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Don't you HATE it when......... Bad Obsession at 11:31am 03.05.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1940 you are at home figuring out a plan to do something on your boat. When you get the boat you check t
Identifying Bottom Paint Marc14857 at 10:35am 03.05.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1654 Last year, my dealer had to make some warranty repairs to the bottom paint on my H44 as they had not
Now Those were REAL Boat Builders (1) John at 10:04am 03.05.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1563 While on a vacation in Mexico last week, I read "The Ra Expeditions" by Thor Heyerdahl. Probably lot
Foot-o-mania? Valentina at 9:21am 03.05.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/3196 I confess...been cheating on my Mac... Ever since I got a chance to race a 33ft, my Valentina seems
World's Strangest Yacht Club Tim R. at 9:08am 03.05.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1852 How about sailing on a lake that only has water about every 8-10 years and the water is so dense tha
intake strainer (1st time poster) ybrad at 8:07am 03.05.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1476
fiberglassing hole through keel. Drilled out to drain boat. luvitt at 4:44am 03.05.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3374 My boat sank at one point. Its been restored. I have a hole drilled all the way through the hull,
Light craft in a chop Nicky17000 at 3:04am 03.05.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/6091 Hello, I would like some advice on how to improve the handling of our Hunter23.5 when sailing upwind
Favorite "happy" sailing accounts??? MatthewKeith at 8:31pm 03.04.09 Destinations 10/3879 I'll try posting this here though it might cross a few places. I've got a "decade" plan that ends i
Keel Bolts Paul Rake at 8:05pm 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2367 Does anyone have experience replacing keel bolts on a Beneteau 44cc?
Humming trailer sailers guest at 7:21pm 03.04.09 Trailer Sailors 5/3189 Does the Sirius 21/22 hum from the keel cable when sailing? What about other makes?
Cruising on my H37C. Ed Schenck at 6:31pm 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1817 Things that have worked really, really well: new Yanmar 3YM30, old Simrad WP30 has steered all the w
H37C Ladylove and Lady Luck Ed Schenck at 6:21pm 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1308 In an earlier episode Ladylove had her one really bad day on the water. We have been so lucky wit
AC on green light (4) paulj at 3:27pm 03.04.09 Catalina 310 5/2116 Replaced burned out AC- on green light. Installed a new green light from Radio Shack 120v. paulj:t
Plumbing fitting question Bad Obsession at 3:13pm 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1601 How come you can buy a Y fitting for 3/4 inch plumbing. Seriously, they make T fittings but you can
Pedistal table night light. (1) paulj at 3:02pm 03.04.09 Catalina 310 2/1739 Finally got around to installing the LED nite light. Three way switch.... white /off /red. paulj :
Hot Water PVC Hose - Temp Ratings Maine Sail at 2:00pm 03.04.09 Musings With Maine Sail 20/8036 Here's a question for the group. I have already posed this question to both Jim the product manager
Spring Maintenance (1) Warren Milberg at 11:54am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 14/1867 With a March 30th launch date on the books, I'm starting spring maintenance this weekend, regardless
H37 Cutter Sails and Rigging Tha Gaol at 11:06am 03.04.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1574 I have a 1980 Hunter 37 Cutter I purchased about 6 weeks ago. When it arrived here in Seattle from
Small crack in the wing keel (2) Bob S at 10:02am 03.04.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2259 When i pulled the boat last fall I noticed a small crack along the wing of my keel. I'm not sure how

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Balmar battery monitor and ACR Stu Jackson at 8:43pm 02.18.22 The same could be said to be true of paralleled banks with coulomb counters. I've had my Link 2000
Balmar battery monitor and ACR Mark Maulden at 8:21pm 02.18.22 Dave, it is wired as you state. Yes, talking about the sg 200. When the ACR is connecting the house
LiFePo4 Refresh jviss at 8:07pm 02.18.22 I'm gradually absorbing knowledge about LFPs and BMSs. It's funny, some things that are probably co
Replacing jib cars with Harken track? jviss at 7:55pm 02.18.22 I have a few questions, if you don't mind. First, how did the sheaves get flat spots on them? Wher
Defender Sold shemandr at 7:23pm 02.18.22 This is big. Will there still be hot dogs at the spring sale event?
Greatest knot tying in the world Will Gilmore at 7:06pm 02.18.22 WgSwvDkJVxE -Will
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (1) sailingdeac at 7:04pm 02.18.22
Replacing jib cars with Harken track? Davidasailor26 at 6:58pm 02.18.22 Have you looked a Lewmar? Good suggestion. I had looked before and saw they had T-track cars, but
2022 PacificNW Weather Update mermike at 6:12pm 02.18.22 Perfect. I'm sailing to PT and hauling out on February 28.
Defender Sold mermike at 6:00pm 02.18.22 Welp, another one down the tubes.
Greatest knot tying in the world mermike at 5:59pm 02.18.22 I don't know why but that really made my day.
Replacing jib cars with Harken track? dlochner at 5:58pm 02.18.22 Have you looked a Lewmar?
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling Davidasailor26 at 5:11pm 02.18.22 From the look of the photo of the mast base plug it seems like there are big holes for water to esca
Greatest knot tying in the world Davidasailor26 at 4:59pm 02.18.22 Maybe. But the real test is if you can untie it after the tide comes in. :biggrin:
Balmar battery monitor and ACR dlochner at 4:47pm 02.18.22 I assume you are talking about an SG200 from Balmar. A good battery monitor is key to understanding
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 4:39pm 02.18.22 I like SBO as a source. Before I bought from SBO, I established an account with Fisheries Supply in
A few Hunter 306 questions jssailem at 4:29pm 02.18.22 Got info from @Joe Before you start to furl the main, remember you eased the outhaul to add powe
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 4:25pm 02.18.22 Nice one Greg.
Seamanship - World of Wave Craft (1) jssailem at 4:24pm 02.18.22 202742 I saw this image today and shuddered. The waves were not enough, there has to be lightening
Seamanship - World of Wave Craft jssailem at 4:21pm 02.18.22

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