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Hard wiring an inverter YVRguy at 6:09am 07.14.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1575 I purchased a 500watt inverter for the boat a couple of years ago. I use it by plugging it into the
Is Climate Change Scientific, Political, or Religious? jviss at 4:48am 07.14.22 Sails Call Lounge 23/2312 A recent thread was closed by moderation with the note that it was too political. It was a climate
mast wieght gypsywind1980 at 4:47am 07.14.22 The Cherubini Hunters 2/617 any one know what the weight of a hunter 27 1980 model would wiegh im wanting to build a pole to at
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves jviss at 4:21am 07.14.22 Ask All Sailors 16/1723 I have a total of six bronze ball valves for through hulls, in (I think) two different sizes, large
Open engine intake.... NYSail at 1:18am 07.14.22 Ask All Sailors 19/1712 Hello all. How many people close the engine water intake when sailing? I have never even considered
Revisiting my Perkins M50, advice welcome... Captain Marcus at 7:16pm 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/339 Howdy, Revisiting my M50. It's in my Oceanis 400. I had left a fuel hose (w/pump ball) in the 6 gal
Swim Platform Issue AwwShucks at 6:24pm 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/756 Last weekend the alarm associated with the swim platform on our 2018 Oceanis 41.1 started going off
Where built? Hollyberry at 12:56pm 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/602 Anyone know where/how to determine if our Bene 35s5 was built in France or in the US? Is there a hin
Mast Height - Oceanis 440 Miss JibSea at 11:22am 07.13.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/632 Bene owners: hoping someone can shed light on the mast height above designed waterline for the Ocea
Batteries, Batteries' post, Batteries' hardware Brian D at 10:19am 07.13.22 Ask All Sailors 27/2395 I just purchased two Walmart 24DC batteries for my boat. Dang if they didn't come with any hardware.
Hunter 45DS propeller pitch seanmadian at 9:45am 07.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/511 Hello all -- If there is a prior thread, please feel free to cross-post. We have searched the forum,
Maximizing VMG on downwind leg of race stickinthemud57 at 8:52am 07.13.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3071 Now that I have started racing, I'm torn on which strategy to use on the downwind leg - dead run or
Oil Change 18hp Yanmar LynnM at 8:14am 07.13.22 Engines and Propulsion 11/1520 I have a Beneteau 323 and want to change oil. I'd like to suck it from the dipstick hole which is VE
A jet boat named "Stimulus Check" filled with 13 persons capsizes in the Hudson River, killing 2 ... Scott T-Bird at 6:34am 07.13.22 Sails Call Lounge 21/2972 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-and-child-killed-in-hudson-river-boating-accident-identified
Beckson Replacement Lens Tp3 at 5:53am 07.13.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/583 We recently downsized to a H260. The 2 Beckson lenses are in very poor condition. I see that there a
Traveller Clam Cleat (1) sailliny at 2:08am 07.13.22 Catalina 310 8/1942 The position of the factory-installed clam cleat is awkward at best. Has anyone moved the clam cleat
dingy oar length (1) HiTechBiniou at 5:18pm 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/839 I see people here talking about 7' oars for their dinghy with mentions about manufacturers but I nev
Reefing mainsail as the wind picks up with Selden in-mast furler and B&R rig HarryvdMeer at 3:38pm 07.12.22 Big Boats 5/1295 When I need to furl the main as the wind picks up, my current routine is quite involved: 1. Head do
Soft Spot Repair - Lay New Glass Or Reuse Old Glass? nautilus55 at 10:14am 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 7/856 Brief explanation: I have a soft spot on my port deck, about 7 feet long, that runs between the toe
Bayfield 29 - Bowsprit replacement - benefit / disadvantage of shorter bowsprit johnnyb123 at 10:08am 07.12.22 Ask All Sailors 1/683 I have a 1987 Bayfield 29 cutter with the extended bowsprit which makes the boats total length near

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Chain splice Captain Larry-DH at 10:45pm 05.03.25 I just installed new chain and a piece of older chain with the 3/8" Crosby link. After peening, yo
Non binary boaters Ralph Johnstone at 9:52pm 05.03.25 Whore licker of course Yipes ! The children. What will the little children think ? Oh the he
Non binary boaters Leeward Rail at 9:43pm 05.03.25 Just wondering what is an SA thread SA=Sailing Anarchy Best to do a web search and see for yourse
Traveler car/track as tether? dLj at 8:58pm 05.03.25 Toe rails have saved me more times than I can count. Is there such a think as too high of lifelines
Looking for ideas on galley remodel (3) fred1diver at 7:52pm 05.03.25
H49 New Sails Georgedoyle at 7:45pm 05.03.25 Go with a laminated sail. It will roll up on the furler better than Dacron. The standard jib works f
Traveler car/track as tether? Project_Mayhem at 7:42pm 05.03.25 It's interesting how we get so wrapped up with tether systems and don't talk as much about setting
Starter switch sporadically engages starter marcham at 7:22pm 05.03.25 If you run AWG 10 to the control panel from the starter positive, then a 30A fuse about 12 inches fr
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 6:50pm 05.03.25 Ich spreche kein Deutsch.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 6:16pm 05.03.25
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 6:15pm 05.03.25
Ridder bearing bolt tightness (1) max_sailing at 6:10pm 05.03.25 Thanks @kloudie1. Focusing my search on packing gland instead of bearing I found a lot more info, in
Non binary boaters (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:52pm 05.03.25 Interestingly there was an inexpensive brand of beer that was discontinued because of the deliberat
Non binary boaters Ralph Johnstone at 5:40pm 05.03.25 Just wondering what is an SA thread I don't get out much but I'm going to assume that stands for
Chain splice Rich Stidger at 5:37pm 05.03.25 Anybody know if the gypsy can handle this amount of error for a single link or will it jamb up ever
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 5:34pm 05.03.25 So the factory fuse on the circuit would be on the supply side to the starter switch, not on the wi
Starter switch sporadically engages starter heritage at 5:13pm 05.03.25 There is a fuse on the power going to the instrument panel. It is a part of the wiring bundle betwe
Sleeping, quarter berth or settee? (1) twodzusfittings at 5:12pm 05.03.25 Settee/Couch I re purposed a wooden bunk bed piece in place of a lee cloth.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 4:11pm 05.03.25 So the factory fuse on the circuit would be on the supply side to the starter switch, not on the wir
New Boat! smokey73 at 3:49pm 05.03.25 Why DM? Just let us know the details.

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