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New Owner and new to forum tjpalek at 9:00am 05.25.14 Smaller Boats 4/729 Hello All, I just took ownership of a beautiful 1994 H23.5 yesterday. Even though I also have a
Water in Lower Stern Lazarette on P42 (2) CoolChange91-42passage at 8:34am 05.25.14 Big Boats 0/777 Did a search and didn't find much on it but I have always had water from washing and rain in the low
Wet sails Lost Parent at 8:31am 05.25.14 Ask All Sailors 22/7317 Got back from a good weekend sail in the rain. Question is, do I leave the sail cover off other p
Tool for calculating course intercept YVRguy at 8:15am 05.25.14 Ask All Sailors 34/3758 Where I sail there is a large amount commercial ship traffic in the form of large, fast moving ferri
Wiring for navigation lights Chuck Reynolds at 8:03am 05.25.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/974 I need to replace the wiring for my starboard navigation light. I can get to the wiring thru the re
Im going to look like an idiot but here goes. Doc_holiday at 6:59am 05.25.14 Engines and Propulsion 18/4695 I have a 9.9 mercury long shaft 2 stroke 1997. I have figured out that with the engine off, to raise
Hunter 260 Wheel jammed! Help please! MarkChandler at 6:49am 05.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/919 I jammed the wheel last weekend on heavy winds. I was able to put the cables back on the pulley bloc
2GM20F stuffing box flax size bigsick at 5:55am 05.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 21/5141 I know their is a lot of information on this site, but I can not seem to find this answer. What thi
Most common environmentally friendly bottom paints? Shellback at 5:55am 05.25.14 Lancer 11/3126 I've decided to take the plunge and redo the bottom of my Lancer. Yep! sandblasting the bottom and
2GM20F: Alternator question (1) Ken13559 at 12:33am 05.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/5381 I was looking the the Yanmar 2GM20F wiring diagram and as best as I can tell, turning the Key Switch
Mystery stuffing box (1) ingeanous at 8:08pm 05.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1147 I'm at a loss, anybody know what kind of stuffing box system this is???
h23 shroud tension? C Jones at 8:04pm 05.24.14 Smaller Boats 11/1499 Retuning my h23 after adjusting my forestay. Any one know the factory numbers?
Hunter 41-Sheets for aft cabin matress 30AGuy at 8:04pm 05.24.14 Big Boats 4/1716 Compared to all the other post I'm seeing, this is going to seem trivial... I have Hunter 410 on wh
Waterproof Step Down Butt Connectors? sully75 at 6:45pm 05.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 36/7721 So I have a large quantity of 12 gauge wire, but need to wire some things that are 16 gauge. I don'
Plastic sail slides celticray at 6:32pm 05.24.14 Catalina 30 1/1075 What is the correct size for 1984 Catalina 30 tall rig
1990 Hunter 30 2gm20f propeller question Brock Davidson at 4:59pm 05.24.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/2918 My hunter has a 2 blade prop, my question is... Is this the stock propeller from hunter? I am wonder
Bottom paint and sanding nestorph at 4:05pm 05.24.14 Ask All Sailors 7/4227 I sail in Raritan Bay (off the NJ coast). For years I've been faithfully sanding the bottom and app
Can it work? hummingbirdbassist at 3:43pm 05.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1155 First off I want to say I FOUND a boat scrap yard in Belmar Nj,,,, that is sweet!!!! I went there to
Favorite Cable Pass Throughs sully75 at 2:12pm 05.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1702 Now that my bilge pump fuse question is answered.... Any suggestions for a cable pass through? T
upgrade from 28 ' Catalina to Beneteau Sailingnat at 11:15am 05.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1184 My husband and I are selling our 28 Mark 11 catalina and considering purchase of a 2001 Beneteau 411

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Seacock Mystery Scott T-Bird at 8:05am 05.25.23 They valves are seized and badly corroded. And you're suggesting leaving the valves wide open with
Seacock Mystery dlochner at 8:05am 05.25.23 There is a lot wrong with the installation of those seacocks. The correct and safest solution is to
Weeping keel JamesG161 at 8:05am 05.25.23 It is Lead, see his pictures of hammer marks. Jim...
Stuffing box- dumb question? Ralph Johnstone at 7:54am 05.25.23 I think its better than coming back after asking a question and then telling everyone they are wron
Circuit panel wiring question. Scott T-Bird at 7:50am 05.25.23 Hope that answers you first questions. As for "bow light", that threw me too, but I found some ref
Seacock Mystery Ralph Johnstone at 7:46am 05.25.23 I'm also considering that it is probably best to not even touch them with hoses. They valves are
Water temperature sensor MikeHoncho at 7:42am 05.25.23 I have tried the cheaper option with sending units on a RV and it didn't go well. I recommend going
Stuffing box- dumb question? Hollyberry at 7:41am 05.25.23 I don't know....I think its better than coming back after asking a question and then telling everyo
Stuffing box- dumb question? MikeHoncho at 7:40am 05.25.23 Kinda drives me nuts when someone posts a question, gets tons of solid advice but never comes back
Engine Alinement MikeHoncho at 7:36am 05.25.23 Thank you everyone. The new mounts are exactly like the original mounts. They should have been a
Weird Electrical Experience walt at 7:31am 05.25.23 Possibly.. Having a reverser polarity detect to power up makes more sense with equipment that can ha
I was so close ... Project_Mayhem at 7:14am 05.25.23 I've done the same thing with cabling more times than I can count. If it makes you feel any better I
Weird Electrical Experience Project_Mayhem at 7:06am 05.25.23 Most non-grounded devices, especially passive or traditional transformer/rectifier power supplies, a
Weeping keel (1) dmax at 6:45am 05.25.23 I have a 35 with a lead fin keel, can't tell if yours is lead or cast iron. Mine has 3 pockets fille
Yanmar 3GM30F not starting after fuel filter change Scott T-Bird at 6:41am 05.25.23 I had a mechanic on board when I launched yesterday since I had to bleed the air after an initial st
I was so close ... (1) Timm R Oday25 at 6:30am 05.25.23
Hunter 26 almost sunk in wind JBP-PA at 6:14am 05.25.23 There are four basic ways to reduce "hunting" (pun intended). 1. Reduce windage forward and increase
Seacock Mystery Scott T-Bird at 5:57am 05.25.23 The fact that the p.o. sealed the holes from the outside and didn't remove the valves is pretty soli
Hunter 26 almost sunk in wind Crazy Dave Condon at 5:37am 05.25.23 Water in the boat. Was the water ballast tank full? Do you have a lot of gear in the rear berth ?
Seacock Mystery Ward H at 5:11am 05.25.23 "Ok the good news is the former owner got back to me and reports both holes are sealed from the outs

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