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Which Anchor Bob at 8:45pm 02.07.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/917 I have a H34 and have been using a 22# Bruce Anchor for years with no problems. However, this ancho
Stern pulpit Paul Breeding at 12:07pm 02.07.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1224 Two areas of concern; 1). With the swim ladder on the port side of the stern pulpit and hardware for
In-mast furling main triming.. Alex at 11:47am 02.07.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1002 I know about triming a regular mainsail. What can be done in this matterwith a in-mast furling main
Biodiesel? Alison Higgins at 11:41am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 17/1232 I am a grad student with Antioch University doing a project about sustainable fuels.I'd like to kn
Biodiesel? Alison Higgins at 11:40am 02.07.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/911 I am a grad student with Antioch University doing a project about sustainable fuels.I'd like to kn
Questions Questions Wayne s/v Mahina Kai at 11:25am 02.07.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/999 What a great guest forum. Thanks to everyone for the cool information so far. When I stop by Hawtho
telecommunications and computers christopher bayer at 9:46am 02.07.03 Big Boats 9/1007 i will (shortly) be the proud owner of a new hunter 426. can i utilize my mac laptop from home on th
Tieing to Logbooms Gary Wyngarden at 7:28am 02.07.03 Ask All Sailors 2/1978 For those of you not familiar with them, log booms are chained together felled trees that are hauled
Switching from 130 to a 150 jib Mark Burton at 6:39am 02.07.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1148 Last year I purchased a Doyle 150 jib to replace my 130 roller furling jib.I also added 2 ft. of tr
FL vs CA Phil Herring at 6:03am 02.07.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/983 Does anyone know which of the newer Catalina models are built in Florida?Thanks!
Starter Problems EDDY JOHNSEN at 6:01am 02.07.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/717 My 1990 Hunter 30 has been hard to start for quite some time now. When I press the start button, th
Tim Mike Casucci at 5:01am 02.07.03 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/930 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 3/1111 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 1/1536 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 4/1674 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 2/801 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 9/1351 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 4/832 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 6/1233 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 11/935 I'm looking to replace my two bladed prop to a three. I was wondering what size and pitch prop, has

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New Bedford, MA local knowledge? jviss at 12:39pm 07.30.20 Thanks @dmax !
CNG tank exchange or CNG self serve stations Terry Cox at 12:33pm 07.30.20 How about the left coast? Still looking for a way to fill my two tanks here in WA. Also looking into
Odd HIN / Hull Identification Number - ends in M? Noodat Lady at 12:23pm 07.30.20 The only problem is the terminal M. If you visit this site https://www.hindecoder.com and type in al
Macerator vs non-macerating discharge pump malyea at 12:22pm 07.30.20 There's one other little detail: the entire tank has be entirely above waterline to drain via grav
New Bedford, MA local knowledge? dmax at 12:15pm 07.30.20 There's a public dinghy dock on Pope's Island, just east of Pope's Island Marina's docks. If you go
Replacement Propane tank for Catalina 310 SimiSAilor at 12:02pm 07.30.20 Check HomeDepot they have a steel one for 60$. It is the 11gallon size. It is just a small BBQ bottl
Real chance of capsizing? (1) Hunter216 at 11:53am 07.30.20 1) ease or depower the Sails, especially during gusts I think you need to talk to this guy :)
New Bedford, MA local knowledge? Rick486 at 11:44am 07.30.20 I know people who have taken cover there in stormy weather. They stayed at marinas. Do you use Dockw
Real chance of capsizing? DrJudyB at 11:26am 07.30.20
How do I test AGM batteries for damage from overcharge? Maine Sail at 11:22am 07.30.20 First off: What brand of AGM? What brand and model of solar controller? If they are Lifeline AG
Hunter 23.5 forestay/pulpit damage (2) Rick Macdonald at 11:20am 07.30.20 @Crazy Dave Condon I removed the bulkhead and found the void is not full of foam, and there are no
Rigging a Capri 165 Johnfranklin1 at 10:58am 07.30.20 Alright, halyard is a distraction all I need is a 14 inch pennant. Anybody got an extra.
Interior wood trim repair or other ideas forbin at 10:45am 07.30.20 What caused this to fail? Someone grab it? Push it instead of the dishes? Yes, someone grabbed it
Once again...a rigging question Patrikh at 10:03am 07.30.20 I am taking down my mast on my 356 every year. I have from the first time measured the uppger diagon
CNG tank exchange or CNG self serve stations prholzinger at 9:48am 07.30.20 I know its been discussed before but things are always changing. Also, this is not a discussion of
Real chance of capsizing? Jackdaw at 9:46am 07.30.20 Interesting... not sure what can be learned or taken away from that video. So we have a lot of theor
CNG tanks prholzinger at 9:41am 07.30.20 Refills available in Annapolis. peterholzinger4@gmail.com
Hunter 25 Remodel - What to do with unused parts MySong at 9:36am 07.30.20 If you are still around I would be interested in some of the parts you mentioned. You can email me a
Interior wood trim repair or other ideas pilott at 9:35am 07.30.20 If you want to go the Starboard route, and if the item is less than 20" long: Sams Club sells a 15"
Hunter 260 Faucet Replacement MySong at 9:34am 07.30.20 I am also looking for faucets. Did you find anything that worked?

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