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Ericson keel (2) ALROU77 at 10:24am 11.16.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1516 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 33/3383
Video of the Iron Duck story (land sailing speed record) walt at 4:03pm 11.15.22 Sails Call Lounge 1/891 The Iron Duck held the land sailing speed record for over 10 years. Great video, I think it was jus
423 saloon dinette conversion to bed Riverdaze at 2:36pm 11.15.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/997 I just took ownership of a 2007 two cabin 423. There is no filler cushion on board but I do see the
Hunter 49 Spreader Height tkwhalen at 1:50pm 11.15.22 Big Boats 0/465 Hoping to get an answer with driving 2.5 hours to the boat. Does anybody know how far off the deck t
Racing Boat ID (5) Project_Mayhem at 11:32am 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1255 I spotted this at the yard. Sharp looking boat. Anyone know what kind it is? The one next to it is m
Boat Launch and Trailer Parking (1) hattha at 11:17am 11.15.22 Trailer Sailors 2/21 I have a 3BR / 2BA unit available for rent that is on the gulf side in Perdido Key. We have a privat
Shirt Exchange (4) Marmalade at 11:11am 11.15.22 Ask All Sailors 0/476 Have some leftover crew shirts from this year, and was wondering anyone would be interested in a shi
Racor 110A ivieto at 9:48am 11.15.22 Engines and Propulsion 1/881
H26 Trailer Keel Tray dleddy at 9:31am 11.15.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1152
Maintenance of interior teak on a Hunter 320 Stephen Dale at 7:38am 11.15.22 Mid-Size Boats 14/3287 Does anyone have any sage advice on how to maintain the teak interior on a Hunter 320 (or similar ve
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose (2) artboas at 11:29pm 11.14.22 Big Boats 15/2274 So,, as noted on another post, I decided to strip out all my really smelly Sani hose. I ran into a c
O'Day 30 Barnacle Phil at 8:55pm 11.14.22 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1118
"Temporary" way to start the engine with two dead batteries? Steve L22188 at 7:50pm 11.14.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1728 Went to the boat to winterize it this afternoon. After just two days shy of 9 years my two 12-volt
C315 engine model and transmission gear reduction data question VFR750 at 3:12pm 11.14.22 Catalina 310 3/1452 For the recently delivered C315 owners can you confirm the yanmar engine model number (21hp) and th
Selden / Furlex 100s - "Outer Hub" (Part B14) rhiggins at 11:13am 11.14.22 Parts Search 4/1041 Fortunately this plastic part failed at the dock. I found one website (Mauripro Sailing) that appea
Engineless.... The_Sailing_Pelican at 9:52pm 11.13.22 Ask All Sailors 57/5646 Ok... This is going to be VERY controversial a theme here with gazillions of why I should and anothe
Mystic to Quincy Russell26 at 4:18pm 11.13.22 Destinations 15/2608 Planning a maiden voyage from Mystic to Quincy Ma. Any suggestions on course. Have 4 days to do this
Garhauer sale Cederholm at 1:32pm 11.13.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1192
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic tkwhalen at 7:14am 11.13.22 Big Boats 29/5059 Similar to Maverick I plan on making the change to lithium lifepo4 this winter. To help with my plan

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Battery recommendation - anchor windless dlochner at 6:20pm 05.05.25 The manufacture of my Lifepo4 states the battery will not catch fire in a short circuit situation
Looking for ideas on galley remodel fred1diver at 6:13pm 05.05.25 Thank you for the kind words and advice
Hunter 240 water ballast valve SteveHughessails at 5:27pm 05.05.25 I visited the store here on the site. Turns out that hole looks like it is for an alignment pin that
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Screen Saver at 5:16pm 05.05.25 Yea I believe my original first response to Brians post was go Lithium. I don't see to much disagree
New owner of a Chrysler 22 sandpiper SteveHughessails at 5:04pm 05.05.25 Wows, what a sweetheart. Looks like it was well loved. Very nice
BATTERY? jssailem at 5:04pm 05.05.25 Yes. The numbers are about right. The batteries I bought are full contained units. BlueTooth access,
City and Month of Manufacture kappykaplan at 4:56pm 05.05.25
BATTERY? smokey73 at 4:48pm 05.05.25 The OP asked "any other options?" LFPs are another option and depending on where he stands with his
Starter switch sporadically engages starter heritage at 4:40pm 05.05.25 Instead of cutting wires, I would just remove the ring terminal of the suspect wire from the soleno
Nifty Boat Handling dLj at 4:39pm 05.05.25 That was sure a tight spot to get that boat into. I always found it interesting to study how they w
Identification labels clutches /line stoppers C310 Calif. Ted at 4:22pm 05.05.25 I've gotten clutches that included a page of labels in french and english from Spinlock. Spinlock Ro
Traveler car/track as tether? dLj at 4:12pm 05.05.25 I rather like Elon Musk's mantra. "The best part is no part". In that vein, I believe that the bes
Traveler car/track as tether? dLj at 4:09pm 05.05.25
Looking for ideas on galley remodel mermike at 4:01pm 05.05.25 To add to @UpperPintle 's post, if you used West Systems epoxy, the amine blush must be washed off w
Tight furler garymalmgren at 3:50pm 05.05.25 We still don't know what make and model or furler you have. There idiosyncrasies with each type. May
Tight furler (2) skunther at 2:44pm 05.05.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 2:44pm 05.05.25 Cut off both ends of the old wire and leave them disconnected. Keep it simple. Cut them back to wher
Rig tension 1993 Hunter Legend 35.5 skunther at 2:40pm 05.05.25 Never mind - I have found it.
BATTERY? dlochner at 2:37pm 05.05.25 Hey guys, The OP didn't ask about a conversion to LFP and it may not be appropriate for the way he u
Battery recommendation - anchor windless dlochner at 2:32pm 05.05.25 Yea the above views are not uncommon, and I readily admit that for most I am possibly of a differen

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