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I'm looking for some suggestions. I'm from Atlantic Canada, looking to purchase a boat from the grea
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I have enjoyed using an older Tohatsu 2-cycle 8-horse outboard motor on my Mac 26S that is, until re
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Jabsco needed rebuilding again, so decided to replace entire head with a Raritan Fresh compact marin
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Ok so here is the question and it has probably been answered so asking forgiveness in advance. the
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Hi everyone Centerboard Winch: Has anyone taken out the centerboard winch for repair or maintenance
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Hi, I have a bad pump on my Beneteau 331. I am pretty sure it was replaced with a different pump, I
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I'm a realtive newbie, my first boat at age 60 is a Macgregor 26M which I love sailing - straight. B
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I have NMEA 183, NMEA 2000, and Seatalk all wired together. All of a sudden it just lowers down
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I'd like to get a rough idea of what the cost would be to truck a sailboat across the U.S., say a 40
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Who is the manufacturer of the 361 Oceanis steering? Thanks
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Hey all, you might have seen my other thread about my "new" hunter 40.5 purchase. I am away from th
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I was having a discussion with others in our marina, and debating the pros and cons of covering a bo
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I've just joined this forum and would be interested to hear if any other member knows why so many of
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I upgraded from a 25 to a 272 LE this past summer. I have never winterized a boat or anything before
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The cabin sole in my forty year old boat needs to be replaced. Spent yesterday tearing the old Teak
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Hiii all, We had our boat launched last week and needed some masthead work done. As we set up for
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We are the new owners of a Beneteau Oceanis 43, 2008. We have in-mast furling and now need to replac
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We purchased a 83 Hunter 34 approximately one year ago. The surveyor checked the the compression po
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Does anyone have a picture of where the engine bilge blower on the Hunter 42 Passage is suppose to v

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Small draw on starter battery
skunther at 8:01pm 07.03.25
Probably some parasitic load which is always on but will draw more current as voltage decreases bec
Small draw on starter battery
skunther at 7:47pm 07.03.25
Could you show where you are noticing this current? Do you have a separate battery monitor for the
Servicing keel winch   (1)
newsailor72 at 7:45pm 07.03.25
Actually, I think it's probably beyond repair, thinking about getting an electric winch from harbor
Solar controller overcharging batteries
dlochner at 6:31pm 07.03.25
Without the supporting Victron ecosystem, they do not know the exact battery voltage or temperature
My Water Pump Impeller "Adventure"
Clutch Cargo at 5:20pm 07.03.25
I have been looking at those for a long time and have not been able to find so thanks for the tip on
Ratchet block recommendation.
colemj at 5:10pm 07.03.25
I believe the majority of boats on this forum are well under 40' and don't have electric winches.
Solar controller overcharging batteries
colemj at 4:15pm 07.03.25
What are Victron MPPTs shortcomings? The only one I can think of is the daily rebulk. They work ver
Ratchet block recommendation.
Ward H at 3:37pm 07.03.25
I believe the majority of boats on this forum are well under 40' and don't have electric winches.
Sailing Instruments
Tally Ho at 3:21pm 07.03.25
I just bought a new Raymarine T120 wireless wind transducer (was Tack Tick). $750 plus tax :yikes:
Solar controller overcharging batteries
Johann at 3:21pm 07.03.25
For all the fanboys Victron cultivates, they are not the best of the top tier, and have shortcoming
Unreliable shore power
BAD ORCA at 3:18pm 07.03.25
Correct. I forgot my clamp on amp meter and so did the electrician. "The man" doesn't want me in
Ratchet block recommendation.
BAD ORCA at 3:09pm 07.03.25
It takes some experience to know when the resistance on the line is normal and due to wind conditio
Unreliable shore power
SycloneDriver at 3:00pm 07.03.25
Yeah I agree. It could simply be that all the boats together are drawing more amps than the breake
Air conditioning
Ward H at 2:59pm 07.03.25
Nice little setup.
Air conditioning
Don S/V ILLusion at 2:46pm 07.03.25
You could increase the airflow rate (and therefore cooling) by replacing the corrugated hoses with s
Ratchet block recommendation.
colemj at 2:43pm 07.03.25
"OH, You should never put a furling line on a winch !!!!" They just didn't know what they were ta
Ratchet block recommendation.
dlochner at 2:35pm 07.03.25
There was even a link in another forum from a Harken manual thats says its ok to use a winch on the
1979 hunter 30 mast support and hot water heater
Intrepid-II at 2:26pm 07.03.25
Here are just some of the posts on the subject of the H 30 mast step repair/replacement: https://f
Ratchet block recommendation.
BAD ORCA at 2:18pm 07.03.25
This seems to be a popular viewpoint. I found out that was the case after using a winch on both my

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