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Gremlins moved to the AC circuit... KandD at 1:09pm 06.23.12 Big Boats 3/1287 *sigh... so last month, I was have DC circuit issues but I replaced the battery and it seemed like a
tiller hardware shadowthecat at 12:31pm 06.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/676 I've got a 27ft hunter 1977 and I'm looking for the tiller hardware piece to attach the tiller to th
Tachometer Installation primetime at 11:44am 06.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/2282 Hi everyone, Thanks in advance for reading this post. I picked up a 1980 Catalina 30 and I would
Battery Question gjaffess at 11:03am 06.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1173 I have 2 Exide batteries on My O'Day 272. One doesn't seem to be charging. Will one battery start
anyone using a roller furling Main sail? southportsailor at 10:43am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1804 New to Macgregors, haven't sailed in a few years. This 26M (2008) that I just bought has a roller f
Recommend Porta Potty davenlynn at 9:40am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/4599 Please - - - What is a good, reliable model of porta potty that does not need to be plumbed in the b
replacing lifelines - stanchion issue (3) Sherry at 9:37am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 15/7535 Well as usual with my boat projects, one good thing leads to another.... I want to replace my lifeli
H260 Yamaha outboard control cable failure. WATCH OUT! RJPARTNERS at 8:59am 06.23.12 Smaller Boats 2/1322 I am the new proud owner of a 2000' Hunter 260 with a outboard Yamaha 9.9 with Yamaha remote control
A Beautiful Thing sailaway78 at 8:27am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1650 Thursday night, I finally got a decent weather window to get home. Could have done it at other times
Battery question shemandr at 8:07am 06.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2892 Hi My 4d AGM's are toast. The boat is up on the Mystic River for repairs and is almost ready. For
Shower door leak davidpilchman at 6:09am 06.23.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1201 A small stream of water is exiting my shower beneath the hinge and flowing under the forward floor b
Depth Transducer Connection jrezab at 5:23am 06.23.12 Pearson 2/1520 My 1986 Pearson 303 has the original thru-hull DataMarine depth transducer. I want to connect it to
Defender Marine Lost Parent at 4:59am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 57/12833 Does anyone have trouble with them returning emails , I have sent 3 now and no response
affordable deck organizer for smaller boats (1) centerline at 10:37pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3092 I went to the local marine supply store and as usual, it was painful to pry the dollars out of my wa
O'day 222 Jib/Genoa anchorclanker at 10:09pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1723 If im reading the original brochure correctly, these 222's came standard with a roller furler? New t
Diesel Leak jeagles at 10:05pm 06.22.12 Bigger Boats 5/1526 I recently bought an Oday 31. Took 2 buckets of saturated fuel cloths out of bilge. Mechanic examine
engine well vs bracket newsailor72 at 10:03pm 06.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1142 when I took the boat and motor it, the 6 hp tahatsu(mounted on a engine well) is pretty loud even th
H33C Removing Radial Drive Wheel- Dropping Rudder -Need Help Faded501s at 9:51pm 06.22.12 The Cherubini Hunters 8/3710 I've searched but can't figure this out. Is there any good How-To posts on removing the radial drive
electrical shore power question windsock1 at 9:10pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 50/19030 I see there's a company which makes a 50-amp to 30-amp Y adapter so if you get into a slip with only
At the end of my rope / I mean line... timarnold at 7:43pm 06.22.12 Smaller Boats 4/1613 My main sheet halyard has broken at the upper mast head pulley, dang! :confused: Luckily, the mast i

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Evergreen jon hansen at 8:08am 12.12.22 an able bodied seaman and a ships officer are two totally different jobs. one is licenced the othe
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 8:07am 12.12.22 with no gps/radar screens, charts, binoculars, common language, visibility, view, local knowledge,
Hunter 140 - gunwale stay attachment compromise Crazy Dave Condon at 8:02am 12.12.22 Take a photos of the top and underneath. I will try to help. Former Hunter dealer who introduced yo
Evergreen jon hansen at 8:01am 12.12.22 I think that last bit is the part that fills me with questions, and a bit of dread. The implication
Boat Smells! Ralph Johnstone at 8:00am 12.12.22 I didn't install the old stuff, just removed it. I figured as much. What a relief to see the rep
Single handing kappykaplan at 7:49am 12.12.22 Course, speed, position, hoist sails, douse sails. start engine, stop engine, putting reefs in the m
It counts, right?! jssailem at 7:36am 12.12.22 You are a differentt folk north of the 49th... I was in a snow channel like that twice. Once after
CDI FF2 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:35am 12.12.22 Yesterday, I saw another hunter 240. I did not have my cell phone with me but I am correct on the
Boat Smells! Scott NIelsen at 7:24am 12.12.22 My experience is if the water used for flushing the toilet is salt or lake water it is loaded with n
Evergreen Will Gilmore at 7:22am 12.12.22 The Korean example of cockpit culture has made it to Healthcare. My wife attended numerous seminars
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings dlochner at 7:21am 12.12.22 One drawback to using the ball bearing sheaves is it will necessary and an OSHA requirement that cre
Single handing WI Rigger at 7:17am 12.12.22
Evergreen Tin Kicker at 7:02am 12.12.22 Malcolm Gladwell wrote a piece about this in The Atlantic.... I think it also appeared in one of h
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings Hayden Watson at 6:58am 12.12.22 I switched to the Garhauer ball bearing sheaves years ago and they are a great improvement over the
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot rgranger at 6:49am 12.12.22 Broadly speaking, what you all are referring to is the practice of "boondocking", or "stealth campi
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Hayden Watson at 6:47am 12.12.22 ... There's actually a spot in the South Dakota badlands I's love to go back to with my Mac, just t
Seized Halyard Deck Sheave Bolt rgranger at 6:45am 12.12.22 GUILTY ! that's right... I'M guilty of NOT reading all of the previous posts...:eek: BTDT:cool:
It counts, right?! (1) rgranger at 6:42am 12.12.22 I drove my stink pot to work last week. :dancing::poke:
Now for something super exciting... Sheave bushings Justin_NSA at 6:40am 12.12.22 Sigh. That was the one thing I did not do when my mast was down a few years back.
Wacky Wednesday comes early.... Justin_NSA at 6:35am 12.12.22 LOL. It's a classic. I had it posted at work for years. Made a great conversation piece.

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