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Where's all you tech savvy sailors? GPS/Autopilot Richard Marble at 11:01am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1217 There must be someone out there that has hooked up an auto pilot to a GPS. Second try;I just hook
Now thats what I call wind! Russell Egge at 10:31am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1245 We left Wickford on Saturday after hearing the 10:30 NOAA forecast that called for 15-25 knots on Na
Cat 22 Vibration Rick at 10:15am 05.30.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1178 I just put my Catalina 22 in the water and was sailing it for the first time this year. For some re
Low RPM Tach on '98 Hunter 376 Larry Stewart at 9:29am 05.30.04 Big Boats 7/1056 Ok today when we went out for a sail; all went well until we dropped the sails and motored in. Even
YSM Single-Lever Engine Control Installed Debo Cox at 8:55am 05.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/1407 I thought I'd post this message because back a while ago when I was searching the archives on the su
Daysailer II DannyHatt at 8:20am 05.30.04 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1598 Well folks, Great site and good to be here. I am now a proud owner of a Daysailer II and the only
Yamaha Blues Steve Zweigart at 5:49am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 12/1223 After much analysis and many recomendations, I have decided that I want to put a Yamaha 9.9 high-thr
Stern to dock? nancy thompson at 2:18am 05.30.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1095 We are having to moor the Hunter 19 with the stern backed up to a u-shaped floating dock, because th
Oday 272 vs. Precision 27 Doug Dannen at 11:27pm 05.29.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1066 I lost my Oday 272 last Aug. because of a lightning strike and I'm searching for a replacement. I f
Opening a NavPod unit Bill C320, Papillon at 11:18pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 7/5898 I have a 3 gage (wind, speed, and depth) NavPod housing. I need access to the back of the gages for
Won't Start ( NOW RUNNING) (1) nick maggio at 10:17pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1010 I got my yanmar running yesterday afternoon,I was not able to get a diesel pro to look at it and so
YSB12 Diesl ran awayfor 4 mins! No it won't start Dave at 9:23pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1152 My YSB12 ran away for four minutes while I went to get ice. Then it shut itself down. Now it won't s
Profurl Track Mis-alignment Steve Carpman at 8:30pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1329 We cannot raise our jib on our Hunter Legend 37.5. There is a hnag-up about 30 feet up the headstay
Adding air conditioner Lowell at 7:16pm 05.29.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/909 For those of you that have air conditioning on your Hunter 45 or simular boat where did you locate i
Main Cabin Table Andrew Rose at 6:48pm 05.29.04 Big Boats 0/970 Does anyone have any experience with the extension leaf for the main cabin table? My wife and I have
mooring auger Dan Connelly at 4:03pm 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 5/3486 Does anyone have experience with using an auger as a mooring anchor. The auger in question is 1 inc
260 otboard question free-toe at 11:33am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 2/874 greetings, today i put my 260 into san diego bay for the summer. when i left the launch ramp i no
Angled Mast (new mast plate) Tom at 11:22am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 4/1085 I bought the new, improved mast plate from Catalina Direct for my '79 C-22, installed it last month,
connecting a hobbs meter carl1553 at 11:02am 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1952 hello, what is the prefered way to connect an engine hobbs meter to my yanmar 2qm15 motor. just bou
Boom connection for a boom vang Bill18593 at 10:13am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 8/1191 We splashed yesterday and got the mast raised while we were at it.As I was rigging the boat today,

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New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit h2o_snow at 9:48am 01.18.21 Thaniel, Thanks for the thread - great work on the H26. We find it very comfortable for two. A fe
1 pound Propane bottles for Kenyon cook top LloydB at 9:47am 01.18.21 I have been using a burner as a heater when at the boat working...the 5# tank has lasted over a yea
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit Fred at 9:43am 01.18.21 When I bought my H26 the gas tank cover was made of plywood so I suspect the same thing happened to
Brand new coolant pump fail. Leeward Rail at 9:42am 01.18.21 A knock-off part packaged as OEM is a crime. And, stuff that 'looks' OEM in the online picture ofte
Brand new coolant pump fail. ggrizzard at 9:40am 01.18.21 Yes, lots of stuff made in China, including OEM parts, BUT... A knock-off part packaged as OEM is a
Below Deck Autopilot stephen_i_w at 9:36am 01.18.21 I am very glad I purchased the 315 and so far I have used it on Lake Erie, Lake St Clair and Lake Hu
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? Davidasailor26 at 9:36am 01.18.21 At boat shows over the last few years it seemed to me like more and more new boats have had a separa
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? Steve_Catalina at 9:32am 01.18.21 Hi all, Are their any sailboats under 40ft out there with seperate/dedicated shower? All i'm find
Amount of Exhaust Water out the back dlochner at 9:29am 01.18.21 Do not clean off the Rust. Rust is the protective Oxide. Clean off the carbon.;) Jim... Injector
Prop removal capta at 9:27am 01.18.21 I've removed hundreds of props by putting the puller under stress and hitting the bolt on the puller
Amount of Exhaust Water out the back ggrizzard at 9:26am 01.18.21 I don't agree Jim, but then I've got an older boat! On a saltwater cooled engine, I'd grind the rust
Garmin striker 4 capta at 9:22am 01.18.21
Advice for grinding out and tabbing in a new bulkhead ggrizzard at 9:17am 01.18.21 The original builder probably didn't "bond" the bulkhead itself to the hull so as to avoid squeakin
Prop removal dlochner at 9:17am 01.18.21 :plus::beer:
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? JohnShannon at 9:09am 01.18.21 chartered a Jenneau SO 385 ( I think) 2 cabin version it had a shower stall in the head.
Below Deck Autopilot senechals at 9:04am 01.18.21 It is helpful to hear your actual experience with the EV-100. It was interesting that Catalina offe
Rotten egg smell/ new batteries Maine Sail at 8:59am 01.18.21 I just installed two brand new Trojan T-105's in series. I noticed when i was charging them at work
Rotten egg smell/ new batteries BAD ORCA at 8:57am 01.18.21
Garmin striker 4 Justin_NSA at 8:52am 01.18.21 My only issue with a transom mounted xducer on my Mac was it had to be mounted off center, so every
Below Deck Autopilot stephen_i_w at 8:46am 01.18.21 I have a C315 with the Raymarine EV-100 wheel pilot. I have found that it mostly works OK. But, a

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