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Battery bank question (1) Jon Elliott at 11:23am 06.10.22 Ask All Sailors 21/2118 Hello everyone. I have a Pearson 36.2 with two Deka Marine dual purpose / deep cycle batteries conne
23.5 spreader kit travelingjerryb at 11:03am 06.10.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/562 I just installed the US Spars spreader kit for my Hunter 23.5. Do I tighten the spreader cap clamps
Where Is Your Battery Charger? mikeracca at 10:55am 06.10.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 17/3057
H-34 Cabin Top Handrail Size kloudie1 at 9:43am 06.10.22 Ask All Sailors 4/931 I need to replace my cabin top handrails and I am not near the boat right now, so I can't measure th
Mercury 4S 5HP Shift Interlock problem - Can't Pull-Start (4) JonnyEp at 4:09pm 06.09.22 Ask All Sailors 2/1065 Casting a wider net here, as well as adding photos. 2 weeks ago made a mistake and tried to start t
Edson side lock knob unscrews when loosening (2) Walsh0575 at 3:49pm 06.09.22 Ask All Sailors 6/882 I have an Edson side lock that does a great job of locking, but when I go to unlock the knob just co
Bow Eye Rebuild Kit One Life at 3:42pm 06.09.22 Catalina 22 5/939 Has anyone installed this kit from CD? Have received the kit and now realize I have to order 1 of t
Structural Foam (3) teacherspet at 1:49pm 06.09.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2481 Had to pull out the old water tank in the V berth of our Hunter Vision 32. On both the port and star
Navionics card renewals are deceptive.... cymeyer at 11:55am 06.09.22 Ask All Sailors 0/369 Was looking at renewing my Navionics card. Their website says if you have a card, you can renew fo
Does 2008 Hunter 45 CC have a screen in the fuel tank pick up tube. jim01749 at 8:27am 06.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1078 Have surging issues from 2000 to 2500 and have had fuel polished and all filters replaced twice. Th
Rigging a jackline on a Hunter 23 farrapona at 7:28am 06.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/534 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 5/1074 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 6/2050 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 0/386 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 2/482
Cristec battery isolator possible failure SycloneDriver at 5:17pm 06.08.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2164 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 8/1087 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 0/576 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 49/7626 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 15/3928 Our 2009 Hunter 38 (Mariner Package) has a Marine Aire (Dometic) 18,000 BTU HVAC unit in the main sa

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Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 3:39am 08.04.25 I'd contact Selden. dj https://www.seldenmast.com
Pumps dLj at 3:35am 08.04.25 The level indicator is still showing full. These are notorious for not working well. I've never s
Albin Vega 27 first time owner �?iban at 3:28am 08.04.25 Looking at your pictures I cant really tell where on the mast side the boom rotates. It may be unde
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 3:22am 08.04.25 Looking at your pictures I cant really tell where on the mast side the boom rotates. It may be under
Teak upkeep dLj at 3:05am 08.04.25 Grey is good. +1 Constant sanding removes teak... dj
Albin Vega 27 first time owner (5) �?iban at 3:02am 08.04.25 Sure I can send pics when I get back to my boat but we won't have a similar system. I won't be back
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 2:30am 08.04.25 Thank you. I will send pics but my mast is down now and the Vega is on the trailer right now. I pac
Albin Vega 27 first time owner �?iban at 9:56pm 08.03.25 Thank you. I will send pics but my mast is down now and the Vega is on the trailer right now. I pack
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 Project_Mayhem at 7:55pm 08.03.25 As @mainesail has pointed out, it's hard to get consistent results with this technique. Bed-IT would
Teak upkeep higgs at 7:50pm 08.03.25 I used to use oil, but found it did not last a full season in Wisconsin. I also found I had to tape
Albin Vega 27 first time owner dLj at 7:47pm 08.03.25 I have boom roller furling on my boat and find it quite good. Perhaps if you post some pictures I ma
Winch Maintenance jssailem at 7:33pm 08.03.25 You may need to rotate the stripper until the pin slots line up.
Winch Maintenance (1) Trixster at 7:20pm 08.03.25 Greetings, I am repacking and regreasing my Lewmar 40 winch. All done, expect I can never get thes
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 marcham at 7:08pm 08.03.25 Yeah, the trick is not to let it dry completely.... just give it about 30-60 minutes to get a little
Close-hauled -- how close? dlochner at 6:51pm 08.03.25 When going upwind, it is more important to steer to the wind, especially in gusty conditions. Trim t
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 dlochner at 6:44pm 08.03.25 If you use Sika 291, don't completely tighten the fasteners ... leave about 1-2 turns to finish the
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 Project_Mayhem at 6:26pm 08.03.25 Use TefGel when re-installing so you don't have issues next time the bolt needs to come out
Leak from safety line stanchion on our Hunter 376 marcham at 5:30pm 08.03.25 On my 380, there's no need to access a nut from the bottom.... all the stanchions have embedded meta
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Foswick at 5:20pm 08.03.25 The most interesting part of that repair article was the use of gelcoat over an epoxy repair. Yeah
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat colemj at 4:43pm 08.03.25 The most interesting part of that repair article was the use of gelcoat over an epoxy repair. I've

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