Swim platform question - Sailboat Owners Forums
Dec 11, 2023 · *** The first photo shows what looks like a stable platform, next photos are the homemade version from sailing GBU channel...it supports her full weight, not sure how much she weighs,..so I included 2 photos. The last photo is the fully integrated platform on Bene 34.1....hope this helps.
Vendee Globe | Sailboat Owners Forums
Oct 19, 2024 · Predict Wind is the official supplier of weather information for the Vendee Globe. It appears the data from PredictWind is downloaded to the boat and on board weather routing software is used in conjunction with the boat's polar's and local (on board observations) are used to plan the routing.
Sailing and Transmission lever - Sailboat Owners Forums
Sep 4, 2014 · Question on 2001 h410. Where do you place the shift lever selection when sailing and engine off? Neutral forward or reverse. I went sailing with a few captains last weekend and everyone had a different opinion where to place the shift lever. I have found no information in the boat manual and engine manual.
Chesapeake Bay Area. Possibilities | Sailboat Owners Forums
Nov 23, 2024 · Sailing is all about the Weather. Big into the exploration of Atlantic Hurricanes since Katrina came uninvited into his world, James (Jim) Gurley has followed every Tropical Storm birthed in Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean waters since. Being a boater, he knows that we often need more time to prepare than we get from the TV weather folk.
Full enclosure questions | Sailboat Owners Forums
Oct 31, 2024 · Personally, I've always felt sailing with a closed enclosure is an oximoron. If you can close the enclosure, you aren't sailing. IF you are actually sailing, there are too many reasons to go on deck. I had a boat with an enclosure, and while sailing, even in crummy or cold weather, I left the back open, such that I could com and go freely.
Sailing with Yanmar in Reverse - Sailboat Owners Forums
Mar 27, 2014 · Sailing with the transmission in forward is a bad idea because of the potential for damage to the transmission. Keep the transmission in neutral unless you get a folding or feathering prop, in which case Yanmar says it is OK to keep the transmission in reverse (it has to be in reverse initially to allow the blades to close/rotate).
Question about solar panels and batteries. | Sailboat Owners Forums
Nov 13, 2024 · When you are sailing (no engine) you are using power from the battery. After you deplete the battery you need to run the engine to replace what was used. When you are motoring you are producing power, which will be used by the instruments, etc and the excess will be stored in the battery (until the battery if full).
Antifreeze | Sailboat Owners Forums
Dec 6, 2024 · My friends boat is a 2009 Beneteau 30. It has an approx. 5 gallon hot water tank that is heated by 120vac shore power and the anti freeze line off the heat xchanger. We can run the boat under load at the dock for hours and have no coolant leak. We go out sailing and the bilge is full of antifreeze.
Sailing in Tennessee? - Sailboat Owners Forums
Jan 23, 2011 · I started sailing when I lived near Galveston Bay, TX where the wind is decent for sailing most days of the year. After moving to the middle of the Georgia - South Carolina border I bought my second sailboat, a 15 foot sloop, expecting to have lots of warm weather sailing fun. What a disappointment. In the Summer it's mostly hot with light winds.
Sailing an AeroRig - Sailboat Owners Forums
Jul 19, 2020 · Instead, He needs to use Rule 25. (c) A sailing vessel underway may, in addition to the lights prescribed in Rule 25(a) (bow bi-color), exhibit at or near the top of the mast, where they can best be seen, two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being red and the lower green.