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Replacing Batteries OS2Dude at 1:41pm 06.29.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/2561 I'm sure this has been asked before in various ways, but a search returned over 20 pages of threads
1979 Irwin 30 CB Mr Mac at 12:50pm 06.29.16 Irwin 0/954 Does anyone have pics or a good diagram (already been to Irwin Yachts web site and looked at the dra
D/L ratio Sampled at 12:06pm 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1593 Hello, my husband and I are very new to sailing in general. We have been thinking about getting a bo
rigging my "gennaker" (3) Justin_NSA at 6:47am 06.29.16 Ask All Sailors 4/674 I've not rigged this sail yet so I wanted to check with you all. The clew has 2 lines secured to it.
Water pressure regulator (1) SirMichael at 7:58pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1572 125254 The water pressure regulator on my boat (88 Hunter 28.5) is leaking. When I look at the wate
Facet Fuel Pump DannyS at 4:11pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1152 A new gremlin popped up this past week while on the boat. I have a Universal M25 with a Facet fuel p
Spindrift mariner? andy creighton at 3:22pm 06.28.16 Trailer Sailors 3/1279 Find a deal on a Mariner 19, but it is an 81 made by spindrift. I know the story about the owner's
Main Sheet Blocks for Cruising H37C JHoward at 3:13pm 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/617 My old Witchard blocks are too broken to use, I need new or slightly used ones for my main sail, 6:1
Lifeline wire size question Chris & Lenore at 2:44pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/4120 It's time to replace our aging lifelines. We have decided to use coated wire instead of the other op
Hose to Exhaust Elbow coming off rfrye1 at 1:37pm 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/875 Hey Y'all, Out of the blue, the raw water hose into the Exhaust Elbow has pooped off twice, at 2500R
Old CDI furler Derbie at 1:17pm 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 3/615 I have what is probably a 30-year-old CDI furler, which is in good shape, except for a missing piece
NavionicsHD mrudman850 at 12:44pm 06.28.16 Catalina 22 3/667 Hi My depth finder is history, thought I saw somewhere that one of the Navionics apps provides real
Hunter 23.5 - Need a mast pin and boom vang strap GGordonWoody at 12:27pm 06.28.16 Smaller Boats 24/3639 Hello everyone. We just bought a beautiful, gently used 1996 Hunter 23.5. She's "The Great Escape"
Raw Water Strainer on H34 (2) SabreToothedEngineer at 11:30am 06.28.16 Big Boats 4/1345 The raw water strainer on my Hunter 34 needs a new gasket for the top cover. It's a special thin pla
Need help trouble shooting and identifying my roller furler (3) SV My Luv Too at 11:22am 06.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/748 125236 125238 125237 Does any one know what style of brand roller furler this is ? I have looked a
Riding a mooring (2) ifmdalvey at 10:33am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 11/906 Last weekend i took a run up the lovely 12 mile Kennebec river to the city of Bath in Maine. Some ni
Trailer support for O'day Gannet (2) meg2323 at 9:40am 06.28.16 Day Sailers 2/1040 My Gannet is sitting on an old bunk trailer ( 2 runners). Since the bottom of the boat does not have
Mounted recylced Raymarine C80 MFD in a used Navpod. (10) pateco at 9:05am 06.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/1851 My boss gave me his old Raymarine C80 multi-function display along with a DSM300 depthsounder and tr
36e Spinnaker Halyard install - Leader line is coming out of the mast foot? hoffmad at 8:59am 06.28.16 Big Boats 7/1058 Finally broke down and bought the hardware for the new asy spinnaker. Now I have the halyard in han
Burned out LED bulb on new bulkhead compass CloudDiver at 8:29am 06.28.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2032 I've been slowly working on installing a Plastimo Mini Contest bulkhead compass on my C-22. It was

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Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina Apex at 9:49am 02.16.24 @LloydB , I am not so sure about that....that was a never-ending stream of thoughts. Not quite sure
1987 Catalina 27 rigging upgrades jssailem at 9:46am 02.16.24 I've recently aquired a 1987 Cataline 27 standard rig I note that you have been a Catalina 22 owne
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina LloydB at 9:19am 02.16.24 three years to complete a post but at least now it won't be a never ending story. thx for the outcom
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC LloydB at 8:22am 02.16.24 A picture would help, was the generator installed by hunter?
new mulitbank battery charger experiences Davidasailor26 at 8:17am 02.16.24
new mulitbank battery charger experiences LloydB at 8:09am 02.16.24 Remove the unused battery from the boat and make sure that the disconnected cables cannot short out
new mulitbank battery charger experiences (1) twodzusfittings at 7:56am 02.16.24 @Davidasailor26 You mean line this:
new mulitbank battery charger experiences JamesG161 at 6:20am 02.16.24 I would explore this before I began... Why did the Xantrex BURN UP? My New Xantrex is wired like
Outboard Transom Mount w4swk at 5:32am 02.16.24 Thank you for the info! I looked at the Catalina Direct mount you have...the photo looks like what I
Outboard Transom Mount danooxnard at 4:32am 02.16.24 I have the 3 spring version of the Catalina Direct motor mount for the C-22. I also have a heavy 9.
Hunter 30 Skeg assessment MikeHoncho at 10:04pm 02.15.24 Didn't mean to imply that the rudder would just fall out. But, losing the skeg and the support that
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? captain69 at 9:41pm 02.15.24
Hunter 30 Skeg assessment Roland5048 at 8:25pm 02.15.24 Hi Roland, good to know, in some other post they claimed that the skeg is not holding the rudder bu
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina rdmerhar at 7:12pm 02.15.24 Sorry for not updating the "true story". I had to go to the State Attorney General to get answers. L
new mulitbank battery charger experiences jdrutten at 4:57pm 02.15.24 Would this set up, without a AC charger, be correct? If you put the alternator in parallel with
removing trailer from boat in driveway Project_Mayhem at 4:56pm 02.15.24 The Precision 18 is around 1100lbs so theres plenty of options. I would look into suspending it from
new mulitbank battery charger experiences Davidasailor26 at 4:44pm 02.15.24
Outboard Transom Mount Project_Mayhem at 4:38pm 02.15.24 I would avoid one with a plastic mount unless it's a reputable brand name. I've had two Chinese plas
new mulitbank battery charger experiences (1) twodzusfittings at 3:51pm 02.15.24 Would this set up, without a AC charger, be correct?
new mulitbank battery charger experiences DArcy at 1:34pm 02.15.24 I have the same setup as @jssailem, Sterling Pro charging the house bank and an ACR charging the sta

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