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Quick Release Lever C-22 Woreign at 7:11pm 02.21.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2106 I'm looking at adding a quick release lever to the forestay of my Siren 17. The Johnson brand lever
Replacement trailer for an 85 Mac 25 Seadoc at 3:57pm 02.21.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2781 I'm looking to upgrade my original 1985 Mac 25. First I thought about refinishing it, adding a 2nd a
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD (1) Tantor at 12:55pm 02.21.20 Ask All Sailors 36/17369 I am taking opportunity to ask for you opinion or suggestion on my Standard Horizon GX2200 VHF radio
Northern Lights Generator Stator Failure BugOutBoat at 11:20am 02.21.20 Big Boats 0/680 My Hunter 460 has a Northern Lights M673M 5.5KW diesel generator with a TF-276KM generator backend.
Anchor Windlass/Bow Thruster Battery Recommendations NotCook at 7:12am 02.21.20 Ask All Sailors 12/4433 We have a 24 Simpson Lawrence dual windlass, and we need to replace the batteries again after 5 year
Spinnaker Halyard for a Beneteau 311 (3) CapitalistSailor at 9:45pm 02.20.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/4067 My 2000 Beneteau 311 has a spinnaker halyard that exits the mast just above the top of the forestay.
Blue sea switch (3) Mike2006 at 7:37pm 02.20.20 Big Boats 11/1601 Hi can anyone tell me what this blue sea switch (upper right in first picture) is for. I have attach
H 41 CHAIN REPLACEMENT Valerio at 4:52pm 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1646 I think is time to replace my rusty chain, after all the reading i am very confuse, the best set is
Nautitech Catamarans Kings Gambit at 3:11pm 02.20.20 Ask All Sailors 21/7872 So, looking into possibilities for the "next" life. You know--sailboat, motor boat, motor home, rest
Cabin side stripes replacement wrbeglin at 11:06am 02.20.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/2010 Any insights into the best method to remove and replace the factory stock dual stripes that run alon
Circumnavigate in a Hunter ScottySailor at 10:35am 02.20.20 Big Boats 41/11340 Ahoy fellow sailors Newby sailor here about to open up a can of worms. Due to a cancer scare where
Islander 32 Spinnaker Cole Harmening at 10:10am 02.20.20 Islander 0/1265 Hello, I recently purchased a 1977 Islander 32-2 and I am looking for a cruising spinnaker. What si
Traveler rail on stern loose ingramsail at 9:16am 02.20.20 Catalina 22 9/1085 How do you repair a lose rail?
Common Beneteau issues and pre purchase checklist miraculix at 9:09am 02.20.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2499 Hi all, My last boat deal fell through because the seller did not disclose a severe issue. This c
Legend 40.5 - Genoa furling line cockpit arrangement (1) fero at 8:59am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1476 Hi again, Another subject this time. I find the furling line cockpit arrangement not very good on my
Calibrating replacement ST60 Wind instrument pjb13 at 7:53am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1826 Our 2001 420 has an ST50 but the display and wind indicator and speed instrument were just replaced
Replacement refrigerator strut on 420? pjb13 at 7:32am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/770 Our freezer section is missing the "strut" to hold the top open, though the brackets are there. We h
Replacing 420 cabin lights with switches with LEDs (1) pjb13 at 7:28am 02.20.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/864 Has anyone swapped out the cabin lights on the 420 that have the off on toggle with LEDs? I have tri
KVH tv6 Dome CYQK at 5:17am 02.20.20 Ask All Sailors 2/426 Anyone on the forum use one of these? How good are they? Thks
Kanzaki transmission dip stick Buddha at 4:35am 02.20.20 Engines and Propulsion 8/6515

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1984 Hunter colors kloudie1 at 2:05pm 03.08.25 Interesting.. My panels are a kind of fiberboard and the visible surface is a bit more white than th
1984 Hunter colors Mike Oldak at 2:04pm 03.08.25 I was thinking about that option but got sidetracked by formica. I just ordered 4 yards from Sailri
Roadside assistance dlochner at 2:02pm 03.08.25 As I understand Roadside Assistance that BoatUS offers it is for the trailer, not the boat. And age
Roadside assistance Urban Hermit at 12:46pm 03.08.25 Do I understand correctly that someone won't offer roadside assistance to a boat because it is too o
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 12:45pm 03.08.25
Have you noticed disruption of your GPS location? jssailem at 12:41pm 03.08.25
VHF SWR results... jssailem at 12:38pm 03.08.25 I brushed the sheilding cable and copper inner core wires with flux, The shielding cable does not
VHF SWR results... sailcapt340 at 12:10pm 03.08.25
engine shaft length Stu Jackson at 12:02pm 03.08.25 When you really need it to make way against headwinds and waves on the nose the propeller coming ou
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 11:44am 03.08.25 Ok...yeah after watching that video, I can see why i'm having issues. Time to get serious and do the
VHF SWR results... Don S/V ILLusion at 11:30am 03.08.25
VHF SWR results... (10) sailcapt340 at 11:24am 03.08.25 You have a good iron, capable of 850F +. I think you would have better results with better solder a
Have you noticed disruption of your GPS location? Johann at 11:07am 03.08.25
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 11:05am 03.08.25
VHF SWR results... jssailem at 11:01am 03.08.25 @sailcapt340 nice video. Fun to have all the tools and work space to do a sweet-neat electronics wir
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 10:44am 03.08.25 After assembly, give the coax a good push-pull test at each connector and make sure it does not mov
1984 Hunter colors Claude L.-Auger at 9:32am 03.08.25 Hi Mike, Several years ago I had the same problem on my 34. Rather than paint and try to match the c
VHF SWR results... (2) sailcapt340 at 9:10am 03.08.25
VHF SWR results... Mark Maulden at 8:53am 03.08.25 After assembly, give the coax a good push-pull test at each connector and make sure it does not move
1984 Hunter colors Mike Oldak at 8:48am 03.08.25 THIS IS EXTREMLY HELPFUL! Mike

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