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Catalina 275 Sailing Tips Azure at 12:02pm 03.06.17 Catalina 275 21/9387 I would like input from 275 owners on sail trim and modifications specific to their boat.
Mark your calendars... cb32863 at 11:53am 03.06.17 Ask All Sailors 1/202 Volvo Ocean Race will have it's stop over in Newport, RI sometime mid May of 2018. We have it pencil
rudder for Hunter 140 / JY14 ColumbiaRiverDoug at 10:26am 03.06.17 Day Sailers 0/575 Can anyone tell me if the rudder made for the JY14 is the same as the rudder made for the Hunter 140
Trip Planning Software LeslieTroyer at 9:02am 03.06.17 Ask All Sailors 44/2970 I am currently using Navionics - and transferring waypoints to the Raymarine chart plotter. But I'm
Replacing Centerboard Pull Rope reisserar at 9:02am 03.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/649 Hey Gang, I was wondering if anyone had a tip for me. I need to replace the centerboard pull rope on
Repairing Mast step for O'Day 20 reisserar at 8:57am 03.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/911 Hey Gang, When lowering my mast at the end of last season the screws securing the mast step to the
Hunter repairs kingsailor at 8:56am 03.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/560 Doe anyone know if the factory does major fiberglass repairs on Hunter sailboats? Is there a contact
Measure Twice...Head-ache Rick D at 8:19am 03.06.17 Ask All Sailors 13/897 Well, don't make my mistake. I (finally) purchased a Raritan manual head to replace my 22 year-old $
Pedestal mounted engine controls Jesse21835 at 8:09am 03.06.17 Smaller Boats 7/1116 Ordered new 260 in 2001 from dealer in West Texas (Now deceased) with several options including Edso
37C Windlass Ventuse at 7:29am 03.06.17 The Cherubini Hunters 12/2374 Hi guys, I have been slowly upgrading my '81 37c while also enjoying sailing it each season. This ye
Mac Motor Mount Replace tj15830 at 7:10am 03.06.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/806 I have Mac 25 '86 and I need to replace the Motor Mount. Do I have to cut open the fiberglass? Is th
ACP bottom anti fouling paint suggested Crazy Dave Condon at 6:52am 03.06.17 Smaller Boats 2/376 I was asked which anti fouling paint to use on ACP built boats. Sorry folks but it has been a while
How can interrupted charger equalize? Skipper at 6:43am 03.06.17 Ask All Sailors 5/425 When I turn on the charger breaker, the charger starts its routine beginning with bulk charge. Side
Opinions on a solar array (1) Gene Neill at 5:17am 03.06.17 Ask All Sailors 19/1756 I'm thinking about copying this Albin Vega's solar arrangement (minus the loose panel bungeed to the
Looking for Recommendations for A/C Cajun Rory at 7:18pm 03.05.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/740 Looking for recommendations for installation of Air Conditioning unit on a Hunter 32 Vision. Recomm
Port and Starboard Side Windows Cajun Rory at 7:15pm 03.05.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1203 Looking for recommendations on replacements for Port and Starboard side windows on a Hunter Vision 3
Rid-X in holding tank Ilanortho at 6:24pm 03.05.17 Ask All Sailors 9/2812 Hi; At the local big box store today; anybody ever use Rid-X in their holding tank? Thanks. Ilan
Bowsprit for Catalina 25 Rick Uliano at 5:03pm 03.05.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2052 Has anyone added a bowsprit to a Catalina 25? I am going to get a new spinnaker and want to improv
Pictures of your bilge covers - Hunter 27! (1) TooCoys at 4:41pm 03.05.17 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2213 The bilge covers on my 1981 Hunter 27 were replaced by a previous owners son. They are "ok", but don
O'day 222 LED lights Nearside at 3:44pm 03.05.17 Day Sailers 3/1487 Just converted all my lights to LED. It took a bit of research and I thought maybe I could save some

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Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:49am 12.31.23 Good morning, Dan. Our Adler Barbour units are rechargeable. The top loader freezer unit is 1991 or
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:38am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the ol
Universal(Kubota) M35 electric fuel pump JoeWhite at 9:36am 12.31.23 On my 1999 C36, the electric fuel pump runs when engine is running on the M35B. I used a voltmeter t
Worst holding tank install ever Davidasailor26 at 9:14am 12.31.23 every flush into it would increasingly pressurize it, with very interesting results! I had the sam
Quick Question - What is this, a cupholder? Roland5048 at 9:11am 12.31.23 My Autohelm 3000 has that same mount for the pilot head.
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:36am 12.31.23 Fwiw, turning off the fridge/freezer breaker every night last thing before you go to bed (neither wi
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Kings Gambit at 8:34am 12.31.23 Recently Sailing Zinger rescued 3 people aboard a Bavaria 44 that had been dismasted in the middle
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:27am 12.31.23 A more affordable and equally effective alternative to NoFlex Digester is Camco TST (Amazon Link).
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Hayden Watson at 8:27am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the old
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 8:21am 12.31.23 Your plan sounds solid. Stick to it. Boat and title for any money. I would suspect they do not have
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:18am 12.31.23 There is precious little info out there about plumbing porta potties. Very few are plumbed at all, a
Worst holding tank install ever Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:50am 12.31.23 I strongly suspect the "holding tank" was just for "show" and was never used, cuz there's no sign of
Wood species dlochner at 7:46am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat? Both. That's my story. :)
Wood species dmax at 7:43am 12.31.23 "The ones that are damaged I can try to fill with epoxy thickened with wood flour. " As an alternat
roller furling replacement Kings Gambit at 7:41am 12.31.23 Have any Hunter 46.6 owners replaced the Selden Furlex Jib System? I have significant problems wit
Wood species john6206 at 7:35am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat?
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Terry Cox at 7:07am 12.31.23 Not sure how to recharge them. Have you done this before? I didn't know they were rechargable. Goo
Hunter Legend 35.5 Spinnaker? kappykaplan at 6:19am 12.31.23 Try Bacon Sails: Sail search page
Wood species dlochner at 6:16am 12.31.23
Worst holding tank install ever JBP-PA at 6:10am 12.31.23 One would assume the green is overboard discharge. Perhaps the owner wanted to sail somewhere holdin

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