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battery connections gettinthere at 5:57am 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1009 I need to make a new connection to my house bank. We have solar ' wind. Do I need to disable these b
Furlex 100S lost its bearings (2) Ken13559 at 1:17am 01.13.13 Ask All Sailors 6/7351 I've a Selden Furlex 100S that losses all its lower ball bearings when I raise the headsail. Apparen
Whats Wrong with the Trim on ''This'' Boat ? (1) Stretch at 9:45pm 01.12.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 36/19124 Ok Rich, nice try. Don, yes there is a hidden answer.... What's wrong with this boat???
Prop Size OceanDriver at 9:35pm 01.12.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/4000 Question, My 1984 Hunter 31 does not seem to provide its full hull speed while motoring. I have plen
Weeping Rudder tmanahan at 8:55pm 01.12.13 Catalina 30 8/3726 I have a 1984 Catalina 30. Last Spring as I was getting ready to put the boat back into the water,
Window restoration/waterproofing Kemo Sabe at 7:09pm 01.12.13 Catalina 22 6/1562 Does anyone know of, or have pictures of restoring the windows? I Catalina Direct sells molding, et
HELP my boat ran ashore kaleislands at 6:41pm 01.12.13 Ask All Sailors 18/3247 Hi. Well during the hawaiian kona(big storm) on the 2nd of january. My boat was cut lose of its mori
life lines FourPoints at 6:33pm 01.12.13 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3845 I have a set of lower shrouds that were given to me by a friend off his Down East 38 (1/4" I think,
Who has a favorite bilge cleaner? cbourne200 at 6:10pm 01.12.13 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2677 I knew I spilled a little deisel when I opened the fuel filter. But didn't think I spilled that muc
Feathering Prop pitch Capt Gary175 at 6:03pm 01.12.13 Pearson 3/1692 Can anyone tell me what the standard prop size/pitch is on a Pearson 39-2? My surveyor said I need
Stroage compartment bigsick at 5:36pm 01.12.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1033 I periodically scan for sale site for Hunter 326, try to see what my boat is selling for. Sometimes
anyone tried the GARMIN 600 handheld? centerline at 5:22pm 01.12.13 Ask All Sailors 1/829 I am wondering about the garmin 600 handheld.... does it work perfectly with the bluechart software
Toronto boat show Navicula at 4:47pm 01.12.13 Big Boats 0/670 I spent the day at the toronto boat show.......I went to 3 seminars and bought some product and view
Hunter 410 third reef Don Lucas at 3:52pm 01.12.13 Big Boats 0/823 Any 410 owners here rigged up their 3rd reef (not by moving them but by7 having all 3 rigged up).
Oceanis45 Odyssea at 2:49pm 01.12.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/12816 I bought a new 2012 Oceanis45 and have multiple problems with the engine and dock and go system. Any
NEMA0183 connection from MFD to VHF Blitz at 2:32pm 01.12.13 Ask All Sailors 5/2308 I looking for help on making the connections between my new ICOM VHF and my MFD and wondering how ev
Raymarine Ray 240 VHF question Ted at 2:20pm 01.12.13 Ask All Sailors 2/2181 I am thinking about upgrading my VHF radio to a Raymarine Ray 240. The system comes with a remote sp
Marine Pilot 1500 Capt Strapfoots at 1:30pm 01.12.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1120 I have a Auto Tiller called a Marine Pilot 1500 that came with my boat and I have no idea how this w
beneteau chrome decals wanted muso58 at 11:26am 01.12.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2667 Hi guys .Im looking to upgrade the look of my antares 10 20 .Im trying to source some chrome decals
Garmin app on Ipad Bill1565 at 11:01am 01.12.13 Ask All Sailors 2/931 Anybody out there using the Garmin's marine App on their Ipad or Iphone? I thought I would look i

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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
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:15pm 03.23.23 It looks like the former owner put the bracket cockeyed
mast lights Terry Cox at 4:55pm 03.23.23 When you bought the BA9s bulb was it this one for the deck light? We use our deck light quite ofte
Re-packed Stuffing Box, Unexpected Behavior Ralph Johnstone at 4:53pm 03.23.23 There is still no dripping - a good result, I think. You're right. Another supporter of the "kee
Repair water damaged wood. Newport 30 MK III Tally Ho at 4:43pm 03.23.23
Re-packed Stuffing Box, Unexpected Behavior Tally Ho at 4:35pm 03.23.23 Update: we motored for about 3.5 hours today at an engine speed of 2000 RPM (about 800 rpm on the s
Re-packed Stuffing Box, Unexpected Behavior dkinzer at 4:20pm 03.23.23 Update: we motored for about 3.5 hours today at an engine speed of 2000 RPM (about 800 rpm on the sh
Greywater discharge installation Tally Ho at 3:51pm 03.23.23 I advocate for a stress test every Spring to all thru-hull hoses. Grab it and pull in all direction
Greywater discharge installation Tally Ho at 3:51pm 03.23.23
Wind instrument replacement Tally Ho at 3:47pm 03.23.23
300A T Fuse 12V (1) Tally Ho at 3:02pm 03.23.23
Mid-90s gel cote matching (3) JamesG161 at 3:01pm 03.23.23 My White and Blue were a perfect match. 1998 boat 953 Blue After.. 213954 Jim... PS: The White
300A T Fuse 12V Rjm st.petersburg at 2:41pm 03.23.23 It is for the house batteries. Without it my system goes crazy when I operate anything on the boat.
Sourcing original hull decals JamesG161 at 2:38pm 03.23.23 You may find those here. Decals Jim...
300A T Fuse 12V JamesG161 at 2:31pm 03.23.23 My guess is that is the fuse you are using on your battery to feed your system. If that is the case
300A T Fuse 12V RitSim at 2:22pm 03.23.23 Why would you need a 300 amp fuse for a bilge pump? My guess is that is the fuse you are using on y
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller jfgy at 1:50pm 03.23.23 In addition to the very useful traveler that I described earlier for my old Hunter 27-2, I added a b
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller Timm R Oday25 at 1:47pm 03.23.23 Our Oday came with the traveller mounted on the bridgedeck . On our previous boat it was mounted on
Time for a new outboard rgranger at 1:43pm 03.23.23 .I'm not sure the Tohatsu 6 horse is enough and there are very few dealers around . I do appreciate
Rolling furler question about foil zinahewitt at 1:34pm 03.23.23 Here is a good one showing the sail change. Note that he's removed the feeder and dropped the swive

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