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Replace Forestay on 35.5 w/Hood 810 furler Steverhnm at 7:37pm 12.07.13 Big Boats 9/5133 So I just discovered that the wire at the top of the forestay on my boat is 50% broken. Luckily I h
Solar and engine charging gettinthere at 7:06pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1693 I have an ARS 5 balmar regulator on my engine alternator and a Blue Sky 2512 on 280 watts of solar.
Water softener question (1) Ken Cross at 12:29pm 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1231 Just wondering: What kind of water softener works in salt water? Well- er- brackish water?
Soft Top korchinskyp at 11:34am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1056 I purchased a Starwind 27 recently and noticed that the topsides are soft and flexible. Is this inhe
winterize wald836 at 11:00am 12.07.13 S2 0/826 I have an S2 80. I have the omc (zepher) sail drive. We have had some icing here and I could not g
Vibration in engine drive Delawaredave at 10:46am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1351 Newbie. 82 Hunter, Yanmar 8hp diesel. Seems like excessive vibration when running. Reason for
Yammar 2gm to Yanmar 2gm20f swap out Nelsonhow at 10:40am 12.07.13 Engines and Propulsion 2/1461 I'm thinking of swapping out my old 1983 2 Yanmar 2gm raw water cooled with a rebuilt Yanmar 2 GMf
New prop question Happy Together at 10:12am 12.07.13 Big Boats 3/1035 I have a Gori folding three blade prop. I am having trouble with it and I want to switch to the Vari
Mast climbing Head Sail at 9:30am 12.07.13 Big Boats 2/1321 Need to change my anchor light an install an antenna for TV. I don't trust either halyard to support
How the Freedom 20 charges wufibugs at 9:19am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1643 Best Wiring Scheme for the Freedom 20 Inverter/charger? Inverter/chargers take shore power and conv
Oops no sailing today (1) inarathree at 8:43am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 3/832 Oops no sailing today
Considering a 302 Mackaroni at 7:11am 12.07.13 Bigger Boats 7/1205 Hello. I am new to this forum and thought I would ask for some opinions on the 302. I am consideri
Looks handy for working on seacocks merlinuxo at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1949 while in the water. Wouldn't do any good for the flanged type though. I'd only use this while on the
I want to run my halyards to the cockpit kito at 5:53am 12.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1036 I am making a list for Santa on what I would need to run my head and main halyards back to the cockp
Spinnaker pole Hobartwoodworks at 5:49am 12.07.13 Smaller Boats 18/2588 We recently purchased a 1984 Hunter 22. She came with a spinnaker in great shape, but no pole. My hu
Original Sails mbeil53 at 4:44am 12.07.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1508 Did the original sails on the Macgregor 25 have any reefing points?
frish water cooling system/ atomic 4 paulcolumbia2700 at 3:54am 12.07.13 Engines and Propulsion 10/6710 Hi, any you good folks added or have experience with adding a fresh water cooling system to your ato
insurance question Bob 04 H260 at 11:40pm 12.06.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1924 If a boat yard supplies a contractor to do work on your boat (boat yard bills you for the work) and
Salt water leak under the liner Cruiser WannaBe at 7:25pm 12.06.13 Big Boats 19/2872 I have purchased a 1987 Hunter 34.5' (shoal) and I have a constant leak that makes my bilge pump com
In Water Seacock Replacement Rick D at 6:29pm 12.06.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1842 Saw this while checking my facebook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QtNw3m2yIw

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Propane pressure gauge jssailem at 8:15am 09.02.22 NO. All was stable in an resting condition for at least 3 days.
Propane pressure gauge Ralph Johnstone at 8:09am 09.02.22 Not sure what this demonstrates Did you have gas flowing when you took the readings ?
ATTACHING SHEET CLUTCHES twodzusfittings at 7:59am 09.02.22 @jssailem I hear what your saying. I can still do that. There is much space between the clutch and t
Propane pressure gauge (4) jssailem at 7:49am 09.02.22 Ok... You picked my interest. Grill Propane tank. Stored outside over night. Has not been used in s
Y-33 Running Rigging jssailem at 7:28am 09.02.22 Be aware of halyard stretch with all rope halyards. You are correct Roy. In days gone by we had He
Calibrating Boat Speed DST800 dlochner at 7:05am 09.02.22 Yes, I am certain it's an 800 - at least that's what my invoice from 2020 says - I think the 200 is
How worried should I be about the Home Depot technique for crimping stainless wire? tfox2069 at 6:59am 09.02.22 All sorts of cute sollutions (I would go with Dyneema if I did not have the proper crimper, and pro
Calibrating Boat Speed DST800 TimFromLI at 6:51am 09.02.22 Yes, I am certain it's an 800 - at least that's what my invoice from 2020 says - I think the 200 is
Invest 94L JamesG161 at 6:39am 09.02.22 technically 94L is shown by one ensemble member That is the European Model , run every 12 hours.
Y-33 Running Rigging RoyS at 6:33am 09.02.22 Be aware of halyard stretch with all rope halyards. I purchased a new all rope halyard here a few ye
Invest 94L (1) jssailem at 6:31am 09.02.22 208928 Dave... I think you woke Jim up from a morning snooze.
Invest 94L Davidasailor26 at 6:13am 09.02.22 i needed more coffee.... I just corrected that. Thanks David. Jim... I must need more coffee too
Y-33 Running Rigging mermike at 6:00am 09.02.22 Another item to note is that the rigger (Brion Toss) told me that the sockets for the upper terminal
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Crazy Dave Condon at 6:00am 09.02.22 @robm and I spoke. Discussed adding a quick disconnect for motor suggesting trollig motor plug.
Y-33 Running Rigging (1) mermike at 5:51am 09.02.22 I went to all rope when I replaced the rigging in 2019. New sheaves at the masthead were required. A
New lifelines barnstormer at 5:37am 09.02.22 I should add that the crew that I dealt with quoted me $1000 to do the lifeline replacement. Three m
Y-33 Running Rigging D Swanson at 5:31am 09.02.22 Been there, done that. One of the first items on my list when first acquiring my vessel was to chang
Invest 94L JamesG161 at 5:27am 09.02.22 But Invest 94L Fish Storm too Jim...
Invest 94L JamesG161 at 5:24am 09.02.22
Y-33 Running Rigging (1) jssailem at 5:18am 09.02.22 In 2016 I overhauled my mast and all rigging. Rigging had external line/wire halyards. I changed to

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