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170 Plastic Repairs (5) Shorefun at 3:51pm 10.08.18 Day Sailers 2/777 I went through three 50mL MA300 glue packages today. I bought a more expensive metal dispenser ($25)
Hot water pressure relief valve All U Get at 3:45pm 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1461 Hi y'all, Had a little water over the last two weeks in the aft bilge and been tracing the drips.
Florida boat owners. Any experience with Mack Sail? jssailem at 11:56am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 13/1924 Visited with Colin of Mack Sail here at the Annapolis boat show. He talks a good talk. Anyone have
Shrink factor on Leather Chafe Sleeves? CloudDiver at 11:49am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 3/657 Hey everyone, sorry I've been a bit absent from the forum the last 6 months. New job, new small bus
EXPANDING deck repair (3) mmuldoon at 11:35am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 5/1557 I have researched this topic multiple times, so I felt comfortable enough to cut into the deck of my
Voyageur windvane S/v nightbreeze at 10:03am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 1/560 does anyone know where to get the Kevlar belt other than the maker of the vane. Please email me at s
Self-bailing, deep seat dinghy? danm1 at 9:44am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 13/3185 Not to start a great dinghy debate, but because I have a very specific 'ideal' and wonder if anyone
Hunter 46 or 466 Brand New in the box Quantum Sails and asymmetrical spinnaker. Dennis55 at 8:25am 10.08.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/37 for sale, brand new in the box main and jib triradial Quantum sails. Used once asymmetrical spinnake
Throttle sticks on Yanmar 27 HP tdragani11 at 8:22am 10.08.18 Engines and Propulsion 4/703 I have a problem with my H356. The Throttle sticks at the engine block. The cables are fine. When I
Victoria 18 rudder strattma at 7:31am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 19/2249 Just acquired a Victoria 18 and found that bottom of rudder is not attached to hull. Seems to be a p
Jeanneau 349 vs Dufour 360 johnm5858 at 6:51am 10.08.18 Ask All Sailors 13/5193
Yanmar 2GM20F fuel question, How much fuel is supposed to come out into the Fuel Return line? estopa at 8:19pm 10.07.18 Engines and Propulsion 9/4343 So long story short I was having problems getting fuel pumped out of the fuel injector pump which ca
Fixing hail damage...help Allowishish at 8:05pm 10.07.18 Ask All Sailors 9/789 our catalina 27 suffered some hail damage leaving tiny visible holes in the deck (I am sure there is
Frog Finds (2) LeslieTroyer at 4:07pm 10.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 10/1186 maybe being on the east coast has brought out my ornery side - but @jssailem said these were ok to p
Michael wont you blow the boat ashore! Jacktar at 2:38pm 10.07.18 Ask All Sailors 0/302 Here we go again northern gulf coast of Panhandle Florida and maybe a brush of Alabama. Might be a h
The death of house batteries (1) uralite at 2:30pm 10.07.18 Catalina 30 19/2360 well here it is. After all the work this summer, took the kids out for the first overnight trip off
More Simnet / N2K questions! Scott T-Bird at 10:38am 10.07.18 Ask All Sailors 13/2771 :confused::confused: Alright, I've put my new N2K backbone system together for B ' G products and i
Pulling a prop Ken Cross at 7:10am 10.07.18 Ask All Sailors 15/898 Okay, I need to pull the prop to install a new strut and to check the shaft for runout. I tried to b
Offset Hinge (2) Wanderwind36 at 12:15am 10.07.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1003 Looking for a replacement hinge or hinges for the stern lazarette for our 1987 Catalina 36 that used
Hunter 216 spinnaker inside or outside gybe preference Hunter216 at 7:41pm 10.06.18 Smaller Boats 28/6711

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Rode for Desolation Sound Kings Gambit at 7:07pm 04.03.24 Never again will I stern tie in sour weather, especially with the weather abeam. Side loading, as y
Solar / lithium question leo310 at 6:54pm 04.03.24 lets find out what the loads are first. Turn off all DC loads then check your Victron meter to see
Ruined mast or not a big deal? dlochner at 6:53pm 04.03.24 The dent is not good. The mast needs to be in column for the high loads to be safely transmitted int
Solar / lithium question dlochner at 6:48pm 04.03.24 That's a lot of power draw overnight. What exactly are you running? Remember running AC loads off th
voltage drop with deck light only Davidasailor26 at 6:29pm 04.03.24 Where are you measuring the voltage to see a drop? A voltage drop only affects points between the dr
voltage drop with deck light only Captain Larry-DH at 6:28pm 04.03.24 Put a clamp-on ammeter on the wire to determine its current draw. The voltage drop elsewhere could
Naked 85 H31 (cabin sole removed!) SFS at 6:21pm 04.03.24 You've already thought of the epoxy coating the floors - all sides and edges. If you are screwing t
voltage drop with deck light only Don S/V ILLusion at 6:13pm 04.03.24
Rode for Desolation Sound Kings Gambit at 5:58pm 04.03.24 They do dig deep sometimes. For some reason this discussion brings to my mind something that occurre
Ruined mast or not a big deal? cstan at 5:57pm 04.03.24 Looks like a dent at the spreaders. That's a bad place for a dent. They probably dropped it. If it
Rode for Desolation Sound Terry Cox at 5:55pm 04.03.24 Side loading is very common when stern tied. Never again will I stern tie in sour weather, especia
Stuffing box question. RevenantDan at 5:53pm 04.03.24 She's a keeper. I feel it in my bones. I'd love to, I really would. Just depends upon how the ne
Ruined mast or not a big deal? thinwater at 5:45pm 04.03.24 Looks like a dent at the spreaders. That's a bad place for a dent. They probably dropped it. If it i
4-tire boat trailer . . do best tire go on front or rear? DaveJ at 5:41pm 04.03.24
Solar / lithium question xavpil at 5:40pm 04.03.24
Solar / lithium question xavpil at 5:38pm 04.03.24 How are you measuring your State of Charge and loads? Is it possible that something is out of calib
Rode for Desolation Sound Terry Cox at 5:31pm 04.03.24
Solar / lithium question Captain Larry-DH at 5:26pm 04.03.24
Solar / lithium question Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 04.03.24
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 5:24pm 04.03.24 Yeah, I read some of these posts (as you mention above yours, #43) without knowledge of the experie

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