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Raymarine Wheel Drive plus B&G Autopilot? MikeSea at 7:18pm 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 7/3307 Hi everyone. I recently bought a 1995 Hunter Legend 35.5 with a Raymarine autopilot system which use
asymmetrical spinnaker sock Richardwm at 5:48pm 08.22.21 Bigger Boats 16/3430 Hi guys. Hope your sailing season is going well. Mine sure is. I am considering buying a sock for my
Hunter 49 / 50 Shore Power inlet artboas at 5:47pm 08.22.21 Big Boats 1/450 After 2 close calls with the 50 amp shore power inlet almost burning up, I decided to replace it. Th
New cabin table? KristineDC at 4:45pm 08.22.21 Mid-Size Boats 5/1347 Hi Hunter owners, has anyone replaced their cabin table? Ours broke on our Hunter 326 and the only r
Trying to understand this modified 40.5 rigging! SandyFrank at 3:44pm 08.22.21 Big Boats 2/695 Hello all, I do not remember what rabbit hole I was going down but found this old 40.5 listing in N
Balmar SG200 battery monitor Mark Maulden at 3:40pm 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1004 Anyone know how this monitor handles a bank and a separate start battery with an ACR In between?
Anyone replace the fuel tank in a 1988 Catalina 27? Astromech1 at 2:35pm 08.22.21 Engines and Propulsion 3/804 Over the last few days I had some diesel leaking into the bilge; I not had this happen before. I've
New to cutter rigging, question. Murgatroid at 1:17pm 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1755 My, new to me, 76 HMS 23 is cutter rigged, last night in very, almost non existent winds, I started
I just bought a C30 yesterday!! Mooseman at 12:45pm 08.22.21 Catalina 30 53/5753 Hello All! I just joined the forum today as a guy new to the sailing world. I caught the bug 1-2 ye
Henri capta at 11:23am 08.22.21 Weather and Forecasting 18/2107 ***Update. We got to the boat and the highest wind speed it recorded was 59.8 knots. I sneeze faster
O'day 28 Access to FWD Shroud Deck Penetration & Stanchion Bolts (1) Clutch Cargo at 11:20am 08.22.21 Bigger Boats 0/490 Hello All, I've posted this in the "Ask an O'day Owner forum but thought I'd also try the "Bigger Bo
wanted: info about small solar panel on Hunter 420 2000 tadd5181 at 10:53am 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 4/570 My small solar panel set just behind the mast on my Hunter 430 (built 2000) is a raised ripple...I n
Single Handed Docking Don Guillette at 10:23am 08.22.21 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 25/12127 I was in So Ca last week visiting my old stomping grounds (Shoreline Marina, Shoreline YC and Los Al
anyone ever hire a tow truck to lift a boat? HubertMagni at 10:22am 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 8/2160 I've got an old O'Day 22 project boat on a bad trailer. I have a newer trailer for it but I don't kn
Question about Insurance Drivers SailorElliot at 9:37am 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1175
Helm Seat for Catalina 309 Mark Lauer at 9:09am 08.22.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/1394 It finally happened that the removeable fiberglass helm seat on my Catalina 309 #65 fell off the ba
Cleat update (1) RolfSail at 8:04am 08.22.21 Smaller Boats 0/624 Thanks to all for the advice on the cleat replacement. I was able to simply add the new cleat on the
Alternator wiring for a Yanmar 4JH4-TE murrayabbott at 7:53am 08.22.21 Big Boats 0/1029 Hi I am replacing a burned-out high output alternator with the original alternator that came with th
Reconfigurable storage and hangers patbratton at 6:10am 08.22.21 Ask All Sailors 3/583 I have discovered that there are too many options for what to carry and how to secure it on my Hunte
O'day 28 Access to FWD Shroud Padeyes & Stanchion Bolts (1) Clutch Cargo at 5:31am 08.22.21 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1710 Hello All. I'm sure these topics have been brought up before, but I have done a few searches and ha

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2nd Bilge Pump Project_Mayhem at 7:50am 12.20.24 The reason for the separate line is that the output from the manual bilge pump will flow through the
Bimini tubing chafe JoeWhite at 7:47am 12.20.24 A 4" length of hose, held in place with ty wraps on both ends on the Bimini tubing. Rotate or reposi
Bimini tubing chafe dmax at 7:26am 12.20.24 I think a short section of shroud cover would be best - very slippery - not a big fan of covering s
Bimini tubing chafe dlochner at 7:25am 12.20.24 A photo of the Bimini frame as installed would be helpful. It may be possible to adjust the angles o
Bimini tubing chafe kappykaplan at 7:21am 12.20.24 Wrap with sacrificial Rescue Tape? May not look good, but when the bimini is in place you won't see
Retired person with too much time on his hands? walt at 7:17am 12.20.24 The word retired was used in the title.. Some of this is sounding like a having a job!! The comment
Winter wet storage in Massachusetts North Shore (4) Walsh0575 at 7:07am 12.20.24 Hi all - OP here. I thought I'd give an update on my wet storage and winter sailing experience in Ne
Yanmar Engine mounts. (2) dlochner at 6:20am 12.20.24 After reading the JH2 service manual and looking at the parts list the only guidance I found on moto
H290 Galley faucet cartridges colin59 at 6:19am 12.20.24 The issue is that the documents section here says the faucet is discontinued and no name is indicate
Retired person with too much time on his hands? Project_Mayhem at 6:06am 12.20.24 A few thoughts, some which others have touched on... As we all know, 90% of the heat will go upward
Diesel injector testing Tally Ho at 6:05am 12.20.24 At 9:50 on this video, they fire up the old 2-cylinder that they rebuilt on the boat. 96zdjKTDChM
Yanmar Engine mounts. Tally Ho at 5:59am 12.20.24 This will be anticlimactic to say the least. No conspiracies to be found here. Trying to put this
Barton Marine removable traveler Timm R Oday25 at 4:51am 12.20.24 Interesting discussion . When I initially brought home our Oday with end boom mounting and the trave
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? mermike at 4:42am 12.20.24 Mark - while the Arco Zeus can use a user-defined output curve based on RPM, I'm unaware of any dyna
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 4:23am 12.20.24 Older regulators, like the Balmar ARS-5, 614, and 618 used charging voltage to control the field cu
How to repair mild gel coat cracking on 1984 hunter 27 Indysailor at 2:55am 12.20.24
Hunter 34 keel bolts BAD ORCA at 7:37pm 12.19.24
Water in Bilge! Don S/V ILLusion at 7:21pm 12.19.24 it is keel stepped. I'm worried about it accumulating and freezing. What can you do about the mas
How to repair mild gel coat cracking on 1984 hunter 27 jssailem at 7:09pm 12.19.24
Water in Bilge! Johnb at 6:48pm 12.19.24 I went on a mission to seal All the penetrations at the bow All the chain plates The hatches The sc

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