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Oday keel Yoho Yoho at 4:38pm 11.03.23 Ask All Sailors 4/442 I am looking at a 1979 Oday 25. The fin keel on this boat has a drain plug near where the keel is f
Low voltage connectors Gene Neill at 3:57pm 11.03.23 Ask All Sailors 7/858 For connecting hair-thin NMEA wires. What's your favorite?
Garmin GPSMap 76 (1) NYSail at 1:42pm 11.03.23 Parts Search 0/20
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 12:15pm 11.03.23 Ask All Sailors 31/2574 I have a 1984 O-Day 28. When I purchased the boat in April 2016 I replaced the frozen and old thru
Electric winch on 91 Hunter Passage Pmack240 at 2:53pm 11.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/490 How do you get power to the electric winch in the cockpit. Turned on breaker on panel and no go! Th
Interior Wood rlongfield at 12:27pm 11.02.23 Catalina 22 13/1600 Quick question, I'm redoing the wood on my Cat 22. Curious if stopping at treating with teak oil i
Remember when a couple of B52's did a flyby of the USS Ranger (CV61) (3) jssailem at 10:17am 11.02.23 Sails Call Lounge 5/1000
Shrink wrapping a sailboat in the water in New London, CT. SVAngelina at 10:00am 11.02.23 Ask All Sailors 3/312 Can anyone recommend a business that does shrink wrapping of sailboats in the water, in the New Lond
Replacing main sail halyard Slipin Away at 8:29am 11.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1265 I need to replace the main sail halyard on my 45cc with Selden in mast furling. The portion of the
Bronze rudder part GarEi at 8:04am 11.02.23 Pearson 14/1277 I think the epoxy barrier coat is coming off my rudder, It looks like this part of the rudder is bro
Rewiring masthead and forward steaming light PK123 at 8:13pm 11.01.23 Ask All Sailors 22/2170 OK ...next project on the refurb ...the steaming light half way up the mast is working just fine ...
Catalina 320 Heat Pump AC not working Ted10028 at 6:18pm 11.01.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1145 I'm told line needs to be bled. Unit come on, water cycles through unit, air comes out of ducts, bu
New Code 0 needs an genoa block attachment (2) Rafael8008 at 12:51pm 11.01.23 Big Boats 2/728 I have been noodling the notion of adding a Code 0 or A 60 as a light air reaching sail for a few ye
What material do people use to help make less noticeable scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few scratches. Davenport at 12:44pm 11.01.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/729 What material do people use to help over up small scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few.
Seaward keel winch Tom E RK26 at 12:42pm 11.01.23 Seaward 0/454 My winch on my 26 RK does not auto stop going up or down. When it goes up it pulls the deck plate o
Question Re: 1985 Catalina 27 rgranger at 11:30am 11.01.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 16/1573
Engine Sensor ID (3) DyverDown at 10:31am 11.01.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/867 Can anyone help me deterrmine what I need to replace this broken sensor on our engine: It is locate
Teleflex i5600 multifunction display Toomuchmoney at 10:00am 11.01.23 Ask All Sailors 2/438 My 2009 Hunter 49 is equipped with a Teleflex i5600 multi which I use as an engine function gage whi
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary Tater at 8:56am 11.01.23 Day Sailers 15/2851 I have a small OB for my 170. I hate outboard motors for all the various reasons. I have tried usin
Invest 97L (1) JamesG161 at 7:17am 11.01.23 Weather and Forecasting 0/630 Late Storms in the HEAT loaded Caribbean bears watching.

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Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin smokey73 at 5:46am 03.01.25 @DL thanks for the perspective. Always glad to hear different thoughts. I was looking at it only f
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 dlochner at 5:05am 03.01.25 You don't need to heat shrink that connection, but it would be a belt and suspenders to do so. Or
Retrieving engine hours colemj at 5:03am 03.01.25 Engine hours are counted in the meter even if the display is not working, so they are still there an
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 colemj at 4:41am 03.01.25 You don't need to heat shrink that connection, but it would be a belt and suspenders to do so. Or g
Aruba 2025 colemj at 4:33am 03.01.25 OK. Good luck. We enjoy Jamaica, and heading there and then down to Panama does route you around t
Chain splice colemj at 4:16am 03.01.25 "BBB is unnecessarily heavy" It has always been my belief that weight over strength was the point o
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 4:09am 03.01.25 All true IF the BMS has an output function. Agreed, but ABYC states that the BMS must give an aud
Aruba 2025 LanoraB at 4:08am 03.01.25 We've travelled this path. Really consider stopping in Santa Marta and Cartagena Colombia. They a
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin dLj at 10:22pm 02.28.25 I am not sure how those reports relate directly to the location of batteries. I don't see much in
Chain splice (2) capta at 9:32pm 02.28.25 I don't understand this comment. Are you saying that the weaker BBB chain is superior to G43? The
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin smokey73 at 9:23pm 02.28.25 I'd highly recommend reading the top three reports from 2024 dj I am not sure how those reports
Chain splice capta at 8:37pm 02.28.25 This isn't true. G4 (and even non-BBB G3) is specifically made to fit DIN or ISO dimensions for an
Assistance Finding a Stern Tube for a Beneteau 393 BigEasy at 8:34pm 02.28.25
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin (2) jssailem at 6:34pm 02.28.25 Looking down into the area above my bilge, there is a board that holds two Group 30 batteries side b
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin dLj at 6:30pm 02.28.25 I think putting in the bilge hollow would be possible but somewhat difficult. In fact, the starter
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 (2) jssailem at 6:23pm 02.28.25 This is a new idea for an antenna from Shakespeare. Share the light. A LED Lighted VHF Antenna. htt
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin (2) smokey73 at 6:18pm 02.28.25 I think putting the house bank in the bilge hollow would be possible but somewhat difficult. In fac
Chesapeake Bay weather - Spring Change shemandr at 6:10pm 02.28.25 From my inexpert viewpoint it is the beginning of the warm moist air mast formed from the Gulf versu
What grade VHF Antenna Coaxial Cable was used in 2000 Hunter 340 dlochner at 6:10pm 02.28.25 And what is this sealant? It seals the wiring harness to the fiberglass leading under my pedestal.
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin dlochner at 6:04pm 02.28.25 The concern for battery venting is build up of hydrogen. So long as there is a good air path out of

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