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Oil filter on yanmar 2GM20f Rays at 5:25am 01.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/6047 hi everyone I will be doing my first oil change on my yanmar in the spring. I purchased the oil filt
C22 transom ladder Ellwebs at 10:38pm 01.18.16 Parts Search 8/1425 What specific ladder does anyone recommend? I think one that can be deployd from the water would be
The Head Mistress Returns Phil Herring at 8:02pm 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 51/11087 We're very excited to welcome back our own Head Mistress, Peggie Hall, to the Marine Sanitation foru
Catalina 250 MK II WB A/C size e714753 at 6:13pm 01.18.16 Smaller Boats 1/1484 I want to add an A/C unit under the v birth inside the storage compartment in my WB 250 MK II boat.
When to adjust valves Rick at 4:54pm 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 4/876 Hi gents and ladies. I have two thousand hours on my trusty little 3GM30F. Just was musing this we
New (to me) 1975 ODay 22 jason.ambrose at 2:30pm 01.18.16 Day Sailers 7/2050 Hello! After finally convincing my wife to let me buy a sailboat, I recently purchased a Oday 22 on
Plastic "Groove Guard" on furling mainsail slot rghayesky at 10:53am 01.18.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2160 US Spars (Z-Spar) mast with Neil Pryde furling mainsail on 2002 B473. The plastic along edge of slo
OK calling on all 12 volt geniuses (2) tkwhalen at 9:53am 01.18.16 Big Boats 19/3924 I recently purchased from this fine site a replacement light fixture. The new fixture is LED and the
Best Brand: Fresh Water Pump Bad Obsession at 9:12am 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 15/7350 I am going to add pressurized water into my boat. I posted a thread a while back and I didn't get m
Need Trim Replacement For 1972 Irwin 37CC wdkester at 7:44am 01.18.16 Irwin 1/1149 I'm restoring an old Irwin. Between bulkheads and the F/G liner they used a sort of piping which wa
Gauerhauer Rigid Boom Vang JohnVTX at 7:38am 01.18.16 Catalina 30 9/1930 When I got my boat rigid vang was already there. I cannot find anywhere any instructions for spring
Oday 25 Bimini? sailer74 at 6:47am 01.18.16 Day Sailers 22/6171 Any Oday 25 Skipper put a Bimini on their boat? If so, I'd love pictures and measurements, etc. Jim
Anchor handling techniques Ginger Baker at 5:46am 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 16/5889 We have an O'Day 26 with a good anchor locker. I find that manually deploying and retrieving the an
Keel made of? Paula at 4:06am 01.18.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/3883 When did Hunter stop using lead keels and what is the replacement made of and how is it holding up?
Lake Erie Grim Reaper (1) 25yearslater at 3:12am 01.18.16 Sails Call Lounge 5/1309 118896 Am I hallucinating or does anyone else see what appears to be the Grim Reaper in this particu
cleaning window over companion way hatch (1) Elie at 10:31pm 01.17.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/786 hey guys - one more question! there is a window over the companion way hatch that I can't figure out
Leaking Racor 500FG filter on Universal Diesel M25. patrickkidd at 6:24pm 01.17.16 Catalina 30 19/4473 Hi there! I am trying to troubleshoot a leaking Racor 500FG (user manual: http://www.westernturbo.c
1 or 1 1/2 inch Head to Holding Tank Lines? Sean5306 at 4:26pm 01.17.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 15/7075 I'm overhauling the sanitation system in my Hunter P42. The original lines running from the old Jab
Coast Guard Documentation Board marchem at 12:57pm 01.17.16 Catalina 310 8/1832 Those of you with CG documented vessels: where did you mount the documentation board? Our boat was
Hunter 28 sdstef at 12:30pm 01.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2630 I recently sold my Oday 25 and now ready to buy a new boat, well a 91 H28. I read a review by David

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passport needed? kappykaplan at 4:19pm 11.05.23 If you do not make any port, you will not need a passport to circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat.
Beneteau 321 on the hard AlexisSTEPHB321 at 4:12pm 11.05.23 Thanks Greg
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dLj at 3:48pm 11.05.23 dj, They will only shut off rapidly if you charge them up to the point where the BMS needs to go i
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 3:30pm 11.05.23 Good information. Thanks. The Bluetooth app on my Epochs showed 100%, but, just to be certain, you'
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 3:19pm 11.05.23 As @Hayden Watson points out, the charging profiles for LFP and LA are different and it is easy to
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 3:15pm 11.05.23 Good information. Thanks. The Bluetooth app on my Epochs showed 100%, but, just to be certain, you'r
does h260 have steam light? Rick Webb at 2:58pm 11.05.23 If curious when switch set one way seems 2 wires send power up the mast to power both lights up the
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 2:50pm 11.05.23 I feel going to LFP batteries is a major change in systems. One thing no one has mentioned is they
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 2:30pm 11.05.23 I loaded the wrong video on adding the thermal switch to an internally regulated alternator. I uplo
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dLj at 2:13pm 11.05.23 I feel going to LFP batteries is a major change in systems. One thing no one has mentioned is they w
Newbie Question RE: Winterizing Universal M25 XPB Davidasailor26 at 2:12pm 11.05.23 C'mon, you're kidding us. Winterize in your climate ? 0's F. and the faucets will not freeze. T
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dlochner at 2:09pm 11.05.23 As the saying goes, there are many ways to skin a cat or build a LFP system. There is no best way, h
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Johann at 1:57pm 11.05.23
Newbie Question RE: Winterizing Universal M25 XPB (2) Ralph Johnstone at 1:52pm 11.05.23 Yesterday, I winterized my Catalina 310 diesel and water systems in anticipation of the, usually, n
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 1:42pm 11.05.23 I will say that going from a 210Ah Lifeline 4D to a 560Ah LFP was life changing as far as our cruisi
26 vs 260 weight? (1) massnspace at 1:21pm 11.05.23 Thanks for all the replies. Crazy Dave in particular. I own a lovely 23.5. If I can find a scale to
26 vs 260 weight? Crazy Dave Condon at 1:15pm 11.05.23 There were discrepancies about the weights but I worked with engineering as a dealer. The original
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 1:15pm 11.05.23 Much of what you currently have is acceptable for use in an LFP house/ FLA start systems. The bigg
Beneteau 321 on the hard Tally Ho at 12:36pm 11.05.23 I think your boat is properly blocked. Greg
New winterizing mod - done! Tally Ho at 12:33pm 11.05.23

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