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The Live-Aboard Debate... Looking for a few good opinions! rtdbphoto at 7:49am 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 29/12169 Hello All, I'm currently weighing out all of the pros and cons of living aboard a sailboat. Have f
Hull Liner sagging Michael1964 at 6:17am 05.12.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2895 The vinyl hull liner on my 1997 36s7 is pulling away and sagging. I have tried taping it up, but th
Deckfill in Anchor Locker on 23.5? IndyEd at 5:52am 05.12.10 Smaller Boats 4/1693 I am putting a pressure water system in Saint Somewhere, my 93 23.5, and would like to avoid drillin
Just How Rich Are You? (1) Ctskip at 5:28am 05.12.10 Sails Call Lounge 2/4435 by Jeanine Skowronski Tuesday, May 11, 2010 provided by http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/1
35.5 water tank access captainpat at 5:20am 05.12.10 Big Boats 5/2501 The fresh water tank of the 35.5 is located under the aft 1/2 of the v-berth and is covered by a ply
Ferries John at 2:54am 05.12.10 Ask All Sailors 61/10856 I was talking with another sailor who just took a sailing class. He said that they told him that a s
Cockpit scupper 86H23 Mark Major at 1:29am 05.12.10 Smaller Boats 1/1259 Has anyone installed one?
Cockpit cover for h23 lbyonkers at 6:42pm 05.11.10 Smaller Boats 1/1387 Does anyone have a good photo of a cockpit cover for an h23? I want to make one but need some desig
TAK-tenna Brian D at 6:11pm 05.11.10 SSB and Ham Operators 8/13315 I ordered the TAK-tenna last week and it arrived either Thursday or Friday. I assembled the beast on
Catalina 42 Fuel Gauge Dies Sabor! at 4:11pm 05.11.10 Big Boats 3/2690 The fuel gauge on my 1991 Cat 42 just died the other day. Despite being plenty of fuel in the tank,
boom rigging missing grego at 3:56pm 05.11.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1194 after a long winter my mast was bent (thanks for the help ) replaced mast now thr mrigging on the bo
water in tranny galynd at 3:54pm 05.11.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2082 I just purchased a yanmar 3gm30f with a km3p transmission. Since I live in Texas and the purchase c
Wedlock, Ramsay & Whiting Zaren at 3:06pm 05.11.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2710 I used Steve Wedlock for a recent survey and I'm not sure how high the quality of his work was. The
Installing a Head rgranger at 1:53pm 05.11.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3304 Hello I had this post in the "Ask all Sailor" thread and was directed to bring it here.... My orig
How to look like a Giant Smurf! (2) Tom Hoffman at 1:24pm 05.11.10 Trailer Sailors 12/4370 Sand the bottom of an old white sailboat with blue bottom paint. One side done. http://i90.pho
Ladylove's new home. (2) Ed Schenck at 1:00pm 05.11.10 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1811 Finally!! After nine months I actually got to go on my boat. Ladylove is in such a great spot on D
Installing a marine head rgranger at 11:40am 05.11.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2932 I must be crazy! Okay I said it so you won't have to (I'm nice like that). I have a wife and three
1965 26' Columbia irishseadog777 at 11:02am 05.11.10 Columbia 4/3718 Looking for any info on this ol boat!
Help me design or select a reefing system? OldCat at 10:48am 05.11.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/7208 Can I get some advice about designing a reefing system for my Catalina 22 Sport? The P.O. does not
inside paint (5) eddyguevara75 at 10:30am 05.11.10 Catalina 22 7/1948 I've been cleaning the inside of the boat with bleach. It has mold, so this should help. Today I w

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Barnacle Buster Hayden Watson at 2:01pm 05.13.22 Barnicle Buster is Phosphoric acid so you can likely get it cheaper in the cleaner section of Home D
Charging from a tow vehicle JoeWhite at 1:59pm 05.13.22 Aaron, I have the very same truck. The output voltage of the alternator is about 15 v. These trucks
Barnacle Buster SEMPERAVANTI41 at 1:43pm 05.13.22 I use "Kleen Strip Concrete Etch, Metal Prep and Rust Inhibitor" from Home Depot. It's phosphoric ac
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 1:33pm 05.13.22 How big is the boat's battery? How much does the cooler draw? How often will the cooler run? Boat
Where do you keep the booze? Sailm8 at 1:23pm 05.13.22 Our boat is a scotch boat. We decant into stainless steel storage bottles to avoid breakage. This
Charging from a tow vehicle JoeWhite at 1:14pm 05.13.22 10 gauge wire should be large enough to charge the battery. Your tow vehicle alternator has a regula
Outboard engines on 17 foot daysailer Nomad rgranger at 1:08pm 05.13.22 Pad edantic Accelerating Drive Device Lever Expediters. Oh wait, @jon hansen beat me to it. :cool:
Charging from a tow vehicle dlochner at 1:08pm 05.13.22 How big is the boat's battery? How much does the cooler draw? How often will the cooler run?
Outboard engines on 17 foot daysailer Nomad (1) jon hansen at 12:32pm 05.13.22 205284
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 12:10pm 05.13.22 My first thought is about charging the truck battery. Do you have a heavy duty alternator and batte
Charging from a tow vehicle dlochner at 11:59am 05.13.22 My first thought is about charging the truck battery. Do you have a heavy duty alternator and batter
Barnacle Buster Shagdance at 11:30am 05.13.22 Pumped in fresh water through Raw Water Strainer about 15 gallons just to flush and then pumped the
Washdown Pump inline filter for deck washing Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:02am 05.13.22 I'd use a strainer instead of a filter. Install it above waterline to make it easier to clean. And
Tachometer powers on, but does not show RPM SailingCal21 at 10:37am 05.13.22 Did you ever find the issue? I'm pretty sure that the alternator signal will be a pulsing DC voltag
Outboard engines on 17 foot daysailer Nomad LloydB at 9:43am 05.13.22 Since you already have a go fast boat just go with the electric trolling motor. It's a sailboat, it
Initial 50 hour shaft alignment "adjustment" Yanmar 45 Ralph Johnstone at 9:42am 05.13.22 IMO all boats need to be checked and aligned (one satisfies the other) at least at 50 hrs. after the
600 Watt Inverter Fred at 9:27am 05.13.22 I would do the installation work myself. Its a Samlex 4-Pure Sine Wave. - most portable devices can
Funny Friday!!! Ralph Johnstone at 9:23am 05.13.22 What's the guy in the orange PFD know that no one else knows? The pics were taken on the Symphony
Dutchman "Twist"? LloydB at 9:23am 05.13.22 While reading these post an offhand thought occurred remembering when I had a long curly extension c
Fighting in mast furling again, and I'm loosing. JamesG161 at 9:13am 05.13.22 Check out these links... https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/jammed-in-mast-furling.124993310

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