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How to determine a battery's REAL capacity Gene Neill at 5:50am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 30/3803 Trying to determine what size bank I need ... If a battery is rated at, say, 100 Ah reserve capacit
West Marine - Memorial Sale JRT at 5:39am 05.19.17 Ask All Sailors 16/895 West Marine has some pretty good deals, the 50% off these US Flag theme inflatables seems like a gre
Headsail sheeting (1) Jacomo Sailor at 8:19pm 05.18.17 Catalina 22 7/1072 Looking for suggestions on how to improve my headsail sheeting. From day one I've found my sheeting
Top skylight broken Sealover at 6:40pm 05.18.17 Catalina 22 6/1281 Hi all, just broke the small rectangular shaped white opaque skylight on the topside of my Catalina
Engine starting woes kimelmore at 5:13pm 05.18.17 Engines and Propulsion 17/1692 OK so I am getting ready to do the sea trials of the new electronics this weekend. Haven't started t
Annometer ws100 bearings odayjim at 3:44pm 05.18.17 Ask All Sailors 4/401 Can the bearings in this unit be replaced? Everything works,but it turns slowly.
Length Of Furling System for Catalina 27 TR RobertW007 at 1:29pm 05.18.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/611 Hi, A friend of mine is offering me his furling system (great condition) from a boat he decommission
Capri 26 aft water tank John1534 at 12:06pm 05.18.17 Ask All Sailors 2/760 The 2 water tanks on our the Capri 26 are a lot like our 320 except I can't get to the rear water ta
1992 Hunter 37.5 Legend keel mount (2) jarda at 11:57am 05.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/795 Hi there, Is there anyone that has some experience with the keel mount on the 37.5. When inspecting
Hull Material shank at 10:11am 05.18.17 Catalina 22 5/533 Hello, I want to install a in-hull transducer in my 87 model C22. The Garmin rep tells me that it wi
Heavy Heeling, H-38 seems to heel over a lot EdFin at 8:24am 05.18.17 Big Boats 26/3664 Hello all, We just moved up to a 2005 H-38. We're a bit surprised at how much she seems to heel ov
Fuel tank in front of the gudgeons! Sailor216 at 8:14am 05.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/497 Hi all, We were anticipating the launch of our 272 this weekend, however a major snag came up. The g
Sailing and Camping April 2017 ShotgunSlim at 6:09am 05.18.17 Catalina 22 5/2387 I had "Kellie Marie" out for a short day sail earlier in the year and took two guests aboard who gre
Specific Gravity vs. Actual Ah Capacity Maine Sail at 5:30am 05.18.17 Musings With Maine Sail 7/2883 I hear it repeated endlessly on boating forums that the only "good measure" of a flooded batteries h
17'er St Ignace - Mackinaw Is Marty at 8:33pm 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 12/845 Would like to try to make this trip with our tiny Hunter 170. opionions / recommendations please.
Liability...... Good Samaritan or just a fool NYSail at 6:53pm 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 62/4764 so hypothetical. You're walking down the dock and see a boat banging against the dock causing damag
who trailer sails? piedpiperIII at 6:21pm 05.17.17 Catalina 22 23/2819 I was thinking of just trailer sailing when my slip lease is up as opposed to a new lease. Mostly b
Need Advice on Peeling Keel hoopcoach at 5:36pm 05.17.17 Ask All Sailors 14/1569 While attempting to chip away what I thought was some loose VC-17 from the front-side of the keel on
Oday 240 Purchase MaryEllaRose at 4:04pm 05.17.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1477 I'm considering the purchase of an Oday 240. Currently, I own a Catalina 22. The boat appears to be
Restoring O'day 15 Randy at 1:59pm 05.17.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2990 I have been given an O'day 15, hull number 24603; class 192 and my daughter is determined for us to

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Leaking deck plate replacement Ralph Johnstone at 9:26pm 06.12.24 For O Ring material, are you referring to something like this? Yipes ! That's the material and i
Group 24 starter battery jssailem at 8:26pm 06.12.24 It seems that could draw a dedicated starter battery down enough to damage it, no? No. Basic anch
Caulk for shower enclosure with teak trim higgs at 8:24pm 06.12.24 I would think that should work OK. I would treat it like a shower enclosure in a house.
Hunter 34 Hull and deck construction kloudie1 at 7:57pm 06.12.24 Greg is correct, hull is solid and the deck, cabin sides and cabin top is cored with plywood. The ca
Group 24 starter battery dLj at 7:30pm 06.12.24
Group 24 starter battery Davidasailor26 at 5:07pm 06.12.24
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Terry Cox at 5:05pm 06.12.24
Group 24 starter battery kappykaplan at 4:57pm 06.12.24 How much can a starter battery such as the one I indicated above be discharged before doing damage?
Group 24 starter battery skunther at 4:50pm 06.12.24
Bilge maintenance Project_Mayhem at 4:40pm 06.12.24 The keelboat on the right looks sunken in. I sure hope Ranger didn't use wood in the stub like Catal
Refrigerator/Freezer issues kappykaplan at 3:39pm 06.12.24
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Don S/V ILLusion at 3:34pm 06.12.24
Hunter 34 Hull and deck construction (1) Tally Ho at 3:09pm 06.12.24 Hi, interested to find out if the 83-87 hunter 34 has a cored deck and hull, and if so what materia
Group 24 starter battery dlochner at 2:52pm 06.12.24 Roger that. I will add it to the list for the fall and hope that helps as well. In the meantime, re
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 jibes138 at 1:34pm 06.12.24 Maybe you could fit a chock where the slot in the toe rail is to let water run out? Then mount the
Mid-ship cleat location for O'Day 34/35 jibes138 at 1:26pm 06.12.24 I think you should consider either track mounted or cut out a slot in the toe rail and mount them as
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Don S/V ILLusion at 1:18pm 06.12.24 And it was....? i Sent a PM asking.
Replacement sealing ring for Hurth HBW 50 transmission dipstick or alternative fix? buddybear at 1:10pm 06.12.24 Hello. I was checking the transmission fluid level on my 2002 Catalina 310's Hurth HBW 50 transmiss
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners caverun at 1:08pm 06.12.24 Thank you so much for that. I will check it out. And a later thread with more details on the repai
Refrigerator/Freezer issues kappykaplan at 12:13pm 06.12.24 And it was....? :plus:

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