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Aqualarm bilge switch wiring question (1) Justin_NSA at 7:22am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 1/2566 I sent this question to Aqualarm but who knows if or when they will respond. Any thoughts on how to
Hull speed dnimigon at 7:17am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 57/8971 Just a question for all of you. When a manufacturer states that a boat has a certain hull speed what
Stereo replacement Valerio at 6:54am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 5/421 Hi to all. My west marine deck stereo has died. I am wondering if is better to replace the allsystem
What kind of marine head setup do I have? Project_Mayhem at 6:49am 03.11.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 24/2236 I recently bought an O'Day 25 that has a head. It's a square toilet on top of a square holding tank.
H41 owner question Valerio at 6:47am 03.11.19 Big Boats 6/643 Hi to all 41 owners, i need to rewire the hot line on the travel arch, how do i access the cables ru
A spotlight alternative Skipper at 6:29am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1313 I have an old GE spotlight that plugs into 12v. Swiped it years ago from my first power boat that I
Moved to a Mooring - and have never moored before (1) CherylZZ at 6:03am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1119 Our marina was taken over by the county in a long court settlement about property ownership and I wa
Leaking Hull?? (2) SailRex at 5:36am 03.11.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/750 Hello All, I have a 1989 Hunter 23 that water seems to be leaking into the cabin sump. I have attach
Outback Chargers dke at 11:59pm 03.10.19 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1510 I have an Outback 2812M charger/inverter and Deka 4D gel batteries. It is driving me crazy to attemp
iNavX and CHS Charts YVRguy at 9:29pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 31/6568 Hello. This is primarily for Canadian sailors. I have been on hiatus from sailing for the last f
H260 Rudder Line specs (1) Chuck C. at 9:25pm 03.10.19 Smaller Boats 17/2562 Changing out my rudder blade, putting back the original foam core instead of the shorter poly blade.
My new saildrive Mark Maulden at 7:29pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 143/19673
New Cockpit Control panel (1) jssailem at 7:14pm 03.10.19 Big Boats 6/738 Finished the install of my new control panel. Built by @LeslieTroyer with his magic CNC Router. We
Civilization (1) All U Get at 6:38pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 33/1748 Our first sign of getting back towards civilization from the out islands.
Yanmar parts suppliers Tim Mills at 3:40pm 03.10.19 Engines and Propulsion 6/1243 Looking for advice for a good online provider of Yanmar parts I have a 2004 Yanmar 3GM30. Looking f
In NY 2-4 and Boston April 4-7 907Juice at 3:19pm 03.10.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/523
Removing shaft coupler gettinthere at 3:17pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 35/4784 Time to replace the cutlass bearing. On my boat, that means removing the shaft. Which means removing
A trick worth knowing... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:03pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 7/653 Came across this thread on cruisersforum.com Turns out that quite a few people already knew about
Rope length Jayhawk at 2:55pm 03.10.19 Smaller Boats 13/1366 Can anyone tell me the following, rope length and size for a hunter 26 through the clutches for 1. O
Earthing connection for inverter install leemarkadams at 1:57pm 03.10.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/274 Hello all, am looking to install a 2000w inverter and in the manual it says to connect the chassis o

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Need some advice on renovating the interior of my new Catalina 25 Captain-Will at 9:38am 09.20.24 The musty smell might be that the covers just need a good cleaning, if you can remove the covers, j
Angled Engine Control Enclosure Leeward Rail at 9:24am 09.20.24 I find crouching down to see anything very annoying. The back of my panel is exposed in the lazaret
Angled Engine Control Enclosure Leeward Rail at 9:12am 09.20.24 That panel looks nice. Why don't you acquire it and transfer your gauges into the new panel? Errr.
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner jssailem at 8:39am 09.20.24 You will install these in a "hidden" space where you can hide extra wire. Go with heat-shrink butt c
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner BAD ORCA at 8:38am 09.20.24 you can put a piece of heatshrink over Wago nuts with a bit of dialectric grease over the open ends
Osmosis BigEasy at 8:27am 09.20.24
Sore eyes after day of sailing. BAD ORCA at 8:25am 09.20.24 I wear contacts, and use reading glasses. To me the most important thing is the darkest, polarized,
Osmosis jssailem at 8:25am 09.20.24
Legend 35 - Water heater hose replacement? JoeWhite at 8:24am 09.20.24 Is it possible to rotate the hose? If so you ma be able to pull put by rotating it.
Angled Engine Control Enclosure jssailem at 8:23am 09.20.24 That panel looks nice. Why don't you acquire it and transfer your gauges into the new panel?
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations BigEasy at 8:03am 09.20.24
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations Tally Ho at 7:05am 09.20.24 I'm not finding benefits to be worth the cost. Perhaps once I have some longer passages in mind, I
Delayed Gear Engagement - Forward Only Davidasailor26 at 6:41am 09.20.24
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations StretchCT at 6:37am 09.20.24
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner JBP-PA at 6:23am 09.20.24 The thing about Wagos is that like wire nuts, they should only be used inside enclosures. Use insid
Delayed Gear Engagement - Forward Only Ward H at 6:16am 09.20.24 I went thru this when diagnosing my Hurth HBW 50 (IIRCC) tranny, then again when I installed the TMC
Osmosis norfolkcatsailor at 5:30am 09.20.24
Osmosis BigEasy at 5:00am 09.20.24
Forestay Broke Away moorglade1 at 4:50am 09.20.24 I own a 20 year old percision 21 sail out on barnaget near conklin island this off season i plan to
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard sailme88 at 3:22am 09.20.24 Me, I'd get a contractor to come in and do it right. Let the boat yard scream...their inability or

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