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Keel Winche ChuckTurner at 10:10am 09.30.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/423 Has anyone ever installed a DC electric winch to raise and lower the keel on a C25?
Preferred plumbing for engine / water heater anitfreeze loop Hayden Watson at 9:42am 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 5/540 How is your water heater connected to the engine? As far as I know there are two main ways to plumb
VHF radio use from shore is now legal but limited Ken Cross at 8:32am 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 3/505 I keep reading that we can't use our VHF radios from shore, but now we can. It's limited to docks an
Yanmar B-1 Engine Display Panel UPDATE (4) dsaniti at 7:59am 09.30.17 Mid-Size Boats 7/2382 141365 141366 141367 141368 Wanted to post these pictured of the panel that I made to update the Hun
Fresh Water Tank Vent Location? jviss at 6:59am 09.30.17 Tartan 29/13392 The fresh water stopped, even though the gauge read nearly full; so I thought my gauge was not worki
South Florida Sailors - Pompano area agprice22 at 5:00am 09.30.17 Ask All Sailors 0/217
O'Day 23-1 Tacking And Handling sreidvt at 8:56pm 09.29.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1764 I am (hopefully) close to done restoring a 1974 23-1 that should splash next summer. I bought it in
Photo contest winners revealed... we were shocked! (4) Phil Herring at 8:41pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1965 Okay, okay, the only thing shocking about these photos is how good they are! And how hard it was to
Need info this Palmer Johnson (2) Texseean at 8:07pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 9/417 I got this for salvage and need some help identifing what it is. Im thinking Palmer Johnson pilot ho
I need a key blank for my Catalina 350 companionway lock. gvidor at 7:07pm 09.29.17 Parts Search 2/682 It appears to come from Italy. Any info?
N28-2 Keel Differences MitchK at 6:33pm 09.29.17 Newport 1/575 Anyone know the physical differences (other than length) of the two keel versions on the N28-2. I'm
P42 port / starboard - rear storage hatches - why designed this ways Puesta del sol at 2:24pm 09.29.17 Big Boats 4/656 Any idea why these houses were designed to drain into the bottom of the boat under the aft state roo
Boat signage (1) justsomeguy at 10:07am 09.29.17 Sails Call Lounge 8/735 Git them Duke boys! this stuff? Or more importantly, proofreads it? :laugh:
Reverse cycle heater NYSail at 6:42am 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 16/1108
H34 transmission hunter healer at 4:49am 09.29.17 Big Boats 18/1168 I have a H 34 model year 1983 and I'm getting conflicting answers to how much transmission oil to p
Pearson 39-2 Deck moisture and owners manual andyschoenb@gmail.com at 2:30am 09.29.17 Pearson 7/1774 Hello I am in the final stages of deciding whether to purchase a 1987 Pearson 39-2. It appears that
First world problems justsomeguy at 10:05pm 09.28.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/1696 My poor wife cannot stop complaining about the neighboring boat's AC seawater pump's constant flow.
Sumner, your boats survive Irma? TortugasRoyal at 8:37pm 09.28.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/814 How's Charlotte Harbor Storage?
Ah....Fall sailing on Lake Michigan ! Tally Ho at 8:06pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 6/702 Here is some footage (sorry about the wind noise....20+ knots of wind makes a lot of racket). Sol
Did OxyClean Ruin My Hatch Lenses? ggrizzard at 4:12pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2394 After the post about Simple Green causing such havoc, I got to thinking about my three year old hatc

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Rudder Sensor JamesG161 at 7:31am 03.13.24
Lombardini marine engine (1) JamesG161 at 7:22am 03.13.24 My genset is of course different from a main engine drive. ing is in the front. Jim...
Rudder Sensor dlochner at 7:17am 03.13.24 If I remember correctly the calibration procedure starts with centering the rudder and telling the A
House Battery Upgrade Help Scott T-Bird at 7:16am 03.13.24 I would simply replace the house battery with a LFP drop-in. They cost the same as AGM and provide
Lombardini marine engine JamesG161 at 7:07am 03.13.24 Kohler - LDW702M Is a 15 hp diesel engine. No link, so can't offer any useful advice on the eng
Hunter Propeller Anode fstbttms at 7:02am 03.13.24 How about this one? https://boatzincs.com/63m4-mg I think that this one will work That anode fi
Rudder Sensor kloudie1 at 6:50am 03.13.24 It tells the autopilot how much the rudder is moving and where it is. a secondary display is on the
Lombardini marine engine JamesG161 at 6:49am 03.13.24 My new Marine Generator has Lombardini engine, 16 hp. It is lighter and more efficent than my old 1
Lombardini marine engine kloudie1 at 6:42am 03.13.24 Looks like a good engine but .. a couple of things would give me concern: Fuel filter and sea water
House Battery Upgrade Help JBP-PA at 6:36am 03.13.24 I would simply replace the house battery with a LFP drop-in. They cost the same as AGM and provide
Broken Rudder stickinthemud57 at 6:29am 03.13.24 Or you could make one yourself with simple hand tools...get a nice piece of 4/4 teak, mahogany, or
Rudder Sensor Will Gilmore at 6:23am 03.13.24 What does a rudder sensor do? This is to know at what angle the rudder is? -Will
Venting Battery Compartment JBP-PA at 6:17am 03.13.24 Regardless of your charger, lead acid batteries should be vented. Note that batteries should be ven
Spreader Replacement bolt seized Project_Mayhem at 6:03am 03.13.24 50/50 mix of acetone an ATF work far better than nearly all other lubricants but heat is even better
Lombardini marine engine Project_Mayhem at 5:38am 03.13.24 Converting everything over to adapt to a different engine will cost a ton of time and money
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? Project_Mayhem at 5:34am 03.13.24 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/1710172602669-jpeg.223452 It'd be a real drag if one
Lombardini marine engine dlochner at 5:10am 03.13.24 No link, so can't offer any useful advice on the engine. One question, can you get parts for the eng
Venting Battery Compartment dlochner at 5:02am 03.13.24
Rudder Sensor (1) kloudie1 at 3:37am 03.13.24 Here is what I did in my H-34; similar but not identical to the setup on the 31: it is mounted inver
Is it real or not? Will Gilmore at 2:25am 03.13.24 Most AI generated images and movie clips I have seen had something wrong with them. For the virtual

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