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Tachometer Installation primetime at 11:44am 06.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/2247 Hi everyone, Thanks in advance for reading this post. I picked up a 1980 Catalina 30 and I would
Battery Question gjaffess at 11:03am 06.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1154 I have 2 Exide batteries on My O'Day 272. One doesn't seem to be charging. Will one battery start
anyone using a roller furling Main sail? southportsailor at 10:43am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1790 New to Macgregors, haven't sailed in a few years. This 26M (2008) that I just bought has a roller f
Recommend Porta Potty davenlynn at 9:40am 06.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/4493 Please - - - What is a good, reliable model of porta potty that does not need to be plumbed in the b
replacing lifelines - stanchion issue (3) Sherry at 9:37am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 15/7451 Well as usual with my boat projects, one good thing leads to another.... I want to replace my lifeli
H260 Yamaha outboard control cable failure. WATCH OUT! RJPARTNERS at 8:59am 06.23.12 Smaller Boats 2/1307 I am the new proud owner of a 2000' Hunter 260 with a outboard Yamaha 9.9 with Yamaha remote control
A Beautiful Thing sailaway78 at 8:27am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1639 Thursday night, I finally got a decent weather window to get home. Could have done it at other times
Battery question shemandr at 8:07am 06.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2862 Hi My 4d AGM's are toast. The boat is up on the Mystic River for repairs and is almost ready. For
Shower door leak davidpilchman at 6:09am 06.23.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1187 A small stream of water is exiting my shower beneath the hinge and flowing under the forward floor b
Depth Transducer Connection jrezab at 5:23am 06.23.12 Pearson 2/1509 My 1986 Pearson 303 has the original thru-hull DataMarine depth transducer. I want to connect it to
Defender Marine Lost Parent at 4:59am 06.23.12 Ask All Sailors 57/12640 Does anyone have trouble with them returning emails , I have sent 3 now and no response
affordable deck organizer for smaller boats (1) centerline at 10:37pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3071 I went to the local marine supply store and as usual, it was painful to pry the dollars out of my wa
O'day 222 Jib/Genoa anchorclanker at 10:09pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1718 If im reading the original brochure correctly, these 222's came standard with a roller furler? New t
Diesel Leak jeagles at 10:05pm 06.22.12 Bigger Boats 5/1499 I recently bought an Oday 31. Took 2 buckets of saturated fuel cloths out of bilge. Mechanic examine
engine well vs bracket newsailor72 at 10:03pm 06.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1122 when I took the boat and motor it, the 6 hp tahatsu(mounted on a engine well) is pretty loud even th
H33C Removing Radial Drive Wheel- Dropping Rudder -Need Help Faded501s at 9:51pm 06.22.12 The Cherubini Hunters 8/3668 I've searched but can't figure this out. Is there any good How-To posts on removing the radial drive
electrical shore power question windsock1 at 9:10pm 06.22.12 Ask All Sailors 50/18479 I see there's a company which makes a 50-amp to 30-amp Y adapter so if you get into a slip with only
At the end of my rope / I mean line... timarnold at 7:43pm 06.22.12 Smaller Boats 4/1603 My main sheet halyard has broken at the upper mast head pulley, dang! :confused: Luckily, the mast i
Yamaha 50 hp 4 stroke installations hesails at 5:19pm 06.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/844 Has anyone ever tried a Yamaha 50 hp 4 stroke installation on Macgregor 19?
Shroud locations and bowed masts (3) c_witch at 5:18pm 06.22.12 Trailer Sailors 8/3063 Hiee all, Ok so this is a new to us boat. We have never sailed it before nor seen it rigged for s

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Engineless.... garymalmgren at 4:05am 11.14.22 There's a famous sailor(he's name escapes me) that has been sailing almost forever without an engine
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Baby Sea Wolf at 2:31am 11.14.22 I end up taking the entire unit out. So I can fix that condensation problem because of poor build q
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Maine Sail at 2:12am 11.14.22 I would suggest startin your research here: https://marinehowto.com/drop-in-lifepo4-be-an-educated*
Engineless.... Joe at 1:12am 11.14.22 Josh Slocum sailed around the world without an engine or a watermaker. More recently, so have the Pa
Garhauer sale Dalliance at 11:42pm 11.13.22
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic artboas at 10:29pm 11.13.22 Similar to Maverick I plan on making the change to lithium lifepo4 this winter. To help with my pla
Engineless.... jssailem at 10:29pm 11.13.22 Choices are between a rebuild diesel or a desalinator. Why do you need either of these selections?
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery (1) Hayden Watson at 8:48pm 11.13.22 I have my 108Ah Ample Power alternator setup so that it outputs 60A max and on my two 10-days cruise
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery Ralph Johnstone at 7:52pm 11.13.22 I've looked into it and the cost would be around $1700 with alternator, regulator and replacement p
Selden self tacking jib system MaryEllaRose at 7:51pm 11.13.22 Thanx for all the input... I think a little more research is in order as to the length of the track
560Ah LiFePo4 Battery mermike at 7:46pm 11.13.22 I suggest you replace the ANL fuse with a Class T. The ANL does not have sufficient interrupt capaci
C22 Pop Top Assist pcharn01 at 7:35pm 11.13.22 Thanks! Added to the list of projects to prioritize. Since this is topside, will wait till in the
C22 Pop Top Assist Leeward Rail at 7:15pm 11.13.22 Stingy Sailor also sells a kit. He may be able to help. If you buy a kit, get his. Better quality
C22 Pop Top Assist Leeward Rail at 7:14pm 11.13.22 Great, will see if I can find that. Here ya go: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/pop-top
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions Syversens at 6:21pm 11.13.22 Sounds good, I'll take a few measurements, and try out some containers. Thanks!
Mystic to Quincy Hello Below at 5:36pm 11.13.22 Here is a link to an old post in reverse direction. Maiden Voyage - Quincy, MA to Mystic, CT
Mystic to Quincy Don S/V ILLusion at 5:13pm 11.13.22 Been through the canal many times, always timed to coincide with the favorable tide. Lots of options
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust (1) priopel at 4:50pm 11.13.22 I couldn't attach this pic to the above message so am posting it here.
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 4:48pm 11.13.22 Hurray! After installing a 12v pump, I now have water coming out the exhaust. Because the water
Question about repair of fold-down swim step on Hunter 36 chuckwayne at 4:35pm 11.13.22 good ideas... I also drilled 3/8" holes in the seat back - the lowest point of the inside of the sea

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