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Manual for Ample Power alternator Hayden Watson at 5:51pm 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 0/289 I was looking through my boat documents and I cannot find the manual for my old Ample Power Co 105A
Question - Cushion for the galley tale to make a bed gmiller131 at 5:50pm 08.01.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/719 Hi all, Just purchased a Catalina 387 and have a question about storage. The cushion that you use w
Doyle stack pack NCBrew at 5:34pm 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 2/613 I have a Doyle stack pack and it is difficult to stuff the mainsail down into it, I would have thoug
Sail measurements 11a Halvern at 5:24pm 08.01.22 S2 2/1182 I am trying to find standard dimensions for both the Main and the Furling Jib. I have a 130 genny bu
2005 Hunter 33 Shower Sump Pump (2) 4Winds at 3:02pm 08.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2003 Am I correct that water from the galley and head sinks drain directly to the ocean via a throughfitt
The Verdict w4swk at 2:27pm 08.01.22 Catalina 22 14/1467
tohatsu on a p18 scottscotty at 1:17pm 08.01.22 Trailer Sailors 6/954 finally got to make a sail with everything working! We left the dock going into a head wind so I lef
Diesel Inboard RPMs Plymouth Sailor at 12:59pm 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 17/4845 Dear Fellow Sailors, I have a new-to-me Irwin 28 with a 25hp Kubota diesel engine. Wondering if an
Bristol 22 (2) dship19127 at 12:47pm 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1867 We just acquired (cheap) what we believe is a Bristol or Sailstar 22 but the vin is not proving idea
hunter 460 pss juan rius at 11:05am 08.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/374 Please i need to know the diameter of my stern tube of my 1999 h460 y want to change my pss and i on
Intracoastal Waterway Trip duke1046 at 10:24am 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 14/2584 Planning a trip in the future. Been reading info about it of course. What is the best time to go hea
H49 washing machine install Zencra at 9:32am 08.01.22 Big Boats 5/905 Hi everyone, we are now in our 4th year living aboard and full time cruising. we have survived thus
Barlow 19 Winch fourwhitesocks at 9:17am 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2130 Re: my Barlow winch 19 on my Oday 28 Cabin top This is probably a dumb question but the PDF of par
2007 H38 - Wiring diagrams flightlead404 at 7:53am 08.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1995 I'm looking for real, detailed wiring diagrams for my boat (ie not the next to useless ones in the m
Tools All U Get at 6:34am 08.01.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1343 Hi all, With a large variety of tools aboard I found a few beginning to rust and wondered what type
Looking for Steering cable & installation instructions for MacGregor 26 x 2002 RickJay at 5:38am 08.01.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/682 Looking for Steering cable ' installation instructions for MacGregor 26 x 2002
Solar Voltage Project_Mayhem at 7:32pm 07.31.22 Ask All Sailors 63/7161 I finally got around to connecting my solar panel. It charged a battery that was roughly 50% dischar
Fuel Vacuum Gauge sailboatracer at 5:53pm 07.31.22 Ask All Sailors 43/5172 Here's the situation. A vacuum gauge is installed in the fuel output hose immediately after the prim
swing keel will not drop on Santana 21 sailingwithquestions at 4:08pm 07.31.22 Trailer Sailors 28/3294 After a lot of banging and working at it, we've managed to mostly free up a rusted frozen swing keel
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water asalotto at 12:27pm 07.31.22 Catalina 310 9/1640 Hello, I haven't used the hot water in several months, and when I turned it on today it was stinky

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Inboard engine questions john6206 at 8:22pm 06.16.25 @Tally Ho 75 miles is the distance between two ports that have diesel. total trip is about 400nm.
Yanmar motor mounts (1) Rjm st.petersburg at 8:03pm 06.16.25 This is how I replaced stripped out lag screws on my motor mount. Welded on an extension, and used a
Inboard engine questions Tally Ho at 7:49pm 06.16.25
Inboard engine questions (1) Tally Ho at 7:36pm 06.16.25 An engine should have a max RPM. My Yanmar 2GM20F is rated at 3600 rpms max and 3400 rpms continuou
Inboard engine questions john6206 at 7:19pm 06.16.25
Anchor roller jssailem at 6:48pm 06.16.25 The pictures confirmed what I suspected. You have an awful lot going on for that narrow bow. Unles
Anchor roller fred1diver at 6:38pm 06.16.25 By angled I just mean by a few degrees, just to the port of the furler and ending close to or before
Inboard engine questions Davidasailor26 at 6:32pm 06.16.25 o I just go full throttle and watch the rpm? Yep, that will tell you the maximum output the engine
2025 O'Day Rendezvous / Canceled jssailem at 6:28pm 06.16.25 Let me know if you get one setup. Maybe I can come be car.
Inboard engine questions john6206 at 6:27pm 06.16.25 Ok, dumbest of dumb questions . . . run at 80% of max RPM how do I know what max rpm is? the needl
Where does the sink drain?? Davidasailor26 at 6:27pm 06.16.25
Anchor roller Captain Larry-DH at 6:20pm 06.16.25
Anchor roller PaulK at 6:07pm 06.16.25 Angling the anchor roller to the side is going to put it under a lot of side forces. Most rollers a
Inboard engine questions Steve_Catalina at 5:56pm 06.16.25 Check out your c320 international site, catalina320.com the usually suggestion for the universal eng
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries Terry Cox at 5:13pm 06.16.25 Why won't it work with the inverter powering A? The heat pump system is designed to run off of eit
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries mermike at 4:59pm 06.16.25 Whatever you do, don't connect the inverter AC output to shore power. You'll let the magic smoke out
Anchor roller (7) fred1diver at 4:45pm 06.16.25 Ok, finally had time to get pics, what I am thinking is moving the chocks back installing them on a
Inboard engine questions Don S/V ILLusion at 4:33pm 06.16.25 . What else should we do before we pull out? Seems like they did pretty food maintenance a year ag
2025 O'Day Rendezvous / Canceled Tally Ho at 4:25pm 06.16.25 I would go, but it would take me months to get there :( We need one on the Great Lakes. Greg
Starter motor issues jssailem at 3:46pm 06.16.25 got a high pitched whine next time it would not start and I could hear a gear spinning with the en

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