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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 40/10133 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
General safety requirements Ned Ludd at 12:22pm 08.07.17 Ask All Sailors 12/830 After joining this forum and reading the good, the bad and and the lucky relating to incidents I hav
anchor bow sprit brad minda at 12:17pm 08.07.17 Catalina 30 1/663 I have an 85 standard rig. Anyone put a small wooden bow sprit on a standard rig designed just for

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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
Bon Voyage! Tally Ho at 9:49pm 03.01.24 Retirement! Ah, Yes! Did that 14 years ago. Wonder how I ever found the time to actually go to wo
Bon Voyage! Tally Ho at 9:49pm 03.01.24 Congratulations - may retirement provide you the time to do the things you like, the good health to
Bon Voyage! Roland5048 at 9:48pm 03.01.24 Retirement! Ah, Yes! Did that 14 years ago. Wonder how I ever found the time to actually go to wor
Grand Soleil 50 C_Level at 9:31pm 03.01.24 The only GS 50 with which I am familiar has a 7.5 ft keel draft. It itself, that severely limits wh

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