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A little to port! John Krasnick at 6:26am 06.02.10 Catalina 30 8/2284 I'm new to this site but I've enjoyed everyones' comments and thoughts. I've just purchased a 1984
Blue Sea Add a Battery Issues (1) TDudley at 5:46am 06.02.10 Ask All Sailors 7/1911 Can some one help me with an issue resolving where to hook my Alternator when using the Blue Sea Add
Nonskid Deck Shoes That Skid Ducati at 4:42am 06.02.10 Ask All Sailors 27/8611 I have a fairly new pair of leather Sperry deck shoes. We races last weekend and they slipped all ov
ATOMIC 4 gas NO Forward Power only REverse Power lasallehome at 4:41am 06.02.10 Ask All Sailors 15/4662 Just came back from trip across lake- top up gas tanks and gas attendant accidentally put diesel in
O'day 22 Lightning Protection ? David S at 12:38am 06.02.10 Trailer Sailors 1/2494 I am concerned about lightning protection on my 79 O'day 22 and how to accomplish that, and how to p
O'day 22 Electrical Panel Location David S at 12:31am 06.02.10 Trailer Sailors 1/3215 I acquired a 79 O'day 22 and the electrical panel in the cabin is on the starboard inside of the cab
SOVERAL 36 Lets Buy It David S at 10:51pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 6/5664 I have a friend owns a Soveral 36 sloop, w/center board, been on the hard about 10 years, had 4 coat
johnson quick release shroud levers on a H146/H15 (1) esterhazyinoz at 9:54pm 06.01.10 Day Sailers 3/4721 Hi, Do any H146 owners ( or other new H15 owners) out there have johnson quick release shroud levers
Tanzer 22 vs O'day 22 David S at 9:41pm 06.01.10 Trailer Sailors 7/15845 Looking at a Tanzer 22 on it's trailer, been setting idle for 6-8 years covered with leaves and mold
Infestation? SeacretSailor at 9:00pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1882 I have read past topics on ant/termite infestations and I'm still stumped, so thought I'd ask the gr
Spiders shake55 at 8:13pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2053 This is the first year that I have docked my O'Day. Previous years we have moored her. What can I u
Transponder Problem JEH at 8:08pm 06.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1316 My wife and I own a 1982 Hunter "Cherubini" 33. We are presently putting her back together. Many tim
Goofy Gooseneck (1) kippsters at 8:06pm 06.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2534 I picked up a M21 last year and finally had a few days to sail. It seems the main and boom are not r
Hunter 430 FRP cracking at chainplate (4) Steve Thoma at 7:51pm 06.01.10 Big Boats 9/4459 I have a '99 Hunter 430 with a B'R Rig. The fiberglass around the chainplate riser is cracking badl
My O'Day 25 Rebuild & story Raftco at 7:44pm 06.01.10 Day Sailers 5/2699 Just thought I would share this with the group and perhaps provide some inspriation for those folks
Water level in Jabsco bowl MartinLanglois at 7:40pm 06.01.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/6999 Hello Mrs. Hall, I have just replaced the old Jabsco marine head on my Mac25 with a new Twist'n lo
smelly water insamji1 at 7:37pm 06.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1190 I have a 2001 Catalina 310 that I sail in Lake Ontario. I winterized my fresh water system with the
replacing muffler on 1995 Hunter 37.5 bugsboat at 7:35pm 06.01.10 Big Boats 4/1480 Muffler sounds loud and may need replacing. The engine is circulating plenty of water, but the boat
Oday 22 rescue? mark61 at 7:30pm 06.01.10 Trailer Sailors 7/5417 Hello all. This is my first post although I have been following the site for awhile.I have a 1976 La
Balancing House Batteries-Help rfrye1 at 7:27pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2093 We have two (wet cell) 4D house batteries plus a dedicated start battery. For our charging system we

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Forever to Charge - What's This? Ralph Johnstone at 10:35am 03.16.22 Maybe you can use the same ones again depending on their history. How long did they last ? Better t
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 10:18am 03.16.22 Oh, well. So, if you have $500 to spend and want 120Ah useable capacity, what would you get? FWI
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 10:14am 03.16.22 Out of curiosity, is there any temperature rise in the battery casing ? Sounds like your charging
Depth finder in bilge Calif. Ted at 10:04am 03.16.22 Your speed transducer is laying on the keel bolt and appears to have a blanking plug in the thru hul
Tenara sewing threads jeepbluetj at 10:03am 03.16.22 Forgot.... Of course, Sailrite has a video for everything, Tenara thread is no exception: HSxXDuNbz
Tenara sewing threads jeepbluetj at 10:01am 03.16.22 As Hayden says, it is significantly more difficult to use than polyester. I'll use poly on hidden se
Swim Platform Lockers Ralph Johnstone at 9:57am 03.16.22
Forever to Charge - What's This? Hayden Watson at 9:56am 03.16.22 I had the same thing happen to me when I launched my 1st sailboat for a 1-week vacation at a lake 10
Beneteau bottom paint color 361 mdibella at 9:52am 03.16.22 I've always understood that it is sub-optimal to mix bottom paint compositions. If you can't repai
Forever to Charge - What's This? Ralph Johnstone at 9:50am 03.16.22 Out of curiosity, is there any temperature rise in the battery casing ? Sounds like your charging b
Forever to Charge - What's This? Rich Stidger at 9:47am 03.16.22 It sounds like they have a partly shorted cell in each battery. The internal impedance is high enoug
Depth finder in bilge Tom J at 9:01am 03.16.22 Those are your transducers, one for speed, the other for depth. You might have some debris on the s
Forever to Charge - What's This? kappykaplan at 8:58am 03.16.22 are they just core swaps at this point? Sounds like it.
Anchor windlass for Hunter 340 (1) John T1594 at 8:24am 03.16.22 I had a factory installed windlass in the anchor locker of my 2000 H340. It worked well and I never
Swim Platform Lockers Bill19233 at 8:16am 03.16.22 @Bill19233 Is this what you are looking for? I bought these for my 1994 Hunter 40.5 but they may
Its funny Friday! (1) JamesG161 at 7:54am 03.16.22 He was funny and just a bit off similar to his comics. My favorite is the Wizard of ID...
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning Hayden Watson at 7:48am 03.16.22 Here is a good article. If you cannot find the gel that is recommended here, you might also look fo
Oxalic Acid Hull Cleaning sail sfbay at 7:37am 03.16.22 To remove oxidation generally involves the following How to Restore Chalky Gelcoat on Your Fiberglas
Its funny Friday! Justin_NSA at 7:31am 03.16.22 I miss The Far Side. I used to work in a grocery store in Gig Harbor WA, and Gary Larson would shop
Hunter 36 2007 Spin sail sfbay at 7:29am 03.16.22 Be surprised if it did not as my 2004 Hunter 386 / 2005 Hunter 46 Selden masts had / have one.

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