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Hull void/de-lamination (2) Stanleywester at 5:59pm 02.07.23 Catalina 22 15/2564 I've got a 1976 Catalina 22. New to me. It's generally in excellent shape for it's age and I've had
Floor board replacement on a hunter 306 Brinky63 at 5:30pm 02.07.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1643 I need to replace the floorboards in our hunter 306 and l am looking into the flex teak options vs t
When to Replace Aluminum Anodes with Zinc dkinzer at 3:37pm 02.07.23 Ask All Sailors 1/533 When our boat was hauled out for the pre-purchase survey, the surveyor recommended replacing the ano
Engine Model ivieto at 7:19am 02.07.23 Ask All Sailors 13/1219
Hunter 41 Steering Quadrant Access? davespud at 6:35pm 02.06.23 Big Boats 12/1478 On my recently acquired Hunter 41, I'm having a hard time removing the cockpit florboard that covers
1998 Foutaine Pajot Athena catamaran AllBetsGo at 1:45pm 02.06.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1848 Is there anyone on this forum who has an owners manual for a 1998 Foutaine Pajot Athena? Or possibl
302 Raw Water hose and seacock question (2) Mackaroni at 1:32pm 02.06.23 Bigger Boats 2/1622 I am curious to see any photos of the raw water intake/system from your 302's. Part of my refit was
C&C 38 Landfall - Haulout question Stephen1150 at 12:45pm 02.06.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1412 Hello. I purchased a 1982 Landfall 38 from a yard that uses jack stands. My club only uses cradles.
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR John6212 at 11:29am 02.06.23 Ask All Sailors 20/4324 I have a 2006 Hunter 44cc with the original Raymarine C80 chartplotter, GPS, radar, and autopilot. I
Mainsail Traveler Arch azambella at 4:32am 02.06.23 Ask All Sailors 2/780 Does anyone know of or have any experience with aftermarket arches for Mainsheet travelers?
Miami boat show 2023....you goin? CYQK at 2:22am 02.06.23 Ask All Sailors 2/535 Anyone going to miami this next week?
Why??? Ted at 8:39pm 02.05.23 Ask All Sailors 17/2364 Why would any boater be out in these conditions? It's beyond me. 1621614076811169793
Alternative of WWW.WTNMARKET.COM jmcdowel at 6:53pm 02.05.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/12 If anyone knows wtnmarket or we the north market please share here
Passage 42 Washing machine question. juznip at 6:52pm 02.05.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1122 Hi, Long time lurker first time posting. New to me Aug 2022 91 Hunter Passage 42. I am hoping that s
Mk III aft locker hatch question DPotter at 3:14pm 02.05.23 Catalina 30 18/2464 Hi All Just purchased a 30 Mk III. Spending a little time rooting around, cleaning out the junk and
Project update: Wooden "drop zone" organizer for H240 (4) chriscampbell at 2:44pm 02.05.23 Smaller Boats 2/1043 I finished and installed my new organizer. You may remember my questions about the bulkhead here: H2
Phasor and Next Gen Generators dlochner at 1:09pm 02.05.23 Ask All Sailors 9/3507 Looking for some feedback on Phasor Generators or Next Gen Generators, any one have any experience w
79 Irwin Citation 34 Rudder Issue (1) DBG8492 at 11:17am 02.05.23 Irwin 5/1953 Sorry that my first post is a question rather than an introduction... I've owned this Citation 34 f
Aft Cabin Headliner Partial Removal, Starboard Side, H41AC (1) dkinzer at 10:20am 02.05.23 Big Boats 4/987 While replacing my lifelines last week, I noticed for the first time that the bracing arm on the sta
Lewmar windlass drum removal (3) bmadan at 9:11am 02.05.23 Ask All Sailors 9/2939 I'm looking to lubricate my windlass and I'm scratching my head on removing this drum. There's no ke

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Replacement LED anchor bulb (and deck light bulb) jssailem at 10:35pm 07.03.25 Do you know the make of the fixture a top your mast? It would then be easy to suggest a replacement.
Small draw on starter battery JoeWhite at 9:59pm 07.03.25
Anchor size for 27' sailboat (Mantus M1) thinwater at 9:43pm 07.03.25 Yes, the anchor is overkill. However, 30 knots is not your worst case. Not even close. The worst ca
Servicing keel winch SteveHughessails at 9:03pm 07.03.25 Good choice to replace it. We installed a new winch. Never considered electric as the task requires
Small draw on starter battery jssailem at 8:33pm 07.03.25 Yes that would be my guess based on what you stated. It might be relevant to verify this conjectur
Small draw on starter battery skunther at 8:01pm 07.03.25 Probably some parasitic load which is always on but will draw more current as voltage decreases bec
Small draw on starter battery skunther at 7:47pm 07.03.25 Could you show where you are noticing this current? Do you have a separate battery monitor for the
Servicing keel winch (1) newsailor72 at 7:45pm 07.03.25 Actually, I think it's probably beyond repair, thinking about getting an electric winch from harbor
Solar controller overcharging batteries dlochner at 6:31pm 07.03.25 Without the supporting Victron ecosystem, they do not know the exact battery voltage or temperature
My Water Pump Impeller "Adventure" Clutch Cargo at 5:20pm 07.03.25 I have been looking at those for a long time and have not been able to find so thanks for the tip on
Ratchet block recommendation. colemj at 5:10pm 07.03.25 I believe the majority of boats on this forum are well under 40' and don't have electric winches.
Solar controller overcharging batteries colemj at 4:15pm 07.03.25 What are Victron MPPTs shortcomings? The only one I can think of is the daily rebulk. They work ver
Ratchet block recommendation. Ward H at 3:37pm 07.03.25 I believe the majority of boats on this forum are well under 40' and don't have electric winches.
Sailing Instruments Tally Ho at 3:21pm 07.03.25 I just bought a new Raymarine T120 wireless wind transducer (was Tack Tick). $750 plus tax :yikes:
Solar controller overcharging batteries Johann at 3:21pm 07.03.25 For all the fanboys Victron cultivates, they are not the best of the top tier, and have shortcoming
Unreliable shore power BAD ORCA at 3:18pm 07.03.25 Correct. I forgot my clamp on amp meter and so did the electrician. "The man" doesn't want me in
Ratchet block recommendation. BAD ORCA at 3:09pm 07.03.25 It takes some experience to know when the resistance on the line is normal and due to wind conditio
Unreliable shore power SycloneDriver at 3:00pm 07.03.25 Yeah I agree. It could simply be that all the boats together are drawing more amps than the breake
Air conditioning Ward H at 2:59pm 07.03.25 Nice little setup.
Air conditioning Don S/V ILLusion at 2:46pm 07.03.25 You could increase the airflow rate (and therefore cooling) by replacing the corrugated hoses with s

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