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december 5th, 1872 jon hansen at 9:22am 12.05.20 Sails Call Lounge 9/661 this was the day the Mary Celeste was found.
Best sailing midsize Hunter with arch & aft jib winches Grip at 5:52am 12.05.20 Mid-Size Boats 16/2267
Com-Pac Suncat Mast Mod (2) Dulinsky at 6:34pm 12.04.20 Com-Pac 3/3324 Removing the sail today reminded me that it's not an easy job. It requires removing the pivot bolts
Thank you all azambella at 6:31pm 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 3/524 Thank you all for the endless supply of great information I wish you all a very happy holiday and a
Brown sludge water in bilge (2) Sandfly at 3:22pm 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 16/4639 Discovered this unpleasantness inside the bilge today. I'm hoping its not from a leaky holding tank.
Purchased 79 Oday 30, and 22 year old title shows G & L Marine as the "Make" , how dio I check the hull number mralph8795 at 1:23pm 12.04.20 Bigger Boats 0/40 How can I get the title changed to reflect the make to be Oday? How can I check the hull number with
1979 Oday hull number ID/ Title shows make as G & L Marine on a 22 year old title??? mralph8795 at 1:14pm 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 2/321 I recentlt purchased a 1979 Oday 30' and the title shows G ' L Marine as the make on the title, how
Catalina 27 (1980) port cockpit locker Paul&Keary at 1:00pm 12.04.20 Mid-Size Boats 10/2129 Hello all, We just purchased our first sailboat, a 1980 Cat 27 Tall Rig, traditional layout. I've no
Replacing datamarine transducers with Raymarine? michaelapk at 11:31am 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1785 I'm in the process of doing a refit on my '86 Ericson 30+ including updating electronics. I am likel
4JH3E fuel cut-off solenoid Valiant1 at 9:55am 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 2/889 When running my Yanmar 4JH3E (2000 year), is it possible that the electric fuel cutoff solenoid coul
Hacked? Crazy Dave Condon at 8:57am 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 41/3716 Recently, Phil Herring advised to change passwords. Some may have while others not. SUGGEST YOU D
New Boat Owner Help sailormanbigd at 7:43am 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 92/8755 Hello all boat owners. I just purchased a 1979 Legnos Mystic 30 cutter! It looks to be in very good
Catalina 38 vince.landseadal at 5:41am 12.04.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/2518
Need new motor throttle Erbardy at 4:05am 12.04.20 Ask All Sailors 4/722 Any advice on a side mount outboard motor throttle? I would like to to be flush (low profile) and i
trailer specs SailingLoto at 7:12pm 12.03.20 Ask All Sailors 13/1267 I am sure the same or similar questions have been asked. I have acquired an S2 8.0 this spring I wo
Damaged fin keel bottom. Can yard move blocks? greatbluedepths at 7:10pm 12.03.20 Ask All Sailors 19/1710 So I ran aground and scraped up the bottom of the fin keel, decent 1/2"+ gouge in there. There don'
ST1000 Tiller Autopilot installation Beneteau First 20 Gerryknight99 at 5:58pm 12.03.20 Trailer Sailors 8/1515 Has anyone successfully installed one of these on a Beneteau First 20. If so. How was the 18" dimens
Hunt for a 310 Don Martens at 3:10pm 12.03.20 Catalina 310 11/1761 After looking at 30's, 34's, 310, and 36, my wife and I have narrowed our boat search to a 310. See
Catalina 27 sail question hdelorenzi at 2:46pm 12.03.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/994
Cockpit cushions Leein207 at 8:06am 12.03.20 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1089

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Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. dlochner at 5:20pm 08.23.24 I'd say you are safe. The only thing I'd caution you on, be sure to not deplete the batteries below
Kirie Elite 29 Ulysses_Dan at 5:19pm 08.23.24 Thanks for your reply! I may need to break out the chisel. The bottom nut looks a bit corroded and
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. dLj at 5:14pm 08.23.24 I'd say you are safe. The only thing I'd caution you on, be sure to not deplete the batteries below
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. dlochner at 5:04pm 08.23.24 The battery and solar charger are sold as a compatible set, where that compatibility includes the s
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine (2) jviss at 4:23pm 08.23.24 Westerbeke sells spare parts kits for their engines. Westerbeke PARTS KIT A - o Harbor Freight an
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. Kings Gambit at 3:15pm 08.23.24 The battery and solar charger are sold as a compatible set, where that compatibility includes the se
Cell Phone Boosters SkiingSailor at 3:11pm 08.23.24 I use a Weboost cell booster. In areas with sketchy coverage (1 bar coming in/out), lots of them her
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine Ralph Johnstone at 3:08pm 08.23.24 Forgot to mention that you may be able to find your shop maintenance manual and/or parts manual for
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. dlochner at 3:00pm 08.23.24 There are some ifs here. Are the batteries LiFePO4 batteries or some other chemistry? Is there a co
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine LastDiveBernie at 2:54pm 08.23.24 Thanks Ralph! Much appreciated.
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Hello Below at 2:54pm 08.23.24 Sue is 5'-6" and I have full standing headroom at 6' so she should be fine. Yes . . . maybe. A typ
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine Ralph Johnstone at 2:45pm 08.23.24 Haven't ever heard of any spares kits out here. Very easy to sit at your desk with a parts catalogu
B&G Foward Scan Questions Ralph Johnstone at 2:40pm 08.23.24 A simple and inexpensive method of entering shallow waters is to take a dinghy into an anchorage or
Hunter 40.5 diesel heater Windpilot at 2:13pm 08.23.24 I have a Webasto AirTop with two outlets in the master cabin. Where did you find space for the duc
Megayacht Bayesian sank dlochner at 2:13pm 08.23.24 If the crew would have closed the big openings as the storm approached, this would likely have just
Megayacht Bayesian sank jssailem at 2:08pm 08.23.24 You live as a passenger on a great big yacht; closing hatches and maintaining watertight integrity i
Cell Phone Boosters jviss at 2:03pm 08.23.24 Thanks, but I don't really need Starlink. I just need to boost the cell signal, mostly for data, in
B&G Foward Scan Questions (2) jssailem at 2:02pm 08.23.24 The reason we install the sonar transducer near the bow is to enable the return signal to give us in
Treadmill alternative for the boat. mermike at 1:58pm 08.23.24 Exercise bands work great.
Treadmill alternative for the boat. Hayden Watson at 1:51pm 08.23.24

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