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burnswelds at 2:36am 05.11.15
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Good morning All, yesterday I started up my 5411 for the first time this season. I replaced my wate
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Noticed today when I went to refill my propane tank that the metal part of the solenoid used to turn
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Do any of you leave your hunters in the water all year and if so, what do you do to avoid blisters.
Macboy at 9:57pm 05.10.15
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Adding some creature comforts and interior LED lighting. I'm wondering how deep into the wiring I sh
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I have so many purchase and install questions regarding my 2002 356 and a new windlass I need to acq
Albanach at 8:43pm 05.10.15
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Would you paint engine bronze fittings, such as the Oberdorfer Raw Water pump, or just let it go gre
John T1594 at 8:19pm 05.10.15
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I need to replace the sun cover on the Raymarine ST60 Wind display on my 2000 H340. The available co
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Next sunday my son is off work, he and I plan to take the cat out for my first time. I plan to do it
Skip Gundlach at 6:55pm 05.10.15
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Shake and Break, part 9 - May 10, 2015 We left you wondering whether we'd see wind and sun, and,
Bob4203 at 5:55pm 05.10.15
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I hope someone can give me some sound advice here. My Catalina is the 1988 Mark II model. My hot wat
Doug/Karen at 5:38pm 05.10.15
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Recently, in the process of making a windy entrance into our slip, I managed to drag the starboard p
10th street YC at 5:33pm 05.10.15
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I am entering my 1st season owning a sail boat - my 20' oday main mast has a part missing (I am gu
Indysailor at 4:33pm 05.10.15
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Currently I just have one headsail for my ODay 23, a 135% genoa. It works quite well much of the tim
Sefuller at 4:03pm 05.10.15
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I did the rewire of the trailer harness connectors on our boat two seasons ago, and installed an Ech
bshock at 3:47pm 05.10.15
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Hi All, does anyone have the dimensions of the stock two-burner stove top that comes with the B361?
Bfranchini at 2:24pm 05.10.15
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The weather is finally good enough to start painting the boats so I decided to practice on Puffin, o
a65sailor at 12:38pm 05.10.15
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I wondered if anyone knew what size packing I need for an 83 H34 packing gland. Thanks.
Emanuela at 12:20pm 05.10.15
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Does any body know the amount of material needed to cover the cushions on a 473 Beneteau oceanis sa
sdstef at 11:18am 05.10.15
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It looks like it is my turn now to replace my bulkheads. Water ingress has rotted some of the area
Retiring type at 10:08am 05.10.15
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Does anyone have a display unit for a Raymarine ST 4000+ autopilot system they could part with?

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jssailem at 4:43am 11.24.23
:plus: What Greg said.
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Project_Mayhem at 10:19pm 11.23.23
Electric with a small gel cell battery would be my recommendation. Do some research on how to measur
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SoSound at 9:43pm 11.23.23
It looks like the Epoch 300Ah is a group 31 so it is a lot of power for the footprint. I see that
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Ralph Johnstone at 9:30pm 11.23.23
Your hardware is excellent stuff. I'll second that after @i3DGear supplied a couple of rollers fo
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Sunbird22358 at 9:09pm 11.23.23
OK, I have used a "Single-Season Ablative" in the past, Petit "NEPTUNE" I think it was, Interlux Fib
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Alan Gomes at 8:52pm 11.23.23
Photo 3011 gives me the willies. This is an extremely dangerous installation. You would do well to r
Jib sheet block
Sunbird22358 at 8:49pm 11.23.23
Rope vs Sheet, well technically, the sheet is made of "rope", so I knew what he meant! Traditionally
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SoSound at 8:22pm 11.23.23
The dedicated sense wire alone is worth its weight in gold. Please go for the better regulator.
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jssailem at 8:20pm 11.23.23
Oh. That is great news. After our last discussion, right before you left on winter holiday, I got th
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This definition makes it sound like water and a boat weight the same per cubic foot No, rather the
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Hayden Watson at 6:36pm 11.23.23
If the charging profiles are the same an ACR or FET based isolator should work fine. In the last it
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dlochner at 6:25pm 11.23.23
I suggest you simply move your house circuits to the LFP and leave the existing FLA as a starting b
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twodzusfittings at 6:18pm 11.23.23
Sounds very plausible, thanks.
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Tally Ho at 6:15pm 11.23.23
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I often hear this said. Out of curiosity, what do you use for a charge profile for FLA and LFP? O
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shemandr at 6:09pm 11.23.23
Ahh, and what about fuel?
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember
shemandr at 6:03pm 11.23.23
Toaster oven T-day feast this year. Still great! Giving thanks may be one of the most healthy thin
So, I pulled the trigger on an "X2Power" lithium battery.
OS2Dude at 5:58pm 11.23.23
I knew nothing about those alternator issues. What to do. It only puts out about 1.5A, but still.
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Hayden Watson at 5:56pm 11.23.23
It looks like the Epoch 300Ah is a group 31 so it is a lot of power for the footprint. I see that y
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... The charging voltages for LFP and LA batteries are different enough that one of the banks will

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