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New Hunter owner Batman at 5:42am 04.16.13 Big Boats 2/1070 I purchased a 1990 35.5 Hunter in Sept of 2012 and I am in the process of fixing her up at this time
Genset Sine or Square wave Ken13559 at 4:21am 04.16.13 Ask All Sailors 2/857 I mentioned in another post of the success in using the Elemax SHX2000 genset to run my 12000BTU air
Finding waterline on hull weh5748 at 3:48am 04.16.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/926 Spent another day on my back in tight space preparing hull for bottom paint, grinding and gel coatin
New Purchase of 79 Cat pagehopper at 3:01am 04.16.13 Catalina 22 3/912 What kind of hull restorer products have you found to be effective, hopeing not to waste my money?
Leak Rob Spicer at 2:21am 04.16.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1827 We have an annoying leak that proving hard to track down When on the mooring the yacht is dry , no
Raymarine Mark Maulden at 10:49pm 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1032 I currently have an E7D/HD digital radar and an X-5 pilot. I know I've bashed Raymarine a few times
Sliders for a Hunter 28.5 (1985) robertcgscott@yahoo.com at 9:19pm 04.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/898 Hello everyone, I only just purchased a 28.5ft Hunter that was in storage and realized that I have
Cockpit seats guidera48 at 8:58pm 04.15.13 The Cherubini Hunters 2/899 Has anyone installed gas lifts on the cockpit seats. I just missed loosing a finger this past weeken
another project finished (2) trainmanjess at 8:36pm 04.15.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1664 Hello All i think spring has finally gotten here... i have had some really good days and have star
H376 Shower Sump rfrye1 at 8:09pm 04.15.13 Big Boats 3/1051 Gotta love this. My shower sump stopped working. Disassembly showed that the pump itself was shot, a
repairs teacher63 at 7:49pm 04.15.13 Smaller Boats 4/1084 I have a question, about the gel coat on my Hunter 23 it seems to have a number of they call them st
fresh water flush 6HP Tohatsu OB Bob 04 H260 at 7:46pm 04.15.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/8816 I would like to be able to flush the salt from my OB motor with fresh water. My Honda had a port for
H356 Galley Faucet DanoDano at 7:45pm 04.15.13 Big Boats 4/1109 Do you have to remove the sink to change out the faucet?
Main boom Rigging on a 37C dave1977 at 7:23pm 04.15.13 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1466 I have recently acquired my Hunter 37C (S/N: HUN37174M80G) and had to remove and strip my main boom
Catalina cushions Lost Parent at 6:38pm 04.15.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1060 Anybody know how thick the cushions are on my 1982 Catalina 30 , my boat is to far away to get to it
Swift Trawler Owners (1) rclarke246 at 6:23pm 04.15.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1271 Hello, We're proud owners of a 2012 Swift 44. With this new model we'd like to communicate with oth
Close up your floor hatches! Big Moe at 5:55pm 04.15.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1335 Hello Fellow Sailors: I broke my cardinal rule over the weekend. I left a floor hatch open to dry o
C-22 News Letter CaptDon01 at 4:45pm 04.15.13 Catalina 22 1/743 NEW FEATURE TO BE ADDED TO THE NATIONAL C-22 WEB SITE, A NEWS LETTER We are planning a new newsle
New Hatch Doors (3) JWH2050 at 4:20pm 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 15/2156 I posted about hatch doors a few weeks ago and decided to make my own. These were made from salvaged
Tall Rig without bowsprit? KennyBene at 3:57pm 04.15.13 Catalina 30 4/2293 Can anyone tell me if Catalina built any tall rigs without the bowsprit. I own hull #5787- 1990 C30

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Wind velocity and angle not reading on Chartplotter. Joe at 9:06pm 04.21.23 Yes, I agree with davidasailor. If you haven't yet, go through the initialization process as if you
How long can a diesel sit idle? Ralph Johnstone at 9:01pm 04.21.23 What are you doing about the engine ? After all, that was the original question.
How many of you have satellite beacons or satellite phones when out on the ocean? Gene Neill at 8:50pm 04.21.23 Carlotta and I have talked about EPIRB's and PLB's in the past, but it just never happened and proba
How long can a diesel sit idle? Rich Stidger at 8:43pm 04.21.23 My Volvo aux and Westerbeke genset sat for 18 months thanks to the governments actions regarding the
Jabsco quiet flush leak..... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:17pm 04.21.23 Before you do anything you might want to give Jabsco tech support a call. This might be a known iss
Anyone Grow Their Own Herbs Roland5048 at 7:44pm 04.21.23 ..4/20.
Wiring solar and ACR's DArcy at 7:14pm 04.21.23 Ah, gotcha! I have a similar wire for my entertainment radio. I have the same setup. The only w
How long can a diesel sit idle? davespud at 7:09pm 04.21.23
Wiring solar and ACR's jviss at 7:02pm 04.21.23 The radio in the diagram is actually the memory for the automotive stereo. The VHF is powered throu
Wiring solar and ACR's (2) DArcy at 7:00pm 04.21.23
Wind velocity and angle not reading on Chartplotter. Davidasailor26 at 6:54pm 04.21.23 If you go into the settings of the chartplotter it should be possible to go into the network setting
Wiring solar and ACR's DArcy at 6:45pm 04.21.23 @DArcy wondering why you can only power your radio from the house bank. If that bank fails, it doe
Need a H336 potable water tank monitor Techstyle at 6:39pm 04.21.23 I bought this one for my 336: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801162303732.html I selected the 4
Wiring solar and ACR's fred1diver at 6:36pm 04.21.23
Corroding galvanized shackle jviss at 6:35pm 04.21.23 @thinwater perhaps my knowledge is based on folklore. But, I've seen sudden stainless steel failure
Wiring solar and ACR's jviss at 6:33pm 04.21.23 Ok, I will need to look into that, my system is wired so I can start from either of both at the mom
Corroding galvanized shackle thinwater at 6:32pm 04.21.23 ... I am not a fan of stainless ground tackle as it won't stretch under excessive loads as carbon s
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate Mike25 at 6:31pm 04.21.23 Thanks Project Mahem good point. There is no core or multi layers its just fiberglass. There are 2 s
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate Project_Mayhem at 6:21pm 04.21.23 Is there plywood inside the boat's fiberglass? If so, you need to find out if it's rotted before doi
Wiring solar and ACR's fred1diver at 6:04pm 04.21.23 Ok, I will need to look into that, my system is wired so I can start from either of both at the mome

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