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battery charging 1, 2 or both rgarrison@gmail.com at 4:27pm 06.24.13 Catalina 30 1/987 I am curious and maybe everyone knows for sure, but when on dock power and engine power, am I chargi
Marathon C-22 Trailering (4) CaptDon01 at 4:01pm 06.24.13 Catalina 22 6/1084 Knock on wood, but so far we've logged just over 4,700 highway miles under our keel so far on our ro
Rudder Tension and Squeaky Noise AaronMacMullin at 3:27pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 0/712 Hi, I have a 27ft Hunter, (1980), there is a loud squeaky noise coming from the rudder and tension
Boat Insurance bustedrudder at 3:21pm 06.24.13 Big Boats 21/3692 We have been with Boat US for 3 years. Never made a claim and they jack us every year about $400.
The New Garmin 741 Is Finally Shipping..... (4) Maine Sail at 3:02pm 06.24.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/6236 After months of promises and missed deadlines Garmin finally shipped the first batch of their new 7"
rail tubing options ? pugetsoundsailer at 2:17pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 5/959 local boat shops are selling the 7/8 rail tubing in my area for $8 per foot, anyone got a more econo
Sheet Winches 1968 31' Seafarer 31 kendp at 2:12pm 06.24.13 Seafarer 34/12325 My son recently bought one of these and is fixing it up in preparation for launching it. He would l
mounting transducer pugetsoundsailer at 2:07pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1214 getting ready to mount a transducer on the 26s looks like port side of the keel would be perfect. Is
Docking stern first (1) bshock at 1:10pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 31/5932 Hi All, I'm a new "big boat" owner, having graduated from a Catalina 25 to a Beneteau 361. The doc
learning the "ropes" sailing for idiots. Dragon Fly at 12:45pm 06.24.13 Bigger Boats 2/807 28' Oday. After returning to the water after a winter on the hard, tried to unfurl the jib and it w
Sticky Dingy Tsatzsue at 12:21pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/8296 Yes sticky. From what I have been reading my new to me dingy may be stuck for good. It is in great s
Original Main Sail finally ripped Ima90sJezus at 12:11pm 06.24.13 Catalina 30 3/1103 So, I've have the boat out twice so far this year. First time the water pump went belly up and I had
How well insulated is the factory ice box? Jared1048 at 11:49am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1768 Im looking at converting the icebox and had a few questions. 1. How much insulation is there? 2. w
Why MASE 5501 genset NOT charging bats edwmama at 11:39am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 0/812 Hi all I own a Cal Cruising 46. It came with a MASE 5501 genset ( yanmar diesel generator ) Next
What size docking lines? PGIJon at 11:35am 06.24.13 Big Boats 12/1777 West marine is having a 40% off sale of bulk rope and dock lines. I'd like to take this opportunit
Hotknife.... (1) Sumner at 11:29am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1114 For those of you who do canvas work and don't have one Sailrite has their... http://mx2.radiant.net
SF Bay Jib? zinmaker at 11:13am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1344 Just purchased a 1971 Cat 27 and was wondering what people in the SF Bay are using for jibs, curren
Florida to Oregon nybor at 11:09am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 14/3566 Hi. I am considering sailing my Catalina 350 from Merritt Island Florida to Portland Or. I was wonde
First sail - Love our O'Day! (3) Tabi II at 10:46am 06.24.13 Day Sailers 6/1571 Had our first sail Saturday after a month of doing deferred maintenance getting our new-to-us O'Day
H320 Fuel Gauge garethreeves at 10:42am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/759 My fuel gauge cracked and broke. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanks Garet

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Solar panel question/Recommendations rgranger at 1:23pm 01.25.23 Yea it is, I dont plan to move to LiFEPO4 but I wanted an electric outboard originally just not too
Yanmar engine console - yuck dmax at 1:14pm 01.25.23 You could sand it down to remove all the old paint, repair the crack (Kitty Hair would work) and rep
Below deck auto pilot kbgunn at 1:08pm 01.25.23 On a Hunter 38, the linear drive passes through the interior to the tiller arm under a deck plate in
Installing a Selden or Trogear Adjustable Bowsprit? HD74 at 12:58pm 01.25.23 The sprit attaches in the back to a type padeye. the sprit comes with 2 of these padeye. The forward
Mast cleat jssailem at 12:54pm 01.25.23 Identical means they look the same in shape, color, hole spacing and design...i.e. squared off horn
Solar panel question/Recommendations artleyt115 at 12:41pm 01.25.23 You know.... this rabbit hole is deeeeep! We could start talking about electric outboards, LiFePO4
Head Discharge Pump Terry Cox at 12:40pm 01.25.23 One other possibility: a failed discharge impeller caused by running dry. That is one reason why I
Solar panel question/Recommendations artleyt115 at 12:39pm 01.25.23 Here are some more ideas and products... https://www.custommarineproducts.com/marine-solar-panels.
Solar panel question/Recommendations artleyt115 at 12:38pm 01.25.23 A couple of thoughts . We also have 25 Oday . A 200 watt solar panel is going to take up an enormou
Head Discharge Pump Terry Cox at 12:38pm 01.25.23 You forgot to mention a blocked tank vent that's pressurized the system, Terry Hi Peggie. The clog
LPG tank Hunter 39 (1) jssailem at 12:34pm 01.25.23 The boat has 1 LPG tank onboard. Do you think the 1 tank should be enough to make the trip? Tough
Solar panel question/Recommendations artleyt115 at 12:34pm 01.25.23 I didn't realize the site blocked excel files, probably because of macros that could hide malicious
Installing a Selden or Trogear Adjustable Bowsprit? 4Winds at 12:20pm 01.25.23 I recently added a selden bow sprit to my hunter 340. Like you I tried to do a lot of research but
Below deck auto pilot Ralph Johnstone at 12:06pm 01.25.23 All that comes to mind right now is a hood which goes slightly above the hole in the side of the laz
Solar panel question/Recommendations rgranger at 11:51am 01.25.23 You know.... this rabbit hole is deeeeep! We could start talking about electric outboards, LiFePO4
Solar panel question/Recommendations (3) rgranger at 11:50am 01.25.23 Here are some more ideas and products... https://www.custommarineproducts.com/marine-solar-panels.h
LPG tank Hunter 39 Duluthwinger at 11:47am 01.25.23 We did not take the arch down because the arch is bolted and bedded with I think 5200. We would have
Solar panel question/Recommendations rgranger at 11:45am 01.25.23 A 200 watt solar panel is going to take up an enormous amount of room . :plus: If you have a bim
Boat ID (1) SailingLoto at 11:41am 01.25.23 31 irwin yawl?
Solar panel question/Recommendations Timm R Oday25 at 11:40am 01.25.23 A couple of thoughts . We also have 25 Oday . A 200 watt solar panel is going to take up an enormous

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