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79 Hunter 27 Spedometer wheel (4) CMF Hunter 27 at 4:41am 05.14.20 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1624 Is it possible to buy just a spedometer wheel on the thru-hull fitting. Trying to order a new wheel
PHEW ....!! I'm in sailme88 at 4:41am 05.14.20 Ask All Sailors 5/754 Got launched on Tuesday...Immediately noticed an over heating issue. Only had to motor a short dist
Shroud tensions, Catalina 27, North sails mcollingwood at 7:58pm 05.13.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/1935 If anyone has an opinion on upper and lower shroud tension settings (loos guage) when running a nort
Broken Divider between the sheaves (1) MySong at 7:13pm 05.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/589 The plastic divider that went between the sheaves is broken. It is my understanding to replace it I
Battery Hookup Question catalanc at 6:47pm 05.13.20 Ask All Sailors 4/686 Just purchased a Seaward 24 and purchased a solar panel. The outboard engine also has an alternator
Fixed Portlight replacement on Passage 42 Wanderwind at 5:49pm 05.13.20 Big Boats 5/1007 Hello everyone, The large tinted acrylic portlights on our 1994 Passage 42 are badly crazed and I wo
Replacement windows for Laguna 26. (1) David Smiddy at 3:25pm 05.13.20 Parts Search 11/2277
Newbie, needs some guidance 3224tm at 1:49pm 05.13.20 Big Boats 18/1388 Bought a "New to me" 1993 Hunter Legend 37.5 and I've got a few questions. 1. Is there a switch som
Yanmar 3GMF can't achieve running RPM datasailor2 at 11:48am 05.13.20 Engines and Propulsion 13/2964 The 3GMF has been a great motor over many seasons in my 1983 Hunter 34. She has had lots of love and
Bent mast (1) little breeze at 10:10am 05.13.20 Catalina 22 10/2383 Well It does not look as bad as it sounds. I have noticed that as I Laid out the mast on to wooden
Practice your docking with the ISS justsomeguy at 8:26am 05.13.20 Sails Call Lounge 9/1659 https://iss-sim.spacex.com It's engrossing. I lost control within 1 meter of the dock and crashed.
Racing on Galveston Bay Bill19233 at 6:18am 05.13.20 Racing 41/7583
Old Failing Raymarine Electronics jaysweet at 6:14am 05.13.20 Ask All Sailors 23/3645 Our Hunter 306 was fully outfitted in 2004 by the dealer with a Raymarine C80 chartplotter, ST60 win
Terminal block connection (1) RitSim at 5:51am 05.13.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1456 I don't see how to engage the connector on this terminal block.
First Disturbance of the 2020 Atlantic Season JamesG161 at 5:33am 05.13.20 Weather and Forecasting 12/1220 I was researching what to expect for the 2020 Hurricane Season this morning and a big Whoops... A
compression fittings-- ARE TINY! (4) pclarksurf at 11:58pm 05.12.20 Catalina 22 4/850 of course the manufacturers video shows them assembling the largest fitting of all time-- and of cou
C310 Bulkhead replacement cost? (5) CowboyWay at 7:28pm 05.12.20 Catalina 310 8/2881 I'm looking at a 2000 C310 that appears to have a significant leak at the chainplates that have dama
Chainplate Eyebolt question pclarksurf at 6:21pm 05.12.20 Catalina 22 2/494
Puget Sound sailing and the Vessel Traffic Service - How to play nice... (1) jssailem at 6:19pm 05.12.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 5/1944 A post in the Sailors lounge regarding small sail boats and large freighters, got me thinking but sa
Running wire for masthead light Souellette at 5:14pm 05.12.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1560

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Rotating Furling Drum (1) jssailem at 9:00am 01.04.25 I am clarifying the issue in my mind. Your concern is the drum furler at the bow. When you look at i
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:38am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this? Maybe for an owner who is not hands on or have DIY
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:36am 01.04.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 FastOlson at 8:05am 01.04.25 Regarding the advice about using AC heaters, whether incandescent bulb or simple warm resistance typ
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 7:53am 01.04.25 @dlochner Would it be advisable to put in a lower amperage fuse to protect the relay? The relay is
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 Project_Mayhem at 7:47am 01.04.25 Go with the -100F antifreeze. Depending on how your boat is designed, you may have a hard time seein
Rotating Furling Drum Project_Mayhem at 7:32am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this?
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 7:30am 01.04.25 @colemj I get what you're saying. No matter how these components are wired up, this will be far from
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 LloydB at 7:25am 01.04.25 I think i would be tempted to take my buck Rogers laser thermometer down to the boat that is sitting
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 6:02am 01.04.25 Thanks. I'm all about design efficiency in principle, but that represents just 0.1% of my alternato
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:39am 01.04.25 It is correct that batteries will have different charge acceptance rates depending on different age
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:31am 01.04.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 sailcapt340 at 3:09am 01.04.25 What Dave showed is what I thought you were asking about as well. I made a similar design one for o
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole (1) garymalmgren at 8:48pm 01.03.25 Hi Jeff interesting one. First I cannot imagine a whisker pole being attaches to the babystay (inner
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole higgs at 8:02pm 01.03.25 Contact Beneteau
Rotating Furling Drum kloudie1 at 7:26pm 01.03.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then s
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 01.03.25 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling
Knot for Docking in BC Terry Cox at 7:16pm 01.03.25 Hi Tedd. Been docking to BC bull rails for years and have never had a problem. What I do is make a l
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 6:59pm 01.03.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) Marmalade at 6:02pm 01.03.25 @Ringydingydo - maybe you're right that previous owners didn't know how to re-rig the single-line r

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