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23.5 Masthead Light davidb at 7:48pm 09.27.10 Smaller Boats 3/2531 My 1995 Hunter 23.5 has a masthead light that I'm considering replacing. It is a combination steami
anchor locker drain kepeterss at 7:48pm 09.27.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2017 I recently discovered a new leak in the bow of my Oday 23. It looks like it might be coming from the
Barometer repair jorgefife at 7:34pm 09.27.10 The Cherubini Hunters 2/4873 I found a real nice Schatz Barometer, brass, in great shape, in one of my scavenging trips at the bo
A Good Day kpgraci at 7:05pm 09.27.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1599 My son and I opted out of work Monday afternoon and went sailing instead on Lake Pontchartrain. I wa
removing the rudder argo807 at 5:42pm 09.27.10 Lancer 1/1926 Hi all, On the weekend, I managed to remove the extremely heavy 40hp outboard off my 25' PS w
Polyester Resin dye Hermit Scott at 4:31pm 09.27.10 Ask All Sailors 22/10181 I am finishing filling in the ports on the outside of one side of the boat. The other side still has
Boat cover zimmer10 at 3:43pm 09.27.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/6533 I recently bought an '06 M in San Diego. Where can I get a cover that won't put me in the poorhouse?
starboard as a building material zeehag at 3:23pm 09.27.10 Ask All Sailors 24/6628 was repairing my deck and the hardware thereon, and i find i have to replace my now destroyed teak
Hurricane holes? Sanders at 2:50pm 09.27.10 The Cherubini Hunters 3/2322 A friend will be sailing up from Guatamala this year and looking for a place to safely leave his boa
Atomic 4 for Sale in the Gear Ads. Steve Dion at 2:30pm 09.27.10 Ask All Sailors 0/10 If anyone is interested in an Atomic 4 for their boat, there is a nice one for sale in the Gear Ads.
Wanted: Celebrity Class sailboat to restore 31seahorse at 2:24pm 09.27.10 Trailer Sailors 1/4123 Hello Trailer Sailers, I'm looking for a boat project. Specifically, I'm searching for a Celebrity C
Attention On Deck (2) kloudie1 at 2:12pm 09.27.10 Ask All Sailors 37/6289 Lots of you folks probably are BOAT U.S. members.. and have seen this .. I post it here for general
Jib winch handle ffaubert at 12:25pm 09.27.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2771 Hi All, I haven't done a great deal of heavy weather sailing on my Mac 25 so I've had little reas
Raymarine X-5 Wheelpilot decisions sometimesailor at 12:09pm 09.27.10 Big Boats 5/2307 After some lengthy measurement taking...I'm beginning to think about taking the easier and much less
Interior Sliding Plexi Doors gmac1220 at 11:05am 09.27.10 Pearson 0/1455 I have a 1971 Pearson 33 and am interested in trying to find replacement sliders for the storage are
Best way to store Galley/Vberth Cushions titoana at 10:51am 09.27.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/3991 Hi: Well, it is this time of the year for us living up north (Rochester NY) to start getting our b
boomkickers mysticpuffin at 10:30am 09.27.10 Ask All Sailors 14/3808 Has anyone tried the boomkickers in place of a topping lift? Our topping lift became disconnected fr
newport classic flaw? Dragon Fly at 10:17am 09.27.10 Newport 3/3475 is there a classic flaw in the hull design, behind the keel area? something routinely called oil-can
Thinking of buying a 1978 O'Day 23 kmansails at 9:30am 09.27.10 Ask An Oday Owner 7/5197 Any suggestions on what I should look out for on this boat? Took a quick look at it on Saturday and
keel problems?? Dragon Fly at 9:18am 09.27.10 Newport 4/3594 hey, you guys, its a newport 30' 1979; has a crack or line, starboard side of keel, maybe 12 in

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Outboard Battery Charging Project_Mayhem at 7:39am 06.23.22 The motor is a 96. I measured ~16v with no load connected so I'm assuming there is no voltage regula
Battery bank question Jon Elliott at 7:38am 06.23.22
Battery bank question Jon Elliott at 7:36am 06.23.22 Starting a small marine engine with deep cycle batteries is just fine. It would be better to have a
Water Line Fitting Mike Culik at 7:30am 06.23.22 amazon
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer rgranger at 7:25am 06.23.22 I've seen a really nice marian full of sailboats at Oak Island and also at Top Sail. I did not sail
Repairing gate value on Hunter 31 galley sink drain Mike Culik at 7:24am 06.23.22 Your boat remaining afloat depends on the integrity of the sink drain hose/tubing! My original was
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 7:18am 06.23.22 You can get a Hobbs meter for about $13 on Amazon, but that doesn't solve the problem; you don't wan
Outboard Battery Charging Jacktar at 7:16am 06.23.22 hook the leads to the battery , run motor and check at terminals, only way to determine voltage outp
Outboard Battery Charging rgranger at 7:09am 06.23.22 If you want to know the voltage coming off of your alternator, hook up a voltmeter (multimeter) to t
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer flightlead404 at 7:09am 06.23.22 You could always break the outside up into a few short hops Precisely. So local knowledge and in
Outboard Battery Charging kloudie1 at 7:06am 06.23.22 I think that there is a simple regulator built into the newer motors that limits voltage. The ampera
little egg inlet nj (1) rgranger at 7:06am 06.23.22 Looks well marked
Windlass Breaker JamesG161 at 6:50am 06.23.22 You can buy that breaker from SBO stores... You can help this site by buying your exact breaker, i
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? Eileen14284 at 6:44am 06.23.22 Okay, thank you all. We do have the gooseneck hooks on the main so I guess we're all good. I just
Fridge time-on measurement leo310 at 6:42am 06.23.22 For less than $30 you could get a meter from Amazon . 200A Watt Meter High Precision Power Analyzer
Tass fittings and sea water..... JamesG161 at 6:34am 06.23.22
Solar Panel Charging (1) leo310 at 6:32am 06.23.22 What I use is a ARGOFET https://forums.sailboatowners.com/data/attachments/184/184952-02ebc288cbe6b
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? (1) twalker H260 at 6:29am 06.23.22 On our 260 the gooseneck looks like the attached photo. Strap goes over the hook.
Windlass Breaker Two Sails at 6:28am 06.23.22 The coast guard tables are super helpful - thank you - book-marked! I need to check on my specific w
autopilot install on an H280 jssailem at 5:48am 06.23.22 Raymarine says its Garmin, and quess what Garmin says!! :yikes: I was listening to a Google AI rob

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