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Installing accessories over engine bay insulation Sefuller at 4:48pm 01.23.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1726 First boat with insulation in the engine bay. Fuel filter, fuel pump and other miscellaneous items
ROPE/LINE Advise jssailem at 11:59am 01.23.19 Ask All Sailors 36/4000 It is a part of prepping for spring. You get to the boat and start looking at the running rigging an
Furuno GPS Rollover Issues Expected Brian D at 5:29am 01.23.19 Sails Call Lounge 19/3150 Several Furuno products will be affected by the next GPS Rollover set to take place on March 17, 201
DIY electro polisher CYQK at 4:53am 01.23.19 Ask All Sailors 3/626 Looking into building an electro polisher Anyone here done this?
old sailors never die, they just get a little dinghy jon hansen at 10:25pm 01.22.19 Sails Call Lounge 23/2066 voAqdCrSnu8 this is what the north channel and georgian bay looks like
New cabin sole width Mike Oldak at 8:28pm 01.22.19 Big Boats 19/3253 I may have already posted in the wrong place, but wondering where to cut replacement dole panels so
Dinette table Mac 25 Wakulla212 at 7:04pm 01.22.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1591 Previous owner removed the table from the cabin of my 85 Mac 25. I would like to restore the interi
Link to video of the 322 Paul1966 at 2:54pm 01.22.19 Bigger Boats 11/1314
A new custom sailboat, ANNA. (4) TomY at 2:14pm 01.22.19 Ask All Sailors 32/2868 Production sailboat building went the way of the Do do bird here in the NE, decades ago. Semi produc
Painting bottom (1) Flip Rutledge at 1:30pm 01.22.19 Mid-Size Boats 32/4092 This is my first time painting the bottom of a boat this size. Hunter 31. I assume I should back off
Replacing Blocks on mast step Hunter 355 (1) Canonshooternb at 12:16pm 01.22.19 Big Boats 9/1245 I just bought my Hunter Legend 355 and planning on a few upgrades before spring launch. The blocks
Vhf cable mm2347 at 11:06am 01.22.19 Ask All Sailors 3/544 I want to replace the Vhf cable on my S2 8m as it is starting to get brittle and has small cracks in
Where to keep dinghy on trailer sailor? Scandium at 9:38am 01.22.19 Trailer Sailors 49/6769 As title says; where do you keep a dinghy/tender on a small (20-24 ft) boat? Towing seems like will
How to wire this AC panel ? (7) shine at 8:33am 01.22.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/5229 I got this AC panel when I bought my Mac 25 swing keel a year ago. I have a Marinco 30 amp 125 volt
LiFePo4 Bank Configuration Philosophy Question JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 6:29am 01.22.19 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1114 Good Morning Mainesail, I know you don't do any DIY long range consulting anymore on lithium batter
trailer conversion fo a Catalina 22 JCSweetz at 6:00am 01.22.19 Catalina 22 1/671 any good info or schematics on this with dimensions???
Raising Boom for Bimini 76Oday20 at 8:33pm 01.21.19 Ask All Sailors 32/5080
Wonderful MLK Rendezvous Terry Cox at 6:46pm 01.21.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/970 Sail plan included a rendezvous with a Friday Harbor sailing buddy from this past season, Tom Burges
Sea Scout Academy Simon Sexton at 3:45pm 01.21.19 Destinations 4/1574 Hey Everyone, Good afternoon! All weekend, I've been at the Sea Base in Galveston for Sea S
35.5 Legend Rudder Bushings mattcan at 10:02am 01.21.19 Mid-Size Boats 0/503 I am hoping that someone can help me out. I would rather have the replacements in hand before I sta

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Group 24 starter battery dlochner at 3:52pm 06.11.24 Next time you get to Seattle stop at Dyno Batteries 4248 23rd Ave W, Seattle, WA 98199 I find the p
Group 24 starter battery jssailem at 3:37pm 06.11.24 Next time you get to Seattle stop at Dyno Batteries 4248 23rd Ave W, Seattle, WA 98199 I find the
tidy traveller options jssailem at 3:26pm 06.11.24 the Spinlock PXR cam cleats These as @Ward H says, are an elegant solution to your problem. :plus:
Failed Traveler Part jssailem at 3:21pm 06.11.24 That looks like a great fix.
West Wight Potter - Batten Lenght shemandr at 2:50pm 06.11.24 For a lot of designs the mainsail barely clears the backstay. Obviously battens that stick out woul
West Wight Potter - Batten Lenght Bob R. at 2:27pm 06.11.24 No! My main sail battens did not get pushed all the way into themes slide pockets this year and the
Failed Traveler Part rgranger at 2:13pm 06.11.24 That fix looks legit:clap:
Bilge maintenance rgranger at 2:09pm 06.11.24 From here , I'd say you were in fine shape . That's one dry dusty bilge . Minimal corrosion on the
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners rgranger at 2:03pm 06.11.24 There is a lot of experience here but we would need good pics to really help. @Crazy Dave Condon w
Failed Traveler Part dlochner at 1:44pm 06.11.24 Thanks to everyone for the insightful advice and suggestions. Yesterday I hired a professional rig
West Wight Potter - Batten Lenght Warren 22 at 1:34pm 06.11.24 I would add its a West Wight Potter 15
tidy traveller options dlochner at 1:23pm 06.11.24 Horn cleats are horrible options for cleats that might need to be undone quickly. Cam cleats without
Failed Traveler Part (1) JBS Mystic at 1:16pm 06.11.24 Thanks to everyone for the insightful advice and suggestions. Yesterday I hired a professional rigg
tidy traveller options Ward H at 1:05pm 06.11.24 Oh, I agree, those horn cleats have to go. I find the Spinlock PXR cam cleats are much easier to use
Failed Traveler Part Ward H at 1:01pm 06.11.24 Most of the sailors here on the forum are enthusiasts who do practice proper sail trim. Many sailor
tidy traveller options (1) adamv at 12:56pm 06.11.24 225375 Sorry i dont have any better pictures to hand. You can see the horn cleats and traveller line
tidy traveller options Ward H at 12:24pm 06.11.24 I haven't but my first thought would be, since the cleats are on opposite side of the companionway,
What might this be.... NYSail at 11:44am 06.11.24 Greg. If you do not have the wisker pole for the pin, you could repurpose the dyneema into a series
Trace breaker positive lead, also ID parasitic draw Hello Below at 10:59am 06.11.24 The 1 amp draw is probably the station memory for the radio. That is a lot of power consumed espec
Group 24 starter battery JBP-PA at 10:59am 06.11.24 If you need 1000 CA, then yea, that's fine. If you don't need 1000 CA, a DP battery or even a deep c

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