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Replacing Batteries OS2Dude at 1:41pm 06.29.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/2320 I'm sure this has been asked before in various ways, but a search returned over 20 pages of threads
1979 Irwin 30 CB Mr Mac at 12:50pm 06.29.16 Irwin 0/917 Does anyone have pics or a good diagram (already been to Irwin Yachts web site and looked at the dra
D/L ratio Sampled at 12:06pm 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1449 Hello, my husband and I are very new to sailing in general. We have been thinking about getting a bo
rigging my "gennaker" (3) Justin_NSA at 6:47am 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 4/631 I've not rigged this sail yet so I wanted to check with you all. The clew has 2 lines secured to it.
Water pressure regulator (1) SirMichael at 7:58pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1371 125254 The water pressure regulator on my boat (88 Hunter 28.5) is leaking. When I look at the wate
Facet Fuel Pump DannyS at 4:11pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1076 A new gremlin popped up this past week while on the boat. I have a Universal M25 with a Facet fuel p
Spindrift mariner? andy creighton at 3:22pm 06.28.16 Trailer Sailors 3/1179 Find a deal on a Mariner 19, but it is an 81 made by spindrift. I know the story about the owner's
Main Sheet Blocks for Cruising H37C JHoward at 3:13pm 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/568 My old Witchard blocks are too broken to use, I need new or slightly used ones for my main sail, 6:1
Lifeline wire size question Chris & Lenore at 2:44pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/3740 It's time to replace our aging lifelines. We have decided to use coated wire instead of the other op
Hose to Exhaust Elbow coming off rfrye1 at 1:37pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/758 Hey Y'all, Out of the blue, the raw water hose into the Exhaust Elbow has pooped off twice, at 2500R
Old CDI furler Derbie at 1:17pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 3/588 I have what is probably a 30-year-old CDI furler, which is in good shape, except for a missing piece
NavionicsHD mrudman850 at 12:44pm 06.28.16 Catalina 22 3/635 Hi My depth finder is history, thought I saw somewhere that one of the Navionics apps provides real
Hunter 23.5 - Need a mast pin and boom vang strap GGordonWoody at 12:27pm 06.28.16 Smaller Boats 24/3294 Hello everyone. We just bought a beautiful, gently used 1996 Hunter 23.5. She's "The Great Escape"
Raw Water Strainer on H34 (2) SabreToothedEngineer at 11:30am 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/1168 The raw water strainer on my Hunter 34 needs a new gasket for the top cover. It's a special thin pla
Need help trouble shooting and identifying my roller furler (3) SV My Luv Too at 11:22am 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/673 125236 125238 125237 Does any one know what style of brand roller furler this is ? I have looked a
Riding a mooring (2) ifmdalvey at 10:33am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 11/838 Last weekend i took a run up the lovely 12 mile Kennebec river to the city of Bath in Maine. Some ni
Trailer support for O'day Gannet (2) meg2323 at 9:40am 06.28.16 Day Sailers 2/991 My Gannet is sitting on an old bunk trailer ( 2 runners). Since the bottom of the boat does not have
Mounted recylced Raymarine C80 MFD in a used Navpod. (10) pateco at 9:05am 06.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/1749 My boss gave me his old Raymarine C80 multi-function display along with a DSM300 depthsounder and tr
36e Spinnaker Halyard install - Leader line is coming out of the mast foot? hoffmad at 8:59am 06.28.16 Big Boats 7/993 Finally broke down and bought the hardware for the new asy spinnaker. Now I have the halyard in han
Burned out LED bulb on new bulkhead compass CloudDiver at 8:29am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 22/1713 I've been slowly working on installing a Plastimo Mini Contest bulkhead compass on my C-22. It was

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Invest 95L jviss at 4:29pm 09.13.23 Hurricane LeeHEAT fuel, as it passes the Gulf Stream. 219850 Note the change in Intensity or Ca
H49/50 battery replacement flightlead404 at 4:12pm 09.13.23
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? rardiH36 at 4:10pm 09.13.23 chichiflys, Just saw your post. Needed a break from up on the ladder painting the side of my house!
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass jviss at 4:09pm 09.13.23 Amazon, wireless remote for winches. Plenty of generic options starting at under $20 Cool, thanks
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass flightlead404 at 4:07pm 09.13.23 Wow, where is that? The cheapest wired Lewmar one I can find is $200. Amazon, wireless remote fo
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass jviss at 3:38pm 09.13.23 If you don't have a remote for your windless you can easily install one, now cost around $20. Wow,
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass jviss at 3:34pm 09.13.23 Your boat .............. accept it as it is with its built in limitations or get a 100 footer. On
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass flightlead404 at 3:09pm 09.13.23 I use a boat hook and push the chain down as it comes up. If you don't have a remote for your windl
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass flightlead404 at 3:09pm 09.13.23 That's a crappy anchorage, poor holding in sand over limestone. Behind Wisteria is better and close
original battens on Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:01pm 09.13.23 @wisey2 Read the above Crazy Dave
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices jviss at 3:01pm 09.13.23 A little clarification is perhaps in order . There are hundreds of DIN connectors . A DIN is nothin
Sail battens Crazy Dave Condon at 2:57pm 09.13.23 @wisey2 Suggest posting your the hunter 240 battens under small boats where you will get more respo
Pricing advice. What to ask for original 1981 sails, rudder & tiller LakeShark at 2:49pm 09.13.23 @Salty Jack Start here and you'll likely find all the information you need. However with the calcul
Raritan PHII long term review capta at 2:34pm 09.13.23 I was fortunate to begin my boating career when Wilcox/Crittenden was the standard in marine toilets
Color of your lines capta at 2:20pm 09.13.23 When I bought Skipping Stone, I bought a whole spool of 1/2" double braid and got busy splicing. I e
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass Sailgunner at 2:19pm 09.13.23 I use a boat hook and push the chain down as it comes up. If you don't have a remote for your windle
Color of your lines Justin_NSA at 2:16pm 09.13.23 Just different colors or piping. So I can tell my crew which one to work.
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices jviss at 1:33pm 09.13.23 A little clarification is perhaps in order . There are hundreds of DIN connectors . A DIN is nothin
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices (1) Timm R Oday25 at 1:28pm 09.13.23 A little clarification is perhaps in order . There are hundreds of DIN connectors . A DIN is nothing
Keel - 1968 O'Day Outlaw Roland5048 at 1:19pm 09.13.23 Does the keel have lead? Looks like it's lead. https://www.ggarchives.com/BangorPunta/ODaySailboat

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