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Polypropylene diesel tank miramarsailing at 6:47am 02.07.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1631 Hi all Does anyone have any info on sourcing a custom made tank to replace the stainless steel tank
Check your boat cover Mike G. at 6:16am 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1886 This has been a tough January here in Connecticut. We are not used to the excessive snow of recent
Hunter 37 armandogrg at 5:34am 02.07.11 Big Boats 1/1337 Need full, specs to rebuild a 1979 Hunter. Any nideas nwhere?
Carbon rigs Followinc at 5:17am 02.07.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2072 When considering investing in a carbon rig what criteria do you use to select the supplier? I know t
Spinnaker Pole Height Question Ducati at 4:42am 02.07.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/5928 Can you tell me why and when we raise or lower the spinnaker pole? Thanks
differences Delta Don at 2:31am 02.07.11 Day Sailers 2/1683 I was wondering if anybody knew what upgrades or fixes hunter made to the 18. Would these be retrof
Kudos to Peggie (1) Phil Herring at 9:16pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3981 Practical Sailor, in their February issue, has a comparison of electric heads. Of special note to
Cherubini brass Emblem (1) SMACGW at 9:09pm 02.06.11 The Cherubini Hunters 16/3451 Fellow Sailors- Anyone know where I can obtain the brass angles emblems that went on the stern of s
PaulJ's Spinnaker Furler rpwillia at 8:38pm 02.06.11 Catalina 310 8/2648 PaulJ, A guy in my yacht club lost the mast on his Hunter33 last year, and is in the process of havi
Electric head with macerator GingerP at 7:57pm 02.06.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/8433 We just spent the first night on our new 386 with Jabsco electric head. It has a switch with one si
Pearson 323bow sprit diameter MoonSailer at 5:30pm 02.06.11 Pearson 0/1289 I lost my notes and forgot the diameter of the tubeing used on the bowsprit. I think it is about 1
Need advise on outside WiFi antenna for Panama searching 4 paradise at 4:33pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 19/5648 Hi Group, You guys have always been so helpful, let me throw this one at you. We are sailing Roa
Got my fix today! gpd955 at 3:14pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1996 Been going through the mid off-season depression lately so I took a short train trip to the AC Int'l
sizing truck to tow catalina 30. roygeorge at 3:12pm 02.06.11 Catalina 30 1/1528 i have my boat docked in a fresh water lake near napa, ca. i need to tow it to sacramento for a ne
New photo album to share Dalliance at 2:35pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1805 Over the last five years I have learned a lot from this site, especially the Hunter and Hunter Cheru
Looking for a Surveyor Recommendation in Baltimore area galliob at 2:35pm 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5096 We are in the process of completing purchase on a used Hunter Legend 35.5 and need to find a good su
Purchase of 336/Survey rachelmackenzie at 10:17am 02.06.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1625 We have put a deposit on a 1995 336. The sale is of course dependent on a survey in the spring. Ca
Good boat for charter? Admiral Akbar at 7:58am 02.06.11 Big Boats 6/1661 What are some good boats for charter? Over 38' new or old.
Beneteau 37.6 nearly goes down, we saved this one (4) C Jones at 7:18am 02.06.11 Ask All Sailors 27/6907 Yesterday morning (Saturday) one of the guys on our dock found this Beneteau 37.6 down to the anchor
bow pulpit tedkleban at 6:34am 02.06.11 Day Sailers 1/1851 need help finding a bow pulpit for a 1973 23 ft oday or information on how to straighten one out. ki

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Chainplates for Drogue thinwater at 3:28pm 07.28.22 I have towed drogues in gale and near gale conditions many times for research. A drogue element pull
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? dmax at 3:26pm 07.28.22 You could make your own using a strip and adhesive from mcmaster-carr: https://www.mcmaster.com/uhmw
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass JamesG161 at 3:26pm 07.28.22 One last thought about the Friction core... It seems to match Part #76 taper and used for less wear
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass JamesG161 at 3:22pm 07.28.22 I do not know, but suggest using same materials as Part# 76. Jim... PS: you might call Simson-Lawra
New Battery w4swk at 3:22pm 07.28.22 Nice plans. Have you taken into consideration the requirement to have a controller on the solar out
Stopping engine jviss at 3:14pm 07.28.22 Actually Don is correct. if this is the factory alt(leece-Neville) with key /on excite.. Once the a
Stopping engine Paulam at 3:05pm 07.28.22 and you wonder why people like to me find it difficult
AC Wiring Question jviss at 3:01pm 07.28.22 a small, say, six circuit 120 Volt panel That would be a big AC panel, even on a 40' boat, no?
Stopping engine Maine Sail at 2:59pm 07.28.22 That's not so, Don. When the regulator is shut off, and there's no field current, there will be no
Stopping engine Paulam at 2:58pm 07.28.22 I'm an accountant (retired) I can build 20 year life of mine models but when it comes to electricity
Stopping engine Stu Jackson at 2:37pm 07.28.22 for someone like me the black art of electricity is now darker None of us was born an electrician
Seawater strainer o-ring Stu Jackson at 2:32pm 07.28.22 can point me in the right direction? Take it with you to ACE Hardware. Most of their stores have
New Battery Stu Jackson at 2:30pm 07.28.22 I will be installing a Lithium and will relocate it more forward..........I will probably upgrade m
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? jviss at 2:15pm 07.28.22
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Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? jviss at 1:53pm 07.28.22 How about this- https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/keelshield-keel-guard?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas\|Shop
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? MikeHoncho at 1:49pm 07.28.22 How about this- https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/keelshield-keel-guard?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CSho
New Battery w4swk at 1:43pm 07.28.22 Last year I had a small panel that I used to just leave on the cockpit bench on the port side. It
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? jviss at 1:33pm 07.28.22 Sorry, no experience with a strip of material like that, but I have started using a cheap furniture
Stopping engine jviss at 1:24pm 07.28.22 for someone like me the black art of electricity is now darker It's not so hard to learn if you wa

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