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Rudder packing Gland failing (1) boris2point0 at 2:02pm 10.06.25 Yamaha 6/417 Hi Sailors. I am looking for some advice form other Yamaha owners. I have a Y30 there is signifi
Catalina 30 Stanchion issue DPotter at 1:37pm 10.06.25 Catalina 30 0/168 Hi all - 1994 Catalina 30 here. I have a loose stanchion that looks to have been bent at one point.
H50 generator Laid-back at 11:04am 10.06.25 Big Boats 3/378 I have to replace or repair the FP 12 mini generator on our Hunter 50 and are trying to weigh my opt
Splendide WD2100 - F13 Error on Hunter 460 FatSteveTheBoatCat at 9:10am 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/289 We have a vented Splendide washer dryer combo WD2100 that came installed on our 2002 Hunter 460 in t
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. (2) BAD ORCA at 9:03am 10.06.25 Ask All Sailors 19/596 I had to cut away a chunk of floor to get access to the forward part of the bilge/keel bolt in recen
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 7:15am 10.06.25 Catalina 30 26/1256 My stuffing box seal packing nut has bottomed out, I think. it feels like the nut has bottomed out
Aft Cabin adding Cabinets or Shelves buddybear at 8:47pm 10.05.25 Catalina 310 1/322 Normally the aft cabin is used for storage we call it the garage. Has anyone put cabinets or shelvin
Electrical Project Almost Complete (4) AP0196 at 3:33pm 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 14/734 Spend the last two weekends (And two cases of beer) redoing the electrical on my Cat 22. I wish I ha
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? sailbadsinner at 2:56pm 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 7/439 My Xantrex 1800 inverter just smoked and died. It has been in my Morgan 43 since 2007. 18 years i
Hunter bow and stern seats, and helmseat teak strips in Digital Dumpster Dive (3) PAC3142 at 1:43pm 10.05.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/23 Hi, I just posted free Hunter bow, stern, and helmsman seat items in the Digital Dumpster Dive forum
Hunter Bow and Stern seat router template (5) PAC3142 at 1:30pm 10.05.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/132 These are the templates I made from 5mm plywood to cut 1/2" thick Starboard bow and stern seats for
Hunter helm seat teak strips (3) PAC3142 at 1:03pm 10.05.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/139 These are the teak strips from the helm seat of a 1994 Hunter 37.5. They may fit other Hunters from
Hunter stern and bow seats (6) PAC3142 at 12:57pm 10.05.25 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/823 Stern and bow seats from a 1994 Hunter 37.5. These probably fit other Hunters from that generation.
Bottom Barrier (3) Voyager1 at 10:56am 10.05.25 Ask An Oday Owner 6/428 I have oday 302 sail in Lake Michigan and use VC 17 as anti fouling, When pressure washing the bott
Surfed our '72 yesterday ShawnL at 9:12am 10.05.25 Catalina 22 12/733 We went out in what was supposed to be 7-10 gusting to 19 mph yesterday. Thinking that, since it's
Honda 2.3 HP Outboard Propeller Issue (4) sailcapt340 at 8:34am 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 17/912 I have a 2 year old Honda 2.3 HP Outboard. This season I hit the silt and mud at the dinghy dock.
If any of you are going to the Annapolis sailboat show... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:17am 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 13/1164 Raritan has invited me to be in their booth all day Friday and Saturday to sell signed copies of my
B&G WS310 Wind Instrument Problems (1) Schwarz633 at 3:18pm 10.04.25 Ask All Sailors 17/808 I've had my Tartan 33R for a little over a year now and the wind instrumentation has worked well unt
Plastic boats capta at 2:38pm 10.04.25 Ask All Sailors 15/806 From the start, when fiberglass boats came on the scene, I've always felt that they just didn't have
Any alternatives to H41 fridge? Nova Kool R3809 12v Nachismo at 2:37pm 10.04.25 Big Boats 1/351 Nova Kool is kinda pissing me off. Kept icing over. I kept chipping instead of defrosting because

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Direct fresh water feed into the boat when at the dock TimFromLI at 5:15am 11.22.25 I'd wire a solenoid valve into the system. Turn it off when leaving the boat. My boat already has a
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar GeneraiT001 at 4:15am 11.22.25 Hahaha - it happens... You aren't going to replicate my system. But the basic philosophies of how
EFOY Fuel Cells - Thoughts? danstanford at 4:00am 11.22.25 I have seen quite a few on ocean race boat listings. If you are running lots of load over a multi-da
AI and the SBO Forums Cap'n Deke at 3:23am 11.22.25
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing thinwater at 9:48pm 11.21.25 On a boat as small as the Hunter 24 you should never use the 6' tether outside of the cockpit. It w
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing MFD at 8:25pm 11.21.25
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar MFD at 8:16pm 11.21.25 Isolating the house bank as part of a LifePO4 upgrade is quite common as it reduces both initial exp
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dlochner at 7:31pm 11.21.25 On average a solar panel will provide about 3x the nominal power of the panel. A 100w panel will pro
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar Richard19068 at 7:11pm 11.21.25 According to Nigel Calder and my own experience, you can expect on average to get 3 times the nomi
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing Richard19068 at 6:55pm 11.21.25 To me, a PFD offshore is only a certainty of a long and tortuous death, so I won't wear one. Proba
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing thinwater at 5:35pm 11.21.25 Uh ... pretty much every time, if the wind hits 10 knots. (I'm pretty sure the OP means the wind s
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing thinwater at 5:31pm 11.21.25 Well for starters , if you can get your sailboat to to 10-15 knots .. my hats off to you sir !...
Jammed pole topping lift skunther at 4:58pm 11.21.25 You might try pulling it upward on the forward side by putting it through a jib halyard shackle the
Seaflo Dry Bilge System Project_Mayhem at 4:54pm 11.21.25 Put a vacuum and damp sponge in your bilge to get rid of water and things growing in damp environmen
Reinforcing stanchion Project_Mayhem at 4:52pm 11.21.25 For now, I rebedded it and added a G10 Backing plate. I'm really starting to like G10. It's super st
Reinforcing stanchion Joe at 3:32pm 11.21.25 Regarding the original gate stanchion problem: My original short term solution was to install a gra
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dlochner at 3:15pm 11.21.25 I entertain this kind of setup because it works well for my sailing/traveling life. 600 amps of lif
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing capta at 3:15pm 11.21.25 There was a day, on a crossing to Hawaii, when we were windless, and bored. We knotted up an old she
outboard motor run tank DIY Joe at 3:06pm 11.21.25 I use a 13 gal kitchen trash container.
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar brazenarticle at 3:00pm 11.21.25 I entertain this kind of setup because it works well for my sailing/traveling life. 600 amps of life

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