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Plumbing question Bob 04 H260 at 1:41pm 11.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1842 I am not on the boat. I'm looking at installing a water filter in the galley fresh water. I think th
Soft spot yleegato at 1:34pm 11.18.14 S2 23/3175 It a soft spot in my ceiling any suggestions
ODAY 272 Spreader Bar MaritimeTees at 10:35am 11.18.14 Bigger Boats 0/1036 I purchased a 272 1989 a few months back and really love it. Owned several boats in the Ericson line
a Macgregor goes to Honduras (4) MrBill_FLL at 9:58am 11.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/959 another Macgregor in Central America... kinda surprised the mast was left up for shipping....
Rudder replacement Sailor_Jeff at 9:55am 11.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/7399 About to replace the aging and rattling rudder on my Mac 22. So, I looked around and rudder craft s
Boring on Strider Roger Long at 8:05am 11.18.14 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 6/7588
Stanchion Base type Blitz at 7:00am 11.18.14 Seidelmann 1/3123 I'm looking to replace some of my Life line Stanchions this winter. I see similar ones on the Rigrit
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 5/5076 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 3/4727 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 7/1316 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 6/990 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 21/9791 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

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I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try SoSound at 10:05pm 10.13.23 Yes, I have everything from "Erie Harbor" up to "Great Lakes" loaded. Opencpn just seems to ignore
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (1) Techstyle at 9:15pm 10.13.23 I have a Raspberry Pi 4B at the Navstation that has two HDMI outputs one to a 10.1" touchscreen at t
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Tally Ho at 8:11pm 10.13.23 The sea built inspection port uses gaskets on the inside and outside of the 2 parts...so I am sure t
110 volt pulgs reset fuse location (1) Tally Ho at 7:59pm 10.13.23
Man the Boats... (1) Tally Ho at 7:48pm 10.13.23
Man the Boats... jssailem at 7:41pm 10.13.23 Leaving for Maui tomorrow Oh boy. Enjoy the Sunshine.
Man the Boats... Tally Ho at 7:32pm 10.13.23 It is time for that last cruise. The weather patterns are aligning for a chance as an Indian Summer
Man the Boats... Terry Cox at 7:25pm 10.13.23 Thanksgiving November 23-26 the earliest and best chance at having a winter cruise. No time off befo
1993 Hunter 42 Passage CC: Leaking near a few of the keel bolts. Ulcer time. Terry Cox at 7:17pm 10.13.23 My friends on S/V Jibsea tell me there is a 1/2" bolt just beneath the companionway steps. Our boa
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 6:45pm 10.13.23 The article from Crown battery describes sulfation which is what kills batteries. Of note and relate
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try stephen_i_w at 6:08pm 10.13.23 The problem was even though I had down loaded all the O-Charts for the area I was interested in and
1987 Hunter 28.5 Project Update rhwins at 5:01pm 10.13.23 Ahoy from Galveston, TX! A while back, I made an update post saying I'd adopted a 1987 Hunter 28.5
Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 4:43pm 10.13.23
Man the Boats... JamesG161 at 3:56pm 10.13.23 The Solar Eclipse Path found here. 2023 Annular Eclipse: Where & When - NASA Science Oh My Gosh!
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? jssailem at 3:06pm 10.13.23 That's this thing. It's a mystery to a few of us! It is an electronic pulse devise that claims to
Man the Boats... jssailem at 2:57pm 10.13.23 @Terry Cox With your WALLAS heater a little frost is nothing... After all it is just "Frost on the
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try jssailem at 2:52pm 10.13.23 In order to deal with this you need to download the additional charts for the area you want covered.
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip Tally Ho at 2:48pm 10.13.23 Yes Ralph, that is going to be a tough installation in the shoe box. I wonder if the tank will work
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (1) jssailem at 2:47pm 10.13.23 Ok. I tried to reproduce the issue shown by @JBP-PA . I do not have the US Charts loaded for Erie. I
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try (3) jssailem at 2:22pm 10.13.23 What it appears to be is a conflict between using Raster charts and ENC charts. Here I am using ENC

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