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Setting up a pearson 27 for solo Scottr8873 at 8:08am 09.12.11 Pearson 1/1378 Have a Pearson 27 with a wheel helm. The main sheet is out of reach on top of the cabin. Has anyone
Battery Qusetion CCHer at 6:48am 09.12.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1269 The situation: I have a pair of OEM 4D house batteries devided into the two banks on my 2005 310-the
Replacing foam in the cushions doehunter at 6:31am 09.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 34/10292 All of the cushions in my 26S are original from '93. They're ok to look at but they don't offer much
Smaller Race Boat - Recommendations Ducati at 4:26am 09.12.11 Ask All Sailors 24/10306 Our boat and sails got pretty beat up racing this year (not surprised) and my better half is none to
Worst Night on a Boat? (2) Roger Long at 4:21am 09.12.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/5327 Waking up anchored in an engineless catboat one wave away from the start of breakers against a sheer
Help Identify this motorsailer (2) islandjim at 3:18am 09.12.11 Ask All Sailors 16/8329 This is a boat I am interested in. It is sitting in the boat yard that takes care of my sailboat.
I need a galley jblockhuys at 11:11pm 09.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1306 looking for a galley for a McGregor 25 1980, would like pics so I can build on or buy on if cheep en
replace prop cjgrabell at 10:14pm 09.11.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1116 Have a 1991 38 moorings. Looking a getting a folding prop. Does anyone know the shaft diameter on th
What size jib do you use with in mast furling? KoniKoni at 10:05pm 09.11.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2043 I have a new to me this season Beneteau Oceanis 321 with in mast furling. It has a small main and a
Roche paulj at 8:19pm 09.11.11 Catalina 310 0/1176 Went to Roche Harbor before the Canada trip.....could not find the Roche file in which photos were l
Why "back-in" beaching zjtr10 at 7:21pm 09.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3613 Lately I have seen several pics of Macs that were backed onto the beach instead of bow first. I don'
looking for used ehsaust manifold for Mase generator danatartau at 6:57pm 09.11.11 Parts Search 0/2473 I am looking for an exhaust manifold for a 4 Kw Mase/ Mariner marine generator with a Rugerini eng
head waste plumbing joe jobs at 6:34pm 09.11.11 Big Boats 10/2396 I have a 1993 Hunter legend 40.5. The waste discharge line has plugged several times and i would lik
AC Compressor problems shipwreck66 at 6:34pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1979 My compressor kicks on for approx. 20 sec. then off for 30 sec, back on, then off, over and over. Ba
Hey Blaise, re. rudders. Ed Schenck at 6:32pm 09.11.11 The Cherubini Hunters 21/3558 Do you know the O.D. of our rudder stocks? We have this thread going over on the wrong forum: http:
Gel or AGM battery for my 309? David21717 at 6:30pm 09.11.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 7/3776 I need to replace my 4D batteries on a 2008 309. I notice that a gel battery apparently has about t
Boom Brake vs. Vang MGoBoat at 6:26pm 09.11.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2085 Our boat survived the local flooding. The lake where we are moored was 12' higher than normal. The
Did Navigation Lighting Requirements Change??? Cool Beans at 6:26pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2518 Was looking for any rules specifically stating I needed operational lights for day sailing. . .I'm r
Wiring merlinuxo at 5:42pm 09.11.11 Trailer Sailors 4/2361 One of the joys of antique boat ownership- I went to wire a Hella fan (new old stock I've been carr
Our first on-the-river-overnighter DAVA390 at 5:39pm 09.11.11 Ask All Sailors 15/3114 The Admiral and I are rookies. Most (well,all) of our sailing has been 2-3hr day trips onand about M

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Choosing a battery charger Scott T-Bird at 4:26pm 02.13.22 So now I have the position sorted ... I can pretty much choose any size charger I want. Are you fol
Choosing a battery charger dlochner at 4:26pm 02.13.22 I think I pretty much came up with my own answer. I have a locker under the v-berth on the stbd si
Choosing a battery charger Scott T-Bird at 4:22pm 02.13.22 I think I pretty much came up with my own answer. I have a locker under the v-berth on the stbd sid
Choosing a battery charger dlochner at 4:21pm 02.13.22 \The greatest difficulty I have is that running new cables appears to be extremely difficult under
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? jviss at 4:10pm 02.13.22 Thanks guys. John, I think it's probably pretty salty most of the time. I've been swimming in it,
Choosing a battery charger Scott T-Bird at 4:07pm 02.13.22 Is the house bank two batteries in parallel? If not then the charger is wired to charge each batter
Ford 20 information jssailem at 4:06pm 02.13.22 In part that can be the fun part of giving your boat life. I have enjoyed the experience with my boa
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 jssailem at 4:02pm 02.13.22
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? jssailem at 3:56pm 02.13.22 Two schools of thought.... You dip a cup in the water, Taste it. You can be a Chem Major and use a
Choosing a battery charger Scott T-Bird at 3:49pm 02.13.22 I am sometimes confused when I read a post as to what the subject is about. The confusion is the di
Aux fuel tank on H50 Tally Ho at 3:37pm 02.13.22 Greg, I think everyone has been guilty at one point or another of pumping a bit too much fuel only
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? dlochner at 3:28pm 02.13.22 Thanks. What does the bold vs. non-bold text mean? For example, fiberglass hull, brackish water:
Stuffing Box Re-packing Hunter 280 Dalliance at 3:26pm 02.13.22
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? jviss at 3:24pm 02.13.22 You'll be fine until the next haul out. https://www.boatzincs.com/pdfs/Chart%20B.pdf Thanks. Wha
Eleven Portlights rgranger at 3:15pm 02.13.22
Raw water pump. (1) PlaneTom at 3:15pm 02.13.22 New Oberdorfer raw water pump arrived and installed. I had to fuss with the inlet fitting, it's pre
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? dlochner at 3:13pm 02.13.22 You'll be fine until the next haul out. https://www.boatzincs.com/pdfs/Chart%20B.pdf
Choosing a battery charger dlochner at 3:06pm 02.13.22 Is the house bank two batteries in parallel? If not then the charger is wired to charge each battery
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? Richard19068 at 3:02pm 02.13.22 Here is a good writeup on zinc vs aluminum. https://citimarinestore.com/citiguide/when-to-use-zinc-a
I'm so confused! Zinc vs. Aluminum Anode for Maxprop? Don S/V ILLusion at 2:59pm 02.13.22 The good news is it will last longer. The bad news is it will last longer.

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