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Running Rigging Supplier for New Benteau Boats Oceanis_Sailor at 10:09pm 11.05.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1281 Anybody know who Beneteau uses for the running rigging and sheets on new boats?
Solar Confusion (1) Nodak7 at 11:45am 11.05.22 Big Boats 22/2324 OK I need to help! I have a pair of LG395 Fixed Panels connected to a single Victron MPPT Smart 150
H41DS microwave Nachismo at 11:31am 11.05.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/604
where to purchase mast plate replacement (1) tadd5181 at 11:29am 11.05.22 Big Boats 3/469 attached is a picture of a plate that was on the port side of my Hunter 420 mast; it broke off and
Battery msturner at 4:45am 11.05.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1377 Any suggestions on replacing the batteries in my 27 foot hunter sailboat
Pinole replacement Jawbee at 4:26am 11.05.22 Day Sailers 5/1561 Good morning, I am the new owner of a 1971 daysailer. On our shakedown cruise the bottom rudder Pin
CENTERBOARD WOES twodzusfittings at 5:22pm 11.04.22 Bigger Boats 13/2403 Although at the beginning of the season I was able to splash with a working centerboard, I ended the
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing gonekayaking247 at 5:16pm 11.04.22 Catalina 30 4/1283 When I bought the boat almost a year ago, the PO said the hot water tank only got lukewarm while mot
Wires up the mast (1) SDS3 Sailors at 5:00pm 11.04.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/829 2005 H36. Top of picture is 4 wires incoming from DC panel. Only 3 wires connected at mast base:
NorthWest Weather jssailem at 2:54pm 11.04.22 Weather and Forecasting 5/1555 I just read this forecast for our PacificNW. As some of you know, I canceled my scheduled haul out f
Need to replace roller on rope clutch from 1984 Hunter 25.5 (3) Another NYC Sailor at 2:41pm 11.04.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/720 The rollers on my easylock rope clutch from a 1984 Hunter 25.5 are worn through. Can anyone confirm
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? (1) HeelBoy at 1:15pm 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1829 Is moisture intrusion the only cause of delamination? There is one spot in the cockpit that emits a
Replace fuel injectors Shagdance at 12:02pm 11.04.22 Catalina 310 1/904 How difficult to remove and replace? What are the things to watch out for (problems) Anybody know th
S3 Espar D5E heater Hans Baart at 11:29am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1110 This heater worked great last week after pulling it apart and cleaning out a bunch of carbon from th
Shorty Old Climber at 10:39am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1328 I have a short pole that came with my sailboat that is the same 4" thickness as the spinnaker pole a
Insurance for older boats Cederholm at 10:26am 11.04.22 Ask All Sailors 23/3511 Hi guys, I sold my 1984 Catalina 27 (insured by Geico) and bought a 1980 Catalina 30. Trying to ins
Sanitation hose recommendation requested artboas at 3:13pm 11.03.22 Big Boats 38/4504
Cleaning a stanky bilge? HeelBoy at 12:48pm 11.03.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1221
crack/cut in compression post H30 (1) capt_paul at 12:07pm 11.03.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1060 Hey sailors, anyone seen this on a hunter's compression post? it's a 1991 Hunter 30 I'm considering
Do you put your bimini down? bonkle at 10:36am 11.03.22 Ask All Sailors 30/2853 My bimini is a royal pain to put down due to the backstay. its a 3 bow and seems to be stock on the

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Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing Ringydingydo at 9:05am 01.02.25 At the moment, reefing is a 2 person job. Since there are no horns at the gooseneck, I'm using a lin
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) Ringydingydo at 8:53am 01.02.25 The boat your looking at has Isomat spars. Isomat has diagrams to a similar "single line" interna
Legend 37 Cockpit Cushions? Ringydingydo at 8:34am 01.02.25 Thanks, Marmalade. I had seen bottomSiders ads but could not remember the name. I've reached out t
how to lock my rudder while under way (1) danooxnard at 7:37am 01.02.25 I found something similar to this at Westmarine. It works well. I still tie a short safety line aro
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 7:17am 01.02.25 Has the RayMarine worked out well.
Invest 97 Will Gilmore at 5:36am 01.02.25 Always thinking of you, Kermit. Don't ask about specifics, though. :poke: -Will
Ideas for Hunter 36 Cockpit Table (2) nhodgson at 5:15am 01.02.25 We had these made for all the reasons above- the originals are a PITA...in the process of varnishing
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 5:03am 01.02.25 I ended up buying 4awg tinned wire with a single non-resetable fuse. The two cable runs are less tha
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Tally Ho at 4:50am 01.02.25 My boat came with a Tack Tick wireless wind instrament. Now owned by Raymarine. And Garmin sells
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 4:36am 01.02.25 The entire point of a VSR is to connect the batteries in parallel when a charging source is present
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 4:14am 01.02.25 The entire point of a VSR is to connect the batteries in parallel when a charging source is present,
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 sailme88 at 3:09am 01.02.25 Deck or keel stepped? The wireless Bluetooth transducers are limited by height differences and inte
Auto charge relay with solar Davidasailor26 at 2:46am 01.02.25
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? Hayden Watson at 11:10pm 01.01.25 I'm the founder of Revatek - happy to answer any questions about alternator regulators in general o
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 10:59pm 01.01.25
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Straycat22296 at 9:46pm 01.01.25 What brand of wind instrument do you have and how old is it? You may find that you can just replace
Legend 37 Cockpit Cushions? Marmalade at 8:54pm 01.01.25 We got a set of BottomSiders with our Legend 37, and love them for the most part (though difficult t
Hydraulic Drive (EV-200) Install on H34? artboas at 8:37pm 01.01.25 I have the EV100on my boat (since 2016). The RR was an option. I did not install the rudder referen
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 8:34pm 01.01.25 I have some 8 awg tinned lying around. It's only going a foot so line loss is negligible. I'm wonder
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 8:15pm 01.01.25

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