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1984 Hunter 34 Bilge Pump brian3820 at 1:26pm 07.24.12 Big Boats 6/2002 Hello all. The (AUTOMATIC) hot wire to my float switch on the bilge pump died. The manual switch on
2008 Hunter 41 Additional Fuel Tank Shaun21366 at 12:46pm 07.24.12 Big Boats 3/963 Has anyone considered adding a fuel tank to their 2005- current date 41? I have the standard 50g ta
Marine Air Conditioning sigbear at 12:45pm 07.24.12 Catalina 309 Group Forum 16/6708 Has anyone had AC/Heat installed on their 309? I am considering having it done in the Fall. I haven
Outboard Prop Debth (2) econnors at 12:31pm 07.24.12 Catalina 22 3/1183 How deep in the water should your outboard prop be? Assume calm waters and little chop. I plan to us
Holding tank leak Serenity at 12:02pm 07.24.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/3227 Replacing a 1991 hunter 28 holding tank My name is Rick, I have a 1991 Hunter 28. The aluminum hold
Cell Antenna Connector Help (2) Rick D at 11:58am 07.24.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1440 I'm going to post a couple of really bad photos. Didn't have my camera to take better ones. Anyhow,
Hull paint chipping Slow Mo^cean at 11:54am 07.24.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1050 This weekend I had to beach my boat since the wonderful Corp of engineers thinks a 10'x10' dock is b
Pearson P30 Winch Handle Skooled at 11:27am 07.24.12 Parts Search 1/3064 Hello, I am not a boat owner (or sailor), but a good friend of someone who recently restored a 197
Md DNR Noise Regs Update Dan Johnson at 11:21am 07.24.12 Ask All Sailors 21/3913 The following is the latest update for Maryland DNR noise regulations on the upper Chesapeake Bay:
sailing door county wisconsin shogue1253 at 11:13am 07.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/957 Recently purchased a 2000 Macgregor X. Put a mast light and depth meter on a headed out for Door Co
Electric Head on a Hunter 35.5 stuart.hamer at 10:48am 07.24.12 Big Boats 8/1867 I would like to install an electric head on my Hunter 35.5. The problem I've come across is that the
Macgregor 26D bimimi question mallen777 at 9:56am 07.24.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1105 I have a opportunity to purchase a used bimini on eBay. The listing says that it is for a Macgrego
Radar Mount frank balcer at 9:37am 07.24.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1012 Just purchased a 37 foot Kirie Elite. Boat has an old Ratheon radar mounted on a swivel on the backs
Replace Lewmar winches on O'Day 27 Bill Roughton at 9:36am 07.24.12 Parts Search 2/2299 I'd like to replace the exisitng winches with 2-speed self-tailing winches. Anyone know where i cou
Hunter 23.5 backstay grcccw55 at 9:26am 07.24.12 Smaller Boats 9/2577 I notice after reading the Hunter 23.5 owners manual, that it doesn't mention a backstay in the stan
LINK 20 Wiring Question dugout at 8:59am 07.24.12 Musings With Maine Sail 0/1807 The Link display is two feet from the shunt and the shunt it eight feet from the furthest battery ba
sleeping berths (front and rear) measurements for foam warain at 8:58am 07.24.12 Catalina 30 2/1281 just got a 30' mk1 1984 boat, the foam is missing from both sleeping berth's what are the measureme
Adding a sheet clutch to a Bavaria 34 cabin top Phyxius at 8:52am 07.24.12 Bavaria 1/2575 I would like to add a couple of sheet clutches to my cabin top. However, there is no clear ' easy me
Raymarine ST4000 Mk II lever issue py26129 at 8:25am 07.24.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1596 Ladies and gents My Raymarine St4000 MK II autopilot has developed a very annoying habit. When it
H306 Air Conditioning bigbrownpilot at 8:05am 07.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 8/1433 When we bought our boat we were aware that the factory A/C needed to be repaired, and the estimate i

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Generator capta at 7:53am 05.05.22 I have the new 2KW model and can say it is very quiet. I don't have the amount of experience as @ca
Single-handing a Catalina 310? PlaneTom at 7:52am 05.05.22 Tom, my wife and I have been using a mid ship spring line led from a cleat on the jib track for doc
Single-handing a Catalina 310? Justin_NSA at 7:44am 05.05.22 Docking gets my vote for the trickiest part. As someone's tagline reads "don't approach the dock any
Single-handing a Catalina 310? marchem at 7:30am 05.05.22 As others have said, sailing the 310 single handed is not difficult, and some have suggested modifi
Mounted VHF Radio drewlamparello at 7:28am 05.05.22 I'm looking to install a VHF on board with an antenna mounted at the mast head. I found a Cable ins
Generator dLj at 7:23am 05.05.22 I'm not sure why, but even the other models of Honda gensets are considerably noisier than the 2kw
Generator capta at 7:08am 05.05.22 I'm not sure why, but even the other models of Honda gensets are considerably noisier than the 2kw m
Add Renogy 200Amp Hour batteries to my cart and then... Hello Below at 7:05am 05.05.22 Read the reviews first. As a Professional electrical business Renogy by a very long shot is the lea
Need help selecting Chartplotter/Radar to go with Raymarine instruments Tin Kicker at 6:57am 05.05.22 I found a sale on a B&G Vulcan 7" for $600 and am moving it to the new boat. It is GREAT, especially
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:50am 05.05.22 I got some of the new parts for the printer yesterday, which is good. A new and upgraded hot end, a
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 6:47am 05.05.22
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out jssailem at 6:40am 05.05.22
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Project_Mayhem at 6:40am 05.05.22 Thank you that is great advice, I do have an I/R gun as well. I bought the boat over the winter an
Ammeter replacement questions mikeracca at 6:35am 05.05.22 The purpose of the colors is to prevent confusion. Red = DC Positive. Black = AC Neutral or DC
Misc Issues jssailem at 6:30am 05.05.22 @sailme88 you been watching NCIS reruns? Gibbs rules to live by. NCIS Photos on CBS I though there
Generator smokey73 at 6:04am 05.05.22 If you get a dual fuel make sure the power rating is sufficient for the fuel you intend to use. For
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater jviss at 5:52am 05.05.22 The best way I have found to fill an engine cooling system is to open the highest point of the syste
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater smokey73 at 5:41am 05.05.22 You should have engine coolant up to the "full cold" mark if there is one or up to about 1/2 of the
Misc Issues sailme88 at 5:22am 05.05.22 Rule 119.7.... all diesel exhaust has an electrostatic charge that requires it to adhere to fibergla
New owner! RoyS at 5:19am 05.05.22 Even if you have enough clearance for a bridge, you are going to love looking up as you pass under a

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