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winch maintenance Christophe at 5:02pm 01.06.16 Ask All Sailors 17/5055 What is the best type of grease or lube for a single speed winch like a lewmar #7?
Hobbyhorsing from bow weight 29palmsailor at 4:27pm 01.06.16 Big Boats 12/4874 I have a 2000 Hunter 460 weight all Chain Rode and Anchor. Has anyone moved their rode out of the v
Lift keel design of 323, 31, and 311 prroots at 2:43pm 01.06.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 44/18126 I'm considering the purchase of one of the subject boats and would like to find diagrams showing how
Oday 20 FR Mast Support RunTimeError at 2:33pm 01.06.16 Ask An Oday Owner 11/3200 I have been looking at a 77 O'day 20 of the newer design with the fractional rig and the absence of
AIS NEMA Interface Marc14857 at 1:26pm 01.06.16 Ask All Sailors 3/725 I'm planning on adding an AIS transponder to my older RayMarine network. I currently have ST60 Instr
Rubber disks on kick up rudder Cainsoccer at 12:35pm 01.06.16 Catalina 22 14/1519 I'm servicing the kick up rudder on my '81 C22. After getting the corroded center bolt out, I pulled
Cal 30 headroom Sean Sexton at 11:21am 01.06.16 Cal 5/2337 Anybody out there know what the headroom is for a mark I Cal 30? So far, I've only found references
Magnum inverter/charger tutorial? Rodd at 4:51am 01.06.16 Musings With Maine Sail 22/3307 Happy New Year to Maine and the Group! About a year ago we had a thread regarding how to install a
Rejuvenating engine heat exchanger obdoor at 4:35am 01.06.16 Ask All Sailors 5/2398 any and all advice is appreciated, what are my choices for rejuvenating or cleaning my yanmar heat
Swift 40 Mike H. at 8:53pm 01.05.16 Ask All Sailors 2/1180 We're in the market for a new boat. What can you tell me about the Sparkman ' Stephens, 40' Center c
Spirit Bear Cruise - 2015 Terry Cox at 7:44pm 01.05.16 Destinations 0/851 Our almost 70 day journey began on June 15, 2015 at Shelter Bay Marina, across from LaConner in what
To Flex or not to Flex... druid at 6:24pm 01.05.16 Engines and Propulsion 3/1092 When I installed the Universal M-25XPB into my Catalina 36, Norm at WestByNorth (good guy!) HIGHLY r
Florida Sailboat Rentals mrudman850 at 5:53pm 01.05.16 Catalina 22 17/2092 Hi Going to be in Lake Worth Florida for the month of March. Anyone know of a place locally to rent
1987 Pearson 28 Mark Millen at 3:42pm 01.05.16 Pearson 1/1236 Looking for the owners manual does anyone have a copy.
Identifying a Macgregor: 22 or 25 Sailor Yonsun at 3:16pm 01.05.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4152 Hello from snowy central Alberta! Could someone shed some light on this....last April I bought my fi
HELP... again! (1) SailFysh at 11:18am 01.05.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 14/1691 Hello all and Happy New Year! Once again I turn to the wisdom on this forum. Here is my issue now.
Raritan Elegance Problems (1) KiwiSails at 11:02am 01.05.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1803 Judging by the advice given in the forums I think there is someone who can assist. I purchased a Ra
Garmin 42DV Problems in shallow water (3) flynpa at 10:13am 01.05.16 Catalina 22 8/1454 Hello all. I recently installed a Garmin 42DV in my Catalina 22 "Laguna Belle". I mounted the unit
Found this article on Bilge Pumps (1) Benny17441 at 8:30am 01.05.16 Ask All Sailors 13/3567 Bilge Pump Capacity: Do The Math By Beth A. Leonard Just how much water can your bilge pump move? P
Extending Asym Spinnaker alexco38 at 8:21am 01.05.16 Ask All Sailors 8/880 I have a Asym that is about 3 feet too short. Has anyone got a sailmaker to extend it by adding a pa

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Snow falling on Cedars shemandr at 7:07am 03.02.24 No more of that for me!
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 7:07am 03.02.24 I posted pics of my current batteries, will two more like these to the trick? Your pic showed Int
Clean Out Oil Pan JBP-PA at 7:03am 03.02.24 You can get an endoscope for less than $10, run it down the dip tube and have a look before you do a
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 6:59am 03.02.24 Lose the combiner and make sure my switch is wired properly? Would new charger then go to each batt
Battery combiner, is this best? bob45 at 6:55am 03.02.24
Clean Out Oil Pan Blitz at 6:42am 03.02.24 As others have noted, see if you have the room to drop the pan. If you do, I'd vote for putting in
Battery combiner, is this best? kappykaplan at 6:42am 03.02.24 See how good we are at spending your money and giving you projects? Hey, but you asked! :plus:
Bon Voyage! Tally Ho at 6:37am 03.02.24 I saw a cute joke - two old guys were sitting on a bench. The one guy gets a call from his wife, "W
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 6:37am 03.02.24 See how good we are at spending your money and giving you projects? Hey, but you asked! And we're
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 6:36am 03.02.24 In the OPs case with a 1-2-All battery switch the switch can remain in the 1 or 2 position and both
Clean Out Oil Pan twodzusfittings at 6:04am 03.02.24 Is there a drain plug in the oil pan? I'm not familiar with the engine in question. On my Universal
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 6:02am 03.02.24 Ok, here comes a stupid question - what does a battery combiner do? What does it give you in you ba
Bon Voyage! dLj at 5:59am 03.02.24 I saw a cute joke - two old guys were sitting on a bench. The one guy gets a call from his wife, "Wh
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 5:56am 03.02.24 Modern chargers are 3 stage, Constant Current (Bulk), Constant Voltage (absorption), and Float. A
Bon Voyage! twodzusfittings at 5:52am 03.02.24 Greg, congratulations, all the very best in retirement. Advice I was given......"Always leave a litt
Battery combiner, is this best? dLj at 5:50am 03.02.24 Ok, here comes a stupid question - what does a battery combiner do? What does it give you in you bat
Battery combiner, is this best? bob45 at 5:23am 03.02.24 Great info! Thanks. A bit to unpack here. I daysail 90% of the time and am at a dock with shore powe
Battery combiner, is this best? dlochner at 4:50am 03.02.24 HThere have been lots of advances in battery technology and charging technology since your boat was
376 Chainplate/Bolts (2) CuttyBound at 4:06am 03.02.24 Images from inside the boat attached for reference. Further inspection is needed but from what I can
Snow falling on Cedars mermike at 3:20am 03.02.24 Just looking at those bumps makes me ache..

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