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Battery Monitor Manufacturers Stu Jackson at 9:57am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 20/4014 A friend of mine recently experienced serious performance "issues" with his battery monitor, and is
No-Skid Maintenance Question philwsailz at 9:40am 05.04.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/925 I have an '87 C-22 that I am cleaning on and getting rady to splash for the season. I accumulated a
Wanted: SB rental / lodging in lower keys in June ktbowles at 9:38am 05.04.09 Destinations 2/2943 My wife and I will be in the lower keys the month of June and would like to rent a 25' to 35' sailbo
Tender Outboard: 6hp vs 8hp druid at 9:36am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 7/9501 Hi Had a kinda busy weekend around the house, and one thing I got "done" was started the old 8hp out
Atomic 4 removal DRSNOOK27 at 9:16am 05.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2294 I would like to talk to people that have removed their Atomic 4 or universal motors from their 27' o
Adding Bow Cleats thagan1 at 8:33am 05.04.09 Big Boats 1/1517 Looking for some advice on adding bow cleats to a 1988 Catalina 36. Would like to add them starboar
Rigging for the first time mfavro at 7:42am 05.04.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1294 I just bought a used 1983 Macgregor 25ft this weekend. Does anyone have some good pictures or diagra
Local Knowledge Gray's Creek BLIGHT at 7:36am 05.04.09 Destinations 4/3317 Does anyone have any "Local Knowledge" of navigation about Gray's Creek which off of the Magathy Riv
V berth Leak H290A at 7:23am 05.04.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1292 Hi all you H290 owners, anyone ever run into a leak somewhere on the starboard side in the V berth?
Best option for repairing sail? CaptianJack at 6:55am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1382 Hello all, We had a violent windstorm a few weeks back and my jib (on a roller furl) was not as ti
Mistral 33 - hydraulic steering issues jack pine at 6:33am 05.04.09 Hallberg-Rassy 2/6301 My Mistral 33 was built in 1972 and has its original hydraulic steering. The steering has been some
Oday 23 Main Sail cover measurements PapaJack at 6:23am 05.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1822 Mast down, need to order main sail cover. Do you know the various standard length and circumferen
Unusual incident Witzend at 4:38am 05.04.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2327 I have not filled my water tank yet, since winterization. I'm on my mooring and wanted to run the en
Single handed vs. family aboard Hermit Scott at 10:18pm 05.03.09 Ask All Sailors 37/3883 We made it to the boat today. There was a point in the day where I wish we hadn't. The wind was not
Bilge issues pmitch at 9:45pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1523 Does anybody know if the area under the two quarter births have drain holes which route back to the
Furling Main Jam Pat Hooyman at 9:17pm 05.03.09 Big Boats 9/3260 Our furling main jammed - it is a Selden mast with a Doyle vertical batten main on an H38. First it
Can't Eliminate Lee Helm - Gremlins??? svwalkabout at 8:49pm 05.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3331 Well... Where to start... I can't eliminate the lee helm problem that I seemed to have built mys
Islander 32 Marc Bjorklund at 8:47pm 05.03.09 Islander 1/3451 I have an Islander 32, Robert Perry design, !972. The fuel tank has developed a leak and needs repl
Adding Reefing Hardware RJMartin at 8:20pm 05.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2414 I need to add reefing hardware to my V224. I have a reasonably good description of a "jiffy-reefing
Catalina 30 Electrical Short C30 3058 at 7:04pm 05.03.09 Catalina 30 8/3601 I have a short in my electrical system that is causing severe battery drain whenever the battery swi

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Sail question shemandr at 4:25pm 02.25.22 I tied to make it as flat as possible. Maybe that makes a difference.
Sail question Capt Robbie at 4:19pm 02.25.22
Another Ship is burning. Davidasailor26 at 4:16pm 02.25.22 Lithium and water don't mix. We worked with that stuff at my first job after HS. As I remember we k
New Catalina 30 Owner Tally Ho at 4:12pm 02.25.22
Sail question Tom J at 4:02pm 02.25.22 The riding sail wasn't very effective on the H356. It didn't stop the range of turning but it did d
Replacing sail slugs Tally Ho at 4:00pm 02.25.22
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? jviss at 3:54pm 02.25.22 This switch to float is based on only two things that the Link algorithm can measure: the charging
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling jssailem at 3:46pm 02.25.22 Why David. That sure looks viable. Selden Engineering comes through again.
Replacing Engine Mounts in a Hunter Passage 42 Terry Cox at 3:36pm 02.25.22 Especially the aft one. Has anyone done that, or does the shipyard have some magic trick to do the
venture 17 cockpit drain topcat0399 at 3:34pm 02.25.22 I have owned two V21 and a V22 sailboat and all of them had a support under the companionway bridge
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 3:32pm 02.25.22 Thank you! Are you going to replace with the standard 20 gal tank or enlarge capacity? or a 2 cel
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler Salt26 at 3:13pm 02.25.22 Finally got this together, it's a still from a video I did that too long to upload to the site. We
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:06pm 02.25.22 Bt the way the photos show a deck stepped, and my mast is as shown On very close observation of
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Tally Ho at 3:04pm 02.25.22 Thx I was considering that too. I had a nice chart plotter with N2K, but no AIS. I had to buy a n
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 3:00pm 02.25.22 A non-damaging extinguisher for electronics? Even pressurized distilled water or a pyrotechnic sort
Fuse ratings (2) jviss at 2:58pm 02.25.22 Since we've gotten off track here, anyway, here's an explanation of how a fuse might behave in a cir
New Fire Extinguisher Regs Davidasailor26 at 2:57pm 02.25.22 A non-damaging extinguisher for electronics? Even pressurized distilled water or a pyrotechnic sort
Hunter holding tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:54pm 02.25.22 I have a1993 Hunter 30T. I may have to replace my holding tank. I have looked online for what siz
BATTERY BANK SETUP Benny17441 at 2:49pm 02.25.22 Suggestion; you already have the basic setup so use it for a few months and see how it meets your ne
Battery options Maine Sail at 2:49pm 02.25.22 The balance issue is real but extremely rare if the batteries are properly commissioned. Thes is as

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