hunter 31

Hello everyone, I have posted on these forum a couple of times. I am a very new sailboat owner and I am trying to learn as much as I can, so please forgive any ignorance about this topic I have. I'm seeking some advice regarding the cast iron keel of my 1984 Hunter 31 Sailboat. I noticed some...

Hi everyone, I am a first-time boat owner and recently purchased a 1984 Hunter 31. I have her on land in the Chesapeake in MD. I need to replace the plexiglass and frames for the Port and Starboard main porthole/windows. As seen in the images posted below, there are significant cracks, so they...

Hello everyone, I am getting ready to pull our 1984 Hunter 31 out for a much-needed bottom job. The boat is on a mooring 90 mins away so I am trying to see if anyone knows the thru-hull sizes? I'm guessing they were all pretty standard and as far as I can tell there are the following...

Just wanted to share a success story, installing a proper automatic washing machine on my Hunter 31. I believe in automatic washing machines, you put the laundry in and 45 min later it is done. Semi-automatics work well but the process is so labor intensive that you often just wait until you...

Just wanted to share a great modification to the Hunter 31 (1984) holding tank plumbing. About two years ago I replaced the hoses with top quality Trident and Poly-X (hard task because of the small space between the hull and the liner where three hoses need to pass in the space for two). While...

Hey, I am looking into installing a linear drive on my 1987 Hunter31. I am aware of the complexity of the task and I am getting quotes as well as considering a DIY job. To help guide me (and them), I would love to see what a successful linear drive install on one of these boats look like. Here...

My 1985 Hunter 31 has a shower sump that starts in the sole inside of the head and extends to the sole just in front of the head door. It has a grate over it, as shown in the attached top-down photo. As you would expect, the sump is designed to drain into the main bilge area. Just under the...

I have a continuous water leak draining into the bilge, but I haven't yet found where it originates. I'm not sure what the fluid is, but it's pink/brown sweet smelling fluid. Not sure if it's salt or freshwater. I recently replaced all my coolant hoses on the engine and I just pulled off the two...

The other day I had a docking line wrap around the propeller (while still attached to starboard) on my Hunter 31. The resulting tension bent the shaft and the strut, sent the propeller up and to starboard, denting (but not breaching) the hull. The back of the engine shifted slightly to port to...