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Genoa tracks and sheets MORNING LIGHT at 5:18pm 09.17.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1983 Hi, been sailing a capri 26 for 3 years but the tracks for my genoa are on the cabin while every oth
Gps or iphone JasonC at 5:17pm 09.17.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1539 So I am planning a three day down the Potomac and back, for Columbus day weekend. Since my Magellan
Ham Radio ? David S at 3:06pm 09.17.12 Trailer Sailors 12/2690 Back when I was a kid in Fla in the 40's, my Dad had a big floor model radio with several radio band
She's Gonna Blow Witzend at 2:13pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2367 Will be hooting in the Chessy and along the Mid-Atlantic tomorrow, batten down the hatches!
diesel additive redhead78 at 2:09pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1645 Hi all, where did the summer go... I picked up 3 - 55 gal barrels of red dye #2 diesel and I am sto
windlass bearings Lost Parent at 1:58pm 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1019 Does anybody know the bearing and seal #s of a Anchorman windlass ?:confused:
Galvanic isolators mjmercer19248 at 1:19pm 09.17.12 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1988 For the shore power A/C power.........Needed or nice to have? I'm an EE and it sounds like BS to m
Las Vegas, Rhode Island (2) Roger Long at 12:46pm 09.17.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 10/2661 Special on the casino restaurant menu: Crow Those of you who have followed my mechanical adventure
Battery Selector Knob (2) DanoDano at 12:29pm 09.17.12 Big Boats 2/1229 Went to the boat today (Hunter 356) and noticed the lights on my DC panel were all off. While troubl
Battery location 235 lskid47 at 12:17pm 09.17.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1233 Sold my T-10 and took a 90 Beneteau 235 in trade. Very nice boat. I can't find where the battery loc
Plastics Engineer FourPoints at 9:44am 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1158 I have an idea for a marine product that could potentially be of interest to every person on this bo
Hunter 28: replacing the holding tank LTicheli at 9:12am 09.17.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2151 I'm about to replace the holding tank on my Hunter 28 and would greatly appreciate thoughts on my pl
removing speed transducer - help (1) iSailor at 8:50am 09.17.12 Catalina 310 21/4221 anyone here remove their speed transducer while in the water? Mine is not working and want to see i
Price for a Hunter 170 boom? ddeand at 8:18am 09.17.12 Day Sailers 5/2370 Anyone care to suggest what might be a fair asking price for a Hunter 170 boom? I have no idea wher
Forward Hatch Oday 34/35 (1) MeGeek at 7:42am 09.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1735 I'm in need of replacing my forward hatch for various reasons. I'd like to put on a more modern ver
.BSB reader rgranger at 7:32am 09.17.12 Ask All Sailors 8/3206 Does anyone know of a freeware or reasonably priced .bsb converter/reader that will work on a PC.
Rudder Shear Pin davenlynn at 7:08am 09.17.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2881 What is recommended for use as a rudder shear pin? Would a 1/8" nylon bolt work? What would be bes
Lake Champlain surveyor? Hauler? jtmccue at 6:57am 09.17.12 Big Boats 0/813 can anyone suggest a surveyor (preferably familiar with Hunter 34-35s) in the area? Also- who might
source for fixed port polycarbonate? bugbitten at 2:31am 09.17.12 S2 22/3234 I'd like to start gathering materials to replace the fixed ports on my 9.2A. Has anyone come across
Retrofit of Y-26 HKG214 at 9:55pm 09.16.12 Yamaha 6/2968 Hi all fellows, although I have been owning my Y-26 for over 15 years, recently I planned to retrofi

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eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 12:38pm 05.21.22 Take this opportunity to use those wires as a messenger and replace the black wires with whatever c
Topping Lift HC37 ggrizzard at 12:37pm 05.21.22 I found a thread with diagrams on this topic that the OP may find helpful' https://www.skippertips.c
Transferring from Blaine to Everett Terry Cox at 12:16pm 05.21.22 Terry, Sometimes I wonder if we are becoming "Cruising the Ditch" enablers. I sure enjoy the route
eenie, meenie, minie, moe ggrizzard at 12:08pm 05.21.22 Be aware, on some older Hunters, the factory laid some wires that transited the liner/cabin top with
Hunter 27 Legend -2005 Length of engine control cables? Martin-Galini at 12:07pm 05.21.22 Your boat was built in Britain? I think the hull came from US but the rest was commissioned here i
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA Stu Jackson at 11:57am 05.21.22 the number of miles we can reasonably expect to cover in 8 to 10 hours per day How fast does your
Fresh/Black Water Tally Ho at 11:54am 05.21.22
Fresh/Black Water Stu Jackson at 11:51am 05.21.22 https://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Selecting-a-Sanitation-System
Life Jacket recommendations mermike at 11:44am 05.21.22 We have the West Marine inflatables on board but the weight was all on the back of my neck and becam
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Tally Ho at 11:41am 05.21.22 if You have some wire, you can connect it to one of the 2 wires at the base of the mast, then lay it
Thru-Hull Stats Tally Ho at 11:30am 05.21.22 These days I thought "grey water" was supposed to go into a holding tank as well as "black water"
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA Crazy Dave Condon at 11:10am 05.21.22 As a kid, I use to fish off the pier and Coast Guard Station
Vacation from a live aboard capta at 10:50am 05.21.22 If you want to be certain your boat will be there, unharmed. when you return, HAUL IT OUT! Covid sho
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA BroncoJohn at 10:49am 05.21.22 Be aware if you go upriver under the York River Bridge, on the left or south side of the river is Y
eenie, meenie, minie, moe capta at 10:45am 05.21.22 Take this opportunity to use those wires as a messenger and replace the black wires with whatever co
Thru-Hull Stats capta at 10:41am 05.21.22 Interesting. All my sinks drain below th e waterline. Of course all direct discharge does also (whe
Help replacing sheave divider on a Hunter 26 RBryn at 10:36am 05.21.22 It's mounted to the base of the mast. No perforations. We'll see about the other issues you mentione
eenie, meenie, minie, moe Plymouth Sailor at 10:28am 05.21.22 Clean the insulation. One of the black wires may be a very dirty red on. Thanks but both black
eenie, meenie, minie, moe twalker H260 at 10:21am 05.21.22 That looks like it may be the pigtails from a fixture. They are both regularly black because in an o
eenie, meenie, minie, moe dlochner at 10:16am 05.21.22 Clean the insulation. One of the black wires may be a very dirty red on.

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