Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Teak trim gfrazier at 3:50pm 08.01.20 Mid-Size Boats 6/1156 Working on a new to me 1984 Hunter 31. Previous owner had the wood trim piece near stern ladder rem
Boom Vang question (1) williamtl at 2:38pm 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 17/1846
Hull numbers.... again ShawnL at 2:17pm 08.01.20 Catalina 22 12/2214 I know this has been talked about before, but on my registration, my hull number is strange. WSZ160
Fuse Holder for Propane System...... (3) sailcapt340 at 2:08pm 08.01.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1008
Attention moderators Anonymous User 801 at 2:06pm 08.01.20 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/8 Please delete this account. I couldn't find an option in settings to do this myself, or how to delet
Adding a Marine Head Tedd at 1:06pm 08.01.20 Seaward 23/6815 Some of the 26RKs I've looked at have a port-a-potty. A marine head is a "must" on my requirements l
Batteries/Combiners (1) jonelli at 11:11am 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1745 Hey All, Ran into a situation I wanted to ponder with your thoughts. Several years ago, I rewired my
M25 Universal troubles - need advice shaunlahaie at 9:10am 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 25/4572 Hello, I have a 1983 Catalina 30 with M25 Universal diesel. Earlier in the season we ran out of oil
1985 Mac 25 cockpit drain Seadoc at 8:42am 08.01.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/763 Hi! Does anyone happen to know the inside diameter of the cockpit drain hose on a Mac 25? Also has a
Shower Floor Drain Slow Dancin at 6:41am 08.01.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/682 floor drain was leaking into the bilge. after taking it apart it appeared hose connection was OK but
Catalina 27 ignition Reaching27 at 6:03am 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 4/1096
Hood roller furler JHS at 5:58am 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 3/441 Hood roller furler on Hunter 29.5 no longer winds on the drum from top to bottom, etc. ,so I'm getti
Propane storage C-18 john6206 at 5:24am 08.01.20 Smaller Boats 2/855
1994 Catalina 28 leaky transom shower CFitz at 5:22am 08.01.20 Mid-Size Boats 2/1486 Just noticed that our transom shower has a slow leak. The water won't completely shut off when the w
Beating the heat on water. (5) TomY at 5:02am 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 15/2607 183148 For afternoons we have to improvise by tieing panels, the mizzen staysail - whatever is hand
Hunter 376 tap Antoine88 at 1:13am 08.01.20 Ask All Sailors 2/465 I there a tap near the fresh water tank ? I dont found it !! Thank a lot Antoine
Great Article in good old boat magazine! chuckwayne at 5:41pm 07.31.20 Ask All Sailors 3/433 Our own Dave Lochner is featured in the current GOB with an article on maintaining travelers, an imp
Storm Surge versus Storm Tide (2) JamesG161 at 4:40pm 07.31.20 Weather and Forecasting 15/2188 We should know the difference. I have seen posts on the best ways to tie up your moored or berthed
Beneteau 361 stiff steering SCFoster at 2:09pm 07.31.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 33/8366 Purchased the 2001 B361 a month ago. It had been on the hard for a few months and the steering was f
Catalina 275 Inboard Diesel markcc13 at 1:48pm 07.31.20 Catalina 275 21/5206 Hello, I'm considering purchasing a new Catalina 275. I recently got a quote back from the local de

Recent Replies

Ellebogen Isolators Clutch Cargo at 4:35am 11.25.24 What measurement did you find between the upper and lower portion ? My notes are at the boat. Will
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. Timm R Oday25 at 4:31am 11.25.24 Are you saying Navionics works from cell towers ?
Gelcoat or paste for touch ups and spider cracks? east coaster at 3:31am 11.25.24 Our local (Dartmouth NS) fiberglass/Chandler has a machine that will duplicate your gelcoat colour i
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. garymalmgren at 3:03am 11.25.24 HI Dj I use my daughter's old phone on the boat for Navionics, Sail Speed and from now for Autopilot
Parallel or buss bar Johann at 9:49pm 11.24.24 I think that could work. If you notice a particular battery contributing less over a couple of years
Parallel or buss bar dLj at 9:21pm 11.24.24 That drop to 0 may be the BMS turning off the charge FETs when one of the cells exceeds the voltage
Parallel or buss bar Johann at 8:40pm 11.24.24 So I'm trying to fully understand - in doing so I'll have to also talk about my batteries as we are
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. dLj at 7:56pm 11.24.24 What will you do - make a mount for your cell phone? I can just see myself walking around with my ce
Parallel or buss bar dLj at 7:50pm 11.24.24
Gelcoat or paste for touch ups and spider cracks? Dalliance at 7:27pm 11.24.24 Odd ........................ are you saying you tried to order from Fiber-Tek up here in Burnaby o
Gelcoat or paste for touch ups and spider cracks? Ralph Johnstone at 7:11pm 11.24.24
Parallel or buss bar Johann at 6:48pm 11.24.24 This doesn't make sense to me. LiFePo batteries absorb whatever power you throw at them until fully
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. garymalmgren at 6:44pm 11.24.24 This has no link to Cell phone tower coverage coverage. I am sure that you still have Navionics "two
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. Timm R Oday25 at 6:38pm 11.24.24 I'm extremely impressed. How well is this going to work ,once out of range of cell phone towers ? W
Parallel or buss bar dLj at 5:13pm 11.24.24 Charge to 100% individually. Then connect the batteries in parallel and charge again to absorption
Gelcoat or paste for touch ups and spider cracks? Dalliance at 4:52pm 11.24.24 Great Tunderin Mary Mother of Jesus, $49.91 for 2 oz. of this stuff. I hope it applies, sands, an
Parallel or buss bar Johann at 4:38pm 11.24.24 How do you check for that? dj Charge to 100% individually. Then connect the batteries in parallel
Parallel or buss bar dLj at 3:55pm 11.24.24 In reality, whichever method you choose you will likely see differences in charge and discharge rat
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? dLj at 3:52pm 11.24.24 Nice heat pump, works exactly when you don't really need it. Indeed - rather disappointing... Vic
Ellebogen Isolators Ralph Johnstone at 3:52pm 11.24.24 I have measured the distance you referenced, and it is definitively below minimums. What measurem

Contact
About
Terms of Use