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minor leak, 2009 hunter 33 (3) teucer at 9:43am 05.03.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2312 I need help or advice with a minor leak coming from my 5 gallons water heater manufactured by Kuuma
Albin-022 Buzzlovelace at 7:29am 05.03.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/2347 I am looking at a 1971 C27 and am having carburator issues with the Albin 022 and am wondering if an
Transmission Oil higgs at 6:50am 05.03.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2563 Standing around the boatyard yesterday we started discussing changing the oil in the tranny. None o
New beneteau Owner hughtad at 5:39am 05.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2690 Hi, We just purchased our first Beneteau, an Oceanis 321 from 1996. We had the mast stepped and a
Question for Xantrex LinkLite owners mcaswell at 10:21pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/4873 I can't seem to get my LinkLite to auto-sync. I drain the bank down 15 - 20% or so, then switch the
replacement solar panel dwesley at 6:08pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1483 I need a new solar panel for my 1996 Hunter 376 that is built in to the deck. I saw that the same o
1984-34, to spoon or not Charlie Halasz at 5:32pm 05.02.09 Big Boats 7/1499 under power and sail the stern digs down about 6 inches. A local boat expert has had experience put
Swing Keel on a Venture 21 nameaneh at 5:22pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/8193 My owner's manual for an old Venture 21 says that I need to insert the top lock bolt after lowering
Water leak into port side in electrical panel cymeyer at 4:35pm 05.02.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1759 I get water into our electrical panel area when healing into heavy wind. Can't seem to trace where
Dutchman Reefing Roy10289 at 4:17pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2804 I have the Dutchman sustem on my boat ,but 2 of the mono lines broke as soon as I bougt the boat. Co
Liferaft and/or EPIRB? John at 4:03pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1608 For those sailors on the West Coast (in other words, sailing in the same or similar conditions to mi
Installing X-5 wheel autopilot Mick Johnson at 3:53pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1231 Help installing Autpilot wheel X-5 from raymarine. locating the compas unit and the control box, als
Check Your Chain Plates (1) Maine Sail at 2:58pm 05.02.09 Musings With Maine Sail 23/11430 Hi All, This photo was sent to me by a friend yesterday. The story is they were tuning the rig when
Catalina 11 hp engine recomendations?? hobbit at 1:59pm 05.02.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1639 We are looking @ 1980 30 ft catalinas. Is the 11 hp engine sufficient?
Sewing Strattaglass? Bad Obsession at 1:12pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 20/7285 I have bought an industrial sewing machine. I am thinking about buying a sheet of strattaglass and
Toilet Cam at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Cal 0/1588 I have a 1969 cal 25 I recently purchased. I'm looking for information of the mechanics and any othe
Joker valve? Bossman at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6746 Hello Peggy, Hope you can assist on this prior to my unbolting everything. Have a Jabco head,
26M or 26X Standing Fast at 12:33pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/4381 I am new to this forum and have been looking at the 26' s for about a year. It just seems that there
Outboard Motor for 23' - HP and Weight? John Lafferty at 10:33am 05.02.09 Smaller Boats 3/1233 What size outboard motor came with the Hunter 23 originally? Any idea of how much the outboard weig
Keel Lifting Ring CaptDon01 at 10:25am 05.02.09 Smaller Boats 7/2523 I've got a Capri-18 and I need to install a lifting ring on the stub coming out of the keel to lift

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The LiFePo4 Revolution! cagreen75 at 4:20pm 02.28.22 Yes, you messed it up; I didn't say all of those things you're quoting me to have said. Sorry abou
Waste/oil placard jviss at 4:19pm 02.28.22 Saw a couple of posts over the last while where folks have said the coasties warned about no placar
Mattress Dimensions - 2018 Oceanis 41.1 (1) RitSim at 4:18pm 02.28.22 Here are cushion dimensions from a '99 411 2 berth. The plan was to use 2 queen toppers. The extra
Catalina 22 Sport Mast Repair? sail sfbay at 4:14pm 02.28.22 Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new sailboat!! Fixable. One option is to cut the bottom
The LiFePo4 Revolution! jviss at 4:14pm 02.28.22 People's power budgets vary. We have a fridge that runs about 50% of the time, drawing 5A. We use
The LiFePo4 Revolution! cagreen75 at 4:11pm 02.28.22 Let me see if I can help you out. You got your reply mixed into the "Reply w/Quote" text in the htm
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The LiFePo4 Revolution! dLj at 4:00pm 02.28.22 I'm not sure if I did this reply properly. I should probably learn how to do that. Let me see if
Yanmar 2GM20F cooling problem (3) Ralph Johnstone at 3:55pm 02.28.22 can you tell me the brand and source of your flow sensor?
Waste Deck Plate cover BigEasy at 3:50pm 02.28.22
Anchor winch considerations (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:43pm 02.28.22 The 350 kg pull is just with one layer on the drum, and I agree not a practical measurement expect
The LiFePo4 Revolution! jviss at 3:35pm 02.28.22 I'm not sure if I did this reply properly. I should probably learn how to do that. Yes, you messed
The LiFePo4 Revolution! cagreen75 at 3:28pm 02.28.22 For a given load. Our 340-watt solar system provides more than enough power to run everything we us
Realistic expectations when re-coring deck? Project_Mayhem at 3:21pm 02.28.22 Thanks Dave!
Frozen injector on Yanmar engine 3JH5E 44horseshoe at 3:12pm 02.28.22 Nice. Thank you for the information.. that's great
Realistic expectations when re-coring deck? dlochner at 3:10pm 02.28.22 I rebuilt part of my transom to get a bit more practice before diving into the deck. As you can see
Yanmar 2GM20F cooling problem stuendan at 3:09pm 02.28.22 Thanks Ralph, can you tell me the brand and source of your flow sensor? As per "Big Easy" and the g
Jack Line Layout for Hunter 28 Growl at 3:05pm 02.28.22 And your using SS pad eyes for hardware?
Realistic expectations when re-coring deck? (3) Project_Mayhem at 3:00pm 02.28.22 I rebuilt part of my transom to get a bit more practice before diving into the deck. As you can see
Jack Line Layout for Hunter 28 jssailem at 2:59pm 02.28.22 There are a couple of schools of thought on the layout of jacklines. The simple idea, From the st

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