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Remember your Totin Chip? (1) Jackdaw at 7:09am 04.07.17 Ask All Sailors 23/2763 Funny how discussions run together.. I was talking with another big-boat owner at our clubhouse yest
Battery banks Oceanis 321 Jason Wheatley at 7:04am 04.07.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1697 I have two questions actually. 1st. Has anyone been able to fit 4 batteries in the port side lock
Quick Topping Lift Line ? Ward H at 6:22am 04.07.17 Ask All Sailors 4/418 My topping lift is 1/4" NE Stay Set double braid with spliced eye hanging on a 1/4" pin on the mast
Last minute advice before launching for the first time. jhogle at 6:05am 04.07.17 Catalina 22 20/1857 If I get lucky with the weather, I might get to launch my C22 for the first time this weekend. I was
Catalina 22 Events - Racing & Cruising EditorC22NSA at 3:58am 04.07.17 Catalina 22 3/753 NORs for the following Catalina 22 regattas are available at www.catalina22.org, and include: 1. Pu
Fresh Water Manifold Leaking bobscaggs at 3:06am 04.07.17 Big Boats 5/1441 Hey All, My freshwater manifold (under the sink in the galley on the 426) has developed a tiny leak
How to reef the H170? Russell Papenberg at 3:00am 04.07.17 Day Sailers 8/1986 Hi, I have a 2005 H170 and I would like to know how to reef the mainsail. I am not using it often, b
HL 40.5 playing with the big boys at Blakely Rocks Benefit Race SVPardonMyFrench at 9:57pm 04.06.17 Racing 4/760 First time with a partial crew out for a classic in Seattle last weekend... Quite a few mistakes to
Coolant hoses 423 yanmar 4jh4e (2) NYSail at 6:25pm 04.06.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1306 so going through boat and noticed a tight fit with a hose and the alternator....... it's actually pr
Mainsail repair (7) Sloopjb14 at 6:10pm 04.06.17 Ask All Sailors 14/2205 Friends, Perhaps this topic has been discussed in the past. Please forgive me if this question has
Boom Vang and Mainsail Sheet suggestions? T_Cat at 3:41pm 04.06.17 Catalina 22 4/1228 Time to replace some sheets. It seems I have a 1/2" mainsail control sheet and boom vang sheet. The
Belt size for M3-20 Jim 5757 at 2:29pm 04.06.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1192 We seem to be having a problem locating the correct size belt for our Universal M3-20. All pulleys a
1999 Beneteau 311 caps for bolts and nuts of cabin top mounted hardware windchaser311 at 12:29pm 04.06.17 Parts Search 0/443 Greetings! Most of the white plastic caps covering the nuts and bolt tips coming through the headl
Throttle Linkage on Yanmar 3GM30F/Hunter 356 Musetta at 10:36am 04.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/895 During commissioning of Musetta for the 2017 season, I discovered that the engine does not return to
Length of mast raising pole Cheryl L at 5:28am 04.06.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/4934 I'm interested in buying a used MacGregor 26 in order to get from my home to Sarasota Bay, FL. I ne
Top down Rollgen (6) paulj at 5:17am 04.06.17 Catalina 310 12/1930 John Garvey One of the best add on's .....well worth the cost. http://www.bamarusa.com/products/r
Stranded on I-94 Panta Rei at 5:13am 04.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/828 Yesterday I passed what I believe was an 1988 or so O'day 35. Grey with sugar scoop on the side aban
What type of adhesive for engine room insulation? Dan_Y at 4:47am 04.06.17 Ask All Sailors 18/6667 Our h36 has nice foil/Mylar wrapped closed cell foam (appears to be anyway) in 1 inch-thick sheets l
Boom Vang rigging Chris Flanagan at 4:15am 04.06.17 Smaller Boats 9/1257 I have a 1993 Hunter 23.5 that I am rigging completely for the first time and I am apparently missin
Battery Charger question... SailFysh at 2:07am 04.06.17 Catalina 310 97/23222 Should have new charger and battery bank installed soon... with help from this forum and guidance fr

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Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) dlochner at 7:06pm 06.29.24 1404 is a cleat for a Danforth style anchor. The wedge slides into it. One caveat, it seems to be pl
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... rgranger at 7:03pm 06.29.24 "and then pop in new [ Monel rivets". Don't use stainless or aluminum. Thanks for the assist:ton
Simrad RS35, HS35 not connecting JoeK at 7:01pm 06.29.24 I have not done any firmware updates. Do they happen automatically? How would I update the hand set?
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 6:37pm 06.29.24 No its not wired backwards, this system worked flawlessly for 3 years and for some strange reason l
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Kupe at 6:15pm 06.29.24 Thanks gang! Got back to the boat today with more time to dig into this. The unit is a NovaKool
Need help recognizing items on my boat Sanfelice at 6:14pm 06.29.24 The second picture is an anchor mount for Danforth type anchors
Stripped Wench Base Screw jssailem at 5:35pm 06.29.24 Somehow over the years one of the screws that hold our main sail wench to the hull has given way to
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator (1) jssailem at 5:27pm 06.29.24 Do you have the shunt properly wired? spect you could get a negative amp reading.
Hull flex question Hunter 23 1986 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24pm 06.29.24 The boat is a 23 wing keel. I am waiting on some photos and will report back soon
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port (2) jssailem at 5:14pm 06.29.24 Try motoring up to six or seven knots and slipping into neutral. Good chance that the pull to port
Downsizing to a 260 Ward H at 5:12pm 06.29.24 This is where a Stack pack is worth every penny. We struggled with flaking our new heavy stiff main
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... dLj at 5:11pm 06.29.24 OK, but that really wasn't the point. The magnet trick makes fishing a messenger easy, but you hav
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port heritage at 5:03pm 06.29.24 Try motoring up to six or seven knots and slipping into neutral. Good chance that the pull to port
Need help recognizing items on my boat DayDreamer41 at 5:01pm 06.29.24 Hi All, Hope your day is going well. I've figured out most of my boat. I have a Dufour 34 from 197
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) jssailem at 5:01pm 06.29.24 Your Dufour 34 is a mast head rig. e back stay tensioner. Study how to trim your sails using the adj
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 4:56pm 06.29.24 Your clamp meter should have an arrow that needs to be oriented in the normal direction of current
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? gfrazzle at 4:45pm 06.29.24 I had mine recharged for around $200. Still works great 3 years later. A new system was going to co
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator heritage at 4:45pm 06.29.24 Your clamp meter should have an arrow that needs to be oriented in the normal direction of current f
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 4:02pm 06.29.24 Check the wiring on the shunt. There is a battery side and a load side, reverse them and the readin
Invest 92L Johann at 3:59pm 06.29.24 I knew about the drop sondes. But I was looking at the recon map and there are wind barbs from wher

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