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23.5 Bow cleats addition HELP Jonathan Costello at 9:58am 10.21.08 Smaller Boats 4/1234 I am lining up a few projects to do during the cool months. Someone on the forum posted a project
H34 -- Headliner replacement -- creative options? mark_swart at 9:47am 10.21.08 Big Boats 15/11118 Hello all, I'm the proud new skipper of an 84 H34. Unfortunately the girl has seen better days -- a
Okay, Phil, what am I doing wrong? TimCup at 9:44am 10.21.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 7/2222 When I've been off the forum for a day or two, I go to "forums" under the sbo banner and go to new p
H35 Masthead picture? richk at 9:09am 10.21.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1295 I need to go up the mast of my H35 Legend to replace the sheaves for the topping lift and main halya
Dumb Question on Anchor Roller?? cscott at 8:53am 10.21.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3521 I will try this question one more time, and I hope I am not wasting anyones time. Question on moun
New Rudder and "found" prop. (3) Ed Schenck at 7:26am 10.21.08 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1248 Is there anyone dumber than a sailor dedicated to his/her boat? I just drove 1900 miles to spend th
Hunter 29.5 (1994) Request for Info I-Lean at 7:23am 10.21.08 Ask All Sailors 4/4214 I'm looking at purchasing a 1994 Hunter 29.5. I've never owed a Hunter, much less a Hunter 29.5 (I c
Colored running lights Skip Lethin at 5:25am 10.21.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1828 As I was sailing on lake Travis last night I came across a 34 ft sailboat with a red stern light. As
Anyone Repowered H27 with a Yanmar 2GM20? morgantheship at 5:03am 10.21.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1411 I am looking to repower my 1980 Hunter 27 with a Yanmar 2GM20 engine. It currently has a Renault.
Will this mehtod of blister repair last? Hermit Scott at 12:21am 10.21.08 Ask All Sailors 25/4011 I buy a variable speed sander/polisher, some rollers and acetone and head to the coast to do my firs
H23.5 Mark H at 9:40pm 10.20.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1231 Owners manual H23.5 doesn't show where the boom vang connects to mast base and boom location..Can so
Lancer 30 ocean crossing? MAD Max at 7:45pm 10.20.08 Lancer 3/6779 I'm thinking about sailing my Lancer 30 mkv to Hawaii and beyond. Wondering if anyone has done a sim
Who Repowered H27 with a Yanmar 2GM20? morgantheship at 7:24pm 10.20.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/956 I am looking to repower my 1980 Hunter 27 with a Yanmar 2GM20 engine. It currently has a Renault.
44DS and 45DS Capsize Screen Ratio rayjanine at 6:03pm 10.20.08 Big Boats 6/2804 I would like to know the reason Hunter has built two large cruising boats with a capsize screen rati
...anyone sailed a corsair? (see link) biorapper at 6:02pm 10.20.08 Trailer Sailors 8/4885 Reading the threads on the biggest/heaviest trailor sailor got me thinking again about the corsairs.
Oday Owners Forums Scott On Eagles Wings at 5:53pm 10.20.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/2772 Phill, Under the Oday owners forums tabs the bigger boats forum and the daysailers forum are revers
Stuck fuel gage mac1840 at 4:43pm 10.20.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1368 VDO Fuel guage on my 331 has just started to read "full" all the time. I'm quite sure after last wee
Yanmar 1GM10 Cooling Water Issue PaulH at 3:11pm 10.20.08 Ask All Sailors 12/8675 Hello folks...I have a question in regards to raw water cooling on my 2001 Yanmar 1GM10...there's ab
2002/356;Battery Charger Issue DanoDano at 2:43pm 10.20.08 Big Boats 7/1686 I have a 2002 Hunter 356. Last week when I checked my batteries, they were both down. I had the lo
Dishwasher detergent Deadline at 1:58pm 10.20.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2196 Peggie, as a longtime disciple of yours, I know you frown on putting anything in the waste tank unne

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Adding 115 AC kloudie1 at 12:08pm 02.08.22 Note that the new Honda is rated at 1800 watts continuous. Honda EU2200i Super Quiet Inverter Gene
Raw water pump. Tom J at 11:58am 02.08.22 This would be a good time to replace the pump with OBERDORFER pump. The impeller can be replaced fr
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:46am 02.08.22 The better information that is provided when asking a question the more targeted the responses will
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:23am 02.08.22 And that's how the battle started: in Florida. When we are sweltering in 90 degree weather with
C&C 30 Mk II rudder smokey73 at 11:01am 02.08.22 I note what looks like some pretty severe pitting on the shaft (Pic 1 far left just above some sort
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:00am 02.08.22
Raw water pump. PlaneTom at 10:57am 02.08.22 Had a similar problem on a friend's Westerbeke. When we rebuilt the pump I had the drive tang lengt
Adding portable general. Benny17441 at 10:51am 02.08.22 A Honda Eu2000i portable generator puts out a maximum of 13.3 Amps irrespective of whether it has 20
C&C 30 Mk II rudder smokey73 at 10:45am 02.08.22 No sure of who made the C&C 30 rudder. If it was Foss Foam you may be in luck if its a bigger job t
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 10:45am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Raw water pump. kloudie1 at 10:34am 02.08.22 Had a similar problem on a friend's Westerbeke. When we rebuilt the pump I had the drive tang length
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered jviss at 10:33am 02.08.22 The states that allow you to document your boat and NOT register your boat are AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, H
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered jviss at 10:31am 02.08.22 Right. In those cases where states require separate state registration of (USCG) documented vessels
Raw water pump. JoeWhite at 10:30am 02.08.22 If I had to guess what happened, I will guess that you have not used the engine for a long time, lik
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Ward H at 10:26am 02.08.22 My GF keeps one in her Honda CR-V. Had a dead battery one day. The Jump Start worked great. I was a
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... jviss at 10:17am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke Benny17441 at 10:13am 02.08.22 Overfueling. The governor is unable to handle certain load conditions. Fouled bottom or prop or re
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 9:56am 02.08.22 UPDATE... These things still fail to work.. In the last two weeks we have needed to jump-start our
Winter Cruising Question (2) colb218 at 9:38am 02.08.22 It sounds like your head sail had previously been a hanked on sail or possibly on a racing foil. I
Raw water pump. (1) PlaneTom at 9:30am 02.08.22 Yeah. That's had it. Appears to have seized and sheared off the pulley that the belt goes on. So

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