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Sealed with a bow (and a stern, too) Phil Herring at 6:31pm 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1149 How do you prep your boat for winter? While this varies depending on your latitude, it's a great op
Forestay and furling genoa David B. at 5:30pm 11.13.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2241 I bought a 26M from a person who told me the original connector on his furling genoa failed twice.
Winter Jackstands and Blocking (1) lehighsail at 3:44pm 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 18/3984 I am somewhat aware of jack stand technique for winter storage on the hard and that the boat rests o
De Persia Automatic Bailer jeffmalarik at 1:51pm 11.13.21 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1367 Where can I find a pair of De Persia Automatic Bailers for Oday 15? Is there an alernative?
I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Profile model that it seems would fit. Thoughts? Bill Martin PEI at 1:12pm 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 3/623 I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Pr
Lifting Sling Points for Hunter 40.5 - Help smokey73 at 11:54am 11.13.21 Big Boats 5/1171 1994 Hunter 40.5 My hull was repainted and the sling points are no longer marked on the hull. I"l
Painting water ballast lifting Dennis1390 at 9:47am 11.13.21 Ask All Sailors 1/417 how to lift a Catalina 250 wb for painting? concerned about damage to water ballast system. thx
recirculating ball bearing outhaul car rebuild (2) sf34dtw at 9:34am 11.13.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/3611
Need an oil pan for a Perkins LD 20663 (Marine 4.263 diesel) Billy_Pilgrim at 8:49am 11.13.21 Parts Search 1/643 cracked the oil pan in my s/v and having trouble sourcing a new one for the swap. i understand the 4
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Calif. Ted at 7:22am 11.13.21 Sails Call Lounge 11/1834 I'm 60 miles downcoast from Los Angeles and it looks like a floating village of container ships all
Replace Traveler on 35S5 KGarvey at 4:07am 11.13.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/692 I'm looking for information on removing a Amiot traveler on a 35S5 and replacing it with a Harken. I
Wiring Raymarine Digital Radar with new and old cable smokey73 at 8:01pm 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 2/724 I had damage to my radar cable from a Raymarine Digital radar and had to cut it. I bought a new Ray
Stray Induced Current (2) smokey73 at 4:43pm 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 21/2309 When my Generator is running and I measure the current on the Green Wire shows 0.33 A with the readi
Tips on Finding a Deck Leak - 2007 Hunter 41DS (1) dkinzer at 1:16pm 11.12.21 Big Boats 11/1655 It has been raining very heavily for several days now in the Portland area. I was at the boat this m
Keel to hull joint Arrgh at 11:20am 11.12.21 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3097 What does everybody think about fiberglassing the keel to hull joint. Is this an area best left alo
Slips in Tampa area JohnnyMac at 6:56am 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1435 I am looking to relocate my boat to the Tampa Bay area and having difficulties finding a marina. I a
Oceanis 41/45 - has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? (3) braddexter at 5:13am 11.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1726 Has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? This looks a nightmare! It's now full of calc
Replacing a thru hull on a Newport 30 mk 3 (1) bil1215 at 2:28am 11.12.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1275 Hello, I am currently attempting to replace a thru hull on my Newport 30 it was damaged while remov
They made the cover of People Magazine (1) Kermit at 5:13pm 11.11.21 Sails Call Lounge 29/2499
H41 prop, please tel me with prop do you have Valerio at 4:32pm 11.11.21 Big Boats 21/2253 I have a 45 hp yanmar with 3 fixed blade prop 18 x12 Today i have installed a used Max Prop and i p

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Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Will Gilmore at 5:42pm 03.17.25 Arrowhead Industrial Services, Inc. 3537 South NC 119 Graham, NC 27253 CA1998040008 IA01 Joe Cassid
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (1) jssailem at 5:25pm 03.17.25 I chose to use a Racor 500MA when I installed a replacement for the original Ford Diesel Motor filte
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 4:47pm 03.17.25 What kind of crimper are you using? I forget the brand, decent crimper. I bought it from Mainesai
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 4:23pm 03.17.25 All great points and thank you for them. I grew up boating and spent a significant amount of time o
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Foswick at 4:21pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversation
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? JoeWhite at 4:11pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pla
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Calif. Ted at 4:10pm 03.17.25 I replaced the filter assembly for one with a metal bowl a few years ago. The metal bowls ~ $100, wh
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:31pm 03.17.25 ring terminals \| McMaster-Carr Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Th
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:28pm 03.17.25 Newark electronics , Hamiltom Marine are two reputeable sources Thank you. I will check them out.
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:27pm 03.17.25 I have been using a rachet crimp tool on all types of terminals. Just a part of the project rebuild
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:21pm 03.17.25 Any decent hardware store soon became my favorite marine store! :) Get regular terminals and seal
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:20pm 03.17.25 Is there a difference between crimping non-heat shrink and heat shrink terminals? I have both and
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal colemj at 3:20pm 03.17.25 To my knowledge, only a Class-T fuse meets this requirement. There are other forms of fuses that
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 3:07pm 03.17.25 Yes there is. The standard non heat shrink connectors leave a dimple in the crimp. If you look at t
Source for bulk ring terminals? (4) sailcapt340 at 3:00pm 03.17.25 Yes there is. The standard non heat shrink connectors leave a dimple in the crimp. If you look at t
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Richard19068 at 2:40pm 03.17.25 ... but CNG tanks used in transportation can't be re-certified. dj Exactly. That's why I suggeste
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal MFD at 2:20pm 03.17.25 One nice thing about LifePO4 batteries is the BMS. You can shutdown the charge and discharge circuit
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP dLj at 1:42pm 03.17.25 Places like that deal with CNG tanks used for transportation fuel. They are not likely going to hav
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? dLj at 1:39pm 03.17.25 This is what makes me understand that I haven't explained this very well. This isn't at ALL what we

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