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Capri 26 - Winterizing the Inboard Evan Williams at 12:00pm 11.17.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1399 From my reading, the inboard Universal has a closed internal cooling system with a heat exchanger us
Replacing wire/rope main halyard stanirish at 10:49am 11.17.22 C&C 4/2183 My 1975 31' C'C 1/2 Ton main halyard needs to be replaced; there was only 12 of these boats made but
Lazarette Pad Locks: Battery, Fuel and Companionway John Marrone at 8:51am 11.17.22 Catalina 22 6/907 Locker Latch Pad Locks and Companion Way Hood are not lasting. Looked at Abus and Master. WD and any
Removing Two Stroke Exhaust Marks Project_Mayhem at 8:38am 11.17.22 Ask All Sailors 9/818 Can anyone recommend a solution to clean two stroke exhaust marks from the back of the hull? My old
winterizing puzzle George Braun at 8:34am 11.17.22 Engines and Propulsion 7/1113 new-to-us 2008 Hunter 36 with a 3YM30. Why would a diesel that has run perfectly since we acquired t
West Coast Space Launch Brian D at 7:28am 11.17.22 Sails Call Lounge 7/1422 For those in the Southern to Central California, and western Arizona, there will be a Falcon 9 launc
Where, or where? (1) Brian D at 7:19am 11.17.22 Sails Call Lounge 4/812 210993
Roller furling rigs Messing About at 3:24am 11.17.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1038
Do you like Pocket Yachts (1) jssailem at 5:58pm 11.16.22 Ask All Sailors 64/5859 What is a Pocket Yacht? It is, in the eyes of the owner, a small sailboat that serves the needs of
Engine replacement Oceanis 411 Clipper Bene toes at 4:56pm 11.16.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1096 Hello everyone. I have an Oceanis 411 Clipper. Originally I believe the engine was a Volvo Penta, b
Hunter Sailboat Salvage Yards? bigchief at 3:38pm 11.16.22 Parts Search 14/3146 Does anyone know of a salvage yard for sailboats?
Passage 42 bulkhead Dan Kelly at 2:47pm 11.16.22 Big Boats 11/1205 Looking to do some extensive engine work. Does anyone know how to remove the bulkhead in the port pa
Clever Boat Names rgranger at 11:29am 11.16.22 Ask All Sailors 53/8153 It is winter... and there seems to be a lot of desire for randome stuff on here.... There was a 201
Three way electrical connections (1) arlouper at 11:19am 11.16.22 Mid-Size Boats 10/2210 I'm putting half my house lights (ultra-low draw led's) on one circuit and the other half on another
Electric dinghy engines william24424 at 10:50am 11.16.22 Ask All Sailors 29/2571 I bought an 3HP e-propulsion outboard for my dinghy. Works great, battery lasts about 9 hours, very
which Anti-fouling paint for speed wheel NCBrew at 10:43am 11.16.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1856 which anti-fouling paint for speed wheel
40 ft hunter electrical Rick.johnson at 10:42am 11.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1478 Hi Guys i just purchased a 87 40 ft hunter legend An am in need of the original electrical diagram
Ericson keel (2) ALROU77 at 10:24am 11.16.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1304 Hi everyone, I'm looking to buy an ericson 1990 38'. The photos we have on it shows some painting jo
Miss sailing fred1diver at 5:00pm 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 33/2992
Video of the Iron Duck story (land sailing speed record) walt at 4:03pm 11.15.22 Sails Call Lounge 1/846 The Iron Duck held the land sailing speed record for over 10 years. Great video, I think it was jus

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Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 LloydB at 7:25am 01.04.25 I think i would be tempted to take my buck Rogers laser thermometer down to the boat that is sitting
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 6:02am 01.04.25 Thanks. I'm all about design efficiency in principle, but that represents just 0.1% of my alternato
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:39am 01.04.25 It is correct that batteries will have different charge acceptance rates depending on different age
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:31am 01.04.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 sailcapt340 at 3:09am 01.04.25 What Dave showed is what I thought you were asking about as well. I made a similar design one for o
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole (1) garymalmgren at 8:48pm 01.03.25 Hi Jeff interesting one. First I cannot imagine a whisker pole being attaches to the babystay (inner
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole higgs at 8:02pm 01.03.25 Contact Beneteau
Rotating Furling Drum kloudie1 at 7:26pm 01.03.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then s
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 01.03.25 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling
Knot for Docking in BC Terry Cox at 7:16pm 01.03.25 Hi Tedd. Been docking to BC bull rails for years and have never had a problem. What I do is make a l
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 6:59pm 01.03.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) Marmalade at 6:02pm 01.03.25 @Ringydingydo - maybe you're right that previous owners didn't know how to re-rig the single-line r
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 shemandr at 5:42pm 01.03.25 To Dave's point I've seen many marina storage contracts which specifically prohibit heaters on boats
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:33pm 01.03.25 Or you can look at it like this : rol wire (coming from your DC circuit breaker) goes through the m
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 4:17pm 01.03.25 Can you tell me again the brand of furler you are reinstalling/ its a circa 1980's Harken MK1. I
Rotating Furling Drum jssailem at 3:35pm 01.03.25 Can you tell me again the brand of furler you are reinstalling/
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 3:27pm 01.03.25 OK, I'm understanding your setup better, but I think you are making a mistake or misunderstanding w
Knot for Docking in BC jssailem at 3:26pm 01.03.25 Enjoy the beauty of nature. :biggrin:
Knot for Docking in BC Tedd at 3:21pm 01.03.25 Hi John, I haven't managed to get my cabin heater working yet but it's next on the list. If I can g
H340 'Wobbly Wheel' markymac1961 at 3:06pm 01.03.25

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