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Refrigeration and Power Management MDO at 8:58pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 20/6434 I am interested in advice and best practices for balancing refrigerator use and power consumption wh
Salon Table AlwaysFORSAIL at 7:52pm 08.09.10 Big Boats 5/2381 I have a 2001 Hunter 380 and would like to have a smaller salon table. The factory table is too lar
Keel Repair rwild88 at 7:14pm 08.09.10 Irwin 1/2531 Has anyone had any experience in rebuilding or replacing an integral keel on an Irwin?
Hunter 34 Gets New TackTick Instruments (4) Roy Page at 7:09pm 08.09.10 Big Boats 7/2392 Well I finally removed all the original pedestal instruments and have now fitted new TackTick units
Opinions Please! Steve Dion at 7:01pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 14/2949 I am looking at a new sump/bilge pump for our head sink/shower. Does anyone have opinions on the "W
Installing New Chainwheel Windlass doctorsail at 6:52pm 08.09.10 Catalina 310 6/3972 As you know, the standard windlass of the 310 has only a capstan (drum) and no gypsy (chainwheel) an
Full battened mains SailArkansas at 6:47pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3295 Are full battened mainsails difficult to raise or am I just lucky? I have a Precision 28 with the a
H23.5: water enters bilge pump through-hull and runs into bilge through the pump (2) Rick Macdonald at 6:33pm 08.09.10 Smaller Boats 13/5682 In my recent thread "H23.5 centerboard/compression post leak", Mike (soling42) suggested water can e
Reversed Polarity insamji1 at 6:24pm 08.09.10 Catalina 310 0/1543 When I plug in the AC power code I always check the AC polarity light to making sure it glows green.
Let's talk twist ... Scott T-Bird at 5:08pm 08.09.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 43/11405 I have been reading some postings regarding twist that I haven't agreed with (and the posters are a
322 V berth BoDaycious at 4:44pm 08.09.10 Bigger Boats 0/1440 I am looking for additional storage space on my 322. Under the V berth, on both the port and starboa
Chrylser Muskateer Catamaran Wanted Chrysler Cat at 4:34pm 08.09.10 Chrysler 3/3283 Wanted: Chrysler Muskateer: I have a 1974 Chrysler Muskateer C-16. Bought it new and still race it c
Bowls fills from holding tank mbrass at 4:06pm 08.09.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2400 Hi Peggy, Your last advice has kept me head trouble free for over 5 years but now... ... head
Injected epoxy resin into longitudinal stringers GLCarter at 2:52pm 08.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1677 I am looking at a 1995 Vision 36 that has had the following work done. 1. Injected epoxy resin int
st4000 wheel pilot belts ChuckThomas at 2:37pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2342 Does anyone have recommendations as to where to get belts for the Raymarine ST4000 autopilot? On an
Refrigerator Cooling Water Pump trdanco at 2:34pm 08.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1692 The cooling water pump on my 1998 Hunter 410 was replace with a POS that keeps tripping off the line
Compass problem higgs at 2:33pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 18/3149 My compass has always been pretty accurate, but on a passage this past week on a SE heading it was s
It's A Miracle woodster at 1:32pm 08.09.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2649 just came back home from Fair Hope this past week end and found out that B P company is laying of a
Shroud diameter bruce1309 at 1:28pm 08.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1662 Without being able to take a micrometer to the shrouds on my 1993 H30, does anyone have the diameter
BOAT SWAP (Victoria, BC/Eire Canal) (2) Giles Hogya at 1:14pm 08.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1659 Greetings from beautiful Victoria British Columbia with it's pristine waters, immaculate marine park

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Starting my LFP build. (7) Hayden Watson at 10:19pm 06.22.22 My BMS came in yesterday but the packaging was just a single ply bubble wrap bag in an oversized wea
Catalina 250 WB swinging on a mooring buoy sebastko at 9:49pm 06.22.22 Thank you very much for detailed responses and lots of great advice! Just wanted to clarify: the bo
I sailed a Sunfish! MikeHoncho at 9:43pm 06.22.22
Knotmeter MikeHoncho at 9:41pm 06.22.22 Great writing, lousy math... not 1000mph... 6 feet per second 1000 seconds .28 nm/hour :yikes: I f
Reef point on sail, what the heck is this? (1) rgranger at 9:04pm 06.22.22 There should be something like this near the gooseneck it search for reefing hook. They are less t
Windlass Breaker (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:03pm 06.22.22 Time for some homework. he attached Blue Sea Ampacity chart easier.
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer rgranger at 9:00pm 06.22.22 You could always break the outside up into a few short hops
Knotmeter DArcy at 8:19pm 06.22.22 @All U Get, what speed did you actually think the boat was going? We'll never know, fish ate the p
Knotmeter Will Gilmore at 8:18pm 06.22.22 Interesting. I also made a significant math error. I inverted the 3600/6076 in the reduced formula
Holding tank replacement for a Hunter 280 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:09pm 06.22.22 0hhh..that's BAD!! I did know someone who'd successfully used JB Weld to repair so many leaks in a
Windlass Breaker stephen_i_w at 8:09pm 06.22.22 The breaker should be sized according to the wiring from the power supply to the windlass. So, a 10
Short (2-4 week) cruise North from Hilton Head over the summer flightlead404 at 7:56pm 06.22.22 I love the inside of the OBX. I've sailed out of Oriental three different times, once out of Swan
Cape may 663 bridge clearance jssailem at 7:11pm 06.22.22 Not true Dave. You were correct for your experience. What I intended to say was the boat owner mus
Cape may 663 bridge clearance Scott T-Bird at 7:04pm 06.22.22 When the bridges crossing the ICW were built some of the field engineering was off a little and the
Knotmeter jssailem at 7:04pm 06.22.22 It makes sense. I was inverse.
Fridge time-on measurement Stu Jackson at 6:47pm 06.22.22 Mark, do you have an ammeter in your panel? Turn off everything else for 1/2 or an hour and do as S
Cape may 663 bridge clearance dlochner at 6:34pm 06.22.22 It is great to get others observations/experiences. Trust your own calculations when it comes to na
Fridge time-on measurement Don S/V ILLusion at 6:33pm 06.22.22 Assuming what you really want to know is the draw over a specific period rather than simply on/off i
Knotmeter Hello Below at 6:26pm 06.22.22
Holding tank replacement for a Hunter 280 (2) rhiggins at 6:22pm 06.22.22 Pulled my tank this evening. Previous owner tried to repair the aluminum tank with fiberglass. If a

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