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ACP COMPOSTION Crazy Dave Condon at 8:59am 01.12.21 Day Sailers 7/2266 Recently I have asked for help but no responses. I have one general question before going to the ne
12 volt charging at marina ricksoth at 8:16am 01.12.21 Ask All Sailors 60/7175 During the first bottom painting when we purchased our Cal in November 2020 we had the yard test the
Beneteau 373 Single Handing JHorr at 7:42am 01.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 24/5922 I have a B373 that I sail solo quite often. Does anyone have any ideas for better access to the trav
Salon Table Finish rsaloman at 7:29am 01.12.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1673 Hi all, We have a 2011 Beneteau 43 3-cabin model. Would anyone happen to know what finish Beneteau
Bimini Wind Effect RoyS at 7:12am 01.12.21 Ask All Sailors 20/4427 Having a bimini installed on my 1980 H33. Bimini is 80" long, tapered to match the boat width, and e
Sad News at Garhauer Marine Ward H at 8:08pm 01.11.21 Ask All Sailors 15/2046 Guido Passed Away
Hunter 28.5--Trailer issue abinkc at 7:02pm 01.11.21 Ask All Sailors 3/509 Buying 28.5 and borrowing a trailer to get it out of the water. Any suggestions on setting the pads
Wire Size to Bus Bar? Zinger88 at 6:09pm 01.11.21 Catalina 22 11/5419 I currently have 5 wires coming from various items attached to the positive stud on my battery so on
Does anyone know of a tool sold to help re attaching "lift the dot" fittings on my dodger? eianm at 3:53pm 01.11.21 Big Boats 13/1720 I don't think the Ironwood pacific tool will do it?
Battery location H31' (83-87) ShawneH at 1:41pm 01.11.21 Mid-Size Boats 20/2589 I am looking at installing 2 house batteries in the lazaret under the STBD seat on my H31. Currentl
Dual headstays Drinky Crow at 1:28pm 01.11.21 Racing 2/701 In this instance for a jib and staysail, on furlers. 14" apart. What impact or degradation on perfor
Cracks in keel (5) SailingLoto at 12:50pm 01.11.21 Ask All Sailors 19/1970 I was scraping bottom paint on my boat today, enjoying the warm 38 degree weather. When I came acro
H260 keel GBGraham at 12:09pm 01.11.21 Smaller Boats 10/1526 Under the boat today and noticed a 5/16th hole through the keel. this is about 2" up from the bottom
Looking for First 405 stanchion bases guidera48 at 8:55am 01.11.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/3447 Beneteau first 405 I have about 8 stanchion bases that are cracked or split. I found replacements at
Is this config acceptable? (1) Justin_NSA at 7:10am 01.11.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/1796 I was looking for a place to install my 10" water filter assembly and I came across this original in
Problems with Stepping the mast on my 1998 Hunter 240 Melstrom at 4:47am 01.11.21 Smaller Boats 14/1762 I purchased a 1998, 240 last week and am having issues stepping the mast. I purchased it from an el
Should I replace my old Yanmar motor mounts with OEMs or a newer design? matts997 at 6:17pm 01.10.21 Engines and Propulsion 19/7293 Has anyone replaced their Yanmar motor mounts with one of these kits from PYI--or some other newer d
Engine alignment issue? (3) ShawneH at 4:43pm 01.10.21 Mid-Size Boats 9/1823 I was out at the boat today picking up a couple things and taking some measurements for a solar arch
Post Process After Soda Blasting Bottom (4) snoopy_ at 1:01pm 01.10.21 Catalina 30 33/7427 Hello, I am going to have my bottom soda blasted and was wondering about what I am getting myself i
Coaming Treads Teak C-30 Mk II (1) snoopy_ at 12:49pm 01.10.21 Catalina 30 4/1002 Has anyone refinished the coaming treads on their C30? Mine keep falling off when I step on them,

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Bluetooth Radar dlochner at 9:25am 01.04.25 Looking through the manual, I could see no reference to a wireless model. At least one model appears
Bluetooth Radar DannyS at 9:09am 01.04.25 Yes David, you are correct about the Wifi., thanks for your response. I'll revise my question to bet
Bluetooth Radar Davidasailor26 at 9:03am 01.04.25 No experience with Raymarine but from what I can see in their manual (and what I'd generally expect)
Rotating Furling Drum (1) jssailem at 9:00am 01.04.25 I am clarifying the issue in my mind. Your concern is the drum furler at the bow. When you look at i
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:38am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this? Maybe for an owner who is not hands on or have DIY
Rotating Furling Drum BAD ORCA at 8:36am 01.04.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 FastOlson at 8:05am 01.04.25 Regarding the advice about using AC heaters, whether incandescent bulb or simple warm resistance typ
Auto charge relay with solar dlochner at 7:53am 01.04.25 @dlochner Would it be advisable to put in a lower amperage fuse to protect the relay? The relay is
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 Project_Mayhem at 7:47am 01.04.25 Go with the -100F antifreeze. Depending on how your boat is designed, you may have a hard time seein
Rotating Furling Drum Project_Mayhem at 7:32am 01.04.25 Shouldn't the yard be the ones to correct this?
Auto charge relay with solar Project_Mayhem at 7:30am 01.04.25 @colemj I get what you're saying. No matter how these components are wired up, this will be far from
Freeze protection for small keel boat Universal M18 LloydB at 7:25am 01.04.25 I think i would be tempted to take my buck Rogers laser thermometer down to the boat that is sitting
Any info on Revatek alternator regulators? colemj at 6:02am 01.04.25 Thanks. I'm all about design efficiency in principle, but that represents just 0.1% of my alternato
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:39am 01.04.25 It is correct that batteries will have different charge acceptance rates depending on different age
Auto charge relay with solar colemj at 5:31am 01.04.25 Despite their ratings being the same, the batteries will be slightly different so there's some bene
Dish Rack for 2004-2011 Hunter 33 sailcapt340 at 3:09am 01.04.25 What Dave showed is what I thought you were asking about as well. I made a similar design one for o
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole (1) garymalmgren at 8:48pm 01.03.25 Hi Jeff interesting one. First I cannot imagine a whisker pole being attaches to the babystay (inner
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole higgs at 8:02pm 01.03.25 Contact Beneteau
Rotating Furling Drum kloudie1 at 7:26pm 01.03.25 On the home page, top of page, c.ick on "owner resources". Then click on "general downloads " Then s
Beneteau 381 Whisker pole Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 01.03.25 Hi all Trying to figure out how to attach a whisker pole on a Beneteau 381 with an in mast furling

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