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Marine grade wire ferrules NYSail at 11:42am 09.03.25 Ask All Sailors 2/534
More on the Catalina Acquisition dlochner at 6:19am 09.03.25 Sails Call Lounge 4/1014 Consolidation continues in the American yacht building industry. Tripp Designs signs on to design a
Honda 2.5 outboard issues anyone? azambella at 4:09pm 09.02.25 Ask All Sailors 13/775 Does anyone use a Honda 2.5 hp (4. cycle ) outboard? Does anyone else have thee issues? It has let
Fuel usage (5) Tally Ho at 3:13pm 09.02.25 Ask All Sailors 10/877 So I am going out for a few days on the hook next week, and decided to fill my diesel tank since I w
Rusted Trailer Extension ddox at 11:32am 09.02.25 Smaller Boats 14/681 Hi, I just purchased a 1987 Capri 18, the boat is in good shape but the trailer is a bit rusty. In p
Strange Grinding Sound from Shaft/bearing? BAD ORCA at 9:39am 09.02.25 Engines and Propulsion 12/819 Curious what some opinions might be. My friend has a 30ft sailboat with an electric engine. Engi
Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago (2) jssailem at 9:29am 09.02.25 Weather and Forecasting 7/661 234177 Twenty years ago, a storm named Katrina made landfall, for the second time, on the Mississip
Adhesive for non-skid that wont affect color? Project_Mayhem at 5:25am 09.02.25 Ask All Sailors 11/500 I have a partially open transom which occasionally lets water come in. With colder weather and large
Hunter 49 Door handles (1) Screen Saver at 8:01pm 09.01.25 Big Boats 4/443 High just wondering what others are doing when the spring breaks on the door handle. The weight of t
Hunter 26 topping lift American Girl at 2:33pm 09.01.25 Ask All Sailors 5/240 Could someone please tell me exactly how the topping lift for a 1994 Hunter 26 is supposed to be rig
Hunter 23 Jib and Marina Recommendation (1) Newhouse1969 at 2:02pm 09.01.25 Smaller Boats 6/764 Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to set the Jib on my Hunter 23. It just doesn't seem right to m
DIY LiFePo4 Battery Kit Maine Sail at 12:58pm 09.01.25 Musings With Maine Sail 2/471 Sorry I have been absent, recovery from the brain hemorrhage is a full-time gig.. I am starting to m
Hunter 39 Furlex Line diduljc at 12:10pm 09.01.25 Parts Search 5/442 Hi, I have had problems with my old line knotting in my Furlex Genoa. I would appreciate any recomm
Hunter 216 Goaliedad2004 at 11:37am 09.01.25 Smaller Boats 2/324 Hey just bought the 216 and was thinking of putting a battery/small fuse panel in. Does anyone have
Gelcoat/Fiberglass Repair Recommendation - SF Bay Area emstar at 9:17am 09.01.25 Ask All Sailors 5/326 Looking for recommendations for gelcoat repair after a 'close encounter' with a buoy. Damage is a f
Replacement plastic logo nameplate for ODay Rhodes 19 aaknj at 7:57am 09.01.25 Parts Search 6/517 I am trying to locate 2 replacement logo nameplates for a Rhodes 19 I am restoring. I can find deca
secret dating platform c421bdriver at 9:00pm 08.31.25 Day Sailers 0/31
Mysterious Hole Under Bow Eye (3) coldaddy at 3:56pm 08.31.25 Catalina 22 12/1149 Hello shipmates. As I am slowly refurbishing my 1987 Catalina 22 (hull # 14481) I just noticed this
Beneteau 473 Head backing up in the toilet waynepoynter at 3:35pm 08.31.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/355 Hello, I am new the forum. I have a electric head on the boat and I have the above water line holdi
No mast but....... (1) RolfSail at 3:11pm 08.31.25 Smaller Boats 1/312

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Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dLj at 1:19pm 11.21.25 I think it depends on use and long term plans. If the boat lives on a mooring and only day sails, w
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler JBP-PA at 1:18pm 11.21.25 From the above, sounds like PC-11 would be fine. Some other options are: WEST sells a patch kit th
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dlochner at 1:13pm 11.21.25 I really don't understand why people even entertain this kind of set-up. To save some money in upfr
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler Cap'n Deke at 1:03pm 11.21.25 Is there a difference between different pigments such as pigments for household paint vs gel coat?
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 LakeShark at 12:58pm 11.21.25 Sorry my fault for not posting a photo of the whole mast. The mast slot does indeed run the entire
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dLj at 12:55pm 11.21.25 Adding a DC DC charger is not that difficult or expensive. That would allow your alternator to char
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area LakeShark at 12:53pm 11.21.25 I was just worried that the red stuff was a sort of fix attempt for some bigger issue that might ha
outboard motor run tank DIY RussC at 12:47pm 11.21.25 regardless of the engine being operated in gear or in neutral that has no impact on how well the coo
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing JBP-PA at 12:32pm 11.21.25 I adjust according to "what bad things will happen if I fall overboard?" On a small lake or harbor,
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar BarryL at 12:23pm 11.21.25 Hello, Just some of my thoughts. A 400AH LiFePo4 battery has about 320 useable AH (80% discharge) A
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing jssailem at 12:02pm 11.21.25
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dLj at 11:58am 11.21.25 LOL...my math got skewed somewhere wrt charging Amps :)? Of course probably makes more sense to con
Seaflo Dry Bilge System dmax at 11:42am 11.21.25 In the archives: Sea Flo Dry Bilge System - Impressions
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dlochner at 11:22am 11.21.25 As @dLj alludes to, designing an electrical system is sometimes like diving down a rabbit hole into
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar GeneraiT001 at 11:20am 11.21.25 That's exactly what I was addressing - YOU define your practicality on your boat. There are SOOOOO
Seaflo Dry Bilge System dLj at 11:19am 11.21.25 Experience only on someone else's boat. They seem to work OK. They are a bit fiddly and seem to get
Seaflo Dry Bilge System Don S/V ILLusion at 11:18am 11.21.25 I assume you read the online reviews?
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dLj at 11:14am 11.21.25 I was thinking more in terms of the logistics (feasibility) upside/downside....practicality? That'
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar GeneraiT001 at 11:10am 11.21.25 Looking further into this it seems that unless your getting a 7,500 - 10,000 watt generator your not
Direct fresh water feed into the boat when at the dock dLj at 10:58am 11.21.25 And my favorite monumental oversight - not having an ice maker aboard:yikes: You just hit the nail

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