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interior wood treatment SVPardonMyFrench at 9:57am 03.11.19 Big Boats 17/2035 Hey All I love the look and feel of the wood inside the 40.5. It was become quite weathered unfor
Trucking a Cape Dory 30C Zekmeister at 9:09am 03.11.19 Trailer Sailors 1/51 I am writing a journal of the journeys of the Cape Dory 30, SV The Kestrel. On this post, I write ab
Making Sense of Automatic Charging Relays Maine Sail at 8:45am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 9/1220 Hi All, I know I have been hit or miss here recently, things are quite busy here at Compass Marine
Hunter 216 keep pin replacement H216sailor at 8:22am 03.11.19 Day Sailers 16/1455 Has anyone ever replaced their keel pin on a Hunter 216? it is not broken, but I do have some wobbli
Aqualarm bilge switch wiring question (1) Justin_NSA at 7:22am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 1/1875 I sent this question to Aqualarm but who knows if or when they will respond. Any thoughts on how to
Hull speed dnimigon at 7:17am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 57/5643 Just a question for all of you. When a manufacturer states that a boat has a certain hull speed what
Stereo replacement Valerio at 6:54am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 5/339 Hi to all. My west marine deck stereo has died. I am wondering if is better to replace the allsystem
What kind of marine head setup do I have? Project_Mayhem at 6:49am 03.11.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 24/1549 I recently bought an O'Day 25 that has a head. It's a square toilet on top of a square holding tank.
H41 owner question Valerio at 6:47am 03.11.19 Big Boats 6/497 Hi to all 41 owners, i need to rewire the hot line on the travel arch, how do i access the cables ru
A spotlight alternative Skipper at 6:29am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 12/979 I have an old GE spotlight that plugs into 12v. Swiped it years ago from my first power boat that I
Moved to a Mooring - and have never moored before (1) CherylZZ at 6:03am 03.11.19 Ask All Sailors 8/739 Our marina was taken over by the county in a long court settlement about property ownership and I wa
Leaking Hull?? (2) SailRex at 5:36am 03.11.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/613 Hello All, I have a 1989 Hunter 23 that water seems to be leaking into the cabin sump. I have attach
Outback Chargers dke at 11:59pm 03.10.19 Musings With Maine Sail 8/893 I have an Outback 2812M charger/inverter and Deka 4D gel batteries. It is driving me crazy to attemp
iNavX and CHS Charts YVRguy at 9:29pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 31/4592 Hello. This is primarily for Canadian sailors. I have been on hiatus from sailing for the last f
H260 Rudder Line specs (1) Chuck C. at 9:25pm 03.10.19 Smaller Boats 17/2040 Changing out my rudder blade, putting back the original foam core instead of the shorter poly blade.
My new saildrive Mark Maulden at 7:29pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 143/15253
New Cockpit Control panel (1) jssailem at 7:14pm 03.10.19 Big Boats 6/591 Finished the install of my new control panel. Built by @LeslieTroyer with his magic CNC Router. We
Civilization (1) All U Get at 6:38pm 03.10.19 Ask All Sailors 33/1183 Our first sign of getting back towards civilization from the out islands.
Yanmar parts suppliers Tim Mills at 3:40pm 03.10.19 Engines and Propulsion 6/962 Looking for advice for a good online provider of Yanmar parts I have a 2004 Yanmar 3GM30. Looking f
In NY 2-4 and Boston April 4-7 907Juice at 3:19pm 03.10.19 Sails Call Lounge 3/375

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Thundering water tank? RoyS at 5:30am 08.30.23 Also there should be a manifold somewhere so that you can isolate the tanks and use one at a time. E
Winterization? Jimongee at 5:22am 08.30.23 Thank you davidsailor
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks JBP-PA at 4:58am 08.30.23 How tall is the mast? My mast is 30 some odd feet. I use a track cleaner like the one in the Prac
Any advantage to using fiberglass wrap on Yanmar diesel exhaust? dLj at 4:42am 08.30.23 The only "bad" aspect that comes to mind is the potential to increase corrosion and it being "invisi
Sister ship! -- lame start to my own boating season danooxnard at 4:39am 08.30.23 Beautiful Lake!
Catalina 22 bilge care danooxnard at 4:37am 08.30.23 On my 1974 C-22 there is no drain for the bilge. I have had no need for one since I do not get water
Problems with cdi furling jib dlochner at 4:34am 08.30.23 On older CDI furlers the halyards are inside the foil, the cleats are for the halyard. Not positive
Winterization? Davidasailor26 at 4:27am 08.30.23 Draining the water tanks is pretty much just a matter of letting the pump run until everything is em
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Captain Larry-DH at 4:00am 08.30.23
Problems with cdi furling jib justsomeguy at 3:22am 08.30.23 why there are cleats on the drum, You need a place to secure your halyard, of course. Dunno about
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 9:44pm 08.29.23 Are all of the hoses you mentioned here fuel return hoses ? The reason I ask is that I just replac
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Ralph Johnstone at 9:39pm 08.29.23 Are all of the hoses you mentioned here fuel return hoses ? The reason I ask is that I just replace
Cockpit drain not draining Macboy at 9:39pm 08.29.23 I JUST redid mine yesterday. I used flexible couplers on the glassed in fittings and then built the
Gulf Storm Potential JamesG161 at 9:22pm 08.29.23 Just in from NHC with land fall in early morning... Category 4 Hurricane Idalia Pray for them. D
Raritan PHII long term review Stu Jackson at 8:47pm 08.29.23 That's not been my experience Me neither. PHII July 2010. Peggie Hall came for a visit and a sa
Raritan PHII long term review Ralph Johnstone at 8:42pm 08.29.23 Pump housing. Cracked and leaking. Complete base, broken off at one mount, and cracked further in w
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (4) Rich Stidger at 8:35pm 08.29.23 Did you ever find the source of your leak? UPDATE: Finally! I believe that I have found the sour
Gonna pull the boat... Will Gilmore at 8:16pm 08.29.23 Maybe removing the boat from the risk area. But that can be nearly impossible. :plus: For the firs
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Captain Larry-DH at 8:03pm 08.29.23 Evans Starzinger wrote a few years back about testing rope to chain splices. If you have the time y
Refilling Compass - where's the port? Tally Ho at 7:41pm 08.29.23

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