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Interior Liner source? Pat at 6:27am 04.22.13 Bigger Boats 2/945 Good Morning, does anyone have a source for the carpeting/liner used on the O'day 272 and other mode
Battery Size NYSail at 6:25am 04.22.13 Engines and Propulsion 8/3120 Hello all, Quick one here... what is the smallest battery one can use as a back-up / starter batt
New Headsail DJN51 at 5:06am 04.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/722 Need to replace furled headsail after this season,what is the largest sail 23.5 Hunter owners have i
Buff Deck Color (1) Mick143 at 4:11am 04.22.13 Bigger Boats 4/1442 Hello , need help locating a color source for the tan deck color on 28 ft O'Day. It is a 79, and the
TV antenna on mast top or spreader height Philip_Oceanis 361 at 1:34am 04.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/8365 Would you prefer to install a TV antenna on the mast top or near the spreader height (above the rada
Beneteau 285 trailer fuzzy at 11:15pm 04.21.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/12316 I'm new to the Beneteau world. Are there trailers available for my Beneteau first 285? I would like
25.5 Hunter daniell at 10:40pm 04.21.13 Smaller Boats 5/1346 Just bought a 25.5 Hunter and raising the pop top is a night mare, is there supposed to be a stabili
Fin-Gal truewind at 10:01pm 04.21.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1152 I'm trying to find Richard Marble (location?) or Chris H. in Pueblo, Colorado, or an unknown owner i
Hunter 41 AC Getting Under The Headliner? Mystique at 8:48pm 04.21.13 Big Boats 12/2862 Hey Folks, I wanted to run some additional DC wires from the helm to the panel for iPhone /iPad c
Looking for local knowledge for Green Cove Springs ybrad at 8:06pm 04.21.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2804 Considering leaving the boat in GC Springs for some number of weeks (mooring or dockside). I underst
Get a clue on a Mac (or venture) 22' (4) airshac at 7:38pm 04.21.13 Trailer Sailors 11/3524 So just brought a project boat home last weekend. Bought it thinking it is a '79 Mac 22' but as I w
Sink Backsplash (3) Coriolisbc at 7:32pm 04.21.13 Catalina 30 1/1296 Spring upgrades this season include an Acrylic sink backsplash, 6 inches wide, 32 long, 1/4 inch thi
Steaming Light and Deck Light c130king at 7:27pm 04.21.13 Catalina 310 11/7217 Is the Steaming Light/Deck Light combo unit standard on Catalina 310's? Does anyone have the info
NW and BC 2013 Rendezvous ! FastOlson at 7:21pm 04.21.13 Ericson 1/7112 All owners of Ericsons or Olsons (25,911s,34) are invited to the annual rendezvous in Pt Townsen, WA
What kind of bilge pump??? (1) colinhulse at 7:10pm 04.21.13 Bigger Boats 2/2020 This is at the rear of the cockpit in my 30' O'day. Any Idea what brand it is? There is a big K with
Holding tank & macerator mysteries... BOBBB at 7:03pm 04.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/927 I have a 2005 Cat 28 MkII - I have yet to get all of the mysteries of the head, holding tank ' macer
bleeder valve leaking JBboat at 6:13pm 04.21.13 Big Boats 0/762 Anybody ever have there bleeder valve to the hot water heater (heat exchanger) leak? This is on the
Hunter 23' Boom Height/Location carboman at 6:03pm 04.21.13 Smaller Boats 18/3412 seems like when i took my boom off a year ago during my reapair project, it was set so that when I d
Splash... Kh3412 at 6:02pm 04.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/1227 Well in a week the boat goes in for the first time for us. Getting nervous hope I did everything rig
How to fill permanent head through hull Monheganlover at 5:36pm 04.21.13 Catalina 22 3/2793 I recently bought a 1976 Catalina 22 that, much to my surprise, came with a permanent head. The hea

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rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Hayden Watson at 8:43am 05.06.23 The other big challenge to going with LFP is preventing the alternator from cooking itself in its ow
Bottom Chip Repair Jacktar at 8:36am 05.06.23 True sail it til it breaks, repair and sail it again.
Hunter 41AC/41DS spinnaker tack location Sailor Arny at 8:30am 05.06.23 I am going to go without the furler this season, just pull it down into a deck bag, tired of all the
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer mermike at 8:28am 05.06.23 The secret to no boom is some FLA that is connected into the charging circuit to give the current s
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger Stu Jackson at 8:07am 05.06.23 sc, glad to be able to try to help. You didn't say your charger was a "Flyback" model but I figured
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick Webb at 8:06am 05.06.23 Another potential source is the oil filter seal. I once had an oil filter seal stick to the engine
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges (4) Cap'nCook at 7:57am 05.06.23 215392 With some assistance we can get the gap to close a bit more, but still short of being able t
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick486 at 7:20am 05.06.23 Great replies from the community. It is so appreciated, especially from those of us in the north,
Life's Most Infuriating Moments JamesG161 at 7:04am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. But I bought this, to strap down my Genset Muff
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Cap'nCook at 7:02am 05.06.23 Thanks Dave. I'm about to go out and raise once more so I can get pictures of the process and then w
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... Sailfanatic at 6:56am 05.06.23 I have been finding quotes like this in other sailing forums. I guess I disagree about blisters. T
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rafael8008 at 6:56am 05.06.23 Great replies from the community. It is so appreciated, especially from those of us in the north, t
My 1980 Hunter 22, A Restoration Crazy Dave Condon at 6:55am 05.06.23
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Crazy Dave Condon at 6:49am 05.06.23 @Cap'nCook First a few pictures please. Then send me a private message with phone number to call.
Reconnecting water heater and bleeding the system? Hello Below at 6:38am 05.06.23 Connect the coolant hoses to the water heater, then while both hoses are disconnected from the engi
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger sailcapt340 at 6:37am 05.06.23
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Cap'nCook at 6:25am 05.06.23 My next attempt today will be to add a rope to the top of the mast that can slip thru once raised. H
Ducks in my backyard! RSHunter27 at 6:10am 05.06.23 nope certainly wouldn't let that happen. I don't want them on board. Let alone nesting.
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Timm R Oday25 at 6:02am 05.06.23 Without pictures ,I'm only guessing at possible solutions . Is it possible your gin pole is to long
Old bilge: water in keel Leeward Rail at 5:59am 05.06.23 Thanks for your insight. THe surveyor found moister in the upper part of the keel, right where the

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