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water in the wrong place Catalina 380 GrampaTom at 9:03pm 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2097 Hello , folks , I'm a bit of a lurker but in this case I would appreciate some advice on my Catalina
Bock Buccaneer 22 (2) Whoopie at 7:49pm 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 5/1720 Has anybody seen a Bock Buccaneer 22 foot sailboat? Do you know where it is? I used to own one. Ther
New different size mast how to measure for new standing rigging grboregon at 6:51pm 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 3/465 I guess I must be a dummy but how does one go about it when the mast is down, no standing rigging av
Oceanis 41.1 with new, slightly different mast. How to measure for standing rigging grboregon at 6:48pm 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 0/4 Bought boat with a new mast, no rigging. So I have replaced rigging in the past when I had old rigg
Wheel size O'Day 28 Robert H. Wood at 5:29pm 01.27.20 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1261
Electric Ferries Coming to Maine? Bob J. at 4:16pm 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 135/13192 http://www.rephubbell.com/2020/01/23/electric-ferries
Ericson 27 V-Birth expansion and other projects? Prestonrockstar at 1:49pm 01.27.20 Ericson 5/3175 Hi All, I came into good luck and landed a very, very, very cheap Ericson 27 1974 in great conditio
What size head? Fictionman at 10:15am 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 16/2420 I currently have what seems to be a "household" size bowl on my standard Jabsco pump toilet. I am u
New flooring suggestions Scott T-Bird at 8:16am 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 32/4111 I pulled up my original teak ' holly plywood flooring and haven't decided yet what to put down. It'
Lewmar cars Greg17879 at 7:58am 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 5/1155 Where can I get rubber stoppers for my Lewmar cars for my genoa? They have disintegrated!
Cockpit Teak Floor Kit from Beneteau NHB40 at 7:52am 01.27.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/3940 Has anyone ordered/installed a cockpit teak flooring kit from Beneteau? I'm considering it for my 20
79 Catalina 27 BOW RAIL needed Chief Jim at 7:14am 01.27.20 Parts Search 3/796 1979 Catalina 27 now rail. Need two rail type, not single. We are at Manatee Cove Marina, Patrick AF
Wheel size for O'Day 28 Robert H. Wood at 6:27am 01.27.20 Ask All Sailors 4/574
Summer Wind 1986 O'Day captcrly at 5:11am 01.27.20 Bigger Boats 5/916 I have a problem with the main sail getting stuck coming down. mostly at the top of the mast. Any s
S2 9.2A Rudder Problem? (And solution?) (1) SafeSailor at 10:15pm 01.26.20 S2 5/2500 Hi--New to the forum. I'm a Sea Scout Skipper and Fleet Manager for a Sea Scout Ship. We have a 19
Exhaust Riser "mixing elbow" questions jonelli at 10:13pm 01.26.20 Catalina 30 42/9774
3 hour tour pumpkinpie at 7:37pm 01.26.20 Ask All Sailors 38/5269 .
Hello all, Dean here from down under looking forward to chatting with you all and listening to your advice happy sailing. Deandownunder at 7:25pm 01.26.20 Catalina 310 9/1345 We are having trouble getting a water pump for the boat as we life down under any suggesting would b
H41 DS Cabin top Overhang (1) SV Bella at 1:39pm 01.26.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/968 Has anyone had the overhang on the cabin of the deck saloon to break by people stepping on it? Has
Ground tackle Evorbach at 9:04am 01.26.20 S2 2/877 Wondering what folks have done with the 9.2 anchoring? Comes with just an anchor locker and thats it

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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
Yanmar 2GM Engine Questions MikeHoncho at 7:57pm 03.02.25 might be worth pulling the front cap on the heat exchanger to a look. What does the old impeller lo
Moving Lead Acid Batteries to inside the cabin MikeHoncho at 7:50pm 03.02.25 Although all charging batteries produce hydrogen, the real issue is with confined spaces and/or exce
Main Sail for HC37 shemandr at 7:28pm 03.02.25 The plastic sail slides deteriorate from UV exposure. It's not a big job to replace them. As for
Main Sail for HC37 Davidasailor26 at 6:14pm 03.02.25

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