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Winter Battery Maintenance abinoone at 1:37pm 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 14/934
Are we too tolerant of boatyard culture? markwbird at 1:35pm 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 75/6146 Recently I butted heads with some folks at a local boatyard and came away with the feeling that ther
Barnegat Bay / Double Creek Channel Scott T-Bird at 12:22pm 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 3/418 Any Barnegat Bay sailors using the Double Creek Channel to Barnegat Light yet this year? I can't sa
Seeing is Believing! (1) StargazerP303 at 11:46am 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 11/1011 While at Wally-World I saw a very interesting toy in the "as seen on TV section" Its called THE LI
Morning at Lopez Is (1) Charles Erwin at 9:24am 08.27.18 Pacific North West Cruisers 8/748
Hunter 34 1986, 3GMF Yanmar, Jumping around Beth and Bill at 9:15am 08.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1313 We have been having vibration issues. We had her hauled out and replaced the shaft with new one, ne
B331 wiring set up Bluenose at 8:01am 08.27.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/890 Hi all, I was having trouble starting and my best tech said the start battery was shot. He poked aro
Preventer rigging Rick at 7:43am 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1478
Suggestions Appreciated! Owner 20 to40 ft power for 20 years. No more fumes oil for me. Dsine at 7:29am 08.27.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/978 I enjoy going slow and crusing. Speed is not my thing. Like to beach a boat explore the sand bar but
cushions for 77 Oday mariner 2+2 peterbud at 4:38am 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 2/395 I am looking for a reasonable source for cushions for a 1977 Oday mariner. thanks peter budzynkiew
Sailboat meets aircraft carrier Davidasailor26 at 3:26am 08.27.18 Ask All Sailors 58/3830 Hopefully the COLREGS discussion on this one is shorter - http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/p
Delete Me Franklin at 10:19pm 08.26.18 Ask All Sailors 3/470 editing this to clear me of legal issues. Please delete this thread.
PVC Dink Seam Leak Repaired Finally Monterey385 at 9:19pm 08.26.18 Ask All Sailors 0/255 I have a West Marine HP310 (about 5-7 years old now). Anyway, about 5 years ago when she was very n
Leaking from the Keel Cable Andrewjh26 at 9:07pm 08.26.18 Ask All Sailors 15/1454 I have a 26ft Clipper Marine. It has recently started leaking from the keel cable when I drop my swi
Seidelmann 25 78 aisling42 at 8:31pm 08.26.18 Seidelmann 0/1388 Another 25 chiming in; #33 1978 "Aisling", Anglicized form of relevant Irish word... Racing since 19
Why install an fresh water flusher! StargazerP303 at 8:21pm 08.26.18 Engines and Propulsion 4/771 I installed a fresh water system to 1. flush out salt water before leaving the boat after a trip. 2
c-354 - Looking for the owner of hull c-264 Dan Brodsky at 8:09pm 08.26.18 Big Boats 1/1228 Holo Nui(Hawaiian for fast runner) is a Catalina 350 and its hull number is 354. North Sails has
I fell old wen looking at Valerio at 6:55pm 08.26.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/367 the electrical panel. I think a sailboat that sells new around 200,000 the target owner must be some
Ignition snafu Scott T-Bird at 6:37pm 08.26.18 Ask All Sailors 23/1739 I have a newer Yanmar control panel that has just 4 buttons. There is no key for ignition. The but
A weekend of boating incompetence... shemandr at 6:21pm 08.26.18 Ask All Sailors 26/2347 The waterways around here are, I think, less crowded than they were 20 years ago, and they are more

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Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:07pm 03.26.24 You're definitely on the right track, but not quite how I'd do it. 1. Triple M Plastics is a great
Boom rgranger at 6:49pm 03.26.24
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 Rick D at 6:40pm 03.26.24 FWIW, I think I would avoid pulling the top of the belly water tanks off and simply use the access t
Welding Flaw? dLj at 5:38pm 03.26.24 your correct on the electropolishing and yes sir its been paid, shipped, and delivered. Approx a
Welding Flaw? LakeShark at 5:05pm 03.26.24 Electroplater? Likely electropolishing. The battle - is it worth fighting... have you paid for the
Welding Flaw? dLj at 4:17pm 03.26.24 @dLj thanks for your help. Unfortunately it looks like I might be in for a little battle on this o
Welding Flaw? LakeShark at 3:53pm 03.26.24 Is that chrome plated? The second photo of the weld filling in a hole certainly looks plated. gary
Welding Flaw? garymalmgren at 3:48pm 03.26.24 Is that chrome plated? The second photo of the weld filling in a hole certainly looks plated. gary
Funny Friday!!! (2) JamesG161 at 3:27pm 03.26.24 I love funny Signs. tom right of this sign. and 223797 Jim...
What did I do wrong? - Navigating around another vessel ShawnL at 3:21pm 03.26.24 No one here follows the regs, except the sail boats. I've had ski boats pulling tubes cross so clos
Funny Friday!!! (1) dmax at 3:10pm 03.26.24 223795
Fridge: 12V or DC dlochner at 3:09pm 03.26.24 Why would the OP, invert his power when he has 120 VAC? Well Jim, I'll just quote the OP on this:
Welding Flaw? capta at 3:04pm 03.26.24 It looks to me that the mixture and/or scope of gases was wrong during welding. This means that the
Fridge: 12V or DC JamesG161 at 3:04pm 03.26.24 Storing electricity as DC in a battery, then inverting it Why would the OP, invert his power when
Welding Flaw? LakeShark at 2:52pm 03.26.24 @dLj thanks for your help. Unfortunately it looks like I might be in for a little battle on this on
M25XPB eng/battery fuse size (1) Tom J at 2:45pm 03.26.24 I looked at the owner's manual and the DC circuit schematic doesn't even show the fuses. No wonder
M25XPB eng/battery fuse size Tom J at 2:39pm 03.26.24 Tom thank you. Have had boat for eleven years and fuse size worked for me. My boat has electric w
Balmer sg200 problem dlochner at 2:19pm 03.26.24 I'm perplexed by your problem. I've had he SG200 with the smart shunt for a couple of years and it h
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine Alan Gomes at 2:07pm 03.26.24 Yea, that's a tough one. If you're a full time cruiser, that makes sense. If you only use your til
Companion way H26 (1) DRhoads at 2:06pm 03.26.24 I made this one w/ cabinet grade plywood and lots of varnish. Easy, works, matches interior wood (Te

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