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Hunter 49 / 50 mattress measurements Laid-back at 2:20pm 10.08.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/409
83' H34 carpet wall replacement Sage34 at 12:18pm 10.08.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/417 Hi all. I'm half a world away from the girl and can't quite picture the correct dimensions of fore
Catalina 30 Traveler Upgrade - LocTite end plate (1) rickmds at 11:51am 10.08.19 Catalina 30 8/1132 Hello I am upgrading my traveler and need to get the endplate off which appears to be Loctite secure
Mercury 3.3 HP Outboard ....No Oil From Lower Unit Vent Nichole340 at 10:09am 10.08.19 Engines and Propulsion 5/1598 I'm in the process of replacing Lower Unit Gaskets, "O" Rings, Grommets etc on my 2000 Mercury 3.3 H
2QM15 Exhaust System kimmiedeanne at 4:58am 10.08.19 Ask All Sailors 6/922 Hi! I moved to Key West about a year ago against my will when I bought this headache of a Watkins 27
Plugs (1) Subotter84 at 3:30am 10.08.19 Ask All Sailors 2/441 As state din my previous post brand new to sailing. Have a question might be dumb, but i recall read
Winterizing a M25xp Jac123 at 3:07am 10.08.19 Catalina 30 3/798 I am preparing to winterize the raw water cooling system of my M25xp. I am going to disconnect the h
Looking for some downwind advice SoSound at 9:51pm 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1522 There are two prevailing winds where (and when) we sail; dead on the nose, and dead astern. I think
Checking for drain plug and or rusty oil pan. thwilson at 9:23pm 10.07.19 Engines and Propulsion 7/802 Anyone know of an easy way to see if drain plug is missing or if I have a rusty oil pan. Would rathe
Pushpit Rail Mounted VHF Antenna Suggestions Ward H at 7:22pm 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 23/2584 In the bay I just use my handheld VHF. I contemplating one or two trips going outside instead of the
New front windows. RolfSail at 5:03pm 10.07.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/577 Anyone have info on where to purchase new replacement windows over the v berth in a 1999 Hunter 260?
28 sabre broken steering cable M&K soulmates at 3:20pm 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 9/809 Hey guys. I'm new to the whole sailing world basicly I was sailing from home NY to NJ. Ran into AL
81 Hunter 33 strut and shaft log hardware size shelled at 10:47am 10.07.19 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1072 Hello, dotting i's and crossing t's for haul out plans. I would like to replace the hardware for th
Privacy Curtain Alansails at 10:12am 10.07.19 Catalina 310 12/1518 We have put our boat up for the winter :( and we have brought home the privacy curtain, has anyone c
STS Melissa <--Invest 93L + Invest 92L + Non-Tropical FL JamesG161 at 7:52am 10.07.19 Weather and Forecasting 24/2051 NOAA is watching a LOW area off Florida East Coast. It appears to have been hatched by a Passing HIG
Super Typhoon Hagibis JamesG161 at 7:39am 10.07.19 Weather and Forecasting 4/690 This West Pacific Storm is passing north of Guam and targeting Japan. New term of Category 5+ as Sup
Looking at a First 375 Jeffrey Menzies at 7:20am 10.07.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 30/3422 am new to this forum, my wife and I have been sailing together for a year or so on a starter boat I
Bronze Prop treatment Ron20324 at 7:06am 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 28/3117 What are the suggestions to treat my brand new bronze prop other than regular bottom paints. A seala
Chain plates tom cooper at 6:30am 10.07.19 Ask All Sailors 3/908 has anyone replaced the chain plates on a Irwin Mark III, any knowledge is welcome
Lift from Asymmetrical? danstanford at 6:26am 10.07.19 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/5846 Not having used an assym before, and hopefully moving into one this spring, I have been watching tri

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H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 10:35pm 10.03.23 Did you get the Dakota DL+ 60 ah starting battery? I was it advertised for $599.
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 10:28pm 10.03.23 air accumulator screw Is that what that screw is? What is its purpose? I have pretty much the same
Trouble keeping the rain out! Seadoc at 10:09pm 10.03.23
Cockpit Speaker Locations Project_Mayhem at 8:36pm 10.03.23 I was given a nice pair of JL marine speakers. I was leaning towards some rail mounted enclosures bu
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Skipper J at 7:36pm 10.03.23 True. I am wondering where the Navy jets were. Good at least that the right-wing militia weren't s
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker Ralph Johnstone at 6:18pm 10.03.23 Seems to have served the old wiring quite well so it should continue to do the job.
My solution for winch override. Yours? jssailem at 6:10pm 10.03.23 Yes captain. That does look like an improvement.
Cockpit Speaker Locations FDL S2 at 4:57pm 10.03.23 Before you start cutting holes in your boat for conventional speakers, check out this discussion ab
My solution for winch override. Yours? (1) stickinthemud57 at 4:06pm 10.03.23 OK, I think I have this little issue with the swivelling cleats sorted out. The lighting was a littl
H49/50 battery replacement tkwhalen at 3:39pm 10.03.23 I have 3 400amp hour Chins so 1200 Amp hours. Th e Chins were the same size as the old 8Ds I had the
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker sorcererdog at 3:31pm 10.03.23 The old one was also 80A. Just went with what appears to be a more recent version of the same unit,
Funny Friday!!! (1) Ward H at 2:58pm 10.03.23 220406
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Don S/V ILLusion at 1:36pm 10.03.23 Have any of you heard of cruisers being shot at? Maybe from shore by someone who didn't like wher
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition dlochner at 12:58pm 10.03.23 Us mere mortals are a little more fearful :yikes: ! I could see the targets and they were shootin
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Ralph Johnstone at 12:31pm 10.03.23 at no time did I fear for my safety from the gunfire. Us mere mortals are a little more fearful :
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker Ralph Johnstone at 12:27pm 10.03.23 Am I correct in assuming the new E9 80 is an 80A breaker ? Were you able to determine the size of
Cockpit Speaker Locations Ted at 12:19pm 10.03.23 Before you start cutting holes in your boat for conventional speakers, check out this discussion abo
Universal M25: strange water temp alarm behavior Ralph Johnstone at 12:18pm 10.03.23 Discovered short circuit at the panel Congratulations :clap:. Can you now short out the tempera
Cockpit Speaker Locations (1) rgranger at 12:13pm 10.03.23 We have cockpit speakers installed by a prior owner. I'm not happy with them. We use a JBL BT speak
Cockpit Speaker Locations tfox2069 at 12:11pm 10.03.23 What @dlochner said. I've owned two boats now that have cockpit speakers installed in the overhead

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