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lifeline steve1366 at 5:46am 08.29.24 Mid-Size Boats 5/954 1984 Hunter 31 What is the diameter of my lifeline size I need to replace my Pelican hooks
Catalina 16.5 mast support (3) Oldskoolguy at 3:05pm 08.28.24 Day Sailers 8/1327 Just finished my DIY mast support for travelling. We just purchased this boat and I found the mast
What kind of propane regulator to use? (1) Rich Stidger at 1:46pm 08.28.24 Big Boats 73/10373 I have discovered that my propane regulator is leaking. So I ended up at a RV dealer and bought a re
Wheel to tiller rscotto at 1:02pm 08.28.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1393 I have a catalina 250. Would like to replace the wheel with a tiller. Can I just use the emergency
Water in the bilge Arrgh at 11:16am 08.28.24 Bigger Boats 9/1339
Bought an ODay 25 - Question about cracking/spidering around the mast (6) cdenno1 at 8:40am 08.28.24 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1824 I'm new to the forum, and the boat. I bought it sight unseen and went out and took a look yesterday.
12 volt electrical system (1) Matt 23 at 3:39am 08.28.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1796 Hi I have a 31 Oceanis 2018 would like to know how the blue earth breakers undo they look like they
Hunter 460 Venting the engine compatrment lefteris at 3:20am 08.28.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/498 Hi, i own a hunter 460 and i noticed that there no venting grilles for the engine compartment, neith
Catalina 30' 1984 - Diesel Fuel Filter/Water Separator Replacement - DAHL w/element 101 (1) ChrisVR1994 at 10:21pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1783 Hi there: I am doing some routine maintenance on the engine of my Catalina 30 1984. I have a Univer
Mystery Alarm - A Cautionary Tale Foswick at 5:19pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 5/717 No question here, just a cautionary tale that somewhat might benefit from. I'll try to keep it shor
Skipper II help please CCC at 3:56pm 08.27.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1788 I have just acquired a wonderful boat. A 1961nDyer 40 named Blue Pigeon. It has a WC Skipper II he
Replacing Portholes Foswick at 3:44pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 3/1032 ... well, deadlights actually. My boat has 7 deadlights that are candidates for replacement. They
Bow Blows Down Hard When Motoring Foswick at 3:20pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 8/1375 This boat is pretty new to me (about 3 months). In general, I love the way she sails. But, there i
Catalina 30 - Not starting! Please help. ChrisVR1994 at 10:48am 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 9/1187 Hi all: My 1984 Catalina 30 was working perfectly and one day later wouldn't start. I turn the key,
test markwbird at 10:14am 08.27.24 C&C 0/14 test
Raymarine ST 4000 auto pilot (No signal) Belgian Chris at 7:05am 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 1/464 Good morning, I bought a Hunter 33 (2005) in the fall of 2003. It came with a Raymarine ST 4000 auto
An A-Frame Question ...3TacksontheWater at 5:29am 08.27.24 Catalina 22 10/1457 After confirming that I should no longer raise and lower the mast without help I turned to the C-22
To charge or not to charge SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:11pm 08.26.24 Big Boats 9/1449 I have converted my house batteries to 600 ah of Lithium, and they are working well. The Li batterie
Contacting the USCG Marine Information Center dlochner at 4:06pm 08.26.24 Ask All Sailors 5/691 This morning I received the attached email from the USCG about contacting the Marine Information Cen
Seaward 25 rudder George N. at 1:40pm 08.26.24 Seaward 1/524 I have a '92 Seaward 25. last week sailing on Lake Michigan in heavy seas, I snapped the rudder in h

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AI and the SBO Forums Richard19068 at 10:46am 11.14.25 ... Likewise, some of the AI responses seem fairly accurate, others contain inaccurate or less than
Funny Friday!!! (1) JamesG161 at 10:19am 11.14.25 Vampire @Kermit :yikes::yikes::yikes:
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dlochner at 10:08am 11.14.25 Thank you all for the info and time to write it up. As a followup: i know there is a switch in the
Shelf life of impellers jssailem at 9:55am 11.14.25 My boat came with a new raw water impeller in a box. Age is unknown. Does the rubber dry out over t
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Davidasailor26 at 9:35am 11.14.25 Thank you all for the info and time to write it up. As a followup: i know there is a switch in the
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Don S/V ILLusion at 9:35am 11.14.25 How do you wire this so that you can charge all 3 batteries at the same time and yet isolate the
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging jssailem at 9:34am 11.14.25 I'm pretty sure the positive lead from the starter battery is wired directly to the #1 terminal on
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging jssailem at 9:20am 11.14.25 @Johann has provided an excellent summary answer to your question. The link is further a solid resou
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging (1) GeneraiT001 at 9:07am 11.14.25 Thank you all for the info and time to write it up. As a followup: i know there is a switch in the
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? (2) jssailem at 9:00am 11.14.25 :plus:. I am with Greg. It is possible. Yet such action may leave you open to unforeseen risks. He
AI and the SBO Forums LLoyd B at 8:54am 11.14.25 Saw a pirate walking down the street at the end of last month. It looked fake but I was afraid to as
Water tank over flowing when tap (to pump) on/open dLj at 8:11am 11.14.25
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dlochner at 8:03am 11.14.25 Let's get more basic and talk about charging and batteries. All batteries, LA and LFP share a simi
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dLj at 7:54am 11.14.25 Hi, Trying to learn and would like to ask a few simple questions wrt eventually upgrading the batte
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Johann at 7:52am 11.14.25 The stock alternator is controlled by an internal regulator that attempts to hold a voltage of aroun
Water tank over flowing when tap (to pump) on/open Ruthine at 7:19am 11.14.25 The long and short if it is: 1. Reseal the access point and the screws on the top of the belly tan
AI and the SBO Forums dLj at 7:16am 11.14.25 Anyone who believes everything that is posted from any source is true absolute gospel truth is goin
AI and the SBO Forums Rick Webb at 5:21am 11.14.25 Anyone who believes everything that is posted from any source is true absolute gospel truth is going
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Tally Ho at 5:13am 11.14.25 Can I shorten or length the stuffing box hose to move the stuffing box packing to new spot on the p
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 3:51am 11.14.25 Can I shorten or length the stuffing box hose to move the stuffing box packing to new spot on the pr

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