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Hunter 2004 33 Water pump / electrical issue lbd at 11:21pm 04.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1731 12v water pressure pump on my 2004 Hunter 33 decided to stop without warning. Alll other 12v functi
Polars La Scandell at 11:19pm 04.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1893 Has any one a polar for a Hunter 42 and if so are they willing to share it. Mark
Looking for a Ardic 041-D heater manual hansladd70 at 9:44pm 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 1/5838 Hi, I have an Ardic 041-D heater and have never used it before. Have been sailing the South Pacific
Tripping Windlass Ken13559 at 9:34pm 04.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/4885 My stock Simpson-Lawrence Windlass works great for past 8 years until last weekend. It keeps trippin
Jiffy Reef on Hunter 280 Tally Ho at 9:09pm 04.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/5426 I just bought a 1996 H 280 that has a Jiffy Reef system. The PO does not have the 2nd reef point rig
I Found It I Found It sailaway78 at 8:33pm 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 18/4676 Finally figured this thing out. Went with some help today, determined to find the damn electrical g
Hunter 54 refit. All in a month... CharlieCobra at 8:30pm 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 20/5033 This boat just got off of a truck from FL. It's a mess and we've been tasked to replace the sole, r
Before I take the leap ... eliems at 7:53pm 04.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3992 Hi All, thanks for the great forum and immense volumes of information (all of which I am going to ne
Removing sludge from holding tanks georgek at 6:54pm 04.26.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/8842 Hi Peggie. What suggestions do you have for removing built-up sludge from the inside of holding t
How to Anchor (1) arknoah at 6:54pm 04.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/9252
Look for the little blue dot Marc Bergmueller at 6:37pm 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2098 Hi all. I will be sailing down the Chesepeake from Rock Hall, MD to my harbor at Bivalve, MD on the
Converting stove from gas to propane neilandsam at 6:23pm 04.26.11 S2 12/3804 We have are ready to launch our newly purchased S2 11 centre cockpit and it has a natural gas cookin
Beached Oday 23 kdnichols at 5:47pm 04.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 15/4032 OK...so my Oday 23 broke it's mooring and has been beached for 2 months in Columbia, SC. I've been
Cat urine...ewww!! Union36 at 5:24pm 04.26.11 Ask All Sailors 11/6121 Does anyone have a solution (sic) for getting cat pee out of sails? Washed it 3 times laid it in the
Pesty Cabin Light Leak Finally Stopped Tom Potter at 5:00pm 04.26.11 Bigger Boats 2/1728 After a rain the Port cabin light would fill and over flow with rain water then drip on the cushions
ericson 23 mitch9993 at 3:57pm 04.26.11 Smaller Boats 0/1087 I need to build a trailer for this boat all help will be apreciated
Best Method to Secure 3 Galley Draws - 42 Hunter Passage Ted Hartman at 3:43pm 04.26.11 Big Boats 1/1376 The 3 galley draws on my 42 Hunter Passage always find a way to open during rough sailing. I know t
9.2A in Good Old Boat BobM at 3:06pm 04.26.11 S2 0/1492 Just got my issue. There is a review of an older 9.2A with an A-bomb. Decent review, but I hate it
Launched!!!! (3) DavoArts at 3:04pm 04.26.11 Catalina 22 1/1397 I was just a little excited, we launched the boat today...and then re-loaded it on another trailer t
Trident 148 DannyS at 2:13pm 04.26.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2548 Hey Peggy, I read in the archives that you recommend Trident 148 for the vent hose but SBO doesn't s

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Tips for top down furler? DayDreamer41 at 3:05pm 08.30.22 Key to the operation of the TD furler is shock cord tension, as tight as you can get it. Why can't y
Need a new tachometer Calif. Ted at 3:04pm 08.30.22 They were originally Teleflex gauges, now Sea-Star, have to research the calibration page from CD to
Tiller for hunter 23 farrapona at 3:00pm 08.30.22 Wow, that looks great! Nice work
Need a new tachometer Stu Jackson at 3:00pm 08.30.22 Look in any chandlery for gauges.
Tips for top down furler? jssailem at 2:59pm 08.30.22 I have little experience with the Top Down furler. I understand rig tension is an important issue as
ATTACHING SHEET CLUTCHES jssailem at 2:50pm 08.30.22 The halyard clutches in the image above serve to grip the line when the halyard is wrapped around a
Vagabond 17 Keel winch "hole" looks to street. rgranger at 2:34pm 08.30.22 ... and relase the vang when working to windward.
Weird Electrical Experience rgranger at 2:33pm 08.30.22 I once worked in a new science building and the breakers would trip every time we had an electical s
Hunter Europa transom bung rgranger at 2:30pm 08.30.22 Are we 100% sure that is not the cockpit drain hole? He did say he left it on the mooring open and
Tiller for hunter 23 (7) rgranger at 2:23pm 08.30.22 If you want to make a nice looking wooden one... here is how I made mine... Get some oak, pine and c
Boat lift rgranger at 2:04pm 08.30.22 Definitely empty the ballast tank. :plus:Open the tank valve and lift a few inches.... wait... lif
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 2:00pm 08.30.22 I agree with John that it could just have dried out while on the hard. First, try adjusting the gla
Captiva 240 rgranger at 1:59pm 08.30.22 There were only 140 of those ever built and they stopped making them in 1988. There may not be that
Why do we bother rant rgranger at 1:54pm 08.30.22 Grey Haired Old Goat?????? Excuse me! I resemble that remark. :biggrin::beer: I prefer curmudgeon.
Forward portside fixed port leak DayDreamer41 at 1:30pm 08.30.22 @Banooma I am almost certain that the inside aluminum frame is a trim piece only and doesn't have an
Forward portside fixed port leak RitSim at 1:11pm 08.30.22 My error on mentioning the hull. The comments apply to either the hull ports I have or the deck /ca
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering Benny17441 at 1:03pm 08.30.22 Well, the motor weighs the same when in the water as it does in the air. The dampening effect of th
Top Secret (2) jssailem at 12:39pm 08.30.22 Is this what was hidden from view except for the psychic connection? t.com/2021/11/kenmore-brew-n-w
Hunter Europa transom bung Ralph Johnstone at 12:34pm 08.30.22 Somehow got the impression that water was around you feet but that's not the case. Water in the bil
Oday 35 winch replacement jssailem at 12:26pm 08.30.22 As an example... Here are some Barient Winches. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https

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