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Hunter H240 furler sail raise/lower Offpiste at 10:29am 02.28.20 Smaller Boats 15/2377 Hello fellow H240ers I bought a 2003 H240 last summer. Headsail was furled on mast and mast was dow
Coronavirus related travel in the Eastern Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia capta at 7:48am 02.28.20 Ask All Sailors 21/1976 "With immediate effect all ships arriving in Trinidad and Tobago waters must submit the supporting d
PNW Winter Cruise 2020 Terry Cox at 6:52pm 02.27.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 5/1157 Ahoy mates. Time to settle into your barcalounger, crack a brew, with some munchies and enjoy my lat
Outboard motor ingramsail at 5:54pm 02.27.20 Catalina 22 23/5560 What is the best outboard for a older Catalina 22?
Twisting a fitting on tank NYSail at 5:15pm 02.27.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/1935 Hello all.... So I am converting my aft holding tank to gravity fed. In doing this I would like to
Why to Check those Stays and Shrouds ! MitchM at 1:55pm 02.27.20 Ask All Sailors 16/1689 outside online just posted a horrific story of 'survival at sea'. check it out at htt
Mac 26D - Trailering - provision for Rudder and Mast Support. tbertw at 12:31pm 02.27.20 Trailer Sailors 7/1732 I have a new to me, 1988 MacGregor 26D. I am getting it ready for "trailer sailing". Does any one ha
It's never too early to reef sailboatracer at 8:46am 02.27.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1111 590232281562958
Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Galvanic and Stray Current Corrosion (Collier 6 & 7) Will Gilmore at 7:21am 02.27.20 Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion 67/14967 Welcome to Section 3 of our SBO Book club study of Everett Collier's book, 'The Boatowner's Guide to
hit a rock in the keel (1) Fabian at 6:24am 02.27.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 55/12463 Hi, I have a Hunter 320 and we hit a rock in the keel and it twisted one of the fins. Has anyone had
88 mac 26D Replacing shroud tangs with turnbuckles Ms Hope at 3:56pm 02.26.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1382 We have an 88 macgregor 26D with the multi holed tang to chain strap connections. I would like to c
Kubota P/N for Universal M18 Starter Solenoid P/N 300538? navybubblehead at 12:23pm 02.26.20 Parts Search 5/1631 I hear the Universal M18 engine is a Kubota block. What is the Kubota part number for the starter s
Holding tank access Benjammin at 11:06am 02.26.20 Bigger Boats 20/4178
OT Question about rope condition (1) Captain Larry-DH at 10:44am 02.26.20 Ask All Sailors 10/981 Off the sailing topic but sailors are rope "mavens" so I'd like other opinions: Window cleaners are
That awesome moment when... (1) Project_Mayhem at 6:42am 02.26.20 Ask All Sailors 8/905 You find an old picture of your boat on http://www.iheartodays.com Click below for boat pic
S2 11.0 cutlass bearing joul at 2:21am 02.26.20 S2 4/1476 Hello ! Does anyone knows the dimension of the cutlass bearing on the S2 11.0 ? I m far from my boat
RACOR VS. NO NAME BRAND twodzusfittings at 5:48pm 02.25.20 Bigger Boats 4/948 I'm getting ready for the upcoming season. There is a large price difference between a racor T12R an
Keel up or keel down Willemvan at 2:05pm 02.25.20 Smaller Boats 10/1470 So, I keep my boat in a marina all summer and remove it in winter. Do you h26 owners leave your kee
Rartan PHll Superflush Piston 0-Ring Lubrication ? ? ? Ralph Johnstone at 1:27pm 02.25.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/2419 Hi Peggie, In a nutshell, does the piston O-ring in a PHll Superflush require periodic lubrication
Looking of Plastimo 1011 or 910 roller furling drum (1) Richard Tucker at 1:11pm 02.25.20 Parts Search 0/1083

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PacificNW Spring-time Temptations. (1) jssailem at 8:05am 03.03.25 SKIERS TAKE HEART. My last post encouraged boat owners to get out on the water if they can. Dry days
Upgrading Inverter/charger Johann at 7:54am 03.03.25 Sorry, I wasn't clear. The discussion was addressing the TE-13 standard, specifically about a lith
Observations of my New LiFePO4 batteries jssailem at 7:46am 03.03.25 I presume you have these in parallel for a single bank. Sorry if my message miscommunicated the in
Upgrading Inverter/charger Johann at 7:46am 03.03.25 Yes, I do. And nowhere in the TE-13 standard covering lithium batteries are the words "shall" or "
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 7:07am 03.03.25 From the ABYC Standard I quoted earlier: "13.7.4 An output disconnect device shall be capable of d
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 7:04am 03.03.25 Do you have access to the standards? Yes, I do. And nowhere in the TE-13 standard covering lit
Upgrading Inverter/charger dlochner at 6:50am 03.03.25 Should is the strongest compliance term. There is no "shall" or "must" terminology. These are rec
Non-skid surface (1) william24424 at 6:43am 03.03.25 Total Boat nonskid paint, mix of white & sand color, works well enough, same diamond pattern, has gr
Observations of my New LiFePO4 batteries walt at 6:40am 03.03.25 I may not have this right but it looks like the batteries went from 97 percent to 38 percent in 3 mo
Upgrading Inverter/charger Johann at 6:17am 03.03.25 Should is the strongest compliance term. There is no "shall" or "must" terminology. These are rec
How do you install a prop shaft coupling with only 2" to spare?! Hayden Watson at 6:15am 03.03.25 Split coupling helps and a Sigma coupling makes it dead easy. Heat is your best friend.
How do you install a prop shaft coupling with only 2" to spare?! Tally Ho at 5:24am 03.03.25 Do you have a photo? When I replaced mine, the shaft/coupling interface was tight, especially with
Observations of my New LiFePO4 batteries colemj at 4:47am 03.03.25 Also, while charging you should see the BMS try to 'balance' the cels. Basically a weaker cell will
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 3:54am 03.03.25 I thought this was a recommendation, and not a requirement? And also a fairly new recommendation at
How do you install a prop shaft coupling with only 2" to spare?! dlochner at 3:50am 03.03.25 This is why split couplings were invented. Replace the coupling with a split coupling is the easiest
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 3:49am 03.03.25 I actually opened a thread over on Sailing Anarchy asking why 7" was decided on in a few different
Upgrading Inverter/charger colemj at 3:35am 03.03.25
Can we get an all owners electrical section? MFD at 10:04pm 03.02.25 Understood, thanks.
Bareboat Tahiti? Baja bash at 9:57pm 03.02.25 Hi, chartered with Sunsail 2 years ago. 45 foot cat. Service was great and friendly crew at Sunsail.
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin smokey73 at 8:22pm 03.02.25 Thanks all for the discussion and input. If I have to build something to allow putting something in

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