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Does polarity matter ? Padrone at 8:59pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1269 Does polarity matter when connecting up a 12v (car) outlet for use when plugging in an adapter for u
waxed paper Ken13559 at 8:33pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1554 Can I wrap the prop with waxed paper to prevent barnacles growing on it? When I run the engine, I su
port shades james morrison at 7:53pm 09.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1456 I have a 1995 oceanis 40 that has retractable shades on all the ports. A few no longer retract well.
Significant port helm while motoring tigue at 7:49pm 09.08.15 Big Boats 5/1283 I am at the later stages of purchasing a 2003 Hunter 356. With a Yanmar 27HP motor and a MAX prop. I
Stand-Up Paddle Boards and "Rights of Way" Kings Gambit at 5:57pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 61/9447 I was returning to home harbor after the Labor Day outing. The channel had several SUP's in it. On
Asking for advice on a 1985 h31 purchase C Jones at 5:15pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/1283 I took several big boat friends to look at a 1985 h31 today. The owner was not there but we were abl
new video gettinthere at 4:10pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1124 Thought I'd share my latest work. Lot of fun to produce and didn't crash the drone once...as opposed
Motor not peeing water Doc_holiday at 4:09pm 09.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 17/3003 I have a 9.9 merc 2 stroke. It's been a great motor. This week while out putting around I noticed I
Turned refrigerator into an icebox - By mistake OS2Dude at 3:46pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1187 We have a Norcold 'L' shaped refrigerator in our 1985 Catalina 30. (Not sure of the model) It had
Obtaining New H260 Trailer VT Fitz at 3:10pm 09.08.15 Smaller Boats 6/926 After 10 seasons with our beloved H23.5, Grasshopper, we -- well, me really -- have been bitten by t
Broken strut SFS at 3:03pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 11/2211 Guess this will teach me to worry about dock lines. Had the boat (1983 Hunter 31) out Saturday, mot
Diesel Generator - economical? Don Lucas at 2:54pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 4/609 I would like to have more power available to run stuff like hot water, air conditioning, water maker
anchor windlass idea allen-deckard at 2:34pm 09.08.15 Catalina 22 3/755 haven't seen anyone try it so there ya go it means I have to give it a try hehe What I'm planning
H-23 Kenyon mast pins Earprints01 at 2:18pm 09.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1147 I have a Kenyon mast on my H-23. It is held on the deck with two pins through the mast base and the
Volvo 2002 gauges JerryA at 1:54pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 1/473 Hi Folks, I have a Volvo 2002 diesel in my boat and it seems that the gauges become less accurate
Lightning Strike or near miss? Nodak7 at 1:51pm 09.08.15 Big Boats 8/1703 Instruments E120/E80 (Classic) MFD's We had a bad storm last night and had some near miss lightning
Seawater Pump - erratic output - Hunter 38 tvicknair at 1:09pm 09.08.15 Big Boats 5/1214 Hi, On our 2006 Hunter 38 with a Yanmar engine, the impeller disintegrated. After replacement of t
Depth Finder has stopped working Richard Bryer at 12:52pm 09.08.15 Big Boats 3/1346 The original Datamarine S200DL depth finder has stopped working. When I turn it on I get "MSD18.8" o
Need mast Jdaniel343 at 12:40pm 09.08.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1022 1977 Catalina 27 tall rig Yesterday my shrouds, which was new, failed on the starboard side and mas
First post, O'day 30 restore (2) Bswett at 11:58am 09.08.15 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2586 Well hello, This is my first post in this forum. I'm in the process of restoring an O'day 30 w

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Raymarine GPS antenna sensor barnstormer at 6:22am 11.21.23 Don't know if this is helpful but the RS 129 seatalk 1 antennae has a button style battery that dies
So, I pulled the trigger on an "X2Power" lithium battery. OS2Dude at 5:59am 11.21.23 Do you have a battery fuse? IIRC the AYBC requires a Class T fuse within 7" of the Lithium Bank. H
Does anyone recognise this windlass? SV Andorinha at 5:45am 11.21.23 Thanks Terry! I will certainly send that email. Brisbane, Australia in 1976. I have no knowledge o
Another Solar Panel Question. . . Project_Mayhem at 5:38am 11.21.23 Get a decent charge controller such as Victron or Morning Star. If I had a choice between MPPT and a
Compass plexiglass got blind kappykaplan at 5:11am 11.21.23 Ritchie will rebuild to as good as new for 1/3 of price of replacement :plus: Did this many years
Compass plexiglass got blind NoReverse at 5:07am 11.21.23 Ritchie will rebuild to as good as new for 1/3 of price of replacement
Boom eye - What is this called? jssailem at 4:40am 11.21.23 Hello Sean. Looks to me to be a custom designed fairlead. Clever design. Keeps the line off the cent
Boom eye - What is this called? (1) Will Gilmore at 4:38am 11.21.23 It looks like it was installed to prevent the sheet from catching on the vang pin. Perhapse you cou
Does anyone recognise this windlass? Terry Cox at 4:34am 11.21.23 Good morning, Johan. Mr. Bob Walker, with Vetus, Inc., was very helpful in determining the brand and
Funny Friday!!! Kermit at 4:24am 11.21.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 4:22am 11.21.23 @Ralph Johnstone and @Meriachee
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 4:19am 11.21.23 With old stout gear you need to be a bit of a sleuth to discover the mysteries they hide. Do you kno
Boom eye - What is this called? smo10018 at 3:48am 11.21.23
Does anyone recognise this windlass? SV Andorinha at 3:30am 11.21.23 Are you looking for parts or just trying to remove the parts to clean and service them. It sure look
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 2:28am 11.21.23 Kermit, that's really bad!!! :poop:
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor Screen Saver at 2:05am 11.21.23 The antenna doesn't have a use by date so I would suggest there is some other problem. By False read
E-80 Screen Saver at 12:14am 11.21.23 Ok press menu system setup date/time.... Note almost as suggest by Shemandr the actual date and tim
cleaning the fabric covers of cushions rgranger at 9:15pm 11.20.23
cleaning the fabric covers of cushions colin59 at 8:03pm 11.20.23 thats great info, thanks
E-80 shemandr at 6:55pm 11.20.23 So I've waited a while to see if there have been better answers. I think that the time and date co

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