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New Battery Storage Fred Villiard at 6:16pm 10.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5197 Hi Maine, Friday I bought 4 GC2 batteries from Sam's, was going to install them on Sunday. Satur
Genoa - repair or replace? scmartin257 at 5:05pm 10.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1739 We have a new-to-us 2000 C320 with in mast furling and a 135 genoa on a Schaefer roller furler. We
Penetrating Oil Study John T1594 at 4:45pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 19/6729 A friend sent this to me and I have no way to verify it but I thought I would pass it along for comm
Bulkhead replacement fitting problems Ritdog at 4:42pm 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1542 I'm in the process of refurbing an Oday 25- I pulled the bulkheads out because they were getting old
core klif at 4:36pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1251 Does the 29.5 1994 hunter have a core center hull?
Rudder bearings Replacement bobcat30 at 4:23pm 10.22.13 Catalina 30 1/1359 I have a 1995 30. My rudder has a slight give to it when I shake it (on the hard) My zinc on the sh
Cradle construction question Sefuller at 2:31pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3492 I need to have a storage cradle built this year, and have been working with a local welder, but woul
vibration in rudder under sail? puddlejockey at 2:19pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4438 Hi guys; I'm getting a vibration...more like a throbbing, in the rudder of my H27 while under sail,
new owner trainmanjess at 1:54pm 10.22.13 Kittiewake 2/3087 hello all I am the new owner of a kittiwake 23 sailboat... it is a full keel boat designed by Carl
What PFD/Harness bootht at 12:27pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3879 My wife and I have been sailing for several years managing to survive with your basic orange Type II
Annapolis Power and Sail Boat Show observations Mikem at 11:40am 10.22.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2855 As Ruth and I represented HAPSat both the Annapolis Power and Sailboat shows this year (in conjuncti
Running an additional halyard bshock at 11:03am 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1086 Hi All, As a new-ish owner I'm running into a lot of "firsts" with this boat. This next first has
Lost half my rudder! (2) Flyboy69 at 10:42am 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1731 Afternoon all! Look what I noticed when my Karma Girl was hauled out of the water for the winter las
Date & Time on a Raymarine Nodak7 at 10:32am 10.22.13 Big Boats 4/8192 I have a Raymarine E80 MFD on board our boat. I have a Navionics Map set up in it and within the Map
smelly bilge smell solved cherub78 at 9:37am 10.22.13 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1089 Hi thanks for all the ideas.my cross timbers were delaminated and saturated for years of my 78 27ft
Mothball Fleet (1) Benny17441 at 8:03am 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 23/6039 Ran into this Mothball Fleet in the California Delta. Just waiting to be sold for scrap I guess.
Hunter 31 or 34 in Seattle? Phil Herring at 7:29am 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/767 If you have a 1980's vintage 31 or 34 at Elliott Bay, Shilshoal, or on Lake Union (or elsewhere, eve
Repowering from a 40 yr old Volvo SailMaster at 7:20am 10.22.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/1596 Hello all, We are going to stop throwing money into our old Volvo MD2B and repower with something
wet/dry storage dlewis812 at 6:43am 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 1/907 after 2 past seasons wet storage thought about dry this winter; maybe good to let sit out for awhile
hunter 33 traveller mod? rufus1138 at 6:22am 10.22.13 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1539 anyone with the cherubini 33 ever modded the traveller to line control instead of the dummy stops? i

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Yanmar 2GM20F (1993) MikeHoncho at 3:43pm 06.07.23 Look it up on Toad Marine. I would assume a new pump would come with a impeller and gasket. There
SS Rod popping sound smokey73 at 2:40pm 06.07.23 I am not sure the OP is talking about rod rigging per se. I think he is speaking of the stainless s
SS Rod popping sound jssailem at 2:34pm 06.07.23 If sailing I would try to reduce pressure on the rig till I could find the cause. Might even take a
Battery Switch Confusion dlochner at 2:30pm 06.07.23 I admit, I got lazy and didn't give the explanation. There are degrees of bad mix and matches. When
SS Rod popping sound jssailem at 2:29pm 06.07.23 You might quick check the length of the rods. Using the main halyard as a tape measure from mast hea
Battery Switch Confusion jssailem at 2:20pm 06.07.23 @Dudenhoeffer Dave speaks wise words. But why you may ask. Batteries are very helpful. When one is
Battery Switch Confusion dlochner at 2:04pm 06.07.23 All the batteries in one bank should be of the same type, manufacturer, and age.
SS Rod popping sound dlochner at 2:02pm 06.07.23 If this rod rigging has balls on the ends then it might be that the rods are loose in their slots i
Yanmar 2GM20F (1993) dlochner at 1:59pm 06.07.23 The service manuals and parts catalog for diesels are often online and free to down load. Try a sear
SS Rod popping sound rgranger at 1:17pm 06.07.23 If this rod rigging has balls on the ends then it might be that the rods are loose in their slots i
SS Rod popping sound capta at 1:15pm 06.07.23 If this rod rigging has balls on the ends then it might be that the rods are loose in their slots in
fuel gauge capta at 1:10pm 06.07.23 I'd think it odd that the light works when the key is off, so perhaps the gauge does too.
Battery Switch Confusion kappykaplan at 12:56pm 06.07.23 Is it important to keep the house pack batteries all the same? I think so, but others may disagree
Battery Switch Confusion Dudenhoeffer at 12:54pm 06.07.23 Great thread and learned alot about how my new to me boat's system is wired.... Alternator runs stra
fuel gauge Rick.johnson at 11:48am 06.07.23 Will be testing it this weekend Thanks Rick
Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 Stu Jackson at 11:47am 06.07.23 Sorry, I am new to all of this, can I just bypass the meter altogether and see if that is my issue?
fuel gauge Ralph Johnstone at 11:45am 06.07.23 The "ignition key" normally disconnects all electrical power from the engine so your level should sh
fuel gauge Rick.johnson at 11:44am 06.07.23 Ok Thanks Joe I will be testing it this weekend Rick
fuel gauge JoeWhite at 11:41am 06.07.23 Yes, ignition must be on
What's next to be aware of ? WayneH at 11:21am 06.07.23 A friend of mine tells the story about the time porpoises were playing with his anchor line. Draggin

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