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how to clean mattress cover? 356ct at 10:53am 10.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1096 Our 2002 Hunter 356 mattress cover needs cleaning. It has a rubber type backing on the bottom. any r
PNW Winterizing Head Sail at 10:37am 10.13.14 Ask All Sailors 13/3166 Here in Puget Sound, not to many pull boats for the winter. Just wondering what type of winterizing
Fall colors (1) Jackdaw at 10:21am 10.13.14 Ask All Sailors 7/942 Fall means winding down the sailing in lots of areas, but at least the colors are spectacular. Time
How to replace the line for raising the keel Willemvan at 10:13am 10.13.14 Smaller Boats 4/814 Any know how to replace the line for raising the keel. Thx. Bill
H31 Spreaders wufibugs at 9:56am 10.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/639 I noticed that the spreaders on the H31 have an unused hole at the mast end. Anyone know why they w
Refrigeration not cooling Perfect Excuse at 9:47am 10.13.14 Big Boats 5/3863 I have no refrigeration knowledge, but appreciate cold beer. Situation: refrigeration on a H410 wi
Transmission Dipstick Source, 3GM30 Steverhnm at 9:27am 10.13.14 Big Boats 6/2042 I need to replace my transmission dipstick on my 3GM30. Its yellow, the one where the cap breaks of
Hmm...didn't expect to find this. (3) IH82BL8 at 9:11am 10.13.14 Ask All Sailors 15/1847 I removed the strbd cabin top winch yesterday for maintenance and found this. It looks like the cor
Locating a manual bilge pump. The Garbone at 8:37am 10.13.14 Catalina 30 3/1064 K folks, I know were my pump is. It is in the cavity aft of the galley. To pump it I have to reach
Hunter 410 solar panel placement (1) Jim D at 8:00am 10.13.14 Big Boats 8/3491 Has anyone installed solar panels on top of a hunter arch? looking to install one or two panels on t
Rudder Play Billy the Kidd at 7:03am 10.13.14 Catalina 30 1/987 Our vintage 1978 Catalina 30' is showing signs of excess wear in the rudder shaft -- vibrates aggres
water pump not shutting off? impresa at 6:43am 10.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/949 I accidently left the water pump on my 2007 hunter 41, with nothing running or faucets on, and 2 day
Repairing hairline fiberglass deck cracks (1) O_Barquinho at 5:39am 10.13.14 Ask All Sailors 30/11354 Hello all, I recently purchased a Catalina 27 and noticed a couple of hairline cracks on the deck n
Winterizing AC on Hunter 41DS twenger at 4:37am 10.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/872 While winterizing the A/C system on my 41DS, I ran coolant through the system like I normally do wit
Hunter 356 Legend Rudder wobble Skippern at 3:50am 10.13.14 Big Boats 4/1258 Hello. I'm the proud owner of a Hunter 356 Legend bult year 2003 in England. It's the short keel ve
capable H34 splax at 8:26pm 10.12.14 Big Boats 13/1740 Hello, I have been looking at others' opinions on the H34 regarding blue water capability. Given
23.5 Head Banging Hugh Straub at 8:25pm 10.12.14 Smaller Boats 2/800 For what seems like the 87th time, I have hit my head on the sharp edged bottom of the main hatch co
Removing numbers off of sails donavansails at 8:22pm 10.12.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1622 What's is best way remove numbers off of sails? I bought a good used sail but has same number as ano
Smoke from the engine c130king at 7:27pm 10.12.14 Catalina 310 15/2514 I seem to have light black smoke coming from the "breathing tube" that comes out of the top of my mo
Bilge fuse Tennessee River at 7:02pm 10.12.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1742 I have a 1992 Hunter 30T; and am trying to locate where an inline fuse would be for the Bilge pump.

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Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 6:11am 07.27.23
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 6:03am 07.27.23
Hunter smile / keel movement Gypsy hunter at 5:40am 07.27.23 Oops I was wrong, sorry. Your keel is inside your Fiberglass hull. Jim... The wing keel is one sol
Hunter smile / keel movement Crazy Dave Condon at 5:01am 07.27.23 The wing keel is one solid keel that is boltrd onto a fiberglass stub with 5200 used as the recommen
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? Will Gilmore at 4:49am 07.27.23 Welcome to SBO, Anchored87. You have come to the right place. I think inspecting on the mooring is
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 shemandr at 4:45am 07.27.23 Are you willing to re-power?
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Davidasailor26 at 3:43am 07.27.23
CHI-MAC today Apex at 3:36am 07.27.23 I raced on Fishtales (Shock 55). The start was sleet and high winds. Our competition popped up on
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 3:15am 07.27.23 Well said, and I agree :)
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:37am 07.27.23
Storm Damage kappykaplan at 2:33am 07.27.23 The storm pulled the sail out like it was a box off Kleenex. It shredded what ever was not rolled u
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? jssailem at 10:06pm 07.26.23 Look for leaks. Water damage. Water lines near the cabin deck. Aged rigging. Sloppy rigging. Soft de
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 jssailem at 10:00pm 07.26.23
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) jssailem at 9:51pm 07.26.23 I used surgical tubing to center the tiller. Tension the tubing. Then balance the sails. I had my 15
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 9:47pm 07.26.23 Les says Hi. It looks to me as it is leaking from the bottom of the cover. Not sure why. I tried to
How do you prove you can sail a boat? BigEasy at 9:24pm 07.26.23 Now that is potentially reasonable. Since this is only a temporary solution, I don't want to go inv
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Stu Jackson at 9:04pm 07.26.23 The raw water pump is leaking still. At the risk of admitting to not going back to find out if you
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Michael Davis at 9:02pm 07.26.23 That sounds like progress is being made! Soon ,John ,soon.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 8:40pm 07.26.23 I have been at the boat for 2days. While the engine is in the boat and the shaft basically aligned,
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Daveinet at 7:32pm 07.26.23 For me I took the state boater safety course (online). Seems like it was free and some small amoun

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