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Engine Water Drain Plug? Matt DV at 8:26am 12.06.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/296 Hello, is there a water drain plug for 2QM15 engine? (1980 Hunter 33). If so Can someone help expla
Cockpit Locker Size? Codybear at 7:42am 12.06.23 Catalina 275 6/770 I'm having a boat being built and I'm having the builder put in cockpit lockers to facilitate storag
Looking to Find a Mast for my Hunter 42 CC 1991 55.5' (1) deanM at 3:12am 12.06.23 Ask All Sailors 15/834 She was demasted heading to Bimini this last weekend after 9 months of renovations. Anything anyon
Need Mast for 1991 Hunter 42. Lost the entire rig this last weekene deanM at 3:00am 12.06.23 Parts Search 2/557 Looking for a fit to my 1991 Hunter 42 CC. Mast and all went over the said on the way to Bimini this
wing keel cokomo at 10:29am 12.05.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/38 Does anyone know the width of the wing tip to tip on a 1987 Hunter Legend 35?
Width of wing on wing keel cokomo at 9:47am 12.05.23 Ask All Sailors 12/668 I recently purchased a 1987 Hunter Legend 35 with wing keel. The boat is in the water and not acces
Furling Jib JacK P at 6:22am 12.05.23 Ask All Sailors 9/455 I would like to add a furring jib to 1983 28.5 Hunter. Is there a supplier available?
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49 DS Rado at 7:00pm 12.04.23 Parts Search 1/526 Hi everyone, I am in a process of buying Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49DS. I am sure I will need to replace
Break out your Rain Coats... (4) jssailem at 6:41pm 12.04.23 Weather and Forecasting 2/529 You may need to go beyond your typical rain coat as we start December 2023. Current forecasts are lo
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 3:47pm 12.04.23 Ask All Sailors 41/2325 This is my first boat in 30 years and apparently they still smell a little. Sometimes it bothers me
Knot meter sensitivity to sail trim inkunzi at 2:45pm 12.04.23 Ask All Sailors 15/830 which style of knot meter would provide optimal feedback when adjusting sail trim? Is a paddle whee
Recommendations for MFD and Instruments Upgrade in Hunter 30T (1) vabchbrewer at 2:35pm 12.04.23 Mid-Size Boats 3/577 I want to update my Garmin MFD as it is very old (GPSmap 182C). The number of products and informati
Solar power systems xavpil at 1:08pm 12.04.23 Ask All Sailors 25/1348 I have a sailboat and 1200w of solar panels. I will be living off grid in the bahamas I was going
Border Crossing with a Trailer Sailer Tedd at 11:17am 12.04.23 Trailer Sailors 8/827 I live just north of the BC-WA border. For the trailer sailors in this area, if you were going to, s
MacGregor 27 trailer (1) Paceship.org at 7:23am 12.04.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/508 Not mine but could be a great find for $250 for someone with a 27' swing keel MacGregor Unfortunat
CONFIRMATION PLEASE twodzusfittings at 6:50am 12.04.23 Bigger Boats 8/810 I am assuming that due to the mast being keel stepped that water will always enter into the bilge, d
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker (3) Kupe at 3:03pm 12.03.23 Big Boats 12/1245 Hey gang- You all have been amazing since we bought our 2004 H36 this summer. This is actually ou
Hydronic heater installation DinghySailor at 1:03pm 12.03.23 Ask All Sailors 2/447 Hey coolant experts... Soon after we purchased our boat in 2020, I dove into the list of chores iden
Engine exhaust hose rust at hull exit (4) Rick at 11:22am 12.03.23 Ask All Sailors 23/1451 Hi all Well first a lesson learned. When you store your floaty toys, wash buckets, etc and you noti
Slow Leak (1) Keith-T at 11:04am 12.03.23 Mid-Size Boats 7/1115 Hello all. I recently purchased a 2005 Hunter 27. It seems to have developed a slow leak from a sm

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Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator Davidasailor26 at 8:11am 06.30.24 I know that the regulator is sealed, but I am wondering if the winterization antifreeze which appea
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 7:54am 06.30.24 I think I understand your issue, but this statement ^^^ confuses me. The regulator is what determi
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 7:30am 06.30.24 The fact that Beyrl so Compact , many of the Islands will not even see tropical force winds. Note L
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive dizo514 at 7:23am 06.30.24
Invest 95L shemandr at 7:22am 06.30.24 Compact indeed! Is my rough estimate of 120 nm across the meat of the storm right? About 2 degrees
Need help recognizing items on my boat Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questi
Need help recognizing items on my boat PaulK at 6:40am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questio
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive PMK at 6:32am 06.30.24 Thanks. Yes, I'm sure its not much of a problem to replace the hull seal. I'm planning to have bot
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) Tally Ho at 6:01am 06.30.24
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement Indysailor at 5:32am 06.30.24 I would be surprised if there was an actual part that was manufactured for the specific length of th
Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:59am 06.30.24 225692 The 96 hour path takes it over the HEAT fuels area. 225693 Dammit Jim...
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? dlochner at 4:33am 06.30.24 :) And, while I'm here, a pet peeve of mine: why do new posters bother to sign up, ask questions an
Looking at a Tartan 33 shemandr at 4:27am 06.30.24 I've sailed quite a bit on a Tartan 33. They are good boats. You may need to modify this one a bit
Looking at a Tartan 33 (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:18am 06.30.24
Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 4:05am 06.30.24
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Jim Legere at 3:48am 06.30.24 I wonder how @YankeeGirl fared? Hopefully made it to haul out and is getting the problem repaired. A
Battery Placement (1) Jim Legere at 3:37am 06.30.24 On my 37C I left one (starter) battery in the original starboard cockpit locker location and moved t
Noise between Mast and Boom (1) KGarvey at 3:33am 06.30.24 It turns out the noise was not coming from where the boom meets the mast. The pin that goes through
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator Stu Jackson at 8:03pm 06.29.24 2 concerns, the voltage after 2 1/2 hours didn't drop to absorption (14.2 V) and the charge amperag
Non working microwave Teddy W at 7:42pm 06.29.24 We replaced ours a year ago... Easy Out.. Easy In.. Screws in the bottom holding it in and cord was

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