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LED cabin lights. zrolimt at 5:29pm 03.21.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5321 Has anyone replaced the existing halogen reading lights in the cabin of a B361 with LED lights? Halo
Battery Change Out Zman18 at 5:24pm 03.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 5/1732 What would be the down side of replaceing my current house batteries (Two 6 volt in series) with one
Tim R - Question on Cabin Sole Replacement berner73 at 5:06pm 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2450 Hi Tim, After some test cutting/fitting, I'm ready to start on the T'H Plywood. I noticed on your
What roller furling system to buy? bellsailing at 4:58pm 03.21.11 Catalina 22 3/1967 My goal is to install a roller furling headsail on my 1987 Catalina 22. I am looking at three distin
Kelly-Hansen Sail Questions? Charisma at 4:33pm 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 0/822 Does anyone know where Kelly-Hansen Sails are made? I thought they were here in the USA, but now hav
anyone sail up to Horn Island MS by the Horeshoe? JonnyQuest at 4:08pm 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3501 Dreaming of not needing a dinghy to get close enough to the barrier islands here in the Gulf Coast.
Installing deadlights on my vitage Irwin Peppercorn at 4:00pm 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2463 I've removed the crazed ' cracked acrylic deadlights on my '78 30 Irwin. I'm to the point of affixin
Mooring Whips on my H23 njmedic3306 at 3:55pm 03.21.11 Smaller Boats 2/1580 I am on a lake in northern NJ that gets very busy. My yacht club has a limit on their finger slip to
Garmin 720 Gabor15908 at 3:31pm 03.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1315 I am thinking replacing my Garmin 2006 GPS for a Gramin 720. I am not sure that the high price ($129
Amount Of Heel Don Guillette at 2:24pm 03.21.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/5547 This thread is for RichH, Alan, Joe from San Diego, Stu J and anyone else who can shed light on this
external fuel pump gettinthere at 1:13pm 03.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 19/18722 I bought a small Facet fuel pump to prime my fuel system during filter changes. The old perkins manu
Mast Care and Maintance & other questions seatravellerhawaii at 12:54pm 03.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1583 Aloha All, I have a question regarding mast care and maintenance. I own a 1978 Mac-Venture 25. I a
Dripless Packing gland for 1995 Hunter 40.5 PrincessoftheLake at 12:51pm 03.21.11 Big Boats 15/2438 I am considering replacing the packing gland on Emmanuel with the dripless type. Any thoughts on wh
Unstepping an S2 7.0 Mast davidra at 12:48pm 03.21.11 S2 2/5735 Good Afternoon I recently purchased an S2 7.0 (1975) shoal draft model. The hull and interior are in
Swing keel cable replacement Mike Wells at 12:31pm 03.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2204 I'm a newbie at this. We have a 22' MacGregor. Early 70's. We recently had the cable on the swing
New Boat Name (2) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 11:23am 03.21.11 Catalina 310 6/2213 Spring did seem like it was getting here, but now it's f@#%'g snowing.:cussing: Anyways, the weeke*
A pumping mast flip at 11:05am 03.21.11 Ask All Sailors 12/5716 Hi all, I have a question about the mast and the pumping motion (forward and aft) when the wind blow
Storage tank hook up joe@intova.net at 10:37am 03.21.11 Big Boats 3/1224 I have a Legend 40 built in 1985. Prior owner disconnected the sewage storage tank to head dumps dir
Transportation Edith at 10:24am 03.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1760 Hi everybody We bought a 33 Hunter last year in the USA, hoping to sail there, but we can't go becau
Does the IdaSailor rudder ever go on sale? (1) BrokeNotBroken at 10:24am 03.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3569 Ok, I'm cheap...ya saw the user name, right? http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/emot/smile.gif Anyw

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New owner Justin_NSA at 10:14am 07.30.22 Did you get any maintenance records from the previous owner?
Water dripping through bimini at ends of the traveller Hello Below at 9:51am 07.30.22 Has anyone come up with a clever way of keeping the water that channels down the traveller from com
New Battery Benny17441 at 9:48am 07.30.22 I think the only question being posed is where to locate a 100W solar panel in a 22'boat? Sorry,
Hunter 356 side boarding step? Hello Below at 9:39am 07.30.22 We were looking at both the Fender Step and the West Marine version, but saw a lot of reports that
What to do about missing inboard motor? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:35am 07.30.22 but being forced to motor at 2800 has opened my eyes. Are you now suspecting your consumption at
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly dlochner at 9:32am 07.30.22 Start simple. Check the cable and clamps. If the clamp becomes disconnected from the transmission, i
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly Hello Below at 9:24am 07.30.22 What are the symptoms of the sail drive not engaging? The only thing I could suggest is what is lis
2005 Hunter 36 Shorepower drm1 at 9:22am 07.30.22 We were able to run the air con and the water heater for the 4 days we were in port over the last 2
Hunter 356 side boarding step? AndyL at 9:19am 07.30.22
2005 Hunter 36 Shorepower AndyL at 9:14am 07.30.22 FYI, we run our Air Con by using the parallel setting. We do not run the water heater or microwave
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? Ralph Johnstone at 9:05am 07.30.22 In addition to @jssailem 's suggestions, consider installing an external alternator regulator for ke
New owner Ralph Johnstone at 8:58am 07.30.22 Check out all hoses and their thru-hulls throughout the boat. Do this ASAP. Add antifreeze and V-be
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? jssailem at 8:51am 07.30.22 You have made an investment in your new battery bank. It is wise too protect that with a charging sy
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly Milt Fuehrer at 8:50am 07.30.22 Thanks for your response. Shift lever is working. Thanks again
Saildrive won't engage stopped suddenly kloudie1 at 8:45am 07.30.22 Get someone to look at the gear lever on the box while someone shifts from the helm.. push the gear
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? Ralph Johnstone at 8:43am 07.30.22 As @Davidasailor26 summed it up, if your batteries are at 12.7V and the fridge is not running, the f
What to do about missing inboard motor? Calif. Ted at 8:38am 07.30.22 Outboard wells were designed for 2 stroke engines with their much smaller powerheads, a 2hp or elect
Help Boom Jacktar at 8:20am 07.30.22 Yep 65' is long enough to put boom out for wing and wing downwind without letting the boom bang up a
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? Davidasailor26 at 8:15am 07.30.22
Seawater pump for A/C 4Winds at 8:04am 07.30.22 I dont want to deny that your pump might be shot BUT.... I used to get the HPF error, but the pump

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