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Rigging a jackline on a Hunter 23 farrapona at 7:28am 06.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/412 Hello, I am trying to figure out the optimal way to rig a jackline on my Hunter 23 As a novice sailo
Back pressure in sanitation line Windflyer at 7:11am 06.09.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/880 Hi, I replaced my sanitation line recently (2009 Hunter 36). It was pretty straightforward. I have
Edson steering, Catalina 250: conduit blocking rudder (3) sebastko at 12:17am 06.09.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1478 Hello all, This is my first post here, so glad to be joining this awesome community :) I'm having a
Edson draglink ball joint replacement - Hunter 380 (1) gusmuller at 8:13pm 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 0/322 All, Hoping someone will know or have a suggestion on how to remove/replace the ball joints on the
Tiller tamer on Hunter 26.5? cheeseNcrackers at 7:19pm 06.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/406
Cristec battery isolator possible failure SycloneDriver at 5:17pm 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1732 I've been chasing a voltage drop issue with my new alternator installation. I did find an issue at
Kick up rudder (8) Kaysirin at 4:31pm 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 8/879 Greetings! I recently purchased a 2007 Hunter 25, it has a few minor bumps and scrapes I am current
Ruddercraft kick up rudder dimensions? burrito at 2:36pm 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 0/516 Edit: I just realized I should have put this in the trailer sailor forum, not the forum for all owne
Age 80, O'Day 26 CB, great loop jmczzz at 1:22pm 06.08.22 Day Sailers 49/5805 i am an 80 yr old that has decided i would not spend my last days watching day time TV. So i bought
Marine Aire (Dometic) 18,000 BTU HVAC freezing RandB Davis at 1:01pm 06.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2596 Our 2009 Hunter 38 (Mariner Package) has a Marine Aire (Dometic) 18,000 BTU HVAC unit in the main sa
Thoughts on moving the teak handrails to the pop-up (1) brockangelo at 12:47pm 06.08.22 Catalina 22 7/718 So, I am likely going to want to upgrade my deck organizers to support more lines, and part of that
Hunter 38 cockpit stereo replacement (2) RandB Davis at 9:42am 06.08.22 Big Boats 0/661 Our 2009 Hunter 38 (Mariner Package) came with a marine-grade Sony CDX-HS70MS FM/AM/CD Player stereo
Loose-footed Staysail DanMaine at 7:08am 06.08.22 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1308 Can someone explain to me the advantage of a boom on the staysail. I'm considering running the shee
VHF at helm (possibly hands free) patagoniadave at 7:00am 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 38/2688 I am only months into this sailing lifestyle, so please forgive any blatantly ignorant questions. I
Isomat outhaul 1980 model FlimFlamII at 6:50am 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 3/666 The previous owner removed the internal outhaul purchase and I'm trying to determine how to install
Threshold/trigger to add main twist back in for very light conditions danstanford at 6:07am 06.08.22 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/1854 We have been quite successful in the light conditions by removing twist in both sails which adds pow
Specs or source for Catalina 30 cabin top wood trim (eyebrows)? Swordfish72 at 5:18am 06.08.22 Catalina 30 6/1731 My Catalina 30 is missing the wood trim pieces for the cabin top (some folks call eyebrows). The scr
Buff buff buff (1) SailingLoto at 4:52am 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 11/911 Once you start, you can't stop... Pretty happy with my test spot. 12.5% done!
Wire Size rlongfield at 9:14pm 06.07.22 Catalina 22 61/5604 What gauge of wire should I be looking at? And what is the preferred connection method? My wiring ex
Removing jib car track on Catalina 22 Proj1423 at 7:43pm 06.07.22 Trailer Sailors 6/1377 New sailor. Been getting water in the bilge when it rains and tracked it to three constant tracks o

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Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? colemj at 4:35am 02.12.25 In the life of a thru-hull, not worth mentioning. ............... Extremely unlikely. Have you had
A few fixed rudder questions. Chuck_FLA at 4:17am 02.12.25 I think the gudgeon will rip out prior to the rudder blade breaking - probably the lower gudgeon .
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 3:36am 02.12.25 It's about time one of us in Florida chimes in with a "The cure for Winter is moving to Florida" po
Legend 40.5 - freezer cold plate temperature (1) fero at 3:00am 02.12.25 Rich, I understand were the power comes from but what I wandered how did you bring additional wires
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? BigEasy at 1:03am 02.12.25 They are 14 years old. They are brass. And they don't have proper backing plates or flanges.
Stern Tube Rotated 180 Degrees After Fishing Line Incident (Beneteau 393) BigEasy at 12:37am 02.12.25 Thanks. I just went through all of this last year on What was the condition of the rubber when you
A few fixed rudder questions. Will Gilmore at 12:08am 02.12.25 Maybe something like a light aluminum wire that will hold the rudder during a moderate bump of the b
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Ralph Johnstone at 8:24pm 02.11.25 Wow ! With ideas like that, it pretty well goes without saying that you're travelling with the wro
Watertight through-deck connection Urban Hermit at 7:24pm 02.11.25 I went to Pensacola's West Marine asking for just that. Two middle-aged clerks didn't know what I w
Keeping warm for winter boat work shemandr at 6:56pm 02.11.25 It's about time one of us in Florida chimes in with a "The cure for Winter is moving to Florida" pos
H340 Saloon Table operation? markymac1961 at 6:05pm 02.11.25 Thanks Folks. Yep all makes sense. I Shall pull apart and investigate when I get some time. As is
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? kodiak1120 at 5:49pm 02.11.25
A few fixed rudder questions. shemandr at 4:20pm 02.11.25 I think the gudgeon will rip out prior to the rudder blade breaking - probably the lower gudgeon .
Watertight through-deck connection (1) JoeWhite at 4:11pm 02.11.25 229720 This is what I use. West marin $21.00 Very happy with it.
Keeping warm for winter boat work dmax at 3:16pm 02.11.25 If you go that route, install a CO alarm immediately
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Mark Maulden at 3:06pm 02.11.25
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dlochner at 2:49pm 02.11.25 How far back does the filler between the hull and lining go? A few small test borings might be neces
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 2:36pm 02.11.25 The problems with using propane on an enclosed boat in the winter are moisture and CO. The moisture
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) Project_Mayhem at 2:26pm 02.11.25 I used an electric plug in heater most of the time working on Tally Ho over the winter. If it was
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 2:02pm 02.11.25 I got ahold of him. He said there are none available anymore. I will try at West Marine tomorrow. If

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