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Expected performance JohanSweden at 11:39am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/2478 Hi sailors! I'm looking into buying a boat in the 45 ft range. Beneteau O 46 or Jeanneau Sun Odyssey
How does a roller furler work? John G. Davis at 11:32am 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/2878 I recently purchased a new to me boat and the roller furler has a single line. I thought they had to
Cooler Upgrade ('86) (1) TheSoggyDollar at 11:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 0/420 Thought I would share: The cooler/step that came with our boat was probably as old as the boat and w
Kink in Line Tantor at 10:59am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/989 what double braided line kink or twist minimum... actually i am using it for inside forestay with do
Windlass wiring Charlie98117 at 10:59am 06.29.20 Musings With Maine Sail 18/3854 I'm finally getting around to installing a windlass on my H34. I have a question regarding the fact
Refrigerator - Compressor and Evaporator gscottnelson at 10:47am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 13/2510 Boat team, I have a 2002 Catalina - that has a 18 year old Adler Barbour - C100, and the fan starts
The WTF Thread ontherocks83 at 10:40am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 49/4639 I thought it would be fun to start a thread where people can tell stories (i.e. gripe) about how th
New chaps (3) All U Get at 10:01am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 8/762 Hi all, My wife finished the chaps for our new dinghy. She added a lot of nice touches like chafin
Tack shackle ? Ron20324 at 9:10am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 6/961 My slip neighbor lost their tack to roller shackle or whatever was there. Can you tell us what is th
Depth Finder Question TheSoggyDollar at 9:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 17/1359 Our boat came with a glue-in Hawk eye Depth finder. I have yet to see it display anything but " - -
Advice H37 LunaSea at 8:43am 06.29.20 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1424 I have a 1980 37C with a QM30. It was my dream boat when I purchased it and I had every intention o
Screwed up nicopress fittings Grotto at 8:35am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 8/1154 So I built new forward shrouds. looked up the specs and misread the number of crimps 1/8 sleeves. Cu
Anybody else have login problems at trailersailor.com? Tedd at 8:07am 06.29.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 8/980 I've had a login over at trailersailors.com for quite a few years now but I've rarely been able to u
2014 (New Version) Marlow Hunter 22 Centerboard Cable Length tzc at 8:04am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 2/544 The cable from the centerboard to the hydraulic lift broke on my 2014 Marlow Hunter 22. I'm trying t
Backstay Chainplate Replacement (1) larchmont_oday at 7:28am 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 11/1576 Hello, New to the forum and appreciate all the great info here. I recently acquired a 1978 O'Day 23
Rudder kclancy at 6:56am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 10/1380 Hey Gang, This weekend I had yet another new mishap on my boat. This time I broke my rudder while u
Mastgates kclancy at 6:36am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 12/2353 Hi All, I am having a problem keeping the sail stops on my mast. It seems they like the water more
1987 31 Huntet Hull Leak Northshore at 6:29am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 46/2363 I recently started getting water in my bilge. I have checked all my hull penetrations, shaft packing
Glow Plug key or not to key? CYQK at 5:30am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1352 Would you wire your glow plug to your start key...or...would you mount your glow plug with a push bu
Rust Spot on keel Ohiosailin at 4:44am 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/683 On my '87 H23, a rust spot has developed on my wing keel. All else appears good ' sound, but the spo

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Rudder slack jssailem at 4:43am 11.24.23 :plus: What Greg said.
Mounting a motor Project_Mayhem at 10:19pm 11.23.23 Electric with a small gel cell battery would be my recommendation. Do some research on how to measur
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? SoSound at 9:43pm 11.23.23 It looks like the Epoch 300Ah is a group 31 so it is a lot of power for the footprint. I see that
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul Ralph Johnstone at 9:30pm 11.23.23 Your hardware is excellent stuff. I'll second that after @i3DGear supplied a couple of rollers fo
MARINE GROWTH Sunbird22358 at 9:09pm 11.23.23 OK, I have used a "Single-Season Ablative" in the past, Petit "NEPTUNE" I think it was, Interlux Fib
replacement for Kenyon Marine alcohol stove in h260? Alan Gomes at 8:52pm 11.23.23 Photo 3011 gives me the willies. This is an extremely dangerous installation. You would do well to r
Jib sheet block Sunbird22358 at 8:49pm 11.23.23 Rope vs Sheet, well technically, the sheet is made of "rope", so I knew what he meant! Traditionally
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? SoSound at 8:22pm 11.23.23 The dedicated sense wire alone is worth its weight in gold. Please go for the better regulator.
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul jssailem at 8:20pm 11.23.23 Oh. That is great news. After our last discussion, right before you left on winter holiday, I got th
Listed Displacement vs. Max Displacement Davidasailor26 at 6:38pm 11.23.23 This definition makes it sound like water and a boat weight the same per cubic foot No, rather the
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 6:36pm 11.23.23 If the charging profiles are the same an ACR or FET based isolator should work fine. In the last it
So, I pulled the trigger on an "X2Power" lithium battery. dlochner at 6:25pm 11.23.23 I suggest you simply move your house circuits to the LFP and leave the existing FLA as a starting b
MARINE GROWTH twodzusfittings at 6:18pm 11.23.23 Sounds very plausible, thanks.
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember (1) Tally Ho at 6:15pm 11.23.23
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? dlochner at 6:09pm 11.23.23 I often hear this said. Out of curiosity, what do you use for a charge profile for FLA and LFP? O
Starting a yanmar 4jh2e after 3 years? shemandr at 6:09pm 11.23.23 Ahh, and what about fuel?
Happy Thanksgiving & Remember shemandr at 6:03pm 11.23.23 Toaster oven T-day feast this year. Still great! Giving thanks may be one of the most healthy thin
So, I pulled the trigger on an "X2Power" lithium battery. OS2Dude at 5:58pm 11.23.23 I knew nothing about those alternator issues. What to do. It only puts out about 1.5A, but still.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 5:56pm 11.23.23 It looks like the Epoch 300Ah is a group 31 so it is a lot of power for the footprint. I see that y
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 5:47pm 11.23.23 ... The charging voltages for LFP and LA batteries are different enough that one of the banks will

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