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Bimini for 26X Jim at 4:48am 02.21.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1241 Is the Bimini made by Macgregor for the 26X designed so that you can sail with it in the UP position
Brand New Boat, Brand New Head Sandy at 4:34am 02.21.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1247 Hi Peggy,I looked through the archives and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for so I thoug
how hard can you run the 8hp yanmar? John at 4:09am 02.21.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/805 I am new to small diesel ibs. Have owned tons of gas outboards my entire life. Can you run the 8hp
Universal 5411 raw water mixing elbow replacement Todd Osborne (Windwalker) at 3:53am 02.21.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1357 My old 5411 needs a new exhaust part that is located just aft of the manifold. It is where the exhau
Rigging the 22' Hunter? Irene at 2:17am 02.21.03 Smaller Boats 2/955 I have a fixed keel 22' that I have just made a trailer for. It will be faster and simplier for me,
Engine RPM's Brian C. at 2:11am 02.21.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1222 I need to calibrate my tachometer on my Yanmar 3JH3E.. What is the most inexpensive way to do this?
Travel time for ICW? Dennis at 1:52am 02.21.03 Ask All Sailors 3/3263 What is the approximate sailing time from the Chesapeake Bay area via the ICW, stopping off nightly
Holding Tank Replacement Ray at 12:16am 02.21.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1464 How do you replace an aluminum holding tank (in 1992 Hunter 28) when the old tank is too big to fit
Water Heater Allen Schweitzer at 11:55pm 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1017 Hey Everyone,I'm thinking of installing a hot water heater ' some facuets to use as a shower in th
Bareboat Florida Bryan at 11:32pm 02.20.03 Ask All Sailors 5/988 Looking for help planning a Florida (keys?) bareboat trip in June for a family of 4 (boys 13,14). W
Martec or MaxProp JerryM at 11:08pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1167 Still searching for either a 3 blade or folding prop for my Catalina 30 (Universal 23 hp. diesel).
Cradle for 40.5 Bob Willett at 10:51pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 3/879 Myself and a friend both own 40.5 hunters 1994-1993. We are planning to move the boats to the New Or
'Survivor' restoration (1) Jonathan Rhodes at 10:35pm 02.20.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/894 This is a cry for help from an ex Hobie 16 sailor (25 years) whose wife wants to swap trapeezing and
Suggested source and location for sail numbers Jack Kelly at 10:17pm 02.20.03 Smaller Boats 2/891 We sent our sails out for cleaning and reconditioning - our sails never had sail numbers and I'd lik
'Survivor' restoration Jonathan Rhodes at 9:38pm 02.20.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/873 This is a cry for help from an ex Hobie 16 sailor (25 years), who's wife wants to swap trapeezing an
Brass vs. Bronze? Brian at 9:22pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 9/1288 I recently replaced a sea-water hose for my A/C. Wow, I discovered that the barb (hose connector) fr
Catalina 30 tall rig, cutting off keel 9 inches, John Bruder at 8:42pm 02.20.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1256 This is a question we would like to ask since we are considering buying a Tall rig with a 5'3" draft
BOOM HEIGHT--BIMINI LARRY at 2:17pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 15/4344 I have been considering raising the boom, shortening the height of the sail by about one foot to all
Old Sheaves Peter Lund at 12:49pm 02.20.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/981 My boat is a 1990 vision 32. The deck sheaves are getting old and cracked. Should I use Delrin, or
Shower Doors on a 376 Russell Egge at 12:09pm 02.20.03 Big Boats 1/887 Saw folding shower doors on all the new boats at the boat show. Wondered if anyone had tried to fit

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Anybody know if there's a master "reset" for a Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm? Meriachee at 2:17pm 08.30.20 Ok all, I have done the entire procedure and most of the manuals are WRONG! I found out it depends
Honey, where are the shrunken kids? All U Get at 2:07pm 08.30.20 Once I had Maine Sail onboard and watched him hold his smart phone in a dark hole to snap a few pict
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 Pollock at 2:07pm 08.30.20 Thank you I'm definitely going to look into this. JRacer, Were the new fixtures just "plug an
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 Pollock at 2:05pm 08.30.20 I replaced all of my OEM fixtures in the 310 with Marinebeam fixtures. Alternatively, they have an
Chartplotter Connector All U Get at 1:58pm 08.30.20 One last idea, we had turned down the backlight on our chart plotter once and thought the unit was t
O' Day 20 outboard size john6206 at 1:51pm 08.30.20
raymarine cable R69074/R38024 (1) sail sfbay at 1:50pm 08.30.20 I saw a replacement cable on ebay yesterday...........but when I looked just now it was sold. So yo
Hunter Legend - Waste Holding Tank shemandr at 1:39pm 08.30.20 I once removed my 4d battery with a spare main sheet tackle (4 or 6 part) using the boom. EZ peezy.
Anybody know if there's a master "reset" for a Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm? BigEasy at 1:34pm 08.30.20 Ok all, I have done the entire procedure and most of the manuals are WRONG! But I personally had to
O' Day 20 outboard size Hunter216 at 1:31pm 08.30.20 Look at older boats and the motor mounts ratings were only in horsepower. We have dunked the power
Brand of Panel breakers (1) JRacer at 1:24pm 08.30.20 Those (the configuration - screws, switch, LED,) look a lot like the ones in my panel, see the pic.
thoughts on Columbia 24 Mikem at 1:20pm 08.30.20 That is t hat is the C-24 model my dock mate sailed across the Pacific.
Hunter Legend - Waste Holding Tank Panama Jack at 1:18pm 08.30.20 Oh brother! I better measure much better. Plus the only way to disconnect the hoses is to remove t
Cover for steering assembly / cables? (1) rukidn at 1:17pm 08.30.20 Will need to trim top flush and back to fit. Here is installed pic. Note that my screw is stripped.
O' Day 20 outboard size Benny17441 at 1:15pm 08.30.20 I just took a quick look online and it appears that many of the bolt on motor mounts are listed wit
Interior light replacement Beneteau 311 JRacer at 1:12pm 08.30.20 I replaced all of my OEM fixtures in the 310 with Marinebeam fixtures. Alternatively, they have an L
Guidance sailme88 at 1:08pm 08.30.20
Mac 26S replacement mast too heavy? rgranger at 1:05pm 08.30.20 I understand... the H26 is also a water ballast boat.
Cover for steering assembly / cables? JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 1:04pm 08.30.20
Cover for steering assembly / cables? JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 1:03pm 08.30.20 Thanks for the reply. Here's where i'm thinking of trimming (in red). Any suggestions for what best

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