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Questions (many) re: Setting up a private mooring (1) rgranger at 7:47pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 22/4308 I need some fact based info on something I have no knowledge about. I'm moving to Charleston and th
Deep keel vs Shoal keel experience ontherocks83 at 7:32pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 16/3677 I understand that this is an anecdotal experiment and not scientific in any way, but I want to share
Drain plug pulsewave at 7:23pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/843
Portable Generator fbcoache at 6:45pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 57/12418 I have a 92 30T Hunter and was planning to get away for a week or so sailing in Oklahoma. I want to
Hunter 36 Fridge Replacement acevedolc2 at 5:37pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/636 I own a 2008 Hunter 36 and the refrigerator is not cooling enough. It maybe time to replace. It has
Shakes Tiller MaryEllaRose at 5:30pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 5/1026 The tiller on my Cat 25 started shaking today whenever I reached about 4 knots. Did it under power a
digital engine senders for old yanmars?? eianm at 4:35pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 21/3674 I have a 1991 H42 that i simply love! I also have a current Raymarine axiom MFD. Does anyone know of
New Life for Old Instruments (1) Georgedoyle at 3:46pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 1/611 This post is for all of those boaters out there with old Raymarine ST 60 instruments. I've had troub
Whitlock engine control bracket (volvo) (1) OWI at 3:10pm 06.29.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/710 The bracket holding the throttle cable for a volvo penta 2002 broke and i need a new one. Did anybo
Anchor hatch/door Waggs1 at 1:56pm 06.29.20 Smaller Boats 2/713 Purchased a 1986 Cat 22 about a year ago. Looks good except for forward locker storage hatch/door.
New tiller for Oday 27 (1974) (1) sbcwolff at 1:21pm 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/725 We just restained and varnished our tiller from our "new" boat (1974), and it snapped when we went t
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 12:59pm 06.29.20 Engines and Propulsion 31/5764 On my last two 8-10 hour passages when I started heading in to the dock I noticed the engine RPMs to
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. TomY at 12:54pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 26/4379 The New England supplier for the CNG exchange, Corp Bros out of Mass, was sold. The new owner won't
Method for attaching external portlights for V222 RevRol at 12:35pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/857 Anyone have any experience/recommendations for affixing portlights externally on any model boat? My
Expected performance JohanSweden at 11:39am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/3021 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 15/4152 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 0/458 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 7/1249 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 18/5820 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 13/3402 Boat team, I have a 2002 Catalina - that has a 18 year old Adler Barbour - C100, and the fan starts

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Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 2:58pm 09.15.24 I don't recall and I don't have access to the boat. It is about 2 ft by 4 ft. Maybe around 45 watts?
Hunter 23 Shacklepin at 2:50pm 09.15.24 How many watts is your panel? The Tohotsu has an output of 60 watts (5 amps) when running over half
Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 2:46pm 09.15.24 My 8hp Honda wouldn't do much to charge the battery especially since I didn't run it for long period
Pumpout Carts Suck Foswick at 2:42pm 09.15.24 I had found nowhere that gave detailed information on potential health issues from the urine side.
Hunter 23 Shacklepin at 2:34pm 09.15.24 I stumbled across this mast guide idea a bit ago. Simple yet effective and quick on and off. Worki
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners rgranger at 2:31pm 09.15.24 Check out Totalboat.com. They have excellent chemicals and fiberglass for this type of stuff. Also,
Fresh Water Leak jssailem at 1:22pm 09.15.24
Fresh Water Leak gfrazzle at 12:35pm 09.15.24 I believe in saving money, as well as the next sailor. The specifications for the above-number pump
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? LloydB at 12:20pm 09.15.24 Just off hand I'm thinking that keel stepped mast would not be usually found on a steel sailboat but
A problem in Mystery, a solution, and disappointment jssailem at 11:44am 09.15.24 I found another article that recounts the history of Prohibition and the way boat bootleggers kept t
Fresh Water Leak jssailem at 11:35am 09.15.24 I believe in saving money, as well as the next sailor. The specifications for the above-number pump
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? dlochner at 11:33am 09.15.24 A few years ago I had a similar questions and did some reasearch on the subject. The key reason is
Can it really be this straightforward? Benny17441 at 11:01am 09.15.24 Hire a rigger for a couple hours, he will have the harness, tools and experience to perform the job
C&C 29 MKII vs S2 9.2a LloydB at 10:42am 09.15.24 dlochner i think ...got your first puppy would be a better choice of words as stated in post #9. Jus
Pumpout Carts Suck Scott T-Bird at 10:32am 09.15.24 I agree it's more the narrow deck, position of the deck fill and user error than the pump out boat'
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 09.15.24 Any progress on the replacement prop? Same thing I'm wondering.
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations (2) BigEasy at 10:11am 09.15.24 227498
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 9:58am 09.15.24 I think the problems with this idea is probably mostly revealed as the boat ages. If it is not car
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations BigEasy at 9:58am 09.15.24 Any progress on the replacement prop?
Pumpout Carts Suck dLj at 9:47am 09.15.24 Sorry. It's easy to come across as overbearing on a forum when that is not the intent. I was actua

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