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Yanmar Dual Belt Pulley jdgrnt66 at 3:25pm 03.24.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2271 Hello. Just Putting A Feeler Out. Anyone Know Where To Find A Dual 1/2" Altenator Belt Pulley For A
Need Help w/ Battery Cable Sizing rbmcintire at 2:51pm 03.24.10 Catalina 30 5/2013 Ok, my journey continues. So far I have not been able to understand the parameters to decide on sizi
Garhauer Marine Don Guillette at 2:04pm 03.24.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/5149 Normally, I don't bother discussing marine products here - I leave that to the maintenance forums -
New Blood Bad Obsession at 12:12pm 03.24.10 Ask All Sailors 28/3884 When I bought my Hunter 22 and started cruising it in 2003 I knew that I was one of the younger peop
What's wrong with this idea? Roger Long at 12:08pm 03.24.10 Ask All Sailors 31/4655 I'd love to have a solar vent on my boat but there's no good place for it and I hate to cut a hole i
spinnaker 380 Captain ed at 11:45am 03.24.10 Big Boats 5/1824 hoping someone might have some input as to which/what is the best spinnaker for a hunter 380? new? m
Headmate rebuild sailskipper at 11:26am 03.24.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 23/7965 I am about to embark on the dreaded journey into darkness - rebuilding the pump on my old WC Headmat
which chartplotter Carolyn1964 at 11:14am 03.24.10 Trailer Sailors 10/4022 I am looking at chartplotters and would love to hear from others about what they like or don't like
H40--Larger windows Acadia at 10:51am 03.24.10 Big Boats 3/1627 Does anyone know if there are many structural differences in the the H40 deck construction from 1985
Finally got to the bilge Tom Hoffman at 10:17am 03.24.10 Trailer Sailors 6/2651 Went over to the boat today and removed the disgusting brown indoor out door carpet and guess what s
Replacement Vent - Hatch Cover (1) dansam55 at 10:11am 03.24.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3270 Hello, I have a 71 Irwin 25' with a companionway hatch cover vent that needs replacing. I can't see
Seeking a mainsail Homard at 9:26am 03.24.10 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1808 I'm swapping the previous owner's roller furling main for a conventional one on my 1980 HC37. Any th
Cleaning and refinishing interior wood gordhodgson at 8:53am 03.24.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2636 Hi Everyone Because my 2000 450 Hunter is still new to me. I have yet to tackle cleaning the wood
loose bow cleats, Catalina 27 donslevin@comcast.net at 7:41am 03.24.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1773 I've read some suggestions for people with loose or snapped bolts on bow cleats on Catalina 27 (port
Sailing from NY to Florida (1) StellaetRichard at 7:07am 03.24.10 Ask All Sailors 26/24469 Hi everybody, We are planning to bring our Hunter 380, actually on the Champlain Lake (QC, VT, NY)
O'Day 23 genoa block position Yves12281 at 7:01am 03.24.10 Day Sailers 5/2175 I'm getting a new 150% genoa with a CDI furler soon. I had a 135% hank on before. I have safety ne
hydraulic steering rami gazit at 6:36am 03.24.10 Big Boats 10/2892 like to put hydraulik steering ' hydraulik autopilot on Hunter 340( 1999) Have someone done it?
Need some advice on finishing mahogany traveler. (3) caguy at 11:27pm 03.23.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1692 I had a chance to work on my traveler for the Luger the last couple of days. It is made of mahogany
REmovable spinnaker bowsprit Kama2 at 10:52pm 03.23.10 Bigger Boats 0/1578 Hi All! has anyone buit / installed a stemhead fitting to hold the removable spinnaker sprit to and
'80 36 footer, pre-purchase questions... (4) shibbershabber at 9:04pm 03.23.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1781 http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1980/Hunter--2189513/St.-Helens/OR/United-States So after a deal on

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Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:23pm 05.11.22 It sounds like the conclusion of PS was exactly in alignment with my preliminary hypothesis. "Conclu
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 05.11.22 Did you read the P-S article I linked to? That should answer your question. Perfect. I had not se
Sailing the Heel Two Sails at 6:19pm 05.11.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvasse
Low friction rings dlochner at 6:13pm 05.11.22 My question was "Is there any difference between the brands of rings or do I just shop for the chea
Hunter 376 inverter charger cagreen75 at 6:06pm 05.11.22 I would suggest that you venture over to this site: Electrical Archives - Marine How To There is a v
Frustrating latches on C315 Skipper John at 6:02pm 05.11.22
Has anyone purchased from Boatersland.com? Tally Ho at 5:59pm 05.11.22 I'm considering updating my outdated, unsupported and (partially) broken X5 Raymarine autopilot set
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 5:55pm 05.11.22 As I have noted before, the drawing is of my current system which uses single blocks. IT DOES NOT S
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 5:43pm 05.11.22 How much time should I expect to spend bottom painting my boat? 28 foot Oday never done it before on
Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 Tally Ho at 5:42pm 05.11.22 Hey Sailors! Has anyone found an easy drop in replacement for the Ritchie Powerdamp compass on the
Replacement compass for 1998 Hunter 28 BOSSailor at 5:11pm 05.11.22 You can have Ritchie refurbish the compass for far cheaper than a new one. I sent mine off to them l
Winch maintenance - how often do you? All U Get at 4:45pm 05.11.22 Just did mine, all thirteen. Mostly sticky grease with little wear.
Installing a Rule-A-Matic Series 40A Float Switch JoeWhite at 3:34pm 05.11.22 As above, you can use dremal tool to cut the head of the screw off, then remove the float switch the
Outboard engines on 17 foot daysailer Nomad MarkGreen8020 at 3:20pm 05.11.22 Hi Benny. Thank you for the reply. When you say how the boat can handle the weight do you mean even
Installing a Rule-A-Matic Series 40A Float Switch sail sfbay at 3:05pm 05.11.22 One strategy is to chip/break the plastic away from the screws, remove the float switch, carefully r
Sailing the Heel Tally Ho at 3:01pm 05.11.22
PHRF racing on an Oday 302? compared with others. shemandr at 2:53pm 05.11.22 PHRF and what boats can sail to their rating and which can't is bar room fodder that keeps the brewe
Happy 13th birthday to my LiFePo4 Batery Bank (5/10/2009) (1) Maine Sail at 2:39pm 05.11.22 I still don't fully grasp the charging characteristics of LFP. I assume that you designed this cha
Happy 13th birthday to my LiFePo4 Batery Bank (5/10/2009) Maine Sail at 2:37pm 05.11.22 Beautiful work and it's really impressive to hear that those batteries are still hitting 400ah capa
how to take down mast for trailering Benny17441 at 2:11pm 05.11.22 Not all 27' boats were created equal, and in a Hunter 27 Cherubini the best way to remove the mast i

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