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Source on breaker pannel peterbud at 5:31pm 04.21.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1555 Does any one know of a good place to pick up the face plate for an 8 spot breaker pannel. I am looki
Barrier coat before bottom paint? bobjames at 5:25pm 04.21.10 Catalina 310 3/2662 Since Winter Dream'n #118 was new she has had yearly coats of VC 17 - I sail in fresh water - Lake E
Need info on Helsen 22 Treetipper at 4:53pm 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 7/12128 I am looking at a Helsen 22 as my first sailboat. The boat is certainly a project boat and needs wo
cleat replacement thomasclay at 2:25pm 04.21.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2209 I recently purchased a 99 mac26. It had a broken mooring cleat on the back right hand side. I have t
refit keel rancmg@comcast.net at 1:35pm 04.21.10 Bigger Boats 3/1580 ok need to reset keel on 272 oday; now my question, has anyone change the keel for a deeper one like
Rasmus forehatch struts JFHPJ at 1:13pm 04.21.10 Hallberg-Rassy 2/12015 The original stainless steel struts supporting the forehatch on our Rasmus 35 no longer hold the hat
Thread to test posts and signatures Mark Ferrick at 12:36pm 04.21.10 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/2945 Although this post will serve the purpose, is there a thread for noob's like me to test my post / si
Transferrable Transducer??? rpell46 at 12:11pm 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2074 Hi all, Just got a new toy for my Cat.30. Bought a Garmin 541s combo GPS/Chartplotter/Sonar. I
A new feature for me?? sailaway78 at 10:49am 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2036 After having a Garmin 498 for over 3 years, I just learned a new feature I never knew existed. It ha
Just started reading a book on sailing Newbie at 10:07am 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 24/3687 I just went to my local library and got a book called singlehandling by Tony Meisler. Has anyone rea
H260 Centerboard Line Replacement rod thread size lcd60 at 9:12am 04.21.10 Smaller Boats 5/2069 According to Pat Adams in this thread found at the info section for Hunter 260's http://hunter.sai
New Hunter 18 (2) Crazy Dave Condon at 7:14am 04.21.10 Smaller Boats 7/2183 Hunter is announcing today the new Hunter 15 and 18 daysailors. Attached you will find two photos
Lost steering on my Mac26x (1) JWH2050 at 6:24am 04.21.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2428 When we were sailing down the Arkansas River we had problems with the steering on my 98 Mac26x. It s
Sailing the Arkansas River JWH2050 at 6:08am 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 1/3084 We made our trip. We went from Morrilton Arkansas to Rosedale Mississippi, (220 miles) Ther weather
P42 rudder well question KD3PC at 5:56am 04.21.10 Big Boats 0/1010 After working on my aft cabin air conditioner (heat) Sunday night, I discovered several inches of wa
Advice on boat cleaning Capn Ellis at 5:39am 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 8/3359 My poor ol' boat's gelcoat is really dull and attempts at restoring it have been less than successfu
Cutting memory foam RAD at 5:13am 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2634 Anyone got suggestions on how to cut memory foam and have it look nice where the cut was?....razor,k
lead keel paint curtisac at 4:05am 04.21.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2585 can someone suggest a good paint for the lead ballast on my oday 23, thanks,curt
Raymarine 6000 Installation Question Ducati at 3:28am 04.21.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2412 I am having a below deck autohelm (Raymarine 6000) installed on our 36.7. It will be done by a pr
Anybody Want To Invest In A Sailing Feature Film? (6) Zblock at 10:58pm 04.20.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1353 Pretty much looking for a large 1980's sailboat to film on somewhere on the Western Coast. I've got

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Screw length to attach T-Track to mast markwbird at 2:39pm 05.13.22 My guess is that the aluminum is about 1/8" thick. So that plus add a little more
Hunter 240 rudder philiefay at 2:23pm 05.13.22 If you are towing with the rudder up, i strongly recommend tying the rudder itself in the up posit
Charging from a tow vehicle dlochner at 2:13pm 05.13.22 The amount of current actually drawn by charging the batteries will be dependent upon the actual loa
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

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