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Gasoline vs. Propane. Benny17441 at 11:19am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3898 One of our friends posted a reply to a thread and he raised the safety issue of using propane vs gas
Crack in Hunter 17 Deck James White at 11:05am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/5777 Need help please- from ANYONE- I want to buy a Hunter 17 (love these boats) but it has a 14" crack
Jabsco Head rebuild or replace...? Squidd at 10:50am 01.03.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 37/15694 I posted this on another forum and just got reamed and basicly told I was a fool... so please be gen
1984 H34 HWH - What is this valve? (1) dqb24 at 10:45am 01.03.12 Big Boats 23/5241 Starboard/outboard side of the hot water heater...small diam petcock - was frozen - after PB blaster
new FX mainsail Jordan grant at 10:38am 01.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1969 Incemy last post Ive gotten to try out the new sail so I can answer my original post from +months ag
emergency tiller question Bergovoy at 9:39am 01.03.12 S2 6/2011 hey all... I have a 1980 S29.2a and it has a plastic deckplate on the back seat/bench area... unde
Stern Rail Seat (1) Scott2 at 9:12am 01.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1157 Laast summer my H240 went through a horific lake storm that blew up quickly.Winds were estimated at
Now I know what's under that 8.0CC sole ewoden1 at 8:21am 01.03.12 S2 0/1021 Opened up the sole on my 8.0CC this past week. Interesting piece of, ahem, engineering. Recall I
Anchor Sizeing Great Lakes Squidd at 7:47am 01.03.12 Ask All Sailors 31/6840 Looking thru my gear and I have a "S13" Danforth which I assume is a 13# anchor, I have 30' of 3/16"
Bull Creek Buffet (Video) Roger Long at 7:16am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/3151 I stuck my head out the companionway this morning just in time to see a feeding frenzy of dolphins,
House Battery Replacement JeffThompson at 4:27am 01.03.12 Big Boats 8/1474 Over the holidays, our house battery finally decided to go to the great battery graveyard in the sky
Moment of Truth Roger Long at 4:09am 01.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2306
Removable cockpit table paul1938 at 9:46pm 01.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/1791 I have a 2005 H33 and while the folding table is great when we are docked, it's a pain when we are s
San Diego Trailer Sailors davenlynn at 9:45pm 01.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1908 Are there any marinas on either Shelter Island or Harbour Island that rent slips for a day or two?
Hunter 376 A/C and genset cahenesy at 7:03pm 01.02.12 Big Boats 11/4208 Hello all, I am in the process of purchasing a 1997 Hunter 376. I mostly sail on Lake Sidney Lan
Hunter 22 bilge pump location question SenecaDaze at 6:43pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 23/8908 the boat is a 1981 model,there was no bilge pump mounted when i bought boat,i have a small bilge pum
Show Off Time (4) GorillaToast at 6:23pm 01.02.12 Catalina 22 19/2266 Ok, so I decided to work on the boat instead of watching the Rose Bowl. After Ohio State (just down
Hunter 260: hole in cabin floor? epsilonblue at 6:00pm 01.02.12 Smaller Boats 18/4920 I have recently bought a hunter 260. there is a one inch diameter hole cut in the cabin floor adjace
Bottom paint seagle at 4:51pm 01.02.12 Ask All Sailors 10/3338 What is the best bottom paint to us in the bahams and why?
Thru-Hull Valves frozen (3) Euphoria2011 at 4:13pm 01.02.12 Bigger Boats 10/6570 Hello, I have a 1983 Oday 28 and this spring I am gettiing the bottom done and while she is out of

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Does anyone know the RAL number for the white gelcoat, 2005 Hunter Legend 27 built in the UK sail sfbay at 7:47am 08.10.22 Suggest contacting Spectrum Welcome to Spectrum Color - The Worlds Leader in Specialty Gel Coat Prod
Yanmar 3GM excessive smoke on cold start Martin-Galini at 7:42am 08.10.22 My 2GM20F has started this year to smoke unburnt fuel during cold start. It did not do this last yea
Hot water tank use when at anchor Baby Sea Wolf at 7:40am 08.10.22 In our temperate climate, our hot water lasts 3 days with one of us taking a "navy" shower and me r
Universal M-12 running hot odaydokay at 7:39am 08.10.22 Interesting! When you overheated, did you find you cooked off or lost a bit of coolant?
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Tedd at 7:34am 08.10.22 Refrigeration isn't a specialty of mine but I'm doubtful about a truly passive system working very w
Does anyone know the RAL number for the white gelcoat, 2005 Hunter Legend 27 built in the UK Martin-Galini at 7:34am 08.10.22 Did not realize Hunter assigned an RAL color code RAL Color Chart \| www.RALcolor.com to their gelco
Does anyone know the RAL number for the white gelcoat, 2005 Hunter Legend 27 built in the UK (1) sail sfbay at 7:23am 08.10.22 Did not realize Hunter assigned an RAL color code RAL Color Chart \| www.RALcolor.com to their gelcoa
2022 Harvest Moon Regatta - Crew Available jmce1587 at 7:22am 08.10.22
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 7:12am 08.10.22 To my way of thinking, I would rather rebuild an old school simple mechanical engine for 1k-2k than
Have you seen a "Shelf Cloud"? (1) Scott B at 6:59am 08.10.22 Halfway across Georgian Bay, several years ago, 5 hours from shore.
Two Things Hunter 49 Davidasailor26 at 6:47am 08.10.22
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) (1) DeniseO30 at 6:40am 08.10.22 208194own versions of what are called "water towers" they were very large galvanized steel usually w
ODay 34 refrigeratiom SailingCal21 at 6:34am 08.10.22 Can't compare, however my Dometic CD-50 consumes 35 to 40 AH/day. I currently have a 280 AH LFP hou
ever seen and been hit by a White Squall? All U Get at 6:32am 08.10.22
ODay 34 refrigeratiom Arrgh at 6:09am 08.10.22 How do you guys think the power consumption matches up between the Dometic and an isotherm style con
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) kloudie1 at 5:54am 08.10.22 There were some coolers like that on the market. A couple of years ago. They eliminated the heat exc
Hot water tank use when at anchor (1) RoyS at 5:23am 08.10.22 Suggest that you instal a brewers thermometer with a deep stainless probe in your hot water outlet f
2007 Hunter 33 Helm Seat wobbling kappykaplan at 5:00am 08.10.22 Any photos of the seat / swim platform?
ever seen and been hit by a White Squall? rgranger at 4:30am 08.10.22
3/8" for everything? Including dock lines? Gene Neill at 3:40am 08.10.22 Dock lines (and anchor rodes) should be stretchy. Thicker is not necessarily better.

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