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Tim Mike Casucci at 5:01am 02.07.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/860 I am thinking of selling my gennaker to buy your UPS. Basically I would like to know how it is rigge
Replacement Head EJ at 4:32am 02.07.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1087 I have a 1987 Catalina 30. If I'm going to get my wife back on the boat, I need to replace the head
Hull support in drydock Don K. at 4:22am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1500 I am planning to build a steel cradle to transport my 26' keel/swing keel on a flat bed trailer home
V berth vent J.B. Dyer at 4:13am 02.07.03 Bigger Boats 4/1490 To get better cross ventilation I am getting ready to install an additional solar powered vent in th
A-chute spinnaker pole ted at 3:33am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 2/778 I have a A-symmetrical chute that I want to run on my Hunter 25.5. I'd like to run a 15' pole to ext
Battery Charging Rip Fleming at 3:04am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 9/1297 My boat sits in the slip for 3 weeks at a time hooked up to the shorepower with the battery charger
Holding Tank Indicator Failure Kobi Maru at 2:46am 02.07.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/820 The indicating needle for my holding tank gauge now stays on 1/2 full. I have pumped my tank severa
Substantial Battery Tiedowns on Hunter 31 Bill Ebling at 2:22am 02.07.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/1176 I have 4 wet cell batteries on Yesterday's Dream. Two 6 volt golf cart batteries in the molded in "b
A new prop. Rich Lord at 11:38pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 11/910 I'm looking to replace my two bladed prop to a three. I was wondering what size and pitch prop, has
Propane, CNG and BBQ's Pat Spino at 11:12pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 2/874 I read in the archives where Carl Reitz decided to use the propane grill as the primary cooking sour
Rutland Wind Generator Pat Spino at 10:39pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 1/854 I read in the archives about John Nantz's installation of the Rutland on a Legend 37.7. I am intere
EPIRB - which one/what features? Ed at 10:31pm 02.06.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/819 If you were buying a new EPIRB today, which one would you get? What features are important? Where
16.8 knots in a Catalina 22? Colin at 9:18pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 13/12647 I have just read an artical on the Sailnet website about sailing a Catalina 22 and hitting speeds of
Brooks & Gatehouse VHF Brent Headberg at 8:32pm 02.06.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1625 My Hunter 33.5 was equipped with B'G Instruments including a flush mount B'G VHF at the helm. Just
How big of a pole do you need? Brandon at 7:29pm 02.06.03 Big Boats 4/727 Whisker pole, that is. I want to get my dad a pole for his bday - what size do I need? Any reccome
Lesson in San Diego? Darline Spring at 2:20pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 3/952 I'm planning to be in San Diego on March 20th and would love to take a sailing lesson that day, if a
Tiller autopilot installation Robert England at 1:39pm 02.06.03 Ask All Sailors 3/2163 My boat is a C'C 27 MkV, with a tiller. The rudder is transom hung. I installed an Autohelm ST 2000+
Need to replace fixed portlights on H-260 Pat at 12:59pm 02.06.03 Smaller Boats 1/900 Last fall I tried to back my H-260 into our boat slip with gusting 20 knot crosswinds in the dark si
Fore and aft trim Robert Dean at 12:33pm 02.06.03 Racing 2/1331 Question:When I'm racing - how do I know when I am in trim - fore and aft ??What are the indicat
PHRF Rating Robert Dean at 12:27pm 02.06.03 Racing 11/5691 Was asked in the last post as to my (PHRF) rating. This is a new put as we need thread traffic to ma

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Anchor Locker Does Not Drain sail sfbay at 5:24pm 05.09.20 Don and Rich, you guys are on to viable solutions. Thanks. Rich, I like your idea of cutting out a
Anchor Locker Does Not Drain Terry Cox at 5:23pm 05.09.20 Our boat has two anchor locker drains that seem to work just fine. One is located about one inch abo
Oday Widgeon conversion to workboat (1) Sunbird22358 at 5:19pm 05.09.20
Anchor Locker Does Not Drain (3) Rich Stidger at 5:18pm 05.09.20 As Don posted above, this issue is common with many Hunter models. I think the negative is that the
Mainsail track end stop Dave Groshong at 5:15pm 05.09.20 Here they are: https://shop.hunterowners.com/prod.php?1661
Making new boat cushions... vinyl bottom or not? (1) MikeHoncho at 4:47pm 05.09.20 If your in a area where it condenses in your boat I would recommend vinyl Or add a mat like below. M
PVC Tube in 340 Mast (1) jssailem at 4:47pm 05.09.20 OK then the installer missed an important step. You want to secure the pvc so there is no banging in
Trailering Advise Needed Sledge62 at 4:44pm 05.09.20 Wait! I don't see the photos that I posted????? Brand new myself but welcome? Maybe start a new thre
What happened to shore power service? bawlmer at 4:44pm 05.09.20 The electrical code requires a main breaker in close proximity to the shorepower inlet, Catalina us
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 4:42pm 05.09.20 You can see the empty cradle threaded rods if you zoom in on the first set of photos. So, now, what
Universal 5411 wont shut off with key bawlmer at 4:41pm 05.09.20 Its really not a good idea to turn off the electricity either by shutting off the key switch or batt
Bow thruster - is it a plus or minus? MikeHoncho at 4:38pm 05.09.20 They do not require any maintenance other than inspecting the zinc during bottom cleaning and inspe
Universal 5411 wont shut off with key Capt jgw at 4:35pm 05.09.20 Unless the engine has been modified, the only way to shut off a 5411 is to pull the throttle lever a
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 4:33pm 05.09.20 Those small fore and aft "cradles" are lifted via threaded rod, by nuts and washers that are run up
CO alarm problem (?) MikeHoncho at 4:30pm 05.09.20 Please check the numbers or provide a link. Depending on the sensor, CO sensors do detect H2, but g
Sealing end-cap bolt on heat exchanger. (1) jssailem at 4:30pm 05.09.20 Hayden, I ordered this kit from Fisheries. I installed it and there were no leaks Not sure what more
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 4:30pm 05.09.20 In that photo, you can see how the "engineer" designer of this trailer included "cradles" that actua
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets (1) Aarrrgh! at 4:28pm 05.09.20 178812
Anchor Locker Does Not Drain Don S/V ILLusion at 4:18pm 05.09.20 Had similar issues on different boats. To state the obvious, the drain is too high and should be mov
Ball Swivel Trailer Bunk Brackets Aarrrgh! at 4:16pm 05.09.20 See how the composite decking got kinda' "lazy" after it sat on the stands for a couple of days? It

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