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Installing shore power (4) Erbardy at 2:37pm 02.17.22 Ask All Sailors 17/1666 202703 202704202705202706Installing shore power. I am going to have two recepticals, one is for the
1971 Hull #473 Restoration & Refurbishment (10) Chase Hartzell at 10:14am 02.17.22 Catalina 22 22/2517 Good morning everyone. This will be the first of hopefully many posts to this thread and forum. On
Salon Lights wiring H49 (1) Velero49 at 7:04am 02.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/457 I am replacing 6 lights in the salon. The old lights (mini flourecent) have 3 wires and the new on
transmission heat exchanger question CYQK at 2:54am 02.17.22 Ask All Sailors 4/489 Mounting new exchanger on new zf12m gear Anyone know of a substance to apply between them that will
315 Starting Battery Specifications (2) Skipper John at 11:37pm 02.16.22 Catalina 310 5/1332 Our new 315 was ordered with the starting battery option, but the manual did not address how the bat
Thanks for all the help and advice CaptainRan at 10:39pm 02.16.22 Smaller Boats 4/593 We're moving from Las Vegas to Puget Sound and I've already purchased a new boat up there so letting
Retrofitting an arch Ryan Oakes at 7:02pm 02.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/806 I have recently purchased an 87 hunter 40 legend which has the traveller in cockpit. I'm curious if
Insurance higgs at 6:42pm 02.16.22 Ask All Sailors 31/2338 A friend of mine just bought a Bayhen 21 in Florida - worth around 4K. He has had a terrible time f
help to identify this part (1) chp at 6:10pm 02.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/572 Has anybody seen this part which is what I'm assuming is a forestay tension adjuster. Can't find any
Hunter 49/50 alternator wiring Laid-back at 12:30pm 02.16.22 Big Boats 4/739 I had to take out my alternator to change the impeller, not having done the Boas Fix yet. When putti
Yanmar coolant Dale Haz at 9:55am 02.16.22 C&C 8/3497 I'm unable to locate Yanmar coolant YG30, it appears to be replaced by YG30R. Are these the same pro
Best Schematic Drawing Tool for Boat Electrical Systems? jviss at 9:43am 02.16.22 Ask All Sailors 16/8514 Hi all, What do you all think is the best tool for drawing boat schematics? Something free or che
Don't drag your rudder on the ground when trailering. Doing some fixing after PO fail. (1) waterman30 at 9:17am 02.16.22 Smaller Boats 8/892
Raritan PH Superflush .v.s Raritan PHII Apex at 3:11am 02.16.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1787 What's the difference? Wednesday morning curiosity as it were...
Mattress Dimensions - 2018 Oceanis 41.1 AwwShucks at 8:17pm 02.15.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/726
Sole Refinish Question Archangel123 at 7:33pm 02.15.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/948 I have a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 36 Center Cockpit. The boat is nearly immaculate and I want to mainta
Stuck Kick up Rudder Pintle Manuel Mendoza at 5:42pm 02.15.22 Catalina 22 8/768 Greetings to all, I decided to do maintenance on my kick up rudder and it has been impossible for me
Starter issues- 1982 Yanmar Cap'n Dave at 2:59pm 02.15.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/824 Went sailing Saturday morning, 30 degree weather. Left the slip without starting the 2GM. After a co
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? flightlead404 at 7:58am 02.15.22 Big Boats 9/1199 In an effort to get a little more "curb appeal" I'm looking to replace the cabin top pinstriping. N
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling sailingdeac at 7:41am 02.15.22 Catalina 309 Group Forum 26/4385 Looking for experiences of others with this problem. I finally proved that the water to the bilge

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Crossing Lake Michigan East to West (1) duck21 at 6:17am 07.20.24 You are correct that by population there may be fewer people over all. However, (please feel free to
Tired of Hunter tank monitors and want to switch to SCAD Captain Larry-DH at 6:15am 07.20.24 I have the Scad system on my boat for 2 years. Good price and very good support from Sailorssolution
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! kappykaplan at 6:12am 07.20.24 Tks for sharing! :beer:
55 years ago Apollo 11 was Launched heading to the Moon ! (1) JamesG161 at 6:10am 07.20.24
Looking for block shackles Dave Groshong at 4:53am 07.20.24 The main sheet block shackles on my Catalina 22 need to be replaced, but I am having trouble findin
Crossing Lake Michigan East to West xavpil at 3:35am 07.20.24 To confirm, are you entering Lake Michigan via the Mackinac straights, final destination of Milwauk
Stray current in the water dlochner at 12:20am 07.20.24 Stray current in a marina in fresh water is just as dangerous as in salt water. I personally know o
Installing a simple solar system to charge a one-battery ? Plumbean at 9:31pm 07.19.24 I have a 50W panel that is now almost 20 years old that keeps 4 Group 31 AGMs topped off on my moori
Tired of Hunter tank monitors and want to switch to SCAD ccw505 at 8:44pm 07.19.24 Hi Peggy, My water and holding tanks currently have the external metal strip sensors a la some snak
Is a little water in the bilge okay? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:40pm 07.19.24 Fwiw, I re-routed the AC drain on my last boat to drain directly overboard. All it took was a new t
Windlass malfunction tophooey at 8:39pm 07.19.24 I had replaced the house battery with new one. Used the old one, actually, for the jump. She's on t
Stray current in the water Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:35pm 07.19.24 Stray current in a marina in fresh water is just as dangerous as in salt water. I personally know of
Tired of Hunter tank monitors and want to switch to SCAD Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:29pm 07.19.24 Usually, the only tank monitor which presents a problem is the holding tank monitor. Sticks because
Tired of Hunter tank monitors and want to switch to SCAD Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:19pm 07.19.24 SCAD uses sensors that are attached to the outside of the tank (any material except metal( and offer
Water (drain?) smell on Hunter 33 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:56pm 07.19.24 If the issue is ONLY in water from your water heater, that's likely to be a need to replace the anod
Looking for 1984 Hunter 27 rigging manuals or advice David in Sandusky at 7:37pm 07.19.24
Crossing Lake Michigan East to West duck21 at 7:36pm 07.19.24 To confirm, are you entering Lake Michigan via the Mackinac straights, final destination of Milwauke
Windlass malfunction Davidasailor26 at 7:24pm 07.19.24
Tired of Hunter tank monitors and want to switch to SCAD Ralph Johnstone at 5:27pm 07.19.24 Usually, the only tank monitor which presents a problem is the holding tank monitor. Sticks because
Replacement for bose 321 T J Furstenau at 5:15pm 07.19.24 I, like Art, went with the Garmin Fusion system. Have it half wired in (cabin and not cockpit yet).

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