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Starter Relay Wayne Hewson at 11:39am 05.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1539 My buddy has a Hunter 35.5 and he just turned in his starter due to the fact that he had to whack it
Bilge pump poorly set up amcmahon at 11:53am 05.19.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1039 The melting ice, and other liquids, from the ice box in my 1984 H27 runs into the main bilge. In a
dripping pencil zinc fox islander at 12:25pm 05.19.08 Catalina 30 4/1264 I put in a new pencil zinc 2 weeks ago. There is a slow leak that wasnt there before. I'm little he
Yanmar Oil Alarm/Light Out. Please help! Gary at 12:19pm 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 5/2325 1986 2GM20FCan someone give me some ideas as to why, all of a sudden, when I turn the key to the "
NC coast this weekend porsche at 12:20pm 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1105 I trailer my 1989 catalina22 and I plan to go to the NC coast this weekend say around New Bern or Be
Chain rode marking ideas rfrye1 at 2:34pm 05.19.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1662 recently installed 150' chain rode with 150' of nylon. My question is how to mark the chain for dept
Hatch hinges? palacegrand at 2:27pm 05.19.08 Yamaha 1/1755 Does anyone have any ideas or solutions for the hatch hinges? I've managed to get the forward hatch
Trailering With Standing Rigging scolil at 1:34pm 05.19.08 Trailer Sailors 8/2264 When trailering I keep the standing rigging and halyards attached (except the forestay) to make it q
Tuning guide / Performance tips - Match 38 Sparky at 4:36pm 05.19.08 Bavaria 1/1996 Can anyone help by providing a tuning guide, target speeds, performance hints, etc for a Match 38?
Need advice - sanitation hose and adapter tcrespo at 11:12pm 05.17.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1534 I finally broke down and replaced the entire holding tank system (the old bladder had leaks and the
hunter 33' curtains hunter frank at 11:12pm 05.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1245 Does anyone know if original type of curtains are available commercialy? My 1981 has slides sewn int
First 435 Abigail Joy - First 435 at 11:29pm 05.17.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/6073 We just purchased a Beneteau First 435 with the enhanced triple spreader rig. The riggers here is A
Stuffing box Vladimir24006 at 11:49pm 05.17.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1019 I have a 1990 28ft Hunter, recently I got a moldable packing from marine store to make dripless shaf
Still smells...grrr PrincessoftheLake at 12:30am 05.18.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/1967 Peggy-I am hoping you can help me. When my husband and I bought our 1995 Hunter 40.5 in October of
Sails on in New England Winter - report Al - s/v Persephone at 12:42am 05.18.08 Ask All Sailors 0/854 For those of you who were kind enough to provide your experiences/thoughts on the matter in last fal
Piggy-back a holding tank for a Pearson 303? SaltiNeil at 12:57am 05.18.08 Pearson 2/1719 I am a new owner of a 1983 Pearson 303 which I haven't launched yet. The only upgrade I want to make
Single Line Reefing Beach4sail at 3:31am 05.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/957 I am considering purchasing a Hunter 336. The reefing lines are not run and the reef point rings th
The best running rigging for the money. Ctskip at 3:49am 05.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1006 My B-day will be coming up soon and the girls want to know what to get me. I let it be known that I'
You start them off with a compass... (2) Maine Sail at 6:51am 05.18.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1331 GPS is of course easier but......she really took to traditional navigation instruments....!;D
Hunter 23.5 topping lift? Ali at 4:06am 05.18.08 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 1/2938 Hi, I am rigging my HUnter 23.5, this is the first time, since I just bought her a month ago, I am n

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Sailboat maintenance in San Antonio area LloydB at 10:44am 10.27.21 Welcome to SBO. Just a thought from looking at your boat you might just raise one side of the traile
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. BigEasy at 10:06am 10.27.21
2000 Hunter Passage 450 (refit help) Thaelia at 10:02am 10.27.21
Replacement Fresh Water Pump Deleted member 117556 at 9:57am 10.27.21 I just recently replaced my fresh water pump and it made a big difference. I used the updated versi
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. BigEasy at 9:38am 10.27.21 Great idea! Need to change filters now; may as well convert to your design. Thanks.
Is there a sensible chartplotter for me? jssailem at 9:38am 10.27.21
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... jssailem at 9:33am 10.27.21 Just removed my Genoa in the morning hours of day break. The wind of the night before had finally go
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. artboas at 9:16am 10.27.21 where is a good place to source those fittings? Great idea thks A great source for these parts is
2000 Hunter Passage 450 (refit help) shemandr at 9:10am 10.27.21 A very very good video. Imagine doing that on a whole deck. Yikes! That is a lotta work. But the
Simple head question Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:00am 10.27.21 Laundry or diswashing detergent...Dawn is a good choice. Let it soak awhile, then use a scrub brush.
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... shemandr at 8:52am 10.27.21 I had that issue in New Suffolk. You wanted a northerly breeze or no breeze to remove the sails. T
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... Justin_NSA at 8:33am 10.27.21 I didn't get it until I picked up on "loosefooted mainsail ". I wait for a calm day because my slip
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... Leeward Rail at 8:29am 10.27.21 Now you just need to find a big warehouse where you can layout the sails on a clean surface and dry
Is there a sensible chartplotter for me? Justin_NSA at 8:27am 10.27.21 that gives me an idea. We have an older ASUS tablet, new and still in the box. I wonder if it will s
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... Leeward Rail at 8:21am 10.27.21 Or you could choose to remove the sail when it's not windy. Maybe that doesn't happen that often i
Sailboat Drone Leeward Rail at 8:06am 10.27.21 @jssailem has informed me that a Phalanx system, accidentally fired on the USS Missouri during the
Simple head question Project_Mayhem at 8:02am 10.27.21 You might even want to clean the tank using just detergent and water Thanks for the advice Peggie.
2000 Hunter Passage 450 (refit help) dmax at 7:56am 10.27.21 You don't have to fix gelcoat cracks as shemandr says, they are cosmetic as long as the fiberglass i
Sailboat Drone Leeward Rail at 7:51am 10.27.21 An opensourced DIY chaingun with some python coding, all run on a raspberrypi would be easily doable
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. JRacer at 7:49am 10.27.21 Good idea and good solution.

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