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Compass question GCR at 1:01pm 05.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1326 My hunter340 made in 2000 has a compass which needs oil added to it. Has anyone done? Any tips or t
My Intro and need some help. (5) LesserZ at 12:19pm 05.17.14 Day Sailers 6/966 Hey my name is Jeff, aka: LesserZ, and I know very little about boats. (Sorry but this might seem li
Type motor needed for Ranger 18 billinseattle at 11:39am 05.17.14 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/7646 Just purchased 1980 Ranger 18 fiberglass. What do you recommend for a motor? I have been told a sm
Tap faucet knobs Adamt24 at 11:04am 05.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/840 Help! Need to get hot tap faucet knob off the shower faucet on my 386 but can't work out how to do i
Towing on water hook-up. Regular Guy at 10:02am 05.17.14 Smaller Boats 13/2145 For the case the boat has to be towed on water, what is the recommendation for hooking up a tow boat
Visiting Maine waters for the summer. Tax? PDReynolds at 9:30am 05.17.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1286 Hi All, We are considering sailing to the Bar Harbour area for the summer from our home port in R
Delamination on the foredeck pfinn at 9:14am 05.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/795 Recently had boat surveyed and discovered there is delamination on the foredeck area between the cha
Outboard motor charging upgrade (1) $tingy Sailor at 8:41am 05.17.14 Catalina 22 0/846 If you don't already have a charging circuit on your outboard, but you're lucky enough that it alrea
Any thoughts on this leak? (1) planoron at 7:47am 05.17.14 Big Boats 4/1541 Hello All and thanks in advance. We are looking at a Hunter 386 and in looking it over there is a l
Quieting Engine Noise Buzzlovelace at 6:49am 05.17.14 Catalina 30 3/1302 Good morning, I would appreciate any prroduct info to cut down on noise in my engine comartmeny,at a
Raymarine Chartplotter and Autopilot off by 180 Degrees? Bowedtoothdoc at 5:14am 05.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3129 Recently I noticed that on my Raymarine autopilot my COG is off by 180 Degrees. Dead south is 0 Degr
Battery box lid, what is the purpose? TropicalSeattle at 11:38pm 05.16.14 Ask All Sailors 26/7603 ONe of the covers for my battery boxes is cracked right down the middle. I tightened the straps on t
Rope tidy bag Pompadi at 10:13pm 05.16.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1722 Are the rope tidy bags on the 309 available somewhere as a spare part The ozy sun has just about d
Lazarette Stabbing curt309 at 7:03pm 05.16.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/1283 Anyone changed out the Lazarette locking system for the new push button? Tired of getting the bayone
Help PirateGirl1 at 5:38pm 05.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/623 Cannot find a way to change profile on here? Need to change mine as it's not correct. Does anyone k
Raymarine autopilot PirateGirl1 at 5:20pm 05.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1659 Booted up instruments today and Raymarine Autopilot instrument showed message, "Reset Pilot". Nee
Head Teak Grates Doug4bass at 5:15pm 05.16.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1287 I bought the Admiral a set of grates for the head for Mothers day. We already have a set for the coc
L25 Rigging Question ghoppeh5 at 4:02pm 05.16.14 Lancer 6/1824 Hi There, I'm a new lancer owner, and pretty new to sailing as well. I've noticed that my L25 has
Killer clutch (2) Stan Linado at 1:04pm 05.16.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/840 I am working to set-up my '89 tall rig Catalina 25 for single handed sailing and have worked out mos
Traveler Car 2004 Hunter 33 (2) MichaelStacy at 12:19pm 05.16.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/946 I was in the process of replacing the lines for the traveler and noticed a black rubber (spacer?) th

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Plans for hurricane season 2023? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:58am 05.23.23 1. Review to confirm insurance is current. 2. head down to the dock to joke with everyone else over
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 7:48am 05.23.23 Okay, no worries. This is a conversation among local concerned sailors regarding hurricane plans fo
Seaward S-600 water heater possible leak jonelli at 7:48am 05.23.23 @Stu Jackson - Question... I won't be at my boat anytime soon, and knowing that I've had the boat fo
Buying new flares this year? Rick Webb at 7:46am 05.23.23 Keep your pyro in something like this: 0.50 Caliber Ammo Box (harborfreight.com)
Plans for hurricane season 2023? Jacktar at 7:28am 05.23.23 Not correct, Ft Myers was always in the cone, locals simply did not execute pre storm tasks to reduc
Engine Alinement MikeHoncho at 6:45am 05.23.23 This is what I used to get around sheard lag bolts when I was changing my motor mounts and replaced
Cockpit drain not draining jodyjuli at 6:42am 05.23.23 Yes thank you, most of it was telling how to prevent it. One guy talked about a T where the sink dr
Weird Electrical Experience rgranger at 6:36am 05.23.23 Well, this is "Sails Call," so I think any topic is fair game, no? I think so... except maybe pol
Buying new flares this year? Rick Webb at 6:36am 05.23.23 For several years I organized a "Flare Day" at our club. Everyone could come and dispense their expi
Buying new flares this year? thinwater at 6:35am 05.23.23 Everyone should burn an old flare (at home in a safe place) for several reasons: To see that they r
Seaward S-600 water heater possible leak dLj at 6:06am 05.23.23 As has been previously reported, repeatedly, Kuuma is bottom of the line, looks like Seaward, costs
Buying new flares this year? jonelli at 5:48am 05.23.23 During the same sock burning I mentioned above the local maritime museum tested a couple pre-WWII e
Problems with early 310s john2 at 5:43am 05.23.23 This is the one I made for my boat. thanks , gonna make something like it. john.
mast jviss at 5:42am 05.23.23 Welcome @tuscan to the forum. I see you have a Tartan 33. Nice boat! I did a complete rig replac
Weird Electrical Experience jviss at 5:22am 05.23.23 We should switch to PM's before we are shown the door. Well, this is "Sails Call," so I think any
Slow sump pump with backflow jviss at 5:18am 05.23.23
Weird Electrical Experience RoyS at 5:16am 05.23.23 My own house was built in 1930. The plaster was a rock lath system and is very sound. I have plenty
Cockpit drain not draining jviss at 5:10am 05.23.23 I have already bought a screen for it but i can't get it unclogged. Should i be able to push somet
Cockpit drain not draining jodyjuli at 5:02am 05.23.23 I have already bought a screen for it but i can't get it unclogged. Should i be able to push someth
Weird Electrical Experience jviss at 4:49am 05.23.23 Thanks @RoyS , that's interesting. Yes, I have BX wiring as original. The small fuse box was remov

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