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Hunter235boats Gary Gallant at 2:57pm 08.25.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/520 I have a Hunter 235 with a fixed metal keel. I saw an ad for a cockpit fabric cover that looked good
Hunter 34' waterline Buoysmom at 2:09pm 08.25.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/970 On a hunter 1984 is the water line painted or vinyl? How is the best way to remove?
Commercial Radio Station Broadcasting on Marine VHF 22 rardiH36 at 11:42am 08.25.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2919 Out on SF yesterday during the Cup Race, I pushed through my hand-held's VHF 22 while tuning to VHF
Jabsco toilet-bowl too full Jimongee at 11:00am 08.25.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/5762 Our manual pump toilet works like a charm except for this; after flushing waste (pump) action the bo
replacing my mast trainmanjess at 9:42am 08.25.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1564 hello all here recently I posted about how I lost my mast while sailing ... while sailing an eye c
Re-chroming service in New England? jviss at 9:10am 08.25.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2083 My Maxwell-Nillson windlass still works great, but it is badly in need of a re-chroming. I'll strip
Lewmar Winch Manuals and Spares - older winches? jviss at 9:08am 08.25.13 Ask All Sailors 13/14169 My winches are due for maintenance, and I am having difficulty finding service manuals, or even iden
Engine instrument mounting Butch23065 at 8:23am 08.25.13 Big Boats 3/787 Has anyone rebuilt/remodeled the engine instrument mounting on a Hunter 41? The backward slope captu
Timing Gear cover gasket Ken13559 at 7:52am 08.25.13 Engines and Propulsion 4/1722 Will be putting the Timing Gear cover back this coming weekend. Question is should i apply the red c
Emergency haul out this week!!!!! (5) Euphoria2011 at 7:09am 08.25.13 Bigger Boats 2/1549 Well as suggested i was gaining access to the holding tank area to in the v birth to measure all the
Under Deck Auto pilot emilbec at 7:04am 08.25.13 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1129 I am considering installing an under deck auto pilot on my Hunter 37c. Reviewing offerings by Garmi
Safety holding up the mast Ready2Sail at 5:40am 08.25.13 Day Sailers 4/1704 I have acquired a major fixer O'Day 23 with cast iron keel and stuck centerboard. While trying to r
Engine problems Bertus at 3:34am 08.25.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1671 I have a Hunter 33, I've recently started to encounter my engine starving/cutting out under load at
My first boat (5) StevenL at 8:33pm 08.24.13 Ask All Sailors 63/12030 Hey everyone, I just picked up a 1974 O'day 20. She was unloved by her previous owners sitting under
The CONE of Alcatraz Stu Jackson at 8:33pm 08.24.13 Ask All Sailors 9/3101 I just watched the "replay" of the LV Cup Race #7 on TV, where the Kiwis beat the Italians to go up
sailing san Diego jimmac99 at 4:52pm 08.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2390 Just launched my mac 26m. Anchoring near the sd yacht club. Any suggestions for interesting destinat
Verticle Axis Wind Turbine VAWT (1) Jep17 at 4:49pm 08.24.13 Sails Call Lounge 0/3817 Does anybody recognize this VAWT or know one you would recommend?
Hunter 23.5 Replacing/Repairing Internal mast halyard pulley Gardnera at 3:04pm 08.24.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4839 Help. I just bought a 1993 23.5 Hunter and after raising the mast I had a very difficult time raisin
rehabing old cal 25 (1978) viking2 at 2:22pm 08.24.13 Cal 10/5269 I got this boat for free on her side with 2 ft. of her bow missing. replaced that in my back yard an
Flags Doc_holiday at 1:53pm 08.24.13 Ask All Sailors 33/6349 This is probably going to be. Stupid question but i got nothin' to loose. On my clipper I had a sm

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Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M Ward H at 8:12am 06.12.23 Are you aware of the size differences between the HBW50 and ZF 12M? Catalina Direct shows this: "Im
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue Maine Sail at 8:08am 06.12.23 How about a photo of the shunt wiring? Where is alt B- wired?
Transducer troubles dlochner at 7:39am 06.12.23 Sounds like a bad transducer.
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue dlochner at 7:36am 06.12.23 Do you have a service disconnect on the alternator? Did you check the alternator output fuse? Eith
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M dlochner at 7:29am 06.12.23 Replacing a transmission is essentially a nut and bolt operation. Unbolt a bunch of stuff and bolt t
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M u0958901 at 7:11am 06.12.23 Different boat model and engine but the process is the same.
Topping Lift Sailfanatic at 7:09am 06.12.23 Ideally terminate the topping lift below the backstay and above the main halyard. If it has to go t
In mast furling main working much better now JamesG161 at 7:04am 06.12.23 @BroncoJohn click on the link in @jdrutten's post for how to learn the mechanism of in-mast furling
Is it the trim, or is it the sails? (1) jssailem at 6:59am 06.12.23 You strike a positive chord @sesmith . Here in these threads there are volumes about Universal, Yanm
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M LouBegue at 6:45am 06.12.23 http://www.catalina350.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=685 This is awesome info.
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M u0958901 at 6:36am 06.12.23 http://www.catalina350.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=685
In mast furling main working much better now jdrutten at 6:32am 06.12.23 ... Here is another tip. The boom angle is needed ... Jim, I was moments away from referencing o
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue jviss at 6:14am 06.12.23 Let me put it this way. If the engine is running, no house loads are on, the battery voltage is "up
In mast furling main working much better now (2) JamesG161 at 6:11am 06.12.23 My boat has a white plastic horizontal roller bar near the mast then flat roller wheels next in lin
Universal engine parts, and maintenance schedule, and dinghy davits? Afraal at 6:05am 06.12.23 Thank you JRT! That link is priceless! I will order the hoses. Any tips/lessons from your changing a
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Project_Mayhem at 5:57am 06.12.23 Hi Gene, I hope surgery went well and your wife has a smooth recovery! Dano :plus:
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue jviss at 5:55am 06.12.23 if the temp sensor fails high This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, I would think a temp sensor,
Pumping out Hunter 380 Waste Tank - Macerator pump failed. Windpilot at 5:50am 06.12.23 I'm not sure what you are talking about with a dip tube. On my 410 the deck pumpout hose is attached
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue DayDreamer41 at 5:47am 06.12.23 Why are you zeroing in on the temp sensors. You can just disconnect those and things should still
Universal engine parts, and maintenance schedule, and dinghy davits? JRT at 5:37am 06.12.23 https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/catalina-310 Is your new best friend :) Hose "cracking

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