Boats 10/1284 We use a Hunter 216 in our Adult Sailing classes. Sailing upwind in light air below 5 knots, the bo
Lantern Advice Skipper J at 9:52am 10.23.23 Ask All Sailors 52/6459 Hi, Can anyone tell me if the Weems and Plath yacht lanterns (link below) give off enough light to
Racor filter size Tucson Sailor at 9:37am 10.23.23 Catalina 30 8/1773 We have a 1996 Catalina 30 MKIII #6374 with 390 hours on the MX 25 engine. It has the Racor 26RS spi
House Battery Condition Nodak7 at 9:23am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/2130 I have six (6) Trojan T105 6v Batteries for my house battery system. They have been in service for o
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 9:10am 10.23.23 Big Boats 10/1287 Help! I am certain this brain trust has some innovative system for this! It appears that my vent lin
Down East Forum (5) Argyle38 at 12:59pm 10.22.23 Down East Yachts 12/4279 Hello all Downeasterer's (made up word...). With the demise of the latest Down East Yachts web site
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft (1) Witbooi at 8:39am 10.22.23 Engines and Propulsion 14/1905 Hi. First post here. We are new Catalina 320 owners. Noticed a water leak on the driveshaft (photo i
Acrylic Hatch Sealant SirMichael at 5:50am 10.22.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1108 The topside hatches on my 88' Hunter 28.5 were getting pretty badly glazed so I replaced the acrylic
Serial numbers/year built. CliffA at 5:39am 10.21.23 C&C 3/1079 Hi. Does anyone know how C'C tracked their model year in relation to the year of construction on the
Halyard mast clutch question RitSim at 2:02pm 10.20.23 Ask All Sailors 10/2064 I have a '99 Beneteau 411 with roller furling genoa and main. Both Halyards are Samson MLX3, 10mm.
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 11:51am 10.20.23 Engines and Propulsion 14/1825 I have a 2004 fisher panda 6000 gen set powered by a kabota 2 cylinder. It has about 1500 hours on
Spinnaker Blocks (2) FlimFlamII at 7:35am 10.20.23 Parts Search 5/1655 Any idea on a source for these?
Mast down spreader removals Bentsailor at 6:58am 10.20.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/539 Our 1994 Hunter 29.5 double Spreader rig must come down this winter. To tarp the boat we must remov
Removing the rudder on my 1986 28 Oday fourwhitesocks at 6:50am 10.20.23 Bigger Boats 9/1284 Hello there! A long time ago we removed the rudder from my 28' Oday, but I really don't remember ho
Mast Trailer tom154ca at 3:57am 10.20.23 Ask All Sailors 28/2527 Hello, I currently remove my mast every Fall and install every Spring. I would like to make a proper
New Sails HomeyD at 1:07pm 10.19.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1783 I am ready to order new sails for my Catalina 22. A full battoned main and 135 Jib set up for a roll

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Air in fuel feed dehler25 at 8:44am 08.03.25 Did you bleed the fuel system properly after servicing it? It is air coming up the feed from the t
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 ghsmindy at 7:59am 08.03.25 Actually, without cutting through the head liner, not the hull.
RIP my Canadian friend (almost)...saved by a MOB move! FastOlson at 7:35am 08.03.25 My first Tilly hat was indeed replaced by the factory when it started coming apart. The new hat arri
Pumps Project_Mayhem at 7:31am 08.03.25 Congrats on the New C&C 32. Is this a replacement or an additon to your fleet? I like the idea of
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. American_Mainsail at 7:27am 08.03.25 Nowhere - a quick check you can do is to turn off all of your DC switches, disconnect your battery +
Boom Vang (2) Stiknrudder at 7:23am 08.03.25 All good discussion and largely what I understand a boom vang to do. My understanding is far less s
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. Davidasailor26 at 7:18am 08.03.25 I agree. With these wires since they are going into the wet part of the bilge, they might need to b
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. jssailem at 7:08am 08.03.25 my zincs disappearing at an alarming rate. Can you explain Alarming rate?
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. n0where at 6:58am 08.03.25 No. I've never really done any tracing of grounding wires around the boat. I'll reconnect a wire if
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 6:37am 08.03.25 Looks like a job well done! Thank you! I'm glad to hear it. Will sand it and fair it today.
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Davidasailor26 at 6:33am 08.03.25 Looks like a job well done!
New 216 owner with missing parts Crazy Dave Condon at 6:33am 08.03.25 @Subzero Email or call Mike Thomas at this site forum store who has the build list of parts for yo
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. Terry Cox at 6:31am 08.03.25 Do you happen to be familiar with any DC negative busses that might be around the main salon? I'm
Do i feel ssttuuiippiidd! Joe at 6:20am 08.03.25 I spelled it wrong, sorry! You "Stoopid" wrong, too. :beer:
Do i feel ssttuuiippiidd! Joe at 6:17am 08.03.25 Interesting discussion. I was wondering what some of those areas were called by the indigenous peop
Hunter 42 Passage Grounding wires in center bilge. n0where at 6:03am 08.03.25 Sort of. A grounding wire connects to the forward most keel bolt and another connects to the shaft
What is this loop thing on the deck? mattm007 at 5:59am 08.03.25 Nice! I was wondering what that scoop was at the bow. Two mysteries solved- thanks folks.
What is this loop thing on the deck? dlochner at 5:52am 08.03.25 Spinnaker pole bracket it seems Probably. One end clips to the device in the photo the other end
What is this loop thing on the deck? shemandr at 4:54am 08.03.25 Something to stub your toe on.
2010 Hunter 39 Air conditioners Induna at 2:02am 08.03.25 Hi, thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the 39 installation seems to be somewhat different

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