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Is selling a Late Model Used Large Hunter Difficult? Beautiful Day at 8:34pm 05.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2350 I have heard that selling a late model large Hunter can be challenging. Is this case? For example, d
help: USA metric propshaft source?? MitchM at 7:45pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2589 does anyone know of a USA supplier (or one in toronto CA) for a metric propshaft? i'l
What type of bottom paint is this??? Mike1956 at 7:37pm 05.12.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1310 I have a 1982 Catalina 22. It was purchased five years ago from someone in Pennsylvania who purchase
New Anti-boater Federal Bill Rick D at 6:55pm 05.12.11 Sails Call Lounge 27/13169
Raritan Head MLampner at 6:42pm 05.12.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6777 Peggy enjoyed the book and found it helpful. My Hunter 30 has a First generation Compact Raritan He
Lightning Storm seadaddler at 5:59pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 32/8605 You are anchored out for the day or night or out sailing far from port and a lightning storm surroun
Honda 5 HP Water Pump Replacement (19) CaptDon01 at 5:54pm 05.12.11 Catalina 22 3/22582 Many of us have the little Honda BF5, 5 HP 4-stroke outboard on our boats. It's not too difficult t
Unusual High Tides on the upper Chessy Witzend at 5:47pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2837 For the past 2 days we have had very high tides, it's not a full moon, no southerly blow'en, no stor
H26 Mast+Steamer+cables and connectors Chiriqui at 5:40pm 05.12.11 Smaller Boats 9/2843 I dropped the mast today to find out why my neither my mast or steamer lights didn't come on. I'm p
Tohatsu MFS6B Outboard Witzend at 4:24pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/6393 I purchased this outboard from Defender industries at the end of December of 2010. I have maybe 1 ho
Boat Wiring Ducati at 3:34pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2085 Last fall just before haul-out I took photos of all of the wiring connections for the mast. I looks
Clearing the decks Roger Long at 3:00pm 05.12.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/5530 I signed the papers today to sell the business I started in 1986, a quarter of a century ago. That
Almost ready to splash. (4) geehaw at 1:14pm 05.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1529 Well the boats bottom is painted the rest cleaned and shiny. No more white butt when ya sit on her.
Need M-15/5411 Engine for Parts Jimd333 at 12:39pm 05.12.11 Catalina 30 7/2805 I'm rebuilding my M-15 and would really like to find someone who is re-engining and would like to se
Need M-15/5411 Engine for Parts Jimd333 at 12:36pm 05.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/967 Rebuilding my engine and would like to buy an engine for parts...anybody re-engining? Thanks, Jim
Insurance Agreed or ???? rhythmsurfer at 12:08pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 20/5680 Now that we have been pouring more and more money into our "boat on the hill." I have decided to get
Alternator Question? simplicity at 12:00pm 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4343 I am rewiring some of the electrical in my O'Day 34 and want to know if its a problem to wire my alt
Bareboat in Greece rfrye1 at 11:47am 05.12.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1531 Considering a bareboat in greece (athens area). Other than Sunsail ' Moorings, does anyone have expe
Moving from the Potomac to the Choctawhatchee dennisp at 11:32am 05.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1343 Moving from the Potomac to the Choctawhatchee for retirement. Plan to bring my Hunter 306 from Alex
no turnbuckle on 9.2A forestay? bugbitten at 11:26am 05.12.11 S2 3/1766 I've recently purchased a '80 9.2A and and working through various issues. Bear with me, as I am new

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battery charging issues Davidasailor26 at 12:47pm 09.04.22
battery charging issues vidalia at 12:44pm 09.04.22 As a corollary to the above, if your charger is as old and/or if you have a battery isolator in the
Shroud and forestry tension WI Rigger at 12:42pm 09.04.22 I was running on a 060 heading, with the main sail all the way out, I brought the sail in so it rest
Hunter Europa transom bung (4) martx007 at 12:40pm 09.04.22 Just in case anyone is interested :) Been to the boat this weekend The hole top right of transom is
Internet entrance test Davidasailor26 at 12:35pm 09.04.22
battery charging issues vidalia at 12:32pm 09.04.22 You are correct, the batteries don't owe you anything. Time for some new batteries. The most accur
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Richard19068 at 12:12pm 09.04.22 SUMMARY: In discussion I learned that the age of the transmission was somewhere in the early 70's.
1977 O'Day 27 - Water damaged bulkhead / Chainplate Repair jssailem at 12:05pm 09.04.22 Hello K. Welcome to the SBO forums. Congrats on your new to you boat. While it is natural to shout
Propane pressure gauge Richard19068 at 12:02pm 09.04.22 Absolutely ridiculous and an insult to anyone with more mental capacity than a caterpillar. And f
Propane pressure gauge Ralph Johnstone at 11:29am 09.04.22 Well we certainly didn't come here for contridiction. Absolutely ridiculous and an insult to anyo
Max-Power Bow Thruster Lee Hadjiosif at 11:27am 09.04.22 Imtra side by side controller with touchscreen. No issues Thank you for the reply. Just to make s
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (1) jssailem at 11:15am 09.04.22 SUMMARY: Removed engine and transmission about 2 weeks ago. Learned Thursday that the transmission
Max-Power Bow Thruster sail sfbay at 10:54am 09.04.22 Imtra side by side controller with touchscreen. No issues
Propane pressure gauge MikeHoncho at 10:53am 09.04.22 An empty container with an open port will tend to breath in moisture laden air during the normal co
battery charging issues Don S/V ILLusion at 10:52am 09.04.22 As a corollary to the above, if your charger is as old and/or if you have a battery isolator in the
Windlass Power Source dlochner at 10:27am 09.04.22 Thank you Dave, The alternator output is wired to a battery isolator box which is feeding power to
Windlass Power Source Lee Hadjiosif at 10:23am 09.04.22 Depends on where the alternator is connected and how the battery switch is wired and used. A prett
Propane pressure gauge Richard19068 at 10:20am 09.04.22 We have a winner even without one word of absurd contradictions. An empty pressure vessel with an o
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 10:18am 09.04.22 Any status updates on Mr Perkins?
Running rigging lines internal to mast on a hunter 28.5 jssailem at 10:17am 09.04.22 My question is what lines came from the factory running inside the mast, and what problems might

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