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Old Boat - Old wiring - old batteries (1) jssailem at 12:00pm 08.25.16 Musings With Maine Sail 47/10746 Wanting to get through to winter when I plan to do complete electrical refit. Here is my present sit
SIMRAD I20 Pkg Jdaniel343 at 11:42am 08.25.16 Ask All Sailors 10/2071 I bought a Simrad I20 Pkg from Defender (good price $664) for Depth, Temperature, Speed and Trip Log
FCC License required for MMSI number Charlie98117 at 10:48am 08.25.16 Ask All Sailors 40/8316 I got a new radio with the DSC distress call feature so I tried to register for a MMSI number on the
Auto Pilot... questions and choices Jack at 10:39am 08.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/618 Hi All, We have a 2008 H33 with a Raymarine C-80 (now known as the classic) Chart plotter with ST-6
tiller Drbmack at 9:30am 08.25.16 Parts Search 2/696 My tiller snapped on Oday Daysailer 3. Where do I find a replacement? I capsized and was rescued by
Invest 99L Forecast JamesG161 at 7:16am 08.25.16 Sails Call Lounge 4/1464 Invest 99 L is still not even organized. It will track over the Bahamas and into South Florida at p
Helm Blower Switch lehighsail at 6:44am 08.25.16 Ask All Sailors 21/4353 I am thinking of installing a switch at the helm for the engine compartment blower just to make it m
Upwind troubles sailnewbie at 5:21am 08.25.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 57/5313 Still having trouble getting upwind, is it possible that my rigging adjustment is wrong or does that
VERY close reaching gettinthere at 10:48pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 24/3895 Sailing my 1985 Endeavour 42 (33 ft LWL) across Penobscot Bay today, very close reaching. The number
Grass fouls Propshaft toliver at 9:33pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 36/2933 OK just back from new experience...Lost all headway 100 yds after leaving the slip tonight, quick an
Racing a MacGregor or Venture 21 MacGyver at 7:41pm 08.24.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/4595 Greetings from Galveston Bay area Texas. I'm in my 5th year of racing a Venture 21 in the local We
Why no jeanneau?? NYSail at 7:13pm 08.24.16 Other Sailboats 1/1121 Jeanneau very nice boats.... Why no forum? Anything I should know??? Looking at at 42 ds
Diesel runaway RAD88 at 6:36pm 08.24.16 Engines and Propulsion 1/880 Is it possible for a clogged fuel filter to cause the engine to runaway? I have a 1977 Yanmar YSB-12
Starter Switch problem? (1) armandolio at 6:33pm 08.24.16 Catalina 30 29/4006 Starting my 1989 C30 can be inconsistent. Sometimes I warm the glow plug for 45 seconds and it star
A Bad Taste Bob S at 6:25pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 13/1566 I'm not one to vent and I generally wouldn't say a bad thing about anybody but I am a little ticked
Battery Bank Wiring Question catawbahunter at 6:03pm 08.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2196 My Hunter 36 has 2 4D house batteries and a separate starting battery. The engine alternator rechar
Three fresh water system issues. (1) Zeus2012 at 5:39pm 08.24.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/2291 127293 1. We are currently living aboard, for the past year, using fresh water from our tanks, which
Isomat mainsail gate (1) Sefuller at 5:02pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 9/3831 127290 My O'day 34 came with a cotter pin on a string riveted to the mast which is inserted into the
4 hours after buying a boat and already questions... Kommy000 at 4:51pm 08.24.16 The Cherubini Hunters 25/2818 Well, after lurking on these forums for a while I finally took a plunge and bought a 1981 Hunter 27.
1996 hunter 29.5 autohelm wind (2) middle river at 3:37pm 08.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/481 Hi, my autohelm wind stopped giving direction and speed. It still has power to unit. A rigger went u

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Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (1) morbidfollower at 8:01pm 05.06.24 224622
over starting line early DArcy at 7:54pm 05.06.24 This is just the I flag rule. It is unfortunate they don't always fly the flag, but if the sailing i
Sodium Percarbonate vs Aluminum Holding Tank Don S/V ILLusion at 6:45pm 05.06.24
over starting line early Davidasailor26 at 6:37pm 05.06.24
Sodium Percarbonate vs Aluminum Holding Tank Rick D at 6:34pm 05.06.24 I'd check with the maker / distributor. They are a large commercial supplier, so they should have a
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR Tally Ho at 6:00pm 05.06.24
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR SBeare at 5:50pm 05.06.24 I have a 2006 Hunter 44cc with the original Raymarine C80 chartplotter, GPS, radar, and autopilot.
over starting line early Rodsails at 5:44pm 05.06.24 In a mixed fleet I think trying to dip the line can be dangers because you have a fleet of boats beh
Should prop spin in Reverse? (1) Tally Ho at 4:58pm 05.06.24 Many thanks to you guys for your comments. I can report that I sailed this morning in fairly light
Deck Hardware Neddimg heritage at 4:36pm 05.06.24 You could squirt some Gorilla hot glue around the base of the hardware. Should last through the sai
Roller Furling system Recs Barnacle Bill at 4:18pm 05.06.24 For a boat as small as yours, there are only a few possibilities. CDI is a good product and probabl
Roller Furling system Recs Barnacle Bill at 4:07pm 05.06.24 By "Roller System", just guessing here, you mean a system to furl your foresail (jib/genoa)? If so
Deckfill CAP from CD question jonelli at 4:04pm 05.06.24 My guess is yes. But you can ask by sending a Question to the Owner of the site. Most parts are n
Metal Boxes from the Past kappykaplan at 3:36pm 05.06.24 All of the above... I'm OLD! :laugh: They left out the 35mm film containers :plus::plus::plus:
Rode hard and put away wet kappykaplan at 3:35pm 05.06.24 check to make sure the crew did most of the above properly :cool: :plus:
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting dlochner at 3:31pm 05.06.24 Unlike the voids you saw, this one is intentional, and it is perfectly dry. It is a pre-made fiber
Deckfill CAP from CD question JamesG161 at 3:28pm 05.06.24 Jim, do those Fill caps you linked fit the existing OEM deck plates? My guess is yes. But you can
Deckfill CAP from CD question dlochner at 3:22pm 05.06.24 Some deck fills are in precarious positions, so one must be careful. Chains just get in the way. If
Bilge Pump in Keel? rgranger at 2:49pm 05.06.24 More than one person has used too long screws that resulted in a great volume of salty ..... lang
Metal Boxes from the Past jssailem at 2:44pm 05.06.24 Our cabinets and cupboards still contain these cans. I think that means you CAN consider your cupb

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