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There is an abandoned, unsupported mobile app for this software by the same developer as the one we
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I have a Hunter 260 with a swing keel and i have recently taken it out of the water. As a normal ma
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115612 Found this box and was able to power it up. It has a green light flashing for DSL. What wou
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Just starting to poke around in my new 1977. The cockpit has water up to the transom scuppers and t
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Hello friends I have a hunter 30 1981, I am replacing the standing rigging, so far I replaced the ba
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We were working on the outboard and had to remove it. We uncoupled the harness and worked on the mo
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Does anyone have a list of what needs to be winterized on a 310? A how to would be very helpful. Te
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New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat?
rgranger at 6:39am 02.24.23
Entropy and Energy. As explained by an Engineer who did his Thesis on this Subject Engineer Jim.
Crazy? Mast, rigging for H26   (4)
Sethic at 6:38am 02.24.23
advice on auto chart plotter   (1)
JBP-PA at 6:10am 02.24.23
From Ashtabula to Sandusky there aren't really any waypoints that would be automatically generated.
advice on auto chart plotter
Scott T-Bird at 6:09am 02.24.23
I don't understand your reluctance to enter waypoints. What's up with that? You have a handheld, w
Crazy thought...
Orbweaver at 6:08am 02.24.23
Radio, check. I'm doing some research, I'm sure I'll find more safety gear that will need to be adde
Iron Swing Keel Maintenance: A cautionary tale
compassrose11221122 at 5:15am 02.24.23
Great post I never thought of the keel rusting,,and the list of things to do CONTINUES to grow
Crazy thought...
Will Gilmore at 5:11am 02.24.23
Sounds like a great trip. Go. A radio would be a great piece of safety equipment. -Will
can you mix winch and winch handle brands?
Tally Ho at 4:59am 02.24.23
Be careful Greg... that bad boy might winch the sail up before you see it is caught on the spreader
advice on auto chart plotter
dlochner at 4:48am 02.24.23
All of the dedicated chart plotters. I am aware of need to be hard wired to the boat's DC system. A
Embrace the freeze.   (1)
All U Get at 3:59am 02.24.23
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat?
jssailem at 11:22pm 02.23.23
Further exploration leads me to finding information on a LEM - Linear Electromagnetic Machine. http
Crazy thought...
Alan Gomes at 9:51pm 02.23.23
Well, if you are launching in Montana then that's crazy. If from anywhere in the Los Angeles / Long
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat?
Will Gilmore at 9:04pm 02.23.23
Not really. Your starting temperature (pressure) and the exhaust temperature (pressure) are both m
advice on auto chart plotter
Ralph Johnstone at 8:27pm 02.23.23
Putting in all the waypoints (read off a chart) is how you keep track of where you're going. You'd h
Failed hour meter on Bavaria 41,2004
Ralph Johnstone at 8:22pm 02.23.23
If just replacing the LCD the hours are correctly displayed without any issue. True. But it's su
Crazy thought...
Ralph Johnstone at 8:15pm 02.23.23
Watch the weather and go. We sometimes see standup paddleboarders crossing the 18 NM to the Gulf
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat?
Ralph Johnstone at 8:08pm 02.23.23
but there has to be an initial ambient temperature, so there should really be a delta expression he
Crazy thought...
Orbweaver at 7:54pm 02.23.23
Yea...from FH Lake it's going to be a LOT of hydroelectric dams, and then down the coast. I was more

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