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Battery Charger cam at 5:23pm 12.28.14 Catalina 310 11/3180 Hi all, I trust you have had an enjoyable xmas and new year will be the same. I have a 2005 310 and
Time to replace chainplates? indimini at 5:15pm 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/4106 As part of my winter maintenance, I pulled off the starboard chainplates and noticed what I would de
Hauling my 390 this week for the first time NiceBeny at 4:57pm 12.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/2903 Besides the bottom paint, zincs maybe cutlass bearing, any thing I should look at or do (California
How Many of Your Still Have the Original Metal Fuel Tank? rardiH36 at 4:23pm 12.28.14 The Cherubini Hunters 34/5440 I am asking because I am getting concerned about mine. I don't see any obvious signs leakage. But
Filling through hull holes a65sailor at 2:57pm 12.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1074 I am planning to upgrade my sailing instruments. With the new electronics I will only need one throu
MacGregor rig tuning DRosen at 2:27pm 12.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2105 Is a MacGregor mast rigging tuned as for any sailboat mast? Anything different for the MacGregor ma
Yanmar 3GM30f Raw Water Pump (1) carlager at 2:27pm 12.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/2744 I have have unmounted the raw water pump (type Johnson Pump F4B-903) on our Yanmar 3GM30f. I can s
One project finished (2) DAVA390 at 1:37pm 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1765 GPS Hatchboard bracket. Used a strip of Velcro inside the bracket to keep it from sliding side -to s
Installed Manual Windlass on C-27 (2) caguy at 11:33am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 18/6712 I finally mounted the manual windless on the C-27 and it works great. I had to remake the stripper s
anchor locker drain tube leak question allen-deckard at 11:15am 12.28.14 Catalina 22 39/10648 I haven't tore into it yet but I'm 99% sure the tube that comes out of the anchor locker on my 1986
Perplexed by Time (1) OdayDave at 10:59am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 45/8129 I have an interesting problem with my Weems and Platt clock. When the clock is on shore, it keeps n
Morgan 32 Hobartwoodworks at 10:55am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 5/3098 Looking at 1982 Morgan 32; a little concerned about the chainplate design - anyone know about the in
Bloopers ??? Ropeburn at 10:05am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/4402 OK, in the old days on our 33ft boat we had a blooper. Yes it matched the color of the spinnaker. Do
Macgregor 26s Stern light Don Quinn at 9:12am 12.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/5695 I have recently purchased a 1990 Macgregor 26 with a swing keel. It does not have a Stern light and
diversion load controller gettinthere at 6:51am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1210 We have 280w of solar plus a feeble wind generator. Last summer it just about kept up with our deman
oDay 322 Sanitary vent lines PatTormey at 6:11am 12.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/886 The sanitary tank vent lines on my oDay322 are designed to fail. Maybe yours are too. The PO simp
Pearson 303 Transmission Information guywithsmile at 5:59am 12.28.14 Pearson 2/2320 I am in the process of replacing the engine in my 1985 Pearson 303. The replacement is a rebuilt Ya
oDay 322 Boom Vang (1) PatTormey at 5:54am 12.28.14 Bigger Boats 5/1436 My 322 didn't have a boom vang and seems to have very little room for one. Following Don Guillet
What's that smell?? rockingham at 1:26am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1307 Just installed a single battery bank on my Montgomery 17. Used a 6 Amp ProSport Marine Battery charg
She has a name. pateco at 11:18pm 12.27.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/957 Had our Renaming ceremony this evening. https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1

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Navionics price increasing JoeWhite at 11:45am 10.09.23 Interesting, what cell phone do you have? I'm using a brand new Google phone and it runs fine. I th
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level ggrizzard at 11:37am 10.09.23 How soon will you be buying the "new to you" boat?
My solution for winch override. Yours? stickinthemud57 at 11:34am 10.09.23 Often, if asked why I did something that is seen as a mistake, no matter how minor, and there is ar
My solution for winch override. Yours? thinwater at 11:25am 10.09.23 Yeah, I suppose that is open to a number of interpretations. It's just that I have been surprised o
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (1) Kupe at 11:24am 10.09.23 Wow thanks everyone! Just great advice and experience- thank you! I'm intrigued by the golf-cart
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level dLj at 11:22am 10.09.23 I would not turn a wheel boat into a tiller boat even though I prefer tillers. It just seems a total
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" Tim S. at 11:21am 10.09.23 jssailem and others, thank you. After trouble-shooting virtually everything, it came down to a bui
P42 Watermaker Install Neffilicious at 11:12am 10.09.23 We spent 5 months in Bahamas before heading south. We found water reasonably available but since we
Usefulness of a boom slider(s) on a Selden boom/mast on a 386 (1) kbgunn at 11:06am 10.09.23
Hunter 30 Hull number location kappykaplan at 11:04am 10.09.23 Where would I find the hull number of my Hunter 30? Look for the hull identification number (HIN)
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Qomomoko at 10:46am 10.09.23 Only been 2 months since you guys' advice... and it is making more sense. 40ft look great and comfo
Navionics price increasing jssailem at 10:42am 10.09.23 I use OpenCPN on my Mac Laptop. Works great. I do not use it just sitting at the helm. It is down in
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction kbgunn at 10:35am 10.09.23 Could be the motor inside is gummed up with debris and/or the bearing is toast. I had a similar situ
Funny Friday!!! (1) jssailem at 10:35am 10.09.23
Navionics price increasing dLj at 10:30am 10.09.23 Note that open cpn works on older cell phones only. It does not work on my new cell phone. It freez
P42 Watermaker Install mbaker at 10:25am 10.09.23 Nicely done. Good option. We have been to the Bahamas and never had an issue because of the tankag
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction odaydokay at 10:01am 10.09.23 Thanks. Will do all that. It did not sit in the sun long. Battery advertised as "pre-charged" but
1975 oday 22 Project_Mayhem at 9:55am 10.09.23 There's a ton of concoctions for removing mildew from boats. Practical Sailor would be an excellent
P42 Watermaker Install (5) Neffilicious at 9:22am 10.09.23
Is gas UV sensitive? jssailem at 9:04am 10.09.23

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