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Westerbeke 3 Cylinder Diesels... Dan Johnson at 5:45pm 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 11/4857 Over the weekend I assisted my dock neighbor in adjusting the idle of his 3 cylinder Westerbeke usin
How to find out year a Catalina boat was built. JohnElmer at 5:35pm 05.21.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1229 I just purchased a Capri 16.5' likely built in 1994 or 1995, however and it is missing the state re
Newby question about official documents McZube at 5:29pm 05.21.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1317 Just bought our first boat and will be using it on the Chesapeake Bay. What documents are required
S2 11.0A ice box insulation quarteringbreeze at 5:15pm 05.21.12 S2 8/2424 Hi all, Just sailed my new (to me) 1979 S2 11.0A down from Barrington RI to Manhasset Bay in the
Swim Ladder: Good Idea? pipes111 at 4:42pm 05.21.12 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2867 Needing a solution to facilitate those hot windless summer days when all we can do is swim. Is moun
GFI Webone at 4:28pm 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2759 I installed an AC ground fault socket on the shore power circuit last year and now can only use one
Low Voltage Alarm Light Marc14857 at 4:19pm 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 0/882 I am interested in what is the setpoint for your low voltage alarm coming off of the alternator regu
Wind Patterns FourPoints at 3:45pm 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1370 Came across these cool photos, the two that impresses me the most are the ones showing the affect of
Charleston Spar Furler gczenis at 3:08pm 05.21.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2253 I am having trouble with my Charleston Spar in mast furling system. When using the outhaul line it i
Red Bull increases boat speed (2) Tom Potter at 2:56pm 05.21.12 Bigger Boats 6/1786 Had a great weekend sailing the Pirates on the Pungo Regatta in Belhaven, NC this past weekend. The
Removing prop; job for professional? Jared1048 at 1:39pm 05.21.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1148 Boats still in water and I am a certified diver. I just had the prop shaft replaced last year so I d
HIN number Finally installed sunday redhead78 at 1:09pm 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1108 Hey all, some may have seen some past posts refering to registrationby me, and questions. I have bee
Tell me about the Catalina 36 NCmoonraker at 12:55pm 05.21.12 Big Boats 6/16656 My husband and I were the lucky owners of a Catalina 38, S'S design for 15 years. Unfortunately Hurr
Sailing in neutral or gear? Phil P at 12:33pm 05.21.12 Big Boats 16/11586 I've got a 91 Legend 375 with Yanmar. Two blade fixed prop. More or less new to sailing. Question: D
Oops...things you don't want to see on your boat! (2) BobM at 12:22pm 05.21.12 S2 9/2360 So I finally made it to Triple Play this weekend. It is an alternate year, so I just had to bottom
15A 115V/120V Cordset Hello Below at 11:55am 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 18/3247 The slip I have recently been assigned has a standard 15A 115V receptacle at dockside. I am trying
Fuel tank & bilge pump (2) DarylA at 11:44am 05.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/991 On my Mac 26m the main fuel tank is in the starboard locker. Great providing you don't wish to use t
Windlass Lost Parent at 11:22am 05.21.12 Ask All Sailors 1/985 Has anybody installed a vertical windlass on a 1982 Catalina 30
Martec folding prop Jared1048 at 11:14am 05.21.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/2674 So I believe I hit something and bent my prop and need a new one (hopefully the shaft is strong enou
Mac 25 Charleston SC owners Mary02 at 10:55am 05.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/839 Hello: I'm a new, or will be, Macgregor 25, 1985 owner and am looking for local owners in my area,

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Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:31pm 11.29.22 Thank you DayDreamer41! I live on the water in a floating home, so the boat is ready to go when the
Warped Rudder sbrogden at 1:11pm 11.29.22 Please post pics of your build. That approach works well for tillers as well. Here are some pic
Side Stay Tension DayDreamer41 at 12:20pm 11.29.22 If too floppy and you end up with an accidental jibe you could be without rigging all together. Bein
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard thinwater at 11:37am 11.29.22 Outboard = solar. Unless you run the engine all day and full rpms, not enough to amount to anything.
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? DayDreamer41 at 11:35am 11.29.22 Ah the challenge of a furling mainsail, with (2) persons one in the cock pit and one on the mast mou
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Hollyberry at 11:03am 11.29.22 ..... Given the age (guessing it is OEM from 1984), I'm thinking it will be easier just to replace
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Hayden Watson at 10:57am 11.29.22 The best option I have seen to avoid the dump load to the diodes due to HVC is to lower the regulato
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 10:55am 11.29.22 lithium battery bank should not be charged by an unregulated alternator. Aww come on... Let's d
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:41am 11.29.22
Single handing (2) Davidasailor26 at 10:27am 11.29.22
Boat is Hibernating Justin_NSA at 10:26am 11.29.22 We had to haul out early (October) due to the low lake level and the reach of our crane. The predict
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 10:21am 11.29.22 Thanks to rgranger and Calif. Ted for comments. I did not have the owner's manual, so I really appr
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? JamesG161 at 10:18am 11.29.22 @ckreitlein and I finally had our phone call last night. We discussed Terminology and focused on hi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:10am 11.29.22 Is there a color preference? Can the lettering be reflective?
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Elite29Owner at 9:52am 11.29.22 Thank you both for your responses. Fortunately, the mechanical linkages are working fine. The prob
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Stu Jackson at 9:48am 11.29.22 house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. While the discussion
Boat is Hibernating SawyerCurt at 9:34am 11.29.22 Just curious, why did you take the mast down? The cover that came with the boat when I purchased h
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit Zencra at 9:33am 11.29.22 IMPORTANT thanks Art I took that advice from you previously. the machine is actually quite a tight
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 11.29.22 Is there a specific letter size, must the hailing port lettering match the size of the boat name?
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard dlochner at 9:28am 11.29.22 Time to ask Tohatsu support, instead of speculating :biggrin: Aw, come on. You're taking all the

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