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Companionway Safety grahamdb at 9:20am 05.07.14 Big Boats 5/2048 There is a potential safety issue, and a possible design / quality issue of a Hunter supplied item o
in the slip at last (1) kb3pgo at 9:20am 05.07.14 Catalina 22 9/1146 After a terrible winter, my boat is now happily in her slip. Looks like I am the first sailboat to
Standing rig dimensions Flying Penguin at 9:05am 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 3/677 I have a 1987 H23 in a slip and I am ready to tune the rigging. Not sure if the wire diameter is
Transmission question rfrye1 at 8:59am 05.07.14 Big Boats 2/710 I'm in Phoenix, my 1998 H376 is in San Diego. Can some one tell me what transmission make/model I ha
Sail Slides/Slugs and Shackles sem2811 at 8:55am 05.07.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1121 I have a 1985 O'Day 28 and need to order new slides and shackles. The problem is that I am not near
Battery Tie-downs Steverhnm at 8:54am 05.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/439 What do others do for securing the batteries? I have recently purchased a Hunter 35.5 Legend and pr
GFCI trips Bob 04 H260 at 8:20am 05.07.14 Musings With Maine Sail 11/3843 I have two 30 amp lines coming into the boat. We were hauled last week and I used an adapter (30A to
How much paint for H34 PGIJon at 8:13am 05.07.14 Big Boats 14/1362 I'm having my bottom taken down to the Gel-coat so I'm going to need both barrier and bottom paint.
Fuse Breaker Merlinkobi at 7:55am 05.07.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/564 I'm looking for a Fuse Breaker to my Beneteaue 430 1990
removing exhaust pipe from stern of oday 272 y knot at 7:33am 05.07.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/876 The flange of the exhaust pipe is glued on. How can I get it unglued?
Epilog Roger Long at 7:26am 05.07.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/95842 And so, this long tale, which has unfolded here over almost three years, comes to a close. It began
Bulkhead Crack (1) Tobydaisy at 7:18am 05.07.14 Catalina 22 3/924 Looking under the cockpit locker, looking forward to the bulkhead that is the cabin doorway, I saw t
Sailor Lost off NY.... Maine Sail at 3:50am 05.07.14 Ask All Sailors 12/2099 Sad loss of life... Hope he was not one of ours. A 26' boat named "MAC"... http://riverheadnewsrevi
H26 -reconnecting a gennie on an Bamar furler novotnyp at 8:22pm 05.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/649 Need detailed instructions for reconnecting the gennie to a Bamar Furling System. Not sure if it is
Anyone have experience with Lowrance Elite 4-x DSI? jenquay at 7:38pm 05.06.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1186 I am looking at getting an inexpensive, yet functional chartplotter as well as depth finder. I've us
Universal 5411 inboard diesel sailinggreg at 5:51pm 05.06.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1539 Hi All, I'm thinking of buying a Catalina 30. One I'm looking at has a Universal 5411 inboard die
Purchasing one of two Catalina 22s csturges at 5:48pm 05.06.14 Catalina 22 9/1522 There are two locally owned Cat 22s for sale. One is a 1970, and the owner, a friend, originally wa
Hunter 170 (1999) - Cracked Hull - HELP (5) msinger4984 at 5:40pm 05.06.14 Day Sailers 4/5626 please help/advise i purchased a hunter 170 last spring (2013) and had a wonderful sailing season -
Foredeck light on tall rig Padrone at 5:34pm 05.06.14 Catalina 30 2/1014 I am about to instal a set of lazy jacks on my 1983 tall rig, at the same time I would like to repla
Deck wash streaks luv2sail67 at 5:27pm 05.06.14 Big Boats 12/1383 Hi, hoping someone can help me. Last year we had deck wash run down the side of our hull, and it cr

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"Portable" Anchor Light? (1) rgranger at 11:19am 07.22.23 I wonder if there's a mast head anchor light with a dusk/dawn switch Yes, Marinebeem has one. So
CHI-MAC today Tally Ho at 11:17am 07.22.23
Pressure/temperature valve and setting on water heater Ralph Johnstone at 10:20am 07.22.23 The T and P valve on your tank is there to keep the tank from blowing up not the plumbing. Not ex
Gelcoat repair elcojo2 at 9:39am 07.22.23 Thanks guys for all the replies. I will leave as is for now till next time haul out. Best,
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice kloudie1 at 9:18am 07.22.23 You can unroll the jib by removing the sheets and unrolling by moving the clew round and round. Stor
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice Crazy Dave Condon at 9:10am 07.22.23 Al Fooks who owns SBO and the forum store remained in Florida use to work at Hunter In manufacturing
Alder Barbour Refrigeration ScottFreeRick at 9:08am 07.22.23 Will have to check model tomorrow when back to boat
Alder Barbour Refrigeration jviss at 8:57am 07.22.23 jviss - I had considered that, but the manual indicates that it should work up to 15 volts. I don'
Weather forecast... jssailem at 8:55am 07.22.23 I am heading to Everett tomorrow to start the work. If you come up, I'll have a bottle of wine to sh
Repair cabin sole with the fake "teak and holly" veneer Crazy Dave Condon at 8:51am 07.22.23 Call the forum store and talk with Mike who used to order all the supplies for Hunter Marine. See
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? (1) jssailem at 8:50am 07.22.23 The Whale manual indicates: irements for NPT (National Pipe Thread) are spelled out in ANSI B1.20.1
Weather forecast... MikeHoncho at 8:41am 07.22.23 Time to head north
Alder Barbour Refrigeration ScottFreeRick at 8:41am 07.22.23 jviss - I had considered that, but the manual indicates that it should work up to 15 volts. I don't
Bayview Sailor Lost / Drowning jssailem at 8:37am 07.22.23 He had a heart attack.
"Portable" Anchor Light? FastOlson at 8:31am 07.22.23 I would always say that more light is better. I recall being in a large anchorage one memorable 'hap
CHI-MAC today (1) jssailem at 8:14am 07.22.23 Sounds like fun... except: sun burn and biting black flys A second serving of wind, waves, fresh wa
Alder Barbour Refrigeration (1) jssailem at 8:09am 07.22.23 Hi. I like to start at the manual. Attached find a link to the manual. Also I have selected the elec
Alder Barbour Refrigeration JoeWhite at 7:56am 07.22.23 Just guessing, start from the 1-2-ALL switch, remove the lugs and clean them and continue down the
Alder Barbour Refrigeration jviss at 7:53am 07.22.23 The symptoms indicate the problem is a voltage drop From my reading it's that the voltage is too h
"Portable" Anchor Light? jviss at 7:47am 07.22.23 Bottom line: It needs to be obvious enough that you don't get hit. You could do worse than use two.

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