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Slow Poke?? Ouch! Steve Franklin at 1:52am 07.21.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1028 Thanks for the ideas, Gene! I can sail over 5, using the same knotmeter that showed 2.7 under power
Am I just slow, or what?? Steve Franklin at 1:11am 07.21.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1097 Under full power, I'm only getting 2.7 knots. Universal 5411 with 3 blade prop. Seems AWFULLY slow
trailer extension-extra line Tim Pinkham at 10:59pm 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 3/995 Hello,I'm close to getting my boat in the water and am wondering if any of you have made use of t
26.5 Tiller ? Mike Salois at 10:10pm 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 1/947 I recently purchased a '87 26.5. My question to other owners is about the height of the tiller arm.
non-skid help Marty Flyntz at 10:06pm 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 1/903 HI,I recently bought a hunter 25 and the cockpits a bit of a mess, I would like to put rubberized
BROKEN PUMP HANDLE BRUCE JAEGER at 9:51pm 07.20.00 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1393 I WAS SAILING LAST NIGHT WHILE ONE OF MY GUESTS USED THE HEAD.WHIOLE THEY WERE PUMPING OUT THE HEAD
Rudder modification Brian Clark at 9:23pm 07.20.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1009 Looking at purchasing a 1988 hunter 45 legend. The draft (keel) is about 7'4" and the rudder draft i
Diagrams Needed Bill Lockridge at 2:41pm 07.20.00 Mid-Size Boats 3/1079 I have a Hunter 33 that will be purchased in one week year is 1980 and I need a wiring diagram for e
CDPD bill walton at 12:44pm 07.20.00 Other Sailboats 1/778 Is anyone using CDPD for wireless data access aboard. I've just been reading about it in a bulletin
h-170 Capsize Thanks Rich Housh at 12:10pm 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 6/1558 Thanks to everyone for your input and suggestions. I received all sorts of advice and criticism. G
Ventilation, nicro solar vents Jim Seamans at 11:13am 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 6/1378 Has anyone in the the 26 and 260 crowd installed any nicro solar vents orequivlant on the boats. M
Companionway Cover Jim Seamans at 10:43am 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 8/979 After a couple of hard rains and too much rain coming in through the seams around the companionway,
barbados edward at 9:15am 07.20.00 Destinations 3/1605 we are thinking of getting to warmer climes than n.j. for a few weeks this coming winter.i have re
anchoring missloulou at 8:23am 07.20.00 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1216 I am going to install an electric windlass on my 37ft CC O'Day. The installer told me I w probably n
Boat or condo? Steve Gautney at 8:01am 07.20.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1182 The wife and I want an investment property that we can enjoy now. We have looked at beach condos bu
window seals leaking JOHN SAINDON at 5:51am 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 1/998 HELLO ALL !!MY CAT 25 WINDOWS ARE 20 YEARS OLD ANDCRACKED LEAKING BADLY. WHERE CAN I GETNEW SEAL
NYC Rendezvous this summer? Doug Maass at 5:03am 07.20.00 Other Sailboats 4/812 Is there a Hunter rendezvous this summer in the NYC metro area or Long Island Sound?
water tank with possible corrosion Adam F. at 4:59am 07.20.00 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1432 I recently purchased a 1982 Hunter 33 with an aluminum water tank located under the vee-berth. It i
Rudder seems Brian Snook at 4:45am 07.20.00 Smaller Boats 3/976 Has anyone experienced their rudder seams splitting, exposing the foam core?
Harmonic Engine Vibration Frank Intino at 4:04am 07.20.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1767 I recently purchased a 1985 CAT 30. When the engine runs, in gear, there is a very noticeable harmo

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Upsizing raw water engine SeaCock, Strainer, White Steam Smoke jssailem at 3:51pm 02.25.20 Oh. You want a 3/4 Hose ID. Well you are correct. I am not sure but I would hazard a guess. It has
skimmer transducer Mechone at 3:50pm 02.25.20 Go with hull mounted transducer in front of the keel, it's glued or epoxied to hull then filled with
Tailpipe under water? rgranger at 3:32pm 02.25.20 Well... I would take it to a ramp first and see if you have a problem floating the boat off the pad
Keel up or keel down rgranger at 3:31pm 02.25.20 This questions comes up every now and again.... and I don't think it is settled (or will be). I kee
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 3:26pm 02.25.20 Can you please specify what converter did you use? I am using the Actisense NGW-1-AIS NMEA Gateway
Upsizing raw water engine SeaCock, Strainer, White Steam Smoke (1) Blitz at 3:17pm 02.25.20 @Blitz you can save $50 to $125 and get the 750 . 3/4 inch hoses. Plenty of water for your engine.
acrylic window thickness Dave Groshong at 3:16pm 02.25.20 they will be screwed in place, how do you allow some flex? If you use Dow 795, screws are not req
skimmer transducer (1) jssailem at 3:05pm 02.25.20 @shemandr You are right about the runabout. Normally the runabout's transom bottom is beneath the wa
Adding a bigger hose around existing to seal odors efimki at 3:05pm 02.25.20 Sounds good! I found that a heat gun has helped tremendously to remove old hoses, and getting new ho
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Ward H at 2:57pm 02.25.20 As John develops and posts the route plans for this sure to be amazing trip, I'm thinking about chan
SQL Injection Attack - 2/24/2020 capta at 2:41pm 02.25.20 This is to advise everyone that there was an SQL Injection attack this morning. The results were a
Tailpipe under water? (1) jimshipsky at 2:40pm 02.25.20 Yeah, I want this to work right the first time! I'm visualizing a pair of tag wheels to sit under th
skimmer transducer shemandr at 2:39pm 02.25.20 Skimmer as in on the transom outside the boat? IDK. I had one on a runabout I had. It would work
Exhaust Tape? Tom J at 2:08pm 02.25.20 Looks more like this... a foil, rather than a silver backed fiberglass tape. na Direct sent me a k
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) Will Gilmore at 1:55pm 02.25.20 I just changed my graphite packing after 10ys, was still good. What is the environment? You're on
old Signet Transducer, New Head unit? ScourgeOfTheHudson at 1:51pm 02.25.20 thanks for the replies. just called them and they actually had a handful of the old P80 headunits ly
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD jssailem at 1:40pm 02.25.20 @Tantor this should work. It is by Yacht Devices. They have a couple of options. This one happens to
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD stephen_i_w at 1:39pm 02.25.20 I will re-post this: I used a Yacht Devices YDNG02R NMEA0183 to NMEA2000 Converter to interface my
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Tantor at 1:35pm 02.25.20 I would add that my personal experience with the Standard Horizon GX2200 is that it works very well.
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD jssailem at 1:26pm 02.25.20 Vesper has come out with their VHF/AIS transponder system last November. They call it Cortex. https

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