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Interesting Vessel (1) Windborne at 6:04pm 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1644 Saw an interesting vessel on the water yesterday. A tri-hull flying a gaff rigged mainsail but notic
Offer on 1993 30T/Legacy Designation bretts9669 at 5:06pm 03.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/961 I've made an offer on a 1993 Hunter 30T in great condition, which has been accepted. I'm also a Cata
Settee Top Removal Trick? (1) SteveB at 4:57pm 03.09.15 Big Boats 7/1171 Is there a trick to removing the top of the settee over the holding tank (see pix attached)? One ove
Wallas heater location on Hunter 380 tstryker at 4:56pm 03.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/847 I want to install a Wallas diesel heater on my 98 Hunter 380. I was wondering if any 380's or simil
I had a Hunter 310 Survey today, need opinions hlanni1 at 2:15pm 03.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/3906 I am going through the process of a potential purchase of a 2000 Hunter 310. Massey Yacht Sales of P
Deck Core Under Sea Hood?? StPeteSailor at 1:53pm 03.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1031 I have a 1988, 35.5 Legend. Finding a leak at the interior base of my companionway and doing some
Surge brakes and trailer extensions jwilcoxon78 at 10:47am 03.09.15 Trailer Sailors 27/8035 So I replaced the old surge actuator and drum brakes on the Majic Tilt that came with my H260 at the
Installing a transponder Sunday Sailor at 10:38am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 18/2133 I've seen a few ways to do this but can you give me any suggestions on something that's fairly easy
Restoring Iron Keel - Belt Sander? PDReynolds at 10:33am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 15/4809 Hi All, My 2006 Beneteau is in need of a keel re-work this year. I am planning on getting the kee
Safe hose/charcoal (?) filter Richandhelen at 9:42am 03.09.15 Big Boats 6/876 We were made aware that our dockside hose is not "drinking water" safe. And it seems that the hoses
Dinghy slats Brian D at 9:30am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1199 My Mercury dinghy has wooded slats for flooring. One of them broke but is still intact. My concern i
Trailrite trailer help shaubby at 8:40am 03.09.15 Catalina 22 12/4272 Hi all, I'm rebuilding a 1983 Trailrite trailer for a Catalina 22. The trailer has drum brakes wh
What is this? (4) cajon409 at 8:16am 03.09.15 Big Boats 3/860 Yes under my jenny connected on both end of this bottle is hose to my exhaust manifold from the jenn
survey, how old is your steering cable? njlarry at 7:17am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1780 How old are your steering cables? Wondering if I should replace mine even though they look fine. Co
Sea Frost Relay, Acr 7610 Replacing Battery Isolator, Altern NICK1951 at 6:25am 03.09.15 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1925 Alternator D+ stud Good Morning Maine, I am replacing my battery isolator (.8 volt drop) with a
Bedding a new rope clutch (1) Gene Neill at 6:20am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 9/5418 I can't get straight in my head how this will make a watertight seal, being split down the middle li
Zodiac transom Cmp1110 at 4:07am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 6/3819 Good morning all, I have begun removing rotten transom on our 2004 zodiac 310. Has anyone here and
What is this part? (1) lpolliard at 10:11pm 03.08.15 Catalina 22 5/904 Found this in the trailer box with the straps. But the boat is all buttoned up for travel next weeke
Height of deck organizers (3) George Da Porge at 7:27pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 9/1986
Bottom of hull rudder post issue (5) George Da Porge at 7:20pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 11/3553

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Beneteau 321 on the hard BigEasy at 12:04pm 11.06.23 Thank you every one, my keel happens to be like a skeg of fin with a small torpedo bulb shap at th
dodger price Terry Cox at 11:56am 11.06.23 Terry, who did the work? Hi Mark. Leta's Top Shop in Arlington. They did the replacement dodger, b
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 11:28am 11.06.23 This is a good article on charging LFP. Charging Marine Lithium Battery Banks \| Nordkyn Design The
dodger price capta at 11:26am 11.06.23 For us$3500 I could have replaced the dodger and bimini (Sunbrella) on Skipping Stone, with leather
macerator doesn't have enough oumph Terry Cox at 11:24am 11.06.23
H34 Windlass Installation - Looking for how others have done it SabreToothedEngineer at 11:09am 11.06.23 Thanks for everyone's advice. In the end I've gone with a similar approach to many others: Split th
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dlochner at 11:09am 11.06.23 While you're correct about energy, storage and generating power to refill the storage medium, you a
replacement for Kenyon Marine alcohol stove in h260? (1) h2o_snow at 10:57am 11.06.23 We did have a nasty incident with the old Kenyon KISS butane stove. Our first overnight ever in t
Raymarine E80 Classic network cable Lee Hadjiosif at 10:56am 11.06.23 If it truly is a special, impossible to get, RJ connector, I would cut the cable a few feet back an
H49/50 battery replacement Johann at 10:55am 11.06.23 This is a good article on charging LFP. Charging Marine Lithium Battery Banks \| Nordkyn Design The s
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Stu Jackson at 10:55am 11.06.23 If you don't have a good way of generating the electricity then I don't know how much of a benefit
Rig Dimensions jssailem at 10:53am 11.06.23 Rick Here is a link to some CAL 24 data http://richardanderson.net/calsailboats/cal-24 As @Richard1
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 10:50am 11.06.23 I disagree - this is exactly when LFP batteries really excel. LFP batteries don't care where they r
Rig Dimensions Richard19068 at 10:38am 11.06.23 Hopefully you found something but no matter what any specs might say you should probably measure any
H34 Windlass Installation - Looking for how others have done it (1) gfrazzle at 10:01am 11.06.23 I don't know the layout of your foredeck but have attached my installation on a non Hunter(it may be
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dLj at 10:00am 11.06.23 If you don't have a good way of generating the electricity then I don't know how much of a benefit
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dLj at 9:55am 11.06.23 My start battery is only charged by the alternator and has never been connected to any other charge
26 vs 260 weight? (3) h2o_snow at 9:50am 11.06.23 Re: weight. Perhaps consider the H260's wheel steering - believe this was standard and the H26 opti
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? BarryL at 9:35am 11.06.23 Hey, I'm not an expert on batteries, etc. I'm also thinking about new batteries for my boat. Some o
Will 1hp motor push h260 on calm day?? Project_Mayhem at 9:18am 11.06.23 When I kicked the motor in to forward she just set there and churned water for a while before going

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