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Gray Enterprise Portlights Kent Saturday at 10:31am 07.26.20 Smaller Boats 3/755 Advise please. Has anybody ever painted Gray Enterprise portlights? If so, good/bad results. I would
Peek a Boo shutters Waltsailor at 10:03am 07.26.20 Big Boats 8/1190 Looking for ways to help AC work more effectively and saw shutters by Zarcor. Want to start by putt
Cruising RPM. Waltsailor at 9:54am 07.26.20 Big Boats 41/12126 Just curious as to what RPM others cruise at? Our boat is a 386 with a 3jh3e Yanmar and a 3 bladed
A week in Jamaica JRT at 8:21am 07.26.20 Catalina 310 9/1573 Got away with wife last week to Sandals Royal Caribbean, great trip in this crazy time. The country
Newbie question on rearranging deck hardware, sealing holes, drilling new ones... (2) docsooner08 at 7:30am 07.26.20 Smaller Boats 13/3166 Good Morning All, I've had my 1999 H240 for 2 weeks and I am loving it! I've noticed I don't love
2008 Beneteau Oceanis - Engine battery alarm on while battery appears to be appropriately charged. miraculix at 6:32am 07.26.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3366 Hi all, We recently purchased our first bigger sailboat, a Beneteau Oceanis 40 from 2008. The boat
Ransomware strikes Garmin for $10M Brian D at 6:22am 07.26.20 Ask All Sailors 65/8053 Wow, someone screwed up! https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/07/25/will-garmin-pay-10m-r
Garmin 440 s Jac123 at 3:24am 07.26.20 Catalina 30 3/933 Our Garmin begins to power up and then fades to a blank screen. Has anyone had a similar experience
Hunter 19-2. What size and type plug is used on the ballast vent? ChampagneBoatingonaBeerBudget at 7:50pm 07.25.20 Smaller Boats 12/1469 My project Hunter 19-2 is moving along. The boat came with no plug in the water ballast tank vent. I
O'Day 322 throttle cable Mickstr at 7:32pm 07.25.20 Bigger Boats 2/620 Anyone know the length and or Teleflex model number for a throttle cable on the 322? I need to repla
Rebedding a Winch - Best sealant that can be removed after a few years? Dan_Y at 7:17pm 07.25.20 Big Boats 12/5012 Like other hunter 36 owners (and other models) I just discovered that the Lewmar Ocean ST 40 jib wi
Replacing original Ray52 VHF Radio..... (2) sailcapt340 at 4:52pm 07.25.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1169 On my 2000 340, I have a Ray52 VHF radio. The cord has deteriorated and as it is hard wired to the
Access stereo panel above chart table ranmanca20 at 1:10pm 07.25.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/783 How does one access the panel where the stereo and VHF are installed above the chart table? Breaker
Honda 2200 vs 1000 noise comparison SycloneDriver at 11:14am 07.25.20 Ask All Sailors 42/8430 I did a little unscientific testing today with my Honda inverter generators. I compared the noise l
Harvest Moon Regatta - pulled the plug Jackdaw at 10:28am 07.25.20 Racing 12/1710
New to sailing. lots of questions (1) svlivinalittle at 10:16am 07.25.20 Catalina 22 35/5108 So a few years ago I bought a sailboat... And I found out why its called a mid-life crisis, because
No one owns a Mariner? Really? Anonymous User 801 at 10:05am 07.25.20 Mariner 9/10725 4 posts in 3 years? And one of those posts was about an outboard motor and not the actual boat. I b
Charter Destinations in San Juan Islands and Vicinity Kings Gambit at 8:36am 07.25.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 48/5581
Read above Kings Gambit at 8:22am 07.25.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 1/450 Read above post.
Macerator vs non-macerating discharge pump malyea at 6:53am 07.25.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 32/6560 What are the pros/cons of a impeller type macerator discharge pump vs a bellows/diaphragm NON - mace

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With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Urban Hermit at 6:44am 01.31.25 Good thoughts, Cap'n, especially about night vision. As I would be able to use the forward 225 degr
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 6:42am 01.31.25 This will continue through the ages. There just isn't stopping some people, nor reasoning with the
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 6:36am 01.31.25 Yes, a catamaran with two engines. The spare engine quip was a joke because we rarely run both eng
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Captain Larry-DH at 6:33am 01.31.25
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 5:58am 01.31.25 Shemander raises some good points, especially mentioning spare cotter and clevis pins. As to ligh
Reverse diagonal shroud disconnect for winter cover? marcham at 5:54am 01.31.25 Excellent, best to keep the lower diamond connected and accurately tensioned, it's essential for th
How did you support your engine for installation of motor mounts. marcham at 5:45am 01.31.25 Also used basketball and a manual air pump, change one at a time.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 5:29am 01.31.25 I mentioned earlier that I use sealant on the threads, but didn't mention which type. coincidently,
Raymarine Auto Pilot colemj at 4:58am 01.31.25 When you replaced the transducer, did you home-run the cable from it straight to the AP, or is there
Runaway diesel colemj at 4:51am 01.31.25 The odd thing is, I've never even removed the cap to see what's under it How does the cap come o
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 4:41am 01.31.25 The story of the hurricane is indeed old, 1970's. However, that was not the reason for that specifi
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 4:26am 01.31.25 Going sideways in this thread a bit, what problems do people have with starting their engines? I ca
Outfitting a little bare boat Will Gilmore at 4:16am 01.31.25 There are self-rescue systems that integrate with the self-steering and the radio. They detect when
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 4:03am 01.31.25 I was going to say you must be sailing a catamaran to have the space for a spare engine, then I loo
Lithium Battery upgrade installation marcham at 11:13pm 01.30.25 Yes. Remove that solenoid combiner from your system! Dc dc chargers are very inefficient for chargi
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 8:32pm 01.30.25
Outfitting a little bare boat shemandr at 7:54pm 01.30.25 Does OP have dry storage for all this stuff? Too much crap on a small boat makes getting at any par
Raymarine Auto Pilot Jan_H at 7:34pm 01.30.25 It sounds like a a broken 5V or Gnd wire, or a short between the transducer centre tap and either 5V
Runaway diesel dLj at 6:38pm 01.30.25
Runaway diesel (1) Tally Ho at 6:34pm 01.30.25 I'll photo everything in little pieces and post when we get out of our present deep freeze here (it

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