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Marine Toilet Paper Bud Cook at 2:07am 06.25.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/5858 This may be an age old question, but I understand septic tank tolerant toilet paper is safe for mari
Smells like low tide! Rich at 2:07am 06.25.02 Smaller Boats 5/1230 Purchased a '98 240 water ballast on trailer and no trail sail.Shame on me!All Ok until I filled bal
hunter 280 asymetrical spinnaker sets Ryan at 1:50am 06.25.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1206 I crew on a hunter 280 and I'm looking for tips in running an asymetrical spinnaker on broad and bea
Backstay Adjuster Randy Williamson at 1:34am 06.25.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1147 I am looking for a backstay adjuster system for my Beneteau 445. The boat has two backstays that go
Ed, one more question on outboard gas tank.... Jane at 1:15am 06.25.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/927 I've now got a 6.5 gal tank like the one you referenced in the related link. One last question (tod
Rhode Island Lighthouses RREgge at 1:15am 06.25.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1005 Came across the site in the attached link.It has alot of information on past and present lighthous
boom lift Ken Cobb at 12:03am 06.25.02 Day Sailers 4/1543 It always irritates me to have the boom drop into the cockpit whenever we drop sails. Has anyone fi
Hunter 31 Hull Composition Bruce at 11:49pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1071 Interested if there is any location on a 1984 Hunter 31 where the hull is solid, allowing installati
Outboard help - Daysailer II Doug at 11:41pm 06.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1980 I just acquired a 1978 (I think) DSII, great condition. Looking to put a 4 to 6 HP outboard on it,
Leaking Hot Water Tank Gary Wyngarden at 11:26pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1486 I discovered some water leaking out from under my ten year old hot water tank/heater yesterday after
Getting Taller Gary Wyngarden at 11:22pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1192 My wife who is 5'8" has difficulty seeing over the top of our dodger and has to stoop to see through
Zincs Tim Op't Holt at 11:11pm 06.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1318 I noticed that the zinc placed on the prop shaft last summer is gone. I need some help from someone
Replies to raising a Mac 25 Thom Francola at 11:00pm 06.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1028 Thanks to all you replied to my inquirey on how to raise a Mac 25 on the trailer. Now it's time for
H25.5 Steaming Light Mark at 10:29pm 06.24.02 Smaller Boats 4/967 Does anyone know if the steaming light on an 85 H25.5 has its own switch or does it come on when the
Stuffing Box Drip Rate Carmen Daccurso at 10:17pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1726 The drip rate from my stuffing box is one drop every 4 seconds with engine off. Is this normal? Tr
Mysterious bilge water Kevin Kane at 10:07pm 06.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1030 Water appears in the bilge of my O'Day 272LE with Universal Model 12 Diesel apparently only while mo
floor don robinson at 8:01pm 06.24.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1399 I have to replace the floor on my 1980 30 ft an would like to know what is under it be I cut it up w
Autohelm 7000 Bill Sheehy at 3:14pm 06.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1509 I need to find a Autohelm 7000 autopilot computer. They don't make the Autohelm anymore so I am stuc
Inverter shut down Bill at 1:32pm 06.24.02 Big Boats 4/1066 I have a 1995 430. Everytime I use the inverter to run my Grunert system (with the engine running) t
What is the recommended RPM? Bert at 1:22pm 06.24.02 Ask All Sailors 5/2057 Fellow Sailors,I reach my hull speed at about 2200 RPM with my 1982 Yanmar 3HM. The Yanmar specs d

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Cabin Cushion Snaps DArcy at 7:37am 08.16.20 Are you pushing the snaps through the foam? My seat back cushions have fabric flaps you can stick yo
Cruising RPM research smokey73 at 7:35am 08.16.20
Cabin Cushion Snaps (1) sail sfbay at 7:26am 08.16.20 I use this product on snaps.
Winch question FastOlson at 7:14am 08.16.20 http://dolphin15revival.blogspot.com/2007/08/barlow15-winch-rebuild.html Found on the web.... enlarg
Hunter 240 dry weigths Caption James T at 7:04am 08.16.20 twalker H260, When I get back to the boat I will check for water in those locations.
Hunter 240 dry weigths Caption James T at 6:59am 08.16.20 Benny17441, The weight on the tailer compared to the car is one of may worries, at the moment. As I
84 Catalina 27 bilge pump install Jon Jenney at 6:56am 08.16.20 I need to run my new auto pump hose from the bilge under the floor into the engine compartment. Do I
Cruising RPM research Davidasailor26 at 6:52am 08.16.20
What GPS unit fits this mount? SailingIsGood at 6:41am 08.16.20 Even if you could determine what it fit... it's obsolete. Why would you even want to mess with, m
Wiring Mast to Interior Don Tatarelli at 6:30am 08.16.20
Top it up and hope???? odaydokay at 6:12am 08.16.20 Don't know yet. Rarely use the motor and don't fuel it until I do. Will report when i do.
Installing an Electric Bilge Pump odaydokay at 6:10am 08.16.20 Separate discharge for sure is best. I set up the electric to pump relatively high reaching an inst
Full Batten Main Sail. Joe at 6:06am 08.16.20 The top batten is too tight. It's trapping the curve in the sail, even though you're releasing shee
Cabin Cushion Snaps seadaddler at 6:06am 08.16.20 Lub them and I have round Velcro disks that hold the cushions in place no snaps. Nick
Cruising RPM. smokey73 at 5:59am 08.16.20 One thing that I still don't know is whether loading an engine at 80% of output at a particular RP
Thru Hull Fittings dlochner at 5:56am 08.16.20 Depends on what the seller believes is high quality. If the valves are off the shelf valves from a b
Losing GPS fix when tacking: iPhone dlochner at 5:27am 08.16.20 iPads have their uses, but as a primary navigation device, I think 2 limitations work against it. Fi
Losing GPS fix when tacking: iPhone Davidasailor26 at 5:25am 08.16.20
Rod jssailem at 5:11am 08.16.20
Cruising RPM. jviss at 5:11am 08.16.20 Most of the time if I have to charge the batteries I use my Nextgen 5.5KW generator and run my AC p

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