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Watertank Mounting slidewhiz at 12:48pm 03.27.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/879 My Son and I are doing work on our 1989 Hunter 23. The water tank has a hose that feeds into an ele
bilge pumps seth at 12:47pm 03.27.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/989 I use a couple of rule 360s in my bilge with float switches which works fine. I would like really ge
replacement blocks chelsabella at 12:52pm 03.27.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1053 Going to replace the main sheet blocks on my '84 C-30. Original specs call for 3 mini blocks can't
New 26S owner and pretty excited about it! walt at 2:02pm 03.27.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1107 Ive had this boat about 1 month and sailed it twice now. Done a lot of work/mods on it, still a lot
No provision to increase RPM in neutral Steve at 2:08pm 03.27.07 Big Boats 9/1955 I just acquired a 2003 Hunter 386. On a previous boat that I had with a Yanmar diesel it was possibl
More Info Nice N Easy at 2:32pm 03.27.07 Ask All Sailors 0/791 One more little bit of info. Turning the bilge breaker off does not stop the buzzer, but turning th
ANYONE HAVE A GUESS Nice N Easy at 2:30pm 03.27.07 Ask All Sailors 5/931 Hopefully some on on here can save me a lot of time and effort, if they have ever had this same prob
Equipment for a Dingy Hugh4753 at 9:21pm 03.25.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1046 I've got a 9.5 foot rib with a 15hp. motor and was wondering for that size dingy what are the CG req
Yanmar Hose Replacements Jack at 10:03pm 03.25.07 Big Boats 6/2378 My Yanmar 3GM30F Engine is 6 years old now. It only has 200 hours on it but I would like to replace
Bottom Paint Color? TJ-LJ Champion at 10:42pm 03.25.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3110 We're so new to this sailing scene and I know there is protocal to follow on some things but here's
Dingy Water Tender 9-4 cementhead at 10:29pm 03.25.07 Ask All Sailors 8/2400 I have a Hunter 28 and need to get a Dingy. I really don't whant to get an inflatable and Think the
What Size Fuel Filter (Microns)? Bob at 10:23pm 03.25.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1159 I changed out my Racor fuel filter this weekend after it was recommended I use the "10 micron twist
Who does what when transporting RG at 11:02pm 03.25.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1063 I am looking to buy a "new to me" boat on the coast and will need to transport it to the lake we sai
Hey, Theres wires in these pipes Dan at 10:51pm 03.25.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1293 I am atttempting to install a Transducer cable to the helm instruments.The cable came complete with
Diesel shuts down after running about 5 minutes Bob Miller at 11:08pm 03.25.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1064 I spent most of the summer of 2005 in the slip as my Universal 3 cyl would run for only about 5 minu
Attaching forward mast support (1) jimforest at 12:28am 03.26.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1029 Our first time out with our Mac 26D (1990) we had trouble attaching the forward mast support cable t
Mast height of an 1976 Ericson 29? Bob Gale at 12:44am 03.26.07 Other Sailboats 2/1620 I need to know the overall height from the bottom of the keel to the top of the mast for boatyard cl
Spreader boot source (1) Tim R. at 12:55am 03.26.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2155 Does anyone know where I can find the pictured spreader boots? They are from an Ericson 35 with Ken
1999 Hunter 170 Mast Carrier JCD at 1:51am 03.26.07 Day Sailers 14/2358 I recently bought a '99 170. I've noticed from viewing other owners 170's pics on this site that th
H170 Crack Repair? JCD at 2:00am 03.26.07 Day Sailers 10/1521 Hello All,Comments on repairing cracks on the 170? I appear to have cracks around the cleats ' mas

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Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power thinwater at 11:45am 08.31.21 At dock, box fans rule. One in the fore hatch works if you are in the cabin (also very useful on exa
pint blotches on radar screen dlochner at 11:43am 08.31.21 Can you get a screenshot of the blotches? Radar images are never sharp, they are just blotches. On m
Beneteau 361 new owner JamesG161 at 11:42am 08.31.21 plan to go up mast and try everything . The Boom angle is the key... Jim...
Mast mounting a whisker pole - sticker shock tfox2069 at 11:41am 08.31.21 I also ran across a post from Jackdaw from a few years ago which answered the same question deep int
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power Captain Larry-DH at 11:39am 08.31.21 Search the web for "hatch umbrella" "breeze booster" "wind scoop" "hatch scoop" etc. with the right
Single Handed Docking sesmith at 11:37am 08.31.21 Interesting devise. Would a typical boat hook work as well? Or was a boat hook modified to produce
Hunter 430, how do I run a seatalk cable between pedistal and instruments in the arch? Also to the nav station? JamesG161 at 11:36am 08.31.21 RD418D 4kW 18" digital radome That should work on SeaTalk already. What brand is your chart plott
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power Leeward Rail at 11:25am 08.31.21 Cover your ports and hatches wherever possible. Hmmm I can see how that is better than curtains in
Center Board Cable 1975 O'Day 25 Project_Mayhem at 11:16am 08.31.21 You'll have less than 20 minutes to clean the bottom before all the growth dries up. Most yards use
Saildrive Indicator Panel Light kappykaplan at 11:10am 08.31.21 @blaser1234 , have you a photo you can share?
Alternator shutoff switch? SEMPERAVANTI41 at 10:56am 08.31.21 DayDreamer 41, on my 2007 41DS the alternator was wired exactly as you describe. The big change Hunt
Vibratios Hunter Legend 37.5 Ralph Johnstone at 10:47am 08.31.21 3) Replaced cutlass bearings few times. What is the distance between the aft end of the cutlass a
RF ground Don S/V ILLusion at 10:37am 08.31.21 Most instructions are written by engineers who couldn't explain how to tie a shoe. I had this probl
Tongue weight question. Tedd at 10:26am 08.31.21 ...does the trailer hitch height, (straight, 2" drop, 3" drop etc) affect the tongue weight. Stric
wind indicators/depth/speed suggestions? jeepbluetj at 10:21am 08.31.21 One thing to consider is despite being wireless you'll want to remove the mast head unit when trail
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:20am 08.31.21 Cover your ports and hatches wherever possible. ch are more difficult but more important.
The 260 is home! Tedd at 10:12am 08.31.21 @Ottdreamer , The Vancouver boat has come down since I looked at it, but it's still too high, for m
Hunter 430, how do I run a seatalk cable between pedistal and instruments in the arch? Also to the nav station? flightlead404 at 10:10am 08.31.21 You must have Digital Radar now. Thus my conversion to the new Radar, I mentioned above. Jim...
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power Leeward Rail at 10:05am 08.31.21 fans, airflow in general. Fortunately our C&C has 1 opening port on each side, a solar vent, and
NOT buying H34 DeniseO30 at 9:56am 08.31.21 No frames, the 4 black plastic overlay on the outside, I'm not too worried about all the gray mfg p

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