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House Battery Upgrade Help gouldx at 7:02pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 26/2483
Capri 18 battery claudesapp at 6:21pm 03.11.24 Smaller Boats 12/1933 I have a 1989 Capri 18 and the next project is to upgrade the electrical. Owned her for a few years
Portable Battery Charger NYSail at 4:52pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 5/545 Hello all So I have 4 trojan T 125 6 volt batteries, 12 volt system. Want to take them off the boat
I purchased a 1988 Capri 18., Chuck Powell at 12:00pm 03.11.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/510 I just bought a 1988 Capri 18. The main halyard was not in the mast top. I realize one end goes in t
Solar wiring size (2) SPLETS at 9:00am 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 11/731 I just purchased a Maxeon 415w solar panel for my boat with a Victron 100/50 charge controller. The
Compression Post - way to stop the bleeding? mavexe at 7:16pm 03.10.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/1129
Puck Lights Mike H. at 3:51pm 03.10.24 Big Boats 2/762 I'm looking for 3", tap on/off, led puck lights to replace the lights we have with the micro switche
Acp to fiberglass KeukaSailer at 9:48am 03.10.24 Day Sailers 4/735 Welp... uncovered the KL a few days ago and guess what. a fair amount of cracks again...no surprise
Splicing sta set 8mm NYSail at 7:39am 03.10.24 Ask All Sailors 7/679 So have new control lines and figured I would learn and splice my own eyes. Saw a video and appears
Tohatsu Charging DocMB at 7:14am 03.10.24 Catalina 22 10/1742 I have a 2019 6hp Tohatsu Sail Pro with the optional battery charging option. I have the original w
Microwave on Hunter 306? rmerl1223 at 10:43pm 03.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/791 I just purchased a Hunter 306 and "am learning my way around." I noticed a white 3-strand AC wire ma
Radar Data cable in mast of Catalina 30 Tkman at 11:48am 03.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 4/731 I need to pull a new data cable to enable my radar. I have an existing cable that does not work. I d
Clamp on meter recommendation? BAD ORCA at 9:06am 03.09.24 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2727 Looking to add a decent clamp on multimeter to be able to accurately measure DC current. Mainesai
New Restrictions for Boaters in the Exumas ggrizzard at 8:38am 03.09.24 Destinations 4/1678 I just received this information from the Bahamas Trust: https://www.explorercharts.com/chatter/exu
Changing batteries Duluthwinger at 7:53am 03.09.24 Big Boats 9/1769 Hi, My boat is a 2011Hunter 39 I am going to change out my house and starting batteries this spring.
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? Ted10028 at 5:49pm 03.08.24 Ask All Sailors 65/5140 My Yanmar 3GM30 has 4000 hours ( 20 years old) on it. I'm thinking with an outboard too I'd have a l
CONGRATS TO CRAZY DAVE CONDON.. OVER 10,000 HELPFUL MESSAGES jssailem at 1:39pm 03.08.24 Sails Call Lounge 18/1980 WOW... A former Hunter Dealer, still sticks in there helping Hunter owners with their boat problem l
Refrigerator/ Freezer Door Gasket (3) NYSail at 1:25pm 03.08.24 Ask All Sailors 13/861 Hello all So one of my winter projects was to re-insulate, reinforce and generally clean up the door
Hunter water ballast transom leaks Crazy Dave Condon at 12:59pm 03.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/292 This thread covers the 19, 23.5, 240, 26, and 260 water ballast Hunter sailboats. I am not sure ab
Are you Ready for Spring? jssailem at 9:45am 03.08.24 Weather and Forecasting 6/1077 If you live in the PacificNW there is good WEATHER news, potentially.. From the desk of my friend R

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Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 10:13am 05.01.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter BigEasy at 9:56am 05.01.25 Starters are usually case grounded. Usually is the key word. Spoke to a seller, when I was se
Unpressurized Alcohol Stove or Cooktop Wanted dLj at 9:12am 05.01.25 There are a bunch for sale on eBay right now. +1 If you can't find one gimbaled - it's pretty dar
Sail Shape EnamrdSalr21 at 8:37am 05.01.25 Enamrd .There are quite a few reputeable sail lofts that sell used sails. I've had excellant experi
Mystery block EnamrdSalr21 at 8:36am 05.01.25 Just replace that old rusty link before you do much else ... for sure!
Sail Shape Timm R Oday25 at 8:28am 05.01.25 Enamrd .There are quite a few reputeable sail lofts that sell used sails. I've had excellant experia
Mystery block Timm R Oday25 at 8:24am 05.01.25 Just replace that old rusty link before you do much else ...
Mystery block EnamrdSalr21 at 7:46am 05.01.25 Downwind sails are intended to fly to the side and forward of the rigging so, unlike your upwind he
Mystery block Joe at 7:30am 05.01.25 Downwind sails are intended to fly to the side and forward of the rigging so, unlike your upwind hea
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 7:22am 05.01.25 by 18' you mean, mast sticking up ? or 18' to the top of the mast? either way that should be somew
Sunken Treasure Grumps at 7:21am 05.01.25 by 18' you mean, mast sticking up ? or 18' to the top of the mast? either way that should be somew
Cleaning boat deck - recommended products and process JBP-PA at 5:18am 05.01.25
Groco SBV Emergency Seacock dLj at 4:25am 05.01.25 In all honesty in some kind of emergency situation I am not sure whether I would be trying to run t
Adler Barbour Freezer - Over Freezing - Help/Advice FatSteveTheBoatCat at 3:46am 05.01.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 3:34am 05.01.25 Are you saying the starter ground (which would be the ground going from the engine case to the nega
Traveler car/track as tether? MFD at 1:21am 05.01.25 I would also recommend getting out on other people's boats. There is value in seeing how they are ru
Groco SBV Emergency Seacock MFD at 10:27pm 04.30.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter (1) skunther at 9:53pm 04.30.25 I would look at the starter ground first. Then the battery charge state potentially low. Taking wi
Unpressurized Alcohol Stove or Cooktop Wanted Alan Gomes at 9:24pm 04.30.25 There are a bunch for sale on eBay right now.
AEDs Foswick at 9:02pm 04.30.25 I did invest in AIS and DSC Really solid point. DSC is probably the single most useful piece of equ

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