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At What Point Should One Become Concerned About Engine Mounts -- & Any Preventive Actions? (1) rardiH36 at 5:38pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2488 Yesterday, when I was getting up close and personal with my engine while replacing all the raw water
Sailing To Bahama's seadaddler at 5:17pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1368 Hi all I am leaving for the Bahama's this coming July 5 on a friends 42 Outlander sailboat and do s
H28.5 Cockpit Hatch Rubber Stops 49North at 5:17pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2373 I'm having a hard time locating a source for those little rubber stops on the underside of the lazar
New forum member Don Nevile at 5:05pm 07.01.10 Sirius 21/22 1/2471 I am new to this forum. I have a 1978 Sirius 21, hull name "SLIPPERY WHEN WET". I live in Waterloo
S2 CC ketch 26' hayyous2 at 4:14pm 07.01.10 S2 1/1719 I have found a S2 26' CC factory ketch. Swim platform Extra ports. All hardware matches.. Has anyo
engine instruments jumbyway at 3:05pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1482 The Volvo D55 on our Beneteau 423 only has a tack and oil pressure guage, along with temp, alternato
yamaha outboart howard at 2:38pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2119 I have a yamaha 8hp two cycle. The carb has been rebuilt within the year but i do not use it enough.
Not a big fan of biminis... malyea at 2:01pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1773 ...most of the time. I don't like the cluttered look they present when they're folded back out of
Drowning - Read especially if you have kids. Roger Long at 1:52pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2636 Seeing MaineSail's beautiful photo took me back to my days as father of young children and this item
Racing handicap for H146? tpzahm at 1:35pm 07.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1300 Has anyone raced their Hunter 146 in a handicapped race? If so, what was the handicap? (PHRF, Port
O27 suggestions for reinforcing the stanchion backing plates? JonnyQuest at 1:26pm 07.01.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2090 My stanchions for the life lines are pretty are anchored pretty weakly, and any lateral pressure cau
Bow Light replacement? LarryH at 1:24pm 07.01.10 Smaller Boats 3/1442 Has anyone replaced their bowlight? I am wondering where to find a replacement. I also need to repac
New Sensibulb - Even Brighter Than The Last Ones (2) Maine Sail at 1:06pm 07.01.10 Musings With Maine Sail 1/3525 The new Sensibulb, that just began shipping last week, is nearly 40% brighter than the ones I tested
Plastimo roller furler 608-T stx203 at 12:26pm 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 1/3363 I snapped a section of my Plastimo rollerfurler 608-T and need a replacement. Does anyone know of a
Sailmaker looking for info on Catalina 250 Jib Sam Salter at 10:57am 07.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1666 Looking for info: A customer has given me a 110 furling jib off a 2004/6 Catalina 250 (swing keel)
port hole screens elk at 8:49am 07.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2031 We have a 2006 350 and have always had problems fitting the screens that came with the side ports. T
Looking for Year of Boat ctaylor at 8:38am 07.01.10 Day Sailers 2/1318 I am trying to find the year of my boat. The serial is XDYG2318M79J. Any help would be appreciated.
Hiding the Mac 25 gas tank ffaubert at 7:15am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 31/9781 Hi, Has anyone figured out a way to hide the gas tank on a Mac 25'? I searched the site and fo
Water storage and gray water removal ffaubert at 7:08am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2545 Hi, How do you hook up the galley to supply fresh water and remove gray water? I checked Sum's
Drilling holes in the inside liner ffaubert at 6:55am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1316 Hi, I was wondering if anyone has drilled limber holes from the inside liner to the bilge area in

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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"
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button Richard19068 at 11:00am 05.05.22 Opps... i hit the "Amazon ad" versus the right one This one works to remove Salts https://www.ama
Add Renogy 200Amp Hour batteries to my cart and then... tfox2069 at 10:47am 05.05.22 Good question. Ocean Planet Energy was the US distributor until last summer. They stopped because t
Generator kloudie1 at 10:44am 05.05.22 Note that there is no real standard for the noise rating of the generators.. Many use a measurement
Add Renogy 200Amp Hour batteries to my cart and then... Hello Below at 10:43am 05.05.22 Mainesail, my intent was certainly not to question your experience. Believe you me I am one of your
Add Renogy 200Amp Hour batteries to my cart and then... Johann at 10:43am 05.05.22 My 2x200Ah batteries are showing signs of weakness and I have no idea of their age. I put two of t
2004 Hunter 240 Mast DMERAJ at 10:40am 05.05.22 Thanks for your response. I contacted US Spars and they said that it has to be custom ordered, it ta
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out kappykaplan at 10:38am 05.05.22
Add Renogy 200Amp Hour batteries to my cart and then... Ralph Johnstone at 10:34am 05.05.22 Just to balance this post please also have a look at the 1,000s of reviews from Amazon.com Perhap

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