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Solar Panels Jeff H. at 4:51am 10.09.05 Bigger Boats 0/915 Has anyone installed a solar Panel to charge batteries on an O'Day 28. If so what is your experience
Solar Panels Jeff H. at 4:47am 10.09.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/993 Has anyone installed a solar Panel to charge batteries on an O'Day 28. If so what is your experience
difficulty engine start after sail Palmetto Moon at 4:32am 10.09.05 Big Boats 1/1090 After a hard sail to port or starboard the engine is difficult to crank and in my case requires the
New Sails rob19588 at 3:06am 10.09.05 Big Boats 4/1194 Has anyone used Far East Sails for the purchase of new sails? I have a Catalina 36' standard rig an
Evaluating a Cal 2-29 Jim H23099 at 1:48am 10.09.05 Cal 5/8840 A friend and I are looking at a local Cal 2-29 for sale:http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_
Allmand owners where are you? Ctskip at 12:03am 10.09.05 Other Sailboats 9/5565 We just got my very first Allmand last week and we just love her . We are looking for others to shar
First 30E boom Gil at 11:57pm 10.08.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1157 the rear end part of the boom at my First 30E boat just broken.its a Somat made (mast and boom.)i
Bravo Neil Pryde Sails Steven at 7:51pm 10.08.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1653 On my recent trip to the Annapolis Sailboat Show, I met with Neil Pryde Sails. I was looking to poss
Constructing trailer supports Jon76 at 7:11pm 10.08.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/834 All,The weather is getting colder here in Sweden and i preparing to take the boat out of water for
lokking for owners manual for volvo penta rik at 4:26pm 10.08.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1115 Hey everyone !! I'm hoping to find in good condition an owners manual or repair manual particular t
Wild, Unbelievable Claims of IdaSailor Rudder John S at 4:20pm 10.08.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/6979 Today I got to sail my boat in 15 MPH wind with gusts to something else higher. I had a crew of 3 ot
New sailer with a new (to me) boat Merlyn at 3:30pm 10.08.05 Other Sailboats 2/904 Good Morning, all!I just found the forums here, and thought I'd post a quick introduction, and a c
New primary fuel filter location? David21629 at 1:36pm 10.08.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1139
Columbia 24 cradle plans? Craig at 12:43pm 10.08.05 Columbia 1/1708 I need plans for a cradle for my Columbia 24. If I could find a trailer for her I would place her o
NEW Centurion Hurricane owner needs help BobS at 11:34am 10.08.05 Other Sailboats 0/749 Brand new owner of a 2002 Centurion Hurricane. My questions are:1. Does the boat have a "plug" lik
lLOCATION OF SUMP PUMP-30 FOOT CATALINA RICHARD FITZGERALD at 11:21am 10.08.05 Mid-Size Boats 2/1027 i am a recent catalina 30 foot boat owner-1984 and need to find the location of my sump in order to
who builds twin keel or shoal draft sail boats? Paul Tougas at 10:39am 10.08.05 Ask All Sailors 4/4943 Who builds twin keel sail boats? I recently aquired an abandoned 29 foot shoal draft , or twin keel
UPS vs APC chuckwayne at 10:15am 10.08.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1143 Bill,for comparison, here's another picture with the APC
Teach a friend to sail Don Guillette at 8:46am 10.08.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/2324 Mates: A friend of mine called me to tell me he wanted to teach his wife to sail and wanted to know
Brokers ARRRRRGH! Jon at 4:52am 10.08.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1051 Is it just me? I don't get it. I've gone to four brokers local to S. Florida and found it to be a gr

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Hull Damage rukidn at 2:41am 05.07.21 Thanks all. Yes insurance consulted and they are waiting on survey as well. I think yard will take
I cheated today garymalmgren at 12:47am 05.07.21 even if they did not know we were racing. Don't worry, THEY KNEW
Survey day! Flying Jay at 10:56pm 05.06.21 Congrats! I can echo ToddL214 close to the wind, we push her very close a lot and watch and adjust
Tackle for secondary anchor skunther at 10:43pm 05.06.21 I do, however, question your primary. Is it a Genuine Bruce or a knockoff? Even if genuine, 30# s
What Anchor Shackle to get? Galvanized anchor shackle with G4 chain and stainless swivel skunther at 10:39pm 05.06.21
Heads up... really JamesG161 at 10:20pm 05.06.21 Rut Roh... Skylab revisited. Skylab - Wikipedia Hope no one has a sailboat named... Target or Gr
Hull Damage JamesG161 at 10:06pm 05.06.21 You can do Fiberglass repair from the outside. They can us this Product... Lightweight Fiberglass
Hull Damage Ralph Johnstone at 9:04pm 05.06.21 The damage to your hull must be addressed by the marina. I think that when the marina tried to de
Still Racing in Texas Bill19233 at 8:56pm 05.06.21 Had a guy contact me about getting some video of one of our races from his drone and have me put the
Newbie questions. Xstream at 8:54pm 05.06.21 Re: the toilet intake. Most marine heads have this but you don't have to use it--I don't. I flush w
Newbie questions #2 Xstream at 8:50pm 05.06.21 Thanks to all who have commented. It's always good to hear others opinions. This is a mainsheet sy
Embarking on an enclosure project Macboy at 8:42pm 05.06.21 I received the fabric swatches yesterday. After reading so many posts about "another blue enclosure"
I cheated today JRT at 8:41pm 05.06.21 @Captain Larry-DH that is great feedback. We feel in love with the 440 and came close to buying one
The Dinghy Diaries ppro at 8:34pm 05.06.21 Tom The inflatable boat parts web site does sell many of the parts for the Walker Bay dingies. As
Paper raw water impeller gasket - quick Q SV_IdleHour at 7:59pm 05.06.21 thanks much! launching tomorrow, I'll look for it at the chandler
The Dinghy Diaries Tom J at 7:47pm 05.06.21 their main parts supplier at inflatable boat parts web site.. I have heard the inflatable website
Hull Damage Tom J at 7:41pm 05.06.21 This is indeed devastating. We expect the professionals to know better. I had noticed some oil cann
Ignition switch Ken13559 at 7:39pm 05.06.21 https://marinehowto.com/automatic-charging-relays Somewhere in there it says turning the key switch
Charging house batteries JamesG161 at 7:24pm 05.06.21 An isolator is a diode based electrical check valve. An ACR is a relay. And the Grey thing is the
The Dinghy Diaries ppro at 7:05pm 05.06.21 SFS That helps....so there are some peripheral bolts and nuts besides on the sides where the seats

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