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Balmar alt. What are these...... (1) NYSail at 4:42pm 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 6/514 153386 hope all is well with everyone... So alt is going I. Tomorrow. Wires, fuses all ready for po
How to Post: Changing the centerboard lift line in an H23.5, H26, & H260 (1) rgranger at 3:27pm 07.07.18 Smaller Boats 5/966 Hello all I've seen a few posts recently about the lift line for the centerboards on these water ba
4th of July adventures! Scott T-Bird at 2:01pm 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 15/1084 Sue and I went to the boat early on the 4th for a beautiful day sailing on beam reach all the way up
Route Advice: Sailing from Midland Ontario to Chicago Biggin at 1:58pm 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 15/3448 Skippers, I will be heading to Chicago via the North Channel to Mackinaw, at the beginning of August
H260 Centerboard uphaul force? Jeff Gray at 1:53pm 07.07.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 32/2158 Question for H260 owners... I recently purchased a 260 and am generally happy with it, but I have o
I learned something new today, and that leads me to another question. HanBan at 10:54am 07.07.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 28/4211 A couple of weeks ago I thought it might be a good idea to leave the AC on in our boat, figuring tha
County Leases away sailing venue (1) shemandr at 10:41am 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 32/1731 We run into a problem here in the bays we call the Peconics. Over ten years ago New York State enac
Changing Furler from Below to above deck: Hood 810 to Selden 204S Steverhnm at 9:40am 07.07.18 Big Boats 12/1711 So I have a 1990 35.5 legend with the original hood 810 furler. Time to change the furler. Extrusi
New Design Catalina 22 "Measurements" Rltgold at 8:30am 07.07.18 Catalina 22 7/1517 My 22 "Minnie" is currently 3 hrs north of me in Channel Islands harbor and I need a measurement of
tiller extension... rpludwig at 5:41am 07.07.18 Catalina 22 4/719 gonna pick up a tiller extension @ WM tday, have a gift cert burning a hole in my pocket! Any advice
Cockpit Floor Grate (1) MikeHoncho at 9:40pm 07.06.18 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1531 I started my floor grates and got to roughing out the rear grate which starts at the pedestal and g
longgggg shot Captmayhem at 8:31pm 07.06.18 Ask All Sailors 0/335 Going to be around the Cancun area from 22 July, if anyone is out there and wants to meet up for a b
Universal 25XPB TimMarks at 2:38pm 07.06.18 Mid-Size Boats 5/1675 So I am looking at buying a Catalina 28 Mk II, and one of the things that spooks me is that it has a
Stanchion throughbolts leaking... any ideas? (5) Drinkmilk at 11:58am 07.06.18 Catalina 22 4/2278 My '86 cat22 new design is leaking slightly from the through-bolts for the stanchions. Plan was to
Repair rub rail on 1968 Columbia 36 (2) kfrancisco at 11:53am 07.06.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1624 We hit a large wake from a freighter and it loosened the rub rail on our boat, starboard side. Now n
Marine Coatings: Making Sense of U.S., State, and Local Mandates Rick D at 11:13am 07.06.18 Ask All Sailors 0/496 Just got a copy of this paper; interesting reading: https://www.paint.org/article/marine-coatings-m
Hot, smoking yanmar (2) dave_and_dd at 10:10am 07.06.18 Engines and Propulsion 24/2974
Genoa Twing Rigging (1) MikeHoncho at 9:29am 07.06.18 The Cherubini Hunters 13/4072 My 78 H30 doesn't have tracks and has blocks mounted on the toe rail for the Genoa sheets. I would
1972 Catalina 22 Pop top (10) AdventureJake1972 at 8:45am 07.06.18 Catalina 22 13/1160 HELLO EVERYONE! just picked up a 1972 Catalina 22 pop top for $400 dollars on June 23rd here is the
Clearwater, FL (1) Justin_NSA at 8:22am 07.06.18 Destinations 30/3568 I'm in Clearwater for a few days while my wife is attending some training here. My turn to relax whi

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Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 8:58am 06.30.24 The wiring to the sensor/Balmar SG-200 battery monitor hasn't changed since its original installatio
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator jssailem at 8:49am 06.30.24 Getting a negative AMP reading is difficult unless something is wired "confused" on the sensor.
Noise between Mast and Boom kappykaplan at 8:49am 06.30.24 If you are at rest, attach your main halyard to the end of the boom. It can serve as a topping lift
Looking at a Tartan 33 jssailem at 8:44am 06.30.24 The Tartan is enticing. What do you think about what the rest of the boat looks like?
Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 8:42am 06.30.24 attach a cable to the back stay to hold the boom up Ouch... Please help me understand when you nee
Noise between Mast and Boom KGarvey at 8:31am 06.30.24 If I can not find replacement parts or have the current one repaired I can still use a non mechani
Looking at a Tartan 33 Lazy1 at 8:17am 06.30.24 Thanks for the input, I think with a potential rudder rebuild and repower I might be better off buyi
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator Davidasailor26 at 8:11am 06.30.24 I know that the regulator is sealed, but I am wondering if the winterization antifreeze which appea
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 7:54am 06.30.24 I think I understand your issue, but this statement ^^^ confuses me. The regulator is what determi
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 7:30am 06.30.24 The fact that Beyrl so Compact , many of the Islands will not even see tropical force winds. Note L
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive dizo514 at 7:23am 06.30.24
Invest 95L shemandr at 7:22am 06.30.24 Compact indeed! Is my rough estimate of 120 nm across the meat of the storm right? About 2 degrees
Need help recognizing items on my boat Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questi
Need help recognizing items on my boat PaulK at 6:40am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questio
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive PMK at 6:32am 06.30.24 Thanks. Yes, I'm sure its not much of a problem to replace the hull seal. I'm planning to have bot
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) Tally Ho at 6:01am 06.30.24
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement Indysailor at 5:32am 06.30.24 I would be surprised if there was an actual part that was manufactured for the specific length of th
Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:59am 06.30.24 225692 The 96 hour path takes it over the HEAT fuels area. 225693 Dammit Jim...
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? dlochner at 4:33am 06.30.24 :) And, while I'm here, a pet peeve of mine: why do new posters bother to sign up, ask questions an
Looking at a Tartan 33 shemandr at 4:27am 06.30.24 I've sailed quite a bit on a Tartan 33. They are good boats. You may need to modify this one a bit

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