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Masthead Lights: Tri-Color, Red-over-Green, Strobe Peter Albright at 12:38pm 10.01.01 Ask All Sailors 5/5003 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 6/1104 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) 1/950 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 2/1263 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 1/1051 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 3/1041 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 4/994 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 3/972 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 1/939 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 4/1156 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 2/1434 '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 3/1075 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 3/1165 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 4/1279 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 3/1062 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 2/1129 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 2/1336 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 7/860 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 0/988 We have a 1999 Mac 26x and I have concerns about our trailer. It has been banged a bit, the ladder w
Important - Bilge Pump Alert! Rob at 12:01pm 10.04.01 Ask All Sailors 6/1307 Ah - where to start....After an afternoon sail today, I did a routine check on my bilge pump (1 ye

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battery size for autohelm 1000 rgranger at 9:01am 06.24.20 I have an ST 1000. I also got mine used on eBay. I have two deep cycle batteries wired in parall
Midship toe rail chock for Hunter 40.5, 42, 43, coming soon... save some $$ Phil Herring at 8:58am 06.24.20 @Rich Stidger yeah, that'll happen when you make a ridiculous typo in a link! :banghead: Thanks, t
Excessive wiring jviss at 8:58am 06.24.20 If your boat is over XX years old, any 'old wiring' is likely way past being safe. And "XX" is how
Midship toe rail chock for Hunter 40.5, 42, 43, coming soon... save some $$ Rich Stidger at 8:53am 06.24.20 This is going to be a gorgeous machined part that HunterOwners will stock for next-day shipment. De
battery size for autohelm 1000 Don S/V ILLusion at 8:50am 06.24.20 This is one of those 'how big a bucket' do I need questions. Check the current draw of the autopilo
Oceanis 45 Cockpit Lighting SoSound at 8:35am 06.24.20 @Davidasailor26, thanks! I know exactly where it is now! If it ever stops working, or I lose the r
Fun playing in the wind. capta at 8:34am 06.24.20 We certainly wish we could do a bit of sailing. We asked whether we could go out day sailing and fis
Dont Be This Guy FastOlson at 8:31am 06.24.20 A stunning ad for replacing zincs in time.......... Looks a warning about 'stray current' as well.
Gelcoat- Color Match 1990 (1989 Hunter Legend 35.5) ttibbits at 8:27am 06.24.20 In my humble opinion, with gelcoat, there is no such thing as perfect match, it takes an artist.
Gelcoat- Color Match 1990 (1989 Hunter Legend 35.5) ttibbits at 8:25am 06.24.20 Once I inquired at a Sherwin Williams storage they said if I brought in a tintable gel coat they co
Excessive wiring thinwater at 8:24am 06.24.20 Nope, not unless they are in the way. My first boat had some wiring stupidity. I removed some of it
Excessive wiring FastOlson at 8:22am 06.24.20 If your boat is over XX years old, any 'old wiring' is likely way past being safe. Old insulation wi
MMSI agent..... capta at 8:21am 06.24.20 First thing you will need is a vessel station license which last I heard was us$160.00. Then, though
Excessive wiring jviss at 7:58am 06.24.20 Leave them! You never know when you'll need another wire or two from here to there.
Question on anchor chain size for SL Windlass on my Hunter 45 cc Z83 at 7:51am 06.24.20 Was looking a 3-strand since that's what the MFG recommends.
To paint the spars or not to paint the spars.... shemandr at 7:42am 06.24.20 I regard painting a spar an off season project. I did mine in February on Long Island. There are e
Excessive wiring Justin_NSA at 7:39am 06.24.20 A noble cause Brian. I clean mine up as I take on new projects but I still have wires I haven't sket
Excessive wiring rgranger at 7:37am 06.24.20 Good plan... I redid all of the wires on my boat and know where they go... but I still think I need
Theres a hole in my boat! Project_Mayhem at 7:35am 06.24.20 The multiple passes made me think I was doing it wrong on past projects. Thanks Dave!
Legend 45 Prop. alankeene at 7:33am 06.24.20 Hi SailSF Bay. Thanks for that info. I contacted WbyN and based on my Yanmar 4JH-TE 55 hp with 2.17

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