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Swing Keel question Mac 25 (1) Wakulla212 at 6:28am 11.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3570 As I blunder my way through getting my "new" 1985 Macgregor 25 ready for my first voyage, I came acr
Painting Bronze Prop cymeyer at 5:47am 11.18.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1628 I should know the answer to this but I don't... Does it make sense to paint a bronze prop with VC
When to pump out??? sail_MN at 5:45am 11.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/4673 I have a (new to me) Hunter 28.5. My question is how does Hunter expect me to know when to pump out
DVD Ripping Software?? Maine Sail at 5:38am 11.18.14 Sails Call Lounge 46/18107 Heading off on a trip and I want to rip some of my daughters DVD's onto a hard drive so we can bring
16" Max Prop 3 blade Feathering Prop for my 2006 Hunter 31 the Dog House at 5:16am 11.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1938 I hauled my 2006 Hunter 31 for new bottom paint earlier this week and decided to change out the prop
swim platform 26s wingnut/boston at 4:57am 11.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/5075 has anyone put a small swim platform on a 26s or c. i know it will require a lot of reinforcement bu
Cockpit instruments patch job (2) Charlie98117 at 9:57pm 11.17.14 Big Boats 5/1322 I thought someone might be interested in my solution to the problem of patching holes from old instr
Stepping down the mast on a Seafarer 22 JanS48 at 8:38pm 11.17.14 Seafarer 3/4724 Greetings I've an 85 Seafarer 22, it's still in the water but in a very sheltered area. I'd like to
Discovery Island Group Cruise Log Terry Cox at 8:00pm 11.17.14 Destinations 2/1994 It was an overcast day with showers June 27 when the first of two boats, a Hunter Passage 42 sailed
Hunter 270 winch info required jpaull at 7:42pm 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1315 Hi. I have a Hunter 270 and would like to change my winches to self tailing. However when I looked a
Winter Project - Clearing up dodger windows kenvail at 6:51pm 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/987 What are the best methods to clear up the windows on an old dodger? I have heard that you can even g
Name placement slowdog at 4:56pm 11.17.14 Ask All Sailors 21/9778 I am going to put a name on my boat is it best on the sides or on the stern
Replaced Glass Windows with Acrylic (5) Seahorse24 at 1:03pm 11.17.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1613 I replaced eight glass windows that go on our Yankee Seahorse with Acrylic. The total costs was sixt
Hunter 310 head, raw water hook-up fxg88k at 11:53am 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/837 I recently purchared a Hunter 310. The prior owner replaced the manual head pump but ran the raw wat
Winter Live aboard - How to keep the pipes from freezing? Wisp at 11:47am 11.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/4718 I'm a live aboard in the DC area and this is going to be my first winter onboard. I'm looking for su
Rescue or salvage 1986 MAC 25 ? Ranger_12 at 10:57am 11.17.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2403 I have a 1986 Macgregor 25 that I can't decide what to do with. I bought boats for parts and now hav
2QM20 questions from H36 '80-82 new owner - tmjb at 10:55am 11.17.14 The Cherubini Hunters 23/7062 As a new owner of a boat that has apparently sat unused for about 17 years I have started working ma
Nav station chair question from H36 '80-82 new owner tmjb at 10:42am 11.17.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1733 As a new owner of a 1981 H36C I am in the early stages of exploring my boat. One question I am hopin
hiking problem garysisson at 10:20am 11.17.14 Bigger Boats 2/942 I have a problem with falling into the cockpit when sitting up on the very small area of deck while
O'day 25 julu44 at 9:50am 11.17.14 Day Sailers 6/2262

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1975 oday 22 (2) Anomymous 163294 at 2:57pm 10.11.23 heres a few more pics. one is the speed sensor the other is hole in the floor showing no rope or any
Legal Question Raymus at 2:44pm 10.11.23 Probable Cause is the operative word....Being in international waters is a term to assign the rule
Navionics price increasing dLj at 2:24pm 10.11.23 In my experience in the Great Lakes, OpenCPN worked great in US waters. However, the Canadian O-Ch
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

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