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Relocating early C22 upper shroud chainplates Voiding Sounds at 7:16pm 02.17.19 Catalina 22 4/652 I'm getting ready to replace my misaligned, leaking 3/8" chainplate bolts and I was looking at the c
Time for new sails on my 2005 H38 glonek5 at 6:43pm 02.17.19 Big Boats 8/2136 I have a quote from North Sails replacing the original set and they are suggesting 1 of 2 sail mater
Problems with updating NOAA charts in OpenCpn MitchK at 5:35pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 2/380 Hello all, not sure if this is the correct forum for this question. So please forgive if it is not.
Our 2003 C310! JRT at 5:02pm 02.17.19 Catalina 310 556/59784 So after our adventure of looking at a C34 and deciding it was too dated we decided to move on and n
Ladder for Hunter 18.5 Jody at 4:40pm 02.17.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/561 Hello fellow Hunter owners, We have a 1992 Hunter 18.5. It has no hardware on the back of the boat,
Garmin products to delicate intended use Daveinet at 3:33pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 12/723 Last year I bought a Garmin VivoActive HR smart watch for the specific purpose to use while sailing.
Spring is right around the corner! (1) pclarksurf at 3:24pm 02.17.19 Catalina 22 6/636
Help me choose a new trailer tongue jack Gene Neill at 2:11pm 02.17.19 Trailer Sailors 21/1650 I've never bought one by itself before, so it's not something I have ever given much thought to, or
Modifications, that worked. (4) TomY at 12:15pm 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 30/2905 Soon after buying this boat I decided it needed better access to the engine, primarily to service th
1GM10 Engine Wire Harness (3) jamieFL at 10:02am 02.17.19 Engines and Propulsion 16/1339 I cleaned, derusted, painted, and replaced routine maitenance parts on my 1GM10. I took photos of ev
Hose Clamps Solstice at 9:41am 02.17.19 Musings With Maine Sail 4/763 I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on Scandvik non-perforated hose clamps as compared to AWAB?
411 steering console SVPardonMyFrench at 9:22am 02.17.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/483 Hi all I don't understand why the steering console in the 411 is so big and bulky, taking so much o
O'day Widgeon Rigging and Centerboard video CentralMich. at 7:28am 02.17.19 Day Sailers 0/1523 Here is a Video I made where I go over the rigging and a few other things including how the centerbo
Self tailing winch conversion hook at 6:16am 02.17.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 27/8480 Barton Marine makes a self tailing winch conversion that they call "Winchers". I have a Mac 25 and s
Electrical upgrades in process (7) Sefuller at 5:28am 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 20/1391 Working on some electrical and aesthetic updates on our recent acquisition. At some point in it's h
Documentation question Sefuller at 4:55am 02.17.19 Ask All Sailors 12/773 In the process of applying for documentation for a boat not previously documented. CG-1258, section
Used Westerbeke 30B mhberinger at 7:45pm 02.16.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3840 Hi Everyone, I recently purchased a used Beneteau 361 which came with a Westerbeke 30B that had 1,8
Raw water cooling question edgarcia2002 at 7:06pm 02.16.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/554 Hi everyone, While performing routine maintenance on my Atomic 5411 I noticed hose between the the b
88 Hunter legend chart table chair riversloth at 4:59pm 02.16.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1555 I Bought a 88 hunter legend and It does not have the chart table chair. There is an Air Conditioner
New galley sink for O'Day 34' Windchime2 at 4:06pm 02.16.19 Ask An Oday Owner 3/447

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Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water jssailem at 9:59pm 09.22.23 I cannot imagine that the physics is uniquely different between the various seals used and the vario
Deck paint recommendations (7) RSHunter27 at 9:01pm 09.22.23 X3XwvsorsYw220176
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:41pm 09.22.23 Luna has a couple Datamarine instruments in the cockpit area near the companionway hatch. I have no
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Techstyle at 8:35pm 09.22.23 I had a similar problem and found that the screen before the first fuel filter was completely clogge
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:29pm 09.22.23 Well by the look of the website they say a lot on one page, then the products page shows one small
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Kelsa at 8:23pm 09.22.23 As a side note, while in school for electrical engineering, I worked at a marine electronics place
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:55pm 09.22.23
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:45pm 09.22.23 These are obviously the instructions for a power boat : ral instructions had additionally included
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) baycloud at 7:39pm 09.22.23 Thanks for the pics @SV Maverick. Interesting setup - different than mine. Gives me design decisions
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Davidasailor26 at 7:19pm 09.22.23 The one thing I do know is that a negative pressure supply is not what you want connected to the se
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? What is the force which drives the water from
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? my head is nowhere near my packing seal so can't
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Tally Ho at 7:02pm 09.22.23
Applying Cetol question Davidasailor26 at 6:58pm 09.22.23 Did you strip off the gloss before applying the satin finish or did you just apply the satin over t
Its funny Friday! RSHunter27 at 6:56pm 09.22.23 Not funny in the least. I hate to see politics show up on this forum. As far as Colbert, I rate hi
Its funny Friday! RSHunter27 at 6:45pm 09.22.23
23.5 unsinkable??? shemandr at 6:22pm 09.22.23 I can tell you for a fact that a popular well regarded 80' - 90's, 28' boat will go straight to the
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water dlochner at 6:10pm 09.22.23 If they are telling you the thru-hull that supplies sea water to the engine, bad idea. The raw wate
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water RSHunter27 at 6:03pm 09.22.23 If they are telling you the thru-hull that supplies sea water to the engine, bad idea. The raw wat
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? stickinthemud57 at 5:13pm 09.22.23 There is a product that purports to handle such cracks. I have no experience with it: https://www.a

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