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Mysterious compartment under vberth Rick Macdonald at 12:56am 08.27.03 Smaller Boats 1/1048 Just forward of the storage compartment under the vberth of my 95H23.5 is an access panel about the
Sailing dry as a bone Alan at 12:18am 08.27.03 Smaller Boats 1/953 A few weeks back I elected to have the marina launch my boat only to find out there was water in the
SSB grounding Brian at 12:09am 08.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/857 Ok guys. I just got an Icom 710 and I am getting close to install. My 380 is getting hauled next wee
Where to get cockpit speaker covers? Steve Schwartz at 10:53pm 08.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/1109 Does anyone know where to get replacement plastic cockpit speaker covers? The speaker covers in t
Hunter 170 centerboard warping David Timko at 8:25pm 08.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/922 Has anyone had any problems with the Hunter 170 centerboard expanding so much that it is unusable?
Water ballast treatment Kirk at 6:46pm 08.26.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1480 After following this site for the past 2 years, I am now the proud owner of a 26M. My plan is to ke
Brian and Stephanie Bosley -- Bravo! Phil Herring at 3:03pm 08.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1390 Be sure to read the Photo Forum today for their 460 mile cruise through the Tortugas aboard their H-
Sailboat lost on Block Island Sail-La-Vie at 2:57pm 08.26.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1055 Just visited Block Island, RI arriving last Sunday August 17. Had an exciting sail over from Watch
Tow Vehicles Kelly C. at 1:21pm 08.26.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1267 I'm sure this topic has been bandied around dozens of times already, so forgive me for re-visiting i
PHRF rating William T Allen at 1:10pm 08.26.03 Big Boats 2/1583 Does anybody know the approximate PHRF rating for a 2001 Catalina 400MK II ??? It is not in my manu
procedure for centerboard trunk in a bottom job? Rob at 12:51pm 08.26.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1106 I had a bottom job done on a O'Day 23 and after the job the centerboard was sticking in the up posit
LAKE GEORGE SAILORS Brad at 12:34pm 08.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/934 Any lake George sailors know a good place to stay on the lake for a weekend? The boat is a 260 so i
Barnegat Bay, NJ nick maggio at 10:57am 08.26.03 Ask All Sailors 15/4250 Whats the sailing like in barnegat bay and what about marina's and boat slips are they hard to find.
C30 to Hawaii? Ken at 10:56am 08.26.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/955 What modification and uprades would be needed to prepare a 1979 30ft. Catalina for an offshore excur
C30 to Hawaii? Ken at 10:52am 08.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/885 What kind of modification and upgrades would be needed to prepare a standard 1979 Catalina 30 for an
rigging for single handed cockpit operation bob at 10:43am 08.26.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1061 I have a wife that gets anxious when I go fore ward to raise or lower the sails. I would like to se
Props 2 or 3 blade? Joe English at 10:01am 08.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/756 I have recently aquire a legend 40 sloop 1986.I would like to know a pro and con of adding a 3 blad
retrofit mast tabernacle Mike Frampton at 9:05am 08.26.03 Day Sailers 5/5569 Is it prudent to retrofit a mast tabernacle to a daysailor 2? Have recently purchased a 77 DS2 and
mariner 19 rigging paula at 8:33am 08.26.03 Day Sailers 5/7119 just got the boat and I can't figure out sail rigging.does anyone have a picture of their boat all r
engine alarm domenech at 7:52am 08.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/934 I have a Cat-30 1990 with the Universal 25XP diesel, the alarm on the motor switch comes on after th

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AC Electrical green wire current? Davidasailor26 at 7:53am 09.07.20 . I took this (from the OP) to mean that the current on the green wire was about the same for eith
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dLj at 7:36am 09.07.20 That looks a lot like what you'd have to do. However, for my peace of mind, if this were my boat, I'
AC Electrical green wire current? walt at 7:30am 09.07.20 Note that I show the same 0.4A current when I put the clamp on Ammeter on my shore power cable at ab
AC Electrical green wire current? Davidasailor26 at 7:19am 09.07.20 if you actually have leakage into the water from a fault where some underwater structure has a volt
AC Electrical green wire current? walt at 7:13am 09.07.20
Is this keel fixable??? Catalina 30, Need answers before purchase! (2) captcoho at 7:09am 09.07.20 184657 184658 These may help you understand what you are looking at, the second image refers to d
Is the C25 capable of traveling from Fort Myers FL, to the Bahamas. circledog at 6:57am 09.07.20
AC Electrical green wire current? mermike at 6:56am 09.07.20 I should have clarified that connecting the ground and neutral could be done by a transfer switch or
Repairing cockpit floor shemandr at 6:42am 09.07.20 Reinforcement could be done by laminating strips of wood onto the area needing reinforcement using e
Hole in fiberglass hull, need repair advice Ken Cross at 6:39am 09.07.20 I had an uncle lose a boat in the middle of the road when he left a stoplight. I had an issue years
AC Electrical green wire current? JamesG161 at 6:30am 09.07.20 But in either case there should be no current on the green wire unless there is a fault somewhere.
Funny Friday!!! (1) All U Get at 6:23am 09.07.20 184656
Plexiglass Window Re-seal Question on Deck Salon PJL at 6:22am 09.07.20 I have a passage 42 and the large window that spans the front of the main cabin was pulling up at on
Is this keel fixable??? Catalina 30, Need answers before purchase! Bradv at 6:07am 09.07.20 Are you sure that keel is lead? I see rust on it which would tell me that it is steel. Much on the k
The Progress Continues H 23.5 CrispyCringle at 6:00am 09.07.20 Sounds good. Have you practiced raising and lowering the mast yet? Probably a good idea to try that
AC Electrical green wire current? Davidasailor26 at 5:58am 09.07.20
Someone boarded us while we were gone Don S/V ILLusion at 5:46am 09.07.20
Is the C25 capable of traveling from Fort Myers FL, to the Bahamas. JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:43am 09.07.20 Yup. People have done it in Hobby Cats, C22, 17 foot center console power boats. Get the explorer
Cant find the source of water in bilge - H33 Scott B at 5:38am 09.07.20 Hi Scott, Maybe I misunderstood your description. I am still trying to access where the water supp
AC Electrical green wire current? smokey73 at 5:10am 09.07.20 There is a difference between a Selector Switch and Transfer Switch. The Selector Switch is what I

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