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New table for my 260 #2 Reudi Ross at 6:28am 03.19.05 Smaller Boats 11/814 Here it is with the leaves up. It will slide up and down on the compression post on a nylon bushing
KEEL FLARING TO HULL KKRUGER at 6:23am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1255 I RECENTLY STRIPPED MY KEEL AND PAINTED WITH 4 COATS OF RUSTLOCK. WONDERING WHAT THE BEST PRODUCT IS
New table for my 260 Reudi Ross at 6:22am 03.19.05 Smaller Boats 4/768 Heres what I did for a replacement table. The previous owner shortened the table and modified the su
Ancient Datamarine fathometer JimG2886 at 6:18am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1655 My newly acquired boat included an antique fathometer. The only ID on the unit is Datamarine. It's
Mac 26M Checklist Nemo at 5:57am 03.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/980 While our first sailing event with Nemo 26M went fairly smooth, there were a couple things I forgot
Radar: 2KW or 4 KW? Gimballed or not? Larry Jackel at 4:45am 03.19.05 Big Boats 13/2521 I am about to add radar to my (new) H44 and I need to decide on whether to go for 2KW or 4KW. In eit
Merc 60HP Bigfoot and UFLEX B184M controller tidalwave at 4:37am 03.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1185 I have a new 2004 26M with a 60HP Merc Bigfoot. I bought a UFLEX B184M throttle controller. I went
Building a ice chest George H260 at 4:08am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1096 This is really a small boat question but maybe others have had experience with the problem of not en
beneteau 32s5 ?????? Sylvio at 3:41am 03.19.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1692 I'm looking onto possibly buying a 32s5, I'm looking for feedback either + or - on this model, anyth
Wheel Autopilot - Autohelm or SIMRAD machopekin at 3:23am 03.19.05 Big Boats 5/1382 When we bought our 1991 Hunter 37.5 last year, it came with a dissassembled (broken?) older Autohelm
Honda Grand Prix St. Pete anchoring restrictions gnarvaez17515 at 3:21am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1467 Does any body know of any anchoring restrictions at the South Yacht Basin, north of the Albert Whitt
Mac 26M Checklist Nemo at 3:00am 03.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/791 While our first sailing adventure with Nemo went fine for the most part, there were a couple things
Can't power up a 2GM20F Yanmar Wally at 2:43am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1057 I can't seem to power my 2GM20F beyond 2000 RPM. If going beyond 2000RPM I belch brown smoke and do
Need Help finding rubber gromments........ Bob F. at 2:30am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/920 I need to replace several of the rubber gromments that are used to cushion the cockpit locker hatche
New Folding Wheel Stekon at 2:19am 03.19.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1070 Ben,I am very interested in this folding wheel as it should provide better "social" room in the co
Battery replacement question! machopekin at 1:50am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1020 We have a 1991 H37.5...... with a set of 3 questionable batteries in the starboard lazarette. I am n
battery charge and hydrogen kingprawn at 12:50am 03.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/1127 How much hydrogen will a group 27 battery produce during a full changing? I need to put mine on the
Summer Sailstice, Hadley Harbor Raftup? Cocktails? Bob Early at 12:04am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 0/897 O'vre Douvres (snacks), Cocktail at 6 pm to share, planned Hadley Harbor (near Woods Hole), subject
Hood foresail mulligan at 12:03am 03.19.05 Ask All Sailors 7/1213 The boat I just purchased came with a Hood mylar foresail. The previous owner had no idea what is wa
What chain to use for a 350 anchor rode? Paul8821 at 11:57pm 03.18.05 Big Boats 2/1133 I am about to purchase the anchor rode for my new 350. My dealer indicates 5/16" HT chain and 1/2" r

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Finding Cabin Lights Electrical Short Parsons at 6:46am 02.09.21 Corrosion could be the cause or just plain old age. My doctor said this to me at my last appointment
Possible new 26.5 owner Orbweaver at 6:39am 02.09.21 Back onto the topic of the 26.5... Looking at the reviews a lot of folks mentioned the difficulty in
Genoa track for O'Day 25 or 26 timlho at 6:36am 02.09.21 Oh, another question. Did you just drill through interior hull liner, using washers as backing for
Genoa track for O'Day 25 or 26 timlho at 6:34am 02.09.21 That is exactly what I was looking for! :). So you sometimes use aft track (spinnaker track) for Ge
Anchor Rode for Southeast Alaska rgranger at 6:34am 02.09.21
Just cruising along... Jackdaw at 6:29am 02.09.21 If you ever do the drive south into Texas, get off of IH35W and hop on US281. For BBQ try the Hard
Hunter 33 - batteries buddy0 at 6:29am 02.09.21 My first one from several years ago is velcro'ed to the top of the rear bimini. I sewed one side of
Anchor Rode for Southeast Alaska dLj at 6:20am 02.09.21 I can't answer your question without doing some homework. What are your tidal shifts up there? On yo
Finding Cabin Lights Electrical Short DougM at 6:19am 02.09.21 My 30T has cabin lighting and fans on the same circuit so I could see the need for Hunter to instal
Just cruising along... Jackdaw at 6:19am 02.09.21 Thanks JD. Liked on facebook. I see that a friend Rod Favela is a distributor as well on his site
Gauges! eherlihy at 5:58am 02.09.21 I have a $300 SmartGauge (I DON'T recommend them) and a $30 BlueTooth volt meter / histogram tool (I
questions on generator on 2014 385 johnperri55 at 5:56am 02.09.21 At my catalina dealer. I also did a search on marine air conditioning and found 2 companies. The cha
Gauges! jibes138 at 5:54am 02.09.21 Why not use a digital voltage gage? The output will likely be an LED (cool)? I realize you already
Beneteau F42 Traveller Removal JuanMarcos at 5:50am 02.09.21 Drewskie Yes the base was covered with adhesive try to save as much of the old one when you remove
Anchor Rode for Southeast Alaska Captain Larry-DH at 5:49am 02.09.21 all weight loaded above the waterline makes the boat more tender/tippy. makes for reefing more o
Fusing to busbar (2) Tim22 at 5:47am 02.09.21 Two thoughts. First the ANL fuses are pretty fragile as such they need to be protected from errant
Fusing to busbar Justin_NSA at 5:29am 02.09.21 I did something very similar as @dlochner. Lined up some ANL holders and connected them with a copp
Finding Cabin Lights Electrical Short Justin_NSA at 5:26am 02.09.21 My 30T has cabin lighting and fans on the same circuit so I could see the need for Hunter to install
Finding Cabin Lights Electrical Short uncledom at 5:17am 02.09.21 I does sound, to me, like a dead short through a bad wire/connection. Do you have a wiring diagram
Beneteau 40 2008: limber holes - clogged - incomplete - not laid out at all ? Davidasailor26 at 5:15am 02.09.21

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