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Your Best Crewmember? Gary Wyngarden at 11:15pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 57/2540 It's sometimes been said that your autopilot is your best crewmember. For the most part it steers a
Standing Rigging fatigue Brian M H23 at 11:46pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 15/1376 Hi all,I'd just like to point out an interesting (and possibly dangerous) method of fatigure that c
Edson Wheel stuck Rick at 11:34pm 01.13.08 Ask All Sailors 15/4565 After removing the nut, my boat wheel will not come off. Even with stronger methods like tapping wit
Sea-me Radar transponder Al - s/v Persephone at 1:57am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1749 I've been considering adding the Raymarine receive-only AIS unit to my (Raymarine) chart-plotter sys
Towing with a Honda Odessey? Captain E at 2:01am 01.14.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/868 Has anyone towed long distances with a Honda odessey? I have towed short distances, but I am a bit w
sail battens bart5008 at 3:19am 01.14.08 Smaller Boats 8/1585 Does anyone know of a good source for sails battens?Also does anyone the lengths of the battens in
H49 davits Bill at 3:40am 01.14.08 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 1/2104 Would appreciate hearing from anyone that has dinghy davits installed on their H49. Factory option
Alternator Problems - Universal Engine texasprinter at 5:12am 01.14.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2 I own an Oday 28' 1984 modelwith a Universal Engine. When I turn on accessories my altenator gets wa
Electrolysis question regarding thru hull fittings Napa Ed at 4:33am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 21/4336 All the discussion from Mainesail led me somewhere to a picture of a bronze thru hull heavily damage
Newport Diesel heater install question BananaToe at 6:42am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 14/4448 I'm installing a Dickinson diesel heater in my Beneteau 361. I think I have most of the problems lic
Buying a boat in winter. Brian Scott at 8:06am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 90/6632 I'm hoping to put in an offer on a sailboat this weekend. After everyone agrees on the price, we sig
Help WithTrailer Brake Maintenance Chuck at 8:18am 01.14.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/6547 I bought my 26S August 2007. Not knowing the history of the trailer brake maintenance, I want to re
Link 2000 Operation Question Rick D at 9:53am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 41/2042 After 18 months, I finally got around to installing my Link 2000 monitor/remote. I figured it would
Designer Of Choice DJW at 10:14am 01.14.08 Ask All Sailors 31/2241 With all things being equal which of the following designers would you rather have a 46-47 foot sail
Raymarine Wheel Autopilot Rudder Sensor Installation Tony Miro at 10:37am 01.14.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1806 How do I install the rudder sensor?
Mac26S Swing Keel Bolt Wrench? hodge3000 at 12:18pm 01.14.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1019 Hello Fellow 26S Owners!I would like to drop my swing keel and inspect the mounts and hardware. I
HL35 Windless Randy Trautman at 1:00pm 01.14.08 Big Boats 7/1138 I'm looking for an owner that has installed a windless on a HL35 and can share information. I'd lik
Oceanis 351 main halyard refit John at 1:16pm 01.14.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1159 We put the boat to bed last year in a hurry to return for a funeral. The main halyard got pulled th
Owners Manual Bill at 9:06pm 01.14.08 Big Boats 5/1121 Recently purchased a 1995 Passage 42. I am looking for an owners manual for the Passage 42-1994-1996
I like the old one driftpin at 10:48pm 01.14.08 The Cherubini Hunters 1/966 The help with my rigging question was great,now one on decals.Where do I find the orinigal decals fo

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location of seatalk course computer JimP at 2:48pm 04.12.21 In my 2003 386, the Course Computer (ACU) was behind a panel at the nav station, against the wall fa
location of seatalk course computer Ted at 2:43pm 04.12.21 What model is your autopilot? Some of the Raymarine autopilots don't have a separate course computer
h49 propeller diameter? Dave Groshong at 2:32pm 04.12.21 Here's a link to our page, we do need your hull number to be sure about the prop size: https://sh
Looking at buying a boat, concerned about deck moisture levels higgs at 2:23pm 04.12.21 Unless you are getting this boat real cheap, and DYI projects are your forte, I would walk. There a
Tachometer powers on, but does not show RPM higgs at 2:19pm 04.12.21 The sensor on the bell housing can go bad, but as others have pointed out, it might just be a bad co
Solar Panel Voyager1 at 1:57pm 04.12.21 Small red and white wires have been removed. Old photo
There's a hole in my boat (2) fred1diver at 1:53pm 04.12.21 Well I finally had time to sand the patch down, it has a few low spots but all in all a nice job
Thru hull drmelkay at 1:51pm 04.12.21
Tachometer powers on, but does not show RPM y knot at 1:47pm 04.12.21 I had the same problem. Either it is a bad alternator or the wire came off the back of the alternat
Solar Panel Richard19068 at 1:46pm 04.12.21 Other small red and white are from old old charger that has been removed. Just to make sure (f
Water Distribution on Catalina 320 Scott T-Bird at 1:42pm 04.12.21 Further reading about the the Whale piping (or metric pipe diameters). 15 mm is the outside diamete
Tachometer powers on, but does not show RPM 19thol at 1:41pm 04.12.21 Don't know if it's related to your motor, but mine has a sensor on the bell housing with two wires
Prevent engine starting in reverse Davidasailor26 at 1:39pm 04.12.21 My Hurth tranny info has a warning about letting the prop spin while the boat is moving under sail.
h49 propeller diameter? sail sfbay at 1:21pm 04.12.21 I did not see the size in your manual. Do you have a Yanmar 4JH4HTBE engine? Might check with thes
Time for New Insurance dlochner at 1:15pm 04.12.21 And then came Carshield. Crazy world we live in! The world has figured out that sex and fear sell
Question about installing high water alarm on 2004 Hunter 36 senang at 1:13pm 04.12.21
Time for New Insurance Bob S at 1:12pm 04.12.21 And then came Carshield. Crazy world we live in!
Solar Panel dlochner at 1:11pm 04.12.21 Other small red and white are from old old charger that has been removed. Abandoning in place is
Electric Head Recommendation (2) Jtacqua at 1:08pm 04.12.21 Ms. Hall, I finally made it to the boat this weekend. Looks like the Raritan Marine Elegance stand
Time for New Insurance dlochner at 1:03pm 04.12.21 I've worked for or with large corporations with deep enough pockets to self-insure. There is, as fa

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