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CNG to Propane Conversion kits jdhohmann at 10:01am 05.04.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1754 Hey everyone Looking to finally convery my Gas Systems CNG stove to propane, but I am having a real
Mounting flatscreen TV on wall Cat310onWinni at 9:50am 05.04.20 Catalina 310 15/6930 We have a 32 inch flatscreen that we would like to mount on wall. What is best location and mounting
Peter 9001 PeterBeckley at 9:31am 05.04.20 Ask An Oday Owner 0/349 Has anyone replaced a 1982 Sherwood pump (it's on a Universal Diesel 5411) with an Oberdorfer pump?
running new depth guage transducer wire in a hunter 29.5 markgoldfarb at 8:51am 05.04.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/883 I have had to replace both he knot and depth gauged transducers in my 1998 Hunter 29.5. Does anyone
Fuel Tank cleaning George KK at 8:44am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 13/2175 Hi guys My name is George and I live in England UK. I recently purchase a Beneteau First 26 and I wa
Hunter 25 Remodel - What to do with unused parts HippieChick at 8:29am 05.04.20 Smaller Boats 11/1263 My daughter purchased a Hunter 25 and we're remodeling for her to live on. Good thing she's tiny :)
Dedicated Breaker/Electric Head? SDcondogirl at 8:27am 05.04.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1088
Water Tank Inspection Plate FUP and More Questions nveater at 7:36am 05.04.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/709 A couple of weeks ago I posted with the query about installing an inspection plate in my poly water
What year did Hunter start making Engine hour meters standard equipment. Buddy Gold at 7:32am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1831 I am looking at a 1994 33.5 that the owner said had no engine hour meter. I found that hard to belie
CO alarm problem (?) Justin_NSA at 7:28am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 36/3250 I installed a new Kidde CO monitor last Fall. Up to now it has been silent and the readout has been
1979 Hunter 33 - Porthole Replacement billredd1 at 7:16am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 4/656 My "new to me" 1979 Hunter 33 has plastic portholes. Many of them are cracked. Any suggestions on wh
Looks like I will have to isolate for the next 14 days. DaveJ at 6:12am 05.04.20 Sails Call Lounge 15/1220 Been married 38 years, this is the first time that my wife has cut my hair. They say the difference
Prout Catamarans Klaussic at 5:39am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 2/2538 Hello Everybody, I am in the market for a sailboat and I am currently evaluating a number of option
mast light wiring problems jsachetti at 5:00am 05.04.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/982 Mast light works as I ran wire directly from battery to light and lit up. I then tested for power co
Sail Warehouse Sledge62 at 4:42am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 1/501 Anyone have experience with these folks?
Club racers. L.Christensen at 4:40am 05.04.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 22/2546 We have a 235 First with the wing keel and a roller furling jib and 3 year old standard dacron Preci
Galley Faucet - american standard wsconner at 4:28am 05.04.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/855 I have an older style American Standard faucet in the galley. It looks like the Reliant model, but
Epoxy induction CapnGL at 10:18pm 05.03.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1581 Hi all, this weekend ill be putting a few coats of interlux epoxy on my hull. In gearing up ive read
Man-o-war misery (2) djustice at 7:52pm 05.03.20 Chrysler 2/3190 I bought a man-o-war a couple years ago. The daggerboard trunk is poorly designed and the gussets t
2008 Beneteau in mast furling ? SycloneDriver at 7:39pm 05.03.20 Ask All Sailors 38/6812 Yesterday I took out an 08 B 31 for a test sail. Here are a few thing that I observed and a questio

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Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line yelkenli at 7:46pm 03.17.25 It will be by hand. I will go with the larger and in polyester double braid. Thanks for all of the f
Any reason not to go with 6mm for clew reef line Tally Ho at 7:40pm 03.17.25 Do you have the reef line run to a winch? Or are you pulling it by hand? pulling by hand may be ea
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:10pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pl
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dlochner at 5:58pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversatio
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:54pm 03.17.25 Back to the original question about sourcing terminals. Waytek Wire is a good source for bulk purch
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Davidasailor26 at 5:53pm 03.17.25 Ways I, personally, would use this app: "Hey, I am at my boat and need to turn her around in her s
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:52pm 03.17.25 Yes, depending on which die is used. The smooth heatshrink die does not crimp as securely as the d
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Will Gilmore at 5:42pm 03.17.25 Arrowhead Industrial Services, Inc. 3537 South NC 119 Graham, NC 27253 CA1998040008 IA01 Joe Cassid
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (1) jssailem at 5:25pm 03.17.25 I chose to use a Racor 500MA when I installed a replacement for the original Ford Diesel Motor filte
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 4:47pm 03.17.25 What kind of crimper are you using? I forget the brand, decent crimper. I bought it from Mainesai
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 4:23pm 03.17.25 All great points and thank you for them. I grew up boating and spent a significant amount of time o
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Foswick at 4:21pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversation
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? JoeWhite at 4:11pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pla
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Calif. Ted at 4:10pm 03.17.25 I replaced the filter assembly for one with a metal bowl a few years ago. The metal bowls ~ $100, wh
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:31pm 03.17.25 ring terminals \| McMaster-Carr Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Th
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:28pm 03.17.25 Newark electronics , Hamiltom Marine are two reputeable sources Thank you. I will check them out.
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:27pm 03.17.25 I have been using a rachet crimp tool on all types of terminals. Just a part of the project rebuild
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:21pm 03.17.25 Any decent hardware store soon became my favorite marine store! :) Get regular terminals and seal

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