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Hunter Owners on the Race Course Bill19233 at 6:20am 04.23.18 Racing 9/1448 Raced my Hunter 340 in the GBCA 2018 Conundrum double handed cruising class this weekend. 22 boats i
How to get this fixture open to replace bulb? (1) danstanford at 5:59am 04.23.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/1162 Any ideas? Riveted to mast so no way to get at the back of it without a lot of work.
Key Snapped in Mobella Lock (2) Eds-Therapy at 4:39am 04.23.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1997 I have recently snapped the key inside a Mobella lock on my boat. Fortunately the lock is in the ope
Important notice re: Splendide Washer / Dryer combo artboas at 8:24pm 04.22.18 Big Boats 4/1452 Ok, so I'm lucky enough to have a washer / dryer in my stbd aft cabin on my 49. But, what you must r
Sold my 272! (1) agprice22 at 3:24pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 12/576 Getting my old 272 ready for delivery this week.... I think it looks pretty good!
Were the kids ever in danger? Brian D at 3:24pm 04.22.18 Sails Call Lounge 44/2519 View the video and give us your opinion. I am sure none of us are Marine Biologist here so unless yo
Removing unknown sealent (1) JRT at 3:01pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 11/521 The previous owner did some very messy sealing of the ports. It is holding fine and I really want t
Window issue (2) stonybrookpictures at 2:56pm 04.22.18 Catalina 22 5/585 Has any one had this problem. I have a Cat 22 MKII and the interior base of one of the windows is de
Controlling shaft key dehler25 at 2:45pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 8/544 Anyone find a trick to keep the impeller shaft key from sliding back on reinstalling the impeller. I
DIY battery pack from recycled 18650 cells Hayden Watson at 2:26pm 04.22.18 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1411 I have to ask. There are a bunch of DIY vids on building a Tesla style power wall battery pack usin
Is it ever OK to see smoke coming from the alternator ... shemandr at 1:16pm 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 33/8820 Today I hooked up the batteries in order to test some gauge circuits. No shore power. Battery swit
Air conditioner strainer cleaning (1) Vegas at 12:47pm 04.22.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2820 Gonna finally get around to cleaning my air conditioning seawater strainer....see picture. Any tric
N28 Masthead Sheave Size CharlzO at 10:21am 04.22.18 Newport 15/1687 Not sure if others had run into replacements, but when I purchased mine, two of the four were missin
H 34 Bilge Pump wiring faulty hunter healer at 5:59am 04.22.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/329 I noticed while changing the automatic rule lever on off switch in the nuke that the gear shrink con
red sky in the morning jon hansen at 5:51am 04.22.18 Ask All Sailors 10/691 _SezRHeB8hk
And then there were six, leaks that is, how did you seal the stay attachments? (2) williamtl at 7:07pm 04.21.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1261
HELP...Shaft cutting advice Solstice at 5:08pm 04.21.18 Ask All Sailors 14/856 kinda need some quick help....went to install my new Gori today and found the end of the shaft needs
Tension on forestay and shrouds Scubagirl62 at 5:00pm 04.21.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1909 Can anyone give me a good idea how to get the tension right on the forestsy and shrouds on 1996 Hunt
Not filling?? Seaward hw heater. NYSail at 1:50pm 04.21.18 Ask All Sailors 5/329 so commissioning water system. Cleaned tank flushed rinsed all with the winterization water heater b
Another big builder in bankruptcy. Jackdaw at 1:21pm 04.21.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1539 This time Bavaria. Fromm the German journal Boot Magazin. Bavaria Insolvent Fridtjof Gunkel on 20.0

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Water proofing zippers.... capta at 11:07am 07.17.23 Ours too had flaps covering the zippers on the outside.
I have an 21' American Fiberglass jon hansen at 11:03am 07.17.23 yeah! we'll tell you what we know and make up what we don't know.
two questions - 2008 H36 George Braun at 10:52am 07.17.23 1 - anyone know the AWG of main battery connection cables offhand? I forgot to measure this weekend
Tachometer powers on, but does not show RPM SycloneDriver at 10:51am 07.17.23 The engine in the photo is M2-12, not M25 though? Does the same alternator bracket problem apply?
two questions - 2008 H36 George Braun at 10:51am 07.17.23 Mine is a short 2/0 cable. Jim... thanks Jim - i just need to add a very short piece on the negati
Proper water tank sanitizing bleach amount Johnb at 10:42am 07.17.23 I don't know how authoritative the below is but it does make interesting reading. https://homeard
I have an 21' American Fiberglass Crazy Dave Condon at 10:40am 07.17.23 First what year is your boat? There is a company named called American Sail but they did not buil
Vacu flush bowl seal deforming (2) discovery at 10:38am 07.17.23 That still can indicate a defective Teflon "plate" 'cuz it shouldn't be happening. So I'd get the
Source for 2" Sink Stoppers Johnb at 10:30am 07.17.23 I googled "2 inch rubber drain plug" and got "About 54,600,000 results (0.66 seconds)".....
Proper water tank sanitizing bleach amount Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:30am 07.17.23 Sounds like you may not have used bleach labeled "non-foaming." I have no idea what's used in bleac
Vacu flush bowl seal deforming Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:20am 07.17.23 That still can indicate a defective Teflon "plate" 'cuz it shouldn't be happening. So I'd get the
Water proofing zippers.... arf145 at 9:28am 07.17.23 My bimini zippers have flaps, but they leak a bit and I kinda expect that. When you think of the she
In boom reefing design Hayden Watson at 9:07am 07.17.23 Rehoisting is certainly harder than pulling in the reef period but as long as I remember To release
Clean main sail cover DaveJ at 8:39am 07.17.23 To the cleaners? What do they do to it? And do they waterproof if after. Never heard of this! Also,
Proper water tank sanitizing bleach amount Davidasailor26 at 8:24am 07.17.23
Proper water tank sanitizing bleach amount svluigi at 8:15am 07.17.23
In boom reefing design (1) Hayden Watson at 7:54am 07.17.23 And another way to rig the ball bearing block to the cringle. I like the soft shackle because it al
two questions - 2008 H36 JamesG161 at 7:53am 07.17.23 anyone know the AWG of main battery connection cables offhand? Mine is a short 2/0 cable. Jim...
two questions - 2008 H36 JamesG161 at 7:49am 07.17.23 2 - is there a check valve or backflow preventer built into the fresh water pressure pump or plumbi
Marine aire 16 k btu unit will make loud buzzing sound after shut down (1) JamesG161 at 7:35am 07.17.23 Here is the Troubleshooting guide for the 16k BTU unit.

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