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Rebedding Hatches Gary Wyngarden at 7:52am 08.25.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1020 We've spent the last couple of months getting acquainted with boat systems on our new-to-us 1983 Nau
Anyone know this supplier? John at 7:05am 08.25.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1124 I'm getting ready to start a new project (installation of another battery as an emergency start batt
Intermittent power to starter Break Away at 6:32am 08.25.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1924 When I flip the toggle switch at the engine panel in the cockpit of my First 310, sometimes I don't
Owners Manual for First 285 santafe at 6:26am 08.25.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/6346 Does anyone have a complete copy of the owners manual for a 1988 Beneteau F285 or know where I can p
Second summer in dry dock and I survived!! Dean5735 at 5:54am 08.25.08 Catalina 30 4/1428 I am going to make it, somehow (we have a plan) I made it through another summer (2nd. one) with my
Autohelm ST30 Speed error Capt Guido at 5:31am 08.25.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1443 Recently my ST30 speed display is off by nearly 1.5kn on the low side compared to my GPS reading. I
Spinnaker and Gear Specifications batonhodges@aol.com at 5:17am 08.25.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1266 Can anyone help me find the specifications for a spinnaker, pole, etc for a Sopinnaker for my boat
Schnauzer Poop Hermit Scott at 12:59am 08.25.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2129 I know someone has to have live aboard pets. I have a 15 pound schnauzer and we plan on taking long
Leaking Storage Box strobeone at 8:19pm 08.24.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1143 My starboard storage box in the cockpit leaks whenever it rains or I hose it down. I keep the gas c
Bad Luck Good Luck NO LUCK SEADANCE at 6:09pm 08.24.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1706 About 3 weeks ago we notice a substantial loss of power under load from our yanmar 2qm15 engine. Af
Noise while under way pinkfloyd4u at 4:31pm 08.24.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/954 I've recently bought a 2002 Hunter 356. While in forward between 1500-2000 rpm there is a pitchy noi
Flood year -- Finally Ready to Sail! Harvey18647 at 4:08pm 08.24.08 Smaller Boats 0/731 Thanks to a spring flood followed by a working trip to Germany, I finally got my boat cleaned up and
Flood year -- Finally Ready to Sail! Harvey18647 at 4:00pm 08.24.08 Smaller Boats 0/723 Thanks to a spring flood followed by a working trip to Germany, I finally got my boat cleaned up and
cracked hatch H35 richk at 3:22pm 08.24.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2120 I have an '88 Hunter 35 Legend. Just today the plastic window in the aft hatch cracked near the dog
Widgen Centerboard Rigging Mel at 2:47pm 08.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 8/4634 Hi, I've had a O'Day Widgeon (1982) for 5 years. This year the centerboard won't come down or up
Scared the crap out of me.. walt at 2:36pm 08.24.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2052 Park County Colorado I understand has had one tornado in the last 50 or so years and it happened to
Help me catch a thief! agaliha at 1:07pm 08.24.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1565 Monday night I went to bed with my garage door open. During the night a thief stole a bunch of stuf
Dented Hull through Gel Coat/Fiberglass-Repair? Lynn Ocean at 12:28pm 08.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/4185 We had a little mishap with the ODay 222 this afternoon. She was run forward into the boat parked a
Bent mast Bill at 11:55am 08.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1550 Dropped the mast while the foot was still inside the bulkhead about 4', slightly bent the mast and p
Calling all upper Bay sailors Manny at 7:54am 08.24.08 Ask All Sailors 0/984 We are thinking of taking an overnight trip next weekend (finally got someone to watch the dogs!). I

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Throttle Position while Sailing Stu Jackson at 12:33pm 01.13.22 Thre OP has a forty one foot boat! Most likely with a binnacle. Most likely not controls for an ou
Unknown Part and function rgranger at 12:27pm 01.13.22 Since you are going to replace it anyway, you could just cut the post and then see how it is secured
Tired Winches dLj at 12:21pm 01.13.22 I've always thought if I had boat parts that needed to be cleaned up I'd look into powder coating b
Throttle Position while Sailing tfox2069 at 12:19pm 01.13.22 I think this statement has created some conclusion in the thread. Most sailboats have separate thr
PEX and chlorine JoeWhite at 12:17pm 01.13.22 However, adding a little bleach to each fill is not recommended if you have a metal water tank or
376 hunter tank level sensor Nicolas at 12:06pm 01.13.22 I looked at the "TM1 Tank Monitor with External Sensor" technology, it's very expensive. I prefer to
Which Battery is better? Richard19068 at 11:36am 01.13.22 There is a difference between denominated Marine Deep Cycle Batteries and what are True Deep Cycle
New to me C42; need autopilot and new Radar Wippy at 11:16am 01.13.22 Fantastic!! Excellent. Will return to this the minute I can get my head out of the dumb work thing!
New to me C42; need autopilot and new Radar sail sfbay at 11:07am 01.13.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! My Hunter 46 has all Raymarine elec
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 oceanside27 at 10:47am 01.13.22 Ted, got it right. Remove the cover (four screws), read the tach, clean the cover, screw it back i
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 Rich Stidger at 10:43am 01.13.22 It looks like there is more room to the left and that there should be more digits. Has the meter alw
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 (1) Stu Jackson at 10:42am 01.13.22 It is a manual meter, two digit in the standard tach. Thanks. Usually just the far right digit is
Throttle Position while Sailing Tom J at 9:56am 01.13.22 the decal on the throttle housing indicating that the throttle should be placed in the reverse posi
PEX and chlorine Terry Cox at 9:44am 01.13.22 What is your experience? Hi Bouchard, Hunter used 1/2 inch Zurn (Quest) Pex Quicktite brand polybu
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 Calif. Ted at 9:43am 01.13.22 Usually just the far right digit is black on white background to denote tenths and all others are wh
PEX and chlorine Ralph Johnstone at 9:28am 01.13.22 That's not PEX. Its polybutylene piping. Yes it is susceptible to chlorine. Above is all you need
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 (1) oceanside27 at 9:19am 01.13.22 Is it only showing two digits or is there only space for two digits ? Digital or analog readout ?
Steven N Steven N at 9:15am 01.13.22 it is cycling on and off I dont think it is running to often
2 digit Hobbs Meter Catalina 27 Ralph Johnstone at 9:13am 01.13.22 Is it only showing two digits or is there only space for two digits ? Digital or analog readout ?
Throttle Position while Sailing Stu Jackson at 9:10am 01.13.22 Search the archives for more details The phrase to use is "transmission position" to find earlier

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