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Charging 2 12V batteries with one panel & controller Southcoasting at 12:59pm 04.27.12 Musings With Maine Sail 3/3541 Hi Mainesail! I always follow your DIY as they're easy and straightforward to follow for all especi
San Juan 24's in Sheboygan WI scallywag at 12:39pm 04.27.12 San Juan Sailboats 0/2344 There's a few San Juan 24's for sale in Sheboygan Wisconsin. The ones I know of have trailers and a
Solar Charging Batteries in Parallel Captain Dighton at 12:35pm 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 4/3212 I have 2 12 volt marine batteries in parallel and I am looking for a solar charger to charge them. B
One hand behind my back (1) All U Get at 11:33am 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1721 Have you ever been out in the dingy and need to balance the load? Sitting at the seat or on the tube
Painting Non slip anthony at 11:24am 04.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1400 Hello All Can anyone tell me how to paint my non slip areas I have on my V25. My question is that it
Antislip coverage? Costy at 10:30am 04.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1120 Wondering what is the best "antislip" paint? Got two options so far Kiwi anti slip coverage and Pett
Rigging Tape Over Thimbles/Nicopress? GorillaToast at 10:20am 04.27.12 Catalina 22 3/1502 The forestay I just replaced on my C22 had rigging tape wrapped around the nicopress fittings and lo
The Engine- Cleanliness is next to Godliness gpd955 at 8:47am 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 16/4522 So......Been spending some time with my engine recently and find that when a lot of people on the fo
How do I drop my swing keel? Ward H at 8:46am 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/2466 Sounds simple but not so sure. Can I support it with a hydraulic floor jack, take out the swing bol
Weather Stripping Cockpit lockers on 25 KennyH at 8:40am 04.27.12 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2747 The only leaks I have had in my 1981 25 is the Cockpit Lockers. Not sure if they came with weather
Paint problems. (1) Ed Schenck at 8:24am 04.27.12 The Cherubini Hunters 16/4682 I have my lazarette seats home for repair and painting. After several sandings and finishing with 6
Treasures of the Chesapeake Bay Bad Obsession at 8:17am 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1953 During my years cruising the Chesapeake Bay I have been to a lot of places. Two of the more unique
Prop Report Roger Long at 8:04am 04.27.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/3120 Kastel Brothers had the prop ready in half the time promised and it was on the boat the next morning
Rigging instructions RDS2012 at 6:37am 04.27.12 Smaller Boats 6/1481 Is there any place I can get rigging instructions for an '88 Hunter 18.5? I'm a newbie and I need
Outboard and freeze warnings oliversdad at 4:48am 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1852 I've been lucky enough to launch my boat and get in a great sail last weekend.The weather was beauti
siesta key beach info sailormanbigd at 4:35am 04.27.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1168 heading to siesta key beach this afternoon for a wedding. Spending the weekend there. Not looking fo
Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:47am 04.27.12 Smaller Boats 2/1523 I was contacted by a new owner of a used Hunter 240 in georgia as he was taking on water. I sugges
Tall or Standard Rig - How to Tell Faris at 8:42pm 04.26.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1754 Hi, Is there an easy way to tell if a C27 is a TR or SR without just measuring the mast?
Help! My 1994 has a fixed keel??? (3) tampastockman at 8:01pm 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 16/2880 Help! My 1994 H19 has a fixed keel??? I went to pick up the H19 today. I couldnt find any up haul l
Fore Stay Adjustment (Adjuster?) Tom Hoffman at 7:33pm 04.26.12 Trailer Sailors 18/7946 Over winter as I have been house bound, I have been thinking about boat related things that I might

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Jibing The Mainsail Hayden Watson at 8:41pm 01.11.23 For the sake of this discussion, I will limit my comments to single or double handed in moderate bre
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Alan Gomes at 8:34pm 01.11.23 Unfortunately Thetford discontinued both their 550 and their 550P several years ago. While technic
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Alan Gomes at 8:31pm 01.11.23 AS for the brackets issue....Alan said,"No way would it securely hold a full porta potty in a seawa
Hunter 380 muffler CAVU at 8:04pm 01.11.23 The inlet and outlet tubes are 2 inch. Both are angled slightly, the inlet (foreword), is angled dow
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator Ralph Johnstone at 7:53pm 01.11.23 I found an app for the iphone that is an optical tach. I remember hearing about that. Incredible
Hunter 380 muffler Calif. Ted at 7:28pm 01.11.23 How does it differ from currently available models? Maybe check with the store here to see if they
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator danooxnard at 7:04pm 01.11.23 I found an app for the iphone that is an optical tach. It uses the flash as a strobe, you put a whi
The keel... is done Tally Ho at 7:04pm 01.11.23 Looks very solid!
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:57pm 01.11.23 Unfortunately Thetford discontinued both their 550 and their 550P several years ago. The Dometic/Sea
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:07pm 01.11.23 Unless you enjoy doing calcs. for alternators, skip it and invest in a cheap hand held optical tacho
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator dlochner at 6:00pm 01.11.23 @Davidasailor26 I have measured the diameters of the original crankshaft pulley and alternator pull
Hunter 380 muffler Ralph Johnstone at 5:53pm 01.11.23 Looks like Hunter really went cheap after the 1999 models. My muffler for a Yanmar 2GM20F is approx
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator dkinzer at 5:44pm 01.11.23 @Davidasailor26 I have measured the diameters of the original crankshaft pulley and alternator pulle
Question about main panel breakers quadrille38 at 5:43pm 01.11.23 The breakers in my Hunter 36 panel have one of the rear screw connectors at an angle like this: htt
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator dkinzer at 5:33pm 01.11.23 @dlochner : I'm certain that the alternator pulse output (W lead, I think) is connected to the VDO t
Number of Poles in Hitachi LR180-03C Alternator Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 01.11.23 @Maine Sail is the only one around here I can think of who might know the design of the alternator.
Busted Mast sbrogden at 5:24pm 01.11.23 You indicated the break was above the tang of the shrouds and where the forestay attaches to the ma
Busted Mast twalker H260 at 5:16pm 01.11.23 You indicated the break was above the tang of the shrouds and where the forestay attaches to the mas
The keel... is done kappykaplan at 4:59pm 01.11.23 Looks great, HeelBoy! :beer:
Spider Cracks in gel coat jssailem at 4:56pm 01.11.23

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