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Windlass wiring Charlie98117 at 10:59am 06.29.20 Musings With Maine Sail 18/7719 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 13/4079 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 49/6148 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 8/1105 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 6/1721 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 17/1821 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 10/2101 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 8/1724 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) 8/1377 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 2/733 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 11/2375 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 10/1964 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 12/3782 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 46/3633 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 9/2131 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 2/993 On my '87 H23, a rust spot has developed on my wing keel. All else appears good ' sound, but the spo
No Flights, No Problem dlochner at 4:43am 06.29.20 Sails Call Lounge 1/575 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/world/americas/coronavirus-argentina-sailor.html?campaign_id=2'em
Shout out to Weems & Plath miketcook at 2:13am 06.29.20 Catalina 30 2/1016 Recently bought an older Catalina 30 which was equipped with a matching Weems ' Plath clock and baro
Refurbishing Hunter 410 szpenny at 12:32am 06.29.20 Big Boats 6/2662 We own a 1999 Hunter 410. It was perfect for us-water maker, solar, AC, lots of upgrades. I saw "was
Yanmar SB8 - Shut off Cable npaulay at 9:41pm 06.28.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1910 Hi All, I'm going to be installing a Yanmar SB8 soon into my sailboat and while taking a look at th

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Connecting a battery Charger to 1977 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 2qm15 jssailem at 4:36pm 04.01.25 Hi. You use the terms fy: How many batteries are being used to provide power on the boat? You want
Replacing Mast Head Sheaves on a 310 jssailem at 3:59pm 04.01.25 Just need a short monsoon season like the old days.
H310 Shoal Keel Bent jssailem at 3:57pm 04.01.25
H310 Shoal Keel Bent Ralph Johnstone at 3:50pm 04.01.25 A picture will give us a much better idea of the severity of the bend. Without a picture, haven't g
Connecting a battery Charger to 1977 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 2qm15 Davidasailor26 at 3:18pm 04.01.25 I also read about using a combiner over an isolator. One person said to connect a on/off switch to
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! (1) Project_Mayhem at 3:18pm 04.01.25 Thanks everyone! I'm feeling pretty confident about hooking this up without busting out test equipme
Replacing Mast Head Sheaves on a 310 KenK13623 at 2:34pm 04.01.25 Sorry for the slow response. Thanks to both for the response. Unfortunately, there is not a proper
The Little Engine story continues Foswick at 2:20pm 04.01.25 Oh man, I have been burned so many times after saying that...:) Yeah, but you have to admit, it is
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Clydo at 2:05pm 04.01.25 Clyde, what makes you think you need to do this? Have you been trying to start your engine and it
Beneteau 321 genoa roller furler swivel top and low parts stuck together BigEasy at 2:01pm 04.01.25 Can anyone offer a quick tutorial. I am going in blind. I just received an article that was
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards (3) max_sailing at 1:53pm 04.01.25 I ended up using King Starboard. It was around $250 for the material from my local TAP Plastics. It
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! dlochner at 1:42pm 04.01.25 While we are the subject of alternators. What is the purpose of the black jumper wire as seen on H
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 dlochner at 1:37pm 04.01.25 Hmm, the early adopters probably have separate BMS and are responsible about charging. I suspect m
Emergency Manual capta at 12:43pm 04.01.25 I like that phrase. :) If there's a "big marina in the sky", I would hope there's a lovely anchora
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! (1) BigEasy at 12:37pm 04.01.25 While we are the subject of alternators. What is the purpose of the black jumper wire as seen on Hi
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 Phil Mac at 12:33pm 04.01.25 I really appreciate the input. Thanks to those that replied. Lots of food for thought. I think my fi
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 Phil Mac at 12:19pm 04.01.25 Yep, if you plug into shore power every night or even every couple nights, LFP aren't really necess
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! Stu Jackson at 12:12pm 04.01.25
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Stu Jackson at 12:09pm 04.01.25 Clyde, what makes you think you need to do this? Have you been trying to start your engine and it d
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 Phil Mac at 12:05pm 04.01.25 Flooded batteries are still an alternative to AGM. For decades all we had were flooded batteries, m

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