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Need water tank gauge (1) Seattle Scott at 6:21pm 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1540 My 25 year old gauge/sending unit has failed, see pic. I am look for a replacement, just a manual (
Electric Confusion? - Need Help! (1) rgranger at 5:28pm 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2352 Hey All I've had a graduate level electronics course when I was in graduate school, I've built powe
Raymarine ST1000 Plus Marine Auto Tack Tiller Pilot twodzusfittings at 4:42pm 02.26.12 Smaller Boats 10/8709 Looking at all the pros and cons with the idea of eventually buying one for my Hunter 25.5. Does any
helm damage Dutchess at 4:15pm 02.26.12 Big Boats 3/1124 :confused:Here's the story. after my boat was put up on the hard, i noticed my pedestal helm was ben
Easy Lock Rope Clutch Handles (4) JKCMBOAT at 4:09pm 02.26.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/5904 Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the handles on this EasyLock rope clutch in the attach
Blow Out Tide (1) BillyK at 3:40pm 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 20/4134 I've never seen the river here in Mays Landing NJ this low.. 45mph winds blowing out with a peak ti
Hunter 29.5 Boom Rigging (1) deangraham at 1:30pm 02.26.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1697 Hi, I recently broke my boom and have had it replaced under insurance - being in New Zealand a cust
Honda Generator debcouture56 at 11:07am 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3722 I'm planning on purchasing a Honda 2000 generator to power my AIRRR air conditioner, 12k btu's. Doe
Painting an aluminum mast Bdub at 11:01am 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 7/19211 Beyond Rustoleum, any kind of paint you recommend for re-painting an aluminum mast for a Cat-22? Any
Recommend hand held GPS? debcouture56 at 10:58am 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 60/12395 We are new to sailing (recently traded our power boat for a Hunter 28). It does not have a chart plo
Autopilot; ST4000 to X-5 Pat T at 10:30am 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 31/10909 I am going to replace my old Raymarine ST4000 wheel pilot with the newest version X-5 (SPX-5 p70). J
Familiar Face Roger Long at 9:10am 02.26.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/3113 I just saw a seal at mile 315. It was the first I've seen since leaving Maine which made it feel a b
Telescoping swim platform laddre smithdavidf at 9:02am 02.26.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1119 I need to replace the swim platform ladder the previous owner never polished and washed of the ladde
Considering a Hunter-23 Dnf777 at 8:40am 02.26.12 Smaller Boats 23/5397 Hi All, New to forum, and would like to jump in with a question about the Hunter 23. I have been
Chainplates O'day 25 Carver at 7:37am 02.26.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/3403 Hi All, Redoing the deck this winter and have everything stripped. My chainplates (side stays) are
Christiana River Wilmington DE MLampner at 7:34am 02.26.12 Ask All Sailors 0/963 Chimes, a large provider of services to people with disabilities in the Mid Atlantic hosts an annual
battery selection bommers at 7:33am 02.26.12 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2923 Did a liitle research on house batteries for my 1981 Hunter 30. Ended up buying 2 Sams Club Group
Brand new First Time Owner C27 Key Largo 1986 millra at 6:35am 02.26.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1639 First off, thank you in advance to all for anticipated answers and responses. I'm a new first tim
Main Sail Slide Repair Tripleshoe at 5:51am 02.26.12 Smaller Boats 10/3819 Is there a way to repair the broken slides on the main sail ? Guess Father Time and UV has deteriate
Generators. Exhausting? Noise? Chris Patterson at 5:35am 02.26.12 Catalina 22 11/1429 O.K., I've researched this generator issue till I have so much information about it, that I now know

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Anchor windlass for Hunter 340 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 03.21.22 Take a look in here and let me know if this helps.
Forever to Charge - What's This? Hayden Watson at 5:38pm 03.21.22 Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I have some pretty good battery testing gear, though, including a
Auto Pilot jviss at 5:35pm 03.21.22 My below deck autohelm has failed while underway. Should not try to fix at sea, so you're stuck w/m
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:29pm 03.21.22 My below deck autohelm has failed while underway. Should not try to fix at sea, so you're stuck w/ma
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:29pm 03.21.22 As the gusts get stronger you may want to consider reefing early for example 15-17 mph. With the 17
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 5:29pm 03.21.22 I'll second the "why" on this. Of course, in a single circuit it likely doesn't make sense. But th
Auto Pilot jviss at 5:27pm 03.21.22 I thought the idea was to give William options. William said "...want to install an autopilot, Any
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jeepbluetj at 5:25pm 03.21.22 "Same circuit" maybe misleading, A GFI should not be on the load side of another GFI, daisy chaine
Help with pumpout station part Justin_NSA at 5:25pm 03.21.22 Thanks Dave. Looks like Grainger and Amazon have the couplings also. And they are not expensive. Nee
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Tater at 5:21pm 03.21.22 What were the wind speeds when first sailing? Hi Dave. I est. 5-10 with gusts to 15. The big one c
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:15pm 03.21.22 What were the wind speeds when first sailing?
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage Kings Gambit at 5:04pm 03.21.22 The short answer is "replace with SS chain." It's slippery; does not crust over, does not kink in wi
Firefly battery issues Brad Hoff at 5:03pm 03.21.22 I have been having issued myself. Installed 3 Firefly 12v the fall before the pandemic. Boat did get
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 zephyr070 at 4:59pm 03.21.22 Nice installation! This is exactly what I have on my Vision 32. One question: did you bed the mounti
Auto Pilot Stu Jackson at 4:48pm 03.21.22 And, in my opinion, that's all there is to it! Except that's NOT all there is to it, is there? Th
H280 Boom & Jiffy Reef zephyr070 at 4:41pm 03.21.22 Hi there! I remember coming across this blog post when I first bought my 89 Vision 32. I was curious
Forever to Charge - What's This? LouisMK at 4:09pm 03.21.22
Kudos to Peggy Hall - Installed Raritan Fresh Head no worries about contamination now bear333 at 4:02pm 03.21.22
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage twistedskipper at 3:18pm 03.21.22 I have tried something different, I usually anchor in 15 to 20 feet rarely 25 ft so50 to 75 feet of
Anti-siphon valve (1) thinwater at 2:52pm 03.21.22 Hello everyone, quick question. I need to do a few items on my new to me Pearson 30 to comply with

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