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Swim step or platform for older 30s? Richard at 1:47pm 10.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/1210 I am a Catalina 30 owner-wannabe. I talked my very good friend into buying one... too bad he lives 6
Masthead Lights: Tri-Color, Red-over-Green, Strobe Peter Albright at 12:38pm 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 5/4664 Do you have a tri-color? When do you use the tri-color in stead of the sidelights and stearn light?
Bypassing water heater Joan at 12:16pm 10.01.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1056 Anyone installed a bypass on the water heater, that could give me the type and instructions? Our RV
May have found a snag! Don Alexander at 11:53am 10.01.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/908 Phil,I may have found a snag with the otherwise excellent editing facility.Tonight my system will
Yanmar Starter for 20GMF Ron Honeycutt at 10:10am 10.01.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1208 Starter on Yanmar 20GM Fresh engine doesn't disengage upon starting of engine. The drive gear stays
trailering my baby Stewart at 8:15am 10.01.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/951 I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 25FT MAC, AND IT WAS IN THE WATER WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I CURRENTLY HAVE TO MOVE
Stripping/Redoing Bottom Questions Rick at 5:19am 10.01.01 Mid-Size Boats 3/963 Hi, all fellow Hunter lovers!My H285 is in need of a new bottom. I've owned her for 6 years and I,
H23 Standing rigging size Chuck at 4:12am 10.01.01 Smaller Boats 4/927 Hi Folks,I'm getting ready to adjust the shroud tension on my85' H23 and wanted to purchase a Loo
Running Rigging Upgrades Allen at 2:42am 10.01.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/851 Hey Everybody,I was out yesterday in about 25 knots of wind with a reefed main
A4 concerns.... L-Seelig at 1:57am 10.01.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/845 I have a 76 C-27 w/A4. Noticed this season when I start the engine I have several minutes where ther
Boat Cards Gary Wyngarden at 1:09am 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1051 A businessman would never think of leaving the office without business cards, right? Well, in our ar
Winch Repair Lee Calton at 12:46am 10.01.01 Destinations 2/1290 '89 Capri 22, wing keel, race packageThe starboard jib winch popped off yesterday after a tack in
Hello To All Terry at 12:09pm 10.07.01 Ask An Oday Owner 3/973 Hi,We just bought an O'Day 25 this last weekend and wanted to say hello. We are open to any sugges
hunter-26 or hunter 28 nick at 3:44am 10.07.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1118 I am retiring and moving to New Bern, NC. I decided on a 94-96 Hunter-26 as a good first boat, until
Accumulator Tank Ted W. at 11:26pm 09.30.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1183 We're being distracted/annoyed by the 'water hammer' of the water pump pressurizing the plumbing sys
1982 Hunter 27 Furling system Ron Vanderveer at 12:35pm 10.06.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1023 We have just acquired a 1982 27 and it has what appears to be a Hood "direct line" or "line drive" (
Adding an inner fore stay Pat McCartin at 12:55am 10.06.01 The Cherubini Hunters 2/978 This is proubably a good question for Mr. C but I'd like lot's of input (all opinions read).I have
Fresh Water Electrics Al Carlson at 3:20pm 10.05.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1269 After some years of experience fighting with continuously-clogged heads on chartered sailboats, I wa
Maxprop pitch for the 410? David Jackson at 3:26am 10.05.01 Other Sailboats 7/722 I just had a new Maxprop 3 blade installed on my 410. It runs beautifully, smooth as silk. Yard sa
Mac 26x trailer - fix or replace? Brad at 9:20pm 10.04.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/912 We have a 1999 Mac 26x and I have concerns about our trailer. It has been banged a bit, the ladder w

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Traveler rail on stern loose markwbird at 8:49am 02.21.20 Tighten it.
Blue sea switch kloudie1 at 8:46am 02.21.20 Big breaker (40 ampere), big wire.. The wire is attached to the "Load" terminal, so the input power
Hunter 1993 23.5 mast stress crack kmhalvorson at 8:25am 02.21.20 Well, any answer I would give you would be for a permanent repair. @DrJudyB suggested if you put a
Anchor Windlass/Bow Thruster Battery Recommendations NotCook at 8:17am 02.21.20
1984 Catilina 22 mast caterer10 at 8:04am 02.21.20
1984 Catilina 22 mast caterer10 at 8:03am 02.21.20 One more place to look for a mast... (if you have the room) is an old neglected Catalina 22 There
C30 Rudder Removal Hayden Watson at 7:48am 02.21.20 Ince the quadrant was off i noticed some play. I was just looking at that repair yesterday on catal
Traveler rail on stern loose Zinger88 at 7:47am 02.21.20 @ingramsail if you can provide some added info such as year of your Cat 22, along with a better desc
H 41 CHAIN REPLACEMENT Sailgunner at 7:34am 02.21.20 I would check with windless manufacturer to make sure which chain should be used with your gypsy.
Anchor Windlass/Bow Thruster Battery Recommendations Davidasailor26 at 7:31am 02.21.20 Just to clarify - they are all lead acid, just flooded vs gel vs agm. Is the rest of the house sys
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) Hayden Watson at 7:16am 02.21.20 Whenever I have seen Leaverright, it has shown a propensity to spontaneously bounce on the water.
Will Asymmetrical Spinnaker work? Hunter216 at 6:55am 02.21.20 I guess its version 1. The Marlow website is pitching version 2. Its cool stuff, hopefully it las
Electric re-sale value? Michael Davis at 6:45am 02.21.20 A few years ago a broker friend ran numbers on electric conversion boat sales for a customer of our
Electric re-sale value? Hunter216 at 6:36am 02.21.20 For most of us, our schedule, charging needs are better filled by onboard ICE systems, same as our
Beneteau 311 std prop specs (1) Paul Rice at 6:24am 02.21.20 If you have a 2-bladed prop compared to my 3-bladed prop I can see how your boat would feel underpo
Electric re-sale value? Will Gilmore at 6:24am 02.21.20 my guess is 4 kt is the magic number for 'cruisers' I'm guessing, unconsciously, sailor's feel tha
C30 Rudder Removal doublebuffle at 6:20am 02.21.20 Do you have much play in your rudder bearings? I have seen many that had significant slop. I am p
Electric re-sale value? Maine Sail at 6:20am 02.21.20 I believe @Maine Sail said his Prius was on the first set of batteries when he sold it at 300k Yes
Cabin side stripes replacement wrbeglin at 5:53am 02.21.20 moderate heat from a heat gun..... (be careful!). It will loosen it up and release it so you can ei
Circumnavigate in a Hunter David in Sandusky at 5:52am 02.21.20 Henk Meuzelaar has been the most relevant poster on blue water cruising in his Hunter Legend 43, Riv

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