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Shower track rollers rad at 11:31am 07.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/798 Has anybody any idea where to find replacement mini rollers for the head shower track? I am missing
Maiden voyage out of water Tommy B. at 2:11pm 07.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/891 I recently loaded my 23 hunter onto it's trailer for the first time. Following someones advice I fl
Using H22 centerboard Pete at 9:46pm 07.19.06 Smaller Boats 6/854 I'm new to sailing and in reading books on sailing they often mention adjusting the centerboard posi
H44 pointing ability Larry Jackel at 10:48pm 07.19.06 Big Boats 4/1066 Despite much tweaking, I haven't been able to get my h44 stock jib to draw properly with apparent wi
Wilcox Crittenden bawgy at 10:48pm 07.19.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2142 Are parts still available for these heads . I just purchased a Venture 24 with one in it and when I
Throttle and shift cable failure lross83 at 10:57pm 07.19.06 Mid-Size Boats 6/1453 Though it seems the shifter has always been on the stiff side, this year it became more and more dif
Hot Weather Poptop John S at 10:59pm 07.19.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1266 I have been getting ready for summer sailing in extremely hot weather. I wanted a poptop cover that
atachment to asymetrical spinnaker for Hunter 340 rami at 12:00am 07.20.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1220 I like to add an asymetrical spinnaker to my hunter 340and need to add a bow sprit of some kind.can
Stern Rail Mounting of Tender Outboard Bruce Cutcliffe at 12:21am 07.20.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1201 I would like to mount my recently purchased 4-hp Yamaha outboard on the stern rail of my O'Day 26.
Fixed Boom on C-30 Jeffg at 1:22am 07.20.06 Catalina 30 4/1737 Hi,I would like to mount a solid boom vang to my Catalina 30 and need to keep the boom from rotati
WAAS in Canada ? Ron at 1:30am 07.20.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1177 I was reading about WAAS for the GPS system. My old Magellan unit does not have it, and I was consi
Shafer 310 roller furler J. Southern at 2:47am 07.20.06 Ask All Sailors 3/949 No manual for this shafer furler, but the turnbuckle is inside the aluminum tube above the furler dr
Day sailing from Central NJ Canfield at 3:31am 07.20.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1050 Just buying a Mariner 19 intending to trailer for day sailing. I have sailed Barnegate and upper Ch
Quick C36 spec question please jviss at 3:43am 07.20.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/906 I wonder if soemone can tell me, off the top of their head:1. Length of mooring cleats at stern qu
How to rig a 2-line single reef? Clark at 3:49am 07.20.06 Mid-Size Boats 0/839 I have an H280 equipped with 2 lines; one for the first reef and one for the second. My sail does no
Should we? tj at 3:53am 07.20.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1103 I have been boating for over 35 years now on Lake Erie, all power boating. My wife and I have been
VSCs Dennis at 4:08am 07.20.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1162 while i have never gotten one so far, I have been thinking about a Vessel safety check. Are they y
MD7A tachometer problems Donald L. Hendrix at 7:30am 07.20.06 Islander 2/2587 The tachometer for the MD7A diesel on my Islander 28 is misbehaving. It does not work when the engi
Booze!! Jack2438 at 7:58am 07.20.06 Ask All Sailors 29/2184 I know I am leaving myself open for a joke or two but I really don't know the answer. While entert
Davits for Beneteau 361 Bob Hechlinski at 5:46am 07.20.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2977 To all Beneteau 361 (or similar) owners:We are on the verge of taking our 361 on a series of cruis

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How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present (1) Fredct at 8:39am 06.21.21 So this is my goal then: create a new pre-inverter bus as shown in high level overview. Sounds like
Sail slugs Thaniel at 8:38am 06.21.21 Yah likely they are all aged and brittle. I had half of mine go on our first few days of sailing on
What's in your toolkit? dLj at 8:35am 06.21.21 or wrap them in VCI paper when they're stowed. As @RoyS said, wrap well. I'm going to use the VCI
Broken screw heads on the impeller cover Muttondressedaslamb at 8:31am 06.21.21 My perkins 4108 has 6 screws securing the impeller cover to the pump. The screws were heavily corro
Universal M4-30 Spirt34-77 at 8:27am 06.21.21 Ok, thank you gentlemen!
What's in your toolkit? Tedd at 8:08am 06.21.21 ...any brands rust and corrosion resistant? I sourced stainless steel tools for maintaining robots
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Maine Sail at 7:46am 06.21.21 I suspect as much but the inverter could be faulty as well. Is there a way to test? You need to fi
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts duck21 at 7:35am 06.21.21 Awesome--I was really hoping that this was the case (lag bolts), but less and less surprised at the
tachometer not accurate Hayden Watson at 7:25am 06.21.21 Charge bus simply means; anything else charging the batteries when you ran this test? A 3/8" belt
BELT DUST odaydokay at 7:20am 06.21.21 I find this thread very disturbing starting with post #18 and suggest the moderators remove it from
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Fredct at 7:18am 06.21.21 I suspect as much but the inverter could be faulty as well. Is there a way to test?
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Maine Sail at 7:11am 06.21.21 My boat has a common ground and neutral bus for all. There's your problem......
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts tfox2069 at 7:06am 06.21.21 I'll second the idea that they're likely lag bolts. They were on my Jabsco toilet on my 2009 H36 wh
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:04am 06.21.21 The mounting bolts on ALL marine toilets are lag bolts, so there are no nuts on them...just back the
Compound after wetsand, or straight to wax/polish? Siamese at 6:54am 06.21.21 I have to question your decision not to use a buffer. Highly recommend you use MaineSail's advice o
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts kappykaplan at 6:50am 06.21.21 re the nuts for those nuts "integrated" into the fiberglass, or will I need to find access undernea
Yanmar 2GM20F Failure - reality check needed Fredct at 6:36am 06.21.21 Update for completeness. Changed air filter (old one was oily, filthy). Changed Raccor 10 micron
What's in your toolkit? shemandr at 6:32am 06.21.21 I've posted this before but a rubber mallet. A quality pair of shears. If you have a Yanmar 7 & 10
Paceship PY26 Anchor (1) sail sfbay at 6:24am 06.21.21 OR mount it on a raised teak base using a stainless steel deck plate as a pattern so there is suffic
1990 Hunter 18.5 Stay T-Ball Receivers (3) Dhozer at 6:21am 06.21.21 I hope I posted the pics correctly! I'm not sure how to figure out which backplates I need, but whe

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