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locking a whale valve redhead78 at 12:26pm 01.30.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1296 Hi all, I just got a couple of whale diverter valves from Jamestown, is there a way to lock these in
WiFi antennas capta at 12:17pm 01.30.12 Ask All Sailors 45/10499 Hello all Has anyone out there got a definitive answer as to whether the external marine WiFi antenn
Fresh water storage, Lancer 25 mmsaws at 9:37am 01.30.12 Lancer 6/2971 I am in the process of rebuilding the interior of a 1975 Lancer 25. The boat is equiped with a sink
H23 Turbucle size for Standing Rigging Tripleshoe at 9:27am 01.30.12 Smaller Boats 2/1470 New to Forum and have read and learned allot. I am trying to get a recently purchases H23 ready for
Replacing Halyards jmce1587 at 9:13am 01.30.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/4685 I am in the process of ordering/replacing main, jib ' spinnaker halyards on my H31. this is the fir
Use of PEX fittings Steve Ord at 8:33am 01.30.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 23/24519 Whale and a few other manufactures make push on fittings for PEX type plumbing. Home depot sells Wh
flush-mounted angled brackets fiestaMojo at 8:04am 01.30.12 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3284 The post's title is a bit obtuse, but the question is simple - I have a flush-mount flag staff brack
PDF Manual for Sentry SM Series charger luken7 at 7:37am 01.30.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/7835 Good day all, I'm looking for the online or PDF manual for the Sentry SM series 20 amp battery charg
Fuel Polishing rbmcintire at 6:56am 01.30.12 Catalina 30 6/3094 I read an article in the Dec. Sail Magazine about diesel polishing. The Parker set up is nice, but s
Chartplotter goes dead when engine is cranked. Euphoria2011 at 6:17am 01.30.12 Bigger Boats 10/2201 I guess the DC load for the starter is so much that the voltage drops down below the minimum for the
Mast wiring problem newboatowner at 6:11am 01.30.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/4152 Good morning: I own a 1980 Catalina 30 that was purchased three years ago. The mast light and ancho
Cruisers say good by to swimming in Florida Keys (1) Shoaldrafter at 6:07am 01.30.12 Ask All Sailors 19/3548 Snow birds and cruisers can say good by to swimming in Florida Keys. See this post: http://for
Decommissioning and Moving a Passage 450? Bowedtoothdoc at 5:26am 01.30.12 Big Boats 3/1362 I am planning on decommissioning and moving my Passage 450 next month from the coast up to my local
Toilet Replacement JimLor at 5:21am 01.30.12 Pearson 21/5821 I'm back! The toilet on our new to us Pearson 28 (1986) is a Groco HF (upgraded I belive from an HC
Charger or inverter msailorsteve1 at 5:15am 01.30.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1634 Has anyone replaced the inverter with a charger. I havea Hunter 36 with a bad inverter. Don't ever
Re paint or Re gelcoat AtlanticAl at 1:39am 01.30.12 Ask All Sailors 11/6030 I have been stripping the paint off the hull of my boat. It had bad paint job, on top of a good one
Attn All Hunter 27 Owners FourPoints at 5:00pm 01.29.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/89 Since there really isn't any user groups out there for our boats, I setup a Hunter 27 Owners list on
New 22 gal Holding Tank Install (1) H33CRich at 8:43pm 01.29.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2454 There are a lot of lines in a proper holding tank install. I will have used about 19 feet of new hos
cracking on an H23 jkrug at 7:56pm 01.29.12 Smaller Boats 5/1996 I am looking at a possible purchase of a 1995 H23.5. Today, when looking at the boat I noticed a lo
H34 Shower Sump Bilge Pump Joe Mullee at 7:33pm 01.29.12 Big Boats 4/1885 Can someone familiar with the H34 shower bilge pump tell me where it's grounded. My pump wasn't work

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Oday 25 portlights Project_Mayhem at 4:31pm 11.22.22 I've repaired cracked frames with fiberglass and paint. They looked decent at 5ft away. I can elabor
40 ft hunter electrical Tally Ho at 4:16pm 11.22.22 Remove the black wire from 1 battery bank, turn the battery selector to 1 and see what works (house
Winterizing the A/C artboas at 4:05pm 11.22.22 I have used a 5 gal bucket with a drain installed to winterize both my engine and my AC. I place th
Oday 25 portlights terry_buda at 3:47pm 11.22.22 Just wanted to update this a bit. The rest of life has affected any time we've had to sail or work
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question Davidasailor26 at 2:42pm 11.22.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:27pm 11.22.22 In the first sketch, how is boat A to windward? Thanks for pointing out that inaccuracy. In fact,
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question VFR750 at 2:21pm 11.22.22 Thanks John This is just what I needed. unfortunately, the 2.62 transmission is different than w
Looking for expert Bene opinions! Mechone at 1:55pm 11.22.22 I'd go out on limb that the rigging has been over tightened , which can cause stress cracking and
40 ft hunter electrical Davidasailor26 at 1:51pm 11.22.22 Ok How can i determine if battery connection that is on # 1 is the started battery right now i l
Warped Rudder rgranger at 1:16pm 11.22.22 Check out what Jamestown Distributors recommends, they have a lot of products intended for wood. :pl
40 ft hunter electrical Rick.johnson at 1:10pm 11.22.22 Ok How can i determine if battery connection that is on # 1 is the started battery right now i l
Racing rule questions Stu Jackson at 12:33pm 11.22.22 and offer any commentary or advice you feel is appropriate. In the first sketch, how is boat A to
Bent Roller Furler / Storage for winter Barnacle Bill at 12:31pm 11.22.22 Looks like in the photo, that only one of the extrusions is bent and so you should be able to buy on
33.5 fuel tank leak dmax at 12:02pm 11.22.22 Here is a picture of the new tank installed. I bought an off the shelf 15 gallon plastic tank from
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 11:58am 11.22.22 Dutch can be really tricky, language-wise, so it is quite possible your Magic Carpet friends were c
Need pics of rigging the back of the sail to the back end of the boom. Mac V222 1976 Slavik at 11:48am 11.22.22 That's great thanks. I think it'll work. The nomenclature I'm good with but there have been severa
Clever Boat Names (1) senang at 11:41am 11.22.22 This one is "Plan B".
Starboard & Port tack confusion! PaulK at 11:28am 11.22.22 No, they actually made a point of describing the difference. I'll have to find the episode again.
Original Oday Upholstery Fabric GregL564 at 11:04am 11.22.22 I think Sunbrella makes a marine upholstery that is pretty close, if not spot-on: https://www.sun
Key issues with C275. Souellette at 10:57am 11.22.22 If it's going from fresh water to salt water, you might want to find out what type of bottom paint i

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