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Transducer Question Earendil at 6:37am 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1433 I'm a new sailor who just finished my first season with my first boat -- an O'Day 23 -- sailing in t
Any Tartan 34C owners out there? sailnoproblem at 6:12am 12.16.14 Ask All Sailors 0/859 I bought and restored Hull #68 model year1970. (boat was built in 1969) Have several questions tha
Installing a television in the 30... Bob4203 at 5:35am 12.16.14 Catalina 30 5/3270 I have the u-shaped dinette arrangement that allows the port bulkhead to be void of the folding dini
House Battery replacement looking for suggestions drtsr1 at 7:52pm 12.15.14 Big Boats 12/2291 I currently have four golf cart batteries, need to replace. I would like to have longer lasting batt
Minney Update--Winches rbringle at 7:32pm 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1142 Minney's is for real. Thanks for the responses to my earlier post about Minney's Yacht Supply and t
Fresh Sailboat Listings thomas.dargan at 5:17pm 12.15.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2222 Would it be a good idea to open up the list menu for shoppers, by not requiring the boat Brand field
Wet core, would you buy? Ken Cross at 4:40pm 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 18/9366 I'm looking for a new (used) boat and found one we really like (1988 Hunter 30.) The problem is I fo
Motor Mount Bracket (1) bigpapaporsche at 4:33pm 12.15.14 Catalina 22 3/1110 I've noticed that our new to us 2006 Capri 22's Motor Mount drags in the water when in the down posi
Motor Mount Bracket (1) bigpapaporsche at 4:29pm 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 1/854 I've noticed that our new to us 2006 Capri 22's Motor Mount drags in the water when in the down posi
renaming a sailboat captain monk at 3:21pm 12.15.14 Seafarer 8/4565 dose anyone now about name change ceremoney?
Transducer Query Earendil at 3:19pm 12.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 0/785 Just finished my first season with my first boat -- an O'Day 23. Considering adding a transducer fo
autopilot on a /Hunter 40? jumpphx at 2:14pm 12.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/748 Has anyone installed a wind vane auto pilot on a Hunter 40, if so what kind, how$$, and performance.
Alternator sizing marchem at 1:48pm 12.15.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/4556 Kind of a funny story: '82 Catalina 27 with a 5411 diesel. I was removing the alternator to get at
Main Halyard rstan2001 at 12:40pm 12.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/940 I have a Hunter Vision 32 Can someone give me the size and length of the main halyard ? Thanks in
Water Leaks on Beneteau tby at 12:20pm 12.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1363 Any experience with water leaking near toe rails?
Dynaplate, KISS-SSB, Copper? Brian D at 12:06pm 12.15.14 SSB and Ham Operators 10/5725 What is your RF grounding composed of? Do you have a Dynaplate installed? KISS-SSB installed? 100 sq
Recutting a Jib for better visibility donvanv at 11:51am 12.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1248 I thought I saw posts on this topic in the past, but was unable to find anything using the search to
Barbecue Grills redhead78 at 11:06am 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 47/8236 Hi all Merry- xmas, i asked santa fro a grill for the boat and was looking for some input, the Magma
Ground Fault popping on Charger PGIJon at 10:34am 12.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 24/6513 I have a Xantex 20A TrueCharge charger that is causing the Ground Fault to pop when the batteries ar
Advice on installing a solar panel RECESS at 8:14am 12.15.14 Ask All Sailors 25/4245 I have a Grape 100w panel. I need to know what I really need to install this to charge batteries. It

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H45CC aft Bedhead henri at 3:33pm 09.10.23 Finally I found the solution. Pulling hard on the fabric covered panel it will release. In fact thos
How to determine Genoa size? (1) Stu Jackson at 3:30pm 09.10.23 Is there a formula to determine sail %? Of course there is:
Removing Aft Cabin "Headboard" henri at 3:27pm 09.10.23 Had the same problem. In fact if you pull hard on the fabric covered panel it will loosen from the b
Push Button Starter Testing (1) Nichole340 at 3:23pm 09.10.23
How to determine Genoa size? dlochner at 2:58pm 09.10.23 Advertise the sail by its dimensions, condition, sailmaker and the size sail it was for your boat.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION kappykaplan at 2:52pm 09.10.23 What does WOT mean? (pardon my ignorance) wide open throttle
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 2:46pm 09.10.23 Did you ever check your oil level when you see this sludge problem ? Oil level is good. At 1500 -
How to determine Genoa size? Tally Ho at 2:30pm 09.10.23
Push Button Starter Testing Maine Sail at 2:15pm 09.10.23 This may help: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/add-starting-relay.194701/#post-1505182
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 2:11pm 09.10.23 So I can sand the black and blue off down to all white everywhere, and then prep for new barrier co
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. monocerosin at 2:09pm 09.10.23 Gelcoat is usually white. If you sand through the gelcoat you will see the polyester resin and glas
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 1:54pm 09.10.23 Thanks. Maretron has a great reputation. I'm personally not a big fan of screw terminals, but the
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 1:21pm 09.10.23 The boat is not made of epoxy, it is likely polyester resin and glass. If there is epoxy on the bott
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 1:15pm 09.10.23
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. (1) monocerosin at 1:01pm 09.10.23 How do I know if it's epoxy or gelcoat? Is there a test I can do to the surface? I figure doing this
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 09.10.23 The black came off I presume the black was only the black bottom paint as Citristrip isn't going
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 11:47am 09.10.23 My Universal 5614 will not go any higher than 2000 rpm's and when its up there I see black sludge l
Push Button Starter Testing Ralph Johnstone at 11:32am 09.10.23 I have decided to replace the wire to the starter. Just to be clear, you want that wire to go to
Water Tank Capacity on 2007 44DS ggrizzard at 11:03am 09.10.23 Good work. Thanks for sharing.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Damned autocorrect. Over propped.

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