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Hull painting kev1951 at 8:00am 04.06.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/2435 I am going to paint my hull 1988 catalina cant decide on which color Jade mist green or Dark g
Leakage onto aft bed from starboard melandchesley at 7:11am 04.06.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1379 We have leakage from the starboard side somewhere that we notice after sailing and starboard heeling
One foil Quoddy at 6:53am 04.06.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/5904 We are going windward without a traveler or easily movable jib block. If you look at the main and
cleaning the hard white plastic Jack at 6:25am 04.06.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1952 Hi all... I am wondering if anyone has found a way to clean the stains off of the hard white plastic
12v Batteries prosmile at 5:27am 04.06.11 Musings With Maine Sail 8/4214 Can someone give a concise discussion of batteries? What is "deep cycle", group? Cranking amps? Dua
Mixing Tee Broke Offshore (1) Anonymous 121765 at 4:13am 04.06.11 Catalina 30 28/5896 I am posting this as a reminder to all to check the integrity of their systems to avoid this problem
Imron Paint Question rajhnsn at 3:00am 04.06.11 Ask All Sailors 8/8845 I have tracked down the previous owner of my Oday 35 and found that the boat was painted with automo
Westerly maintenance expert needed Haifa at 10:36pm 04.05.11 Other Sailboats 1/1607 Location Saudi Arabia Maintenance expert required to do complete survey and maintenance for wester
Simple question on wiring thenickboarder at 10:15pm 04.05.11 Catalina 22 3/1266 How would one secure a wire that is just sitting in the bottom of a locker. Is there any good way to
Spring Sailing.............. Almost (1) truckman at 10:12pm 04.05.11 Catalina 310 3/1633 Thought I would post this great pic of my beautiful wife at the helm on Saturday in 20 knots.
Sail Shackles and Slugs (4) awoody at 7:53pm 04.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2723 I need to replace shackles and slugs on the main sail for my Hunter 26. As you can see I have a var
Looking for replacement windows simpsoned at 7:37pm 04.05.11 Parts Search 1/2598 I have a 78 Newport 30...the windows on the cabin leaked...I was able to re-seat and make three of t
Deep boat ramp - Chesapeak Bay Bryantowski at 7:33pm 04.05.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2610 Hi, I bought a trailer for my O'Day 25 (w/centerboard) this winter so that I can work on it at home
Hunter Club ddecamara at 7:08pm 04.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1608 Hello, I own a Hunter Vision 32 and I am anchored at the Napa Valley Marina. I would like to join a
Sandpaper grit Rightsideup at 7:08pm 04.05.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2373 Ladies and Gents, Can anyone advise which grade/grit of sandpaper I should use to rub down the hull
Anybody use these handrails (1) paulj at 5:52pm 04.05.11 Catalina 310 8/2387 for anything? paulj :troll:
Reinforcing a boom (1) rpwillia at 5:50pm 04.05.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4868 A friend has a 49' Beneteau (really sweet boat) and he heard about some issues with the boom (some g
boat wiring on c22 thenickboarder at 5:43pm 04.05.11 Catalina 22 2/1483 These questions may sound dumb to someone who knows anything about electricity. Basically I am insta
Mainsail traveler car rbtpfe at 5:38pm 04.05.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1890 Does anyone know who may have been original manufacturer of mainsail car traveler for a '78 30' not
Coastal sailing without a dodger hz293 at 4:36pm 04.05.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3173 I'm back to sailing after a quick hiatus with a power boat. The inboard part of the I/O blew up whi

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Dealing with wind shear Don Guillette at 3:45pm 05.26.22
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 3:42pm 05.26.22 @Maine Sail Do you have any suggestions as to the max current that I should set my Ample 105 which i
LiFePo4 Refresh Hayden Watson at 3:39pm 05.26.22 Yes, what I'm saying is that mine isn't doing that. Interesting. What is your set absorption volt
Cheap crib board source found! ShawnL at 2:57pm 05.26.22 As soon as I started reading, I was going to say -- "try old cutting boards". In my opinion it's a
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training AaronD at 2:37pm 05.26.22 Passion Yachts sailing school includes a bar crossing in the ASA 106 course (weather permitting). I
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 2:01pm 05.26.22 It is not the regulator that is tapering off the current. That is caused by the batteries internal
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 1:58pm 05.26.22 We made huge improvements to these alts and got them to run significantly cooler Please, tell me h
Remote Monitoring with Security Camera Maine Sail at 1:55pm 05.26.22
Remote Monitoring with Security Camera Tally Ho at 1:43pm 05.26.22
LiFePo4 Refresh Maine Sail at 1:25pm 05.26.22 Yikes! I have an Ample Alternator rated 125A. I have run it continuously (mistakenly) with a 100A
Shore Power Light Bulb scarletmoffett at 1:13pm 05.26.22 Hey, never done a replacement bulb for shore power panels, I believe you can't try to install any bu
Stumpah question of the day ! Maine Sail at 12:48pm 05.26.22
FYI (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:28am 05.26.22 205688
Stumpah question of the day ! kloudie1 at 11:19am 05.26.22 Yup, typically, a flat strap with two holes would go across the clamp and extend so you could fasten
Stumpah question of the day ! Calif. Ted at 11:16am 05.26.22 Those are rail mount clamps for a Lifesling hard case.
Stumpah question of the day ! Jacktar at 11:00am 05.26.22 Rail clamps or maybe valve pipe attachments for 1948 holstein milking machine.
Stumpah question of the day ! ggrizzard at 10:37am 05.26.22 Uh, Yea ah... It is a rail clamp. May the fleas of a thousand camels.... etc, etc.
FYI ggrizzard at 10:30am 05.26.22 Did you ever run into Al Capp? I mean Literally? :yikes: Something about a guy with a perpetual clo
Water Hose in Water Intake Stu Jackson at 10:26am 05.26.22 I posted this just the other day...seems to be an epidemic of this question, usually about this time
Remote Monitoring with Security Camera vsfoster at 10:14am 05.26.22 We bought two Voskers for our remote off-grid property in Northern Maine. After messing with them

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