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Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2 Chingachgook at 3:58am 05.29.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1166 Need info on rigging the Main and Boom correctly
Bernie here! Need instructions or Video's on rigging the main and boom on a Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2 Chingachgook at 3:55am 05.29.20 Ask All Sailors 2/2339 Message
Sliding hatch wooden guides on Hunter 18.5 gellerttn at 3:19am 05.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/299 Hello fellow 18.5 owners. I am looking to reinstall missing wooden hatch guides on either side of th
Hunter 18.5 Hatch Guides gellerttn at 3:17am 05.29.20 Parts Search 5/1002 Hello fellow 18.5 owners. I am looking to reinstall missing wooden hatch guides on either side of th
Hunter 26 mast/compression pole leak JasonH26 at 7:14pm 05.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/612
Adding Line from propane locker to magma grill planoron at 3:57pm 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 8/3258 What do I need to do? fitting through deck etc. I'm tryng to cut down my trips to HD and west
Purchased a Soverel 33 Project Boat DayDreamer41 at 3:18pm 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 62/11496 Well taking our racing to a new level! Just purchased a Soverel 33 complete with tandem axle trailer
Hunter 376 Greg Mott at 2:55pm 05.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/488 Hello, I have a 1998 Hunter 376 with in mast furler. There is a large window on top of my boat aft
Poorer performance on starboard tack vs port tack Jimski at 11:17am 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 24/3463 I race my Catalina 30 TM. A few races back, I was doing well on a port beat relative to the fleet,
Please remove -- found answer Dr. D at 11:16am 05.28.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/26 Thanks
Pin hole leak in water tank mcelduce at 10:57am 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 7/934 My wife and I have just purchased a 1995 Hunter 36 Vision sail boat and are in the process of repair
The Tractor Brian D at 10:57am 05.28.20 Sails Call Lounge 1/550 A farmer named Clyde had a tractor accident. In court, the trucking company's fancy hot shot lawyer,
Centerboard Winch (2) SailsIncrease at 10:14am 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 7/889 Hi Everyone, I sail a Montgomery 23 out of Rock Hall, MD. I'm trying to simplify the mechanical for
Who lives on their 322? iSaint06 at 8:50am 05.28.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/944 Where is your main sleeping area? I'm 6' and single and have always considered using the salon table
1988 O'Day 322 Replacing Depth Sounder seaferet at 7:37am 05.28.20 Bigger Boats 18/2329 Hello, Fellow 322 Sailors!, We picked up Gray Goose last year and enjoyed sailing her more than ex
Cape Dory 27 sailors Member 131497 at 6:28am 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1187 Need feedback on that diesel 8 hp diesel that came as part of the original package deal. In your opi
Hunter 386 Shrouds howardfrost at 3:28am 05.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/2218 Hi everyone, one of the 386's I'm considering has two (extra) shrouds secured on the rear quarters/t
Cyclone 13 Rudder parts jrundle at 10:17pm 05.27.20 Parts Search 3/1320 Hi my son has a Capri Cyclone 13 and last summer the kick up rudder pintle rod broke near the top.
1988 Hunter 33.5 Mast Compression Post TeamG at 9:38pm 05.27.20 Mid-Size Boats 1/870
Propane stove Fcru at 9:35pm 05.27.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1238 I have a propane camping 2 burner stove with disposable fuel cylinders, but I wonder if it will get

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Solar Voltage American_Mainsail at 8:52am 08.09.24 I'll have to dig through @mainsail's archives. It might have been in Practical Sailor, maybe 2 year
Solar Voltage mermike at 8:49am 08.09.24 Interesting. Can you post a link to that information? A battery is like a bucket of water. If you
Solar Voltage Davidasailor26 at 8:42am 08.09.24 @mainsail posted about such events some time ago. Each time the failure resulted in significant dam
Solar Voltage American_Mainsail at 8:37am 08.09.24 Unless it's doesn't. Catastrophic failures of solar controllers are not unheard of. @mainsail poste
Solar Voltage duck21 at 8:37am 08.09.24 For a power source like a solar panel do you fuse closer to the panel side or closer to the controll
Backstay Split Rigging? Sail22Capri22 at 8:32am 08.09.24 My lower shrouds (on a Catalina Capri 22, Selden mast) have that end on them and they pass through t
Solar Voltage mermike at 8:30am 08.09.24 The controller can only output as much as its internal components will let it, which is its rating.
What is this thing? duck21 at 8:28am 08.09.24 If it's useful, a quick search on Maine Sail's identification came up with an on-line manual that re
What is this thing? jviss at 8:23am 08.09.24 But you still haven't answered my question: But could you tell us if you have a battery monitor?
Backstay Split Rigging? Justin_NSA at 7:33am 08.09.24 That end is foreign to me too. I use one of my Loos gauges to adjust my split backstay. Basically I
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits twodzusfittings at 6:36am 08.09.24 Typo? Yes. My bad. Correction made. Thanks for pointing out the mistake. Then again.....I wish!!!!
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits dlochner at 6:17am 08.09.24 power banks consist of two 1000ah batteries Typo?
Looking for Solar Panel Battery Charging Kits (3) twodzusfittings at 6:03am 08.09.24 I created my own "a la carte" system which currently works for me. I have two 100W panels hooked up
Alternator heat - how serious? Ward H at 4:12am 08.09.24 So, the brown wire should be connected only to the keyed side of the ignition switch? That's how m
The Sewing Machine Thread Ward H at 3:55am 08.09.24 So I'm on a roll here. Having requested help from both my daughter and my wife to make some shades
Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port William Weeks at 10:56pm 08.08.24 Hi KC, thanks for your thoughts, as I mentioned in earlier posts, the pull to Port when motoring is
Dipstick ggrizzard at 10:51pm 08.08.24 I can reach the dipstick, but I can't see it either. I take it out, read the level, wipe it off and
Backstay Split Rigging? ggrizzard at 10:36pm 08.08.24 The two short, and possibly smaller gauge wires, mount to two holes on the plate with u shaped conne
Looking for replacement turnbuckles Wolffman08 at 10:23pm 08.08.24 I got the t-bar ends yesterday, put them on today, and then finally got to go out for a sail! Every
How do we know what we know? A question for the ages. FastOlson at 9:56pm 08.08.24 In very round numbers.... very.... on each forum that I lurk on there are maybe 10 people whose inpu

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