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Forestay tension Mark at 5:55pm 10.20.04 Smaller Boats 5/794 Am thinking that my forestay might need to have more tension but am concerned that by putting more t
What is this thing? h2ocwilly18339 at 4:02pm 10.20.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1034 I have a 1987 C30 with M25 Universal. Now my question is, there's a fiberglass box just to the left
Ventilation Eric 14700 at 12:46pm 10.20.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1227 I'm looking at a ventilator to prevent mildew from taking over my boat. I'd like to get your opinio
Rudder repair -- hurricane damage Henry Weber at 12:43pm 10.20.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/966 The rudder post on a Hunter-33 1980 was bent about 15 degrees by a recent hurricane.The rudder now
Yahoo Groups Columbia 26 MKII Website GHOST "EL Condor Pasa" at 12:06pm 10.20.04 Columbia 3/2874 For The Owners Of The Fabulious Columbia 26 MKII and MKII-K This Site is for you Talk About Keel Bol
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Teak Deck: Replacement With Fiberglass Clay at 11:47am 10.20.04 Ask All Sailors 16/6441 I would like to replace my teak deck a fiberglass one. So far, the teak has been removed and all de
Newbee with a stupid question Rob at 11:35am 10.20.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/935 My brother and I are new to sailing. We just bought a Hunter 31 (yesterday) and I have learned so m
Mac 25 restoration Robert Grooms at 11:31am 10.20.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/943 Dear Mac OWNERS I have just came into possesion of a Mac 25 ,1980 I'm told .The boat is in fair
VHF knuckleheads Steve G at 9:45am 10.20.04 Ask All Sailors 51/3351 I've been on the water some forty years now, so this is nothing new to me, but has anyone else notic
Need used Mast and rigging for 1983 Hunter 22 Bill Hoisington at 9:41am 10.20.04 Smaller Boats 3/1411 Looking for a used Mast and Rigging for 1983 Hunter Sailboat. Lost my mast in the big storm. Ft Wal
Particles in gelcoat John at 9:39am 10.20.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/980 I am in the process of repairing airline cracks in the gelcoat of my beneteau 1986while I was strip
Where to put radar on V32 Richard at 8:58am 10.20.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/859 This is a call for help in siting my radar scanner.I am about to install a JRC 1000 Mk II radar on
Kick up Rudder Jimmy at 8:31am 10.20.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1163
19" belt JohnEh at 8:14am 10.20.04 Mid-Size Boats 0/886 P.S.Yanmar says the belt should be 19". Also, they made another mistake by not including the tensi
3YM30 Yanmar factory defect JohnEh at 8:11am 10.20.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/2899 I have now learned that the belt on the sewater pump on my new 3YM30 Yanmar engine and other maufact
Fugawi Info nick8481 at 8:04am 10.20.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1189 I am thinking of adding fugawi enc marine software to my laptop to use on the boat,but does it show
Elec. connections for kicker motor Brian at 7:36am 10.20.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1116 I just bought a Nissan 8 hp 4 stroke with electric start. I am going to take the motor off the boat
Cure for Chalky gelcoat? Robert Tuten at 7:28am 10.20.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 16/6845 I own a 12 year old boat. The fiberglass is getting chalky and probably needs to be painted. An "o
Alternator for a 1992 Perkins Diesel Herb Parsons at 5:50am 10.20.04 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1127 I have a 1971 Coronado 35 that was repowered (before I bought it) with a 1992 Perkins 30 HP diesel.

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Both battery banks receiving charge despite being isolated dlochner at 2:24pm 02.08.21 I had assumed both the main and echo circuits would be open when the I/C isn't running. I think n
Both battery banks receiving charge despite being isolated dluks at 2:22pm 02.08.21 If the switch is in the Both position, current will flow to both batteries. Do you have an ACR or
Both battery banks receiving charge despite being isolated JoeWhite at 2:20pm 02.08.21 To test if the switch is at fault, lift the solar panel charger lead and the battery lead off of the
Finding Cabin Lights Electrical Short rgranger at 2:19pm 02.08.21 Sounds like a mouse made a home someplace behind a panel. Running down a short can be a real PITA.
Both battery banks receiving charge despite being isolated dluks at 2:16pm 02.08.21 A couple thoughts - How are you getting your voltage readings, from a voltage meter on the panel o
Changing Rub Rail On H270 rgranger at 2:15pm 02.08.21 260 & 270 are same hulll. Picture of damaged rub rail please. Introduced boat and sold them. Hey
Both battery banks receiving charge despite being isolated dlochner at 2:10pm 02.08.21 In theory, unless I'm fundamentally misunderstanding something, the charge current from the charge
Both battery banks receiving charge despite being isolated Davidasailor26 at 2:01pm 02.08.21 A couple thoughts - How are you getting your voltage readings, from a voltage meter on the panel or
Gauges! JoeWhite at 1:59pm 02.08.21 To reduce the lightbulbs burning the gauges I inserted 2 diodes in series with the 12v circuit. This
Changing Rub Rail On H270 (1) sdillonjr at 1:36pm 02.08.21 260 & 270 are same hulll. Picture of damaged rub rail please. Introduced boat and sold them.
Fusing to busbar dlochner at 1:28pm 02.08.21
Fusing to busbar Tim22 at 1:18pm 02.08.21
Fusing to busbar (1) Ward H at 1:15pm 02.08.21 I did something very similar as @dlochner. Lined up some ANL holders and connected them with a coppe
Covid-19 Vaccination dlochner at 1:07pm 02.08.21 We got lucky with our appointments. I happened to be sitting at the computer when I got a text that
Electronics Ugrades - best approach? dlochner at 1:03pm 02.08.21 The B&G ram is basically dumb. Current is applied in one direction and the ram extends. Reverse the
What to do with a leaky battery dlochner at 12:58pm 02.08.21 Check with a scrap yard they may pay more for the lead than the core deposit.
Covid-19 Vaccination Ward H at 12:58pm 02.08.21 First Covid-19 Shot Feb 4th (Pfizer). Went to a NJ Megasite. Nothing but a sore arm afterward.
Fusing to busbar (1) dlochner at 12:56pm 02.08.21 I am re doing some wiring and want to install a + bus to connect the solar controller, battery char
Covid-19 Vaccination Alan Gomes at 12:55pm 02.08.21 Not sure how CA is handling it, in NY when I was given an appointment for the second shot the day I
Fusing to busbar Ron20324 at 12:54pm 02.08.21 What kind of fuse and amperage?

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