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C270 LE Boom Vang Scott2 at 9:49pm 05.18.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/2934 Does anyone have a picture of a catalina 270 boom vang? I'm trying to rig one but not sure exactly h
Main sail pin? Karyon at 8:41pm 05.18.16 Smaller Boats 7/2251 Not sure if it has a name or not, but when I slide the main sail slugs into the mast, is there suppo
Help with C-Scow HIN please. (1) Roadking Larry at 8:09pm 05.18.16 Ask All Sailors 6/896 Possible target of opportunity here. Saw the boat with a "For Sail" sign along the side of the road
Filled My Empty Sail Tank Terry Cox at 7:45pm 05.18.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 2/795 Headed to the boat this past Friday afternoon with plans to meet up with Wassail, a 34 foot Pacific
Rigging my Reef Lines OS2Dude at 2:38pm 05.18.16 Catalina 30 9/2209 Our 1985 Catalina 30 Mk I has two reef cars on the Starboard side of the boom. At the forward end o
Faulty readings wth new engine control panel for Yanmar 4JH3E jpj96 at 11:16am 05.18.16 Big Boats 2/1310 I recently bought a new engine control panel (tacho, oil pressure, water temp, start, stop and alarm
Hunter 310 owners Tim22 at 10:41am 05.18.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/2277 I need to replace my holding tank and am considering having Ronco make up a mold. If you think you m
Electrical Panel repair parts Lee Scott at 7:15am 05.18.16 Big Boats 2/674 Does anyone know if any replacement parts are available for the main electrical panel? All of a su
Woven roving to chopped strand mat in small glass repair?? (1) Dinghydreams at 7:13am 05.18.16 Ask All Sailors 10/3548 Ahoy, I have a small glass job I need to do on my Bristol 24 sailboat. To strengthen the strbrd cha
Windyty.com wind forecast site Brian D at 6:48am 05.18.16 Ask All Sailors 16/3703 Not sure if this has been posted before. I used to use Sailflow but got tired of it. I am sure Sailf
Saw this H26 for sale flynhi4u at 5:16am 05.18.16 Smaller Boats 9/755 http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/boa/5576120273.html I remember a while back a guy looking for a
Foley Dr.Diesel CYQK at 4:54am 05.18.16 Ask All Sailors 4/818 Just a follow up on a thread from last fall on my Hurth gear Be aware of these guys the parts kit th
What is this? What's it for? (1) IAMCCF at 8:16pm 05.17.16 Bigger Boats 7/1084 Hi All, I am curious what the metal object in my cockpit is. Thanks, Chris
New shore water connection on '85 Hunter 34 John L at 6:56pm 05.17.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1213 Where can I tap in to the plumbing to add a shore water connection to my 1985 Hunter 34, and do I ne
Hunter 260 compression post base (1) wiggyxx at 6:42pm 05.17.16 Smaller Boats 26/5204 I'm trying to remove the compression post base plate due to it leaking. I removed the bolt and have
Halyard hitch vs eye splice in jib halyard (braided line)? isaksp00 at 6:32pm 05.17.16 Ask All Sailors 12/4047 OK, I need to shorten the "fat" part of my jib halyard where the eye splice is inside the outer jack
Prop Spinning Undersail JamesG161 at 4:34pm 05.17.16 Big Boats 2/2173 I have read a few topics on transmissions gears but that does not seem an issue on my Volvo Penta re
Oday 28 scupper hose replacement tredychris at 4:11pm 05.17.16 Bigger Boats 4/1215 Hi I noticed a leak around the starboard cockpit scupper drain tube - water was collecting in the
Styrofoam in hull Capri at 3:28pm 05.17.16 Ask An Oday Owner 17/4085 I recently purchased a 1981 22. I have a lot of styrofoam in the hull under cockpit and several insd
Zarcor - Peekaboo - Clozures window blinds scubaqn at 2:54pm 05.17.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1445 My first post. Have a Catalina 250 as of 2 weeks ago. Want something for privacy and for UV rays f

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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
NMEA Drinky Crow at 10:42am 03.29.24 I burned out a DST 810 by running it dry Whoa! Was only going to connect long enough to give it a s
Anyone interested in refurbishing a classic schooner? jon hansen at 10:19am 03.29.24 any pictures?
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . jon hansen at 10:05am 03.29.24 pilot is in command. ships steer by directing their thrust at any speed all great lakes officers are
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 artboas at 9:57am 03.29.24 Wema gauges or any other tank level indicator that uses an internal sensor are fine for water and
37c 3qm30 Kanzaki water house routing please help RitSim at 9:42am 03.29.24 It would seem that if that is a transmission cooler that this would be first in the cooling line. T
Repowering with a Volvo D1-30 tomlix at 9:34am 03.29.24 Thanks for the link, much appreciated.
NMEA Scott T-Bird at 9:00am 03.29.24 When looking at NMEA 2000 network structure, I fall back to this diagram. Power Up the Network Rem
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 8:57am 03.29.24 Yep, everything comes with a cost. I suspect that something is going to change. I agree that prote
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . pgandw at 8:42am 03.29.24 So you are going to slow down the ships in and out of Baltimore to 1-2 knots until past the bridge?
Baltimore's key bridge down , hit by ship in early morning . . . Scott T-Bird at 8:34am 03.29.24 Minimum steerage speed for such a ship is 6-7 kts, which is why she was doing 8kts. Even my huge R

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