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OK my first post I am sure of many. I have 79 Mac Venture that has never seen salt. I am on Southe
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Hello everyone - I have a 1988 Beneteau 432. There does not seem to be much info out there from ow
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Hey all, last weekend the mrs and I went on a nice sail without the kids. We did a nice row along th
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This furler (see photo) has a lunchy drum bearing. Attempting to determine manufacturer, to see i
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88824We have a Perkins diesel on our 1996 Oceanis 281. We need to replace the instrument gauge cover
davidlneely at 11:55am 06.08.15
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I have a 2005 Hunter 41 and had my bottom painted about 7 months ago. I had it dove to change the z
salemsailor at 11:32am 06.08.15
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Hi All! Apologies if this has been covered somewhere. I didn't read all of the 500+ posts. Have
ben solomon at 11:02am 06.08.15
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Hello all. I have a 1990 37.5 Legend and I want to add a fixed manual bilge pump. I can't figure o
Winnebago at 10:47am 06.08.15
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Hi, I have a Seafarer 22 that had a damaged traveller that I took off. The original drawings of
Phil Herring at 10:19am 06.08.15
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It appears that an email has been sent to some of you with the subject "hjwjhasjhaw Attached Documen
31seahorse at 9:57am 06.08.15
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Hello All, I just received a strange email that would appear to have come from this sailboatowners s
Jeff222 at 9:49am 06.08.15
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Does anyone have a leftover piece of the white trim that the rub rail mates into? I need a piece ab
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Maine, I have two group 24 West Marine gel as my house bank with a smaller battery on Xantrex ech
1972p26 at 9:32am 06.08.15
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Hi, I am new to this list and 2 years into owning a sailboat. I just replaced the 1972 Chrysler 2 s
Rleiby at 9:17am 06.08.15
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1993 Hunter 30T with Fractional head sail. Inquiring if most Fractional head sail Hunter boat owner
jwieneck at 9:02am 06.08.15
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I have a 2005 Hunter 41 DS. In the aft bedroom there is a hatch over the bed that opens into the co
leevin100 at 8:58am 06.08.15
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I have a Mac 26M and just installed a Raymarine EV-100 wheel autopilot. Do you have a similar bo
kiteflyer at 8:44am 06.08.15
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I decided to replace my original 1991 Hunter 28 main sail with a new Doyle. The different shape of
sailbad_the_sinner at 7:56am 06.08.15
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Well, I am a seasoned power-boater and reasonably good sailor, so I thought I had a pretty good grip
Tomgrandy at 7:41am 06.08.15
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I purchased a 1980 Hunter recently that the previous owner rigged up in a rather odd fashion. Am

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Hayden Watson at 9:38pm 07.10.23
Did I mention that this is an ancient Honda (prior to 1998 when I purchased Papillon.) One of the r
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BigEasy at 9:00pm 07.10.23
The cover is curved; you do NOT want to use Coosa since it will be impossible Any of the foams wil
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Stu Jackson at 8:55pm 07.10.23
it is cheaper and faster for the boatbuilder to install an engine with just one large DC wire that
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thinwater at 8:08pm 07.10.23
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tailboom at 8:08pm 07.10.23
Here is mine. Mounted on the stern as you state.
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dlochner at 8:04pm 07.10.23
Sounds like a good plan. You might consider making it solid fiberglass around the cowl vent. or a
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Sal10419 at 8:02pm 07.10.23
Hi rgranger, Thank you very much for your reply. I will call the guys at Rudder Craft tomorrow. Sin
Need a Gudgeon for my 1980 Macgregor Venture 22' sailboat
Sal10419 at 8:02pm 07.10.23
I think I found yours... or at least something that will work. Call these guys and see if they wil
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dlochner at 8:01pm 07.10.23
Still trying to figure where my alternator plugs into the circuit. To be followed Unless a prior
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Elissatoo at 7:48pm 07.10.23
Thank you for your help. This will come in handy.
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rebel4443 at 7:45pm 07.10.23
This is the attachment point for the boom that I have. I looked at the head of my mast and it is the
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fred1diver at 7:44pm 07.10.23
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SJN at 7:42pm 07.10.23
And perhaps I may sometime type lightning correctly!
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SJN at 7:40pm 07.10.23
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rebel4443 at 7:40pm 07.10.23
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Richard McDonald at 7:33pm 07.10.23
On our 2006 423 with the 2 state room setup, the aft head shower head is situated on the left side a
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Similar to Greg I installed two Duracell 230AH batteries in 2018 at a cost of $115 each for my hous

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