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Pacific NW Cruising weather Fall is here. (2) jssailem at 8:10am 10.31.23 Weather and Forecasting 4/1086 Well here it is. Halloween time. For many this marks the end of the cruising season and time to put
reason h260 bilge pump is NOT in lowest point? (4) Davenport at 10:21am 10.30.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1791 Am trying to figure out h260 bilge pump and electronics. On my boat it is installed about 6 inches t
Help a beginner rayinfe at 7:05pm 10.29.23 Ask All Sailors 4/1080 Does anyone out there have access to a 1977 Vinyard Vixen 29 Operations Manual. Have found info on
made homemade bow fenders for h260, is there store version? (9) Davenport at 12:28pm 10.29.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1571 Trying to avoid scratching my new h260 I cut up 2 "pill" rubber fenders and sailbungeeball thingies,
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose artboas at 11:09am 10.29.23 Big Boats 22/3603
Bottom Paint HomeyD at 9:25am 10.29.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1270 I am new to having work done at a marina. Up till now I did most of the work myself. I just had the
2004 Catalina 320 shower refrigerator drain. Ted10028 at 4:29pm 10.28.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1444 Does my shower drain directly into the main bilge? The shower drain pump (located opposite side of b
Need help with a 1980 Snipe boat built by McGaughlin regarding rigging of traveler. rwflyboy at 3:06pm 10.28.23 Trailer Sailors 2/1513 I had a friend give me a 1980 Snipe sailboat I was able to find the proper boom for the cobra two ma
Trim and angle under assymetric. danstanford at 9:34am 10.28.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/2156 Recently watching a TouTube video of a J/111 racing downwind and they had someone on the mid-bow tri
Online source for acrylic window supply? JBP-PA at 7:45am 10.28.23 Ask All Sailors 6/1154 It's time to replace my windows. Big box hardware stores don't seem to carry 3/8 cast tinted acryli
Hunter 290 stack pac main sail cover colin59 at 7:34am 10.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 4/1157 Hi has anyone found a supplier for the origional attatched sail cover? thanks Colin
Hunter 290 leak in aft berth stern corners (2) colin59 at 7:21am 10.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1880 Hi Have found a leak where h2o concentrates in the aft corners of aft berth causing wood paneling to
Marine AC Unit Deleted member 117556 at 6:07am 10.28.23 Catalina 310 6/1605 We replaced the original Dometic AC/heat unit with the same about 5 or 6 years ago. Went with a new
UNIVERSAL M20/ 5416 EQUIVALENT KUBOTA twodzusfittings at 5:16pm 10.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 2/1273 Hi all, thought I might just mention to the forum some information. I need to remove and replace my
2004 331 - Refrigerator drain hose access visser07 at 10:04am 10.27.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1324 The refrigerator drain line on my Oceanis 331 fell off the drain fitting. I have crawled around the
Winter Project (4) Bents at 9:29am 10.27.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1224 Just seeing my new to me Cat 27's underside for the first time. Looks like I know what my winter pro
Fuel lift pump feels hot question (1) mforum at 8:10am 10.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 11/1534 I have a Universal M-18 diesel engine in a Catalina 27. I changed the oil recently and noted that w
macerator doesn't have enough oumph (1) sabbatical88 at 10:08pm 10.26.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 46/6934 Aloha good sailors, In my 2003 hunter 456, I am finding that the macerator for the fowrard holding t
20 year old furlex roller furller track jams when hoisting jib Capt Robbie at 5:15pm 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 3/593 Never had this issue before, last year when hoisting the jib into the track the sail start to get di
20 year old furlex roller fuller track jams up when hoisting the jim Capt Robbie at 4:46pm 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 1/22 ol

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Mariner 2+2 rigging issue Project_Mayhem at 8:53am 10.08.25 the forestry is still very hard to attach to the stemhead fitting A forestay lever will make it 10
Hunter 18 swim ladder install (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:51am 10.08.25 You'll want to through bolt it and use fender washers. If you don't have access to the backside of t
Eye splice for Samson MLX3 halyards (1) colemj at 8:51am 10.08.25 Another idea is something like this where you keep a pigtail with knot attached to your headboard an
Eye splice for Samson MLX3 halyards (1) colemj at 8:48am 10.08.25 I just incorporate the soft shackle right into the halyard/sheet itself. SputIoiCkT0
Hunter 18 swim ladder install (2) rgranger at 8:43am 10.08.25 You have that open transom.... so you will need the type that telescopes and hinges up onto the swim
Reefing lines jamming skunther at 8:40am 10.08.25 The only time the reefing lines are tensioned is when the sail is reefed. When the sail is down th
H50 generator artboas at 8:00am 10.08.25 I have to replace or repair the FP 12 mini generator on our Hunter 50 and are trying to weigh my op
Eye splice for Samson MLX3 halyards Hayden Watson at 7:54am 10.08.25 I wouldn't use a thimble in your case, or if I did it would be the nylon.one. I've gone from splice
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE BIGUA at 7:33am 10.08.25 Marcham, Thank you very much for the advice !
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE marcham at 7:29am 10.08.25 The only small challenge when switching from a relay to an ACR, is the ACR will be active anytime th
Mariner 2+2 rigging issue brhoads at 7:25am 10.08.25 There is already an eye and jaw toggle attached to the forestay turnbuckle toggle. I suppose that th
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE BIGUA at 7:25am 10.08.25 Thanks Jim ! will do
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE JamesG161 at 7:23am 10.08.25 I am totally lost which one to choose ...... Start a NEW post with ACR in the Title to get help fr
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE BIGUA at 7:12am 10.08.25 I like to keep original the boat Unless a part or component appears that actually does the job bett
Electrical Project Almost Complete Joe at 6:49am 10.08.25 Spend the last two weekends (And two cases of beer) redoing the electrical on my Cat 22. I wish I h
Eye splice for Samson MLX3 halyards thinwater at 6:39am 10.08.25 I recently got some Samson MLX3 line to make new halyards with. This is a moderately high-tech cor
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE JamesG161 at 6:39am 10.08.25 what did you put on your boat ? nothing. My boat has a Generator that can charge my House Batterie
Run Silent, Run Deep (1) JamesG161 at 6:32am 10.08.25 234812 1958 Movie classic Jim... PS: Don Rickles in this movie ;)
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE BIGUA at 6:24am 10.08.25 and the advice was to put what thing in place of the relay ? or in other words, what did you put on
HUNTER 380 HOUSE BATTERY CHARGE JamesG161 at 6:18am 10.08.25 Why ? I talked to the Hunter Sailboat Electrician that actually wired my boat. I asked him what i

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