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What ??? in your Fresh water tank seadaddler at 10:05am 05.21.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1330 What do you add into your fresh water tank to keep it clean and safe and free free of mold and milde
AC Condensate Diversion Nodak7 at 9:48am 05.21.13 Big Boats 33/7293 I plan on installing a syphon on the AC pump overboard discharge to collect the condensate from the
How Much Solar Power? Piratenorm at 8:33am 05.21.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/686 This one is for Maine Sail but feel free to offer up any suggestions. I've bought an Isotherm 3.0 cf
2 bladed prop vs 3 bladed jimbrown3 at 8:30am 05.21.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/1627 I recently bought a 28 MK II. It came with a 3 bladed prop. I get extreme pull to port when over 1
Skimmar Sea Dog 9.5' circa 1960 found SeaDogOwner at 7:49am 05.21.13 Other Sailboats 1/4969 My teenaged grandson found a small fiberglass sailboat hull near his home here in Michigan, alongsid
H34 Hoisting the Main heart of gold at 7:44am 05.21.13 Big Boats 4/1118 I don't know if you have the problem of sticky slides when raising the main on a '34 but with a full
Old Floatation (1) hp18carr at 6:31am 05.21.13 Day Sailers 2/924 I've heard a few pros and cons on keeping the old floatation in place, don't misunderstand if you fe
Well, I think she's about done... and I made a mistake. Brian S at 6:27am 05.21.13 Day Sailers 4/1342 Last night I visited the boat at the lake, after a horrible grey, damp, slightly chilly weekend. I w
Looking for a source for rubber mats (1) Claude L.-Auger at 5:56am 05.21.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/900 The sticked-on rubber mats at the base of the mast of my 34 (see pix) as well as the ones inside hav
Fuel Tank Leak Jeff at 5:51am 05.21.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/496 I spent the last couple of weekends chasing fuel leaks on the engine. Now my attention turns to the
Glow plug solenoid and starter button (4) pk104 at 5:11am 05.21.13 Catalina 310 5/1958 When launching the boat this year the diesel refused to start. At first I thought the batteries were
Sail replacements Blue Pearl Captain at 2:34am 05.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 12/1918 Would someone recommend a sail manufacturing company for a comparison quote on new sails for my Hunt
Bose sound system Akapeterc at 10:20pm 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1829 On my 2003 44DS I recently purchased, the Bose stereo system has been replaced by 2 DVD player (1 bl
Fuses vs. Breakers wufibugs at 10:16pm 05.20.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3992 One of the other posts got me to thinking about the pros and cons of using fuses versus circuit brea
Remote throttle cable hopalong at 9:56pm 05.20.13 Engines and Propulsion 4/2880 Hello: I have an outboard on my Newport 28 which is mounted on a fold-down bracket. The throttle-gea
Sail Drive leak? (2) Serena1 at 7:11pm 05.20.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/3749 Last year we purchased a new Hunter 33. Through the sailing season we had no water in our bilge. Aft
Who are you using for insurance? StinkBug at 6:42pm 05.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1299 And what are you paying? I've never owned a boat big enough to worry about insuring before, so I'
hunter 18.5 fuses hunterdoctor at 6:28pm 05.20.13 Smaller Boats 3/1058 Greeting to my fellow 18.5 owners, this is my first post, as I as new to this site. I have acquired
Painting the iron keel. IH82BL8 at 6:19pm 05.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/4872 Like many of you, I own a Hunter with an external iron keel. The boat is on the hard and I will be
OB pics for Finding 41 (3) holdech at 6:09pm 05.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1048 I replied to your message but you can't attach images to it. Here are a few I snapped tonight befor

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Its funny Friday! rgranger at 10:22am 05.16.23 I think I should feel some shame at the fact that I actually laughed at that one.... :clap::cool:
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity (1) jssailem at 10:19am 05.16.23 I wondered, due to the new release of Disney's Little Mermaid, if it was some how tracking undersea
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't BigEasy at 10:07am 05.16.23 . His plan is to complete the rebuild this week with any luck have the engine running in the shop
h 41 fluoresent head light replacement with leds P12nash at 10:00am 05.16.23 I pulled mine apart and removed the ballasts. I then glued led tape lights to the reflective panels
Fresh Water leak Ralph Johnstone at 9:47am 05.16.23 Does your fresh water pump have an Accumulator? Aye ! And therein lies the problem :angry:.
Fresh Water leak JamesG161 at 9:39am 05.16.23 Does your fresh water pump have an Accumulator? Jim...
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (3) jssailem at 9:28am 05.16.23 Terry this story is - No where near as beautiful as the Babe.. Yes the delay is wearing on me. In
Fresh Water leak Roland5048 at 9:26am 05.16.23 I'm trying to track down the source of the same issue. Thought it might be the tank itself but I he
Its funny Friday! (1) Kermit at 8:42am 05.16.23 215715
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? Hayden Watson at 8:34am 05.16.23 Tides, wind and scope management would be important for this anchorage.
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? (1) jssailem at 8:33am 05.16.23 I understand the issue. It is a means to an end. We have a similar exposed at low water area west of
Hunter smile / keel movement Ralph Johnstone at 8:17am 05.16.23 This time we noticed movement in the keel when it was on the travel lift the keel moves almost an i
Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Jacktar at 8:04am 05.16.23 A A handheld will only give you 5 w max, 20% of regular radio, with obvious loss of coverage area.
Mast Gate Woes Hollyberry at 8:03am 05.16.23 You'll probably need a rig-manufacturer-specific mast gate - unless you can get something custom mad
Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat Ralph Johnstone at 8:01am 05.16.23 If you are drawing air from the top of your engine compartment and cooler air is entering from the
Cleaning Shore Power Cord jviss at 8:00am 05.16.23
Cleaning Shore Power Cord Johnb at 8:00am 05.16.23
Anchoring at Coward's Cove? Tedd at 7:48am 05.16.23 @Hayden Watson : Great tip, thanks! @jssailem : It has to do with launching. The boat launch at McD
Cleaning Shore Power Cord Don S/V ILLusion at 7:37am 05.16.23
Cleaning Shore Power Cord jviss at 7:25am 05.16.23 I watched some youtube videos on this, I'm going to try both the Magic Eraser and Fast Orange hand c

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