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Winter in Arizona! Chief RA at 6:47am 12.19.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1189 Carole and I will depart for Lake Havasu by RV on the 28th and stay down there until April. Lots of
Email Notifications Strange ggrizzard at 1:12am 12.19.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/2830 This is how my daily email notifications appear... literally. All run together, no spaces or title
Catalina 38 association norbszczurek at 6:31pm 12.18.14 Big Boats 3/1749 I am having difficulty contacting the association. I registered a year ago, never received any commu
Misleading Magazine Article; Electric Propulsion kloudie1 at 3:25pm 12.18.14 Engines and Propulsion 15/3228 I was amazed at how misleading an article published in a major sail magazine is, concerning electric
Rusted swing keel Frednick at 3:25pm 12.18.14 Catalina 22 1/1168 Hi folks, Lara and I just got a boat; it is 22' and year 1976. In all, it is in good shape, but th
Adhesive choice (3) redhead78 at 3:03pm 12.18.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1537 Hi all, Merry X-mas. I have a ? on type of adhesive to use for a project. I am thinking of making a
Mike Plant memorial. With beer. Jackdaw at 1:35pm 12.18.14 Ask All Sailors 11/2438 Lake Minnetonka's own. America's first and best Around-the-world skipper. Lost on the way to the sta
Comparison of 41DS and 44DS TFlight at 1:10pm 12.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/5837 I'm considering a 41DS or 44DS in the range of 2006 to 2009. For the next 10 years the Admiral a
Merry Christmas/Happy New Year ! Alansails at 12:59pm 12.18.14 Catalina 310 6/1438 Wishing You and Your Family a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. M
Polypropylene for anchor rode ?????? koolfrog at 11:54am 12.18.14 Ask All Sailors 6/2629 Polyester for anchor rode ?????? The "User Guide" which was packed with my New ROCNA 20 anchor reco
About to undercoat my M25 suvh8er at 10:52am 12.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1221 Hello everyone and greetings from the FL Panhandle. I am about to put an ablative antifoul paint on
Catalina 27 nomenclature Jdaniel343 at 10:23am 12.18.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/1549 When I look for information on Catalina 27, I see Catalina 27 SD, 27 TM, 27 WK. Can someone explain
Inverter install Tutorial? Rodd at 10:18am 12.18.14 Musings With Maine Sail 23/7527 Maine- A suggestion for Compass Marine would be a DIY install of a Magnum inverter/charger. If t
Trip planning for Keys Jan.-Feb. Bonzai at 10:13am 12.18.14 Destinations 23/5156 Time to think about heading south for me. Crew looking at passport related delay so thinking Keys in
Stability of Catalina 25 Swing Keel Anthony1 at 8:25am 12.18.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/5127 I am a new owner of a Catalina 25 swing keel and I am wondering how stable the boat is at varying wi
memory foam mattress ben solomon at 8:11am 12.18.14 Big Boats 18/5652 Anyone have a recommendation for a memory foam mattress company for a Legend 37.5? The admiral is a
I'm assuming this is not ok..... (1) Mackaroni at 7:49am 12.18.14 Bigger Boats 4/1080 This was done to put two lengths of chain together. (the snap link was to hold it for the picture
Navigation App NatchezFirst at 7:48am 12.18.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1622 Any suggestions on a navigation app. iNavX is recommended but a little pricey. I saw Marine Navigat
Available O'Day 28 Original Manuals ozzie pedrera at 6:58am 12.18.14 Bigger Boats 0/1040 I bought a new (then) 1986 O'Day 28 and still have the Brochure, Yacht Owner's Manuals and the Unive
is 26x good for me? easpc at 6:32am 12.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/3139

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Roll your own! (1) DArcy at 8:02pm 09.16.23 I like the pool noodle rollers, great idea. I made a sail tube out of PVC pipe to transport my daug
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? (3) Hayden Watson at 7:14pm 09.16.23 It would likely be easier to keep my cool if I had not done such a good job with my insulation but n
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? (1) Hayden Watson at 7:06pm 09.16.23 Mis-spent some of my career designing cooling systems for industrial electronics. I think @Ralph Jo
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 6:51pm 09.16.23 It seems to me that I read somewhere that the bulk of the heat generated in the alternator was from
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 6:48pm 09.16.23 The biggest problem is the temperature inside your engine compartment. Technically speaking, I'd sa
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 6:29pm 09.16.23 What effect will lowering the operating temperature have on the engine performance and combustion?
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 6:26pm 09.16.23 There are liquid cooled alternators on eBay. Here's a 150A one for $265: Alternator Bo 12v 150 Am
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. garymalmgren at 5:56pm 09.16.23 Hi Smokey If it is a broken sheeve, is it possible to replace the sheeve with the mast up? The shor
Macerator "stalling out" smokey73 at 5:49pm 09.16.23 My seacock is bronze. No flow, with the seacock open (ie tank is empty and pumping "air") would be
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Tedd at 5:45pm 09.16.23 Mis-spent some of my career designing cooling systems for industrial electronics. I think @Ralph Joh
Macerator "stalling out" JamesG161 at 5:45pm 09.16.23 Do you think it would damage the motor if I ran the macerator for a few seconds with the thruhull s
Where are these blocks used (1) Dalliance at 5:23pm 09.16.23 Snatch blocks. Use them when I reef my 150 genoa, which is often. No adjustable genoa sheet track.
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging baycloud at 5:12pm 09.16.23 I take it you're talking about the diagonals. For my 280 the manual doesn't give any numbers for th
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. Dalliance at 5:01pm 09.16.23 I got rid of my topping lift 14 years ago. The mainsail roach hung up and chafed on it constantly.
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. Tally Ho at 4:59pm 09.16.23
Macerator "stalling out" (1) Rich Stidger at 4:52pm 09.16.23 Dan, Definitely check the current draw. Mine draws about 20A when actually pumping and when the flo
Macerator "stalling out" smokey73 at 4:33pm 09.16.23 @Ralph Johnstone Don't know why I didn't put my hand on the motor when it stalled out :facepalm:
Sewing Cushions and Bimini BigEasy at 4:16pm 09.16.23 I am also tempted to copy a piece of canvas by ripping the stitches and flattening it to use as a pa
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 4:02pm 09.16.23 Depends on how you do the edge hems. Two hems in a corner will get you 6 layers of fabric if the he
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 4:02pm 09.16.23 Bimini projects are difficult; definitely a learning curve and an art. Yes, indeed. Sometimes we

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