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Behavior of marine batteries
BarryL at 12:11pm 05.27.21
Guys, I don't mean to speak for the original poster, but his use case is about as simple as can be.
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DanMaine at 12:09pm 05.27.21
By outside of the boat I might think you mean the cutlass bearing and not the stuffing box? If so, N
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Randy Rohrbeck at 11:50am 05.27.21
The reef points must be something added by the club, because the FS doesn't normally have them. Most
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JRT at 11:43am 05.27.21
Really the best advice I got was to get her ship shape and familiar with the systems installed befor
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JRT at 11:28am 05.27.21
Yes, but they don't have the 310 listed so I was looking for the 310
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finding41 at 11:15am 05.27.21
A question for those guys that have a HDPE rudder. Have you ever had it break? I've seen HDPE rudde
Prop Shaft Vibration
Richard19068 at 11:15am 05.27.21
By outside of the boat I might think you mean the cutlass bearing and not the stuffing box? If so, N
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Tom J at 10:52am 05.27.21
IMHO an oil pressure gauge is more of a luxury than a necessity. A temperature gauge is far more ne
Alternator Mounting Failure
chuck anderika at 10:49am 05.27.21
More than likely the cause is that when the belt was tightened the pivot bolt was not tightened afte
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Wm. Gill at 10:45am 05.27.21
...The suggested Morse single lever controller is now sold by Seastar. I use their CH5310P model bu
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Ralph Johnstone at 10:34am 05.27.21
I did attempt to clean the wiring from the solenoid to the motor, and it was a lost cause - the pos
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True. For those who don't click on links (why remains beyond my comprehension...), here's what it s
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Its funny Friday!
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Does Darwin come to mind? :poke::stir::beer: I'm very familiar with Darwin and Darwinian theory...
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SycloneDriver at 9:40am 05.27.21
I found 4 bits of old impeller blades that the previous owner left for me. I was not having overhea
Considering Hunter 49 Purchase !
Daze at 9:31am 05.27.21
I purchased a 2007 H49 in 2019. Added 800 watts of solar (4 - 200 watt solid panels) and mounted th
Shore water feed   (1)
kbgunn at 9:30am 05.27.21
Ditto what others have said. Make sure the manifold valve is lined up to allow water to enter the s
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BTW, Justin_NSA, where are there bodies of water to sail in Kansas? Do you trailer your 30 footer?
Diesel shutoff question
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Suggest you get the Yanmar 2QM15 Maintenance Manual and the Parts Manual. I downloaded the servic
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Yes, Justin_NSA, I think I can wait. It's been a 13 year "mad rush" to get this traveler changed ou

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