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Engine overheats at idle, cools at 15k RPM's. Rocky Coast at 4:16pm 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1421 1984 Catalina 30, Westerbeke 25XP diesel. New boat to me, on the hard running on hose to salt water
Anyone know what this is? (3) enorfleet at 1:37pm 05.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1426 Found this in the engine bilge of my 1983 Hunter 34. No idea where it came from. Can anyone help?
Intake Silencer (1) SV Bella at 11:20am 05.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/2733 What maintenance is required for the intake silencer? 05H41DS Yanmar 56hp 4JH4E What's inside there
Bed-It Tape is back! (1) Phil Herring at 9:51am 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 24/5410 Almost. :thumbup: Thanks to the efforts of Maine Sail and his firm Compass Marine, we're very proud
Stuffing Box & Cutlass Bearing Plymouth Sailor at 8:12am 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 3/361 Does anyone know how to perform a simple test to ensure all is well with the prop assembly, i e sig
looking for a salvaged Catalina 22 keel Jim Eller at 6:33am 05.24.22 Catalina 22 4/504 A friend's 1998 Catalina Sport lost her keel. It was her second time out on a boat she had just pur
Rudder Packing (2) RoyS at 5:35am 05.24.22 Ask All Sailors 0/256 One job I hate is to adjust the rudder shaft packing. It is difficult to access and there is only ro
Air conditioner water pump not working TimFromLI at 8:32pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1649 At the end of last season, I noticed that one of my AC water hoses looked like it needed to be retir
Hunter 45 cc - Sliding Companionway Door - Tape Springs Miss JibSea at 7:56pm 05.23.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/365 Anyone having to routinely replace the tape springs for the sliding companion way door? They break
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training dkinzer at 7:33pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1180 Our boat is slipped in Portland, OR but we would like to develop the skills to cross the Columbia Ba
Lake Cruise II-May 2022 ShotgunSlim at 6:52pm 05.23.22 Catalina 22 0/261 The first trip up to the lake was so good I just had to return another time and stay an extra day ou
Catalina 30 Depth Finder Problem jim.m at 2:59pm 05.23.22 Mid-Size Boats 8/1912 Hi All, Last season I purchased and installed a Raymarine DST-800 transducer to replace original kno
Help on Replacing rubber T-Track Endstop (1) antoineH336 at 1:22pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 2/442 205598 Hello all ! Looking to replace the end teack bumper pads on my 1997 H336. But before tryin
Dirty Fuel Rasselas36 at 1:20pm 05.23.22 Ask All Sailors 13/855
Navigation Question - Long Island Amityville to Atlantic Ocean (1) EdWard3 at 10:35am 05.23.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/303 Heading out to NJ Southern coast from Amityville, NY. Does anyone have a suggestion on which channe
Flush thru-hulls flange/head size on Catalina 42. (2) BourbonS at 9:34am 05.23.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/778 Dear Forum, Could you please kindly help me with this: I've got my Catalina 42 1992 last November.
2003 Catalina 36 Propane Tank (1) sdwardforblue at 7:53am 05.23.22 Big Boats 4/1636 I would like to purchase an extra propane tank for our 2003 Catalina 36 MKII - tall rig. It has a H
2004 Hunter 33 - Need a windlass fix or replacement psjacob at 7:53am 05.23.22 Parts Search 5/719 The original windlass is no longer available. Is there anyones here who have a suggestion of a repla
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help Dustin7 at 4:32am 05.23.22 Destinations 30/4107 Hello all. I recently purchased a Hunter 27 roughly 450 nautical miles from where her future home is
Hunter 466 - how to unmount the armchair module SailingSelkie at 3:39am 05.23.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/244 We bought a Hunter 466 2002 in october last year. We are busy upgrading the electric system and as p

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2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator twenger at 1:17pm 08.02.24 There should be a way to charge both batteries on your boat. Only a prior owner who's a fool would
Invest 97L capta at 1:16pm 08.02.24 I haven't been watching this depression, but if anyone has, what is the Big Dog (the North Atlantic
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator twenger at 1:15pm 08.02.24 Did the combiner allow for charging of the house batteries from the alternator? Or just allow house
Buffing Outboard Motor Cover jviss at 1:13pm 08.02.24 deleted
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator SEMPERAVANTI41 at 12:39pm 08.02.24 I owned a 2006 Hunter 41 DS. The boat is equipped from the factory with a solenoid combiner. When th
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator dlochner at 12:13pm 08.02.24 There should be a way to charge both batteries on your boat. Only a prior owner who's a fool would w
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator Terry Cox at 11:38am 08.02.24 Any insight is welcomed. As Don mentioned in his post, use your volt meter to first, check the cha
Deck and Hull Paint Recommendations kappykaplan at 11:26am 08.02.24 If it's been on the hard 2+ won't most of the water intrusion have evaporated/dried out prior to do
Deck and Hull Paint Recommendations rcoleman67 at 11:22am 08.02.24 Thanks for the thoughts/comments. I'll get some pictures this weekend. Super tiny holes. My "assumpt
Invest 97L kappykaplan at 10:57am 08.02.24 Dammit Jim... :thumbup:
Invest 97L (1) JamesG161 at 10:56am 08.02.24 Is now an appropriate time to say, "Dammit, Jim"?
Balmar external regulator not lighting; no apparent alternator output Kings Gambit at 10:51am 08.02.24 Thanks Stu. I've discovered that the switch was not still "on" after the engine started. Diesel is
Invest 97L Don S/V ILLusion at 10:46am 08.02.24
2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator Don S/V ILLusion at 10:42am 08.02.24 My guess is that era Hunter had either a battery isolator or ACR which allows charging of both banks
Invest 97L kappykaplan at 10:02am 08.02.24 Invest 97L should become TS Debby. Is now an appropriate time to say, "Dammit, Jim"?
Invest 97L kappykaplan at 10:01am 08.02.24 I look for Heat content versus Water Temps I meant heat content! :facepalm: Tks, Jim and John. Sp
Buffing Outboard Motor Cover Leeward Rail at 9:44am 08.02.24 Don't bother. That's the advice from seasoned cruisers. Why? Less chance of the motor being stolen.
Invest 97L (1) JamesG161 at 9:36am 08.02.24 Ok just updated est 97L should become TS Debby. Jim...
Buffallo to Cleveland: stops along the way? twenger at 9:25am 08.02.24 Dunkirk, Erie, Geneva, Cle.
Catalina 25 Bilge Stu Jackson at 9:21am 08.02.24 You should get to know these skippers, too" https://catalina-capri-25s.org/default.asp I had C25 #

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