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Passage 42- Electrical Panel A/C light indictors - wires - burnt (3) Puesta del sol at 7:36pm 05.01.21 Big Boats 19/1573 Anyone have a thought as to what may have caused this? I am not finding any other electrical issues
Polaris Compass / no fluid PaulOtt at 5:49pm 05.01.21 Sirius 21/22 8/1275 The compass mounted on the port cabin bulkhead has no fluid and is just upside down. I have had it
New Owner / Hull 355 / Pop Top Mast Slug ? / Keel Hole / Cockpit cubby (3) PaulOtt at 5:29pm 05.01.21 Sirius 21/22 6/1230 Just purchased hull 355 / Doing a full recondition over the next few months. Mast Slug: I am presum
240 HIN indentation number location? SolentHunter at 4:06pm 05.01.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/618 hi all, just purchased a 240 :) I'm struggling to find a hull number. I saw (in the manual I think
Install an anchor Windlass Dale Haz at 3:57pm 05.01.21 C&C 14/1642 Has anyone any experience or comments regarding a manual anchor windlass on a C'C 33-2. Horizontal o
H31 Where is the Y-valve mounted? IH82BL8 at 3:04pm 05.01.21 Mid-Size Boats 4/692 I'm located on the Chesapeake Bay and ejecting sewage into the water is illegal. So when I replaced
I need a MacGregor 26X , or equivalent. HELP! kimmy at 2:35pm 05.01.21 Trailer Sailors 2/853
Lewmar Coastline size 70. Removing the hatch cover. (3) barryhf at 11:08am 05.01.21 Big Boats 2/710 Paws ' Chill is a 1999 Hunter 420 with center cockpit. The hatch over the aft cabin is a Lewmar Coas
Adding a Bowsprit to a Std Rig Boat Dogswater at 7:36am 05.01.21 Catalina 30 7/3417 Hi all. I'm looking to return to the C30 fold. Had one for a few years, 20 years ago, and loved ever
Hood 810 furler (2) Don Crowther at 7:27am 05.01.21 Mid-Size Boats 1/629 I'm replacing all my standing rigging. When I moved the drum up the foil this piece fell out. As you
H15 Free-standing lift recommendation LakeVilla at 5:16am 05.01.21 Day Sailers 4/606 Any recommendations for make/model of a free standing lift for a new Hunter 15?
Hunter 376 Salon Table Cushion duck21 at 10:13pm 04.30.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/483 Hi! We have a new to us Hunter 376. We seem to be missing the cushion for the salon table when in b
ISO Port Light gaskets for 1988 Irwin CC cspeed69 at 5:05pm 04.30.21 Irwin 2/740 I race my boat and the thrashing around in spirited winds is forcing water past the hull-mounted por
Led replacement? (1) ScottySailor at 3:34pm 04.30.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1201
Batteries shea0613 at 1:44pm 04.30.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1203 Hi All, I bought a 1999 Catalina 380 about 4 years ago. The boat came with 4 Trojan T105 6 volt bat
Capri 18 Bilge Pump Hose (1) JonnyEp at 11:47am 04.30.21 Smaller Boats 5/1245 Hello Friends, I have seen many references to this mystery "hose to nowhere" and then some very conf
Dead Simple way to attach light objects to cabin interior JonnyEp at 11:31am 04.30.21 Ask All Sailors 21/1988 Fellow Sailors, I am looking for a very simple way to attach some things to the interior cabin of
Changing bulb nav station gooseneck light flightlead404 at 10:46am 04.30.21 Big Boats 6/683 How do I change the bulb on the gooseneck map light on the nav station? I don't see how to get it
Motor for Rhodes 19 centerboard rbaevergreen at 10:11am 04.30.21 Engines and Propulsion 8/1591 It came with a 1978 Evinrude 6 HP but the previous owner said it was unreliable. Looking at Yamaha 4
Salling from lake Ontario to New York naileyou at 8:45am 04.30.21 Ask All Sailors 0/11 My name is Mr Jason way now you and I am looking for a female selling companion to aid me in selling

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New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:05pm 02.13.24 Thanks for all the input folks. I should have enough info for an attempt once I have enough crew on
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:03pm 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spr
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 12:38pm 02.13.24 Hi, Yes, you can just slide the tube back and completely remove it. There are a number of options,
Free chafe guard rgranger at 12:06pm 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spri
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 9:41am 02.13.24 Thanks @Rick D Looks about the same as mine.
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (2) Rick D at 9:15am 02.13.24 I seem to recall 4" bend, but I'd true that up. Here are a couple of photos sort of showing the bend
Free chafe guard Captain Larry-DH at 8:57am 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read l
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 8:22am 02.13.24 Hello, Last year I added a retractable sprit to my boat. The purpose is for racing. The tack line r
stripping cetol from teak Jumpstart at 6:38am 02.13.24 Bought a boat with a ton of teak. Previous owner had used Cetol and it hadn't been maintained. Used
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (1) Scott NIelsen at 6:23am 02.13.24 Look what I found online. Author of the article is Steve D'Antonio. I think this may be a picture o
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Scott NIelsen at 6:09am 02.13.24 I do not remember exactly. What I remember doing is looking/taking a picture of a vacuum gauge on o
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? dlochner at 5:51am 02.13.24 Where will you store the cradle when the boat isn't in it? That could be the determining factor. The
Your experience with propane outboards? SkookumZac at 5:34am 02.13.24 Can you use the 5lb propane tank horizontally??? Hi john, yes it works fine horizontally. -Z
Hunter 320 in mast furling shemandr at 5:21am 02.13.24 Wow! I posted on that thread in 2015. I think that since then we've seen more stack packs than IM
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (1) JamesG161 at 3:57am 02.13.24 Visual observation of yours, looks about right. I checked my prebend per my Boat manual. I used a p
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? rgranger at 3:14am 02.13.24 My daughter shipped her car from SC to CA For $400. seems you should be able to flat bed a cradle
(re) location of hot water heater john2 at 2:43am 02.13.24 Well, it went back on the original place. all the hoses, coolant and water connections are way be
stripping cetol from teak SailingLoto at 2:33am 02.13.24 36 grit on a block make quick work or it. Stop buying hardware store sandpaper. Go get some good
I think my problem is just a bit obvious. The good news is that at least a fair amoint of threads still remain in the bottom bolt hole. Any ideas on h KCofKC at 10:18pm 02.12.24 Brad, apparently it is not as obvious to us as it is to you. It might be helpful for us if we knew

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