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Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season (2) Gunni at 3:24pm 08.31.17 Sails Call Lounge 0/566 As I sailed under sunny East Coast skies and light late summer winds this past weekend I kept a clos
This is Why I Dropped Out of Electeonics School (1) GorillaToast at 2:50pm 08.31.17 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2011 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/file:///page2image27884.jpg It's elementary to understand a simpl
First 30e parts Iaino at 12:37pm 08.31.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1138 Hi, I hope to do a major refurb on my 30ethis winter, including headlining, rewiring and new goosene
Buying A Documented Vessel jviss at 10:29am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2106 Has anyone here done the paperwork for this themselves? My understanding is that all that I need is
Icebox to fridge conversion. Easy way. (2) Skipper at 8:26am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 14/8737 Have been contemplating this for years. How to convert icebox to fridge. Burning up $100 a year in i
Solar charging a 24 Volt bank Bad Obsession at 7:04am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 13/1168 Battery Bank: 2 deep cycle Group 29 flooded batteries in parallel to get 24Volts at approximately 1
Hurricane Irma & TS Lidia JamesG161 at 6:03am 08.31.17 Sails Call Lounge 53/6153 TS Irma was being noteworthy by world forecasters last Sunday. This 2017 season, African storm "spi
Differences Between Alternator Serpentine Pulley Kits jviss at 5:48am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 15/5235 There seem to be two 'brands' available, the Balmar and the "PK." Are these the same thing, in diff
need to replace control cable for transmission bugbitten at 7:17pm 08.30.17 S2 32/5322 Since my boat has been back in the water, I've found it very hard to move the engine's control lever
Legend 40.5 reef 1 & 2 rigging perse111 at 7:03pm 08.30.17 Big Boats 21/3107 Hello All, I recently purchased a 98 40.5. The running rigging for Reef 1 ' 2 had been removed by
Something missing? (1) Zephyr-Jeffer at 5:47pm 08.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1493 In the attached photo you can see the head of my mainsail. Today I realized that the nylon slug was
Recomended anchor chain and rode Keith Ingebrigtson at 4:27pm 08.30.17 Catalina 30 27/12766 I have a Catalina 30 and wish to replace my anchor chain and rode. I can't seem to find recommendat
Microburst on Granby Dave@Granby at 3:55pm 08.30.17 Smaller Boats 13/1361 Beautiful day of sailing on Lake Granby, Co. Light, 5 kt wind until about 1 PM. I had been watching
Engine room blower fuse? Newport Bob at 3:33pm 08.30.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/924 Need help locating fuse. the inline blower on our 2004 373 needs to be replaced- Jabsco model no lon
Edson Pedestal Guard jviss at 11:30am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2795 I'm posting here because this is a bit odd for the "gear wanted" section. I am reverting an Edson p
Engine Noise Reduction Material FlimFlamII at 10:39am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 13/4086 Any suggestions on who makes good thin engine noise reduction material? Thanks! Joe
Belt Size Roland5048 at 10:17am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2220 Have a Yanmar 3ym20 in my boat. Last Sunday, about 200yds from my slip, the belt to the raw water
Finger Lakes of NY -or- Kermit and agprice22 (1) Kermit at 7:33am 08.30.17 Sails Call Lounge 2/526 What a treat it was to meet @agprice22! He and his wife welcomed me aboard yesterday at his slip on
Looking at a '85 Pearson 385 BobHorn at 7:24am 08.30.17 Pearson 2/1394 Are there any issues specific to that boat that I need to look at? Thanks, Bob
Reattaching Swim Step MarkR at 7:01am 08.30.17 Catalina 310 6/1400 One of the white plastic steps fell off our swim ladder (stock Catalina 310, 2004). Luckily, it fell

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Hunter 49 2008 Georgedoyle at 8:03pm 07.22.24 Look under the chart table in front of the captains chair for the seatalk box. Remove the wood panel
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? DArcy at 7:50pm 07.22.24 The boat has a start battery switch and a house battery switch (2 deep cycle batteries ) and in bet
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Stu Jackson at 7:45pm 07.22.24 Here are the basic boat wiring diagrams. Which one do you have? Most likely the one in #3, 4 & 5
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Lusitano at 7:18pm 07.22.24 No need to remove the house batteries yet. Turn off the start battery switch. Place the house batte
My boat stinks! Straycat22296 at 6:17pm 07.22.24
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Davidasailor26 at 5:47pm 07.22.24
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Don S/V ILLusion at 5:46pm 07.22.24 The boat has a start battery switch and a house battery switch (2 deep cycle batteries ) and in bet
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? JoeWhite at 5:45pm 07.22.24 No need to remove the house batteries yet. Turn off the start battery switch. Place the house batter
New Campbell Sailer Prop (2) Tally Ho at 5:03pm 07.22.24 Now that I've had the new prop on for a while, here are my thoughts. 1. It seems to be a little f
ATN mast climber tip please. SycloneDriver at 4:27pm 07.22.24 I never did climb the mast but a friend of mine did. He is in good shape but it was still a workout
Catalina 30 traviler shive Don Guillette at 4:06pm 07.22.24 You indicated that the curved track traveler effects trim and you're right but it shouldn't. The tra
New Campbell Sailer Prop SycloneDriver at 3:45pm 07.22.24 Now that I've had the new prop on for a while, here are my thoughts. 1. It seems to be a little f
Hunter 28 on the Great Lakes? (1) Tally Ho at 3:40pm 07.22.24 Follow up question @matts997 and @Tally Ho You said the 280 was your first boat. What prompted the
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Lusitano at 3:40pm 07.22.24 My start battery has a switch The boat has a start battery switch and a house battery switch (2 de
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Lusitano at 3:37pm 07.22.24 You should trace out the wires and switches and draw a schematic diagram. Then you would understan
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? jviss at 3:30pm 07.22.24 You should trace out the wires and switches and draw a schematic diagram. Then you would understand
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Lusitano at 3:28pm 07.22.24 I assume this is a new or "new to you" boat Please explain exactly what you mean. Your question is
To swivel or not to swivel Captain Larry-DH at 3:16pm 07.22.24 I think @dLj hit it. A swivel helps If you Are leaving your anchor down for an extended stay It
Catalina 30 traviler shive SycloneDriver at 3:15pm 07.22.24 Oh, I'm very sorry! I was just being a spelling Nazi dick! :) No worries
House batteries switch not turning DC panel on? Lusitano at 3:15pm 07.22.24 I assume this is a new or "new to you" boat Please explain exactly what you mean. Your question is

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