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Avoiding Carbon on Engine - MD2B Volvo diesel zinahewitt at 9:29am 01.16.26 Engines and Propulsion 5/104 Hi All, Hope your Jan is going well. I have an MD2B VOLVO penta. The engine is from the 70s. I was
Looking for Hatch Rails - 1984 ODay 222 JimGate at 6:57pm 01.15.26 Day Sailers 4/105 Looking for advice on how to best replace the hatch rails on my 1984 ODay 222. Are there any availab
Looking for 100 / 20 solar charge controller with its own display (I dont use bluetooth or phones) Carl Wonderful at 5:19pm 01.15.26 Ask All Sailors 2/104 Anyone recommend a 100 / 20 MPPT controller with a display so I don't have to use my wife's phone to
Hatch Rails Replacement ODay 222 JimGate at 3:03pm 01.15.26 Parts Search 0/60 Looking for advice on how to best replace the hatch rails on my 1984 ODay 222. Are there any availab
Hunter 34 - Exhaust elbow siphon break (1) paultech at 8:00am 01.15.26 Big Boats 15/267 Hello, My 1986 Hunter 34 Yanmar 3GM30F has a siphon break between the exhaust elbow (that's being r
Bilge pump hose location seahunter at 11:38am 01.14.26 Big Boats 3/179 Bildge pump hose location
Jules Verne Trophy PaulK at 11:09am 01.14.26 Racing 2/145 Just to make people aware of a pair of trimarans that are trying to beat the ''round the world recor
2008 Fuel reading not displayed on LED Knotilus at 9:39am 01.14.26 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/163 I have a 2008 Beneteau Oceania 46 that has the standard panel by the nav desk. The Batteries and Le
Swim ladder warpage - Catalina 310 PEMS at 7:20am 01.14.26 Catalina 310 7/221 My swim ladder has twisted to an extent that makes closing both retaining latches difficult. When i
Any Ranger 20"s on the East Coast? Mara Scott at 9:05pm 01.13.26 Ranger Boats (WA) 0/102 Hi, I am in NJ and think a ranger 20 would be a good boat for me and my family, but I have never see
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt barney17 at 7:30pm 01.13.26 Ask All Sailors 13/231 I just replaced the pivot bolt for my centerboard (I have a 17' sailing dinghy), and I put new neopr
Cape Dory Typhoon cabin roof/mast base question (3) Bob Kessler at 6:43pm 01.13.26 Trailer Sailors 3/202 I looked at a Cape Dory Typhoon last weekend. The owner had fabricated a hinged mast base that see
Night sky forecast tool (1) jssailem at 2:02pm 01.13.26 Weather and Forecasting 1/142 If you enjoy watching the night sky and hope one day to see the northern lights, I have just discove
Two hours AC patrickfarley at 10:17am 01.13.26 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/451 I plan to put a 5000 btu AC in the V berth with a vent system to the forward hatch. The AC will dra
Soft deck spots patrickfarley at 8:06am 01.13.26 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/62 The deck in front of the mast gives a little. Never used to give a little. The small piece of deck
MD2B Alternator V Belt Tension (2) zinahewitt at 3:51pm 01.12.26 Engines and Propulsion 6/257 Hi All, I have an Alternator connected to the Engine Flywheel using a V belt. The Manual says. 23
Plugged raw water intake Stephentrapani at 12:42pm 01.12.26 Ask All Sailors 16/335 Hello. Any brilliant tips on unclogging the strainer fitting on my raw water intake, while in the wa
Some Topping Lift/Outhaul Rigging Questions (6) TrapperJohn at 6:21pm 01.11.26 Ask All Sailors 15/412 Now that I had a little experience on my Morgan 321 this past summer, put the boat to bed for the wi
Bilge Pump Float Switch Bracket Fix/Upgrade (9) Clutch Cargo at 2:29pm 01.11.26 Bigger Boats 5/218 The installation of my bilge pump float switch is somewhat unique in that it is on a removable brack
Catalina 30 Electrical Panel / Nav Table Upgrade(s) jamesnovascotia at 9:49am 01.11.26 Catalina 30 3/247 Hey Folks, We have made some improvements around electrical capacity LiFoPO4 house bank (T-class fu

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Hunter 34 - Exhaust elbow vented loop dlochner at 6:01am 01.17.26 A siphon is a low probability event with a low cost prevention method to avoid a disastrous conseque
Hunter 34 - Exhaust elbow vented loop kloudie1 at 5:52am 01.17.26 Consider when the engine is shut down after running. The raw water hose will be full and if there is
Swim ladder warpage - Catalina 310 DaveJ at 5:26am 01.17.26 Easy to do. Just 2 bolts threaded through the ends of the ladder, into small brackets on the boat. S
Avoiding Carbon on Engine - MD2B Volvo diesel colemj at 5:03am 01.17.26 The engine is from the 70s. Pretty much all you need to know. It is still working well under the
Swim ladder warpage - Catalina 310 sailliny at 4:21am 01.17.26 I feel your pain. Last year while on the hard and with the ladder down, someone backed into it with
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt Captain Larry-DH at 3:01am 01.17.26 Where is the leak? Is it coming through under the bolt head, or is it at the edges of the washer? I
Avoiding Carbon on Engine - MD2B Volvo diesel Ralph Johnstone at 10:16pm 01.16.26 I start and leave the slip pretty well immediately. Motoring out of the marina is part of the warm
Identifying rolling furler? Zinger88 at 9:41pm 01.16.26 Yes...that is a CDI FF2 furler. It's what came standard on the Cat 22 mkII. I too dropped from the 1
Hunter 34 - Exhaust elbow vented loop Johnb at 9:36pm 01.16.26 Same with any engine, water comes into the engine cooling through hull and out into the exhaust sys
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt jssailem at 4:07pm 01.16.26 Sure, why not? The 4200 is not rigid, there is flex. I would look into something of a hardened mate
Mercury 9.9 steering lock Crazy Dave Condon at 4:05pm 01.16.26 All I read was Mercury in your original post and responses
Funny Friday!!! Kermit at 2:49pm 01.16.26 growth and adaptation. Exactly what amphibians do.
Recommend a 100 watt Solar Setup for my C-22 Stu Jackson at 2:37pm 01.16.26 from other trusted sources, among them Stu Jackson, who is a guru in this area, and who has many he
Recommend a 100 watt Solar Setup for my C-22 Anchor Down at 1:57pm 01.16.26 A lot of ideas, advice and equipment have been thrown at Mr. Wonderful, but no one has really taken
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt dlochner at 1:55pm 01.16.26 Could I try the 4200 under the washers and see how that seals? The leak is slow enough that I feel
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt barney17 at 1:42pm 01.16.26 jssailem - yes that's all accurate dlochner - thanks I'll check out those washers. Could I try the
Jules Verne Trophy PaulK at 1:27pm 01.16.26 The women on Idec are now heading almost due north at better than 17 knots. 3000 miles to go! Sodeb
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt dlochner at 1:14pm 01.16.26 Thank you all for the help! I really appreciate it. Here are some pictures. You can see the bolt in
Avoiding Carbon on Engine - MD2B Volvo diesel Stu Jackson at 1:11pm 01.16.26 Running the engine for 10 minutes at idle is not the best practice, half that is more than enough.
Sealing a rubber washer for centerboard bolt jssailem at 1:06pm 01.16.26 The images help. I now have a clearer picture of what you are doing. I understand that the metal c

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