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Mast Light LTDARR at 5:48am 01.30.10 Smaller Boats 0/1401 Hi can anyone advise of the make and model of mast light used on a 1991 18.5 Hunter. Also anyone hav
Needed American Mariner 8.0 Info. mklein@iowatelecom.net at 5:41am 01.30.10 Trailer Sailors 5/11989 I have an opportunity to buy an American Mariner 8.0 sail boat. So far I cannot find much informat
Managing the Bow. KandD at 10:04pm 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 18/4812 Today i tried to take out my Hunter 40 and ran into some engine problems. I dropped the anchor whil
Keeping the Optimus stove going. La Vie at 8:13pm 01.29.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1140 Our Beneteau has an OPTIMUS gas burner and oven. Can anyone help me find a source for replacement bu
disappointed gabriel.donnelly at 5:19pm 01.29.10 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2011 30mph gusts today... fired up, headed out to beautiful lake Travis, the lake has been rising, the ma
Yanmar 4jhe Died... KandD at 3:35pm 01.29.10 Big Boats 8/5220 I tried to take out Playpen today, got about 50 yards out of the slip when my engine died on me. Wh
Faymann Diesel gensets galynd at 3:32pm 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 4/4249 Have any of you heard of or own a Farymann Diesel, 4.3 kw, generator. It seems to be a very simple
Winch Maintenance Roy10289 at 1:25pm 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3372 I have Lewmar 2 speed winches on my boat. They are becoming a little "sticky" when grinding and I th
Bow & Stern cleats Phoenix-UK at 12:33pm 01.29.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/2132 Hi, Can anyone help? We sail a Hunter 30T (1990) in the United Kingdom and i have always felt that t
experiences with progressive auto ins filthy liberal scum at 12:12pm 01.29.10 Sails Call Lounge 9/956 i just got an ins quote from progressive today that was 47% lower premium than my current carrier fo
Looking to Buy Spiderjohn69 at 11:45am 01.29.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1332 I'm looking to buy a 1985 Mac25. The boat has been on the trailer with the bow up for some months a
Newport 33 hinged tabernacle Gary M at 11:33am 01.29.10 Newport 1/3755 I am interested in seeing pictures, drawings, and plans for a hinged tabernacle for a Newport 33. I
Battery Alternate jibes138 at 11:01am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 16/3033 Is it acceptable practice to run all your 12 volt stuff on the boat without batteries installed by u
LectraSan on Island Packet 27? bliss at 10:42am 01.29.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/2666 Just joined up after lurking in these forums for a while. Great stuff -- thanks! I'm wondering if
A/C on an h34 Benny at 10:38am 01.29.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2059 Our nephew is thinking about installing a 9,000 btu A/C unit on his 1986 h34. I'm 1,200 miles away
Table/Convertable Berth sean0965 at 9:21am 01.29.10 Catalina 30 7/2416 Hello All, I bought a 1980 Catalina 30 in Nov. The existing table is in bad shape and cannot be
What's under the ice box in a 336 or 340? robertsapp at 9:12am 01.29.10 Big Boats 2/1675 The previous owner of my H336 installed a 16K A/C unit under the port settee. Everyone (including th
Repair/Replacement of broken bowplate gdruist at 9:05am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1271 For my Cal 28, I need to repair or replace the aluminum structure that attaches to the fiberglass on
small boat handling coming in an inlet (3) Bob 04 H260 at 7:19am 01.29.10 Smaller Boats 7/1838 Well we made it to Florida fine, are provisoning and preparing for our trip. We intend to go down th
epoxie ??????? woodster at 5:42am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2584 just wondering if any one has pos or neg feed back on using 2 part epoxie purchased from the big box

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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
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 (1) Jacktar at 10:33am 05.05.22 Maiden voyage with electric powered (registered!) dinghy for NGCC event 2022

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