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solar panels parallel or in series galynd at 7:32pm 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 22/3224 I recently purchase a Renogy solar kit with a pair of 100 watt Renogy solar panels and the MPPT 20A
Depthfinder blanks out under 4' Gene Neill at 7:20pm 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 4/749 I have a Garmin 740S and an Airmar through hull transducer. Works great until the water gets scary t
Looking for Boat Specs/Ratios BayMan at 6:53pm 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1349 Does anyone know a reliable source for the individual specs/ratios for specific boat models? Things
C27 foredeck re-core VaBch Sailor at 6:13pm 05.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 44/7120 Since I couldn't find any topics or projects that were exactly like mine, I thought I would start a
Wing Keel Soft Mud In Slip Monterey385 at 5:48pm 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 22/3595 Looking for thoughts regarding the impact of letting a 38-40 foot Catalina with a Wing Keel settle 1
Prop Height on an Outboard twodzusfittings at 5:47pm 05.28.15 Smaller Boats 3/582 Here goes: Looking for the answer to this question. Understanding that when your in waves, the outbo
A visit to the "Mothership" CaptDon01 at 5:45pm 05.28.15 Catalina 22 6/982 Spent the afternoon on a tour of the Catalina Factory in Largo Florida. Very interesting, and took s
Wing Keel Soft Mud in Slip Monterey385 at 5:26pm 05.28.15 Big Boats 6/1966 Looking for thoughts regarding the impact of letting a 38-40 foot Catalina with a Wing Keel settle 1
24v bulb in a 12v system Skipper at 2:27pm 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 10/6544 I have a 10w 24v bulb in inventory. Long story. If I install it in the 12v system, it will use 5watt
wire route from mast to console sailorstan at 12:22pm 05.28.15 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/1001 Anyone know where wiring from mast base to steering pedestal is routed? Many Thanks.
Revisted: Anything Wrong With Used 30 Year Old Sail Cloth? (1) rardiH36 at 11:40am 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1016 To start, back October 2013, one or two of the thread participants of a thread with this title asked
Topside Floor repair around cockpit/helm .. k9walker at 11:05am 05.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/660 1980 - Hunter 27' .. I need to repair a soft spot/spongy floor around the cockpit/helm (steering ped
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter/radar Spellman66 at 10:33am 05.28.15 Catalina 310 9/1532 The bride and I took our new, to us, C310 on it's first sail up to our club. Halfway there black ve
Outboard capacity on a Mac 22 JoeSailer10 at 10:10am 05.28.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/1699 I think my boat is a MAC 22, but I am not sure. I read or heard somewhere that the maximum capacity
Imperial 5100 Toilet JHoward at 10:03am 05.28.15 Big Boats 7/1145 Boy these neglected boats can eat up ones time. The pump handle on our head froze up. The unit is a
Fantasia 35's on East Coast Mystic59 at 9:56am 05.28.15 Fantasia 35 4/3548 Mystic, our 1979 Fantasia 35 (Hull #59) is based in Oriental, NC. We are trying to get an idea of ho
Does A Liferaft Still Make Sense? (or Cents?) robertsapp at 9:20am 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 42/5168 I read an article recently in which a USCG rescue pilot stated that the average time worldwide from
Catalina 30 traveler rose8878 at 9:11am 05.28.15 Catalina 30 9/3239 I have a 1985 Catalina 30' and I need to replace the sheaves on the main sheet traveler. Just got of
Spinnaker Size for Hunter 19 gjvigliotti at 9:00am 05.28.15 Smaller Boats 2/816 Looking for info from anyone who has a spinnaker for their hunter 19 or know the specs. Any help wo
Anyone know what this tang would be used for? (1) mlindberg1 at 8:20am 05.28.15 Ask An Oday Owner 16/1528 Mast Oday 26

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H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat (10) PGIJon at 1:29pm 01.20.23 212344212345212346212347212348212349212350212351212352
Bermuda Don S/V ILLusion at 1:27pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except dur
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat PGIJon at 1:18pm 01.20.23 Jon, I'm really sorry to hear about the loss of your H34. From your previous posts I know you put a
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 1:13pm 01.20.23 Interesting idea. Did you have a smaller diameter bolt in the middle to press against the pin?
44ds rudder drop (1) dmax at 1:01pm 01.20.23 I had the same problem - mine had a SS pin stuck in aluminum, bad combo. I made a press out of 1/4"
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths dlochner at 12:51pm 01.20.23 What is the bottom like? Depth sounders like nice hard bottoms. Softer bottoms absorb the pings rath
Bermuda dLj at 12:36pm 01.20.23 St. George sounds good to me. Scooter sounds fun also. Plus it places me a a good point to leave for
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover DArcy at 12:34pm 01.20.23 If the screws go through into the tank then water can get up through the threads. If the gasket is t
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover smokey73 at 12:32pm 01.20.23 If you are talking about the screws themselves rather than the lid (which was in my case), I used B
Bermuda smokey73 at 12:28pm 01.20.23 Made the trip from Bermuda to Rhode Island as crew (2 people sailing and a sick wife of the owner) o
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month JRacer at 12:21pm 01.20.23 Sounds to me like they want the ability to use the site name themselves. Otherwise, it seems they wo
Mattress Underlayment dlochner at 12:15pm 01.20.23 We also used hypervent. Seems to work well. Apparently it was originally invented for use in lands
Missing boom PRoberaon at 11:53am 01.20.23 Good point.
Sealing screws on fresh water tank cover Rick D at 11:21am 01.20.23 If you are talking about the screws themselves rather than the lid (which was in my case), I used Bo
Mattress Underlayment (1) jssailem at 11:14am 01.20.23
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month BigEasy at 10:01am 01.20.23 I haven't had any luck with our local dealer. Do you have a good dealer reference? I used Annap
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat BigEasy at 9:50am 01.20.23 Sorry to hear about the loss of your boat. My Hunter 33.5 was totaled after Katrina. I was actuall
Fuel Tank Return Line (3) Ralph Johnstone at 9:42am 01.20.23 WOW ! First of all, B E A U T I F U L photo shots and parts layout of your plans. Couldn't be clea
Anchor light - battery operated and rechargeable Terry Cox at 9:31am 01.20.23 Thoughts? Fam gifted me Luci, an inflatable solar light. Works great for a cockpit light, anchor l
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 9:24am 01.20.23 I tried both ways. I also tried using a plastic wedge to separate the two halves, but no budging.

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