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Invest 98L --> PTC 22 (2) JamesG161 at 3:30am 11.16.23 Weather and Forecasting 1/856 Of course it hit the modeling. t in the 2023 season, the only HEAT fuel area left is the Caribbean
Max length for data cable? DinghySailor at 10:23pm 11.15.23 Ask All Sailors 1/408 Skippers, marine electricians, One reason I bought the Vesper Cortex is being able to read sensor da
Original Portlight Reseal Ranzo at 5:29pm 11.15.23 Catalina 22 1/810 Bought the window reseal kit from Catalina Direct: boy howdy, I cannot get these windows back togeth
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam (1) xavpil at 2:31pm 11.15.23 Ask All Sailors 28/3986 Hi all - how do you winterize these carbon foam batteries? How do you re-charge them? How do you tes
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 gfrost39 at 12:37pm 11.15.23 Smaller Boats 5/976 Need recommendation for head sail furller system. My new partner does not like the hanked headsail a
C&C40 furling jib for sale Captain Len at 11:22am 11.15.23 C&C 1/17 I have a little used North Sail #3 Nordic 110% furling jib for sale. Dimensions are: I = 53.000 J =
Emergency Tiller gwoolverton at 9:28am 11.15.23 Catalina 310 7/1624 I am buying a Catalina 310 and it's missing its emergency tiller, so I'd like to have one made. Can
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? rpell1@msn.com at 8:16am 11.15.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1184 Hi all, While sitting in my easy chair, my mind started wandering about the little things that need
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 Kupe at 6:29pm 11.14.23 Big Boats 17/1903 Hey gang- This summer we purchased our new-to-us 2004 Hunter 36. Love it! Unfortunately we hav
Electrics simplified ... (1) Scott T-Bird at 12:28pm 11.14.23 Ask All Sailors 2/648 Thought this was humorous ...
Yanmar Throttle Not Holding colb218 at 11:00am 11.14.23 Engines and Propulsion 13/2521 Hello All- I have what feels like a silly question. I have a Yanmar 3HM35F that starts right up eve
Grounding wires bob45 at 9:06am 11.14.23 Ask All Sailors 11/963
Keel seam location on a full fin keel? (1) andrewbredow at 8:35am 11.14.23 Catalina 310 3/998 Hey all - this is my first time posting to the forum after buying hull #258 this past summer! After
Convert partial battens to full battens Scott T-Bird at 5:31am 11.14.23 Ask All Sailors 27/2492 My main sail has about 5 (short) seasons and in good shape but all 4 battens are partial. I was tal
Adjustable main cabin table. Syversens at 8:06pm 11.13.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/687 Hey all, we have a 381 98 two cabin edition and our cabin table folds down to make a bed type thing.
Replace main or genoa first? Project_Mayhem at 5:06pm 11.13.23 Ask All Sailors 10/804 Both my main and genoa are starting to show their age. The O'Day gets more of it's power from the ge
Teak Inlays bfrey0003 at 12:59pm 11.13.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/964 I have a 2001 Beneteau Oceanis 361. I am redoing my deck this winter (spider cracks, stanchions ' l
Sail loft Annapolis David21181 at 9:59am 11.13.23 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 4/1165 Looking for recommendations for sail loft in Annapolis. Routine cleaning, repair, and winter storage
Where to look for a raw water leak. Howard Miller at 5:20am 11.13.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1467 We started taking on water yesterday and found water up to the bottom of the sole. This is a 2000 42
C25 jib downhaul routing SailingLoto at 3:18am 11.13.23 Smaller Boats 6/1437 Setting up my jib down haul from scratch. Where/how did you route your line and place your cleat?

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How to stop false 100% battery status Elysium_Van_Isl at 10:59am 06.19.25
Catalina Yachts sold ! Davidasailor26 at 10:42am 06.19.25
Oil pan full of saltwater !? Michael Davis at 10:30am 06.19.25
How to stop false 100% battery status Davidasailor26 at 10:06am 06.19.25
Sarasota Bay Returning patrickfarley at 9:55am 06.19.25 Back on the ocean. Repainted all the rough parts with Totaltread. The gelcoat is so soft now and t
Sarasota Bay Returning (2) patrickfarley at 9:55am 06.19.25 232252232253
Oil pan full of saltwater !? DaveAK at 9:53am 06.19.25 Another route to the oil pan is through the raw water pump. A failed seal could cause a leak. Do y
R.O. water filter install question BAD ORCA at 9:34am 06.19.25 I will add my results when I get it up and running. All this back and forth is not helping. I will
How to stop false 100% battery status Johann at 9:30am 06.19.25 I was going by section 5.7.1 of the manual at https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/SmartS
Lake Michigan (and Huron) Delivery Cruise David in Sandusky at 8:51am 06.19.25 A very sensible plan, John. We like an 8 hour day which means about 40 nm for us. But we have done
R.O. water filter install question Don S/V ILLusion at 7:18am 06.19.25 Yes, I am unclear how that is possible. As posted above, I cannot find an example of a unit, nor a
Beetle Cat Dave Satter at 5:10am 06.19.25 I'll say no more Paul, Just in case you work for the IRS :)
Beetle Cat PaulK at 4:54am 06.19.25 . I actually own a small boat repair shop in northwest New Jersey. Not fair that you can write
Oil pan full of saltwater !? jssailem at 4:49am 06.19.25 A couple of oil changes is a lot less expensive than a new engine. Also a good survey of the exhaus
R.O. water filter install question colemj at 4:15am 06.19.25
Oil pan full of saltwater !? dlochner at 4:14am 06.19.25 Another route to the oil pan is through the raw water pump. A failed seal could cause a leak. Do y
Trying To Fit New Furler - 1995-40.5 Karl13265 at 2:00am 06.19.25 Thanks will get some photos in the next few days and post them here.
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 skunther at 10:34pm 06.18.25 Circling back on this with a final update. I purchased the rebuild kit from Raritan and replaced all
Fire/smoke/CO2 alarms skunther at 9:55pm 06.18.25 I finally returned them to Costco and purchased a Safe T Alert CO detector. So far so good.
Velcro tape for attaching solar panels to bimini skunther at 9:53pm 06.18.25 I went with magnets. Velcro to be sewn in the fall. So far so good!

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