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Overnighting in Northeast US fasttalker372 at 2:48pm 02.17.13 Trailer Sailors 16/4036 Hello everyone. I became new member a few months ago and have really been enjoying all the advice a
Home Built Swing Stove merlinuxo at 2:36pm 02.17.13 Trailer Sailors 13/8117 I thought this was cool. The stove isn't home built but the gimbal is. http://lezliesworld.blogspot.
Looking for flotilla buddies heading south Bonzai at 1:21pm 02.17.13 Destinations 3/2186 Still getting trip south together...wanting to head to Abaco in the next 2 or 3 wks from Brunswick a
Mounting a transducer (2) Doc_holiday at 11:54am 02.17.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3110 I mentioned a while ago that Santa brought me a new garmin GPS / fish- depth finder for Chrsitmas. I
Is a Catalina 30 a good cruising boat for the Carribbean? larry7072 at 11:01am 02.17.13 Catalina 30 34/30515 My dream is to eventually snowbird in the US Virgin Islands in about 5 years. I have been sailing a
New Head (2) PrairieSchnooer at 10:14am 02.17.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1423 It's time to replace the head on my 78 h27. There was an old self contained Sealand Traveller type
Universal Atomic 4511 scurvydogtoo at 8:58am 02.17.13 Catalina 30 15/4016 I recently purchased a 1979 Catalina 30 with an Universal Atomic, 2 cylinder, diesel, Model 5411.
ac power from engine (1) nybor at 8:37am 02.17.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/3449 first off, please excuse my ignorance. just bought it and am slowly learning the ropes (oops, sheets
Question On Cruising Zoom767 at 5:10am 02.17.13 Big Boats 10/1744 Good Day, I've just put on a Michigan MP 17RH11 3-blade propeller on my Legend 35.5 because I want
Teak toe rail refinishing pcjrusso at 3:27am 02.17.13 Ask All Sailors 14/14919 I have an Oday 34. I Need to refinish the teak toe rail I am looking for some ideas. Last season as
Advice on buying an 18'-20' Sailboat Ryanpoletis at 10:29pm 02.16.13 Smaller Boats 19/5131 I'm new to posting to this forum and would like some direction on a Trailerable sailboat purchase.
LED light replacement (2) Coriolisbc at 8:20pm 02.16.13 Catalina 30 11/2093 Hi All; Went to the boat show and saw these cool lights, so I went foe as I install them
Any recommendations for gel batteries? jgortych at 7:04pm 02.16.13 Catalina 309 Group Forum 6/2313 I am looking to replace my acid-based batteries with gel-based batteries and am hoping someone can p
Wire/rope Halyard to all rope + SBO Store Questions Cool Beans at 6:22pm 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2938 I want to replace the Starboard Jib Halyard on my Ranger 33. It is unusable and just tied off to th
Question for MaineSail re: AGM batteries Ivan at 5:07pm 02.16.13 Big Boats 1/1074 I just read your great article on "battery orientation" on your site. Very informative. However, a
Keel Protector - Keel-X carboman at 4:58pm 02.16.13 Smaller Boats 3/1395 I am looking at this for the bottom of my Hunter 23' keel. http://www.linex.com/pages/2010/light_i
Best cruising RPM therobesons at 4:47pm 02.16.13 Big Boats 4/1370 My Stock 1999 Hunter passage 420 has the stock 3 blade cruising prop. Does anyone know the red line
Cracked Hull/Deck raul bandas at 4:41pm 02.16.13 Ask All Sailors 33/10064 Last week I purchased a beautiful 2003 Beneteau Oceanis 311. The original owner kept it in excellen
Hull Cracked / Deck Damaged - Beneteau 311 raul bandas at 4:11pm 02.16.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 67/34471 Dear Beneteau Oceanis 311 Colleagues, Last week I purchased a 2003 Beneteau Oceanis 311. The origin
Wind advisory? Nope Prob's. (1) emergpa1 at 3:23pm 02.16.13 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1645 Wind advisory; gusting to 30, we experienced gust of 25, with an average wind speed of around 18. Sa

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Outboard Battery Charging Project_Mayhem at 7:39am 06.23.22 The motor is a 96. I measured ~16v with no load connected so I'm assuming there is no voltage regula
Battery bank question Jon Elliott at 7:38am 06.23.22
Battery bank question Jon Elliott at 7:36am 06.23.22 Starting a small marine engine with deep cycle batteries is just fine. It would be better to have a
Water Line Fitting Mike Culik at 7:30am 06.23.22 amazon
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer rgranger at 7:25am 06.23.22 I've seen a really nice marian full of sailboats at Oak Island and also at Top Sail. I did not sail
Repairing gate value on Hunter 31 galley sink drain Mike Culik at 7:24am 06.23.22 Your boat remaining afloat depends on the integrity of the sink drain hose/tubing! My original was
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 7:18am 06.23.22 You can get a Hobbs meter for about $13 on Amazon, but that doesn't solve the problem; you don't wan
Outboard Battery Charging Jacktar at 7:16am 06.23.22 hook the leads to the battery , run motor and check at terminals, only way to determine voltage outp
Outboard Battery Charging rgranger at 7:09am 06.23.22 If you want to know the voltage coming off of your alternator, hook up a voltmeter (multimeter) to t
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer flightlead404 at 7:09am 06.23.22 You could always break the outside up into a few short hops Precisely. So local knowledge and in
Outboard Battery Charging kloudie1 at 7:06am 06.23.22 I think that there is a simple regulator built into the newer motors that limits voltage. The ampera
little egg inlet nj (1) rgranger at 7:06am 06.23.22 Looks well marked
Windlass Breaker JamesG161 at 6:50am 06.23.22 You can buy that breaker from SBO stores... You can help this site by buying your exact breaker, i
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? Eileen14284 at 6:44am 06.23.22 Okay, thank you all. We do have the gooseneck hooks on the main so I guess we're all good. I just
Fridge time-on measurement leo310 at 6:42am 06.23.22 For less than $30 you could get a meter from Amazon . 200A Watt Meter High Precision Power Analyzer
Tass fittings and sea water..... JamesG161 at 6:34am 06.23.22
Solar Panel Charging (1) leo310 at 6:32am 06.23.22 What I use is a ARGOFET https://forums.sailboatowners.com/data/attachments/184/184952-02ebc288cbe6b
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? (1) twalker H260 at 6:29am 06.23.22 On our 260 the gooseneck looks like the attached photo. Strap goes over the hook.
Windlass Breaker Two Sails at 6:28am 06.23.22 The coast guard tables are super helpful - thank you - book-marked! I need to check on my specific w
autopilot install on an H280 jssailem at 5:48am 06.23.22 Raymarine says its Garmin, and quess what Garmin says!! :yikes: I was listening to a Google AI rob

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