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Help Running with the wind KandD at 7:52pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 8/1858 Not sure if this is the place... but I went out for a sail today and tried to run wing and wing with
Pedestal for Catalina 42 Salon Table lavie423 at 5:04pm 03.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1586 To appease my first mate and make for a happy crew, I built a cabinet to support the salon table for
Mixing elbow sail361 at 5:39pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1968 I have a simple question for you motor heads. I tore apart my heat exchanger today to check it and c
SD 20 oil seal in water replacement? tsmwebb at 3:57pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2370 I'm back in La Paz, Mexico because one of my saildrives has started to leak a bit of tranny oil out
Irwin 31' Citation JoeD at 3:31pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/10811 Looking at a 31" citation. It has damaged mast strp and floor grid. Looking for any information that
Floor grid JoeD at 3:26pm 03.21.09 Irwin 1/1992 Looking at a 31' Citation. The mast step is broken and floor grid damaged. Anyone know any thing abo
can someone start a thread on how to properly wax a boat? (1) luvitt at 2:55pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2255 sounds silly, but i've not had good results in the past. I guess there is some trick, or special sa
Measurement question for PSS shaft seal Ken Honeycutt at 2:35pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 0/40 I want to install a PSS shaft seal before splash down this spring so I took some measurements today.
Plastic Clips (1) AndrewB at 2:33pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 5/1405 Does anybody know where I can purchase some new plastic clips for the hindge of our hatch. Photo is
Store survey Phil Herring at 1:46pm 03.21.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1903 First, I want to thank everyone who responded to our store survey. We received many, many responses
Skylight Replacement; hardware or not Mysterious Ways at 1:23pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 1/1342 I was once told that when replacing the skylights I should not have the corners of the new acrylic d
Rolly Tasker 14' (4) jhesh at 1:19pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1563 Hi all, First post here, hope I do it right. I have what I think is a Rolly Tasker daysailer. I d
New 6 horse tohatsu captian dave at 11:11am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2570 I've been looking on the internet for a new outboard. I been looking at the Tohatsu 6 HP extra long
Deck core replacement project Ed Schenck at 11:10am 03.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2722 Here's a topic that has been covered many times, cutting out and replacing wet and rotten deck balsa
New electric item Ron20324 at 10:29am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1865 New (to me, at least) at the Home Depot store: It is an AC adaptor, 30-amp male (plug) connector to
how to get internet onboard thru your cell w/o paying extra. (2) luvitt at 9:11am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2275 Im surfing from the boat now, on the hard in the boatyard. Im way out in the country with no wifi,
320 furling line Bill C320, Papillon at 8:11am 03.21.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/2553 Anyone know the factory recommended diameter of the headsail furling on a 320 mark II?
To Blister repair or not?? Mich222 at 6:39am 03.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1496 a
prospective macgregor owner LDM at 5:56am 03.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1226 I looked at a MacGregor Venture 22 (70's) for sale yesterday. The roof of the interior is peeling. I
broken mast by spreaders Whim Sea at 3:44am 03.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1520 Was help a guy who has a broken mass near the spreaders, Is there any repair kit or splice kit for t

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Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? jviss at 5:45pm 02.25.22 Perhaps you misunderstood. The Link 2000R time sequence appears to be for charging with the altern
Another Ship is burning. jviss at 5:31pm 02.25.22 Tesla is going to LiFePo4: Tesla switches all standard-range vehicles to LiFePo chemistry
Fuse ratings jviss at 5:29pm 02.25.22 You can fast forward it to the 44 min mark Thanks. That's actually pretty good! There's a way t
Another Ship is burning. Davidasailor26 at 5:26pm 02.25.22 You can get quite a bit of "excitement" from the combustion of a lithium battery of the kind in car
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 5:20pm 02.25.22 seamanship boys, some of you need to tighten up your game :cool: Thanks for the lecture. I alway
Fuse ratings leo310 at 5:15pm 02.25.22 You can fast forward it to the 44 min mark
Fuse ratings jviss at 5:13pm 02.25.22 If you want to see what will happen placing a fuse wrong place watch this, its almost at the end of
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jon hansen at 5:13pm 02.25.22 flame and smoke go up, fresh air might be found down low. prolly on your hands and knees just to bre
Need bimini advice BobSpaniol at 5:12pm 02.25.22 Thank you so much for your referrals to Sailrite and West Marine. Will definitely check those out.
Another Ship is burning. jviss at 5:12pm 02.25.22 Cool video, but those are elemental lithium batteries, not lithium ion batteries used in cars and m
Fuse ratings leo310 at 5:12pm 02.25.22 If you want to see what will happen placing a fuse wrong place watch this, its almost at the end of
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Stu Jackson at 4:58pm 02.25.22 I don't think this is correct. I can set mine to terminate ACCEPT based on time or charging curren
Another Ship is burning. Davidasailor26 at 4:47pm 02.25.22 I don't think that's so. Check this video, where he takes apart a Li-Ion battery and drops the lit
venture 17 cockpit drain tgrayson at 4:40pm 02.25.22 thanks for all the information,going to do a lot more work on the inside,i see a support under the
New Catalina 30 Owner jeepbluetj at 4:32pm 02.25.22
Another Ship is burning. jviss at 4:31pm 02.25.22
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Davidasailor26 at 4:28pm 02.25.22 Depending on how DIY you want to go it should be possible to do this with a microcontroller like the
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

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