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Smart Chargers and Smart Fridges bawlmer at 7:16pm 08.25.18 Musings With Maine Sail 12/1708 I have a Sterling Pro Charge Ultra charger. It has that power saving feature that makes it go semi-c
Derelicts - Upper Chesapeake bawlmer at 6:25pm 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1082 To regain my sanity I head across the bay and anchor out at Swan Creek, which is on the north side o
Quatix watch 907Juice at 5:07pm 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 4/401 heyyooo!! My wife bought me the original quatix watch for my birthday. It does a lot of stuff. Anyo
39 year old RK20 Golden Roo at 4:32pm 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 13/1794 I have a new OLD RK 20 and would like to check if anyone on this forum has or has had one. would lik
Tabernacle on H30? Weekdaysailor at 4:09pm 08.25.18 The Cherubini Hunters 18/2825 I have a '78 and on waitlist for a slip that will require the mast be lowered. Anyone done this on
MX Mariner and ActiveCaptain galynd at 10:34am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 3/879 Does MX Mariner no longer support Active Captain? I know AC was purchased by Garmin but I was still
Spider prevention? Jeff Gray at 9:44am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 47/5418
Another sanitation question Ken Cross at 8:41am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 23/1464 Our boat came with a "Y" fitting that connected to the tank pump out fitting, maserator, and hose to
Interior cushions for 1973 Oday mariner 2+2 peterbud at 8:34am 08.25.18 Ask An Oday Owner 2/405 I just purchased a 1973 Oday Mariner 2+2 . At some point all of the interior cushions were taken out
How do you clean your engine? Ken Cross at 8:19am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 20/1287 Auto engines are fairly easy to clean, but boat engines surrounded by finished interiors is another
Your worst nightmare: Hoisted sail, stuck? (2) TomY at 4:57am 08.25.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1711 It's one of mine. I'm not critiquing mast sail furling, the situation can happen to any main sail. W
Reducing fancy gear, siren crying kids. (1) uralite at 9:20pm 08.24.18 Catalina 30 26/2288 This evening I took all 3 kids out on the boat to give their pregnant mother a break. All was well w
Maximum Heel juradog at 3:54pm 08.24.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 21/4383 I'm a relatively new owner of a Catalina Capri 22, standard rig, wing keel . What is the approximat
Dutchman Flake System. Keep it? rfrye1 at 2:47pm 08.24.18 Ask All Sailors 15/2416 Its time to replace the Mono line on my Hunter 376. I've done it before and its kinda a pain. I'm th
Chipped rudder repair (1) PugetSounder at 1:47pm 08.24.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/670 The trailing edge of my rudder has been chipped. I assume it is from a propeller strike. What is the
Onboard toolkit for a 35.5 Mutany at 11:04am 08.24.18 Big Boats 10/833 I'm putting together a tool kit for my yet to be purchased 35.5. I'm new to maintaining a sailboat.
This hurts my eyes (1) Brian D at 10:15am 08.24.18 Sails Call Lounge 15/828 https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39876057_2201382189920210_2284210899621249024_n.jpg?
stiff wheel steering Rxsail at 9:45am 08.24.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1241 My steering just became very stiff, almost like the brake is on. It moves fairly easily 10 or so de
Trouble tacking in light wind no jib Photoman369 at 9:13am 08.24.18 Day Sailers 28/3089 i was in light wind 5-9kt and we are getting used to my 170. A few times the wind gusted and the fir
Wigeon shear pin? Claybury at 9:07am 08.24.18 Day Sailers 2/533 Does anyone use the aluminum shear pin for the rudder? If so what do you use and how well does it wo

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T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? randydandy at 11:39am 08.08.23 JVISS, I'm assuming you found the location of the pump? In our 3800, it is in the transom just in f
Hunter 212 hull crack Ralph Johnstone at 11:35am 08.08.23 :worthless: Big crack, small crack, matching crack in bulkhead ? Maybe it's only cosmetic or maybe
Shureflo Aqua King II pump tripping circuit when engine running (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:25am 08.08.23 but when using pump with Perkins 4-108 running it trips the water pump breaker on panel. I'll tak
C&C 30 MKII question Apex at 11:13am 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. henri at 11:08am 08.08.23 It is a fridge and freezer for the kitchen. Current is Alternating current (230V AC). Consumption is
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 11:06am 08.08.23 Crack runs from shear line at rear of bow pulpit vertically down to keel. Hull is hunter plastic.
engine will not get up to temp. Stu Jackson at 10:14am 08.08.23 now the engine won't get up to temp it sits at about 140 and take a long time to get to that temp.
Hunter smile / keel movement JamesG161 at 10:03am 08.08.23 There are three bolts as reported holding the keel on but not sure on that I have seen the Shop dr
Leif 8' rigging (New to Sailing) stickinthemud57 at 9:55am 08.08.23 ...keep that mainsheet in hand. I only needed once to learn. Good advice. Of the three times I ha
AC Fridge overconsumption. MikeHoncho at 9:47am 08.08.23 AC = air conditioner or AC = alternating current?
Hunter 38 Kitchen Sink Replacement JamesG161 at 9:46am 08.08.23 James, do you mean screw the sink flange from below to the Corian counter above? No. Hold down the
VHF Handheld jviss at 9:40am 08.08.23 Today I learned my old, bare bones Standard Horizon HX270S has a better receiver than my new, fancy
Hunter 212 hull crack Ralph Johnstone at 9:33am 08.08.23 No idea without several pictures of the crack from all angles. What is the hull made of, plastic or
AC Fridge overconsumption. Terry Cox at 9:27am 08.08.23 Our boat has two 120VAC reverse cycle heat pumps; 16K BTU main cabin, 9K BTU aft cabin. Combined, th
Hunter 38 Kitchen Sink Replacement Summerof69 at 9:26am 08.08.23
Hunter smile / keel movement Crazy Dave Condon at 8:58am 08.08.23 @MysticBlue and @duck21 Doug and Moderator the information that Doug referenced to is somewhere on
engine will not get up to temp. (1) JamesG161 at 8:57am 08.08.23 Here is your M25 parts list. Jim...
AC Fridge overconsumption. JamesG161 at 8:27am 08.08.23 You should clean out your AC water discharge line. I sometimes use Crushed, Spa Chorine tabs in the
AC Fridge overconsumption. Don S/V ILLusion at 8:13am 08.08.23 Hello, On my hunter I have a fridge in AC with water cooling. This type of compressors usually tak
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? Qomomoko at 8:08am 08.08.23 Thanks for the list and the questions: Very. I expect the majority of the summer sail's (with the

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