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Victron BMV 602 or 600? DinoKanuck at 4:53am 03.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/2429 Ahoy from Frosty Canada: The skinny... If we spend an extra $50 to buy a Victron BMV 602 over a
Estuarium? Shoaldrafter at 1:40am 03.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/1568 Roger, So, you are checking out: http://www.pamlico.com/nce Lots of docking... lots of bugs in
rigging a topping lift abruzzi at 10:10pm 03.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/4451 just curious, if I rig up a real topping lift for the boom to replace the pig tail, is there any rea
Funny fact about early Hunters (2) DianaOfBurlington at 8:05pm 03.02.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2310 I just posted this to my boat's blog about an impressive discovery. This ought to end a few argumen
dual 6 volt batteries doehunter at 8:00pm 03.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 58/8903 OK, I'm heading out to check my batteries tomorrow. Depending on what I see tomorrow, I might bite
Nesting Dinghy Styx at 3:14pm 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 15/12292 I have a S2 8.0c and am starting to look for a dinghy. I am new to sailing. In my research, I cam
Boardsailing Don Guillette at 10:37am 03.02.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/2925 Last week I was visiting Puerto Penasco, Mexico (Rocky Point to us in AZ). It's about 4 hours from T
Our Experience With Hydrocoat (3) Maine Sail at 9:27am 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 47/23263 The Bad: We used Hydrocoat last season and absolutely will NOT be going back. I will go back to Ul
Victron BMV 600 Alarm rexabbot at 8:53am 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1417 I just installed my Victron and it is works good. My question is, do I have to attach an alarm o
C27 Sliding hatch splash guard Jon_E at 8:26am 03.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2361 Hi - I'm looking for replacement splash guard material. Last year painted my deck on my 1977 Catal
catalina 25 leeroy brock at 7:45am 03.02.12 Smaller Boats 1/1898 would like to contact other catalina 25 owners in or around the san francisco bay area
My O'Day 25 Projects cb32863 at 7:33am 03.02.12 Day Sailers 3/1573 Well, before I decided to try to bust my ankle a while back, I did actually start some work on my b
Nesting Dinghy Styx at 7:22am 03.02.12 S2 8/2586 I have a S2 8.0c and am starting to look for a dinghy. I am new to sailing. In my research, I cam
Deck Painting - What product do you like? brian3820 at 6:59am 03.02.12 Big Boats 10/1685 Hello, as many know, I have an 84 Hunter 34 that is being totally refit. This past fall I was able t
Running backstay gear on a First 38 jgurley at 6:10am 03.02.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2789 I recently acquired a First 38, and the running backstay gear seems to be absent. Could someone des
What sailors do.... (1) tcbro at 5:29am 03.02.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2141 What sailors do...
basic tacking question abruzzi at 9:49pm 03.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/3724 Two weekends ago I finally got my Mac 25 into the water for a test sail. The forecast on windfinder
Okay... justsomeguy at 9:00pm 03.01.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 18/4583 I want to give props to a good response, via the "reputation" button, and the PTB tell me I've done
Sailing Magazine, April 1971 sheri carey at 6:46pm 03.01.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3180 Hi - I'm new to sailboats and to this forum so please forgive me if I'm asking the wrong question in
Sail cleaning jorgefife at 6:37pm 03.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1687 I know there was a posting here, but cannot find it I sold a sail for a Pearson 35 to someone in Flo

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Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 8:33am 11.05.22 ics took no time at all to charge up. You could virtually just pick them up and use them seconds a
Battery Calif. Ted at 8:26am 11.05.22 In my applications I've found I get 6 years out of FLA batteries and 10 years from AGM's and they do
Insurance for older boats sail sfbay at 8:24am 11.05.22 Chubb Marine insurance.
Do you put your bimini down? sail sfbay at 8:19am 11.05.22 Stays up all year round.
Battery Siamese at 7:47am 11.05.22 Go to the big box and get a couple of identical 12v deep cycle (so-called) flooded lead acid batteri
Its funny Friday! WayneH at 7:42am 11.05.22 I saw one of those make an underwater repair to a gudgeon. Try doing that with an electric drill.
Battery jssailem at 7:18am 11.05.22 For a literal answer to your query... If you need stored electrical DC power for temporary use than
Do you put your bimini down? RoyS at 7:14am 11.05.22 If you cannot stand up straight with the bimini and you are not happy with the design then you shoul
Pinole replacement RoyS at 6:54am 11.05.22 Try Rig-Rite on line.
Hunter 37.5 - Dinette Table Stuck svblackcloud at 6:51am 11.05.22 I pulled my compression post earlier this year. (37.5 legend) The counter weight is mild steel and i
Battery Tally Ho at 6:48am 11.05.22 I had a Hunter 280 that spent most of the time on shore power and was primarily day sailed. She had
Insurance for older boats RoyS at 6:46am 11.05.22 I have a nice local insurance agent. I thought my agreed value insurance was getting too expensive s
Battery Kings Gambit at 6:42am 11.05.22 An alternative answer might depend on how you use them. Group size 4D 12-volt flooded makes a good h
Wires up the mast Tally Ho at 6:39am 11.05.22
Do you put your bimini down? JBP-PA at 6:28am 11.05.22 ...I do need to remove the screws in the rear support legs... Can you replace the screws with togg
Sanitation hose recommendation requested George Braun at 6:25am 11.05.22 slight thread hijack - why would the hose leaving the head be 1", and the other end that empties int
Its funny Friday! 31seahorse at 5:36am 11.05.22 +1 to shemandr's comment. On our first "cruising boat", a Catalina 27, I carried a drill like that.
Insurance for older boats Rick Webb at 5:12am 11.05.22 Wherever you land with insurance make sure salvage and pollution mitigation are included in your pol
Battery dlochner at 5:03am 11.05.22 Seemingly simple questions are often more complex. Before anyone can give you an insightful answer t
Shorty dlochner at 4:46am 11.05.22 Usually the windward shrouds though. Yes, the other windward. ;)

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