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Single 0-volt 100% discharge. Hayden Watson at 10:33pm 05.28.15 Musings With Maine Sail 10/2118 I unknowingly had a small load left on with a brand new Interstate Group 24 battery. When I went ba
Major screw-up? jmkinsfbay at 7:39pm 05.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/992 2006 343 w/ mainsail furling. Main would not furl so that leading edge of the "cover" was inside the
Atomic Universal Model? Scoop at 7:34pm 05.28.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1730 I am acquiring a 1981-2 C27 that has been abandoned and am getting the boat basically for sweat equi
solar panels parallel or in series galynd at 7:32pm 05.28.15 Ask All Sailors 22/4005 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 4/817 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 7/1550 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 44/8154 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 22/4548 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 3/664 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 6/1166 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 6/2258 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 10/8920 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 1/1206 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 3/1081 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 0/757 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 9/1841 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 15/2126 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 7/1296 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 4/4157 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 42/6204 I read an article recently in which a USCG rescue pilot stated that the average time worldwide from

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Happy Thanksgiving! kappykaplan at 1:21pm 11.23.23 i'm full now. happy happy Me, too! :beer:
Happy Thanksgiving! jon hansen at 1:14pm 11.23.23 i'm full now. happy happy
Happy Thanksgiving! jssailem at 1:05pm 11.23.23 Happy Thanksgiving to all. Blessed be our Warriors, Veterans and First Responders who help us assu
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember jssailem at 1:02pm 11.23.23 So acknowledged. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! to All you Sail Boat Owners.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? jssailem at 12:55pm 11.23.23 While I recognize the value of LiFePO4 battery life and the increased battery capacity performance.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Johann at 12:48pm 11.23.23 You can add an additional 300Ah Epoch next season no problem. Regarding the wiring, with two paralle
Listed Displacement vs. Max Displacement odlide at 12:27pm 11.23.23 Trying to use builder's information will just drive you nuts. Use the builder's specs as a starting
Listed Displacement vs. Max Displacement dlochner at 12:14pm 11.23.23 Looking for a trailer for my Cal 29. Regarding the responses above, if some manufacturers use "Del
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dlochner at 12:12pm 11.23.23 Responding in between cooking tasks and watching the bird in the oven, so short answers to some of t
Listed Displacement vs. Max Displacement odlide at 11:36am 11.23.23 Is there a specific boat in the mix? Looking for a trailer for my Cal 29. Regarding the responses
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dLj at 11:21am 11.23.23 Glad you stated what wwtf meant, my mind was wandering.... As far as adding another LiFePo battery
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? SoSound at 11:11am 11.23.23 One of the hopes when I started this thread was that there would be Black Friday specials on LiFePO4
Convert partial battens to full battens shemandr at 10:55am 11.23.23
Water /humidity? Ralph Johnstone at 10:46am 11.23.23 And of course, the most important thing of all, how much water do you need each day in order to size
Convert partial battens to full battens shemandr at 10:42am 11.23.23
Pro/con of high capacity alternator for Yanmar 3JH2E (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:42am 11.23.23 It currently has the original 55A alternator, which is working fine. Before even brushing your te
Pro/con of high capacity alternator for Yanmar 3JH2E CrispyCringle at 10:40am 11.23.23 Hard to recommend course of action without knowing what you intend to charge, capacity and type. But
Pro/con of high capacity alternator for Yanmar 3JH2E dlochner at 10:25am 11.23.23 Just buying a high capacity internally regulated alternator doesn't make much sense. To get the bene
Convert partial battens to full battens Tally Ho at 10:24am 11.23.23
Need hard vang 1987 c & c mk III (1) Tally Ho at 10:22am 11.23.23 Nothing particularly OEM about a rigid vang. Seldon and Gaurhauer both make them. Seldon is more

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