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Companionway Instrument panel material (1) Sointu II at 4:47am 04.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1361 Hi, I want to add another instrument to my companionway panel and need to make a new backplate. Do
Centreboard hunter 240 and rig tention Justin at 4:31am 04.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1125 Hi Does anyone know how to access the centerboard on a hunter 240 in order to replace it? Also does
Columbia 30 rudder Elusive at 9:33pm 04.10.12 Columbia 0/2907 Does anyone know the trick to removing the rudder from a 1972 Columbia 30? The boatyard couldn't do
Wherer to mount radar? Nauti-Gent at 8:26pm 04.10.12 Lancer 4/2620 Anyone know if adding radar to the mast is problematic due to it being deck mounted? Fishing the ca
Special Balboa22 at 8:13pm 04.10.12 Balboa 1/2605 When preping the boat for paint I noticed the word "Special" on the port side near aft just below th
Heading south to the Keys (1) seadaddler at 7:35pm 04.10.12 Big Boats 3/1285 Long day today but what a great sail from Pelican Bay to Ft Myers and hooked a mooring ball for our
Single line or two line reef Old Sailor 2 at 7:33pm 04.10.12 Big Boats 18/4007 New question. In re-rigging my boom I am contemplating using two line reef system for two reef poin
Hunter 23' Forestay Connection carboman at 7:07pm 04.10.12 Smaller Boats 5/2301 Does anyone know where I can get a picture of how the forestay is connected to the chain plate in th
Pets on board. gary at 6:57pm 04.10.12 Smaller Boats 11/1761 I see articles and photographs all the time of people with their pets on board. Mostly dogs, but so
Sea Trials Today CaptGregg at 6:30pm 04.10.12 Catalina 22 21/2753 Well, first trials were not in salt water but in Jordan Lake here close to Raleigh. The weather was
Fuel tanks and other rambling thoughts. GeorgiaBII at 6:27pm 04.10.12 Trailer Sailors 14/4401 For you guys with outboards that have external tanks what have you done about keeping the tank out o
Mystery starboard lazarette leak - help! HeatherAnn at 6:25pm 04.10.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1228 We've got a leak in the aft starboard lazarette of our Hunter Legend 35.5. It's salt water and fills
New Motor Crystal Beach Fl at 6:04pm 04.10.12 Catalina 22 10/1570 Could I please get input on a new motor for my 1986 Swing Keel Catalina. I sail primaily in protecte
C-22 pre-85 pop top cover cdavis0627 at 5:49pm 04.10.12 Catalina 22 0/3 04/10/2012 10:30 AM Pacific Time White cover with fixed windows in great shape -- it may not have
S2 8.0b Bilge Pump Rebild or replacement... Kmclaren at 5:33pm 04.10.12 S2 10/4536 I just committed to purchase a friends 8.0b and will be taking delivery this week. There is some wo
Replacing the glass on the hatch Michel16055 at 4:20pm 04.10.12 Ask All Sailors 11/14853 Has anyone replaced the glass on their hatch? Mine has the sun baked crackling all over it. Was it e
A Day on the Tred Avon Roger Long at 4:16pm 04.10.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2347
Anyone replace their Y25 boom? noloso at 3:53pm 04.10.12 Yamaha 6/2148 Hello, While sailing last weekend we put tension on the vang and the boom on my Y25 broke. It didn't
Question for Crazy Dave... Forrest15112 at 3:31pm 04.10.12 Smaller Boats 2/983 Actually, two questions for Dave, or anyone who'd like to contribute. I have a 1993 23.5. First, I h
ball valves LL00nnss at 3:30pm 04.10.12 Big Boats 3/1050 I have an 83 34 hunter and the thru hull ball valve for head discharge is bad what size is it thank

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Hood Furler - 40.5 artboas at 7:49pm 09.05.22 Sad to hear you sailing season has come to an end for the season. Binnacle Marine appears to have
A/C duct locations artboas at 7:46pm 09.05.22 Would like to chime in on something related. On most boats, they just let the airco pan drain to the
41DS Refrigerator Replacement artboas at 7:40pm 09.05.22 Hi all, The original Nova Kool DC only unit finally quit working (15 yrs old). I would like to repl
Hunter vision in mast wires jssailem at 7:38pm 09.05.22
260 roller jib removal rgranger at 7:31pm 09.05.22 Thanks Peter. Found the CDI FF2 manual on another thread, and it looks like there is a halyard. A
Hunter 34 Winch Replacement artboas at 7:29pm 09.05.22 Yes, on my boat they were. It was zero effort for Hunter to glass in the plates, and at that point
Hunter 34 Winch Replacement artboas at 7:26pm 09.05.22 Question about the Hunter plates glassed into the hull. Are they glasses into the hull were the op
McLube........ McLeak? rgranger at 7:24pm 09.05.22
Battery cables H260 rgranger at 7:20pm 09.05.22 My H26 had the bats to port just take your existing electric lines and crimp on a few extra feet o
Bottom Paint Clarification rgranger at 7:18pm 09.05.22
2 year old Diesel Stabilzer rgranger at 7:10pm 09.05.22
McLube........ McLeak? capta at 7:06pm 09.05.22 WD-40 is a great fish attractant. Just spray it on your lures and see the difference. Well, salmon f
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 7:02pm 09.05.22 Have you or anyone else added fuel to the boat lately? Gasoline in a diesel will cause issues. I
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 6:59pm 09.05.22 Is there any exhaust smoke? Was it there before this issue? No and no. It burns pretty clean.
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors 2Sheets2TheWind at 6:59pm 09.05.22 I think I would try quickly opening and closing the lines at the injector, just as you suggest. Wh
chartplotter (1) BC Bernie at 6:35pm 09.05.22 Hi there, Garmin 9" I installed last year in the original pod. Good luck!
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 6:34pm 09.05.22 Have you or anyone else added fuel to the boat lately? Gasoline in a diesel will cause issues. I h
McLube........ McLeak? Captain Larry-DH at 6:29pm 09.05.22 Since my local marine shops stopped bringing in McLube Sailkote spray, I/we sailors here had switch
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 6:25pm 09.05.22 Is there any exhaust smoke? Was it there before this issue?
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 6:24pm 09.05.22 I think I would try quickly opening and closing the lines at the injector, just as you suggest. Whe

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