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Solar panel and the arch subrock at 5:12pm 08.08.12 Big Boats 3/1530 I am in the process of putting a Kyocera solar panel above the bimini of my 2008 Hunter 36, which in
Mystery part (1) Ritdog at 5:10pm 08.08.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1561 Does anybody know what this is? Came off an Oday 25 - not attached to anything , just sitting on the
What a week Tom Potter at 4:28pm 08.08.12 Bigger Boats 3/1191 The past week has been one to remember. First off my O28 was struck by lightning. Took a strike to
keel lock down bolt size for mac 25?.... centerline at 4:13pm 08.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1265 can anyone tell me the size of the keel lockdown bolt on a mac 25? the pivot bolt is fine but the lo
9.5' Avon Rib: Short or long shaft? Jared1048 at 2:18pm 08.08.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1128 Hello, I'm not sure if I need the long or short shaft kicker for this. I see these dinks everywher
stern leakage through rudder support Waves 22 at 2:16pm 08.08.12 Day Sailers 4/1822 stern leakage through rudder gideon I bought a 1981 O'Day 22 this year and I have corrected most of
12 v pump for galley redhead78 at 2:05pm 08.08.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2924 hi all , I have a few ?? for a 12 v water system. I am soon ready to tackle the fresh water system
A New Project..Again (2) joker460 at 1:58pm 08.08.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1201 I've been looking around at the various bilge pump options for my boat (It has a manual switch pump)
A tale of pressure pumps Richard Bryer at 1:31pm 08.08.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1569 Actually mostly a tale of what happens when you combine a manufacturer and a distributor of a questi
Water pressure pump Richard Bryer at 12:57pm 08.08.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2545 I need some help here. I have just had the water pressure pump switch fail for the second time this
Our recent trip to Catalina Rick at 12:17pm 08.08.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2374 Decided to share our trip with all of you we recently made to Catalina Island off the coast of Calif
Electric dinghy pump (1) jviss at 12:00pm 08.08.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1283 Just for grins I bought a 12VDC air pump on eBay from China, to see if it will top off my hypalon RI
Looking for lazarette locks betzhunter at 11:59am 08.08.12 Big Boats 3/1766 Looking to add some lazarette locks for my 84 H34 any ideas what I should use or what you have used.
Holding Tank Fittings on a bene 381 Lee Hadjiosif at 11:57am 08.08.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1104 On my Bene381 there are two fittings on top of the holding tank that are not used and would like to
New LED cabin lighting project mjmercer19248 at 11:35am 08.08.12 The Cherubini Hunters 9/6105 Anyone have suggestions for LED lighting (12VDC) in the cabin area, berths, head? Not sure what lume
stanchion caps Don Lucas at 11:28am 08.08.12 Big Boats 2/1763 I'm missing a few stanchion caps and have been wanting to get some new ones before I end up with a b
Tiller Arm Replacement mac 25 ccraigmile at 10:12am 08.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3537 i have a 1974 mac25 that came to me cheap... I finally have everything repaired, the mast and boom
O'day 20 lifeline Sastevenson at 9:38am 08.08.12 Day Sailers 0/1259 Hello all, I am thinking about putting lifeline on my oday 20. What are some pros and cons to thi
need size of refrigeration box Jim Seamans at 9:33am 08.08.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1256 Have also sent a email to Hunter. (as I was typing Eddie replied 14 cubic ft but was not documented)
High Pressure Inflatable Floor Achilles Dinghy DJW at 9:16am 08.08.12 Ask All Sailors 2/2454 Looking at a new Achilless Dinghy for our 42 foot Cascade in HI. I am looking at the LSI series wit

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Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Hollyberry at 11:03am 11.29.22 ..... Given the age (guessing it is OEM from 1984), I'm thinking it will be easier just to replace
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Hayden Watson at 10:57am 11.29.22 The best option I have seen to avoid the dump load to the diodes due to HVC is to lower the regulato
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 10:55am 11.29.22 lithium battery bank should not be charged by an unregulated alternator. Aww come on... Let's d
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:41am 11.29.22
Single handing (2) Davidasailor26 at 10:27am 11.29.22
Boat is Hibernating Justin_NSA at 10:26am 11.29.22 We had to haul out early (October) due to the low lake level and the reach of our crane. The predict
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 10:21am 11.29.22 Thanks to rgranger and Calif. Ted for comments. I did not have the owner's manual, so I really appr
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? JamesG161 at 10:18am 11.29.22 @ckreitlein and I finally had our phone call last night. We discussed Terminology and focused on hi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:10am 11.29.22 Is there a color preference? Can the lettering be reflective?
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Elite29Owner at 9:52am 11.29.22 Thank you both for your responses. Fortunately, the mechanical linkages are working fine. The prob
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Stu Jackson at 9:48am 11.29.22 house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. While the discussion
Boat is Hibernating SawyerCurt at 9:34am 11.29.22 Just curious, why did you take the mast down? The cover that came with the boat when I purchased h
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit Zencra at 9:33am 11.29.22 IMPORTANT thanks Art I took that advice from you previously. the machine is actually quite a tight
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 11.29.22 Is there a specific letter size, must the hailing port lettering match the size of the boat name?
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard dlochner at 9:28am 11.29.22 Time to ask Tohatsu support, instead of speculating :biggrin: Aw, come on. You're taking all the
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit Zencra at 9:28am 11.29.22 Okay - so if I'm visualizing this correctly - front of washer opens into port aft cabin, but is inst
Boat is Hibernating jssailem at 9:26am 11.29.22 With the mast down... what an excellent time to inspect the mast and rigging. Check the mast step.
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak jssailem at 9:25am 11.29.22 I try to learn as much as possible and then attempt to accomplish the task. Unfortunately I'm not
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 9:23am 11.29.22 Time to ask Tohatsu support, instead of speculating :biggrin:
Single handing WI Rigger at 9:19am 11.29.22 Is there a specific letter size, must the hailing port lettering match the size of the boat name?

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