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Mainsheet is in the way on Hunter 33 azambella at 5:37pm 05.09.23 The Cherubini Hunters 5/849 Any clever way to run the mainsheet control line away from my guests siting in the cockpit? I would
Boat fire in Japan Tin Kicker at 5:14pm 05.09.23 Other Sailboats 1/781 Pretty hard to put out once started, since so much is below decks. Jetski rider made a valiant try
Lift Arm - Engine room cover (1) LLeDrew at 3:09pm 05.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/843 I just replaced both lift arms in the engine room compartment (photo attached), however after less t
Windshield and side window material BabuBoat at 10:47am 05.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1196 I'm in the process of removing leaky, crazed, hideous looking windshield and side windows on my 1993
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna morbidfollower at 8:35am 05.09.23 Catalina 22 32/3846 Looking for some boater wisdom here. Currently my boat is in a slip and I have a handheld vhf. I was
Adding Speed DanMaine at 6:44am 05.09.23 Ask All Sailors 6/844 I would like to add a speed through the water readout to my 37' sailboat this year. I have a 3 year
Part identification (2) CiscoVT2 at 6:41am 05.09.23 Ask All Sailors 5/686 Looking to identify this part for a neighbor. She found it while cleaning out her parents estate an
New owner of an Irwin 28 Mk III Marty_B at 6:19pm 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 2/365 Hi everyone, I acquired this boat recently and have not been able to find much information about it.
Electric terminal block Scott T-Bird at 6:01pm 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 13/740 I'm finally finishing my instrument panel modifications and I bought a Blue Sea Systems terminal blo
Solar panel/battery charger suggestions 1986 C22 Fuji242 at 2:28pm 05.08.23 Catalina 22 16/1623 New C22 owner here. Looking to setup my factory electrical system with a trickle charger and solar p
Universal M25 dosnt want to start. Goobs at 1:32pm 05.08.23 Engines and Propulsion 16/1694 We started the engine at Spring commsisioning prior launch and she started right up. We ran it for a
Color Pallet PedersParade at 11:50am 05.08.23 S2 1/732 1985 S2 10.3 Trying to find original paint colors for top deck non-skid
Bulges on Keel on Hunter 376 duck21 at 10:28am 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1346 Hi all, Looking for a little info from folks to gauge whether I need to take action on an issue....
Sleeping on 22 new design morbidfollower at 8:43am 05.08.23 Catalina 22 13/2723 Still trying to figure out the best sleeping solution for myself 6'1 (190lbs) my wife 5'4 (110lbs) a
Acrylic portlight question xavpil at 8:04am 05.08.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 19/1514 Hey friends, I removed the porlights on the 1980 Cat 27 anD I want to replace with cast acrylic wind
Electronics die, perhapse after starting engine, recently 1 month off charger bonkle at 5:27am 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 9/800 Everything seemed fine before the boat sat in dry dock for a month. When I picked it up, the engine
Self Tacking Jib Experience skob1014 at 3:03am 05.08.23 Ask All Sailors 14/3302 If you have any experience with a self tacking jib, please let me know what you think of them. I sa
Washing Machine on H Passage 450 henri at 10:32pm 05.07.23 Big Boats 0/456 The owners manual, speaks about an " optional washing machine" on the aft of a Hunter Passage 450. H
Bilge pump wowes!!! azambella at 7:53pm 05.07.23 Ask All Sailors 14/1011 My bilge pumps are not lasting at all. 2 seasons at best... Tried all the major brands. Super confus
Head (toilet of course) plumbing help (8) bonkle at 5:49pm 05.07.23 Ask All Sailors 16/1469 I think I've identified what is going on in this system but want to double check with yall. Picture

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The Little Engine story continues kappykaplan at 3:17am 04.01.25 Lookin' and soundin' good, John. :beer:
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback (2) paulstraw at 12:07am 04.01.25 Thanks for all the thoughts and feedback! In no particular order: Diagrams: Various updates based o
Cliffside sails DirectSails at 9:52pm 03.31.25 Has anyone dealt with Cliffside Sails? I ordered a mainsail from them right after the first of th
Glow Plugs for M25XPB in Catalina 310 kloudie1 at 9:14pm 03.31.25 Seems like a lot of power but it is one fourth of an ampere hour for 30 seconds. A fresh cool altern
The Little Engine story continues kloudie1 at 9:05pm 03.31.25 Great news, Jim
Glow Plugs for M25XPB in Catalina 310 Project_Mayhem at 8:42pm 03.31.25 Thanks for posting this! I had no idea these little guys drew so much power!
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Project_Mayhem at 8:39pm 03.31.25 On my 94 C30, its a few feet away from the engine. I'm not worried about heat getting high enough to
Hunter 376 Dining Table Finish (1) marcham at 8:37pm 03.31.25 Dug a little bit in my Hunter files archive.... found this one (attached)....
Hunter 376 Dining Table Finish marcham at 8:35pm 03.31.25
Hunter 340 'A' rig measurement help pls marcham at 8:15pm 03.31.25 I'd be surprised if the spinnaker halyard on a fractional mast is at the top of the mast. Normally,
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (2) max_sailing at 8:10pm 03.31.25 My 310 either has no fuel/water separator, only the on-motor primary filter, or I haven't found it y
Refridge and freezer marcham at 8:09pm 03.31.25 Do you have lots of solar to run the evaporator or would you run the engine to cool the holding plat
Rope clutch replacement (1) Dalliance at 7:54pm 03.31.25
ericsontachts.org? TimFromLI at 7:01pm 03.31.25 I sold my Ericson 8 years ago but my login still works and I see recent posts. So I'd say it's still
Rope clutch replacement TimFromLI at 6:56pm 03.31.25 I have spinlock. I like them. I also like the fact that they sell rebuild kits that make my 30 year
The Little Engine story continues Ward H at 6:35pm 03.31.25 Glad to hear there's progress. Enjoy!
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove dLj at 5:33pm 03.31.25 The circled tab is used so the the gimbled connection cannot slide out if the boat turtles. There ca
Emergency Manual MFD at 5:27pm 03.31.25 ...the big marina in the sky! I like that phrase. :)
Rope clutch replacement dLj at 5:25pm 03.31.25 I personally would use acetal (Delrin) and build new handles as long as the rest of that clutch was
Emergency Manual dLj at 5:18pm 03.31.25

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