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Port of San Diego To Halt In-water Hull Cleaning Activities In SIYB For Two Months This Winter fstbttms at 8:32am 07.03.21 Ask All Sailors 47/4968 https://www.thelog.com/local/commissioners-approve-8-week-pause-for-in-water-hull-cleaning-in-shelte
LED Anchor Light KZW at 7:17am 07.03.21 Catalina 310 14/3249 Any recommendations/ sources for an LED anchor light on the C-310?
Cockpit Oxidation/Chalky - Polishing Advice Needed econnors at 6:22am 07.03.21 Catalina 22 7/1423 My 1987 Cat 22 cockpit has chalky-to-touch status all over. White dust rubbing off on hands, skin an
Proper Wrench for Stuffing Box Maintenance Monterey385 at 6:20am 07.03.21 Ask All Sailors 33/11426 What is the proper wrench/tool to loosen both the lock nut and tighten the packing nut for a stuffin
Portable solar panels??? Ken Cross at 6:17am 07.03.21 Ask All Sailors 3/734 We rarely need to charge other than shore power because we don't often go more than one night where
Hunter 33.5 - Autohelm ST4000+ Fred at 5:20am 07.03.21 Mid-Size Boats 12/1801
Bleach in water tanks NYSail at 5:16am 07.03.21 Ask All Sailors 13/12805 Hello all. So every season I thoroughly clean my water tanks using bleach with several good rinses.
Roller furling failure 1123581321 at 3:38am 07.03.21 Ask All Sailors 13/1831 I was sailing in 20 -25 kts and my furling line came loose. I had no way to furling the sail. What i
Too much mast rake sirius86 at 3:04pm 07.02.21 Sirius 21/22 36/9527 Second season on a Sirius 21 and I'm trying to get it better dialed-in this year now that we've lear
Arguing with insurance company JeffM at 2:08pm 07.02.21 Ask All Sailors 34/5601 Last year was not the greatest, and for us, it was especially bad as far as sailing. We are on an in
1996 26X foresail rigging jjmcp2 at 2:00pm 07.02.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/823 I'm looking for someone that could help ( I would pay for physical presence) rigging the foresail on
Mounting a chart plotter and maintaining the recommended compass separation Wm. Gill at 10:34am 07.02.21 Ask All Sailors 15/2476 I missed this in my original measurement, and planning. I am making a custom mounting platform for
The SUN celebrates CANADA DAY (1) jssailem at 9:05am 07.02.21 Weather and Forecasting 2/1007 While the grand celebrations of July 1st past have been muted, the Sun was not deterred by Covid or
Mercury / Tohatsu / Nissan small outboard carburetor clean up. portajon at 8:46am 07.02.21 Engines and Propulsion 7/8289 Video of cleaning a Mercury 3.5 hp four stroke carb. All of these motors up to 6 hp branded Mercury
Question about buying Lewmar spare parts (1) AndyL at 8:41am 07.02.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1502 Hello, Both my Lewmar jib sheet cars have some damaged pieces. I could buy new cars but that seems
By the power of the sun... Project_Mayhem at 7:53am 07.02.21 Ask All Sailors 6/693 I'm in the market for a 50-100w solar panel and am having trouble deciding where to mount it. I can
Missing plate on mast (1) ManicFarmer at 7:38am 07.02.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1238 I have been going through sea trials on my newly purchased Hunter 28 and discovered a missing plate
Reconnecting cut transducer cable on Standard Horizon DS35 ricksoth at 7:33am 07.02.21 Ask All Sailors 16/2895 Due to my stupidity I cut the cable between the display unit and the transducer. Can I simply recon
Yanmar GH/HM alternator saddle mount concern (1) lshingledecker at 7:33am 07.02.21 Engines and Propulsion 1/713 I have a Yanmar 3HM35F - alternator question is the same as 2 and 3 GM and maybe even later engines.
Reverse Polarity and Inverter Damage dlochner at 7:21am 07.02.21 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3382 A boater at my marina is claiming his Inverter was damaged because the marina had reverse polarity a

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Beetle Cat PaulK at 4:54am 06.19.25 . I actually own a small boat repair shop in northwest New Jersey. Not fair that you can write
Oil pan full of saltwater !? jssailem at 4:49am 06.19.25 A couple of oil changes is a lot less expensive than a new engine. Also a good survey of the exhaus
R.O. water filter install question colemj at 4:15am 06.19.25
Oil pan full of saltwater !? dlochner at 4:14am 06.19.25 Another route to the oil pan is through the raw water pump. A failed seal could cause a leak. Do y
Trying To Fit New Furler - 1995-40.5 Karl13265 at 2:00am 06.19.25 Thanks will get some photos in the next few days and post them here.
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 skunther at 10:34pm 06.18.25 Circling back on this with a final update. I purchased the rebuild kit from Raritan and replaced all
Fire/smoke/CO2 alarms skunther at 9:55pm 06.18.25 I finally returned them to Costco and purchased a Safe T Alert CO detector. So far so good.
Velcro tape for attaching solar panels to bimini skunther at 9:53pm 06.18.25 I went with magnets. Velcro to be sewn in the fall. So far so good!
Oil pan full of saltwater !? Michael Davis at 8:59pm 06.18.25 A puzzle. If the raw water inlet was closed and the heat exchanger is still full then the exhaust is
Hunter 240 Matt stepping plate reinforcement Rick Webb at 8:17pm 06.18.25 From the picture that plate looks narrower than the Zspar plate on my 23.5. It is probably only an
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries (1) dlochner at 7:21pm 06.18.25 I keep wondering if the problem lies with the neutrals and ground. The ground and neutral should be
Hunter 240 Matt stepping plate reinforcement Dave S W at 7:00pm 06.18.25 I have the same issue with the bracket pulling away from the deck. Have not found a permanent soluti
R.O. water filter install question Don S/V ILLusion at 6:37pm 06.18.25 It's been my experience that when a very complex issue arises that would be impossible to summarize
How to stop false 100% battery status Maine Sail at 4:54pm 06.18.25 Those batts are not 91% efficient more like 80%. Peukert is closer to 1.3.. https://marinehowto.com
Calculated Wind Speed Way Too High Davidasailor26 at 3:46pm 06.18.25 And, I kind of wonder if disconnecting it will just take it offline such that the plotter recognize
How to stop false 100% battery status Johnb at 3:19pm 06.18.25 Notwithstanding all the foregoing if you want your batteries to live long and prosper you need to 1
Calculated Wind Speed Way Too High Foswick at 3:03pm 06.18.25 I don't see how TWS can be calculated in tidal waters from SOG. You can't. I just hadn't thought
H49 New Sails Boiler at 2:51pm 06.18.25 I would like to thank all of the contributors to this post. I finally had a chance to get with the
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries jssailem at 2:36pm 06.18.25 It can be done and I will figure out what in the system is preventing it. Just thought I'd ask arou
How to stop false 100% battery status jssailem at 2:33pm 06.18.25 WOW

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