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Great Weekend With One Exception Panamax at 8:37pm 02.17.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1034 Great weather for a February sailing weekend in the Puget Sound. Only one problem: I simply could
propane levels powsmias at 7:44pm 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1976 not sure if this is common knowledge and never seen it so thought it might be useful here. info on
Need new rudder for my 22 landuta at 5:03pm 02.17.15 Catalina 22 3/943 Last fall I had a bit of an "accident" and broke my kick-up rudder on my Catalina 22 and am in need
Water Pump Bursts Joe Mullee at 4:42pm 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 18/2227 Over the past season I've been having a problem with the water faucets that wasn't there the first t
Diesel Mechanic in Marina Del Rey area John1534 at 3:41pm 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 1/2598 The Mechanic that I used for many years has retired. So I am looking for a good Diesel Mechanic in t
O'day 26 sitting bow heavy BelladonnaII at 2:39pm 02.17.15 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1338 I've seen a thread on this somewhere but I can't find it now and havn't been able to find much on th
Raymarine Masthead ST-60 unit replacement (1) capta at 2:29pm 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 10/2705 After at least 12 years the ST-60 mastead unit seems to be dying. On Stb tack it seems to be functi
dumping AGM for Gel KnotnLine at 12:59pm 02.17.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1588 Sorry for the lengthy first post but there is a lot of knowledge on this forum and I have a several
Rogue MPT-2024 Interface Problems? (1) GorillaToast at 12:58pm 02.17.15 Musings With Maine Sail 7/2648 Hi All. Has anyone with one of these had problems getting it to interface with their laptop? I hav
Engine removal (1) Txlawdog at 12:52pm 02.17.15 Catalina 30 5/1503 Greetings all. I am about to pull the engine on my 1985 Catalina 30 for a complete overall. My quest
Transmission problem Rummerful at 12:34pm 02.17.15 Catalina 310 30/11297 1st of all, let me make it clear that I do not know anything about transmissions. Forward gear would
Buyer Beware - Update TCIndigo at 12:33pm 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 0/5 Just wanted to pass along my experience with The Canvas Store in Huntington, Long Island. Based on
Sovereign 17 Manual Pennybart at 11:36am 02.17.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/579 Am a new Sovereign 17 owner and would like to know if anyone has any manuals for this boat. Specific
Good MPPT Charge Controller Bad Obsession at 11:20am 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 13/4662 For those of you with solar experience: Who makes a reasonably priced MPPT charge controller? I k
found a leak ptchiro at 9:33am 02.17.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/738 I just recently purchased a legend 35.5 and as I am going through systems and inspecting lockers.
Air conditioning/heating fan settings jveatch at 9:21am 02.17.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/4221 We have a 2005 Hunter 41DS that has factory installed air conditioning/heating. When the system rea
Lubricates (barrier protection) lpolliard at 8:08am 02.17.15 Catalina 22 6/794 What does everyone use on the pull out for lubrication and protection from the sea?
Where do you buy electrical cable and wire for your boat? (1) TropicalSeattle at 7:11am 02.17.15 Ask All Sailors 14/1600 I am having a hard time locating cable for use on my boat. I can find primary and duplex marine cabl
C-25 rudder replacement questions jmczzz at 6:05am 02.17.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1333 I have been looking for a rudder replacement for a C-25. So far the options I have found are; Cata
keel lockdown hawk232 at 5:08am 02.17.15 Catalina 22 5/1656 who uses them?? mine is totally seized and would require quite a bit of effort to replace. im trying

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Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? jssailem at 2:22pm 10.11.23 I assumed they would be smaller than a Group 27 NO... different - Taller. GC battery= Weight:64 lb
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" odaydokay at 2:13pm 10.11.23 I was talking about O'Day boats as sent from factory. No C-boats in that family. No Racors on O'Da
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 2:07pm 10.11.23 Four 6v GC batteries have roughly the same footprint of 2 Group 31s. The 31s are smaller than your 4
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction odaydokay at 2:06pm 10.11.23 Thanks much. Will be on my weekend project list.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 1:41pm 10.11.23 If there is a BatteriesPlus nearby check them out. I bought my Duracell Ultra GC2s from them. The
Navionics price increasing stephen_i_w at 12:59pm 10.11.23 In my experience in the Great Lakes, OpenCPN worked great in US waters. However, the Canadian O-Cha
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Zeek77 at 12:42pm 10.11.23 Have you removed the rear head yet ? After 24 years in place, I had mine apart for cleaning recentl
Legal Question jssailem at 12:41pm 10.11.23 Not a lawyer, but I can read... The Coast Guard's enforcement of applicable U.S. law on the high
Just how big is British Columbia? jssailem at 12:14pm 10.11.23 Intrepid Adventures were not stopped by that dusting... My feet did get a bit chilled...and my calv
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (3) Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 10.11.23 Part 18 is the tube that is stuck in the exchanger. Have you removed the rear head yet ? After 2
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip (1) Panera at 11:59am 10.11.23 Thank you for the suggestion to mount the tank in another location off the engine. Unfortunately, t
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip kappykaplan at 11:54am 10.11.23 What any sane person would do, except when dealt one of these : My expansion tank is located in th
Just how big is British Columbia? Terry Cox at 11:30am 10.11.23 Does this look like "little Snow at Sea Level"... Just a dusting. :)
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (1) Zeek77 at 11:07am 10.11.23 I have a Yanmar 2GM20F and I removed the heat exchanger to clean it, because I could tell it was a m
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:05am 10.11.23 Another possible solution would be to mount the expansion tank to the bulkhead in the engine compar
Beneteau First 21 Classic officebob at 11:00am 10.11.23 Andrew Did a quick search...+ 6 for shoal keel. Thanks
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Ralph Johnstone at 10:47am 10.11.23 Those batteries need to be charged with a 14.7V absorption and the recommended charge current is .4
Navionics price increasing jssailem at 10:40am 10.11.23 Dave, Like many software programs there is a learning curve to understand the tools programed. I fo
Topping Lift suggestions for trailerable sailboats (1) rgranger at 10:32am 10.11.23 @FreedomCrawler @Monsterfish @patbratton This application applies to trailerable sailboat topping l
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 10:32am 10.11.23 so I don't remember whether it's a gasket or a sealant. I was just occurred to me when looking at

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