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Replacement refrigerator strut on 420? pjb13 at 7:32am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/683 Our freezer section is missing the "strut" to hold the top open, though the brackets are there. We h
Replacing 420 cabin lights with switches with LEDs (1) pjb13 at 7:28am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/784 Has anyone swapped out the cabin lights on the 420 that have the off on toggle with LEDs? I have tri
KVH tv6 Dome CYQK at 5:17am 02.20.20 Ask All Sailors 2/361 Anyone on the forum use one of these? How good are they? Thks
Kanzaki transmission dip stick Buddha at 4:35am 02.20.20 Engines and Propulsion 8/5180
My latest upload Brian D at 8:17pm 02.19.20 Sails Call Lounge 6/797 I know, shameless plug. But they say if your don't blow your own horn someone will use it as a spitt
Will Asymmetrical Spinnaker work? pumpkinpie at 5:56pm 02.19.20 Ask All Sailors 45/5367 We have found a practically brand new, barely used North Sails G2 Running Gennaker (Asymmetrical Spi
Full Batten Mainsail Conversion nveater at 3:29pm 02.19.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/861 So my Hunter 33.5 has a full batten dacron mainsail- I'm not a huge fan of all full battens and wond
How is the Traveler rail for main boom mounted? ingramsail at 3:11pm 02.19.20 Smaller Boats 1/755 Just started restoring a 1977 Catalina 22. Question l have is how the rail mounted to the stern?
What sticks to plastic wheelpilot pedestal mounting bracket? Richard19068 at 2:26pm 02.19.20 Ask All Sailors 14/1293 Hello, I have a Simrad Wheelpilot that mounts to the steering pedestal with a plastic bracket. The
75th Anniversary (1) Brian D at 1:49pm 02.19.20 Sails Call Lounge 13/1360 75 years ago today, the Marines and Corpmen of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions stormed the be
Hunter 450 Replace Water Tank Sensor Chuck Cohen at 1:38pm 02.19.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/417 Has anyone replaced their water sensor unit in the top of the tank under the floorboards next to the
Catalina Direct now has the 310 listed! JRT at 1:20pm 02.19.20 Catalina 310 5/1367 Maybe it was all those parts I ordered since last year but I really appreciate seeing our 310 listed
Rabbit Hole Golfpro at 11:46am 02.19.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1251 Greetings. Anyone know the secret to getting into and out of the 'Rabbit Hole' starboard lazerette o
Winch shims capta at 9:32am 02.19.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1250 Fortunately, I found a couple of sets of shims for our Lewmar 65st electrics. Right part number and
Hunter 1993 23.5 mast stress crack (2) kmhalvorson at 8:09am 02.19.20 Ask All Sailors 21/2635 Discovered this stress crack near the starboard spreader bracket. Any ideas on how to repair will be
Depth finder installation Project_Mayhem at 5:45am 02.19.20 Ask All Sailors 5/618 There seems to be a very strong preference towards 4200 for underwater applications within the commu
Looking for plastic CDI Furling Drum (Bail) (1) Golfpro at 5:34am 02.19.20 Parts Search 8/1042 Greetings fellow sailers. Have just acquired a '87 Hunter 31 with what I have investigated as a CDI
Help identify motor mount (2) Wes329 at 5:28pm 02.18.20 Ask All Sailors 1/310 I am trying to repair this motor mount can anyone help me ast to the brand or model?
Reefing hooks on Masthead of a Beneteau First 38? JuanMarcos at 3:15pm 02.18.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/564 Hello fellow Beneteau owners. I am a fairly new boat owner/sailor and would appreciate the guidance
BOAT SERIAL NUMBER Robert H. Wood at 3:09pm 02.18.20 Ask An Oday Owner 22/5960 ON THE TRANSOM OF MY BOAT IS THE NUMBER XDYN06598686. WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR?

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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
Simrad RS35, HS35 not connecting Davidasailor26 at 7:21pm 06.29.24 I have not done any firmware updates. Do they happen automatically? How would I update the hand set
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) rgranger at 7:19pm 06.29.24
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? justsomeguy at 7:11pm 06.29.24 I bought a can of R134a and a hose for about $50-60 bucks and recharged my fridge myself. Not diffic

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