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Heading for the water ! (1) Villvind at 1:12pm 05.14.19 Big Boats 4/519
Spinnaker Pole length - exactly markwbird at 8:37am 05.14.19 Ask All Sailors 27/6952 I recently got a back alley deal on a used spinnaker pole from a guy who's name I did not catch. It
Steering wheel cover Beneteau 43 grevay at 8:22am 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/857 Has anyone restored their Beneteau steering wheel cover? Both are worn and I don't want to have to
SG200 and Firefly Garbonzo at 6:52am 05.14.19 Musings With Maine Sail 0/661 OK, My vintage BATMON from Ample Power (you gotta be old to even remember that product and company)
2012 Mercury manual Windcree at 5:49am 05.14.19 Engines and Propulsion 6/678 I just picked up a used 2012 Mercury 4 HP outboard. Does anyone know were I might download a manual
B361 temperature reading ping141 at 2:56am 05.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/2823 Hi! My ST60 Tridata display is stuck on -3.5 degrees Celsius. Even Norway is not that cold... Speed
Keeping the fridge/freezer cold while sailing pumpkinpie at 12:05am 05.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/7177 I'm in the process of purchasing a 2006 Hunter 41 DS. It has a Separate front loading Refrigerator a
catalina 250: replacing antifouling coat and boat stand rig francois.lavoie at 8:10pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 0/734 I have a catalina 250 with ballast and swing keel. I intend to sand the old antifouling coat only an
Deck Painting jamieFL at 6:55pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2459 My project keeps drifting. Everything I do sparks more work. I'm working on a 1988 Watkins 25. At
Inflatable dinghy recommendations iamwhatiam at 4:05pm 05.13.19 Catalina 22 34/8232 I apologize if this has been asked already...tried the search engine but didn't see anything recent.
Oops we did it again (2) The Rabbit at 2:37pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 3/722 Good times in Miami
Splicing Tiny Dyneema (5) AaronD at 12:32pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 4/5539 I've been using single-braid dyneema (Amsteel, Endura 12, etc.) for a variety of applications. It's
Solids in the water tank (1) Oceanis 440 NY at 12:30pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1726 Hi All, Cleaned out the water tanks (to the best of my ability) and found these pieces of ??? In th
Hurrisheet? WayneH at 10:35am 05.13.19 Weather and Forecasting 2/881 I ran across an interesting website while doing "research". flhurricane.com with a tag line of "Hu
The 170 and an Asym Spinnaker..... Shorefun at 10:18am 05.13.19 Day Sailers 4/757 My boat came with the asym spinnaker which I doubt has ever been used. The hull did not get all the
Easier to replace a Jabsco head than to fix it? limbodog at 7:21am 05.13.19 Big Boats 21/5639 I've got two heads. One goes to a cracked holding tank. We won't talk about that. The other goes t
Leaking Water Tank On Port Tack-O'Day 34' Windchime2 at 4:22am 05.13.19 Ask An Oday Owner 5/980 On out last 2 outings one of the bilge pumps kept cycling on, but strangely only when we were on a p
Prop Stuck on Shaft Steverhnm at 11:49pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2177 After great pains and exhausting all manner of contraptions I finally cut the nuts off my prop shaft
Perkins 4-108 Injector Pump Troubleshooting MrMoses at 10:58pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 4/6050 Perkins 4-108, Delphi Injector Pump... Over the last month, it took more and more cranks for the e
50 foot Challenger Ketch CPT Ron at 9:15pm 05.12.19 Big Boats 0/1098 Yearning to learn more info on the Challenger Yacht Corporation. I understand the President passed

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Sail Recommendation spadaforaj at 4:01am 11.26.24 Thank you all
Macerator pump mounting dlochner at 3:45am 11.26.24 Pump motors should be level with the pump or above the pump. Pump motors are more likely to be damag
Pulling prop shaft off coupling procedures? dlochner at 3:42am 11.26.24 Take the coupling off the transmission and then get one of these tools. Makes getting the flange off
Sail Recommendation jssailem at 10:00pm 11.25.24 In Seattle we are fortunate to have several options. I know that the Precision folk nearby work hard
Pulling prop shaft off coupling procedures? jssailem at 9:39pm 11.25.24
Thanksgiving will soon be here. (1) Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:57pm 11.25.24 click to enlarge
Mast on a Hunter 19 Will Gilmore at 7:56pm 11.25.24 I am not familiar with the Hunter 19, but as a 61+ year-old man of six feet tall and average build,
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? jssailem at 7:19pm 11.25.24
Pulling prop shaft off coupling procedures? chuckwayne at 6:55pm 11.25.24 If your engine has not been installed yet, I would remove the propeller and pull out the shaft onto
Sail Recommendation Davidasailor26 at 6:54pm 11.25.24 Try some other lofts. I recently got quotes from several, most of whom would come to the boat to mea
Pulling prop shaft off coupling procedures? JoeWhite at 6:34pm 11.25.24 If your engine has not been installed yet, I would remove the propeller and pull out the shaft onto
Mast on a Hunter 19 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:59pm 11.25.24 As a former Hunter dealer, I introduced both sailboats. The19 came with a mast raising system whic
Mast on a Hunter 19 drtdkidd at 4:43pm 11.25.24 @drtdkidd The aHunter 19 you are referring to, is it the water ballast sailboat? If not, the year
Sail Recommendation shemandr at 4:36pm 11.25.24 Uhm I think for an in mast furling sail I would have the boat measured. I don't think you would bui
TS 10 Simrad Tillerpilot reborn with smartphone app. (3) garymalmgren at 4:36pm 11.25.24 Hi Project Mayhem RE, Glad to hear that you're going for hall sensors instead of mechanical The Sim
Sail Recommendation Tally Ho at 4:09pm 11.25.24 I used North Sail when buying my first sails. Went ok, but even with them measuring, main had to be
Sail Recommendation kappykaplan at 3:51pm 11.25.24 You'll be much better off with a loft that comes to your boat to take measurements.
Adding Electric Bilge Pump (1) jrussnogle at 3:44pm 11.25.24
1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? Hayden Watson at 3:29pm 11.25.24 With my hydronic system, I run the heater boiler for one hour each morning which dries out any conde
Macerator pump mounting jssailem at 3:03pm 11.25.24 Will it be OK to mount the pump on a slight angle? With the motor side a little lower than the pump

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