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Hunter 340 'A' rig measurement help pls (2) markymac1961 at 7:33pm 02.25.25 Big Boats 6/919 Hi All, About to pull the trigger on a 'ASY' kite for my boat, and the sailmaker (Rolly Tasker Austr
Installing chocks on the bow Pathfinder6 at 4:15pm 02.25.25 Smaller Boats 2/1190 Hello fellow Catalina owners, I have a C250WK. Chocks for the anchor line ' bowlines are worn down.
Upgrading Inverter/charger HoosierSailor at 7:39am 02.25.25 Big Boats 46/4356 Has anyone upgraded their inverter/charger on a Passage 42? I really like the Victron Multiplus unit
Mast rivets? (2) Curwen at 5:49am 02.25.25 Smaller Boats 4/878 Dropping my mast last fall, I broke the tab that holds the shroud in place when raising and lowering
Damage where Jib halyard exits the mast. H23.5 (1) Southern Crux at 2:44am 02.25.25 Smaller Boats 7/735 I know the unwrapping of the sailboat is still some time off but wanted to start prepping for when t
Standing Rigging... DIY or Hire a Pro? nastradam at 4:22pm 02.24.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1668 Hello, we are new sailboat owners working on our new to us 92 hunter passage 42 in PV, Mexico and ar
Mast gate and repairs for C27 (2) yelkenli at 3:07pm 02.24.25 Ask All Sailors 12/1068 Picking up on threads like this one, slug keeper, poor mans, and others, I would like to have the
Refridge and freezer dehler25 at 1:17pm 02.24.25 Big Boats 4/1073 I have a 450 and the freezer quit. It seems that the pin valve into the evaporator got plugged as I
PacificNW WIND ADVISORY jssailem at 1:10pm 02.24.25 Weather and Forecasting 5/601 Batten down the hatches. It looks to be a bumpy night. Monday February 24 -- WIND ALERT -- One o
Retrofitting the rk pull cord switches Randy Brock at 10:46am 02.24.25 Seaward 0/754 I am interested in replacing the pull cord switches with door bell switches to lower/raise the keel
GSI STOVE Rick.johnson at 8:25am 02.24.25 Ask All Sailors 5/601 Hi Guy I have a 1987 vintage stove GSI 3 BURNER an am looking to try an update it with with
C275 Spinnaker Tricks Windseeker2 at 7:13am 02.24.25 Catalina 275 1/592 I have a C275 with the Asymmetric Spinnaker with Topdown Furler and have had holy-hell with it getti
Bottom Paint - the right way ? zinahewitt at 10:30pm 02.23.25 Ask All Sailors 17/2273 Hi All, I have a boat. Previous owner put some bottom paint on it. 2 years later it was gone. Appar
Solar Charging Question GreggS at 6:58pm 02.23.25 Ask All Sailors 20/1804 I have an Oday 25 that needs new wiring and charging system. A few long weekend trips would be my lo
x markymac1961 at 6:23pm 02.23.25 Big Boats 10/1029 x - okay so I recently was having a bad day and posted one of the dumbest questions I could ever ask
Antifreeze Leak (1) buddybear at 5:44pm 02.23.25 Catalina 310 17/2189 Have had a perplexing leak in the coolant system. Have changed a few hoses which seemed suspect and
Removing furler foils without replacing the forestay? paulheth at 2:34pm 02.23.25 Ask All Sailors 12/1532 I'm at the beginning of assessing what is needed to fix a dent in the upper foil of the new to me Be
rudder beneteau Oceanis 321 1995 Yves Finally at 12:22pm 02.23.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/419 Hello all, i recently bought an Oceanis and as the rudder moved only with some force i asked the shi
Yanmar tach sensor wiring question azambella at 12:15pm 02.23.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/771 Is there polarity to the tach sensor connections ? It is supposed to be AC volts but I see differe
Pilothouse Hydraulic Steering Help wbarrie at 5:04pm 02.22.25 Ask All Sailors 6/750

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ST 4000 problems Tally Ho at 7:52pm 11.28.25 Hi All ! first post for me. Well recently & unfortunately I experienced a lightning strike which fr
ST 4000 problems Songbird3 at 7:31pm 11.28.25 Replace the entire pilot now while you have an open insurance claim. Hi mate - yeah thanks that wo
ST 4000 problems dLj at 7:25pm 11.28.25 Replace the entire pilot now while you have an open insurance claim. +1 dj
ST 4000 problems BigEasy at 7:23pm 11.28.25 Replace the entire pilot now while you have an open insurance claim.
The cheap batteries BarryL at 3:58pm 11.28.25 Hello, IMO how you treat batteries has more of an affect on battery life than the particular batter
Ragtime Update Richard19068 at 3:39pm 11.28.25 Thanks, Ragtime is indeed an intersdting boat.
Starter voltage Richard19068 at 3:37pm 11.28.25 With a Fully charged house bank, it starts very perky. Given that the battery voltage is 11.2V in t
Depth sounder replacement on C30 Mikes 87 at 3:01pm 11.28.25 Thanks for the advice. I have been sailing the bay for 13 seasons now and have touch bottom once an
The cheap batteries dLj at 2:47pm 11.28.25 Are these flooded lead.acid batteries? Are they deep cycle? It's almost irrelevant who made them.
The cheap batteries Don S/V ILLusion at 2:18pm 11.28.25 @Don S/V ILLusion These are Interstate 27DC marine/rv batteries. I looked them up online and many
The cheap batteries dlochner at 1:55pm 11.28.25 Thanks everyone fro the input. What I'm hearing is that there is no need to fear the Costco batte
The cheap batteries john6206 at 1:30pm 11.28.25 Thanks everyone fro the input. What I'm hearing is that there is no need to fear the Costco batte
The cheap batteries john6206 at 1:28pm 11.28.25 @dlochner The advice I was given originally was to leave them in the boat, but then go up once a mo
The cheap batteries dlochner at 1:23pm 11.28.25 I was not too impressed with the surveyor. I rest my case. What you want is a 3 stage charger, s
The cheap batteries Captain Larry-DH at 1:21pm 11.28.25 Nothing wrong with Costco batteries. Anything they put their Kirkland brand on tends to be signific
The cheap batteries john6206 at 1:00pm 11.28.25 @dlochner hmmm ... I threw out the Schumacher battery charger in my garage that was probably circa
The cheap batteries dlochner at 12:51pm 11.28.25 @Don S/V ILLusion These are Interstate 27DC marine/rv batteries. I looked them up online and many
The cheap batteries jssailem at 12:38pm 11.28.25 What type of charger? The only way to know the state of charge is to run a load test. Here is an
Top Down furling for solo sailing jssailem at 12:31pm 11.28.25 I wonder how far forward of the headstay / furled genoa does the top-down setup and it's furled sa
The cheap batteries john6206 at 12:22pm 11.28.25 @Don S/V ILLusion These are Interstate 27DC marine/rv batteries. I looked them up online and many

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