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Electrical Panel - Breaker Lights kingermark at 7:18pm 08.06.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1467 Has anyone ever had to change out the strip of little red lights on the a/c electrical panel? I had
Battery Maintenance Paul17512 at 5:29pm 08.06.11 Catalina 30 4/1706 I accidentally topped off my lead acid batteries today with distilled vinegar instead of distilled w
Moving sailboat from Cleveland to Sandusky stevestk at 5:12pm 08.06.11 Big Boats 5/3450 If I buy a boat (Hunter 34 or Catalina 30) in Cleveland, Ohio, being a novice it seems to me I could
Classic Mast and Boom Beneteau at 3:30pm 08.06.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1300 We have a 1997 Beneteau 321 with classic mast and boom by isomat. I would like to have a drawing of
We got the new boat home!!!! An anonymous user at 3:00pm 08.06.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1464 Linda and I are now the proud owners of a 1991 mac 26s. We drove down to Augusta Friday night and st
New WEMA Tank Sensors sailcapt340 at 2:54pm 08.06.11 Big Boats 8/6780 My 2000 340 needs new tank sensors. The gauges simply do not read and when they do they jump from e
Welt Cord??? 27catman at 2:45pm 08.06.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1361 I have a '78 Catalina 27 and I am replacing/refinishing some bulkheads and galley counter top. I no
Bottom is Done (8) shipwreck66 at 12:13pm 08.06.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1550 All work is done, just waiting for an opportune day to launch her when the boat ramp isn't so jacked
New Breaker Panel and help wiring (1) jfmid at 12:02pm 08.06.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2922 Hello All, I have been reading lots of the threads about electrical wiring and making a boat safer
main salon table med2463 at 11:58am 08.06.11 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1428 If someone has built a drop down table from the bulkhead out of the lumber from the fixed table that
New bottom and relaunch... (2) sj01 at 11:53am 08.06.11 Big Boats 1/1318 Took our baby out of the water to have the rudder bushings replaced as well as the cutlass. Decided
Need opinions of Lancer 28 FastCatSailor at 11:34am 08.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2498 Can anyone tell me about how the Lancer 28 sails? Also, info about build quality, etc would be appr
Replacement 12v Bulb rj2sail at 11:32am 08.06.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1301 I am looking for the replacement 12v bulb for the brass gimbaled wall lamp in the salon. I've looked
Need reviews of Lancer 28 FastCatSailor at 10:45am 08.06.11 Lancer 1/6370 I'm considering purchasing a Lancer 28 and am curious about opinions of sailing / handling character
out haul bobandpeg at 10:25am 08.06.11 Big Boats 4/7186 Replacing the out haul line on my hunter 35.5 and now the line is jamed inside the boom. I have a
New (to me) Com-pac 16 (1) stevelandress at 8:17am 08.06.11 Com-Pac 1/4807 Bought a 1982 CP 16 that needs work, starting with the tiller that broke the first time I put her in
What hunter to take? CBIsailor at 7:57am 08.06.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2112 Me and a couple of friends want to take a hunter out to marthas vineyard from Boston harbor. What si
Frig design help needed.... (3) Sumner at 7:44am 08.06.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2760 I'm in the process of designing a new frig/freezer for our Endeavour. It had an .... http://purple
Wait A Minute!! Don Guillette at 7:42am 08.06.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 32/11320 Yesterday, I was talking to a Phoenix, AZ sailor who was complaining that when he made a sail trim a
New Post From Roger-Shelburn to Luneburg Strider Reports at 7:04am 08.06.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/2710 My second morning in Shelburn, I called a friend who bought a Tanzer in the same town near Detroit w

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Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 9:32am 10.08.22 On a masthead, the spinnaker halyard top block is very close to where the forestay attaches to the m
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 8:56am 10.08.22 Thanks, @mermike . My boat already has the masthead block for the spinnaker halyard installed, along
Installing a Spinnaker mermike at 8:50am 10.08.22 The spinnaker halyard should run through a block attached to an extension of the masthead called a c
Alternator Bracket Tedd at 8:47am 10.08.22 It's easy to make your own adjustable link like the one in @RoyS 's picture, if you're so inclined,
40 ft O Day winterizing water system eherlihy at 8:45am 10.08.22 Drain all of the freshwater from the system. Run each tank empty, then open the drain the hot water
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 8:22am 10.08.22 No, it is because the spinnaker halyard is forward of the jib forestay and will not foul it. So, o
Alternator Bracket sailcapt340 at 8:21am 10.08.22
Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 8:01am 10.08.22 No, it is because the spinnaker halyard is forward of the jib forestay and will not foul it.
Happy Birthday to John Shepard Tedd at 7:53am 10.08.22 Just seeing this now, John. Happy birthday! Thanks for all your great ideas.
Alternator Bracket dlochner at 7:51am 10.08.22 A "belleville" washer will also help resist loosening from the vibration. That would also work, t
Alternator Bracket Tedd at 7:47am 10.08.22 If the alternator is slipping, try using a double thick fender washer under the adjusting bolt head.
Alternator Bracket (1) dlochner at 7:40am 10.08.22 The attached photo shows an alternator jack I built a few years ago. Once the alternator is in close
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 7:38am 10.08.22 With a fractional rig you should not need a tacker. Is that because the block for the spinnaker haly
Installing a Spinnaker sail sfbay at 7:36am 10.08.22 With a fractional rig you should not need a tacker. My Hunter 386 was fractional and I attached the
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 7:34am 10.08.22 Thanks, @sail sfbay ! I'll experiment with it. The article on the Tacker web site seems to suggest t
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 7:26am 10.08.22 Try checking to see if the impeller is slipping on the motor spindle under load. Thanks,, it defin
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 7:24am 10.08.22 I agree with Ralph. I have work on and tested pumps for over 40 years and the first thing I ask whe
What wind forecast turns you away? danm1 at 7:05am 10.08.22 Good plan. Same theory when skiing. "Never call last run."
What wind forecast turns you away? john6206 at 7:02am 10.08.22
Alternator Bracket (1) sailcapt340 at 7:02am 10.08.22

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