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Stove-Top Grills (1) Trinkka at 4:54pm 06.09.09 Day Sailers 4/1448 I've talked about using stove-top ovens and stove-top grills on boats in previous threads and I've f
Water heater (2) paulj at 4:31pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1792 Shown in picture one is old water heater and it's existing connections. The water heater is leaking
Water heater (4) paulj at 2:46pm 06.09.09 Catalina 310 3/1752 While checking out the water heater using 120v, I removed the wood inspection panel and found a pret
Rode Reels Franklin at 2:11pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2111 I ran across this from the Seven Seas site (thinking of sailing to Maine next month...or Grenada) an
Spreader pitch briano20 at 2:01pm 06.09.09 Day Sailers 2/1103 I noticed that my spreaders are pitched back/aft approx. 6-8". Does anyone know if this is correct?
drying out and repairing soft spots on the deck Royal Flush at 12:58pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2182 I have a couple of holes on the deck near the bimini that have been open sources of water intrusion
What is this? Ground plate maybe? (1) pcarey02 at 12:47pm 06.09.09 Pearson 1/1521 I'm looking at a pearson 32 1981 I'm wondering what this plate is on the keel it is approx 12" X 12
SeaDek non-skid ?? Al - s/v Persephone at 12:30pm 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1591 I'm very satisifed with the large amount of agressive, molded-in, non-skid pattern on my 05H36. H
Early 80s Legend H40 Table convert to double bob11231 at 12:07pm 06.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/888 bed. Has anyone done this ? I have an 88 h40 legend and the table looks like it could convert bu
Overheated Universal Diesel leftykelly at 12:01pm 06.09.09 Catalina 30 5/8152 Catalina 30 universal diesel overheats and dumps antifreeze into bilge. Prior to starting engine, I
Waeco Refrigerator - Faliure Everett14920 at 11:53am 06.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1608 I am looking for some sage advice... I have a 2004 Hunter 33 and my Waeco RPD 50 refrigerator is no
Slip Loss - at Dana Point - SPEAKOUT to oppose MASSIVE NEGATIVE BOATER IMPACT dvideohd at 11:34am 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1935 Earlier I posted a HELP WANTED post... too much detail - hopefully this is clearer. *************
PHRF Help! brogeo at 11:21am 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1894 I have recently purchased a 1981 Hunter 33 (which we much enjoy). To date I've not been able to det
Newbie question on DC power outlet Richit at 11:10am 06.09.09 Catalina 310 7/1728 I just purchased a 2005 310. Love the boat so far. Is there a DC power outlet (like a cigarette li
Water inside morrisn1 at 11:07am 06.09.09 Catalina 22 1/1233 Have my boat in a slip on an inland lake in AR. We have had a ton of rain, in fact the lake is 8' h
If you had 30-40 K to spend on a boat... biorapper at 10:49am 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 24/3242 and planned on spending 2- ? years with one other person staying mainly coastal; the carribean, coas
Holding Tank seathumper at 9:35am 06.09.09 Big Boats 4/1506 Looking to replace my holding tank on 1992 legend 43. Want a Ronco plastic tank. Has anyone replac
Lifeline stantions on an Oday 22? jackhartjr at 8:56am 06.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1064 Hi folks, has anyone tried to throughbolt all four screws on their 22's lifeline stantions? On mine
Is Inverter Worth The Hassle? Mike H. at 7:50am 06.09.09 Ask All Sailors 24/2982 I have a Xantrex 1000 watt inverter. It came new in the box with our 94 Hunter Vision 36. It is ab
Rigging tension for a 170 PSmall at 7:31am 06.09.09 Day Sailers 2/1329 I just bought this boat this spring. I used to have a Hobie 16 and the rig was left loose so that th

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Stiff Wheel - Autopilot not fully disengaging? (3) jssailem at 10:09am 07.13.21 You have a : Hunter 41DS with Raymarine autopilot p70 Nice information, but it does not tell us wh
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands jon hansen at 9:47am 07.13.21 thanks for sharing
mid-boom rigging for a '68 Javelin? Philly2DC2LBI at 9:35am 07.13.21 thanks, sail sfbay. That's the same manual I downloaded. Oddly enough it shows the boom vang connect
Boat ID please Roadking Larry at 9:31am 07.13.21 No HIN to be found. I'll check with the marina office to get an official ID for it. And maybe find o
mid-boom rigging for a '68 Javelin? (1) sail sfbay at 9:05am 07.13.21 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! Does the owner's manual attached help?
Stiff Wheel - Autopilot not fully disengaging? Siamese at 9:01am 07.13.21 So, did you dis-engage the wheel clutch for the auto-pilot?
Boat ID please JRacer at 8:32am 07.13.21 Can you find a hull number or is it too old? What about running the OK numbers with OK registration
Boat ID please kloudie1 at 8:17am 07.13.21 I don't know either but the water stains about a foot above the waterline stripe would make me very
H26 Lightning ground caverun at 8:16am 07.13.21 My 240 had a heavy gauge ground wire attached to the mast step running through the deck down along t
Stiff Wheel - Autopilot not fully disengaging? sail sfbay at 8:12am 07.13.21 Some recommendations on what to look for may be found in these threads: Stiff Steering Wheel \| Sailb
Boat ID please Ken Cross at 7:46am 07.13.21 Sail Boat. (sorry, couldn't actually help) But I wanted you to know you weren't ignored.
GFCI trouble shooting Ken Cross at 7:45am 07.13.21 Jeepbluetj is right. What you have is expected. You can mitigate that by not plugging it in straight
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands duck21 at 7:37am 07.13.21 I'll edit up some pics and post those soon. I need to downsize them a bit as the SBO site doesn't l
LED Anchor Light KZW at 7:36am 07.13.21 Mast Climbing. This is probably overkill but I'm including it for completeness. The classic way to g
Funny Friday!!! (1) All U Get at 7:36am 07.13.21 196135
H26 Lightning ground (1) rgranger at 7:34am 07.13.21 So as someone who is very familiar with the H26, let me say that I know the stock set up does not in
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands (1) duck21 at 7:24am 07.13.21 Hello! I've been meaning to write an update, but things got busy when we got home and I haven't mad
LED Anchor Light KZW at 7:11am 07.13.21 Success. New bulb worked. Climbed the mast this morning before the heat built up and I was down by 0
South Lake Michigan to the Apostle Islands Scott T-Bird at 7:09am 07.13.21 @duck21 is the trip done? Curious on how it went, hope you had a great adventure! Yes! I've been
Potagannissing Bay Scott T-Bird at 7:08am 07.13.21 Give us a briefing! Love to hear about destinations & anchorages / activities. Pics are good, too!

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