Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Awful Lonely Over Here In This Neck of The Woods Terry Cox at 1:01pm 10.18.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 6/1066 Went to the boat this past week to change oil and filters in both engines; main and Genset. Getting
pressure switch fail? wsconner at 12:59pm 10.18.20 Ask All Sailors 20/4258 Not sure how to diagnose a pressure switch failure in my water system. I have an accumulator tank a
First time boat owner (Catalina 310) with basic questions about electrical and plumbing (8) HBT at 10:34am 10.18.20 Catalina 310 38/9323 Hello fellow Catalina 310 sailers, I recently became a proud owner of a 2004 Catalina 310. Here is
Goin to the FLL boat show? CYQK at 8:13am 10.18.20 Ask All Sailors 2/397 See that the show is still on wondering what it will be like
New Tender Captain W at 5:47am 10.18.20 Ask All Sailors 43/17957 I am Interested in your thoughts about tenders: 1. wooden vs inflatable 2. For wooden: Capability t
New Solar Panel rpwillia at 6:26pm 10.17.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1055 A couple of weeks ago our local Sea Scout troop in the marina was practicing docking and managed to
Diesel Mechanic, North Side of Albemarle Sound David in Sandusky at 5:15pm 10.17.20 Ask All Sailors 1/354 My friend needs a diesel mechanic for their 1982 Hunter 30 in Elizabeth City, NC. Does anybody know
Charging at 14.3v! eianm at 4:57pm 10.17.20 Big Boats 9/1835 I noticed yesterday when i ran the gen set top charge the batteries that my victron gauge told me i
Hunter Legend 290 - Some Questions (2) andyb28 at 2:55pm 10.17.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1314 Good Evening All, I popped down to the boat today to do a few jobs. It's amazing how time flies wh
Wallpaper in the head? azambella at 1:38pm 10.17.20 The Cherubini Hunters 7/4887 Anyone replace that whack stuff in the head that is sorta kinda wallpaper? Ours has seen batter days
Hydronic heating with Dickinson diesel heater? patrickkidd at 1:16pm 10.17.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1154 The Dickenson Newport has an optional hot water coil that you can use to heat your own water circuit
Hunter 260: Tiller Versus Wheel Tedd at 8:52am 10.17.20 Smaller Boats 15/2892 I'm shopping for a Hunter 260. My wife has a strong preference for a wheel because she finds the til
Winterizing my 373 Yanmar 3JH4E. Birchy62 at 8:08am 10.17.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1435 I recently purchased my 2006 373. This is my first year winterizing. I have the owners manual and ca
Duct Routing for Diesel Heater (1) christian42north at 6:41am 10.17.20 Ask All Sailors 17/4549
Got a Venture 21 should I move up to a MacGregor 26s Sailor1001 at 11:07pm 10.16.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 30/4621 Hi All, I really enjoy my Venture 21 that is in great shape and near mint condition. It is easy to
Dealing with difficult guests (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 02.22.21 Ask All Sailors 56/12214 We've all had them aboard. The non-stop talkers, know-it-all skippers, newbies that panic the moment
It's National Seafood Bisque Day! (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 10.19.20 Ask All Sailors 2/847 And in honor of the basking bisque, lets talk about seafood. Do you ever fish from your boat? Have
Stuff coming out of potable water tank (1) Captain W at 6:15pm 10.16.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1037 The previous owner of my boat noted that he had begun to get dark flakes/debris coming through the p
semi-flush mount windows. First try.. (3) SailingLoto at 4:33pm 10.16.20 Ask All Sailors 5/616 Finally had some free time and daylight to fiddle with my Laguna. 2 fixed windows installed. 3m vh
Catalina 27 wanted Nipissing Sailor at 2:18pm 10.16.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1330 Looking for a Catalina 27 or 270 in excellent condition. Please PM me. Cathy R

Recent Replies

solar charging system during haulout colemj at 11:27am 04.08.25 The only thing you need to do is to set your controllers to the voltage you want for maintaining the
7 Years no haul out marcham at 10:46am 04.08.25 There will always be another boat.... :)
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions Will Gilmore at 9:43am 04.08.25 My foresail is a high cut Yankee. It's a really nice sail and drives my boat very well. It balances
Hatch boards vents Timm R Oday25 at 9:32am 04.08.25 I was thinking exhausting out . The whole reason I even started down this path was to keep condenst
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 9:24am 04.08.25 Well I went and looked at the boat this past weekend..... I ended up passing up on the boat. It jus
Hatch boards vents dLj at 9:23am 04.08.25 My point concerning being on a mooring was that ,there is not a constant supply of 120 volt to keep
Kiwi Folding Prop- Already corroding after 6 months of use! What shall I do? dLj at 9:22am 04.08.25 You can verify the SST material with a small magnet. 316 SST is not magnetic. 304 SST will be sli
Hatch boards vents Timm R Oday25 at 9:18am 04.08.25 My point concerning being on a mooring was that ,there is not a constant supply of 120 volt to keep
Kiwi Folding Prop- Already corroding after 6 months of use! What shall I do? PNWE36 at 9:15am 04.08.25 You can verify the SST material with a small magnet. 316 SST is not magnetic. 304 SST will be slig
Sailing Tender (1) Will Gilmore at 9:13am 04.08.25 Maybe something like this for a tender that can do double duty when not being sailed. space. Mustaf
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 9:11am 04.08.25 Is this your design: BELLIURE 41 (IBOLD) - sailboatdata ?? That's correct. dj p.s. don't look a
solar charging system during haulout dLj at 9:10am 04.08.25 Depends on the batteries and loads. It is fine to leave a panel on to float the batteries if they a
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? (1) Bin Voyage at 9:10am 04.08.25 Makes perfect sense now!
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions FastOlson at 9:06am 04.08.25 Is this your design: BELLIURE 41 (IBOLD) - sailboatdata ??
Sailing Tender dLj at 9:05am 04.08.25 Haha, no photoshop. I will be anchored here for a couple months and will keep an eye out for them a
solar charging system during haulout dlochner at 9:03am 04.08.25 Depends on the batteries and loads. It is fine to leave a panel on to float the batteries if they ar
B&R rig tuning take 1 SteveHughessails at 9:03am 04.08.25
solar charging system during haulout kappykaplan at 9:01am 04.08.25 3. Leave one panel and controller on to maintain charge on batteries This gets my vote, as it's no
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? Hello Below at 8:52am 04.08.25 I get it, e stands for fold down transom. How could we over look such an obvious connection.:facep
Selden in mast question (2) PNWE36 at 8:47am 04.08.25 Hello, not sure if this is helpful as my boat is much smaller. Here are pictures from my Hunter e36

Contact
About
Terms of Use