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What's the best retirement area for sailors? Wynn Ferrel at 12:41pm 06.12.00 Ask All Sailors 23/2789 Considering cost of living, climate, medical facilities, amenities and quality of life, what are som
Raw Water Pump Operation Dean Fagan at 11:57am 06.12.00 Big Boats 2/1064 Is it necessary to run the raw water pump when ever the refrigeration system is operating? When lea
Windless Operation Dean Fagan at 11:49am 06.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/987 How do you operate the windless manually in the event the power should fail?
Thanks everyone for your tips... Michael at 11:35am 06.12.00 Smaller Boats 0/862 Thanks Everyone for all of your tips and suggestions. With a lot of help from my father and some hel
Water under the bilge? Ed Kill at 10:54am 06.12.00 Big Boats 3/1088 I have water coming up through a hole in the forward bilge.I am the second owner of this 1993 35.5
Fresh water pump Perry Mullinix at 10:37am 06.12.00 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1470 Does anyone know what type of pump the fresh water pump is on a 1983 Hunter 31?Gone and very much m
Hey, Jay! Bottom painting question Mark Cooper at 10:32am 06.12.00 Smaller Boats 4/768 Jay,Hope you're still running around out there and looking at the site. I've got a question you or
How do I install my GPS?? Gerry Libertelli at 10:28am 06.12.00 Big Boats 4/1309 Comrades in Sail,I just purchased a Garmin 230 GPS Chartplotter. Id really like to install it mys
Engine Replacement Mac Medlen at 9:35am 06.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 6/1177 I am considering the purchase of a 1982 Catalina 27 with the Atomic 4. The engine is on is last leg.
Furling Main for H34? Ramsay Selden at 9:29am 06.12.00 Big Boats 1/1072 My '83 H34 does not have lazy jacks or any furling system for the main. Any experience with putting
WANT HOTTER WATER john edwards at 9:11am 06.12.00 Other Sailboats 5/897 HELP PLEASE!!!!I have a 1979 hunter 33 with a hot water tank that runs off my saltwater cooled yanm
O'day 25 spinnaker ideas TT at 8:58am 06.12.00 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2147 I just bought a 25, love it so far. After having re-cored the rotten fore and side deck (personally
Yellowing on Gel Coat Jon Geniesse at 8:01am 06.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1067 I have a 93 Hunter 35.5 in great shape. It was hauled out last year, and we have a diver clean the
Interior Design Thomas Kolaski at 7:01am 06.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1195 We bought a 1976 Hunter 30 from a foundation, and it needs a lot of litle things. My wife wants to r
Change coolant Doug Margison at 6:36am 06.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1017 Looking for comments on the way to change to coolant in my Hunter 30 Yanmar 2GM20F engine. I'm conc
Tachometer not working Doug Margison at 6:31am 06.12.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1067 The other day, when I started my Yanmar engine, the tachometer died just after starting it. It simp
Yanmar 2GMF and black smoke Doug at 6:14am 06.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 3/1395 We start and shut down our engine as specified in Yanmar's owners manual. That is to say...we give f
Princess Stove Bill Young at 5:43am 06.12.00 Ask All Sailors 2/1642 Does anyone know if Princess stove Mfg. Corp. is still in business and if so where can I get in touc
1994 29.5 smoke from breaker panel Joe at 5:28am 06.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 2/1022 1994 29.5After plugging into dockside power I noticed the reverse polarity light on. Not familiar w
Smoke from breaker panel. Joe at 5:24am 06.12.00 Mid-Size Boats 0/997 1994 29.5After plugging into dockside power I noticed the reverse polarity light on. Not familiar w

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Cable sizing and voltage drop twalker H260 at 10:36am 02.18.20 7amps is a shade under 900watts, which would be a medium heat setting on most adjustable output spac
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) Will Gilmore at 10:30am 02.18.20 I have this in my well: "Iron-oxidizing bacteria are chemotrophic bacteria that derive the energy th
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) dLj at 10:28am 02.18.20 FWIW, suspended iron is not going to contribute to conductivity. In fact, precipiatating these met
Nautique all-electric ski boat a game changer - Plugboats shemandr at 10:27am 02.18.20 With the torque available with electric motors I wonder how it would be to get a skier up. If it ac
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) thinwater at 10:24am 02.18.20 That's soluble iron. My water also has suspended iron in it. I'd have to dig out my water analysis,
Catalina 315 specifications SawyerCurt at 10:24am 02.18.20 Not sure if this is helpful or not...scroll down past the 310 to get to the 315 specs.
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) JamesG161 at 10:22am 02.18.20 My water also has suspended iron in it Don't drink a lot of it before sailing. It might cause Ste
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) dLj at 10:19am 02.18.20 With such small amounts of FE in the water is is a wonder our tastebuds allow us to taste the iron
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) JamesG161 at 10:07am 02.18.20 If you want to remove the Fe from your well water, using Thinwater's charts... Raise the pH to abou
eye candy Michael Davis at 10:05am 02.18.20 What a project!!!!! Beautiful.
Date my ODay JRT at 9:54am 02.18.20 Isn't there some state registration numbers on it that could be used to determine the year on the re
Low Power/RPM Universal M25XP jonelli at 9:50am 02.18.20 What did the fuel look like when you tested your pump? It should be perfectly clear with a yellow t
Jetman Justin_NSA at 9:41am 02.18.20 Apparently not. LOL. I see what you did there.
THOUGHTS GeorgeC at 9:35am 02.18.20 The autopilot instructions state that the autopilot fluxgate compass should be mounted "as far away
What stove Codybear at 9:32am 02.18.20 In case you do not already have all of the holes drilled, the brackets appear to be about 4 1/8" plu
Jetman justsomeguy at 9:30am 02.18.20 I do like the burning down of the office idea.
Cable sizing and voltage drop mermike at 9:19am 02.18.20 Plug in heater, shore power only. No generator. I'll post my energy budget a little later. The 65 am
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Basic Theories (Collier 1-4) JamesG161 at 9:19am 02.18.20 Since blood chemistry requires Fe to attach Oxygen, @Will Gilmore needs very little vitamin Fe to p
Rig Tension SteveLKN at 9:15am 02.18.20
Cable sizing and voltage drop twalker H260 at 9:07am 02.18.20 It may help the forum if you were to list the current draw of all your devices and break out what is

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