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O'Day 28 keel depth Robert H. Wood at 5:05pm 08.09.19 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1407
free stanchions / safety cables but you pay shipping solarsailor at 4:55pm 08.09.19 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 6/2103 I've removed these from my 21' sailboat - There are 4 stanchions and 2 cables along with all the ass
Hunter 320 Prop Question Kevy at 4:13pm 08.09.19 Mid-Size Boats 4/1248 Howdy all, Probably hauling the boat to do the bottom this fall. I'm considering changing out the
Poly X poll Mr Fox at 1:12pm 08.09.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1160 Hi everyone I was wondering if poly x hose has now been installed in enough boats long enough to ga
Forestay too long joecool911 at 12:45pm 08.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 50/4477 I have a New to me Hunter H26. The guy I bought it from didnt pay any attention to details. Shroud
Canaveral Lock Closure for Maintenance 1 Dec 2019 - 30 March 2020 ggrizzard at 11:23am 08.09.19 Ask All Sailors 0/534 The above headline was posted today on Cruisers Net.net with the link to the details here: https://w
Hunter 22 Sink Proof? curt in CO at 10:02am 08.09.19 Smaller Boats 2/540 I just bought a 2013 Hunter 22. Has the open transom. Is this boat "supposed" to be sink-proof?
Hunter 410 moisture meter Capt John at 7:25am 08.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1082 Hello all! I'm looking to purchase a 2001 Hunter 410. Its a fresh water boat. I checked the topsi
need Cockpit coaming tread gfroch at 6:47am 08.09.19 Catalina 30 4/845 So, the other night while racing, my starboard side cockpit coaming tread came off and went over boa
What Happens if I Charge MY Batteries Too Hard? jviss at 5:13am 08.09.19 Engines and Propulsion 36/3311 I recently came to the awareness that my battery banks maximum recommended bulk charging current is
Catalina 250WB jonboy20 at 10:43pm 08.08.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2858 Hey folks, New here and to sailing. Looking at getting my first boat soon however is needs to be l
Keel Winch Mount Replacement BravoGolf at 9:03pm 08.08.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/701 So the piece of wood that my keel winch is mounted to is in need of replacing. Is there a particula
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What Makes a Good Anchorage? Kings Gambit at 7:56pm 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 35/2852
Preview of the new forum app (8) Phil Herring at 7:06pm 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1303 I am told that the iPhone app will be in the App Store on Friday, August 16. The new app is clean
Advice needed. My rigging is maxed on the turnbuckles and not tight. StarRover21 at 6:05pm 08.08.19 Trailer Sailors 31/4411 Hello all, My name is Zach and my boats name is soon to be StarRover, pending Poseidons approval. S
Fun race delivery (1) Jumpstart at 4:12pm 08.08.19 Racing 1/533 Delivered the boat today 40 miles down the lake for a race Saturday. Lake Erie can kick up pretty q
Sailing in Ontario waters vjasinski at 1:21pm 08.08.19 Catalina 22 2/715 We would like to sail the North Channel in Lake Huron with our Catalina 22, but find they require a
Whingeing about winches (keel) Grotto at 7:15am 08.08.19 Catalina 22 7/1043 So busted the clamp for the keel wire. The winch is/was dodgey but cleaned up well. I could drill ou
Flares. How do you dispose of them? Justin_NSA at 7:11am 08.08.19 Ask All Sailors 29/2625 I was rummaging thru my cockpit bins last night and came across a pack of 3 flares. The expiration d

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Odd Yanmar issue Scott T-Bird at 6:40am 01.20.24
Leroy Somer Windlass dmdiehl64 at 6:38am 01.20.24 Do you have the contact info of the previous owner? A short call would probably lead to an answer.
Conversion from Atomic 4 to Yanmar Diesel Scott T-Bird at 6:30am 01.20.24 Well, also the reason I asked is because the 10 hp reference seems to indicate that he is putting in
Selden mast information George Braun at 6:15am 01.20.24 it's really kind of stupid the way Selden does it - you should find a part #/configuration code at t
Testing out my jump starter... Davidasailor26 at 5:24am 01.20.24 This assumes there is not a blocking diode on the cables that prevents charging the battery from th
Testing out my jump starter... dlochner at 5:17am 01.20.24 As @davidasailor said, just don't take the jump cables off until you shut down the engine. The alte
Replace Radar sailme88 at 4:55am 01.20.24 I upgraded from a Furuno gray monochrome screen to a Raymarine digital color Chartplotter with rad
Testing out my jump starter... Davidasailor26 at 4:38am 01.20.24 NO !! you need to keep the batteries connected to the alternator.. After the engine fires the alter
Testing out my jump starter... dLj at 4:36am 01.20.24 NO !! you need to keep the batteries connected to the alternator.. After the engine fires the alter
Testing out my jump starter... sailme88 at 4:31am 01.20.24 NO !! you need to keep the batteries connected to the alternator.. After the engine fires the altern
Testing out my jump starter... Davidasailor26 at 4:28am 01.20.24 I agree - sounds good. Be sure not to disconnect the jump pack until you shut the engine down, or yo
150 genoa vs 135 jssailem at 3:37am 01.20.24
Replace Radar jssailem at 3:18am 01.20.24 I read the review when it came out. For less than $2500 these systems are very helpful in providing
Testing out my jump starter... jssailem at 2:07am 01.20.24 Sounds like a logical approach. Positive to positive. Negative to negative. Like sticking a new batt
Selden mast information marcham at 8:31pm 01.19.24 Did you check near the base of the mast?
Conversion from Atomic 4 to Yanmar Diesel FastOlson at 6:37pm 01.19.24 Why are you suggesting the Yanmar? Is that what you have available (what model)? How do the dimen
Odd Yanmar issue MitchM at 6:12pm 01.19.24 If I was in jail in a foreign land, and getting free depended on my solving why your engine
Odd Yanmar issue ggrizzard at 6:07pm 01.19.24 Caveat: I know nothing about the engine or the fire suppression system under discussion* Here's an*
Odd Yanmar issue (1) quadrille38 at 5:47pm 01.19.24 I don't mean to stray too far off the topic of the thread, but I still don't really understand how
150 genoa vs 135 (1) Dalliance at 4:27pm 01.19.24 I often solo sail and always liked my old 150 for light wind days, but I hated the pour visibility.

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