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Diving ken336 at 7:53pm 01.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1306 Is anyone scuba diving off your boat with a walk through transom? Are you using any protection for t
Oday 23 wiring advice - cabin to mast RIOday88 at 7:21pm 01.14.13 Day Sailers 13/3672 I am looking to replace the electrical wiring on my 1980 Oday 23. Does anyone have any advice on wir
Mast wiring MickP at 6:09pm 01.14.13 The Cherubini Hunters 18/7723 Have just spent 2 hrs dangling from the mast in a bosun's chair trying to sort out the masthead/stea
Is this a flexible coupling? (2) HokuPaa at 5:03pm 01.14.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1774 I have a yanmar 2GM20 and am having a lot of cavitation. Discovered this. I believe it is called a f
2005 Hunter 25 Sailavie1 at 5:00pm 01.14.13 Smaller Boats 5/5650 Hello, I am looking for information on the H 25 built in 2005 - 2009. How many were built and why wa
st. lawrence seaway steve dautovic at 4:36pm 01.14.13 Destinations 13/13205 Has anyone sailed the St. Lawrence from Kingston to Montreal ? What can I expect sailing a 24 ft. sa
Free Haul Out Mikem at 4:29pm 01.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/682 I posted an underwater video of our H466 with the new folding prop. That was installed and the bott
Shallow slip dlewis812 at 4:14pm 01.14.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1748 Realized the winter storage slip I'm in is too shallow (checked at low tide, stuck in the mud). Of c
Cowl Vents (1) CaptGregg at 3:33pm 01.14.13 Catalina 22 17/2831 Hello All, I cannot find any information in my pdf library where the two cowl vents on the port si
VHF slowdog at 3:10pm 01.14.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1222 I have a VHF radio that the knobs are gummy can you fix that radio is only over one year or so
How good an investment is restoring your boat? jfrench at 2:46pm 01.14.13 Catalina 22 39/4954 http://www.chipford.com/cost.htm Want proof of the return on your investment and hours of labor?
Wow! NOAA Charts in PNG format rgranger at 2:39pm 01.14.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1917 Hey All I stumbled upon this website today. It has NOAA charts in PNG format. If you have a poste
Quuestion hummingbirdbassist at 2:35pm 01.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/913 I was milling around on boat today, and remembering it has been on The hard 4 yrs, but before put o
Two 6v house batteries wiring deangraham at 1:57pm 01.14.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/963 Hi, I recently had a problem with the two 6v house batteries I have in my hunter 29.5 and have remo
Battery Position for shore power deangraham at 1:34pm 01.14.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1206 Hi there, I have a hunter 29.5, I have always had the battery position set to off when the boat is
1998 Hunter 410 Stern Rail Diameter jsmac at 1:31pm 01.14.13 Big Boats 4/1285 Hi All, I wish to purchase an 9.9hp outboard motor mount for my 1998 Hunter 410 and don't know the
2002 Hunter 356 Captpete12 at 1:05pm 01.14.13 Big Boats 4/1579 I am coming close to purchasing a Hunter 356. She has in mast furling, Raytheon GPS/Map/radar, elec
Boom Kicker or Topping Lift agprice22 at 1:01pm 01.14.13 Catalina 22 9/1546 Well? Which do you prefer and why? I am thinking of adding one or the other, and I thought I'd get s
what do you think? aluminum better than zinc? Tricia at 10:59am 01.14.13 Musings With Maine Sail 7/3743 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2013/01/why-non-zinc-anodes-are-a-good-idea
1986 35 ft Oday original transducer stowe18 at 9:49am 01.14.13 Bigger Boats 4/1500 I have the original transducer - which is datamarine. Looking to upgrade the existing depth and spee

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2001 B361 Chain Plate leak (1) Mechone at 4:22pm 11.30.22 First its a Beneteau chain plate , you cannot use Butyl tape as some have suggested ,use 3m 4200 . T
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion flightlead404 at 3:22pm 11.30.22
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale Leeward Rail at 3:19pm 11.30.22 Great post and warning. If you search the Catalina 22 sub forum there are a couple threads on ful
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Tally Ho at 3:10pm 11.30.22 Follow up, for any other interested sailors: I met with a master boat builder in our area (Joe Park
DC distribution panel in Hunters ggrizzard at 2:51pm 11.30.22 Yep Stu. If the master switch is on, the circuits are hot. Why they built a panel that way or why H
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 2:15pm 11.30.22 Thank you everyone for all the useful tips regarding shroud tension. I'll look forward to making th
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 1:53pm 11.30.22 Follow up, for any other interested sailors: I met with a master boat builder in our area (Joe Parke
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion DayDreamer41 at 1:45pm 11.30.22 The solenoid is closed when the ignition switch is in the "ON" position. Sounds as if your solenoid
rewiring the mast Scott T-Bird at 1:37pm 11.30.22 The light on the mast is a steaming light I've never seen someone install a tri color on the bow of
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion ice breaker at 1:18pm 11.30.22 You may have a welded closed solenoid.
Help me understand my DC charging/depletion Johann at 12:55pm 11.30.22 My cat came with similar Cole hersee solenoids for combining the house and start when the engine was
0day 25,130 genoa sail sfbay at 12:54pm 11.30.22 Do an internet search on "used sailboat genoa sail" and you will find many sites and sail lofts that
DC distribution panel in Hunters Stu Jackson at 11:32am 11.30.22 I prefer the option available with a regular breaker to switch something off, can't do that with pu
DC distribution panel in Hunters Terry Cox at 11:29am 11.30.22 Many years ago, when I was still learning the boat's systems, we were at anchor and when it came tim
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt Ralph Johnstone at 10:26am 11.30.22 Another consideration: If you grind the head of the screw off, the sheaves and plate will come up a
2000 Hunter 380 AC electrical problem JamesG161 at 10:16am 11.30.22 when I turn on the air conditioning breaker and the main B-bus breaker in the aft lazarette in the
2000 Hunter 380 AC electrical problem mermike at 9:46am 11.30.22 Or the pigtail.
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale HeelBoy at 9:38am 11.30.22 That makes sense... you don't want to drop the keel to replace the zinc... you could probably crimp
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale rgranger at 9:32am 11.30.22 I should probably add a Zinc while I'm at it. That makes sense... you don't want to drop the keel
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale HeelBoy at 9:26am 11.30.22 .... like this... I had the exact same concern, and fiddled with some ideas along the same lines a

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