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cleaning sails Mike Bacome at 11:41am 06.07.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/775 A few years ago I bought something from west marine or defender that I used to soak my sails to clea
Power Mic Interferes with Wind Indicator John at 11:33am 06.07.05 Big Boats 1/905 I have an ICOM power mic on my boat.Recently I sent my RayMarine Wind indicator for repairNow wh
Anchor locker liner crack/Hunter 22 Jim W23131 at 11:29am 06.07.05 Smaller Boats 2/1169 Today while cleaning out and organizing my anchor locker, I noticed a significant crack in the botto
Outboards pbcfd @comcast.net at 11:20am 06.07.05 Smaller Boats 3/926 It's time for me to get a new outboard for my 1982 Hunter 25. I believe the original one is a Johns
Stern pulpit New here at 11:17am 06.07.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1022 Hi all,Where can I buy a stern pulpit for a Mac26S and does it constitute a good addition?Cheers
Necessity of a loop Jim Madden at 10:46am 06.07.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2810 If the head goes directly to the holding tank and the output of the tank has a Y valve to a deck pum
216 rudder Jeff Prideaux at 9:32am 06.07.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/947 I just purchased a used Hunter 216 and it has a bit of rudder damage. See attached photo. (A scrape
LED for breakers bill niessen at 9:20am 06.07.05 Big Boats 7/879 On my AC breaker panel the lamp for the refrigeration system is flickering. Since everthing is worki
Removing the rudder on cat 27 jimmy23191 at 9:20am 06.07.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/1190 I am looking at removing my rudder on a 85 cat 27 so that i can get the drive shaft out but i am not
Los Coronados Islands - San Diego rfrye1 at 9:05am 06.07.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1712 Im headed down for a nite on the hook this weekend to the Los Coronados. I've never anchored there.
Any More H25 Info? Clark at 8:46am 06.07.05 Smaller Boats 12/1150 I watch the forum quite a bit in hopes of learning more about the new 25 - how it sails, interior er
Washing running rigging Doug J at 8:42am 06.07.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/944 I've heard of washing the running rigging once a year to keep it all in good shape. Can someone tel
Dyeing a nylon spinnaker Mike at 8:34am 06.07.05 Smaller Boats 1/1223 I recently acquired a spinnaker for my boat. It's used and in pretty good shape other than the color
looking for rudder Capt Greg at 8:03am 06.07.05 Columbia 9/2042 I am looking for a rudder for my 1971 26MKII. I could use demnsions if nothing else
Diesel fuel leak on Yanmar 2GM20 secretsailorsailing at 7:50am 06.07.05 Ask All Sailors 4/2018 I have an annoying fuel leak from around the fuel pump. I can't see exactly where it is leaking from
BoatLIFE Featured in Guest Expert Forum Next Week Rick D at 7:38am 06.07.05 Ask All Sailors 0/945 The prople at BoatLIFE will be our forum contributors starting next Tuesday. I have used their produ
O'Day 30 centerboard and misc. parts Harold18515 at 7:17am 06.07.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1472 First time on this web site--any help is appreciated. Line to centerboard is frayed topside and mus
Mac Venture 74 Keel Pivot Hole Out of Round Gil at 6:56am 06.07.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/839 The pivot hole on our 74 Mac 25 is out of round. I am considering having a bushing made by a machine
External Fuel Tank Jacktar at 6:29am 06.07.05 Smaller Boats 2/816 We have a 2004 Nissan 4 hp outboard on our 216,which has a connection for an external fuel tank to
Wenches on Winches Phil Herring at 6:16am 06.07.05 Ask All Sailors 15/2564 I'm sure you all know Brion Toss from his books, seminars, or his recent expert forum on SailboatOwn

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Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. Stu Jackson at 10:33am 04.16.21 would it be a simple matter to just run all of the grounds connected to all the different locations
Fuel Filter Question Stu Jackson at 10:22am 04.16.21 It is installed past the fuel pump but before the secondary filter on the engine. The engine is a U
Covid-19 Vaccination Will Gilmore at 10:14am 04.16.21 Woo Hoo, just got back from getting my second shot. Two more weeks and I'm a safe as I can get.
Close Call rgranger at 10:01am 04.16.21 I personally like "Glass and Optical Materials":biggrin:
Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. BAD ORCA at 10:01am 04.16.21 You just (unintentionally) described how to create multiple ground loops. Each has a slightly diffe
Close Call rgranger at 10:00am 04.16.21 Don't feel bad. Recently, another poster referenced the GOM and it took me a few minutes to figure
rudder rigging question (7) rgranger at 9:53am 04.16.21 192786192788 Then shape it with a sander, hang it and put about seven coats of varnish on it. 1927
Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. Don S/V ILLusion at 9:50am 04.16.21 . I would like to understand what multiple ground loops are in more detail though. I did add a
rudder rigging question (1) rgranger at 9:46am 04.16.21 Sadly I did not take a photo of the holes in the tiller. There are two of them fore and aft just f
Close Call Roland5048 at 9:45am 04.16.21 Took me a while to figure out what "GOM" meant, and I've sailed on it! Don't feel bad. Recently,
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 9:41am 04.16.21 192781
Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. BAD ORCA at 9:38am 04.16.21 Is your dock pedestal circuit breaker a GFCI type? i will double check this weekend but all the p
Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. BAD ORCA at 9:37am 04.16.21 I will let the forum electrical experts comment on your specific question. I will be very interest
Fluke 360 / testing for AC leakage. BAD ORCA at 9:30am 04.16.21 The most common cause is on the DC side and most multimeters are not precise enough to detect the s
Catalina MKI 42 1989 listing to starboard? Jacktar at 9:21am 04.16.21 Ask the admiral(politely)to sit on the other side for a while.
NEED Prop Size Coyote at 8:59am 04.16.21 Great thanks,, need to wait for them to open to get the actual size specs
Beneteau First 38 Polar Plot mdibella at 8:55am 04.16.21 If you want the polar graphs you'll need to measure your boat and run a velocity prediction program.
Beneteau First 38 Polar Plot JuanMarcos at 8:45am 04.16.21 Thank you very much! How can I enter this data in an .xls file to plot it?
NEED Prop Size Dave Groshong at 8:23am 04.16.21 Here's a link to our page for both 2 blade and 3 blade https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/hpcat.php?m=
NEED Prop Size sail sfbay at 8:17am 04.16.21 Congrats on your new boat!! Just go to the Michigan sailor dealer and provide your engine and trans

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