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Airlines/Honda 2000 gen CYQK at 4:45pm 12.08.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1760 Wanna bring home with me a honda 2000 gen obviously with fuel and oil drained on Alegiant Airlines A
New Boat Tax halldp at 3:30pm 12.08.14 Ask All Sailors 57/5477 Just received my documentation renewal notification today from the Coast Guard and was told that the
Mast tuning specs catalina 18 Fcolon01 at 2:46pm 12.08.14 Smaller Boats 3/2914 Any specifics for shroud tuning on the catalina 18? What gauge is the cable? Should I buy a Loos ten
Salon table Hunter 38 Orrin at 1:57pm 12.08.14 Big Boats 5/1388 My Hunter 38 has two 9 inch legs on the salon table when used as a birth, and 24 inch legs when used
Soft floors in 37C Markos83898 at 1:54pm 12.08.14 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1384 Hello, I am considering the purchase of a 1980 Cherubini Hunter 37C. Some of the flooring in the
Batteries & solar panels Rummerful at 12:55pm 12.08.14 Catalina 310 9/2382 Our 310 has 2 - 4d batteries. I plan on replacing them and run them as one bank and adding a startin
1/4 inch heavy duty power lug jmw at 10:55am 12.08.14 Parts Search 6/1854 Hello, Hopefully as a non sailor, I will not offend anyone here by asking an electrical related que
Catalina 27 engine access Jdaniel343 at 10:53am 12.08.14 Mid-Size Boats 10/4435 I am looking at a Catalina 27 with Atomic. How good is the engine access? To me it appears not very
refrigeration problem jmoir at 10:27am 12.08.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1621 Frifoboat fridge on my 2002 Oceanis 40cc cycles constantly, low voltage code flashes on the compress
PHRF Racing Club bobcat30 at 10:02am 12.08.14 Catalina 30 0/822 I race my Catalina 30 during June, July and August. PHRF handicapped. We race at 6 PM - 8 PM weathe
Teak toe cap splitting below deck cleats Jim F at 9:57am 12.08.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1922 The teak below the forward deck cleat has split. I believe it's because of some sort of corrosion e
Sail and Pedestal Covers bobcat30 at 9:53am 12.08.14 Catalina 30 7/2071 In the Cape Cod area, who would you recommend for a new Catalina main sail and pedestal cover?
Natural Gas Conversion to propane BruceDTaylor at 7:54am 12.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/700 My Hunter Legend 36 is equipped with natural gas and i would like to convert to propane. Do you know
Perko Battery switch use Euphoria2011 at 9:36am 12.08.14 Bigger Boats 6/1273 Just want to make sure i understand this correctly. I read main sails detailed description of this s
Keel Lead or iron? TFlight at 8:59am 12.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1490 I'm shopping around for a Hunter 41DS (possibly a 44DS) 2006 - 2009. I heard Hunter went from a lead
Hunter 1997 340 Raw Water Screen Filter smoothsailing at 8:49am 12.08.14 Big Boats 9/1641 Hi I want to clean this filter but the PO did not leave a filter wrench on the boat. Does anyone
Hunter 356 Bluewater Capable? HoboCanoe at 7:46am 12.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/5444 Hi Owners, My wife and I are planning to leave for a nice bluewater cruise in March from Delaware
Broke the mast! Would like your advice! Fcolon01 at 7:30am 12.08.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1119 Over the weekend I made a huge rookie mistake... When checking a chain plate on the port side I did
How to Bosun Chair with in mast Halyard? McIntoshUSA at 7:28am 12.08.14 Ask All Sailors 15/3625 How to Safely use Bosun Chair with only a spinnaker Halyard? I have a friend who has an in mast Hal
Broke Mast Fcolon01 at 6:49am 12.08.14 Smaller Boats 1/1127 Over the weekend I made a huge rookie mistake when checking a chain plate on the port side I did not

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Hunter 376 Wing Keel Width smokey73 at 5:52am 01.02.23 Drawing of Keel... I don't quickly see width simply dimensioned, but could get a ruler and get +/-
1994 vision 32 fuel tank dimensions smokey73 at 5:47am 01.02.23 I actually spec'd 3 pick up and 2 returns. 1 pickup and return for the main engine (Yanmar) 1 picku
Towing a dinghy LloydB at 5:36am 01.02.23 a what?? 'a large Silvertron passed way close to us'
Any sailor peppers out there? shemandr at 5:34am 01.02.23 As for Scurvy, a couple of years of Vitamin C wouldn't take up much room. Maybe a lime tree in a po
Hunter 376 Wing Keel Width Crazy Dave Condon at 5:22am 01.02.23 Also, Mara Metals who extruded your keel is a good source as well for future questions
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking dlochner at 4:54am 01.02.23 Hatchmasters are the go to guys for hatch repair. The Ocean series gaskets can be challenging to r
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters thinwater at 4:47am 01.02.23 Unless it is a commercial vessel, the extinguisher must be in-date and less than 12-years old, but i
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) rgranger at 4:41am 01.02.23 Here is the windy current display for Jan 2
Older sailers Crazy Dave Condon at 4:13am 01.02.23
1994 vision 32 fuel tank dimensions zephyr070 at 12:35am 01.02.23 You might want to check with Ezell Industries in Perry Florida. In all likelyhood they built your
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? Terry Cox at 10:24pm 01.01.23 Probably okay for most of our high-30s/low-40s at night, but I very much doubt they would be able t
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? jssailem at 10:16pm 01.01.23 As @Terry Cox and @MFD have identified, the waters you plan to sail (like the PacificNW), are a pri
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:48pm 01.01.23 The gasket is now 16-17 years of age and appears to need replacement. My opening hatch and port g
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking Ralph Johnstone at 9:35pm 01.01.23 If I remember right, use a drop of SuperGlue on the ends, hold together for 5 seconds, NO SEAM !
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? MFD at 9:25pm 01.01.23 My understanding is that up here in the Pacific Northwest that heat pumps may not be particularly ef
Any sailor peppers out there? JohnShannon at 9:05pm 01.01.23 What a boring apocalypse, if you are going to be grabbing guns and "liberating stuff" surely you w
User friendly app for monitoring the Gulf Stream? (1) JamesG161 at 8:58pm 01.01.23 Currents are measured by buoy and satellites, GFS models only.
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking JamesG161 at 8:46pm 01.01.23 Contact Hatchmasters They have your gasket. LEWMAR Coastline Hatch Seal - HatchMasters Measure th
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Benny17441 at 8:34pm 01.01.23 Yanmar engines use exclusively compression to heat the air fuel mixture to its flashing point. A c
Any sailor peppers out there? rgranger at 8:20pm 01.01.23

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