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First 285 DC panel & water heater qiestion? SoSound at 5:19pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2240 First 285 DC panel ' water heater question? Thanks for bearing with me, I'm working on a lot of thi
Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 4:54pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1994 OK, this is driving me nuts. My 85 H31 has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound
Yanmar 3GMF ranchu56 at 4:20pm 11.04.08 Big Boats 9/1912 Looking for advice. Meter shows 3518.6 hrs on the engine. I only had the boat in the water for 4 mo
A new look to the cabin woodwork (4) Trinkka at 4:17pm 11.04.08 Day Sailers 1/1569 It seems that every year I need to make a change or do some kind of a modification to my O'Day 222.
Depthsounder Question Buck420 at 3:54pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1558 I have an '01 H420 w/ a Raymarine depthsounder. If, in addition to the existing depthsounder, I were
chain plates puckliny at 3:52pm 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1615 I have just purchased a 85' Hunter 25.5. The chain plate for the backstay snapped when the marina h
Breathing new life to an old forward hatch (4) Trinkka at 3:42pm 11.04.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1024 The old hatches that came with some of the O'Day sailboats were prone to break very easy. I don't kn
Uss Freedom Wayne M at 3:27pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1439 Hello everyone I went down to do some work on my boat yesterday. I have it stored at the Milwaukee C
Oceanis 351 sunworshipper at 3:18pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1828 Hi all, New to the forums. I was curious if anyone has any real experience or owns an oceanis 351
Bareboat Martinique and St. Lucia David10790 at 2:07pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1659 Five of us will be chartering in St. Lucia in March. Anyone with experience there? Anyone know whi
Stern pulpit spdycml at 12:57pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/3308 Hello everyone, I'll start by saying that I'm new to sailing and have just purchased a 1976 Cat 27
Winter Boat Cover for Hunter 31 asmits at 10:38am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2848 I'm entering my first winter season with my 2006 Hunter 31. Does anyone know of a supplier for sailb
Abnormal Waves Franklin at 10:38am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1988 http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/11/04/massive_waves_a_mystery_at_maine_harbor
1993 H23.5 Mark H at 10:09am 11.04.08 Smaller Boats 5/1751 Novice question1..Does the boom vang attach from the mast base plate to the same point on boom as t*
Looking for rain guards for Hunter 29' Jan Peters at 9:43am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/914 We have a 1987 Hunter 29 in our sailing fleet. We need to replace the rain guards and are having dif
Access to Electrical Conduit inside Mast liberty at 8:18am 11.04.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2420 My mast lights are inop (anchor, box and deck lights). I had the lights replaced and rewired after
Vent pipes Bob S at 7:27am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1864 I've been searching the archives for info on replacing or clearing a blocked vent pipe. Both the toi
Hunter 25.5 Rudder Specs Rebel Glover at 6:58am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2696 Looking for the dimensions for a 84 Hunter 25.5 rudder. Any help or info on the specs would be much
Hunter 306 LED Navigation Lights and Masthead Anchor/Steaming Light Combo dennisp at 6:52am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/3680
Length of the life lines Legend 40. Vinny at 6:39am 11.04.08 Big Boats 3/1020 I will not be at my boat until this weekend and I wanted to order some netting to keep the dog on bo

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Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) Hello Below at 2:45pm 02.06.22 "Point Roberts is the closest to Vancouver, and my original thought of getting the CBP clearing pro
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? (2) Ward H at 2:18pm 02.06.22 It would help to know the year and model of your C30. On my 93 MkII the DC panel is over the nav sta
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) SoSound at 2:02pm 02.06.22 I naively cleared customs in Port Townsend once and got an earful from the grumpy CBP agent (maybe
Masthead assembly (pulley wheel) dLj at 1:58pm 02.06.22 definately several steps past expiration date.... Keep us posted. dj
Tall ship worker falls to her death RussC at 1:48pm 02.06.22 That is awful. I hope they post a follow up story. I'd like to understand why the harness didn't p
Funny Friday!!! DArcy at 1:25pm 02.06.22 I found this post really disturbing. Mostly because I started to sort it out in my mind with the
Tall ship worker falls to her death rgranger at 1:06pm 02.06.22 That is awful. I hope they post a follow up story. I'd like to understand why the harness didn't pr
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 1:00pm 02.06.22 turbing. Mostly because I started to sort it out in my mind with the realization that no really c
Masthead assembly (pulley wheel) rgranger at 12:53pm 02.06.22 Well.... it looks like you are on your way to a solid solution. It is curious that they welded
Used Parts Stores Online rgranger at 12:48pm 02.06.22 Bacon Sails in Annapolis is a reputable shop for used sails.
Raising the Mast (1) Tater at 12:37pm 02.06.22 Stickinthemud gets 2 gold stars. I rested the top end of the mast on a 6' ladder and the base went i
Tall ship worker falls to her death BigEasy at 11:16am 02.06.22 Hate to hear this; especially when one was taking appropriate safety precautions, by wearing a safet
Magazine subscription renewal alert Leeward Rail at 10:18am 02.06.22 In the interest of keeping my local independent book store open, I just have a standing order with t
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? twalker H260 at 10:17am 02.06.22 If going the relay route you could also do a single larger guage wire, appropriately fused to supply
2022 PacificNW Weather Update Hello Below at 10:16am 02.06.22 Overall: a rather bland, DRY pattern on tap for the next 12 days. No appreciable rain for 12 whole
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? dlochner at 10:07am 02.06.22 This doesn't even make sense ... 4 awg is smaller than 2 awg. Using the notation ga (shorthand for
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? Revolutionary at 10:02am 02.06.22
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? Revolutionary at 9:57am 02.06.22 This doesn't even make sense ... 4 awg is smaller than 2 awg. Using the notation ga (shorthand for
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? twalker H260 at 9:55am 02.06.22
Too many large wires in circuit panel, is it ok to step-down large wires to 10ga for panel interior? Scott T-Bird at 9:42am 02.06.22 I checked a randomly selected electric head to see the amperage/wire size recommendations. The 4ga

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