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FYI - Suitcase Generators & ELCI's Maine Sail at 5:20am 01.11.13 Musings With Maine Sail 7/4964 Lately I have been researching issues with suitcase generators, such as the Honda EU inverter type a
anti-foul bottom karlos263 at 4:37am 01.11.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1661 I mostly will be keeping my Mac26D in the water at the marina and want to paint the bottom this spri
Reefing lines Bertus at 12:13am 01.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1200 I struggle to get my reefing lines to run free through the boom. Is it an option to reduce the lines
Beneteau Oceanis 50 sailing in Finnish arhipelago Kimmo at 12:13am 01.11.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1182 Watch out how it is to sail in Scandinavia :dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETibrOkzccI
Saildrive removal on a 28' Chris Patterson at 7:13pm 01.10.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/908 Hello Oday dudes. I've got a project, (among several), on this Oday 28, that has a saildrive/OMC eng
Wiring Suggestions Please (1) primetime at 5:22pm 01.10.13 Engines and Propulsion 18/7745 Hi, This is the current battery configuration I inherited when recently purchasing a Catalina 30 (1
Water tank in galley hunter 450 rtmccue at 4:46pm 01.10.13 Big Boats 5/1458 The floor pop in the galley , too access the water tank sensor has drop out. I'm thinking of cutting
Where's My Sawzall Tom Potter at 4:32pm 01.10.13 Bigger Boats 7/1868 I've been keeping an eye on the shaft log hose since I bought my O28, its looking kinda old and swol
Pros and Cons of 1985 H31 Impulse 2 at 2:39pm 01.10.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/4020 We plan to use our H31 to cruise the Great Lakes. We have little experience and are looking for opin
I'll Never go to Florida Again Roger Long at 1:26pm 01.10.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 132/44853 Note and update Jan 2015: I recently learned that I have been misinformed multiple times by people
Should New Batteries be Equalized? Bowedtoothdoc at 12:36pm 01.10.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1580 I just purchased new house batteries that consist of six 6 volt batteries wired into two separate ba
Engine not shutting off Zman18 at 11:45am 01.10.13 Engines and Propulsion 6/4551 I have a yanmar 2gm20f which has a push button on the control panel to turn off the engine. Recentl
bearings on 705 LD hood furler MORNING LIGHT at 11:29am 01.10.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1045 Hi I have an old Hood 705 LD furler wich the bearings need to be changed and i woulk like to know if
Whit Lock Rotary Drive for Autohelm mjbusher at 11:09am 01.10.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1004 I have a Hunter 420 with a Whit Lock Steering System. The drive for the Autohelm is a Model DU 145 W
Whitlock Autohelm Rotary Drive mjbusher at 10:33am 01.10.13 Big Boats 2/2816 I have a failed Whitlock Model DU 145 rotary drive for the Autohelm system on my 1999 Hunter 420. I
holding tank, plastic or flexible? Monty VM at 10:03am 01.10.13 Big Boats 5/1407 I am replacing the corroded aluminum holding tank mid ship on my 430. Ronco makes a plastic one that
Looking to rent/borrow a fixed keel trailer! (2) rejjr7 at 7:47am 01.10.13 Catalina 22 3/1080 Hi All, I just purchased a fixed keel C22 in Baltimore and I need to move it to my backyard lift
New lifelines dj2210 at 6:25am 01.10.13 Catalina 30 9/2564 Time for new lifelines on my C30. Has anyone used the Catalina Direct double deluxe kit? I priced ou
Chartplotter with or without a sounder Beartrap at 4:56am 01.10.13 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1202 Gang, Any thoughts or preferences on whether to use a combined chartplotter/depthsounder or keep t
Nigal Calder Miami Seminar CYQK at 3:49am 01.10.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1258 Hey Nigal Calder is set to put on an electrical seminar at strictly sail in Miami in a few weeks.

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Time for a new outboard dlochner at 1:49pm 03.22.23 My current outboard is a late 80's Johnson 8 horse extra long shaft with charging . Its time. So
Time for a new outboard Timm R Oday25 at 1:39pm 03.22.23 My current outboard is a late 80's Johnson 8 horse extra long shaft with charging .
Time for a new outboard dlochner at 1:23pm 03.22.23 What make outboard do you have now? Many smaller OB are Tohatsu. It is easy to tell. The colors and
Time for a new outboard rgranger at 1:02pm 03.22.23 If you have a place where you can easily charge your batteries... have you considered the torqeedo
Time for a new outboard rgranger at 12:58pm 03.22.23 If you've got the money, go for a 4 stroke. If it isn't to stop mixing gas and oil, or the great mi
Time for a new outboard rgranger at 12:58pm 03.22.23 I had a Tohatsu sailpro on my H26.... and I LOVED!!!! it. I left the boat in the water and typicall
Time for a new outboard capta at 12:57pm 03.22.23 If you've got the money, go for a 4 stroke. If it isn't to stop mixing gas and oil, or the great mil
New to me purchase of Hunter 34 (1) Rkelly44 at 12:42pm 03.22.23
Time for a new outboard (1) Timm R Oday25 at 12:22pm 03.22.23 Richard , by fuel pump I'm refering to the actual fuel pump mounted on the side of the motor . The p
Time for a new outboard Grumps at 12:08pm 03.22.23 Time for a new outboard. Timm R Oday25 22 Mar 2023, 11:20 AM \| Views: 0 Last fall while "trying "
Time for a new outboard Richard19068 at 12:02pm 03.22.23 I've had two Tohatsus and have had very good experience with each. Both 2 strokes though. Keep in
Paint and such on 26X COmacx at 10:55am 03.22.23 Thank you - will look up that info!
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller (2) rgranger at 10:31am 03.22.23 Funny you mention that .... I did too! It was really quite stabilizing. On my Starwind, I found t
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller Scott T-Bird at 10:06am 03.22.23 @Scott T-Bird While sailing, I did not find the sheet to be in the way and often used it as a han
Lewmar hatch parts BigEasy at 10:04am 03.22.23 The SBO store does not list the gasket unfortunately. I found many places that do sell them, but ju
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller rgranger at 9:32am 03.22.23 ... And, the boom may not be designed for mid-boom sheeting. I like the solution @rgranger shows f
Leaving Safe cove marina kappykaplan at 9:28am 03.22.23 How do you open the chart? Put 11426 in the search window in the upper right. Open the pdf (secon
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. Scott T-Bird at 9:12am 03.22.23 So what data do you want? Engine RPM and coolant temperature for sure. What else? Fuel pressure,
Lewmar hatch parts smokey73 at 8:54am 03.22.23 Try posting on the wanted section of the "gear" adds on this site. If you can't find one there then
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. BarryL at 8:24am 03.22.23 Hey, As mentioned, your engine is 100% analog. That's both good and bad. Good in that it's simple t

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