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Angle Grinder Triple Point at 3:39pm 03.24.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/3537 Anyone had experience (good or bad) with a particular brand of angle grinder? I'm about ready to div
Yanmar Dual Belt Pulley jdgrnt66 at 3:25pm 03.24.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2291 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 5/2041 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 2/5162 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 28/3906 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 31/4701 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 5/1838 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 23/7977 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 10/4056 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 3/1635 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 6/2684 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 10/3280 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 14/1810 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 5/2639 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 0/1778 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 26/24860 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 5/2222 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 10/2962 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 6/1698 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 0/1592 Hi All! has anyone buit / installed a stemhead fitting to hold the removable spinnaker sprit to and

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Air conditioner water pump not working Monterey385 at 6:19am 05.24.22
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Crazy Dave Condon at 6:15am 05.24.22 You are right AC black is hot. Still the wire coding for DC black was changed to yellow. I have s
Great Lakes Maiden Voyage Help Dustin7 at 6:08am 05.24.22 We were in similar situation in 2020, we bought a Legend 37 in Door County/Sturgeon Bay, WI and bro
Transferring from Blaine to Everett jssailem at 6:05am 05.24.22 Yes La Conner is a fun stop. Has Shelter Bay corrected the issue of shoaling in the past year or so?
Transferring from Blaine to Everett Terry Cox at 5:21am 05.24.22 Or you could dinghy across the channel to town.
eenie, meenie, minie, moe jviss at 5:14am 05.24.22 AC positive is black as well. Whoops! There's no such thing as "AC positive," it's AC "hot," the
Preventer for a Hunter 420 (3) RoyS at 5:13am 05.24.22 Stephen, my preventer photos are below. Presently the connection at the boom is on the old vang loop
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 05.24.22 @Plymouth Sailor it would help to know the year, mfg and model of your boat when posting an issue t
Dirty Fuel jssailem at 5:09am 05.24.22 These discussions about filters and old fuel are good at this time. With the cost of diesel rising,
Catalina 30 Depth Finder Problem jim.m at 4:55am 05.24.22 The display is a Raymarine p70s which was part of the autopilot kit I installed. It is definitely c
Air conditioner water pump not working dlochner at 4:41am 05.24.22 You may have an airlock in the discharge line that is preventing the motor from priming. This someti
Catalina 30 Depth Finder Problem Ward H at 2:40am 05.24.22 Jim, Are you sure the DST800 is compatible with your display instrument? What display are you usin
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training SFS at 2:29am 05.24.22 Contact the Coast Guard facility in that area and ask them. They send a lot of their boat coxswains
Dirty Fuel Davidasailor26 at 2:27am 05.24.22 Maine Sail posted and article a few years back which demonstrates that filling your tank to avoid c
question Captain Grey Beard at 2:24am 05.24.22 Where is it....:cool:
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. (1) Screen Saver at 10:58pm 05.23.22 THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED. Most people told me basically 9 out of 10 fuel related or starvation problems
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 10:07pm 05.23.22 So the Wilson alternator I found was an exact match, and it was also brand new. Wilson said it was r
Hunter 45 cc - Sliding Companionway Door - Tape Springs Slipin Away at 9:43pm 05.23.22 Yes, spray with wd40 helps. See my entry in hunter 45cc mods in how to make replacement easier.
Life Jacket recommendations Kings Gambit at 9:18pm 05.23.22
Dirty Fuel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:15pm 05.23.22 It needs to go up a few inches just inside the vent fitting so any water that enters the vent will

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