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REWIRING - Help Everlong 25 at 3:31pm 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1220 Okay, spring is just around the corner and I promised myself that I would replace the 34 year old wi
Sailing today - Solomons Island, Chesapeake Bay garylinger at 2:30pm 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2286 After my wife, grandson and I checked on the boat we drove to Solomons Island, MD (the central Chesa
Hunter 216 Outboard Lock? bloomac at 2:02pm 03.07.09 Smaller Boats 4/1271 Does Anyone have any tips on outboard locks for the Hunter 216? Looking at the $80 Stazo, but not
Electrical wiring Nick and shar at 1:58pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1082 We just bought our first boat ever--1980 28 Hunter form the original owner--great guy. New motor/ tr
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal SailorBabe at 1:55pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1272 Can anyone please tell me the correct PSS Shaft Seal Size for a 1989 Hunter 30? The shaft is 1", but
Rudder problem ehelms7477 at 1:32pm 03.07.09 Big Boats 1/1142 I have a 1987 Hunter Legend 40 and the rudder was rubbing the bottom of the hull with a hard starbo
Awaiting the marine survey... yugnoir at 11:04am 03.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1504 Well the sale is now conditional on the marine survey, hope all goes well cause I've already made so
Long shaft vs Regular shaft Motors itsagoodthing at 10:01am 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1814 I just purchase a 1975 22 boat, I read that a long shaft is needed over that of a regular shaft, min
Raymarine ST4000+ paulj at 6:27am 03.07.09 Catalina 310 1/1539 Shell My ST 4000+ auto pilot when activated will not hold course. Boat course will drift 30 degress
sailing withdrawals Chuck Creel at 5:24am 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1396 anyone wanna go sailing week of mar 14th? cant wait to stretch some sails on mobile bay. looking
AC Reverse Polarity Indicator pvanv at 5:16am 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2636 I have a very spartan AC shore power setup, with proper inlet, and double main breaker. This feeds t
Echo Charger Neil McDonald at 11:43pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 64/15936 Before deciding how to upgrade my electrical system, I need a better understanding of the performanc
Steering conversion MLM at 7:57pm 03.06.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1796 Has anyone had any experience with tiller to wheel conversion on a 25' O'Day ( wife wants a wheel, m
New steering brake pads paulj at 7:28pm 03.06.09 Catalina 310 9/1918 Had problem with steering brake not holding. So I purchased a kit from Defender. Pulled all parts of
Ladylove's Best Night Ever. Ed Schenck at 6:33pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2025 Thursday morning at 0810 Ladylove headed under the Seven Mile bridge at Marathon facing a stiff NE b
Pearson 30 Rudder Bushing Repair doublec9 at 6:20pm 03.06.09 Pearson 0/2828 Hello folks, Here's a link to my recent rudder bushing replacement write-up on my Pearson 30. Fun
Proscraper feedback Michel16055 at 6:17pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1260 I'm starting to plan the scraping of the hull of my O'Day 302. I came across a product which I would
first boat heybuddy at 6:13pm 03.06.09 S2 1/1419 S2 owners, I am looking for a first boat and the S2s are always highly spoken of. I am a beginn
30 amp to 110 power strip NCNoviceCouple at 6:04pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 14/9974 I searched the forums and could not find the answer to this question. I have C22 with one battery fo
headsail furler problem John at 5:35pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3387 I have a Schaeffer headsail furler which appears, from their web site, to be the CF-700 model. Over

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What's in your toolkit? Parsons at 8:56am 06.21.21 I love @RoyS list, because it gets to the heart of good preparation - have what you need on-board be
Ok Kids Help my solve a disagreement tkwhalen at 8:53am 06.21.21 To start I have to agree life is easier if I declare her correct which I'd love to do buuut as soon
Sail slugs Justin_NSA at 8:47am 06.21.21 I agree. I ordered many.
Broken screw heads on the impeller cover TimFromLI at 8:44am 06.21.21 Maybe it's just my eyes, but those bolts don't appear to be broken. The one on top looks rounded of
Wind Generator Shopping tkwhalen at 8:42am 06.21.21 Agree with all your input and understand the limitations I'm facing but my current sole objective is
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present (1) Fredct at 8:39am 06.21.21 So this is my goal then: create a new pre-inverter bus as shown in high level overview. Sounds like
Sail slugs Thaniel at 8:38am 06.21.21 Yah likely they are all aged and brittle. I had half of mine go on our first few days of sailing on
What's in your toolkit? dLj at 8:35am 06.21.21 or wrap them in VCI paper when they're stowed. As @RoyS said, wrap well. I'm going to use the VCI
Broken screw heads on the impeller cover Muttondressedaslamb at 8:31am 06.21.21 My perkins 4108 has 6 screws securing the impeller cover to the pump. The screws were heavily corro
Universal M4-30 Spirt34-77 at 8:27am 06.21.21 Ok, thank you gentlemen!
What's in your toolkit? Tedd at 8:08am 06.21.21 ...any brands rust and corrosion resistant? I sourced stainless steel tools for maintaining robots
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Maine Sail at 7:46am 06.21.21 I suspect as much but the inverter could be faulty as well. Is there a way to test? You need to fi
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts duck21 at 7:35am 06.21.21 Awesome--I was really hoping that this was the case (lag bolts), but less and less surprised at the
tachometer not accurate Hayden Watson at 7:25am 06.21.21 Charge bus simply means; anything else charging the batteries when you ran this test? A 3/8" belt
BELT DUST odaydokay at 7:20am 06.21.21 I find this thread very disturbing starting with post #18 and suggest the moderators remove it from
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Fredct at 7:18am 06.21.21 I suspect as much but the inverter could be faulty as well. Is there a way to test?
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Maine Sail at 7:11am 06.21.21 My boat has a common ground and neutral bus for all. There's your problem......
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts tfox2069 at 7:06am 06.21.21 I'll second the idea that they're likely lag bolts. They were on my Jabsco toilet on my 2009 H36 wh
Jabsco Head Swap: Bolts Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:04am 06.21.21 The mounting bolts on ALL marine toilets are lag bolts, so there are no nuts on them...just back the
Compound after wetsand, or straight to wax/polish? Siamese at 6:54am 06.21.21 I have to question your decision not to use a buffer. Highly recommend you use MaineSail's advice o

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