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Magnum inverter/charger tutorial? Rodd at 4:51am 01.06.16 Musings With Maine Sail 22/3111 Happy New Year to Maine and the Group! About a year ago we had a thread regarding how to install a
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1987 Pearson 28 Mark Millen at 3:42pm 01.05.16 Pearson 1/1193 Looking for the owners manual does anyone have a copy.
Identifying a Macgregor: 22 or 25 Sailor Yonsun at 3:16pm 01.05.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4038 Hello from snowy central Alberta! Could someone shed some light on this....last April I bought my fi
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Raritan Elegance Problems (1) KiwiSails at 11:02am 01.05.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1747 Judging by the advice given in the forums I think there is someone who can assist. I purchased a Ra
Garmin 42DV Problems in shallow water (3) flynpa at 10:13am 01.05.16 Catalina 22 8/1438 Hello all. I recently installed a Garmin 42DV in my Catalina 22 "Laguna Belle". I mounted the unit
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Extending Asym Spinnaker alexco38 at 8:21am 01.05.16 Ask All Sailors 8/799 I have a Asym that is about 3 feet too short. Has anyone got a sailmaker to extend it by adding a pa
First 235 Genoa Cars cb32863 at 7:50am 01.05.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/546 Has anyone changed from the stop pin system to adjustable car system? Anyone just pull the pin from
CNG in Florida All U Get at 6:31am 01.05.16 Ask All Sailors 2/511 Hi all, Went to Fort Pierce Gas yesterday for CNG and paid the flat $40 fee, good for me with the b
New 1995 Hunter 29.5 - lots of questions (1) Elie at 9:10pm 01.04.16 Mid-Size Boats 14/4366 Hello everyone, i'm the proud new owner of a 1995 Hunter 29.5 in Los Angeles, CA. Have a few questi
Do Boating Safety Courses Really Produce Safe Boating? Kings Gambit at 8:35pm 01.04.16 Ask All Sailors 64/5958 I've been wondering what questions on a written test can be asked and answered in order to obtain a
Sorry - Wrong section Sailing285 at 4:40pm 01.04.16 Catalina 30 2/693 Gone sailing!
Jib / Genoa Track Re-bed - Construction rjm at 4:27pm 01.04.16 Big Boats 5/4177 Hello Fellow Hunter Owners, I recently purchased a 1987 Hunter 40 Legend. I've notice a soft spot
Overhead Light Switch for a 376 Rob Wells at 3:30pm 01.04.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/667 I have what should be a very easy question... I can't seem to locate the light switch that controls

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Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Re-installing the shaft coupling shemandr at 5:01pm 12.11.23 Might have to blame that one on spell check. I try to review posts and still some get by. I should
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Richard19068 at 4:37pm 12.11.23 @4arch: Thanks for posting that.
Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.

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