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Do I Need Seperate Chargers For Different Battery Types?? Joe Mullee at 12:31pm 06.21.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2360 I currently have two gell cell battery banks on board (starting and house). I plan on changing out t
Xantrex LinkPro Installation Nodak7 at 12:25pm 06.21.11 Big Boats 0/1176 I have a Xantrex 4000 Inverter with a Xantrex SW3000 Battery Indication on my H41. I want to install
Aluminum base for 25.5 stanchions jhmorg at 11:23am 06.21.11 Smaller Boats 1/1068 Any thoughts as to where I might find replacement aluminum bases for stanchions on a 1984 Hutner 25.
watermakers capta at 11:16am 06.21.11 Ask All Sailors 16/3834 As a full-time liveaboard cruiser, I have decided that a 20 gallon per hour watermaker (with my sola
Start Line Technique Don Guillette at 10:46am 06.21.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 20/7172 If you're a cruiser this thread may not be of much interest to you but remember any time there are t
Help 3QM30 Service Manual (3) MATHURIN2 at 9:33am 06.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 12/6871 I need some help, I want to add a custom pulley to the front power take off (crankshaft pulley) on o
Online Advertising Roy10289 at 9:31am 06.21.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3193 I ask advice from all sailors on these forums who have sold or have tried to sell their boats withou
Catalina 320 - Storage Options HowLin at 8:59am 06.21.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2658 I would like to ask owners of C320's where additional storage could be found or made. (1) i.e.: "hid
Oday 28 Standing Rigging Tune dmort at 8:31am 06.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1205 When stepping the mast for the first time (new owner) the brackets (with holes) hanging down under t
Rotten Keel winch attachment. (2) Cope at 8:09am 06.21.11 Catalina 22 9/6090 Hi folks I recently bought a 1973 Catalina 22 Swing keel. I have some concerns about the keel winc
mast profile Justin_NSA at 8:06am 06.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1184 Has this been asked before? I have a mastgate project in work and I need the cross-section profile o
Replace overhead light fixture over dinette table? PrincessoftheLake at 7:22am 06.21.11 Big Boats 13/3162 I am not happy with the overhead light fixture on my 1995 Hunter 40.5 and would like to replace it.
Source for winch pads jknappsax at 7:21am 06.21.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2405 I bought a pair of Lewmar 30STs which I want to mount on the coamings where they are accessible from
Help assessing bulkhead condition! (3) Igetit at 6:29am 06.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 18/3856 Bought my first sailboat about a month ago, an 84 Oday 222. LOVE IT. Now that I've gotten to know mo
9.2 article Good Old Boat richard965 at 6:15am 06.21.11 S2 4/2055 interesting article on the May/June (?) issue of Good Old Boat on the 9.2....basicly a redo of the a
Runaway Diesel!! Swampyankee at 5:42am 06.21.11 S2 5/2069 My '78 S2 9.2a has probably the original motor in it - a YSM12 horizontal one-cylinder. It's about a
Seeping in bilge bobgelb@gmail.com at 5:25am 06.21.11 Catalina 310 15/2728 I need some advice from our great Catalina sailors. I have a slow seepage of water into my bilge, it
Finally made some progress BobM at 4:53am 06.21.11 S2 8/2447 Lost season so far. Spread 25 yards of mulch over two weekends in May then got shipped out to Japan
Tensioning shrouds and stays (1) jfrench at 4:20am 06.21.11 Catalina 22 5/2740 How is it that two opposing shroud or stay lines can be impossible to set to the same tension? As yo
head issue...advice? brettgrant at 4:17am 06.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2187 We have a 2007 H31 with a Jabsco manual flush head. This recent trip we noticed that liquid is seepi

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Its funny Friday! (1) lehighsail at 6:30pm 01.16.22 Typical Marital Conversation
Hi from new 23.5 owner patbratton at 6:05pm 01.16.22 What a great choice! I made an offer on one last spring but it got sold out from under me. You have
Mercury 7.5 1982 Light air at 6:01pm 01.16.22 It didn't start with a squirt of starting fluid which led me to believe that it wasn't a fuel proble
Headliner Halvern at 5:52pm 01.16.22 I know it's been a while since your post and I hope you're still around. I have a new to me 11A and
Yanmar 3GM raw water pump upgrade Charlie98117 at 5:40pm 01.16.22 Yes, I picked it up a couple years back and rebuilt at my leisure. It gets installed this week.
Ground up redesign of 1986 Catalina 34 sanitation setup Stu Jackson at 5:37pm 01.16.22 Alex, glad to see you on our C34 forum, too. It may be helpful for you to include the rest of your
Yanmar 3GM raw water pump upgrade mermike at 5:36pm 01.16.22 Nice mod, I might consider this. Completely off topic, but is that motor in your basement?
Hi from new 23.5 owner Crazy Dave Condon at 5:10pm 01.16.22 Keep me posted. You have my contact info which is private crazy Dave
New to me C42; need autopilot and new Radar Stu Jackson at 5:10pm 01.16.22 Glad to be able to help. 42 owners forum..
Fixing cracks Crazy Dave Condon at 5:06pm 01.16.22 You need to talk with me on the 140 repairs. Former dealer now retired. Send a private message th
Snohomish County Tsunami Warning. issued by Everett Marina. jssailem at 4:53pm 01.16.22 Pretty cool.. Now if only the tsunami can understand the algorithm and follow the rules...
Mercury 7.5 1982 Rich Stidger at 4:51pm 01.16.22 Back to basics- If the starter is spinning, will it start on a squirt of starting fluid? If yes, t
Vision 32 Head floor teacherspet at 4:47pm 01.16.22 Used some JB Weld some amazing stuff. Did what the head guy in the boatyard told me to do. Filled th
Trailer Weight Tater at 3:42pm 01.16.22 For all those waiting: I measured three points on the trailer. At one wheel it measured about 80#. T
New to me C42; need autopilot and new Radar Wippy at 3:03pm 01.16.22 Thanks Stu! Thanks to you spent an inordinate amount of time this weekend on the Catalina owners for
Etiquette pet peeves frimi_captain at 2:23pm 01.16.22 Long-ish posts without the use of paragraphs. If one is replying via phone and using Google dictat
Etiquette pet peeves frimi_captain at 2:22pm 01.16.22 I dunno, I've purposely violated the "Responding to a post over 6 mos old" one a couple of times w
Flooded O'Day Mariner - Am I Crazy? frimi_captain at 2:17pm 01.16.22 The internet, and the geography is littered with unfinished project boats. There are plenty more aro
Snohomish County Tsunami Warning. issued by Everett Marina. Hello Below at 2:07pm 01.16.22 I came across this WA DNR simulation of a tsunami resulting from an earthquake along the Cascadia fa
Hi from new 23.5 owner sail sfbay at 2:03pm 01.16.22 Congratulations on your 23.5 Hunter 23.5 - Practical Sailor (practical-sailor.com)!! The forum welc

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