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Bittersweet.... chefmike at 11:30am 05.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1292 watching my Venture 222 roll away with its new owner. Bitter because now I am boatless; sweet becaus
Variprop Ken Honeycutt at 10:56am 05.23.11 Big Boats 12/6698 Just thought I'd post a recommendation for anyone considering a new prop. I installed a Variprop thi
transducer installation anchorron at 10:36am 05.23.11 Catalina 30 4/3189 I want to install an inside hull transducer on a 1988 Catalina 30. Is there anywhere in the hull whe
Neoprene Gasket for holding tank Inspection Plate bigmuffin at 10:24am 05.23.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/5176 Hi, Unfortunately, I've had to open the inspection plate to my holding tank a few times recently. Th
Ground Fault Outlet emilbec at 10:18am 05.23.11 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2990 When I had my boat surveyed (back a number of years ago), the surveyor remarked that I should have a
New York City this weekend DannyS at 9:43am 05.23.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2101 I posted this a while back but didn't get much of a response so I thought I'd try again... My wife a
fuel tank repair olddude at 9:28am 05.23.11 Big Boats 1/1357 I have previously read a post concerning using a west system product to repair a hole in a plastic f
A/C Installation Kenny C at 9:12am 05.23.11 Bigger Boats 3/1878 Hello All, Looking for suggestions on where to install an A/C Unit in an Oday 34. My initial thought
New stereo and windlass switch capjules at 8:33am 05.23.11 Fantasia 35 0/4416 Hello Fellow Sailors, Our old cassette stereo died a while back, finally gave it up, died in it's
2 Jib Halyard Questions CNein001 at 8:31am 05.23.11 Musings With Maine Sail 2/3198 I have wire to rope halyards and thimble for both. What are the instructions on how to put the thim
water ballast issue ellisites at 8:10am 05.23.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1327 our 1995 26S appears to be sitting high in the water. the ballast is full yet the water line around
Real Tuff discontinued Roger Long at 7:42am 05.23.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3020 Replaced with this: http://www.herchem.com/products/thread_sealants.html http://www.herchem.com/pr
Where can I put an anchor roller on a C-27 caguy at 7:37am 05.23.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1358 There doesn't seem to be much room to put one. Any ideas how I can possibly incorporate a bow sprit
propane locker glandry924 at 7:37am 05.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1929 Hi all, I'm the new owner of a 1993 Legend 37.5. It has the cng stove and range. I would like to ins
Launching for the San Juans?? coolchangewilly at 7:16am 05.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1547 Of you PNW boaters what is your best launch site for a trip to SJs? I value a lack of fishermen...
H 260 Water System Issues tgrass462 at 7:10am 05.23.11 Smaller Boats 2/1300 I have a 1999 Hunter 260 with a pressurized water system. This week I purged out the antifreeze fr
Looking for Mast - Oday 19 WineProfiler at 7:08am 05.23.11 Parts Search 1/2847 I'm rebuilding an ODay 19 (from the mid 60's), and am looking for a Mast (preferably rigged?!), and
Big step in cockpit med2463 at 7:07am 05.23.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1775 It is a big step from the cockpit seats/bridgedeck to the cockpit floor, which is not good for our o
Emmanuel Sailing Video PrincessoftheLake at 6:32am 05.23.11 Ask All Sailors 15/3874 With the rainy day we had yesterday I threw together a little video to use up some of the video clip
Position of prop Shaft on the hard AndyKro at 6:25am 05.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1431 I've looked at several Hunters in my marina. While on the hard the prop shaft lies on the bottom o

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Invest 94L JamesG161 at 6:39am 09.02.22 technically 94L is shown by one ensemble member That is the European Model , run every 12 hours.
Y-33 Running Rigging RoyS at 6:33am 09.02.22 Be aware of halyard stretch with all rope halyards. I purchased a new all rope halyard here a few ye
Invest 94L (1) jssailem at 6:31am 09.02.22 208928 Dave... I think you woke Jim up from a morning snooze.
Invest 94L Davidasailor26 at 6:13am 09.02.22 i needed more coffee.... I just corrected that. Thanks David. Jim... I must need more coffee too
Y-33 Running Rigging mermike at 6:00am 09.02.22 Another item to note is that the rigger (Brion Toss) told me that the sockets for the upper terminal
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Crazy Dave Condon at 6:00am 09.02.22 @robm and I spoke. Discussed adding a quick disconnect for motor suggesting trollig motor plug.
Y-33 Running Rigging (1) mermike at 5:51am 09.02.22 I went to all rope when I replaced the rigging in 2019. New sheaves at the masthead were required. A
New lifelines barnstormer at 5:37am 09.02.22 I should add that the crew that I dealt with quoted me $1000 to do the lifeline replacement. Three m
Y-33 Running Rigging D Swanson at 5:31am 09.02.22 Been there, done that. One of the first items on my list when first acquiring my vessel was to chang
Invest 94L JamesG161 at 5:27am 09.02.22 But Invest 94L Fish Storm too Jim...
Invest 94L JamesG161 at 5:24am 09.02.22
Y-33 Running Rigging (1) jssailem at 5:18am 09.02.22 In 2016 I overhauled my mast and all rigging. Rigging had external line/wire halyards. I changed to
Invest 94L Davidasailor26 at 5:17am 09.02.22
Invest 94L JamesG161 at 5:09am 09.02.22 I'm figuring it takes 10 days for a typical invest to get from the coast of Africa to the East cost
Invest 94L kappykaplan at 5:03am 09.02.22 "Fish Storm" again. :clap: Yay!!! :beer:
Invest 94L shemandr at 4:56am 09.02.22 I'm not only not a professional forecaster, I barely understand all those charts. But I like the lo
Calibrating Boat Speed DST800 dlochner at 4:51am 09.02.22 I have done that several times. It still comes up as a DST200 and I don't see a way to change it ma
Calibrating Boat Speed DST800 TimFromLI at 4:41am 09.02.22 I have done that several times. It still comes up as a DST200 and I don't see a way to change it man
Calibrating Boat Speed DST800 dlochner at 4:30am 09.02.22 Go to the System Info. It is the "Gear" icon. Scroll down to Network, then select "Sources" There s
A/C duct locations (4) sailcapt340 at 4:30am 09.02.22 On my 340 I have the same Mermaid Unit you had. It has worked perfectly for us, when we are in a sl

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