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General questions Van at 8:18am 03.03.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/765 I have a Hunter 37.5 1994, homeport San Diego. I have a few general questions on maintenance: 1.
Gas Grill Ideas... Jack Kelly at 8:17am 03.03.03 Smaller Boats 9/1006 We are considering adding a small gas grill to our H23. Before we buy a stainless steel that mount
Moisture in Hull Ken Manning at 7:53am 03.03.03 Big Boats 1/1185 My 1994 C42 hull#452 has NO blisters but does show high moisture reading all around the hull below t
Looking for Oday 16 rudder Jim Morrison at 7:10am 03.03.03 Day Sailers 2/1070 I have a neighbor who purchased a 16' oday and is now looking for a rudder. Does anyone have a rudd
Oil changing methodology in question Michael Bell at 6:54am 03.03.03 Ask All Sailors 28/1548 I recently bought a third interest in a boat that has a Yanmar 35 hp 3 cylinder engine.The previous
guard rail size on 356 John at 6:03am 03.03.03 Big Boats 7/862 does any 356 owners have the size of the guard rail on the wheel, this is for order size on a snapit
Compass at Nav Station Bob F at 5:41am 03.03.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/857 I'm thinking about installing a smaller compass at the nav station, mainly as a back up to glance at
Windlass Repair revisited Bob F at 5:28am 03.03.03 Big Boats 1/984 I recntly asked abt the possible problems with my non-working windlass (Simpson-Lawrence). The verdi
Need transient marina/mooring in Seaside Park, NJ Kathy at 4:55am 03.03.03 Ask All Sailors 2/1509 We plan to spend a week in Seaside Park, NJ and would like to bring our Hunter 23 down to sail in Ba
Foresail Size Roller Furling Bill Bowman at 4:30am 03.03.03 Smaller Boats 10/2281 We are looking at building the home made PVC roller furler referenced here from the Com-Pac owners w
Adding Bow Cleats Bill Bowman at 4:26am 03.03.03 Smaller Boats 5/1398 It appears that we will be able to keep our H23 in the water this year, as well as do a little touri
GPS Magellan MAP330M Bill Bowman at 4:22am 03.03.03 Smaller Boats 5/792 Ok, This is the first of three questions for the group today.Have an opportunity to pick up a Mag
Hunter 212 questions Tim at 3:41am 03.03.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1595 What year did the 212 model come out? Does it have a kick up style rudder? what is the max hp outb
Why would you install an Inverter larger than matias at 3:01am 03.03.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1025 1.5 Kw?Thanks,MatiasS/V Yikiyu
Chartering my boat lionel at 3:00am 03.03.03 Ask All Sailors 6/1088 Hi This year I am thinking about chartering my boat .Maybe 2 or 3 weeks this year .I would like t
Lake Michigan Crossing T J Furstenau at 2:29am 03.03.03 Other Sailboats 5/1227 My wife and I are looking to take a week and head across, probably Racine to South Haven and then ba
Anyone interfaced a GPS to a Navman Speed display? ted at 2:05am 03.03.03 Ask All Sailors 0/913 I've been looking at the Navman 3100 series displays. I like the big display and cheap price. The Na
Looking for a new daysailor Doug at 2:04am 03.03.03 Trailer Sailors 14/2859 I'm looking to get a new boat -- been looking at the Hunter 212 and I'm wondering what's its competi
More about steering... Olivier Ruhlmann at 1:29am 03.03.03 Bigger Boats 1/1099 You may also want to check your emergency tiller:Mine does not fit the rudder post and will need to
H260 Rudder/Outboard Linkage Mike at 12:43am 03.03.03 Smaller Boats 6/1513 In tight maneuvering situations, it is sometimes necessary to turn the outboard while turning the ru

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Is this Boat a good boat? MitchM at 11:47am 08.03.20
Anchorage magnet... Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 11:46am 08.03.20 I used to crew on a 50ft (on deck) ferro schooner. 50,000 pound displacement. We were anchored once,
Packing nuts question Ralph Johnstone at 11:46am 08.03.20 Yes, but our shaft is 1 3/4". Some people have all the luck :soapbox: ! I can see myself paying
Power Winch Throwing Breaker... Question capta at 11:45am 08.03.20 How long has it been since you took apart the winch, cleaned, lubed and reassembled it? That needs t
Anchorage magnet... (1) capta at 11:38am 08.03.20 One of the things I think is an absolute necessity for a cruising boat is a rub rail, especially one
Anchorage magnet... DayDreamer41 at 11:36am 08.03.20 Appears to me that your boat was much heavier than theirs and you tipped the whole anchorage sideway
Packing nuts question capta at 11:31am 08.03.20 Yes, but our shaft is 1 3/4". Sometimes things like this can be had at the used chandleries. I get a
twodzusfittings at 11:30am 08.03.20 My 1983 O'day 30 came with a bow roller. However one of the previous owners installed it by cutting
Packing nuts question (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:25am 08.03.20 @capta , are you saying you now have this industrial type of gland assembly? prop shaft. They are o
Anchorage magnet... Rick486 at 11:21am 08.03.20 An associated symptom of anchor close is..."I tried here and it didn't work, so I'll try again in th
Beneteau 361 stiff steering SCFoster at 11:03am 08.03.20 Here is the response from Tides Marine:
Need to repair a stripped deck organizer anchor dlochner at 10:59am 08.03.20 Just say NO! to 5200!!! The method I proposed with thickened epoxy and a bolt puts threads into the
More propane outboard questions john6206 at 10:56am 08.03.20 I was planning to chain it to my bumper and drag it down the freeway.
Teak trim gfrazier at 10:52am 08.03.20 Thanks guys. Hope to never need the emergency tiller, definitely want it accessible just in case
Is this Boat a good boat? Tedd at 10:47am 08.03.20 I approached my first boat purchase (I had previously sailed boats I didn't own) the same way I appr
Bow thruster hunter sail sfbay at 10:45am 08.03.20 The following youtube video entitled "How to Install a Bow Thruster" shows the installation of a "tu
Depth Finder Question Diggerjr at 10:42am 08.03.20
Bow thruster hunter JRT at 10:40am 08.03.20 I like the idea of a bow thruster, my slip is tight and current and wind play hell sometimes.
More propane outboard questions Jim26m at 10:38am 08.03.20 Hopefully, you will be transporting that 11 lb tank, tightly secured, in the back of an open pickup
Looking at this makes me glad I got a Mac! Jim26m at 10:34am 08.03.20 We should get back to sailboats are better then motorboats :D The tribalism has no limits it seems

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