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Fresh Water Hose Replacement Issues Fleet at 5:34am 01.26.22 Catalina 310 4/1185 Need some advice please. I am in the process of replacing all the fresh water hoses in ZoeVie. Two
Lewmar hatch size 05 H33 Scott B at 4:57am 01.26.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/1395 2005 Hunter 33, Does anyone know the size of the Lewmar opening hatches above the v-berth and salo
PNW Cruise Highlights 2004-2014 Terry Cox at 4:27am 01.26.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 4/839 My latest video production of some earlier cruises around the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy. TYSgKWBIwXQ
Looking for recommendations for bareboat charter company in Greece markwbird at 7:26pm 01.25.22 Ask All Sailors 6/791 I am planning a trip to Greece in late May. Anyone out there have any recommendations for a charter
Cable tv? (1) Growl at 6:41pm 01.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1931 Upper left side ladder
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 4:30pm 01.25.22 Trailer Sailors 10/3015 I have a 2002 Hake Seaward 32RK and am looking to replace the keep winch and install a new remote sw
Adding an Hour Meter (1) colb218 at 2:15pm 01.25.22 Engines and Propulsion 17/3451 Hello - I would like to ad an hour meter to my Yanmar 3HM35F. It seems that the two options for thi
1979 Hunter 33' Jack heights & count V.Carter at 2:14pm 01.25.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/726 Hi. I'm currently thinking of purchasing a project boat to eventually call home. I'm looking to get
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. thevoyager at 1:08pm 01.25.22 Ask All Sailors 27/3162 Hi. I have been considering buying a boat to live and travel in. I have never actually sailed a boa
Passage 450 Yanmar heat exchanger access jamesrladd at 10:14am 01.25.22 Big Boats 0/372 Has anyone removed the heat exchanger from a 4jh2 in a Passage 450/456? It appears that my aft end
Hull Nivale at 9:04am 01.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/2189 Do you know how the hull of the 2001 Hunter 320 is built? A Sandwich or a single monolithic block? M
Install CC 38 solid rod, keel step onto my Oceanis 400 advice/help (4) Captain Marcus at 8:14am 01.25.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/689 Greetings seafarers, I acquired this mast gratie. Have mast build diagram and need cut off for de
Hunter 28 Growl at 7:30am 01.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/1829 Hi, I am considering purchase of a 1991 Hunter 28! Please advise of any model issues and what to loo
How much attention needs bottom and keel before the boat goes back into the water? miraculix at 6:58am 01.25.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1538 Hi all, We are heading towards our third season with our 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 40, so we are still
3M 5200...how to make it non-stick on bolts mtarcher1 at 8:20pm 01.24.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1206 I need to pass some bolts through a couple of pieces of plywood that will sandwich 3M 5200. I need
Is island hopping on Lake Michigan too much for O'Day Daysailer or Spindrift Daysailer Bob Kessler at 7:25pm 01.24.22 Trailer Sailors 9/3262 Greetings! I'm considering buying an O'Day or Spindrift Daysailer I or II. I plan to keep her in Doo
Long way to check out trailer sailor yappasailing at 5:02pm 01.24.22 Trailer Sailors 25/2482 I recently let a sailboat, that I've been searching 2 years for, slip away because of the 4 hour one
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs (5) rgranger at 2:25pm 01.24.22 Ask All Sailors 20/2205 Hey All So I had a random thought (not an uncommon condition) when looking at the lanteen rig vs th
Dufour 31, your thoughts fred1diver at 1:46pm 01.24.22 Ask All Sailors 36/6592
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? (2) Dan260 at 12:40pm 01.24.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1677 Hello hunter owners! I am looking at a to become part of your club. We found a 2002 Hunter 260 in p

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Wiring Diagram Question. BAD ORCA at 9:23am 01.17.25 From reading Musings with Maine Sail I learned a common problem with inverter and generator install
Wiring Diagram Question. BAD ORCA at 9:19am 01.17.25 Your multiplus 3000 has an internal transfer switch that can be activated/deactivated. Just wire t
Wiring Diagram Question. BAD ORCA at 9:14am 01.17.25 Kind of an aside, I originally designed my boat to take both voltages as you are proposing but neve
Wiring Diagram Question. dlochner at 9:09am 01.17.25 From reading Musings with Maine Sail I learned a common problem with inverter and generator installa
Wiring Diagram Question. colemj at 9:08am 01.17.25 Your multiplus 3000 has an internal transfer switch that can be activated/deactivated. Just wire th
Wiring Diagram Question. BAD ORCA at 9:02am 01.17.25 Your plans raise a lot of questions. What inverter is currently installed? What battery charger is
Lithium battery question dlochner at 9:00am 01.17.25 I don't get out much but I'm wondering why you couldn't just have a small load of, say 1.0A resisti
Lithium battery question Ralph Johnstone at 8:48am 01.17.25 Nonetheless I do have a Balmar alternator protection device installed. I don't get out much but I
Sunken Treasure dLj at 8:42am 01.17.25 Years ago a crew was hired to pull logs out of a local lake. It was an insane operation but the woo
Wiring Diagram Question. BAD ORCA at 8:42am 01.17.25 It does seem like that should work from m the standpoint of controlling where the power goes. The s
Wiring Diagram Question. dLj at 8:36am 01.17.25 Kind of an aside, I originally designed my boat to take both voltages as you are proposing but never
Sarasota Bay Returning SteveHughessails at 8:32am 01.17.25 I believe the canoe would be more arduous than a kayak. We let our buoy go to another as kayaking ou
Wiring Diagram Question. Davidasailor26 at 8:24am 01.17.25 Take a look at the Victron Multiplus line of inverter chargers. They are pretty magic. When plugged
Sunken Treasure SteveHughessails at 8:21am 01.17.25 Years ago a crew was hired to pull logs out of a local lake. It was an insane operation but the wood
Spotlight Recommendation dLj at 8:19am 01.17.25 Hello, I don't have much to add to this except for one point. IMHO you should have at least one de
Sailing courses in Thailand dLj at 7:47am 01.17.25 Yep. Also the one who got detained by British Customs in London, because they thought it was suspic
Sunken Treasure dLj at 7:38am 01.17.25
Spotlight Recommendation BarryL at 7:36am 01.17.25 Hello, I don't have much to add to this except for one point. IMHO you should have at least one dec
Sunken Treasure william24424 at 7:19am 01.17.25 Regarding Electric propulsion. Yes. E propulsion for dinghy, perfect for mooring to shore. Engine
Lithium battery question dlochner at 7:13am 01.17.25 I've been running LFP full time for about 6 months. I'm still trying to figure out the BMS, unfortun

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