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9.2A stern tube diameter? scottmcg at 8:28pm 05.21.11 S2 5/1584 I'm repowering my 1977 9.2A next month with a BetaMarine 902 (25hp). While the boat is on the hard f
Evaporative A/C shipwreck66 at 8:25pm 05.21.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 22/3808 Ok Phil, here is your update. I Purchased a Kuulaire Evaporative AC to put on my boat to run off an
Outboard alternators ebsail at 7:36pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1460 What happens if you run an outboard with an alternator and your battery switch is in the off positio
Forward wheel on Pearson 10M JudeHey at 7:31pm 05.21.11 Pearson 1/1641 Why is the wheel forward in the cockpit on the 10M? How do people like it? Thanks
Ilya is Launched! arknoah at 7:01pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1146 After many frustrating weeks of waiting and trying not to be a major pain at the marina, Ilya was fi
Winch to eye relationship (1) dscribner at 6:29pm 05.21.11 Trailer Sailors 12/6271 In one post I posted a photo of my boat on the trailer. One fellow piped up and said that my winch
Hunter 40 Mast Step Well jmag at 6:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1038 Our Hunter 40 (1986 vintage?) has a shallow well for the mast step. It's a problem. It collects but
Battery life Ross at 6:02pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2390 I had to change my batteries this year they lost 3 volts over the winter and won't hold a charge. Th
Patronus is home Juice6576 at 5:59pm 05.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2007 Shakedpwon cruise is in the books. The weather was crappy and not much sailing got done, but we sure
Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/9627 My mast has a 12" crack at the lower section of this 50 ft mast. (see photo) Is there a risk sailing
Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1941 Macgregor Owners, RE: 25 ft Macgregor sailboat: How do you gain access to motor mount bracket bolts
barlow winch Jerry C at 4:52pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1344 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1494 I recently purchased an Oday DSII but it has a DSIII rudder, I took the rudder assembly apart to cle
Removing bent dipstick Raftco at 4:09pm 05.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 2/2691 I have a Universal 25XP diesel. Today, I went to check the oil level and found the dipstick seems t
Boom vang ehudm at 3:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/5858 Did anyone try to use 2 boom-vangs? one connected to the port side and the other to starboard side.
Breaker Sizing FourPoints at 2:59pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 27/13603 I'm trying to size the breakers for the new electricial panel, right now on the old panel everything
What would you do with this fitting? Roger Long at 2:15pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/6766 This fitting on my Yanmar, just downstream from the RW pump, has a NPT thread but has to end up orie
Grand opening of New dock in Anacortes paulj at 2:08pm 05.21.11 Catalina 310 2/1649 New dock at Port of Anacortes - Cap Sante Boat Haven Anacortes,Wa is not for Catalina 310's ..
Normal cracks in keel? (3) bustedrudder at 2:03pm 05.21.11 Big Boats 3/2074 Looking at a 376 shoal draft. On haulout it was noted there is a 2' crack on the port side starting
trouble logging in Bob 04 H260 at 1:41pm 05.21.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2850 I can login fine on the home page but if I try to login on the Hunter forums I get an error, user na

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Packing gland nut getting hot. jaysweet at 3:26pm 06.10.22 I'm getting at least one drip every 60 sec. I used PTFE FLAX 3/16" I removed 4 flax rings so I pu
Wire Size Ward H at 3:15pm 06.10.22 Not sure what panel you are looking out but most come with 15A breakers and some blank spots. (At le
Wire Size Stu Jackson at 3:14pm 06.10.22 What kind of stereo do you intend to use? I have a Bluetooth car stereo, and with four speakers goi
Where Is Your Battery Charger? (1) Ward H at 2:46pm 06.10.22 Hi Mike, the original on my 93 C30 was mounted in the compartment under the aft starboard seat. I'v
Replacement Bulb for Steaming Light twalker H260 at 2:43pm 06.10.22 Looks like your looking for a bay 15d base (1157), 12v, 25w (18cd) bulb. The 4K likely refers to th
Bow Eye Rebuild Kit One Life at 2:08pm 06.10.22 Is this the one you're dealing with? xX512JHRjLE Yes but I didn't go quite that far. I got some
Replacement Bulb for Steaming Light dkinzer at 1:58pm 06.10.22 I was at the boat today and I decided to take a look at the bow nav light. It has one bulb with red/
Replace Toilet Hose on 92 H30 Justin_NSA at 1:43pm 06.10.22 Replace it with Raritan Saniflex. Pricey, but much easier to thread. I used a messenger line when I
Kick up rudder and Bow eye repairs. (3) Kaysirin at 1:24pm 06.10.22 I took a few photos of what I've done so far, I was thinking maybe I could get away with laying stri
Plastimo 16274 air pump for engine room - how is it controlled? Hollyberry at 1:17pm 06.10.22 Ours goes on/off with the 'ignition' switch (I know, not really an ignition switch....) but it does
23.5 spreader kit sail sfbay at 1:03pm 06.10.22 Interesting question. Same question came up on this thread: Should Spreaders Clamp In Upper Shrouds
Where Is Your Battery Charger? mikeracca at 1:00pm 06.10.22 What's your concern about how far away the charger is from the batteries ? It sounds like you're r
23.5 spreader kit rgranger at 12:51pm 06.10.22 When I replaced mine, I left the shroud movable.
Spreader repair kit hunter 23.5 or 26 rgranger at 12:50pm 06.10.22 I left them movable.
Structural Foam rgranger at 12:48pm 06.10.22 What is the SBO store? Thanks for the input Ooops...:facepalm::biggrin: Blame it on FRIDAY!;):kic
Does 2008 Hunter 45 CC have a screen in the fuel tank pick up tube. seadaddler at 12:37pm 06.10.22 Yes yes screen on pickup tube all boats usually have screen
Wire Size rlongfield at 12:28pm 06.10.22 I do tend to over think things. I just did some checking and it seems the panel I want (I like the
Threshold/trigger to add main twist back in for very light conditions Don Guillette at 11:58am 06.10.22 In light air you sometimes need more twist to handle the more aft apparent wind up high, where the
Bow Eye Rebuild Kit Any Sea at 11:53am 06.10.22 Is this the one you're dealing with? xX512JHRjLE
Battery bank question Maine Sail at 11:42am 06.10.22 If you insist on AGM (a waste of $$ now with LIFEPO4 kicking AGM butt).. there are only a few manufa

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