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twodzusfittings at 9:20am 11.14.22
You seem to be more concerned about people reading your posts than you are reading the responses yo
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Herman18887 at 8:59am 11.14.22
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Alan M at 8:57am 11.14.22
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JamesG161 at 8:51am 11.14.22
3. We do have fore and aft A/C. Most Marine A/C's are reverse cycle, Landlubber term is Heat Pump.
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Nice writeup, quite jealous of your side access for this, on ours there is literally no access and I
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Judgmental much? Some of you have tried to offer genuine insights but this is starting to get a bi
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JamesG161 at 7:58am 11.14.22
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jssailem at 7:40am 11.14.22
Oh DJ... Applying logic to an illogical query... :biggrin:
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ambler at 7:27am 11.14.22
I've got to agree with Gene. My 1983 C22 spent it's entire life in a freshwater lake and this is wha
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dLj at 7:27am 11.14.22
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There's a famous sailor(he's name escapes me) that has been sailing almost forever without an engin

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