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Blasting the hull with walnut shells McZube at 5:34pm 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 7/6824 My boat is a Hunter 31 with an 11' beam. Any idea how many hours it will take to blast the bottom u
Great collection of manuals merlinuxo at 5:15pm 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1348 I don't know who put this together but he or she did all of us a great service. http://www.fujiyacht
The Log of the Record Run (1) Roger Long at 5:13pm 01.13.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/8174 I think that title is already taken for a poem or song about the Schooner Ernestina but I sure feel
Marinium Fuel, Water and Holding Tank Caps (2) Euphoria2011 at 4:28pm 01.13.13 Bigger Boats 1/1469 Hello, I have 3 deck ports that say Marinium on them and I was thinking I might look into getting ne
End Slip? unclemoey at 4:08pm 01.13.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1662 Hello, the harbor has offered me an end slip for my father's 42' sailboat. I don't have too much of
RN300 gps raymarine (2) Navicula at 3:45pm 01.13.13 Big Boats 3/4358 I have this RN 300 Raymarine GPS that I want to use with my standard Horizion VHF with AIS.........a
Reliance on modern technology kpgraci at 3:04pm 01.13.13 Sails Call Lounge 1/3241 I found this interesting when compared to our modern reliance on gps. In "Sailing alone around the
Water Heater replacement (1) bobmorning at 1:32pm 01.13.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/2047 Just pulled the original water heater out of our 1985 Hunter 31. Attached is a photo. It appears
Fishing for Newbies merlinuxo at 12:26pm 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1874 Took a neighbor out for a couple hours today. He's late forties and never been sailing but wanted to
1976 Oday 25 cabin leaking. seabrooksailor at 12:09pm 01.13.13 Ask An Oday Owner 23/3966 Hello all, I noticed last week that my cabin roof was letting in quite a bit of water, it has never
correct prop size Mikey in Westbygodseattle at 11:28am 01.13.13 Catalina 30 21/13962 looking to replace the 2 blade prop on a Catalina 30 with a 3 blade. The boat is an 1988, Universal
Hatch Covers Eric3626 at 10:53am 01.13.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2948 Any suggestions where I can obtain hatch covers for outside of opening hatches on my Beneteau 473?
Question regarding sanitation hose size and length (1) padozary at 10:16am 01.13.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/16721 I recently purchased a 2006 H44. The boat has the the original sanitation hoses which I want to rep
Need owner's manual for 11.0C fruivita at 9:49am 01.13.13 S2 6/2077 I just purchased a 1985 S2 11.0C and while there's a boatload (pun intended) of manuals on various c
Custom Rudders JasonC at 9:11am 01.13.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2628 Anyone who have built or installed custom rudders, can you please share you specs, I want to build s
Asymetrical Spinnaker Furling - Experience (1) Nodak7 at 7:49am 01.13.13 Big Boats 8/4150 OK I must admit that I love flying our Asym. :dance: The Admiral not so much. ;) But It is a pain in
Knot meter has two transducers? drumbeater at 7:42am 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1053 My old boat has two speed transducers in the bow. They are not in the thru hulls right now, the dumm
Ben 423 Shaft Seal bwasileski at 6:48am 01.13.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/3173 Hi. I'm seeking some advice from someone who as changed the shaft seal on a 423. My Ben is 8 years
Tips for closing the purchase of a sailboat PDReynolds at 6:28am 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 30/8018 Hi Everyone, I am ready to submit an offer on a boat and think that I need some assistance in cra
CNG tank -CNG soon to be available in Savannah GA smokey73 at 6:21am 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2160 I was hoping someone who has replaced their CNG with Propane might have a CNG tank with current date

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A/C system maintenance BigEasy at 10:10pm 03.23.23 In the absence of a bleed valve , you may have to remove the water line from the air conditioner str
Anchor Locker solutions Dan C&C 44 at 9:59pm 03.23.23 I had to improvise a replacement windlass when converting my manual to electric. I chose to change
Anchor Locker solutions Dan C&C 44 at 9:53pm 03.23.23 Search the archives for "windlass" and you'll find an excellent write up from a year or two back wh
Pop top lateral movement rgranger at 9:05pm 03.23.23 Pics would help
300A T Fuse 12V leo310 at 9:01pm 03.23.23 I only have a 80 amp breaker on the winless that has 4 gauge wire that takes a lot more load than a
Drinking water filter VanIslandGuy at 8:49pm 03.23.23 We use a camco inline hose filter when filling our tanks, and an Instapure F5 filter at the kitchen
Repair water damaged wood. Newport 30 MK III ggrizzard at 7:59pm 03.23.23 I don't know your boat, but many mfgrs made the area of chainplate attachment out of fiber glass lam
300A T Fuse 12V Johann at 7:56pm 03.23.23 In stock here. https://baymarinesupply.com/blue-sea-class-t-fuse.html#c182b
Sourcing original hull decals Crusty Ol Salt at 7:37pm 03.23.23 You may find those here. Decals Jim... i was thinking the same thing. All of what you are looki
H41 in mast furling dkinzer at 7:33pm 03.23.23 Hunter/Selden recommend being on a slight starboard tack (as opposed to head to wind) when furling t
A/C system maintenance Davidasailor26 at 7:30pm 03.23.23 Check for a bleed valve in the water line somewhere near the pump. If you have one you can open it w
Wind instrument replacement Hayden Watson at 7:20pm 03.23.23 I do not know about that unit but I had a Standard Horizon unit that had the same connector on the b
Wind instrument replacement dlochner at 6:53pm 03.23.23 The cabling and the mount are the same for the 608 and the 310.
Sourcing original hull decals Crazy Dave Condon at 6:51pm 03.23.23 @massnspace Call the forum store and talk with Mike Thomas. He use to be the hunter employee who
Repair water damaged wood. Newport 30 MK III dlochner at 6:46pm 03.23.23 The chain plates may not be the issue, it is the bulkhead to which they are attached that is a conce
300A T Fuse 12V Davidasailor26 at 6:41pm 03.23.23 Wouldn't I want the Max permissable voltage to be 12V? No, fuses blow based on current, not voltag
300A T Fuse 12V Rjm st.petersburg at 6:21pm 03.23.23 Wouldn't I want the Max permissable voltage to be 12V?
300A T Fuse 12V Ralph Johnstone at 5:54pm 03.23.23 The one you posted is 125v. That's the maximum permissible DC voltage. You'll be better than goo
Time for a new outboard Crazy Dave Condon at 5:30pm 03.23.23 I retired before that happened in 2017. I looked it up Another one bit the dust. You will find w
300A T Fuse 12V Rjm st.petersburg at 5:22pm 03.23.23 I did look on Amazon. The one you posted is 125v. The ones I saw were on back order. Grainger might

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