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House Battery Upgrade Help gouldx at 7:02pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 26/3178
Capri 18 battery claudesapp at 6:21pm 03.11.24 Smaller Boats 12/2448 I have a 1989 Capri 18 and the next project is to upgrade the electrical. Owned her for a few years
Portable Battery Charger NYSail at 4:52pm 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 5/623 Hello all So I have 4 trojan T 125 6 volt batteries, 12 volt system. Want to take them off the boat
I purchased a 1988 Capri 18., Chuck Powell at 12:00pm 03.11.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/670 I just bought a 1988 Capri 18. The main halyard was not in the mast top. I realize one end goes in t
Solar wiring size (2) SPLETS at 9:00am 03.11.24 Ask All Sailors 11/985 I just purchased a Maxeon 415w solar panel for my boat with a Victron 100/50 charge controller. The
Compression Post - way to stop the bleeding? mavexe at 7:16pm 03.10.24 Mid-Size Boats 9/1266
Puck Lights Mike H. at 3:51pm 03.10.24 Big Boats 2/976 I'm looking for 3", tap on/off, led puck lights to replace the lights we have with the micro switche
Acp to fiberglass KeukaSailer at 9:48am 03.10.24 Day Sailers 4/914 Welp... uncovered the KL a few days ago and guess what. a fair amount of cracks again...no surprise
Splicing sta set 8mm NYSail at 7:39am 03.10.24 Ask All Sailors 7/899 So have new control lines and figured I would learn and splice my own eyes. Saw a video and appears
Tohatsu Charging DocMB at 7:14am 03.10.24 Catalina 22 10/2315 I have a 2019 6hp Tohatsu Sail Pro with the optional battery charging option. I have the original w
Microwave on Hunter 306? rmerl1223 at 10:43pm 03.09.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/905 I just purchased a Hunter 306 and "am learning my way around." I noticed a white 3-strand AC wire ma
Radar Data cable in mast of Catalina 30 Tkman at 11:48am 03.09.24 Mid-Size Boats 4/847 I need to pull a new data cable to enable my radar. I have an existing cable that does not work. I d
Clamp on meter recommendation? BAD ORCA at 9:06am 03.09.24 Musings With Maine Sail 12/3050 Looking to add a decent clamp on multimeter to be able to accurately measure DC current. Mainesai
New Restrictions for Boaters in the Exumas ggrizzard at 8:38am 03.09.24 Destinations 4/2011 I just received this information from the Bahamas Trust: https://www.explorercharts.com/chatter/exu
Changing batteries Duluthwinger at 7:53am 03.09.24 Big Boats 9/2362 Hi, My boat is a 2011Hunter 39 I am going to change out my house and starting batteries this spring.
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? Ted10028 at 5:49pm 03.08.24 Ask All Sailors 65/6161 My Yanmar 3GM30 has 4000 hours ( 20 years old) on it. I'm thinking with an outboard too I'd have a l
CONGRATS TO CRAZY DAVE CONDON.. OVER 10,000 HELPFUL MESSAGES jssailem at 1:39pm 03.08.24 Sails Call Lounge 18/2342 WOW... A former Hunter Dealer, still sticks in there helping Hunter owners with their boat problem l
Refrigerator/ Freezer Door Gasket (3) NYSail at 1:25pm 03.08.24 Ask All Sailors 13/1134 Hello all So one of my winter projects was to re-insulate, reinforce and generally clean up the door
Hunter water ballast transom leaks Crazy Dave Condon at 12:59pm 03.08.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/334 This thread covers the 19, 23.5, 240, 26, and 260 water ballast Hunter sailboats. I am not sure ab
Are you Ready for Spring? jssailem at 9:45am 03.08.24 Weather and Forecasting 6/1234 If you live in the PacificNW there is good WEATHER news, potentially.. From the desk of my friend R

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Rudder Surprise - Found Water, Found Cracks... Found a New Project testingthewaters91 at 10:04am 08.12.25 Is that the rudder? From the picture it looks like the skeg. That's right. The skeg!
Replacing injectors odaydokay at 10:00am 08.12.25 I also pulled my injectors out many years ago and sent them to a diesel outfit that specialized in c
Help identifying older sail boat Richard19068 at 9:59am 08.12.25 Bit different window, but looks similar to a West Wright Potter. tside upper right area of he trans
Mariner 19 Vang vs Gnav LLoyd B at 9:57am 08.12.25 Vang spelled backwards does not seem to be the same as use less vang though I am not sure why. I'm b
Help identifying older sail boat Foswick at 9:53am 08.12.25 Tricky! It looks almost like a lot of boats, doesn't it?
Older solar intake vent. Richard19068 at 9:46am 08.12.25 The fan gets flipped upside down to change the flow Yours may be different but that's what I do o
Rudder Surprise - Found Water, Found Cracks... Found a New Project Richard19068 at 9:42am 08.12.25 Is that the rudder? From the picture it looks like the skeg.
Progress on the H40 refit... kappykaplan at 9:40am 08.12.25 First Puppy Riggs is doing quality control as you see. Nice lookin' pup! :beer:
Monday Moon Shots (1) Stu Jackson at 9:35am 08.12.25 Moon over Saltspring Island from Cherry Point, BC, 2007
Progress on the H40 refit... Canuck Sailorguy at 9:34am 08.12.25 regular plywood? Yes. I don't believe that pressure treated would be all that advantageous as the
Progress on the H40 refit... Don S/V ILLusion at 9:27am 08.12.25 regular plywood?
Older solar intake vent. Rick Webb at 9:24am 08.12.25 The fan gets flipped upside down to change the flow
Older solar intake vent. DStegs49 at 9:05am 08.12.25 Didn't know about the "smart" chargers for lithium or swapping, so I asked and got an answer. Nica
Help identifying older sail boat jssailem at 9:00am 08.12.25 Welcome to the forum :beer:
Help identifying older sail boat (1) jssailem at 8:58am 08.12.25 Bit different window, but looks similar to a West Wright Potter.
Hunter Legend 40 exhaust system 1 vanisledutchman at 8:51am 08.12.25 So to chime in again, I am currently working on a new setup design with my marine engineer friend, w
Replacing injectors jssailem at 8:51am 08.12.25 Certainly the copper washer may have been ignored when the injector was last removed. Some times the
Refitting Hunter 40-1, need some advice... Canuck Sailorguy at 8:44am 08.12.25 Great observations, thank you!
Refitting Hunter 40-1, need some advice... Canuck Sailorguy at 8:43am 08.12.25 You may want to rethink the insulation plan for the refrigerator. Drilling hole to check depth of
Refitting Hunter 40-1, need some advice... Canuck Sailorguy at 8:43am 08.12.25 The keel bolts look good - get some Spotless Stainless or Wichinox to treat the stainless steel, it

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