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Sean Fleming re Sealand 911M28 John Rich at 1:28am 06.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/936 Sean,If you are still out there, did you ever finish the head replacement on your 23 and did you u
Nissan 5hp Carb woes Paul Akers at 1:26am 06.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/972 Last fall I laid up my Nissan 5hp dinghy motor. I fogged the carb ' cleaned it up. I've owned it
Doing Your Own Research Really Helps Stu Jackson at 12:03am 06.23.02 Other Sailboats 2/801 Many tanks to this section. My condenser fan wasn't working. Instead of asking the proverbial "Wha
Weather Forecasts Fred Mueller at 11:37pm 06.22.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1027 I am looking for suggested sites that will provide thorough and understandable weather information.
Lost my prop today (1) Jim Cook at 4:38pm 06.22.02 Other Sailboats 0/772 Dear Sirs,I have a VolvoPenta MD7A with a 110S sail drive unit.The prop just "came off" today and
Speedy struck by lightening? Who's fried? or BS? Ray Bowles at 2:58pm 06.22.02 Other Sailboats 2/941 When we arrived at the slip where we keep Speedy, our 95 H 26, we were told by two of our neighbors
Yamaha outboard problem Tom Wootton at 2:58pm 06.22.02 Smaller Boats 8/4515 Put my new/used (dealer claims less than 5 hours running time, and the motor looks brand new, but it
Catalina 380 Speed PJ Kohl at 2:44pm 06.22.02 Big Boats 2/2626 Even at maximum engine RPM, my new Catalina does not reach the theoretical hull speed of 7.6 knots.
O'Day 222 David Cantor at 1:29pm 06.22.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1060 I will be purchasing a 1984 222 on Monday. Does anyone have an owner's manual? My only previous sail
model clarification Ron F at 12:41pm 06.22.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/904 Can someone give me a concise difference between the C-30 and the C-30 mkIII?
Ignition Panel Toggle Howrd Franklin at 12:09pm 06.22.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/921 Hunter Owners:I am a new owner. There is a toggle on the diesel ignition panel. It has a down an
Anchor Light - 37 Cutter Mark at 11:57am 06.22.02 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1254 I need to replace my anchor light bulb. Does any one know the bulb size/type so I only have to go u
Centerboard Problems John at 10:50am 06.22.02 Day Sailers 6/1984 While putting the centerboard down, the cable snapped. The centerboard is now down ,but I can't pull
Far East Sails David Popken at 8:59am 06.22.02 Ask All Sailors 14/2566 Can anyone share their experience, good or bad, buying sails over the internet from this company: f
Hunter 30T Snapped stemhead fitting Joe Groarke at 7:47am 06.22.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1051 My boat lives on a sheltered mooring, the chain of which is led on to a bow cleat (which I consider
Mast Head Light For 1980 Hunter 27 Scott Romenesko at 6:22am 06.22.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1113 My masthead light is not working and the boat is in the water with the mast up. I would like to make
Hunter 30T Bilge/Sump questions Ron at 5:52am 06.22.02 Mid-Size Boats 4/1317 I am considering buying a 1991 Hunter 30T and would appreciate any information on how how easy it wo
How do you put the Venture 15 cat together? Liz Ramirez at 5:50am 06.22.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1929 I have taken my old, reliable Venture 15' catamaran apart to sand, gel coat and repaint the hulls.
Tachometer Trouble Brent Headberg at 5:37am 06.22.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/906 The tachometer on my 1990 Hunter 335 just started jumping around...not reading right. Anybody ever
Sail Caddy Anyone? Carmen Daccurso at 4:20am 06.22.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1861 Am condidering the purchase of a mainsail containment system which is stored flat along the boom whi

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Two banks, three batteries and new charger capable of charging three battery banks Maine Sail at 4:44pm 08.16.20 What model charger? Reserve and Ah are not the same. There is no such thing as a 220Ah G-31 battery
Forespar T125 toggle track car for spinnaker pole socket S/V Honu at 4:37pm 08.16.20 Best price i have seen is just over $600, hoping for something less so i don't have to sell a kidney
Forespar T125 toggle track car for spinnaker pole socket Ted at 4:31pm 08.16.20 Forespar has them for slightly over $800. They're in close competition with the price of scrap gold.
146 Mainsheet cam cleat Hunter216 at 4:28pm 08.16.20 Had my new to me 2005 146 on the water for two weeks now and I love it. A step up from my sunfish
Cruising RPM research (2) Davidasailor26 at 4:22pm 08.16.20 Incase we need more somewhat confusing numbers, here is the Yanmar YM Service manual section on cont
Two banks, three batteries and new charger capable of charging three battery banks Davidasailor26 at 4:14pm 08.16.20 What is the make and model of the charger? Like Benny said the individual charger outputs are usuall
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 4:14pm 08.16.20 John is this what you use to see if it's ok to go sailing? Damn, Where did you find it. It has bee
Pre-purchase survey checklist (3) GSail at 4:02pm 08.16.20 Yes, this is what I'm talking about! Here is one more great example (got it on the www.cruisersforu
Pre-purchase survey checklist Phil Herring at 3:56pm 08.16.20 FWIW, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a quick cheat sheet on things to check when looking at a
Cruising RPM research smokey73 at 3:31pm 08.16.20 Wow- I love it when a plan comes together and people can openly discuss thoughts. So for my 4JH2E r
Redo Mac 25 interior cabin roof whudatt at 3:30pm 08.16.20 Thanks for the reply, i'll check out Sairite's website !
Summer in the Salish Sea jssailem at 3:27pm 08.16.20 Enjoy. Be safe.
Summer in the Salish Sea Michael Davis at 3:26pm 08.16.20 How does it feel to be back? [/QUote Feels pretty good John. Amazing how much warmer it is down her
Redo Mac 25 interior cabin roof Cmackg at 3:18pm 08.16.20 I put new hull liner on mine as well. Got it from sailrite, went by their how to video. For the hard
Summer in the Salish Sea jssailem at 3:16pm 08.16.20 How does it feel to be back?
eye candy jon hansen at 3:16pm 08.16.20 -lmbVD3lxH4
Pre-purchase survey checklist GSail at 3:10pm 08.16.20 This is a cool detailed guide "How to do a marine pre-purchase survey". I want to provide a check-li
Cruising RPM research Davidasailor26 at 2:55pm 08.16.20 As another data point, here are some excerpts from the Yanmar YM Series operation manual - rpm) fo
Cruising RPM research kloudie1 at 2:54pm 08.16.20 Prop curve is the one to look at if considering load.. The DIN curves are with the engine being load
Two banks, three batteries and new charger capable of charging three battery banks Benny17441 at 2:41pm 08.16.20 Don't see why not. You could also join two sets of leads and connect them to the bank terminals or

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