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Finally Home Port seadaddler at 7:34am 01.31.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1566 Well Seadaddler is finally in her home port slip at Burnt Store Marina. It was a great trip over fro
h23.5 roller furling question bad_com_pany at 7:29am 01.31.09 Smaller Boats 4/1485 am new to sailing and still clueless about everything but question is I am getting an order in on a
Xantrex Linklite installation garylinger at 6:53am 01.31.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3773 I just got a Xantrex Linklite battery monitor. I'm sure someone out there has experience with the i
Renault engine problem...Help!! David21149 at 5:00am 01.31.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1174 We've got my Renault RC8D running but with little or no power and acceleration. What are the possibl
Sand inthe Bilge Eric on Selah at 3:39am 01.31.09 Big Boats 6/1911 Last year we took our year 2000 380 from Charlotte Harbor Florida down to the Keys and up the east c
LED Navigation lights jibes138 at 12:07am 01.31.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3321 Anyone using the LED navigation lights? Recommendation for the aqua signal 25 series deck and steam
Jabsco pump cam Ken13559 at 11:12pm 01.30.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2013 Hello Peggy, Some weeks back I've changed the top gasket and joker valves to my Jabsco manual pump.
Looking for someone to sail tagalong at 9:35pm 01.30.09 Sails Call Lounge 2/3896 I am looking for someone to sail my boat from Slidell to Mobile. Job will pay very well and I will
Turnbuckle Selden WANTED NO-Name hardware anikalela at 6:56pm 01.30.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1267 I have a 2005 hunter 33. I am looking to get a Selden knock off if possible. My turnbuckle snapped
Reconnecting... John at 6:46pm 01.30.09 Ask All Sailors 11/1889 Okay, here's another question - maybe just a minor detail. I'll be pulling the keel stepped mast o
Fuel consumption on a 26S Blake at 4:43pm 01.30.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/3194 We are planning a trip to Lake Powell in April. Big lake with few Marinas. I have no idea what kind
Ballast in ODay 22 ? Sea Drifter at 3:25pm 01.30.09 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2066 My ODay 22 (1978) is designed to have 600 lbs lead in the keel. It is fine under sail, and I reef do
Classic Cruiser vrs Modern Cruiser Franklin at 2:02pm 01.30.09 Ask All Sailors 27/4412 I don't want this to turn into a thread war of which is better. It's more of a thread to discuss an
Sail Trim Seminar Don Guillette at 1:54pm 01.30.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/2829 When I lived in So Ca I conducted many sail trim seminars, 2 or 3 of which were under the auspices o
New Running Rigging Coming Soon (2) Maine Sail at 1:20pm 01.30.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2085 I just returned from Yale Cordage from picking up my freshly spliced halyards (WOW is all I can say)
Autohelm ST1000 on a Capri-18 CaptDon01 at 12:47pm 01.30.09 Smaller Boats 1/2061 Anyone install an Autohelm 1000 on their Capri-18? Thinking of the ST1000 vs the ST2000. I think t
Cool things that a digital camera is good for. (1) Ross at 10:49am 01.30.09 Ask All Sailors 18/2658 I had a job today locating some water pipes that would freeze in very cold weather and correcting th
Bilge pump on 26D Nik at 9:30am 01.30.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/4124 How and where is the best way to mount an electric bilge pump in a 26D? The problem I am seeing is
Good vendor report (1) Maine Sail at 5:30am 01.30.09 Ask All Sailors 25/4643 After 20+ years I was due for a new Forstner bit set. While cruising through Fine Woodworking magazi
Gone to Catalina windward54 at 8:34pm 01.29.09 SSB and Ham Operators 6/5039 Weather looks great, mid 70's with a good breeze. I'm hitting the water and heading for Catalina Is

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Fuse ratings jviss at 10:48am 02.25.22 If you use Ohm's law to get the fuse resistance 24=10 amps (R ohms), then the fuse calculates as 2.
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc SEMPERAVANTI41 at 10:46am 02.25.22 Connecting Maretron to chartplotter is great idea. I did it even before I knew Art! The hours howeve
Acquiring a 2012 Marlow Hunter 50... SEMPERAVANTI41 at 10:39am 02.25.22 West marine runs a BOGO sale on Lewmar winches from time to time. I bet it will be way cheaper than
venture 17 cockpit drain tgrayson at 10:38am 02.25.22 floor is solid think it just needs more support,the hull looks good,underneath the floor inside the
Fuse ratings Ilanortho at 10:38am 02.25.22 Ohms law really doesn't apply. At normal current levels a fuse is much more a wire than a resistor*
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD stephen_i_w at 10:37am 02.25.22 My previous boat used a combination of an Axiom 7, the YDNG-02 and the Standard Horizon GX2200. I
Fuse ratings Ilanortho at 10:37am 02.25.22 When faced with discussing what feels like a simple subject, yet the discussion sounds confused, I
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 10:34am 02.25.22 Where do you keep your fire extinguishers? I have one in the closet of each cabin, one under the na
Fuse ratings Ilanortho at 10:31am 02.25.22 The voltage is a maximum as some others have said. No harm done from using a 24V, 110V or 240V fuse
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 10:30am 02.25.22 And look at your fuel lines If it's diesel, unless it's pressurized/atomized, it's not going to ig
Fuse ratings (1) jeepbluetj at 10:30am 02.25.22 Ohms law really doesn't apply. At normal current levels a fuse is much more a wire than a resistor.*
Fuse ratings LloydB at 10:25am 02.25.22 'Is a 10A fuse designated as 24V still a 10A fuse for 12V system? Tech told me yes, Ohm's law says o
New Fire Extinguisher Regs Dalliance at 10:16am 02.25.22 Good article. I actually ordered new extinguishers for the boat back in December. The old ones wil
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Matt White at 10:13am 02.25.22 Thanks @jeepbluetj ! The GX2200 has GPS so I believe I only need the one way comms. Looks like the
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD jeepbluetj at 10:05am 02.25.22 The thread rises from it's grave.... Matt: I assume the Axiom 7 does not have NMEA0183 inputs/outpu
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback Project_Mayhem at 9:40am 02.25.22 Nice! I like your idea of using butyl in the hole before filling. Lately I've been covering the hole
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 9:34am 02.25.22 202950
What are these. SFS at 9:30am 02.25.22 Tarp could be an awning of sorts to cool the boat. Loads from foredeck, hole around mast. (I cant te
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Matt White at 9:24am 02.25.22 @stephen_i_w I am a dummy regarding NMEA connections. I am looking at the NMEA 0183 Gateway YDNG-03
Yanmar 2GM20F cooling problem markwbird at 9:12am 02.25.22 That really should not happen. It's a self priming pump. Just to be thorough you might check the e

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