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Legend 40.5 - Genoa furling line cockpit arrangement (1) fero at 8:59am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1325 Hi again, Another subject this time. I find the furling line cockpit arrangement not very good on my
Calibrating replacement ST60 Wind instrument pjb13 at 7:53am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1768 Our 2001 420 has an ST50 but the display and wind indicator and speed instrument were just replaced
Replacement refrigerator strut on 420? pjb13 at 7:32am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/752 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 5/843 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 2/411 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 8/6376
My latest upload Brian D at 8:17pm 02.19.20 Sails Call Lounge 6/878 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 45/6671 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 6/1086 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 1/845 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 14/1650 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 13/1639 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 2/480 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 5/1540 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 10/1344 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 9/1585 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 21/3062 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 5/717 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 8/1234 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 1/368 I am trying to repair this motor mount can anyone help me ast to the brand or model?

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Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 11:46am 01.29.25 YES. Ice box drain & bile pump. The big pump exits the boat on the starboard side just below the
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 azambella at 11:45am 01.29.25 Wow, Dumb-A spelling on my part. Sorry. New PC and not used to small keyboard I have had the 1982 H
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Joe at 11:22am 01.29.25 This gear is definitely not original to a Mac 26d. First, he has a boom kicker which we all know i
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Richard19068 at 11:12am 01.29.25 I notice the sail has a logo "WHIRLWIND". Looking that up it seems they are a company in San Diego
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 11:10am 01.29.25 Ancient history at this point, but I believe that ForeSpar bought up the RC Marine line in the very
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:10am 01.29.25 Perhaps a bit of RTV or 3M 4000? In any other installation, I'd say "nope...never use sealant on sa
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:41am 01.29.25 Fwiw, ABYC standards call for double clamping all sanitation system hose connections. Screws should
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 azambella at 10:03am 01.29.25 YES. Ice box drain & bile pump. The big pump exits the boat on the starboard side just below th
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Maine Sail at 9:22am 01.29.25 The Marelon seacock has a flange against the hull which greatly increases the force required to bre
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 9:22am 01.29.25 There's like a bunch through hulls on this boat so it's a project to replace them. Seems to me lik
Runaway diesel dlochner at 9:16am 01.29.25 Shouldn't that be "without" ? My 1993 Yanmar 3JH2E does not have a decompression lever.
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 01.29.25 but I haven't seen an engine since the 90's with a decompression lever. Shouldn't that be "withou
Home Pumpout System dlochner at 9:09am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. May
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:47am 01.29.25 Hi @Project_Mayhem , Yes, the Guzzler pump I bought has completely smooth ports--no barbs or textur
Home Pumpout System Project_Mayhem at 6:43am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. Mayb
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail shemandr at 6:38am 01.29.25 It's odd. Not only is there no clew cringle, the sail isn't built to have one. Is it possible that
Look inside 1979, 25 Catalina (1) SailingLoto at 6:31am 01.29.25 I like the storage divider/cubby under the cockpit. Mine doesn't have that.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 6:22am 01.29.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve? Forespar and (mor
Runaway diesel colemj at 3:55am 01.29.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 3:31am 01.29.25 I should also note that 3 out of 4 of mine had leaks between the thru hull and seacock when sealed

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