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Prop Jonny PIP at 6:46pm 06.08.09 Mid-Size Boats 7/1516 If I wanted to replace my 2 blade prop with a 3 blade prop on my 1979 Hunter 30 T-2.What would i use
Repairing Fiberglass Water tanks First 405 Doug S. at 6:42pm 06.08.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1175 I have a 1086 Beneteau First 405 that I keep in Florida, and spend winters in the Bahamas. I noticed
Liability only, or cheap no frills insurance? luvitt at 6:33pm 06.08.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2423 ive run out of money. i launch wednesday, cruise to my slip on saturday. i thought i was going to
Lancer Graphic Steve22116 at 6:11pm 06.08.09 Lancer 2/2191 Good evening all. Does anyone have a good color photograph of the Lancer graphic. My decal is very w
Bought a Hunter 23 1987 boat with the wrong mast teresa24 at 5:41pm 06.08.09 Smaller Boats 32/5424 I've never done one of these sites, but I'm at a loss on what to do. I recently purchased a Hunter 2
Installing auto pilot HOBOS at 5:12pm 06.08.09 Ask All Sailors 12/1977 Would like some ideas on where to install the course computer and fluxgate compass on a 2007 Hunter
Looking for a copy of rigging instructions (1) Rooslakelady at 5:10pm 06.08.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 0/15 I have a 12' Ranger sailboat manufactured in Kent, Wa in 1978. It has removable mast, keel and rudd
Removing flexible furler jwassdo at 4:54pm 06.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1400 I have a 1981 Hunter 22. I need to remove the roller furler, which was installed professionally. C
Blackbeard Pirate Festival (5) Cpt. Jon at 4:45pm 06.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1774 Wow, what a weekend! Early last week my wife sends me an email at work saying that she took the lib
Mounting Flat Screen TV abyssal at 3:56pm 06.08.09 Catalina 310 1/2680 We have a 2001 Catalina 310. It was purchased without a TV. We now have a 17" TV with DVD (23lbs)
Instruments Bomlo at 3:51pm 06.08.09 S2 4/1522 I would like to replace my instrument panel on my 9.2A so that I get tach, oil pressure, and tempera
Seawater Draincock in Yanmar 4jhe. anyone know size? luvitt at 2:43pm 06.08.09 Big Boats 5/1428 Im out of time, i launch wednesday. the draincock was out of stock and i need to plug it. It was n
1416 LED bulbs???? jackhartjr at 2:21pm 06.08.09 Ask All Sailors 1/4341 Hi folks, anyone know if LED bulbs are made in the small 1416 size? Thanks in advance! Jack
cockpit drain hose LordNelson at 1:57pm 06.08.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/3048 :cry: i have an o day 20. the cockpit drain goes through a fitting in the cockpit floor, makes two 9
How many hours do you actually sail in a month?? breweraz at 1:10pm 06.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1336 For most the answers is proably not enough but in actualuality how many hours in a month do you thin
Sanitation Hose Art Butler at 12:35pm 06.08.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2038 Madam Head-Mistress: I have been following your lead for several years but this spring when I opene
Hunter 260 in plus 20 knt winds - great day breweraz at 12:30pm 06.08.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1854 We got to test out our new to us Hunter 260, Moonshadow, and our skills in 20 knot plus winds this w
What size wire???? jackhartjr at 12:09pm 06.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1962 Hi folks, getting ready to run the coax and wire up the mast. The coax is easy. What sized wire woul
Inspecting steeing system and ceteras... John in BR at 12:00pm 06.08.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1467 Inspecting steering system and ceteras... I just brought my new, old '79 33 from lake Chrles, LA to
Some more galley mods (2) Claude at 11:57am 06.08.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2713 We all have our priorities. Here's some pics of my (first but not last) galley mods. Next the frid

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Hunter 49/50 running power cables for port cabin top winch artboas at 7:46am 03.19.22
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 7:33am 03.19.22 Update: 3 days later!!! - and I haven't done any of those things in the list, but the batteries are
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard RoyS at 7:32am 03.19.22 If you find that the neutral and ground wires are showing continuity between each other, first look
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard Davidasailor26 at 7:31am 03.19.22 I didn't know that. I thought these worked by detecting differences in the neutral and hot current
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 7:26am 03.19.22 So, to the O.P. - with the boat not connected to the shore power outlet, measure the resistance from
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 7:23am 03.19.22 Further, only newer marinas have gfcis on the dock pedestals. The OP may have been plugging into no
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? Alan Gomes at 7:22am 03.19.22 The picture really helps. When the boat is molded, hull color and stripe color gelcoat is sprayed
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard RoyS at 7:15am 03.19.22 Further, only newer marinas have gfcis on the dock pedestals. The OP may have been plugging into non
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 7:13am 03.19.22 If I understand the OP correctly, the only gfci that tripped was the one on shore. If you mistakenl
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? Old Skool Neil at 7:11am 03.19.22 The picture really helps. When the boat is molded, hull color and stripe color gelcoat is sprayed i
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard RoyS at 7:10am 03.19.22 If I understand the OP correctly, the only gfci that tripped was the one on shore. If you mistakenly
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 6:53am 03.19.22 I think it could be inconsistent depending on the quality of the connections on the boat and in the
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard Davidasailor26 at 6:50am 03.19.22 I don't think the other GFCIs wouldn't have tripped were this the case. I think it could be incons
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 6:42am 03.19.22 A previous owner may have bonded the neutral wire (white) to the ground wire (green) somewhere. Thi
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 6:41am 03.19.22 It could well be that the GFCI is faulty. Another observation is that you didn't trip GFCIs when
Raw water impeller (Yanmar 4JH4) RoyS at 6:36am 03.19.22 You need to carry a spare (new not used) impeller on board. You should probably carry a complete spa
Wheel Lock Question - Beneteau 311 with Wheel Steering kloudie1 at 6:19am 03.19.22
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard RoyS at 6:14am 03.19.22 A previous owner may have bonded the neutral wire (white) to the ground wire (green) somewhere. This
Replacing cabin sole in 1979 Hunter 30 Jim Legere at 6:14am 03.19.22 Roy is 100% correct. I did the cabin sole on my 1983 H37C. The silicone is a bch to get off. I use
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? RoyS at 5:58am 03.19.22 Do you mean, you can't without a pump? I have never seen a pump on a galley sink drain. Gravity wo

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