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A18086 ST4000+ Drive motor replacement jonelli at 8:10pm 04.25.19 Ask All Sailors 37/10850
Catalina 18 Trailer Launch Questions Ajay73 at 7:41pm 04.25.19 Smaller Boats 18/3698 The questions I have are for those that trailer launch their C18's. I have a 2003 C18 on a Trail Rit
S2 9.2 head door sticking - compression post issue? Johninerie at 5:39pm 04.25.19 S2 10/3177 I am looking at buying a 1983 S2 9.2A and I noticed the head door was sticking slightly in frame Is
170 Mast Head Sheave Replacement, easy Shorefun at 5:16pm 04.25.19 Day Sailers 0/473 I got the pieces from Dwyer yesterday. I was expecting a fight with stainless pins peened in place.
ENGINE PANEL QUESTION (1) twodzusfittings at 3:15pm 04.25.19 Bigger Boats 6/1122 On my engine panel I have two push buttons. One is the glow plug and the other is the start button.
TEMP GAUGE. twodzusfittings at 3:04pm 04.25.19 Bigger Boats 3/493 It's the last of the gauges for the motor that needs attention. Its not working. I'm connected throu
OK, SOMEONE KNOWS THE ANSWER twodzusfittings at 3:02pm 04.25.19 Bigger Boats 26/2039 I have to remove the two mid rails to clean, lay butyl tape to seal and replace the mid rails. Howev
Replacing exhaust hose on Hunter 290 pfaffk at 1:25pm 04.25.19 Mid-Size Boats 0/398 Hi, I need to replace the exhaust hose on Hunter 290 as it is cracked and leaking when the engine is
Beach Cleaning dlochner at 1:20pm 04.25.19 Sails Call Lounge 12/980 Saw this article today on a project to clean beaches of micro plastics. Cool idea, a beach vacuum. B
Psych!!! topcat0399 at 12:25pm 04.25.19 Ask All Sailors 2/383 Email notice that my new Aysm order is SHIPPED!! Yeee HA! Watching the snail pace like movement fo
Bilge Pump Power Source Sailboat.Sequoyah at 12:23pm 04.25.19 Ask All Sailors 8/2575 I've searched for this question but haven't found it anywhere in specific (which may be due to the s
Electric Mast Stepping (1) Smiling Couple at 11:54am 04.25.19 Trailer Sailors 8/1070 I love the Catalina 18 but getting a little old to manually Step the Mast. The Norther Freight 2500
Windvane on 356 or 36 Court at 11:10am 04.25.19 Big Boats 2/617 I just purchased a 2004 Hunter 36. I have a Navik windvane from a previous boat, Yankee 30. While th
Solar Panel Breaker CYQK at 6:21am 04.25.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1057 Designing my solar system and was wondering what you did for circuit protection Should there be a b
Racing Port Huron to Mackinac - MaidenDetroit at 6:12am 04.25.19 Ask All Sailors 1/28 Hello Sailors! I'm wrapping up a film I've been working on about sailing and parenting (while racing
Asymmetric sheet size? caverun at 6:00am 04.25.19 Smaller Boats 14/1500 The asymmetric spinnaker that came with my H240 has 3/8" sheets- these have always seemed too heavy
US Inmarsat-C users: FCC will withdraw as account authority 22 APR 2020 Brian D at 8:12pm 04.24.19 SSB and Ham Operators 0/1389 This posted on the Cruisers Forums *************** US Inmarsat-C users: FCC will withdraw as accoun*
Need door for aft head (main cabin entry) for 2005 H41AC bobatkins at 7:47pm 04.24.19 Big Boats 5/626 One of my crew fell through the door to the aft head (from the main cabin) on my 2005 H41AC and turn
Per in my 07 Catalina 350 (1) Kingofcary at 3:29pm 04.24.19 Big Boats 6/1191 hi all .. I have a 350. See the attached pic of a piece of pex tubing for the galley sink. Note the
What is a faired keel worth? markwbird at 1:26pm 04.24.19 Racing 24/3577 I opted not to take the time to fair my iron keel this time around due to life and stuff. I am cons

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Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 12.16.23 Should I strip the newly painted prop and polish to bare metal? The water will make short work of
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water dlochner at 10:13am 12.16.23 First, in freshwater you will need to use magnesium, not zinc anodes. If the boat is gaining on its
Solar power systems Stu Jackson at 9:42am 12.16.23 the output was ... very unimpressive. Thanks for that info, DJ. I've been thinking about putting
Yanmar question Stu Jackson at 9:09am 12.16.23 but I thought I read somewhere that some Yanmar diesel series engine use the same oil in the engine
Yanmar question kloudie1 at 8:58am 12.16.23 The only powerplants that I've encountered that shared transmission and engine oil were on motorcycl
Solar power systems dLj at 8:33am 12.16.23 Thanks for that info, DJ. I've been thinking about putting wind on my boat (mostly for liveaboard w
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 8:29am 12.16.23 I installed the solar/wind combo. Thinking the same as you write above. Beyond the total disaster t
Solar power systems dLj at 8:25am 12.16.23 This key point comes up often when the forum is discussing solar. I have always been curious about
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns JBP-PA at 8:05am 12.16.23 A Harbor Freight stapler may or may not be part of the problem. Some of their stuff works, some not
Yanmar question dlochner at 7:54am 12.16.23 To the best of my knowledge, no engine and transmission share the same oil supply. Doesn't matter i
Yanmar question jdrutten at 7:47am 12.16.23 This reminds me that I want to be sure to change my transmission oil before recommissioning in the s
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns LloydB at 7:21am 12.16.23 If you have found a way to get staples driven properly then you must consistently do it that way eac
Yanmar question (1) Tally Ho at 6:54am 12.16.23 As others have said, some Yanmar engines / transmission pairs use the same oil in the transmission a
Yanmar question dlochner at 4:48am 12.16.23 The transmission dip stick does not look at all like the engines dipstick. On a Kanzaki transmission
Opinions? Navigation Laptops! sailme88 at 4:35am 12.16.23 Police, Fire and Military use a Panasonic hard shell laptop. Designed to take abuse..
Yanmar question sailme88 at 4:33am 12.16.23 NOT all ATF's are created equal. You NEED to ascertain the exact transmission that is mated to your
Yanmar question Davidasailor26 at 3:26am 12.16.23 but I thought I read somewhere that some Yanmar diesel series engine use the same oil in the engine
Opinions? Navigation Laptops! Tedd at 9:46pm 12.15.23 I use a Microsoft Surface Book 2 running OpenCPN with a GPS USB dongle. The PC is strapped to my nav
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns Project_Mayhem at 9:45pm 12.15.23 My concern with properly sunken staples is to keep the gelcoat under the cushion in tact while not p
Clog in sanitation outlet Terry Cox at 9:10pm 12.15.23 Anyone have a suggestion as to how to clear a clog preventing the tank from draining? Different mo

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