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Hunter 170 Shock cord, Do you think this will work? Shorefun at 2:45pm 02.18.19 Day Sailers 7/1299 I was at West Marine and checking for 3/8" shock cord in stock (they do not have it) when I saw this
Dregs of winter (1) Meriachee at 2:45pm 02.18.19 Destinations 20/2725
Riddle me This: Constant 12v @ Bilge Fuse on Panel? (1) mnmpizza at 2:14pm 02.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/707 1986 Hunter 34 Owner here: Before I open up the back of the electrical panels, I'd like someone to e
PHRF Classes Bill19233 at 1:05pm 02.18.19 Racing 14/2758 Our club currently has four classes within PHRF: non spinnaker, symmetrical spinnaker, A-sail sprit,
H356 Cutlass bearing size Secret sail at 11:08am 02.18.19 Big Boats 8/849 Good day everyone. I'm going to change my stuffing box and propeller in a couple of weeks. I'll also
ST winch question - potential project Justin_NSA at 8:58am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1237 We've had the Hunter for about 3 years now. It's the first time I've used ST winches. Whenever we ta
Raymarine Compatibility Question Marc14857 at 8:34am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 4/782 I recently purchased a new (to me) boat that has a Raymarine E140 Wide Screen MFD in the pilot house
Installation Frustration! (4) Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 44/3018 Saturday I got a round to installing a galvanic isolator. Reading up on them, I'm not sure why I ne
Teleflex fuel gauge pullark at 5:52am 02.18.19 Catalina 30 4/657 Hi Folks, I have a 1989 Catalina 30 Mk11. Had a recent issue with the fuel sender whereby the gauge
Eight year project All U Get at 5:36am 02.18.19 Ask All Sailors 0/278
Relocating early C22 upper shroud chainplates Voiding Sounds at 7:16pm 02.17.19 Catalina 22 4/711 I'm getting ready to replace my misaligned, leaking 3/8" chainplate bolts and I was looking at the c
Time for new sails on my 2005 H38 glonek5 at 6:43pm 02.17.19 Big Boats 8/2514 I have a quote from North Sails replacing the original set and they are suggesting 1 of 2 sail mater
Problems with updating NOAA charts in OpenCpn MitchK at 5:35pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 2/491 Hello all, not sure if this is the correct forum for this question. So please forgive if it is not.
Our 2003 C310! JRT at 5:02pm 02.17.19 Catalina 310 565/89885 So after our adventure of looking at a C34 and deciding it was too dated we decided to move on and n
Ladder for Hunter 18.5 Jody at 4:40pm 02.17.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/758 Hello fellow Hunter owners, We have a 1992 Hunter 18.5. It has no hardware on the back of the boat,
Garmin products to delicate intended use Daveinet at 3:33pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 12/887 Last year I bought a Garmin VivoActive HR smart watch for the specific purpose to use while sailing.
Spring is right around the corner! (1) pclarksurf at 3:24pm 02.17.19 Catalina 22 6/706
Help me choose a new trailer tongue jack Gene Neill at 2:11pm 02.17.19 Trailer Sailors 21/2230 I've never bought one by itself before, so it's not something I have ever given much thought to, or
Modifications, that worked. (4) TomY at 12:15pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 30/3979 Soon after buying this boat I decided it needed better access to the engine, primarily to service th
1GM10 Engine Wire Harness (3) jamieFL at 10:02am 02.17.19 Engines and Propulsion 16/1808 I cleaned, derusted, painted, and replaced routine maitenance parts on my 1GM10. I took photos of ev

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Refrigerator thermostat wiring jviss at 4:58am 08.06.24 Exactly. I just grabbed an old phone chord from my old cables box and cut the end off and used tha
Cracked stringer on project boat garymalmgren at 4:51am 08.06.24 Looks like lots of rotten internal wood there. Why are you adverse to removing the mast? On a rebui
Yanmar electrical problem. east coaster at 4:12am 08.06.24 I use an ACR in the circuit, it ensures my house bank stays charged as well as taking care of my sep
Yanmar electrical problem. (1) Marmalade at 4:03am 08.06.24 Have a Legend 37 as well, and took a slightly different approach. I read lots of these threads on r
Yanmar electrical problem. Jim Legere at 3:29am 08.06.24 I am surprised that no one has mentioned the 30 amp fuse, just to the right of the starter in the sc
Yanmar electrical problem. Mika1 at 2:24am 08.06.24 Is there a tutorial on how to bypass the existing wires to the pushbutton with new wire? (Yanmar 2
Cracked stringer on project boat $2pearson37-2 at 12:15am 08.06.24 Any suggestions for securing this stringer? Optimally without taking the mast out if it can be done.
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations dLj at 9:57pm 08.05.24 Depends on what you intended to achieve. Scuffing the surface of old hard bottom paint. OR removi
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations Ralph Johnstone at 9:43pm 08.05.24 Good grief, sometimes you just emit such blather that it's hard to know where to even begin to resp
Hunter 28.5 2GM20 exhaust soot in bilge (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:25pm 08.05.24 Harsh, but useful in my continuing search for perfection on this old boat. Yes, somewhat like tha
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations dLj at 8:38pm 08.05.24 Not a word anywhere with Interprotect 2000E about life expectancy. Maybe other products offer an op
Catalina 387 Deck-Stepped Mast Leak Bullseye!!! at 8:28pm 08.05.24 I have had the mast down on my Catalina 387 (Sail #150) and it seems like a really well-designed, wa
Refrigerator thermostat wiring Hayden Watson at 8:05pm 08.05.24 I know this is an old thread, but it's one of my favorite topics. Regarding where to get the 12V f
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:29pm 08.05.24 but if you read all the documentation provided by manufacturers of barrier coats - they will tell y
Yanmar 2gm engine died Davidasailor26 at 7:28pm 08.05.24 There is generally no need to baby a diesel engine. If it was running well before you brought the RP
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations rcoleman67 at 6:20pm 08.05.24 Thanks all. I'm planning on leaving the boat in the water mostly. Probably 9 - 10 months a year. If
Using the aft stay (4) Allan12210 at 5:42pm 08.05.24 How to attach a Flag & Pendant to the Aft Stay and be able to raise or lower it from the cockpit of
Sea-Fire system Dan_Y at 5:35pm 08.05.24
sadly disappointed in Weems and Plath . . BigEasy at 5:34pm 08.05.24 Had the same problem with my clock. Instead of shipping it back to W&P, paying for service, & retur
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations Ralph Johnstone at 5:21pm 08.05.24 I'm moving it into saltwater, so won't I need to replace the existing barrier coating even if it's

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