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Outboard: milky lower unit oil jviss at 5:44pm 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 16/1022 I brought the dinghy home and while winterizing the motor drained the lower unit to find milky fluid
Through-hull fitment question Gene Neill at 3:17pm 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 46/2875 My boat's sink drain has a 1 3/8" hole drilled. (I presume the old fitting was metric?) I would like
Paint is 33 years old - tape won't stick to it, how do I wrap hatches/windows? limbodog at 12:17pm 11.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/996 Hello all, I was advised in my introduction thread to break my issues out into individual threads,
Hope for the next generation of sailors? LakeShark at 9:53am 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 60/3053 I saw this ad today and I must say dang! This ad makes sailing look like so much fun perhaps other
Best line to use for pendants H3newdog at 9:28am 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 9/762 FOR FLAGS, Okay this should be simple but when I had the mast down I added some flag pendant lines t
MMSI question for MOB transponder, need fast answer JimInPB at 5:51am 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 43/5518 A friend of mine is about to start an international trip on a sailboat. The friend is being require
Saloon Table conversion to Bunk Bed (2) Trevor at 5:50am 11.13.18 Big Boats 6/965 I have a Hunter 38 2007 model built in UK (Legend) but branded Hunter as it was an Import to South A
BIOCIDES-Use or Don't Use Rasselas36 at 4:30am 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 24/1707 Recently I discovered a larger amount of algae in my fuel filter. After removing and cleaning, my c
Railing racks for propane bottles dablizzard at 3:57am 11.13.18 Parts Search 24/13786 During a recent trip to Canada I noticed a number of sail boats with propane tanks stored in racks o
Catalina 18 lifting fitting Ajay73 at 3:17am 11.13.18 Smaller Boats 7/1511 Does anyone know a source for the lifting fitting for the Catalina 18's? I've looked at Catalina Di
The storms All U Get at 12:30am 11.13.18 Ask All Sailors 6/459
Mundane Stuff Terry Cox at 7:47pm 11.12.18 Pacific North West Cruisers 34/2067 A bit quiet on this forum so thought I would inject some mundane stuff that requires periodic attent
New S2 6.7 Owner - Lifting Keel Maintenance FourthCoast at 6:10pm 11.12.18 S2 19/6390 Hello, I recently became the new owner of a 1980 S2 6.7. I hope someone here might be able to point
Yanmar 2YM15 (2016) largojimbo2003 at 2:57pm 11.12.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1115 I have a brand new, in the crate Yanmar 2YM15 (2016). I had a 1982 Hunter 30 that I wanted to re-pow
Capri 14.2 Mod 2 Mast Step Casting "Fleet Spec" (2) Thresher at 1:33pm 11.12.18 Smaller Boats 2/1371 I recently acquired a Capri 14.2 Mod 2 that was used as part of a yacht club fleet of the class. The
What are your favorite organization tips? JetLaggedChef at 1:23pm 11.12.18 Ask All Sailors 19/1486 I'm curious what everyone's favorite organization tips are. Specifically, I'm curious about how you
O'Day 25 Bulkhead Replacement Project_Mayhem at 1:08pm 11.12.18 Ask An Oday Owner 29/4746 There are plenty of posts about bulkhead replacements but very few of them explain anything about th
Someone needs glasses... (1) Brian D at 12:02pm 11.12.18 Sails Call Lounge 8/766 ... and a medical dictionary! https://scontent.fsan1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44787589_102181007739
Waste Y Valve.... NYSail at 10:57am 11.12.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/1702 So the first winter project this year will be converting my forward head to a gravity discharge. I
Replaced stock task lights, anyone want them? Ben4195 at 10:30am 11.12.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/398 hi folks, I replaced the task/reading lights that came with my boat. I'm not sure exactly what they

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Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 6:33pm 08.17.23 Was this the boat?
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:13pm 08.17.23 The "porch" side... Sometimes I get a kick out of how the speech to text likes to quote me. Anyway I
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel mermike at 6:10pm 08.17.23 Could certainly be annoying if it blows and you need to replace it to get the whole house system wo
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:06pm 08.17.23 OUCH ! If the grinding has been taking place within the gland, you may have damaged the shaft surf
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (1) mermike at 6:04pm 08.17.23 Was this the boat?
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 08.17.23 It really appears as if the shaft is having its problem within stuffing box. OUCH ! If the grind
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 5:18pm 08.17.23 Well if it comes down to that we'll just have to wait and see. A CV joint takes up less space than a
New vang to Beneteau Oceanis 50 (2009) Mechone at 5:04pm 08.17.23 Just buy the parts . What year is the boat ? It lasted this long. Zspar (France ) did supply many B
pros and cons of adjusting valves... Will Gilmore at 4:53pm 08.17.23 Brock pulled out a sock, then a second toe frock. It was red and gold in argyle Spandex. The heel po
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 4:10pm 08.17.23 I'll be following your adventure - Monday I'm looking at a 1986 30 that's been sitting in the water
Vesper XB8000- No GPS Signal mermike at 3:59pm 08.17.23 Glad to hear that you had a good experience with Garmin support. I bought my XB-8000 a month or so b
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel flightlead404 at 3:52pm 08.17.23
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel flightlead404 at 3:51pm 08.17.23 Can you push this cable out of the way and retake the pic? er conversion/transfer products. Do
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel mermike at 3:50pm 08.17.23 Yep, a Class T fuse and fuse block.
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel Richard19068 at 3:46pm 08.17.23 https://www.ebay.com/itm/294172320300
Need a "double" block at the mast base Justin_NSA at 3:06pm 08.17.23
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel Davidasailor26 at 3:01pm 08.17.23
Tide Clock FDL S2 at 2:49pm 08.17.23
Tide Clock FDL S2 at 2:40pm 08.17.23 From memory: I think Diurnal tides are one high and one low about 12hrs and 30min apart. Semidiurnal
Urban Anchorages Captain Larry-DH at 2:40pm 08.17.23 Mini rant Just returned from Block Island. Anchored next to a guy who put out 130 ft of chain in 10

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