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1983 h34 electrical panel upgrade Rschipman at 3:19pm 07.31.16 Big Boats 12/1431 I'm looking to upgrade my electrical 110 outlets to accommodate a 14,000 BTU portable air conditioni
Pumping water out of the ballast SFKjeld at 3:14pm 07.31.16 Smaller Boats 26/3775 I have only launched my water ballasted 23.5 twice. I don't remember the difference in the water lin
Bimini (Conestoga model) (3) RussC at 1:16pm 07.31.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/626 After a two day stay on the boat last week in 102 heat we decided it was time to think about the ad*
Where does ice box drain? gfroch at 1:09pm 07.31.16 Catalina 30 13/6198 Hello all- I don't see a drain to the bilge, so guessing it drains over? hooks into galley sink drai
Hunter34 mast, mainsail slides peacheykeen at 12:30pm 07.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/558 FOr a Hunter 34 (1983) Kenyon mast, what size slides are on the mainsail? I'm in Toronto, boat is
Shaft anode small bubbling Ken13559 at 7:57am 07.31.16 Ask All Sailors 44/7683 Today I drove underwater and clean ed the hull. While there I changed out the shaft anode. I noted t
House battery charging JDREHER at 7:23am 07.31.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/2312 I have a 1995 Oceanis 440 with a house battery bank of 4, 6V batteries that are only charged when pl
Invest 97 Storm and Prediction JamesG161 at 7:03am 07.31.16 Sails Call Lounge 16/2406 I am posting this forum, since I am an amateur Hurricane Forecaster. I began my study after my City
Fuel line maintenance NYSail at 6:04am 07.31.16 Ask All Sailors 42/9931 hello all, I change my fuel filters each year and find little debris, however boat is 30 years old
Plastic water seal for Day Sailer 1 (1) chaswilson at 5:02am 07.31.16 Day Sailers 3/924 Currently refurbishing Day Sailer and I need to replace the vinyl rib moulding between the teak rail
Yanmar 2gm20 fuel Issue dfischer at 8:35pm 07.30.16 Engines and Propulsion 15/4039 I have a new-to-me Hunter 326 with the above engine and standard 2-blade prop. The fuel gauge does n
Hunter 31 cracked keel (3) Bradv at 8:33pm 07.30.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3728 I'm interested in opinions on the attached photos of the iron keel on this Hunter 31. I'm consideri
Toe rail Fairlead Rodsails at 3:09pm 07.30.16 Big Boats 10/2910 Does anyone know of who, what or were I can find a replacement for my 1987 45' Legend. The sea gods
Oday 322 hull indent at chainplate brockville_sailor at 2:30pm 07.30.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/705 Hello, I am looking at a 1988 322 that has some minor hull deflection in the area of the chainplate
Electric conversion for Hunter sailboat sls11115 at 2:14pm 07.30.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/4051 Has anyone tried an electric motor conversion for a Hunter sailboat? I have a Legend 35.5 with a bl
Static Tests versus Field Use: True Holding Power of Anchor Types? Kings Gambit at 1:26pm 07.30.16 Ask All Sailors 44/7279 While cruising in southern California I see all the various type of anchors on sailboats--from Bruce
S2 9.2 Keel construction Ropeburn at 12:02pm 07.30.16 Ask All Sailors 1/634 Regarding an S2 9.2 aft cabin; It has been seriously neglected and damaged over time on the hard. T
There's wind, and I'm not sailing. weinie at 9:37am 07.30.16 Ask All Sailors 6/969 Don't you hate the feeling you get when you make a bad call to NOT go sailing sometimes? Sometimes
Santa Cruz Island "Report" Kings Gambit at 9:25am 07.30.16 Destinations 7/1261 So, my wife and I were at Santa Cruz Island last weekend and up through yesterday. Four lovely nigh
Forum rules capta at 8:23am 07.30.16 Ask All Sailors 15/953 I suppose if one wants to bulldoze the members and make up the rules as one goes, a battleship is th

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How does a battery selector switch work? dlochner at 2:26pm 03.29.24 this is the one I am looking at. It is the group 31 on sale for $300 Those are the ones you don't
How does a battery selector switch work? (1) Ted10028 at 2:23pm 03.29.24 Yes, that's the charger I remember. Thank you. From the Manual, page 12: After pasting the abov
How does a battery selector switch work? dlochner at 1:59pm 03.29.24 Yes, that's the charger I remember. Thank you. From the Manual, page 12: when I said Bulk phase).
How does a battery selector switch work? (1) Ted10028 at 1:32pm 03.29.24 hh
How does a battery selector switch work? (1) Ted10028 at 1:24pm 03.29.24 Remind me which battery charger you have. If I recall correctly in another thread you showed a phot
37c 3qm30 Kanzaki water house routing please help (1) rardiH36 at 1:13pm 03.29.24 Perhaps the two pages in the attached pdf will help? I scanned from Yanmar's official 2QM/3QM servi
How does a battery selector switch work? dlochner at 1:01pm 03.29.24 ??? my charger has a setting for AGM batteries. Why do you think I will have a problem? Remind me
How do you get your Batteries into the boat. MikeHoncho at 12:50pm 03.29.24 Due to placement of our batteries, I installed the Flo-Rite Watering System on last replacement htt
Hunter 23.5 in the Florida keys, are we crazy? MKennon at 12:39pm 03.29.24 Thanks everyone for Your advice! You've given me more to research. @Crazy Dave Condon Thanks for th
Switched back to hank on sails LakeShark at 12:36pm 03.29.24 I switched from a fuller back to a frosty as well. Use a downhaul line for dousing and it's the bes
How does a battery selector switch work? Ted10028 at 12:30pm 03.29.24 If you use the Charles charger you have and buy AGM batteries, your batteries will die an untimely
NMEA Drinky Crow at 12:08pm 03.29.24 Gottcha'
How does a battery selector switch work? dlochner at 12:08pm 03.29.24 I think I am going to do a AGM and next time around try to do lithium and solve whatever problems i
Funny Friday!!! (2) JamesG161 at 12:01pm 03.29.24 Oh so True... 223859 Jim...
How does a battery selector switch work? Ted10028 at 11:59am 03.29.24 Maybe, but I read Maine Sails articles and he is pretty adamant that AGM's don't even come close to
NMEA dlochner at 11:44am 03.29.24 Can use blanking caps at the ends or do I need the Terminators? You need the terminators. Inside
NMEA Drinky Crow at 11:20am 03.29.24 You said DST810, right? What transducer are you using? Yes. I think what you are showing are Rayma
NMEA Scott T-Bird at 10:59am 03.29.24 You said DST810, right? I think what you are showing are Raymarine Stng connections. Your DST810 p
NMEA dlochner at 10:47am 03.29.24 Whoa! Was only going to connect long enough to give it a spin, but, it turns out there's no way the
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . smokey73 at 10:46am 03.29.24 Yep, everything comes with a cost. I suspect that something is going to change. I agree that prot

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