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Hot Water PVC Hose - Temp Ratings Maine Sail at 2:00pm 03.04.09 Musings With Maine Sail 20/7364 Here's a question for the group. I have already posed this question to both Jim the product manager
Spring Maintenance (1) Warren Milberg at 11:54am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 14/1812 With a March 30th launch date on the books, I'm starting spring maintenance this weekend, regardless
H37 Cutter Sails and Rigging Tha Gaol at 11:06am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1526 I have a 1980 Hunter 37 Cutter I purchased about 6 weeks ago. When it arrived here in Seattle from
Small crack in the wing keel (2) Bob S at 10:02am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2126 When i pulled the boat last fall I noticed a small crack along the wing of my keel. I'm not sure how
Measurement needed on H27 1982 or 1983 Frances at 10:02am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1211 Can anyone please measure the distance from the cabin roof liner to the deck adjacent to the compres
Repainting A Mac JARHEADMAC at 9:52am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2262 to Pain Or Not To Paint; That Is The Question. I'm About To Repaint My 2007 Mac. My Neighborhood
Taking a trip from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys Geri at 9:47am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1286 We have a 260 Hunter with a swing up keel. Would like to take a trip to the Florida Keys and reques
Polyurethane Glue Murray16764 at 8:45am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2279 I made an attempt to reseat a fixed port on the roof of cabin of my Ben352 last summer. I used sili
ETEC 90 shaft length, prop size and pitch gcarmich at 8:13am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1160 I am seriously considering upgrading my '04 Honda 50 to an ETEC 90. Is the recommended shaft length
Hurth Reduction Gear Data jgonnerman at 7:51am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1895 I have a 1984 Capital Yachts Newport 41 powered by its original Universal 5432 Diesal. The engine ma
ETEC 90 Prop size and pitch gcarmich at 7:46am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/2 I am seriously considering upgrading my '04 Honda 50 to an ETEC 90. What prop size and pitch do you
Returning to the Hunter 36 Family...advice please . deacm at 6:49am 03.04.09 Big Boats 13/2135 Back in 2002, I bought a Hunter 356 and although I loved it, our sailing season is just too short he
Free NOAA Chart Booklets Robspan at 6:28am 03.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1239 The NOAA has come up with an experimental website that offers their charts free in booklet format. I
Should I race? yodaboda at 6:00am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1439 I've just acquired a hunter 23 WK. I thought about racing it in our upcoming club race. We race on
Shower / washdown in the cockpit? Questions. BobM at 4:24am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2292 So now that I am moving my Chartplotter from the port side coaming aft, it leaves me with a 4 x 6 ho
Can any one help me David Frick at 7:53pm 03.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1230 I am looking at a Hunter 46-2000 build, and now everyone is an expert, and they are putting the wind
Nav Pod Mod Ron20324 at 7:24pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2128 I installed a chartplotter on my NavPod, but things are too crowded inside and the top cover does no
Electrolysis II Eric on Selah at 7:14pm 03.03.09 Big Boats 4/1290 We put our 380 in the water in Port Charlotte, FL with a new zinc on the prop shaft. A month later,
Gel Coat Touch up question-need a solution alanwir at 6:51pm 03.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1448 On the cockpit floor, I have had some strictly cosmetic issues to deal with. There were some spots,
Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? Rick Webb at 6:38pm 03.03.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2016 Do You Have Flares in Your Vest? How about a whistle, mirror, marking light, PEPRB? May likely have

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Sail cover repair question DArcy at 9:35am 11.13.21 Check Sunbrella thickness with a calipher and if ? 1.8 mm you might use this portable handheld sewi
Need an oil pan for a Perkins LD 20663 (Marine 4.263 diesel) jssailem at 9:10am 11.13.21 Billy I found parts for my Perkins 4107 at PacificPower Group in Richfield WA. https://www.pacificp
Old cedar lightning restoration dagar at 9:08am 11.13.21 unfortunately its under winter wraps....I'll take a few interior shots and post...
Replacing a thru hull on a Newport 30 my 3 bil1215 at 8:39am 11.13.21 Hi sorry my mind was racing through thoughts as I was typing. I mean after removal of the thru hull
They made the cover of People Magazine Leeward Rail at 8:08am 11.13.21 Not Clearwater. Key West, Jacksonville, maybe Pensacola. We didn't get to any of those locations w
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? jeepbluetj at 7:47am 11.13.21 Ayup - just going to be drifting around. I was also over in Catalina 4 weeks ago and must have passe
Sail cover repair question sail sfbay at 7:40am 11.13.21 For future reference a stack pack for a lazy jack system can be purchased on-line, based on your mea
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:36am 11.13.21 LA is only number 17 on the list of busiest ports. Investing in companies which make very long ancho
Stray Induced Current JoeWhite at 7:34am 11.13.21 Place an LED in series in the green wire. If it lights up there is current in the wire.
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Alan Gomes at 7:33am 11.13.21 No, they are not going to have them "anchor" 150 miles offshore. They are going to have them cool th
Sail cover repair question Tally Ho at 7:18am 11.13.21 I took my Genoa to North Sail a couple of years ago because I noticed that the cloth at the bottom h
Keel to hull joint DeniseO30 at 7:00am 11.13.21 It's almost always a case of keel bolt attachment, torque, age, and decomposition, of the bolts and
2004 41 AC Hex key size for Tiller lever sail sfbay at 6:47am 11.13.21 Long shot............contact the pedestal manufacturer (Lewmar?) for the dimension OR buy a few size
Stray Induced Current kloudie1 at 6:46am 11.13.21 @dLj Yup The reading will vary with position around the generator housing as more or less of the
Stray Induced Current sailme88 at 6:32am 11.13.21 The QED to determine proximity stray field energy is to remove the testing equipment from the area.
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 6:13am 11.13.21 @dLj Agree. I intend to try a few of those things since they are easy and an interesting experime
Replace Traveler on 35S5 sail sfbay at 6:10am 11.13.21 Suggest contacting the Beneteau 35S5 owner in post #7 in the SBO thread below to find out how he rep
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:09am 11.13.21 Interesting theoretical discussions. When I first measured the current at the location near the ge
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 6:02am 11.13.21 Interesting theoretical discussions. When I first measured the current at the location near the gen
Stray Induced Current dLj at 5:57am 11.13.21 That reading is a result of the magnetic field from the generator affecting the measuring sensor of

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