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Recommended A/C and Heat brand rlamb at 1:18pm 12.19.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1774 I have a Hunter 466 and am planning on installing a Reverse Cycle Air and Heat unit to the main cabi
Cutless - right. Cutlass - not so right robertsapp at 1:15pm 12.19.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2332 From wikipedia: "A stave bearing is a simple journal bearing where a shaft rotates in a bearing ho
Pirates Bight Reopens (1) Tim R. at 11:38am 12.19.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1319 The owner of Pirates Bight has constructed a temporary facility while construction has begun on a pe
Building a trailer for a 1978 Oday 27 irdvo at 11:22am 12.19.13 Ask An Oday Owner 19/5279 I need to build a trailer to remove a 1978 Oday 27 out of the water. Does anyone have any suggestio
Mast, Paint or leave necked heart of gold at 10:45am 12.19.13 Big Boats 5/4548 So while I have the mast down and in the back yard for a refit, I want to make it look a little bett
proper wheel bearing grease troutman at 10:43am 12.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1913 I would like to service my wheel bearings on a boat trailer but do not know what grease to use, the
Gril knowledge anyone? (1) Yosi at 9:54am 12.19.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2811 Yay saw this. Looks identical to Cabo from Magma at half the sale price of WM. Maybe even same OEM?
heavy weather jib furling techniques Scotty C-M at 9:37am 12.19.13 Big Boats 6/5851 I'm curious to know how you furl your jib in heavy (20 Knots +) wind. Sometimes I'm a little late f
Battery info for a technosaur 2sticks at 9:11am 12.19.13 Bigger Boats 4/1227 I have waded through many posts regarding charging systems (solar, wind, dockside etc.)and have ques
Winter Mr Mac at 8:53am 12.19.13 The Cherubini Hunters 19/2092 Sucks. Since we've put her on the cradle we haven't done a thing even remotely sailing related. Ha
Holland, MI Tulip Festival Worldwalker88 at 8:13am 12.19.13 Destinations 5/5412 Crossing L. Michigan from Wisconsin early May. Any marina or anchorage suggestions? Also, has anyon
add topping lift to S2 7.3? enoon at 7:47am 12.19.13 S2 7/2501 Our S2 7.3 does not have a topping lift, which makes reefing difficult We have to clip the boom to t
Inverter thoughts, plans, schemes, maybe a plot.. Chris Patterson at 7:24am 12.19.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1766 Greetings again from the lunatic fringe. To start, I am SO glad I'm not moored close to Maine Sail,
charging (1) Rusty south at 6:27am 12.19.13 Big Boats 7/1655 Okay the vessel is mine a 1996 Hunter 40.5, I am Excited and scared at the same time. This maybe a
Catalina 36 Models FredB at 6:24am 12.19.13 Big Boats 4/2614 I'm a Catalina 30 owner, but, I have a friend getting his first boat, wants something larger and is
HOW store seadaddler at 4:41am 12.19.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/796 Hey guys just want to thank the people at the store on this forum for all the great help ordering a
How to prevent rust/corrosion on chrome (1) Ken13559 at 11:17pm 12.18.13 Ask All Sailors 16/2871 I've a shelf above the wash basin. Under this shelf I mounted a chrome plate Wine Glass rail rack to
Hunter 42 Owner's Manual - Electrical SailbadTheSinner at 8:47pm 12.18.13 Big Boats 28/8187 The Owner's Manual for my Hunter 42 Passage Centre Cockpit is incomplete. Of all the things "missing
Renault RC8D engine maygosalin at 4:13pm 12.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1385 I recently purchased a Hunter 27 which has a Renault RC8D engine. I understand parts are difficult
Motor mount? slowdog at 3:58pm 12.18.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1032 I got my motor mount rebuilt with new bushings and new bolts do you mount it so the cavitation plate

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Santana 21 design info needed CurtPollard at 11:32am 07.11.23 I am in Portland, OR. I only need a boom. I was looking for info on the mast so I could find a corre
Rigging information (1) jssailem at 11:30am 07.11.23 217757 In this design (OEM), the bar is the traveler. The blocks on either side run up to the boom
Honda BF2 outboard fuel problem MikeHoncho at 11:04am 07.11.23 if a carb engine only runs on choke, partial choke or added fuel into the venturi that is either a p
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 11:02am 07.11.23 Thanks for the responses! Excellent food for thought.
Satallite GPS messaging devices BarryL at 10:50am 07.11.23 Hi, I have pretty extensive experience with SPOT and some experience with the Garmin InReach. I fir
Winch handle safe use capta at 10:47am 07.11.23 I never leave a winch handle in the winch when I'm operating a winch. It must always be in its sheat
Honda BF2 outboard fuel problem (2) Hayden Watson at 10:45am 07.11.23 I have the same engine. You have to remove the plastic top cover and bottom plastic Piece. You can
Electrical Gremlins capta at 10:41am 07.11.23 Welcome to marine electrickery. No, it isn't misspelled.
mooring buoys Don S/V ILLusion at 10:39am 07.11.23 We used to have an Ericson 27. As I recall, it was pretty easy reaching over the transom to the WL.
mooring buoys (1) capta at 10:39am 07.11.23 Attach your pennant to the shackle under the ball and add one of these at the end to pick it up.
Electrical Gremlins Stu Jackson at 10:14am 07.11.23 A full wiring diagram sounds like a wonderful thing to have. Sure it would be. But you don't have
Life (sailing) after heart attack. JamesG161 at 10:09am 07.11.23 My Heart event led me to buying my boat in 2014. Started back to sailing again. :clap: Note my fi
Found On Deck Hollyberry at 9:55am 07.11.23 I'm going with the 'nasty neighbour' theory! ;)
Rigging information NTLESQ at 9:51am 07.11.23 Dear John, Thanks very much! The images are very helpful. The arrangement for the main sheet is very
Starting battery (1) JamesG161 at 9:43am 07.11.23 I looked up my 50hp Engine CC amps needs. Mine boat has separate switches 1) Start Battery 2) Hous
Winch handle safe use kappykaplan at 9:30am 07.11.23 I have two wraps on the drum to haul in the sheet as quickly as possible, by hand only. Then a thir
Electrical Gremlins jviss at 9:26am 07.11.23 It is amazing. I would have assumed there are standard practices for wiring vessels which would mak
Satallite GPS messaging devices kappykaplan at 9:25am 07.11.23 When I took the Scouts on our circumnavigations of the DELMARVA peninsula, we used one of the parent
Companion Way Doors vs. boards for Hunter 356 JamesG161 at 9:19am 07.11.23 Have boards for the companion way but really think I want doors Not a good idea. Why not? Your H
Found On Deck Rich Stidger at 9:15am 07.11.23 If something was loose enough to have a pin fall out, I would expect that there would be something o

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