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Solar panel wiring options for H33 Maurice Doran at 11:24am 08.08.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/579 I have a semi-flexible 100 watt solar panel that I want to mount on my H33 bimini (aft panel). I kn
FLA battery vent caps Mark Maulden at 10:58am 08.08.17 Ask All Sailors 0/323 my batts (4-GC2) sit just fwd of the engine under the companionway stairs. The stairs actually form
Advice: Pay attention to bearing noise... (1) mark2 at 10:52am 08.08.17 Day Sailers 4/764 Been hearing some noise from our H170 trailer wheels for a while, never worried too much. Until this
lens for Hunter 33, 2010 overhead light and sound bar (1) txsmed at 9:23am 08.08.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/450 Hello. I have a 2010 Hunter 33. The overhead soundbar/light in the cockpit has no lens cover. I orde
Adler Barbour not cycling jviss at 7:54am 08.08.17 Ask All Sailors 12/2113 I have an older Adler Barbour 'fridge on my C36. Last year I noticed it no longer cycled on and off
Owner registry john6206 at 7:19am 08.08.17 Smaller Boats 5/1040 Greetings! My name is John, proud new owner if a Catalina 18. How do you enter a boat in the owner
High thrust props and sailboats (2) walt at 7:13am 08.08.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 40/10134 There is a discussion about outboards for the 26S with some reference to high thrust props which is
Pearson 303 toilet help- replace with new install Jczarne at 6:57am 08.08.17 Pearson 6/1628 Few questions after a short Intro. Did a lot of searching on this subject. I had an old Groco toil
Rogue wave/wind?? Ward H at 6:25am 08.08.17 Ask All Sailors 31/1854 Had a great sail on the Barnegat Bay on Sunday. Near the end of the sail we experienced something wh
Height our Racor 110A and Tank Bottom. DinoKanuck at 5:49am 08.08.17 Engines and Propulsion 7/1085
Outer measurement cutless bearing steve123 at 11:59pm 08.07.17 Big Boats 2/454 Hi looking at repleacing a cutless bearing on 1999 h410. It has a standard 1 1/4" yamar staft. The m
Outer measurement cutless bearing steve123 at 11:57pm 08.07.17 Big Boats 0/12 Hi looking at repleacing a cutless bearing on 1999 h410. It has a standard 1 1/4" yamar staft. The m
heads up for openplotter users Captmayhem at 9:46pm 08.07.17 Ask All Sailors 6/761 I'm having a rough time after upgrading to version 0.14.3 alpha, seems to break the openplotter menu
TS Franklin JamesG161 at 7:12pm 08.07.17 Sails Call Lounge 4/768 Like PTC Emily, TS Franklin, jumps up quickly, even though they noticed the possibility on late Satu
The eclipse is coming and we're ready! (2) Kermit at 6:30pm 08.07.17 Ask All Sailors 95/4473 We put a window AC unit onboard. We have our t-shirts ready. All we have to do now is plan meals. We
Lifting a hunter 23.5 Bob Fry at 4:13pm 08.07.17 Ask All Sailors 4/498 The small lift here stickers are missing from the 23.5 hunter I bought. Does any one know where they
New life for faded compass (1) Jackdaw at 3:59pm 08.07.17 Ask All Sailors 13/3765 My Plastimo Mini Compass is as old as BlueJ, and has gone without a cover for as long as I've owned
windlass electrical issue (2) Michel C at 3:36pm 08.07.17 Ask All Sailors 10/1205 I need help. I have tested the windlass motor directly to a 12v battery and it runs I've tested the
Big Time PROP WAlk TO PORT NSSCPopeye at 3:04pm 08.07.17 Catalina 30 9/1349 1995 Catalina 30 MkIII with Universal diesel - standard 3 blade prop (13x10) from factory, but it wo
Puzzled by new H170 main sail features (5) mark2 at 1:55pm 08.07.17 Day Sailers 5/984 Hi all, been sailing our H170 for years and love it. We recently invested in a brand new main sail a

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Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 6:59am 03.02.24 Lose the combiner and make sure my switch is wired properly? Would new charger then go to each batt
Battery combiner, is this best? bob45 at 6:55am 03.02.24
Clean Out Oil Pan Blitz at 6:42am 03.02.24 As others have noted, see if you have the room to drop the pan. If you do, I'd vote for putting in
Battery combiner, is this best? kappykaplan at 6:42am 03.02.24 See how good we are at spending your money and giving you projects? Hey, but you asked! :plus:
Bon Voyage! Tally Ho at 6:37am 03.02.24 I saw a cute joke - two old guys were sitting on a bench. The one guy gets a call from his wife, "W
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 6:37am 03.02.24 See how good we are at spending your money and giving you projects? Hey, but you asked! And we're
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 6:36am 03.02.24 In the OPs case with a 1-2-All battery switch the switch can remain in the 1 or 2 position and both
Clean Out Oil Pan twodzusfittings at 6:04am 03.02.24 Is there a drain plug in the oil pan? I'm not familiar with the engine in question. On my Universal
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 6:02am 03.02.24 Ok, here comes a stupid question - what does a battery combiner do? What does it give you in you ba
Bon Voyage! dLj at 5:59am 03.02.24 I saw a cute joke - two old guys were sitting on a bench. The one guy gets a call from his wife, "Wh
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 5:56am 03.02.24 Modern chargers are 3 stage, Constant Current (Bulk), Constant Voltage (absorption), and Float. A
Bon Voyage! twodzusfittings at 5:52am 03.02.24 Greg, congratulations, all the very best in retirement. Advice I was given......"Always leave a litt
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 5:50am 03.02.24 Ok, here comes a stupid question - what does a battery combiner do? What does it give you in you bat
Battery combiner, is this best? bob45 at 5:23am 03.02.24 Great info! Thanks. A bit to unpack here. I daysail 90% of the time and am at a dock with shore powe
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 4:50am 03.02.24 HThere have been lots of advances in battery technology and charging technology since your boat was
376 Chainplate/Bolts (2) CuttyBound at 4:06am 03.02.24 Images from inside the boat attached for reference. Further inspection is needed but from what I can
Snow falling on Cedars mermike at 3:20am 03.02.24 Just looking at those bumps makes me ache..
Bon Voyage! Will Gilmore at 3:10am 03.02.24 Congratulations, now you can really get some work done. Sometimes a change in the watch schedule ca
Bon Voyage! kappykaplan at 2:18am 03.02.24 Congratulations! :beer: Now you can use @All U Get 's tagline: I'm retired. I was tired yesterday
Passage Compass replacement Tally Ho at 9:52pm 03.01.24 Greg offers a good suggestion regarding the compass, likely a Ritchie like ours. Hunter used an Eds

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