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Snow birds and cruisers can say good by to swimming in Florida Keys. See this post: http://for
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I am planning on decommissioning and moving my Passage 450 next month from the coast up to my local
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I'm back! The toilet on our new to us Pearson 28 (1986) is a Groco HF (upgraded I belive from an HC
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Has anyone replaced the inverter with a charger. I havea Hunter 36 with a bad inverter. Don't ever
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I have been stripping the paint off the hull of my boat. It had bad paint job, on top of a good one
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Since there really isn't any user groups out there for our boats, I setup a Hunter 27 Owners list on
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There are a lot of lines in a proper holding tank install. I will have used about 19 feet of new hos
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I am looking at a possible purchase of a 1995 H23.5. Today, when looking at the boat I noticed a lo
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Can someone familiar with the H34 shower bilge pump tell me where it's grounded. My pump wasn't work
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Does anyone have experience with this furling system? Good price just over $300. I am looking for a
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Has anyone used this device to get a better wifi signal? There site is at http://www.thewirie.com
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I would greatly appreciate it if someone would explain how to put pictures on a post. I have some p
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My maintenance literature recommends periodic disassembly, inspection, greasing, and reassembly of t
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Just purchased a 76 Catalina 22. I am in the process of cleaning it out and prioritizing projects. M
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Previously I viewed several posts including some very detailed (with photos) posts on replacing the
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Hello all, :doh: I am contemplating on buying the Mac 26M for cruising around the Haverstraw/Tarry
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the aft port fiddle block on a Mac 25 to tighten down or replace? It has come unscrewed about an in
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mikeracca at 11:08pm 08.15.22
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justsomeguy at 9:50pm 08.15.22
Beer cup. The big red plastic one.
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artboas at 9:49pm 08.15.22
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adamv at 9:13pm 08.15.22
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PaulK at 6:39pm 08.15.22
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