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Transpac Entry Loses Keel on Delivery Rick D at 1:01pm 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 2/1011 At least they had beer.... https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/2019/05/31/#transpac-entry-loses-kee
Multi-tasking (1) Jackdaw at 12:57pm 05.31.19 Racing 11/1160 Last night our 4th G-series was called for lack of race-quality breeze. So while most bobbed while w
Hunter 460 electric halyard winch fitting jimali at 12:38pm 05.31.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1131 Hi We are converting one of our halyard winches to electric. Had fun running the cables. New winch
Chrysrler 26 rudder assembly (1) martinjohncarr at 10:03am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 2/539 My chrysrler 26 fin keel has a rudder wich moves up and down about an inch. Two separate divers have
Do you know what it is? (1) Richardwm at 7:36am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1528 I found this on the boat I purchased last fall. Do you know what it is????
boat blunders ! MitchM at 5:54am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 0/384 this big - boat forum just sent off a link to its ever-popular thread, Oops! A Decade of
Proposed Small Solar Setup (1) Northstar1014 at 5:21am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 4/777 Hello all, I am adding a small solar panel to my Beneteau 343 -- my goal is for it to provide suppl
Epirb All U Get at 3:14am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1214
Yanmar 2Gm20F shaking with New Yanmar Mounts Brinky63 at 6:10pm 05.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1786 I replaced the old mounts with Yanmar mounts specific for the engine, 3 years ago. The boat is 15 ye
Stackpak for Dutchman? rpell1@msn.com at 2:23pm 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1513 Hi all, I have a '97 Cat30 MKIII with a Dutchman mainsail system. I would love to add a Stackpak c
Battling Mildew and Mold dlochner at 1:48pm 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 38/4272 Since owning Second Star we have been battling a musty moldy smell with limited success. Recently wh
Building a replacement shroud Minnesail at 12:43pm 05.30.19 Catalina 22 2/675 So, I was tensioning my port side forward lower shroud when I heard a snap. I couldn't tell what it
Cracked Muffler (1) sjsflyer at 12:40pm 05.30.19 Catalina 310 10/1868 165459 This original 2007 muffler has less than 400 hours on it. It was weeping water just above t
Anyone parting out a cracked 216? AZExpedition at 11:54am 05.30.19 Smaller Boats 3/629 I am looking for a boom and vang. Thx Mike
Instrument Pod help (1) mdavisdc at 11:53am 05.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/791
Conduit holes in structural beam and stringer (1) Marrigoround at 9:21am 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1515 I'm installing a new inverter/charger that requires some heavy (#4/0 AWG) cable from the battery box
Radar mounting dilemma (2) DougM at 5:50am 05.30.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3122 I installed a new radar on my 323 last summer, and am looking for solutions to correcting the angula
Yanmar 2GMF Coolant change/flush thelilnauti at 11:08pm 05.29.19 Ask All Sailors 14/2215 Hey there sailors. Im looking to do a coolant flush and change on my 13hp Yanmar 2GMF engine. I'm n
Stantion replace on an o'day 34 daviddp at 4:50pm 05.29.19 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1661 I have 2 stanchions that are bent, The port side near the cabin bulkhead is impossible to see or eve
Diesel Dip Stick Tim22 at 3:55pm 05.29.19 Ask All Sailors 12/3309 I would like to make a dip stick for my fuel tank. Simple I thought! I drained the tank and then add

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Diesel Fuel Tank Inspection Port Tally Ho at 12:40pm 08.24.24 I would not use a plastic screw in port on a fuel tank. You need a bolt on gasketed plate IMHO. Eas
Its funny Friday! (3) JamesG161 at 11:55am 08.24.24 More Funny signs ... 227025 One more 227026 Jim...
Looking to hire help on a Catalina 25 in (Woodland, WA) hour away from Portland, Oregon Kimolos at 11:47am 08.24.24 Thank you. Great idea.
Looking to hire help on a Catalina 25 in (Woodland, WA) hour away from Portland, Oregon Stu Jackson at 11:33am 08.24.24 You should also ask at the C25 forum and get to know them: https://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/for
Starter motor burned up? Justin_NSA at 11:25am 08.24.24 See if you can peek at the teeth on your flywheel too. Could be the switch or the solenoid on the st
Hunter 376 Access in Aft Cabin duck21 at 11:01am 08.24.24 Hi @superiorsailor , I sent you a private message. Doug
spreaders Oldskoolguy at 10:41am 08.24.24 Perfect thks
spreaders Calif. Ted at 10:19am 08.24.24 Seizing wire of stainless or monel is used to "seize" shrouds then covered by tape and a rubber or l
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. Kings Gambit at 10:13am 08.24.24 So, I take it that the risk of fire during charging or otherwise is less, may be considerably less,
spreaders Oldskoolguy at 10:11am 08.24.24 Thks for the help
spreaders JoeWhite at 10:10am 08.24.24 The cable should be in the slot and the steel wire holds it in place. It appears that the steel wire
spreaders dLj at 10:04am 08.24.24
Anchor light beneteau oceanis 37 (2) mermike at 9:53am 08.24.24 A word of warning on Marinebeam. I've had 2 of 3 fail now. The bicolor bow light failed last fall. I
Starter motor burned up? Ralph Johnstone at 9:53am 08.24.24 and the starter was really hot. Seems like the starter motor had been running while the engine wa
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. Kings Gambit at 9:52am 08.24.24 If the pack gets to a run away condition there is little to no way you will be getting anywhere nea
spreaders (1) Oldskoolguy at 9:17am 08.24.24
Need Concern over Iithium battery charging of device batteries. MikeHoncho at 9:15am 08.24.24
Diesel Fuel Tank Inspection Port MikeHoncho at 9:05am 08.24.24 make your own. How often are you really going to use it.
spreaders dLj at 8:59am 08.24.24 got photos of the actual spreader? Better with an overall and a close-up of the tip, if you can get
Its funny Friday! WayneH at 8:22am 08.24.24 for some odd reason. :huh:

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