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What is this boat? (1) Sweetnlow at 11:22am 07.19.18 Ask All Sailors 13/1622 I was driving past my local Marina and they had this ship in the lot. Can anyone tell me what it is?
Wait, Did he say marine mammals ? Calif. Ted at 9:08am 07.19.18 Sails Call Lounge 2/408 Monday while out we heard the following : Securite, securite, securite CG sector San Diego with an u
Jabsco 36900-1000 pressure water pump problem advice tmjb at 5:43am 07.19.18 Ask All Sailors 15/2259
Sea Tech plumbing fitting leaks uncledom at 3:59am 07.19.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/794 I thought my Wema tank sensor was failing but it turns out the Sea Tech shut off valves are leaking
Refinishing H376 interior floor rfrye1 at 10:15pm 07.18.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/487 My 1998 H376 wood floor is showing some wear and tear. I'm considering refinishing it. I assume the
ODay 20 vs Mariner 2+2 which is faster Mcewan007 at 8:16pm 07.18.18 Day Sailers 16/5977
Motor size ? Rltgold at 7:25pm 07.18.18 Catalina 22 19/1156 What is the largest motor you can use on a Catalina 22 ? Thanks
Which is Faster, Smooth Hulls or Rough? AlastairLC at 7:13pm 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 64/10169 Having just had Bella Zee's hull recoated, I noticed that the finish was rough, gritty really. Denni
Raymarine Power/NMEA cable for A50 Chartplotter Rob2435 at 6:30pm 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 4/508 Got a new to me chartplotter but need the power cable, any lead on one would be great.
Tell me this isn't true! Brian D at 5:45pm 07.18.18 Sails Call Lounge 1/465 XDbPa9ENM6I
Air conditioner drip solution Sanfelice at 5:26pm 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 26/3377 I have a dry bilge except when running the air conditioner. The drip tube in the bilge runs perpendi
Solar Issue Rick D at 3:49pm 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 9/700 I have 400 watts solar from four 50's and two 100's. The two 100 s are new. All are ganged into the
Companionway Screech Solution (1) mholzmann at 2:09pm 07.18.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/434 Prior to 1995 many of the Catalina Sailboats 27' to 42' had a very same Companionway Hatch. Very co
H23.5 mast base halyard sheave spacers (1) Rick Macdonald at 1:54pm 07.18.18 Smaller Boats 8/900 153868 The photo shows the broken spacer. I have none at all now and the main halyard binds between
Streamstay II furler problems Dave Pawloski at 12:58pm 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 1/376 My 1985 Hunter 31 is equipped with a Streamstay II jib furler (from when I purchased the boat in 19
Alden Marinefax TR-VI capta at 11:08am 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 8/460 This boat came with an Alden Marinefax TR-VI, but no paper. I thought it might be good to get it goi
Hull Oil Canning MacR2Wim at 10:25am 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 5/6147 I own and sail a 1984 Catalina 30 in a large freshwater lake in MS. Because there are no facilities
Connecting Garmin NMEA GPS to Raymarine Seatalk Mity at 9:35am 07.18.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/11635 Hi I just bought a Garmin Echomap Plus 65cv and I would like to connect it to the Raymarine equipme
ST-60 (ST1) Network to NMEA 2000 (1) Maine Sail at 4:57am 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 25/12567 I get asked this electronics question more than just about any other from customers who have a perfe
Compass, AP, GPS conflict KennyBene at 4:11am 07.18.18 Ask All Sailors 50/2436 1999 B352 with C80 MFD, ST 50 plus autopilot and compass None of these instruments show the same he

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Ran air into my water pump jviss at 5:33pm 08.01.23 This happens often on my boat. It happens on mine because the outlet side of the pump gets filled w
Furling main, halyard replacement Hunter 33 2006 (2) kbgunn at 5:28pm 08.01.23 The manual for our boat specifies a dyneema core with a polyester cover. A polyester double braid wo
Ignition Issue, Need Help/Advice Bents at 5:21pm 08.01.23 Thank you for the replies everyone!! Upon further inspection I'm definitely going to replace the wh
Weird electrical issue jssailem at 5:08pm 08.01.23 Here is the website link I found the manual. Diesel-Heater-Manual.pdf
Wow! Sailing boat rescued by the G�theborg! garymalmgren at 5:01pm 08.01.23 Googled as much as I could, but could not any information of how the rudder was lost. This post says
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 4:45pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 4:43pm 08.01.23 Thank you, John, this is just the info I needed. I dont have a manual and was having trouble trackin
Weird electrical issue Tally Ho at 4:31pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue (1) jssailem at 4:29pm 08.01.23 Welcome to SBO @burns3c . Congrats on the Catalina 36. Nice Boat. Your Dickerson Newport Diesel Hea
Wow! Sailing boat rescued by the G�theborg! kappykaplan at 4:19pm 08.01.23 Nice find, jviss! Tks for sharing. :beer:
Selden - Furling Main GibbyGibstone at 4:17pm 08.01.23 @ice breaker and @Sailgunner ... thank you very uch for your replies. Depending on what we get, I'l
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 3:54pm 08.01.23
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Davidasailor26 at 3:35pm 08.01.23 Ah, I see. It depends on how you define TWS. The definition I'm familiar with isn't the same as y
Weird electrical issue jviss at 3:30pm 08.01.23 There could be a poor connection causing a significant drop with the pump load. I'd check grounds,
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 3:23pm 08.01.23 GWS is Ground Wind Speed - the actual speed of the wind over the unmoving ground, as opposed to TWS
Weird electrical issue Benny17441 at 3:21pm 08.01.23 Make sure the batteries are in good health. Test the pump's actual power draw against the specs of s
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Davidasailor26 at 3:01pm 08.01.23 Did you mean SOG/GWS, or perhaps SOG/TWS? If so, what's GWS? It is, indeed, confusing. But then
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 2:35pm 08.01.23 it demonstrates the type of confusion you can cause using SOG/GWS for performance monitoring. If yo
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 2:15pm 08.01.23 They are both on the house bank, but separate circuits, which is why it's weird to me. Also the ligh
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Hayden Watson at 2:12pm 08.01.23 Thanks - I think my next attempt is tubing (or bungees); wrapped rope isn't working. What is it ab

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