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An Acceptable Repair or Wimping Out? rardiH36 at 2:09pm 10.05.17 Ask All Sailors 56/3902 Looking for suggestions or alternatives to the situation described below. My 37 year old aluminum 3
Loosen stays for winter storage? Tsam at 1:07pm 10.05.17 Ask All Sailors 18/2631 For a 22ft S2 being stored outside with mast up in Northern Minnesota, should the turnbuckles on the
Waxing solar panel Brian D at 12:53pm 10.05.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1476 Anyone have any luck waxing the glass on the solar panel so things like bird poop do not stick? Was
Speaking of rigging tension... Joe Blizzard at 12:45pm 10.05.17 Ask All Sailors 8/675 Here's what my boat's manual says on the subject: "The forestay and backstay should be carried quite
Bow Cleats on O'Day 272 fhujber at 10:11am 10.05.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/731 I own an O'Day 272LE and one of the bow cleats is loose. As far as I can tell, the bow cleats mount
H-31 Fresh Water Lines Reg M at 9:00am 10.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/860 I recently bought a by-pass kit from an RV dealership to install on the hot water tank of my 1984 H-
Battery fuse Gabor15908 at 8:39am 10.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/431 I am increasing my house battery pack from two T105 to four T105. To do this I have relocate the bat
Imitation teak decking Reg M at 8:36am 10.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 9/1415 A year or so ago someone shared some info on a product, the name of which escapes me. It was an imit
Help,Tranny HF BW 7 dnamron41 at 7:34am 10.05.17 Engines and Propulsion 0/481 I am trying to locate a ZF BW7 marine transmission which attaches to marineengine, a Bukh DV 20 ME.
C&C 110 Owners Ted at 6:10pm 10.04.17 Ask All Sailors 4/1512 I know that some of us participate in multiple sailing forums besides Sailboatowners. There is prese
Restoring a ODay 20 Scott Rasmussen at 4:43pm 10.04.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2273
C250MKII Forward Hatch Brady Sullivan at 4:08pm 10.04.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/559 Hello Sailors, Still looking at C250s. I noticed that the C250MKIIs have a Bomar Plexiglass hatch (
Hunter 23 outboard motor mount jamesstrobel at 12:58pm 10.04.17 Smaller Boats 10/1555 I have a 1990 Hunter 23, and would like to upgrade my original Tohatsu 5hp outboard to a new 4-strok
Loose Volacno Tube (1) MaryEllaRose at 12:07pm 10.04.17 Catalina 22 8/691 In the process of changing my keel cable and volcano hose I discovered that the volcano tube is loo
Hurricane Nate, TD 16 JamesG161 at 9:34am 10.04.17 Sails Call Lounge 17/1537 Formed fast and is moving fast. It looks like a Northern Florida squall on ? 10/8/17 HIGH pressure
B331 standard two bladed prop size? rgbeuk at 9:11am 10.04.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1400 Does anyone know the 2004, B331 standard two bladed prop size and if it is CW or CCW? I intend to pu
Catalina 27 Holding Tank Pump Out Problem ccsailor at 8:42am 10.04.17 Mid-Size Boats 15/4300 Hi, I have a 1989 Catalina 27 and I'm having an issue pumping out the holding tank. The pump out ha
standard main on furling mast for racing only? danstanford at 7:20am 10.04.17 Racing 2/560 I had someone suggest I use a full battened standard main on the track of my furling mast to enhance
Info on Maine cruising Desert island region or contiguous regions Bfranchini at 6:26am 10.04.17 Destinations 12/1494 Good morning fellow cruisers, I'm writing from a campsite in beautiful Bass Harbour ME. We love the
Four Things Never To Trust Muttondressedaslamb at 5:40am 10.04.17 Engines and Propulsion 59/5341 Two weeks ago, I learned the hard way, how inaccurate the fuel gauges can be on most auxiliary sailb

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New Electronics - Is this about right? jssailem at 1:19am 01.08.24 :plus: @marcham The SeatalkNG manual will explain load balance. Each power load (ie display, wire)
Espar hydronic heating system jssailem at 1:06am 01.08.24
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. andreshs1 at 11:46pm 01.07.24 for now I have ordered one of these: Amazon.com: MarineNow Analog to NMEA 2000 signal converter : Au
Espar hydronic heating system Mark Maulden at 11:45pm 01.07.24
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. marcham at 11:36pm 01.07.24 Hi there I am trying to achieve the same with my Yanmar engine, also analog. what interface are y
So long 2023... BigEasy at 11:35pm 01.07.24 Definitely need to make sailing a higher priority in 2024. Lingering medical issue had me somewhat
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. marcham at 11:34pm 01.07.24 Do you have temp and pressure gauges or just alarms? They are fed from different sensors.
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 11:05pm 01.07.24 @Ken13559 , Ken, do you have a theory as to why the low compression may be what is preventing the
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. andreshs1 at 10:53pm 01.07.24 Right ... I'm thinking that all the sensors (including the fuel gauge) I need are already installed
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:51pm 01.07.24 @Ken13559 , if you haven't started the repairs on the little dam, use a glue gun to set up a tempor
Espar hydronic heating system (2) matts997 at 10:41pm 01.07.24
I aim to give 100%. MikeHoncho at 8:59pm 01.07.24 Does that give your son more or less leeway to perform? I'm guessing he feels a lot less pressure
Beneteau circular shower doors rollers Destony at 7:51pm 01.07.24 Thank you so much
New Electronics - Is this about right? marcham at 7:42pm 01.07.24 Does he still have a SeaTalk 1 network? if so, and if the ST1 network is connected to the ST NG netw
New Electronics - Is this about right? marcham at 7:40pm 01.07.24 Looks about right, although the daisy chain for the spurs is less than ideal. The total length of t
So long 2023... dlochner at 6:57pm 01.07.24 Did you get out on the water as much as you hoped? Hahahahahaha...... Second Star was launched,
Beneteau circular shower doors rollers (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:57pm 01.07.24
Espar hydronic heating system dlochner at 6:53pm 01.07.24 The Espar and Webasto heaters were designed to keep truckers warm when sleeping in cold environments
Help with a new sail shemandr at 6:40pm 01.07.24
So long 2023... kloudie1 at 6:25pm 01.07.24

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