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Shake Down Cruise MikeHoncho at 8:14pm 05.14.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1368 After a year of owning my H30 it was time for a multi-day cruise. My dad, brother and myself left Mo
Shake Down Cruise MikeHoncho at 8:11pm 05.14.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 1/516 Sorry double post. Stupid phone!
Spoof Store? Rick D at 5:23pm 05.14.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1228 So, I was thinking about a folding Lewmar cockpit wheel. I checked a couple of sources (including th
Hose that has an unusual stains/rust/burnt ? (1) pumpkinpie at 5:21pm 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/487 I'm heading out of town in about 7 hours to take a look at another 41DS as a back up in the event th
Looking for information about Beneteau 440 Gerri at 4:53pm 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3071 I am a writer and I am researching information about the 440. I know nothing about sailing and in m
Help with Coronado 23-2 parts Oksailor at 4:50pm 05.14.19 Other Sailboats 6/2182 Hello, I hoping someone can help me locate some stock parts for a 1974 Coronado 23-2. Specifically
LP gas problem tom.p.brown at 4:40pm 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/438 My LP gas is not working. I assumed possibly the solenoid so i disconnected it. with the wires that
Mac26x leaky centerboard trunk Tom McCormack at 3:40pm 05.14.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 38/7696 So, I read posts that I should fill the water ballast and pull the boat out of the water to check fo
Catalina 27 with flex in port side cabin floor Catalina dreamer at 2:34pm 05.14.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/652 Hi, I am looking at buying a catalina 27. The boat was restored by a yard worker. Fopur years ago t
Parallel Charging Question Mr Fox at 2:02pm 05.14.19 Ask All Sailors 19/1436 Hello everyone I am curious to know about charging batteries in parallel in my setup (when the swit
Holding Tank Upgrades wavydog2018 at 1:37pm 05.14.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/760 Hi Ms Hall - Read your latest book ( a Christmas present )- loved it - makes so much sense! In order
Prop For a 1981 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 1GM roadwornpa at 1:14pm 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/356 What is the proper size Two bladed prop for this boat?
Heading for the water ! (1) Villvind at 1:12pm 05.14.19 Big Boats 4/519
Spinnaker Pole length - exactly markwbird at 8:37am 05.14.19 Ask All Sailors 27/6982 I recently got a back alley deal on a used spinnaker pole from a guy who's name I did not catch. It
Steering wheel cover Beneteau 43 grevay at 8:22am 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/858 Has anyone restored their Beneteau steering wheel cover? Both are worn and I don't want to have to
SG200 and Firefly Garbonzo at 6:52am 05.14.19 Musings With Maine Sail 0/668 OK, My vintage BATMON from Ample Power (you gotta be old to even remember that product and company)
2012 Mercury manual Windcree at 5:49am 05.14.19 Engines and Propulsion 6/684 I just picked up a used 2012 Mercury 4 HP outboard. Does anyone know were I might download a manual
B361 temperature reading ping141 at 2:56am 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/2829 Hi! My ST60 Tridata display is stuck on -3.5 degrees Celsius. Even Norway is not that cold... Speed
Keeping the fridge/freezer cold while sailing pumpkinpie at 12:05am 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/7184 I'm in the process of purchasing a 2006 Hunter 41 DS. It has a Separate front loading Refrigerator a
catalina 250: replacing antifouling coat and boat stand rig francois.lavoie at 8:10pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 0/740 I have a catalina 250 with ballast and swing keel. I intend to sand the old antifouling coat only an

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Existing 30 amp main panel upgrade to 50 amp panel Straycat22296 at 1:20pm 11.29.24 My wife likes to be warm while I am making coffee and using the toaster We are getting older (but n
Soft Deck Safety FastOlson at 12:46pm 11.29.24 Moral. Stop water from getting in under the fiberglass. :biggrin: And...... just like That. We're
Battery reconditioning? ShawnL at 12:45pm 11.29.24 You can pressure wash the interior of a trailer sailor -- I did it last year to my Catalina 22. Too
Existing 30 amp main panel upgrade to 50 amp panel Johann at 12:31pm 11.29.24 This is the reason (when I had my cruising cat) that I looked at power economy instead of a bigger
Hunter 31 Propane Locker installation. Windpilot at 12:03pm 11.29.24 Looks like there's a few horizontal laying tanks you could buy for that purpose though. https://www
Soft Deck Safety jssailem at 11:12am 11.29.24 "Soft decks" are caused by the lack of internal support between the outer and inner layers of fiberg
Existing 30 amp main panel upgrade to 50 amp panel thinwater at 10:41am 11.29.24 And if your home slip only has 30A then all that work will be useless. It is not a great idea. Ju
Battery reconditioning? thinwater at 10:33am 11.29.24 I think he means rainwater, so very low conductivity. It is a trailer boat. If the caps were tight,
Battery reconditioning? Project_Mayhem at 10:27am 11.29.24 Can you put a new slurry of acid and water in there? This of course is assuming that the plates are
Battery reconditioning? dLj at 10:24am 11.29.24 The boat caughr water in and the batteries were submerged all that time. Please clarify this stat
Soft Deck Safety Project_Mayhem at 10:24am 11.29.24 Are you just "asking for a friend"? :( I would imagine that it would slowly spread, but have not ha
Soft Deck Safety FastOlson at 10:02am 11.29.24 If there's existing rot/wet core, then the fittings are rebedded, does the rot spread and if so, ho
Existing 30 amp main panel upgrade to 50 amp panel Johann at 9:59am 11.29.24 Another option which may work is adding a Victron Multiplus inverter/charger to power your outlets.
Pulling prop shaft off coupling procedures? Ralph Johnstone at 9:30am 11.29.24 The document is very helpful. What's even better with that document, if you're having trouble fal
Existing 30 amp main panel upgrade to 50 amp panel Stu Jackson at 9:27am 11.29.24 Not all shore power pedestals have a 50 amp service. And if your home slip only has 30A then all t
1989 H27 Steering Pedestal Rail DHembree at 9:11am 11.29.24 For anyone that needs this information, the center-to-center dimension of the rails is 9-1/2". The
Battery reconditioning? dlochner at 8:52am 11.29.24 As others have said, the batteries are toast. If they were submerged, especially in brackish or salt
Battery reconditioning? Don S/V ILLusion at 8:35am 11.29.24
Battery reconditioning? jssailem at 8:22am 11.29.24 You said: " boat caughr water in and the batteries were submerged all that time." I am going to sug
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities (3) jssailem at 8:14am 11.29.24 It is Friday. Lets try to create an outlook... Cold series of weather fronts interspersed with cold

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