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Just Bought a O'day 22 - Now What to Upgrade first?? (9) damoses1 at 8:37pm 03.25.10 Day Sailers 23/15241 Bought an O'day 22 - JUST POSTED PHOTOS - Any Must Haves? solar power - fishfinder - porta potty He
Question regarding homemade furlers cwkemp at 8:29pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 9/3840 I have studied a couple of clever designs for homemade furlers for hanked on headsails using PVC pip
Need a Source... rpell46 at 7:45pm 03.25.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1365 Hi all, Took a hit from another boat passing my slip. He destroyed my bow pulpit !! Fortunately
bow pulpit carrollertel at 6:51pm 03.25.10 Ericson 0/2307 I Need A Used Bow Pulpit For My 1973 E-27.also I Am Looking To Replace My Teake Grab Rails But Can't
Advice on Packing Glands stephen Penny at 6:35pm 03.25.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/3672 My 1987 sailboat has a plastic packing gland. I would like your input on how you adjust it to ensure
Yuk, yuk, YUK! RobG at 6:28pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2349 Guess what I did on Sunday? My nose hairs are all gone, my lungs are permanently polluted and the EP
1984 H31 Polar Chart MOTHER OCEAN at 6:02pm 03.25.10 Racing 3/2981 Does anyone have the polars for a 1984 hunter 31 with deep draft, 5'6", and 150% head sail and would
Inspecting a used inflatable dinghy RonRelyea at 6:02pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2049 Does anyone on the forum have suggestions on what inspection criteria to use when looking at a used
wheelpilot for hunter 34??? gatekeeper236 at 5:49pm 03.25.10 Big Boats 9/1728 I got my 84Hunter34 two months ago,and put it back in water this month and want to install a wheelpi
11 Year Test Report - Sol Tron / Star Tron (5) Maine Sail at 5:23pm 03.25.10 Musings With Maine Sail 18/7280 As promised, for those who dropped in on my post from a few weeks ago, I cut open my 31 year old fu
Sea Furl 5 Owner's Manual MoonSailer at 5:00pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 5/4150 My boat has a Sea Furl 5 furler. I have no owners manual and can't find one on the web. Pompanette
Nuteak Deck (1) Great_Lakes_Crosswind at 2:44pm 03.25.10 Catalina 30 2/2000 Does anyone know where I can find deck plans that show shape and deck layout? I want to cover my wal
Spring may be here (4) JWH2050 at 2:08pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1720 We are leaving tomorrow on our journey down the Arkansas River that we started in 2008. We started a
What's the story with heeling? Newbie Sailor at 1:58pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 39/10456 We just started sailing last summer for our first time. It was amazing until we got caught up in a
Concrete Docks All U Get at 1:01pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 25/7940 Hi all, I was recently talking to our marina owner about the winter storms and damage to the docks.
Suggestions for OB motor for 14' Javelin sailingtrouble at 12:44pm 03.25.10 Day Sailers 1/1305 I'm looking for some suggestions for an OB motor for our 1967 Javelin. We need a bit of help getting
New rudder for my H260 pfchenier at 12:25pm 03.25.10 Smaller Boats 2/1236 Hello, I'm in the process of changing the foss foam rudder (H260) I have to a Idasailor.I'm not s
outboard or Rudder Steering?? rod1029 at 12:15pm 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 15/7440 So here is the Question at hand: does one control the vessel with the rudder, or with the direction
VC-17 thinner Pat T at 11:42am 03.25.10 Ask All Sailors 7/10466 It's that time again. Finally. I read in a previous post that VC-17 can be thinned using isopropyl a
Hunter 23 Sliding Hatch Question MrUnix at 10:35am 03.25.10 Smaller Boats 6/4183 First off, I'd like to say hello to everyone and introduce myself as this is my first post here. T

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Fuse ratings Davidasailor26 at 8:17am 02.25.22 The voltage is a maximum as some others have said. No harm done from using a 24V, 110V or 240V fuse
Yanmar 2GM20F cooling problem Ralph Johnstone at 8:13am 02.25.22 Greased up the impellor with vaseline and it turned easily Not the end of the world but better to
Fuse ratings Brian D at 8:10am 02.25.22 The voltage rating of a fuse is the maximum voltage that it can safely interrupt. If the voltage is
Fuse ratings Ralph Johnstone at 8:07am 02.25.22 It's early, I haven't had my coffee yet, the parrot is chewing on my ear for attention so maybe I'm
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (4) Jeff2642 at 8:06am 02.25.22 Thank you! Are you going to replace with the standard 20 gal tank or enlarge capacity? or a 2 cell
Fuse ratings Hello Below at 7:47am 02.25.22 Fuse blows due to excessive current, voltage has nothing to do with it. You can use it on 110 VAC O
Gel battery update All U Get at 7:38am 02.25.22 Now it is time to Break Them In. For maximum performance Gel batteries should be cycled 15 to 20 t
Fuse ratings JoeWhite at 7:34am 02.25.22 Fuse blows due to excessive current, voltage has nothing to do with it. You can use it on 110 VAC OR
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling jssailem at 7:34am 02.25.22 My mast is deck stepped. There are weep holes at the mast base to allow the water to flow out over t
Fuse ratings Ilanortho at 7:30am 02.25.22 Now if you have a glass fuse protecting your VHF take a close look at it it may say 240 or 110 volt
Macgregor 22 Pop-Top Tent spedpetsman at 7:20am 02.25.22
Fuse ratings leo310 at 7:13am 02.25.22 Now if you have a glass fuse protecting your VHF take a close look at it it may say 240 or 110 volt
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling sailingdeac at 7:11am 02.25.22 SO..... From the above image, it looks like the design was to allow water to flow from the aft edge
Fuse ratings Brian D at 7:00am 02.25.22 I understand that the amp rating is irrelevant if the voltage exceeds the voltage rating of the fuse
Fuse ratings Don S/V ILLusion at 6:50am 02.25.22 Fuse melts based on power generated; in this case P=I (V) so the power to blow the fuse is 240W V=I
Fuse ratings Ilanortho at 6:47am 02.25.22 I think this provides some material for discussion. If you use Ohm's law to get the fuse resistanc
What are these. mikeracca at 6:30am 02.25.22
Fuse ratings RitSim at 6:24am 02.25.22 I think this provides some material for discussion. If you use Ohm's law to get the fuse resistance
Need to Replace a Reading Light, or its Switch jviss at 6:19am 02.25.22 Sometimes, a squirt of silicone spray and exercising the switch can clean it up. That's true. Per
Another Ship is burning. jssailem at 6:04am 02.25.22

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