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Replacing furling mast sail with lazy jacks jveatch at 8:10pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 14/3896 Is it possible, practical, or wise to replace the furling mast sail on our 2006 Hunter 36 with a laz
Happy Birthday Sail (2) Flamingo1 at 8:06pm 01.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1718 I took my daughter and her friend out for a birthday sail. She turned 23 today and it was a beautif
Changed oil and engine won't start??? Soaring eagle at 6:51pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 11/1913 Okay what happened? Started engine after sitting for a couple of months with no problem. Shut it do
H356 salon hull ports replacement sailmaster39 at 6:34pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 4/901 My fixed hull ports located in the salon both port and starboard are so cloudy etc. you nolonger can
for all of the northerners... "Daydream"ing (7) hawk232 at 6:22pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1417 dixiedawg (and family) and I decided to hit the water today... and since it isn't hard I figured I w
Healing angle cstonedent at 6:09pm 01.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/5005 My wife and I have sailed 02 311 for one season. We had an on board lesson. Understand the boat is t
composite propane tank Mark Maulden at 5:53pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1237 I see composite tanks are back http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d2655484a4'id=21f7809ae2'e= l
Tiller Handle & Tiller Tamer (1) Darkarcher at 5:18pm 01.20.14 Catalina 22 5/1786 My wife and I purchased a Swing Keel 22 last spring and have really just been getting started on the
Oil in my Bilge sd1953 at 4:36pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 14/6837 I bought a 27 year old boat (an Endeavour 38 center cockpit) and I have been resurrecting it over th
Raw Faith, George McKay william at 4:05pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1146 This story left me stunned...guy with no experience sailing decides to build a 118' schooner? Gets t
Engine mounting maintenance IanJ at 3:10pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1049 One of my Yanmar mountings has got a little rusty from the shaft. Pretty much cleaned it up, but an
Mast Stolen 1972 Day Sailer II - Need Replacement haerle4415 at 2:44pm 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/1963 Sadly, my mast and boom was stolen from my 1972 Oday Day Sailer II 18 foot. I love this boat, and wa
The ultimate sacrilege 25yearslater at 2:16pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/992 A dear friend of mine inherited a Trojan 25 that is in need of some repair. Having been down this r
Sealing the Head thru-hulls Alctel at 2:14pm 01.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1077 Hi there, I have a 1980 Hunter 36', and am ripping out the entire sanitation system and replacing
Replace 1 1/2" Sanitation Hose Hunter 30G Dragoon at 1:40pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1469 Has anyone replaced the 1 1/2" discharge to holding tank sanitation hose on their 1990 Hunter 30G?
Added air conditioner? KenKindrick at 1:12pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 2/851 I want to add in my Hunter 340 a chilled water air conditioner. I'm thinking that under the port si
Coolant level nestorph at 12:19pm 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1296 I'm getting familiar with my Yanmar 2GMF. How do I measure the coolant level? Is it just by sight
O'Day Daysailor Gunnel Wood spindrift8080 at 12:12pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/7721 Hi Just bought a Spindrift Daysailor I. I believe it is the same as the O'Day Daysailor I. The boat
Double Berth Rich6705 at 12:00pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/1291 I recently purchased a 1981 O'Day 25. I believe at one time, this boat had the slide out double ber
Sailing Rituals SailAwayGirl at 11:11am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 51/5456 Hi all, I recently saw a post on Facebook of interesting rituals that folks have while out cruisi

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Electric panel jssailem at 8:20am 09.09.22 Belt and suspenders. Nothing wrong with keeping the pants up.
Electric panel dlochner at 8:17am 09.09.22 I suspect this unit has the manufacturer saying before the power source enters the control unit, to
Electric panel jssailem at 8:12am 09.09.22 The fuse (15Amps) should be between the power source and the control unit. I suspect this unit has
Electric panel (1) jssailem at 8:08am 09.09.22 Looking at images on line. al was found on the Westfalia site... https://westfaliat4.info/DanfossC
Its funny Friday! (1) Simon Sexton at 8:05am 09.09.22
Electric panel Scott T-Bird at 7:55am 09.09.22 Dave just identified the control unit just as I did! I'll suggest that the reference to a 15 Amp fu
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 7:55am 09.09.22 My dad sends me those... I just repost.
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 7:55am 09.09.22 You got too much free time at school @rgranger on a Friday. Shouldn't you be grading papers. Develo
Its funny Friday! (2) rgranger at 7:51am 09.09.22 209162 Also.... 209163
Electric panel capseaquel at 7:50am 09.09.22 Thanks. Helpful
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? jssailem at 7:45am 09.09.22 As @Scott T-Bird wisely states it, not much detail is known. A decision may be premature. As many
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 7:43am 09.09.22 209161
To boot or not to boot...turnbuckles rgranger at 7:34am 09.09.22 To my thinking, boots only make sense as a measure against chafe on the sail. Otherwise, the boot
What size Zinc for 2005 Hunter 33 jssailem at 7:33am 09.09.22 how I can determine the size of the zinc for my 2005 Hunter 33 The answer lies in the statement by
Electric panel dlochner at 7:33am 09.09.22 In this photo you sent at the far left is a symbol and the letters T and C. Would this be the 15 a
Electric panel capseaquel at 7:30am 09.09.22 If you can get the tip of the multimeter probe to touch bare metal, that is good enough. Poke the
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 7:26am 09.09.22 I think you meant what is sadder. Either way, I happen to agree with you. Hmmm... I may need a
Electric panel capseaquel at 7:26am 09.09.22 In this photo you sent at the far left is a symbol and the letters T and C. Would this be the 15 am
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? Scott T-Bird at 7:24am 09.09.22 Walk away. Really? Based on some goop around the chainplate cover? You wouldn't consider the ask
Electric panel rgranger at 7:23am 09.09.22

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