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Capabilities of the Hunter 28.5 Red_Dog at 8:46am 05.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2297 I'd like to read some anecdotal "data" on the capabilities of the Hunter 28.5. While the knowledge a
Choosing Between Two Transom Ladders For O'Day 23-1 (2) sreidvt at 8:08am 05.06.20 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1703 178651 Do any of you have one of these types or the other? Your thoughts welcome. I just heard fr
Accidental Double Post: Mod please delete sreidvt at 8:07am 05.06.20 Ask An Oday Owner 0/8 Sorry, accidental double posting.
Fresh water tank Hunter 356, 2003 mod. John Lyng at 7:59am 05.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/516 My freshwater tank has been empty for the last two years, I am a new owner as of this spring. Planni
New Catalina owner, many questions! (4) SailingFree44 at 7:34am 05.06.20 Mid-Size Boats 10/1792 Good morning yall, Just purchased a 1980 catalina 30 yesterday and I have many questions! 1. I j
1980 Catalina 25 Swing Keel Operation John & Dawn at 7:24am 05.06.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1347 Hi folks, I recently purchased a 1980 Catalina 25 with mechanical swing keel. I started to crank up
Trailering Advise Needed Sledge62 at 6:41am 05.06.20 Trailer Sailors 24/2718 No boating experience. Found an 87 Catalina 22 needing love. Have a new Tohatsu 4 hp. Have the usual
Pamlico River to Bogue Sound portajon at 6:22am 05.06.20 Destinations 0/738 Video footage of our trip along the Carolina Coast from Washington, NC to Peletier Creek on the Bogu
23.5 Mast Raising Pole? (3) Undertow at 5:56am 05.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2264 Hi everyone, I'm assuming these are the bridal wires for stepping the mast, but is this the right p
2002 - 2004 Hunter 356 genoa winch location Hunter Fan at 5:43am 05.06.20 Big Boats 12/2323 I'm considering the purchase of a Hunter 356. The boat has beautiful lines; however there is one thi
Glow plugs leaking (4) pathfndr at 8:28pm 05.05.20 Engines and Propulsion 3/1706 Some of y'all were helpful enough to offer me some advice on rebuilding my m25xp. Last night I fire
Android App issue Rich Stidger at 8:27pm 05.05.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/588 Phil, As of tonight about 10:30 EDT, I am getting a "License Expired" message when I open the app.
Clampetts go Sailing (1) rgranger at 7:44pm 05.05.20 Sails Call Lounge 7/910 178622 Well let me tell you a story 'bout a man named Jed... Poor mariner barley kept his family fe
Little glass work (5) Maz413 at 7:26pm 05.05.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1175 Did some hole filling. 5 total. 2 were from speakers. It took a few days only because I only spend a
Mast Plate (1) RolfSail at 6:22pm 05.05.20 Smaller Boats 4/1177 Anyone seen a mast base like this? It is on my new to me 99 260. Also no hole in the mast to put the
Big Stink... jaysweet at 5:53pm 05.05.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1477 Not really asking a question here: just a story. I've been working on our 2005 Hunter 306 most days
Shout Out for Chicago Yacht Rigging Inc (1) DayDreamer41 at 5:24pm 05.05.20 Ask All Sailors 1/491 Big Shout Out to Kristian Martincic of Chicago Yacht Rigging Inc, in my search for some Selden In Ma
Standing on the spreaders murrayabbott at 5:02pm 05.05.20 Big Boats 7/3196 Hi Everyone I have always wondered this and never got a definitive answer. I have a hunter 45DS and
h260 centerboard line gudiss at 4:01pm 05.05.20 Smaller Boats 4/757 how is the center board line connected to the centerboard once it passes the lower sheave on the cb
mppt controller on h41, were to Valerio at 3:08pm 05.05.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/439 I am istalling a Victron 30A mppt controller on my h41, i read the instructions and they encourage t

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Legend 40.5 - freezer cold plate temperature Kairos sv at 3:30pm 02.07.25
1987 Hunter Legend 37 Grumps at 3:26pm 02.07.25 Disclaimer - I haven't gone down to the boat to measure... but based on some scaling that I have rea
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 2:48pm 02.07.25 I think you are thinking of way too much gear. For instance, a Leatherman has enough tools that you
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 2:38pm 02.07.25 You might be a motorhome mariner if you buy twice as much rode as the depth you'll be anchoring in,
Outfitting a little bare boat capta at 2:17pm 02.07.25 I think you are thinking of way too much gear. For instance, a Leatherman has enough tools that you
Motorhome Mariners jssailem at 1:14pm 02.07.25
Looking to replicate this transmission cable bracket. capta at 1:14pm 02.07.25 That is pretty much a standard Morse Cable piece. Find any marine trany repair shop and they should
Motorhome Mariners (1) Will Gilmore at 1:12pm 02.07.25 You might be a motorhome mariner if you buy twice as much rode as the depth you'll be anchoring in,
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 12:12pm 02.07.25 If you hear "This is a no-wake zone, Skipper!" on your VHF a lot. And if you think the proper respo
Tracks location Seaway 25 DArcy at 10:09am 02.07.25 Your "big sail" (genoa) will need to be set outside the stays. The side decks are not that wide, it
inspecting a Catalina 30 docjlb54 at 9:49am 02.07.25 Hi Everyone - Quick background on me: I've been sailing 25 years or so, almost exclusively on tra
Motorhome Mariners Daveinet at 8:01am 02.07.25
Tracks location Seaway 25 PaulK at 7:22am 02.07.25 If there is a sticker on the sail somewhere saying who made it, then i can try. If there is nothing
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 7:01am 02.07.25 Do you have the results of the resistance measurements on the original transducer and the replaceme
Cabin leak ghsmindy at 6:34am 02.07.25 Thanks, Doug! That sounds like the same situation as ours, and the one fix we haven't tried yet.I re
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy shemandr at 6:31am 02.07.25 I had self bailers on my MFG Bandit 15 centerboard sailboat. They did not work very well. I should
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy PaulK at 6:28am 02.07.25 Imagine towing your dinghy with the bailers open to keep it nice and dry. As the day progresses the
Cabin leak duck21 at 6:21am 02.07.25 I had this same issue on my 376. We re-sealed the frame gaps on the aft cabin ports, that took care
Cabin leak ghsmindy at 6:15am 02.07.25 The chalk idea sounds good. She's on the hard now under cover, so I will post pics when the cover's
Self-Bailer on Trinka 8' Dinghy dlochner at 4:19am 02.07.25 I have towed my not-a-Trink dinghy thousands of miles and water in the dinghy from towing is trivial

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