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New Main Sail for H26 Doug J at 3:30pm 05.06.21 Smaller Boats 7/798 I'm think of getting a new Main Sail for my H26. I know there have been many posts with recommendat
Webasto Thermostat Contoller acting up (1) skunther at 2:43pm 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 1/316
Movie Chase scene using sailing catamarans Muttondressedaslamb at 1:01pm 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 19/1665 Having grown up with movies involving car chase scenes such as Bullet, The Seven Ups, and The French
CQD CQD SOS DE MGY MGY - Titanic Sinking Brian D at 10:46am 05.06.21 Sails Call Lounge 7/5736 Back in 1912 when the Titanic sank, the main mode of communications was Morse Code. In order for the
Solar wiring question JP at 9:54am 05.06.21 Catalina 30 14/1564 I am replacing a broken solar panel and adding a new Victron 75/10 controller. I have traced the or
Sea Pearl 21 Sails vsgriffey at 9:30am 05.06.21 Trailer Sailors 2/2566 Hi folks, I recently purchased my Sea Pearl 21 with brand new sails. Unfortunately, the sails are o
Walker Bay Dingy WB10 parts question.... ppro at 9:17am 05.06.21 Parts Search 1/356 Question to the Walker Bay dingy owners...I am assembling a Walker Bay dingy (WB10) from parts....bu
Anchor locker windlass on a First 40.7? schumaam at 9:07am 05.06.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1664 I would like to install an electric windlass in the anchor locker on a 2002 First 40.7. It looks li
Hunter 34 - Fuel Tank Baffles & Modifications swshogren at 8:57am 05.06.21 Big Boats 6/822 Has anyone installed an inspection port into an original Hunter fuel tank for an early 1980s model 3
Hunter 34 - Fuel Tank Baffles Modifications swshogren at 8:47am 05.06.21 Parts Search 0/305 Sorry - posted this to the wrong forum. Reposting to the Big Boat Forum under the same title.
16 Daysailer--selling---price thoughts? Windtherapy at 8:39am 05.06.21 Day Sailers 5/829 Just curious if anybody knows what I could get for my sailboat. I purchased a waterfront home on a r
Catalina 315 Refrigeration compartment air flow? sailingdeac at 8:37am 05.06.21 Mid-Size Boats 3/797 Are there any air flow openings in the compartment where the refrigerator is? I am told the refrig
need a swing keel for a hunter 22 the year is 1981 jeffjk at 8:01am 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 3/314 Hi does anyone know where I can obtain a swing keel for a 1981 hunter 22? Does anyone make them?
Do I need outside jib tracks? AaronD at 7:43am 05.06.21 Catalina 22 9/2128 It's time to rebed my outside jib tracks. They're one of the last bits of deck hardware I haven't at
Good place to mount EPIRB H38 flightlead404 at 7:39am 05.06.21 Big Boats 5/368 I'm looking for a good place to mount my EPIRB. Ideally I want it reachable from the cockpit as w
Hunter 216 keel cable off the pulley... (3) Terriblerabbit at 6:48am 05.06.21 Smaller Boats 8/846 Working on the new to me 216 and need to get the cable back into the pulley.... Anyone have experien
Vinyl Wrap thetone at 6:36am 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 1/544 Hello, I own a 1990 Beneteau 35s5 sailboat. The headliner is falling off and nasty. I need logical r
Hunter 410 Air Con Seawater flow Don Lucas at 4:13am 05.06.21 Big Boats 12/769 I am currently living it up in a marina with almost free electric so am running the air conditioning
Tapping threads in mast ricksoth at 11:52pm 05.05.21 Ask All Sailors 17/3272 I am planning on drilling and tapping 1/4 - 20 thread for SS machine screws to hold an additional cl
Charging house batteries fireboatcaptain at 7:47pm 05.05.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1578 I'm needing to charge my house batteries with the generator after motoring all day. I thought the dr

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new mulitbank battery charger experiences DArcy at 10:45am 02.16.24 Do you have a switch on the house battery output? As it is drawn it is not possible to isolate the
new mulitbank battery charger experiences dlochner at 10:43am 02.16.24 Here is the DC distribution wiring diagram I drew up for my boat. I kept the 1/2/Both switch to all
Bilge pump fuse question? DArcy at 10:42am 02.16.24 I'm not sure why you would want to do that. I wired mine the way the manufacturer's wiring diagram i
Bilge pump fuse question? dlochner at 10:39am 02.16.24 I assume this is the switch: https://d2pyqm2yd3fw2i.cloudfront.net/files/resources/instructions/983
new mulitbank battery charger experiences (1) DArcy at 10:27am 02.16.24 Here is the DC distribution wiring diagram I drew up for my boat. I kept the 1/2/Both switch to allo
Kirie Elite 29 Hat trick at 10:15am 02.16.24 Hey there. Wondering how your restoration project is going? Just got an old 84 kirie elite 29 myself
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina Apex at 9:49am 02.16.24 @LloydB , I am not so sure about that....that was a never-ending stream of thoughts. Not quite sure
1987 Catalina 27 rigging upgrades jssailem at 9:46am 02.16.24 I've recently aquired a 1987 Cataline 27 standard rig I note that you have been a Catalina 22 owne
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina LloydB at 9:19am 02.16.24 three years to complete a post but at least now it won't be a never ending story. thx for the outcom
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC LloydB at 8:22am 02.16.24 A picture would help, was the generator installed by hunter?
new mulitbank battery charger experiences Davidasailor26 at 8:17am 02.16.24
new mulitbank battery charger experiences LloydB at 8:09am 02.16.24 Remove the unused battery from the boat and make sure that the disconnected cables cannot short out
new mulitbank battery charger experiences (1) twodzusfittings at 7:56am 02.16.24 @Davidasailor26 You mean line this:
new mulitbank battery charger experiences JamesG161 at 6:20am 02.16.24 I would explore this before I began... Why did the Xantrex BURN UP? My New Xantrex is wired like
Outboard Transom Mount w4swk at 5:32am 02.16.24 Thank you for the info! I looked at the Catalina Direct mount you have...the photo looks like what I
Outboard Transom Mount danooxnard at 4:32am 02.16.24 I have the 3 spring version of the Catalina Direct motor mount for the C-22. I also have a heavy 9.
Hunter 30 Skeg assessment MikeHoncho at 10:04pm 02.15.24 Didn't mean to imply that the rudder would just fall out. But, losing the skeg and the support that
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? captain69 at 9:41pm 02.15.24
Hunter 30 Skeg assessment Roland5048 at 8:25pm 02.15.24 Hi Roland, good to know, in some other post they claimed that the skeg is not holding the rudder bu
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina rdmerhar at 7:12pm 02.15.24 Sorry for not updating the "true story". I had to go to the State Attorney General to get answers. L

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