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In water with no ballast rwallen44 at 7:39am 06.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1281 I have a 76 H25 that I am working on. If I have no sail or mast on the boat, can I safely put it in
Leaving for BVI Marc Bergmueller at 7:32am 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1648 I leave for BVI in four days. I'm excited and a little nervous. I've chartered a Sunsail 384 catamar
Beginners sailing to Catalina Island bbehler at 7:21am 06.01.10 Destinations 6/8895 Hello My wife and I own a Catalina 320 which we sail on beautiful Coeur d' Alene Lake in North Id
Oday 26 bow gasket near bow-tow-ring sail2kn0m0r at 7:08am 06.01.10 Day Sailers 4/1896 Hope you understand, my Oday 26 has a black gasket 'hole' slightly above the bow-ring where the trai
Prop Spinning catealley at 3:55am 06.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1439 I have a 1985 Catalina 27 with a M-18 Universal Engine. For some reason the prop continues to spin
Wet HULL Core Repair RobC222 at 9:17pm 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 7/9142 Discovered this spring wet core in lower half of the transom in in the starboard side hull from the
Leak from mast step Dervish at 9:09pm 05.31.10 Cal 1/2299 Hello. I just got a 1974 Cal 2-29 which I love. I live in Washington where it rains a LOT. I starte
Draining oil from a Yanmar Diesel Randy18540 at 8:42pm 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 16/21424 I need to change my oil and the engine doesn't have a drain plug. How do get the bad oil out? Thank
Mast Track Gate Dawno at 8:05pm 05.31.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/2068 Just learned after putting the boat in that our Mast Track Gate for the Main has been removed or fel
Change my boat name marty1000 at 7:41pm 05.31.10 Ask All Sailors 11/3235 Hi. I've just bought a Morgan 45 cc but it has a crappy name. The boat is being kept in Texas, USA.
Replacing bad breakers in the Circuit Breaker panel RussNorman at 7:39pm 05.31.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1788 Does anyone know where I can purchase replacement breakers for my circuit breaker panel. I have a 19
How do I get my hot water heater out RussNorman at 7:20pm 05.31.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2160 I have a 1983 Hunter 30. I have just purchased a new hot water heater with a heat exchanger. My prob
Morgan 45 CC (Catalina) 1995 marty1000 at 7:05pm 05.31.10 Morgan 1/5010 Hi! I've just purchased a 1995 Morgan 45 CC (Catalina) and would appreciate any information anyone h
Ron again with related question Ron at 6:26pm 05.31.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1536 Has anyone dove under the boat and temporarily plugged the prop shaft hole to stop water from enteri
Weight difference 375/387 Lady Jane at 6:18pm 05.31.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2694 Hello.. Does anyone know why there is such a difference in weight between the 375 and the 387 wing k
packing gland problems Ron at 5:50pm 05.31.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1409 Last year, I replaced my packing with 3/16" GFO, as recommended by the Catalina manual. The gland l
Replacing impeller H380 JohnnyMac at 5:47pm 05.31.10 Big Boats 3/1605 At the end of last season my exhaust sounded throaty following an encounter with floating Lake Erie
Looks like I was hit (1) rpwillia at 5:26pm 05.31.10 Catalina 310 14/3282 I spent the weekend on my boat and Saturday when I got into Colonial Beach, I was puttering around m
Second holding tank? Keith J at 5:24pm 05.31.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2724 Hi All We sail on a no discharge lake, and could use more holding tank capacity. Instead of replacin
Can you parallel battery banks with standard Hunter hookups? finleydc at 4:53pm 05.31.10 Big Boats 8/2480 My 376 has two battery banks with separate on/off switches for starter and house banks, not the sing

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Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:06pm 05.19.22 The owner of the SBO is a former Hunter employee and staff are sailors too
Yanmar fuel problem: air leak? jaysweet at 4:05pm 05.19.22 try to hook up a fuel can directly to the secondary fuel filter fuel line to eliminate any issues
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (2) JamesG161 at 3:56pm 05.19.22 205464 Foss Foam told me they added 1 inch more to the rudder shaft to assure proper height adjust
Where do you keep the booze? dkinzer at 3:13pm 05.19.22 We did our ASA 104 class on a DuFour 382 based in Olympia, WA. It had a wine rack storage area benea
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator Tally Ho at 3:11pm 05.19.22 That is quite snazzy, im jealous! If you need to fireproof your pants for that you're keeping the w
Help replacing sheave divider on a Hunter 26 (1) RBryn at 3:07pm 05.19.22 Just got myself a twisted shackle and a double sheave block at the Sailboat wrecking yard and bypass
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator adamv at 3:07pm 05.19.22
Newport 28 mk2 battery condition indicator (1) Tally Ho at 3:00pm 05.19.22 OH Greg, we are not so inclined. You found a tool that would serve a purpose at a price you liked.
Survey Survey Survey Tally Ho at 2:51pm 05.19.22
Galley Stove (Part 2) -2003 36MKII Tally Ho at 2:48pm 05.19.22 The concern I mentioned is found in fireplaces where you have a pushbutton igniter to start the con
Does anyone recognize this knot? Tally Ho at 2:37pm 05.19.22
looking hard at a 2006 Hunter 36 - we have a couple of questions. wpatch at 2:22pm 05.19.22 Just bought a 04 Hunter 36 and did the full survey. Surveyor and Broker were both very familiar with
Does anyone recognize this knot? mikeracca at 1:59pm 05.19.22
silly question on gas detector sailme88 at 1:58pm 05.19.22 Propane is heavier than air. It will always find it's way to the lowest point that is can travel to
Does anyone recognize this knot? dlochner at 1:58pm 05.19.22 Magical Mystery Knot?
Does anyone recognize this knot? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:57pm 05.19.22 I think you forgot to upload a photo of it.
silly question on gas detector sunlover at 1:35pm 05.19.22 I'm hoping this is a joke thread. It certainly can be. please be creative.
Survey Survey Survey Rick D at 1:30pm 05.19.22 Not flanged. Original 1994; just replaced one. I will probably do them all next haul. No, I don't ex
silly question on gas detector thinwater at 1:25pm 05.19.22 I'm hoping this is a joke thread.
traveller change/upgrade Stu Jackson at 1:06pm 05.19.22 any systems you know of that fit the neport 33 ft curved track traveller Jim, many older boats ca

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