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Pedestal Compass, True North? Ralph Johnstone at 1:41pm 05.05.22 Why is there a rose inside a rose? It must be one of those double-roses. Close enough. Same thin
ISO: Hunter 28 Mast sail sfbay at 1:38pm 05.05.22 Welcone to the forum!! Ouch!! Have you checked used mast suppliers and new spar manufacturers like
Pedestal Compass, True North? Davidasailor26 at 1:34pm 05.05.22 Anyone WITHOUT paper charts know what this is and what it means on a paper chart ?
Pedestal Compass, True North? Stu Jackson at 1:33pm 05.05.22 Anyone WITHOUT paper charts know what this is and what it means on a paper chart ? https://forums.
Mariner 2=2 Will Gilmore at 1:28pm 05.05.22 Key Biscayne Bay and the keys I thought the water in your avatar picture looked like it was South
Pedestal Compass, True North? (1) Will Gilmore at 1:24pm 05.05.22
2004 Hunter 240 Mast Rick Webb at 1:21pm 05.05.22 The cheapest one is going to be to replace it with the brand you have and reuse all the attachments
Webasto fuse location. JamesG161 at 1:11pm 05.05.22 Sounds like a Compressor issue that exceeded its Lock Rotor Amps. My 16kBTU, LRA= 40 Amps. Sympto
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button JamesG161 at 1:05pm 05.05.22 says it is not for salt water. The reason why is the RO cartridge will die quickly, but we are tal
Webasto fuse location. Ralph Johnstone at 1:05pm 05.05.22 Go to your A/C unit and check for 120V and go from there.
Pedestal Compass, True North? Ralph Johnstone at 1:03pm 05.05.22
Pedestal Compass, True North? dlochner at 1:00pm 05.05.22 Or invest in a few paper CHS charts to see what's going on. These are almost unheard of in our mar
Pedestal Compass, True North? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:59pm 05.05.22 I suggest that the OP crack a copy of Chapman's to avoid anyone having spend any time typing a repl
Pedestal Compass, True North? Parsons at 12:58pm 05.05.22 ... but as soon as you travel a few miles laterally, the variation between true North and magnetic
Cracked hull (5) SailorHunter at 12:44pm 05.05.22 Thanks for the replies and welcome. I am attaching a few pictures as suggested by Dave. As I menti
Pedestal Compass, True North? FastOlson at 12:33pm 05.05.22
Pedestal Compass, True North? FastOlson at 12:29pm 05.05.22 Stu, time to switch to decaf. Decaf might help some, but I find myself mysteriously drawn to his l
Mariner 2=2 El Pinguino at 12:07pm 05.05.22
Pedestal Compass, True North? dlochner at 11:36am 05.05.22 Just take care when at the NE end of Puget Sound, GPS should be OK because it calculates true north
Pedestal Compass, True North? Stu Jackson at 11:22am 05.05.22 Quite often, questions asked on boating forums become useful to others because they raise "granular"

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