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O'day 23 Transom Rebuild (9) mwpaul at 8:12am 05.03.19 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1589 My wife and I bought our first boat last season, an O'day 23, unfortunately, the transom was rotten
Followup on Exhaust host replacement on Hunter 290 pfaffk at 7:47am 05.03.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/718 A week or so ago I posted on this forum and asked the question "Do you have to remove the holding ta
The Boatel Project Todd Atchison at 6:20am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2636 Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to read this post. It has little to do with boat perfo
Battery Box vent CYQK at 6:00am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 3/650 Re designing may battery box and want to build a venting system because they are wet cells What is t
3 Blade Prop Jac123 at 5:34am 05.03.19 Catalina 30 11/3416 I'm 90% set on installing the most efficient (for stopping and motoring) fixed 3 blade prop on my "
Obtaining Wave Period via SailDocs geoffschultz at 4:35am 05.03.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1127 Is there a parameter that you can send to saildocs to obtain the wave period? I specify WAVES and W
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Adding a 2A fuse holder Bob S at 4:37pm 05.02.19 Ask All Sailors 4/533 installing an AIS requiring a 2A fuse. The power wire is 20 AWG and the fuse holder is 10 AWG. Water
New forum member Richo265 at 3:02pm 05.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 3/609 Greetings all, I have been on the site seeking information for a period of time but had held off joi
Mast step questions, '87 Cat 22 (2) Coppertone at 2:17pm 05.02.19 Catalina 22 4/954 I am beginning repairs on my 87's mast step because it was showing many cracks through what appears
Backward motion (1) Phil Herring at 12:49pm 05.02.19 Ask All Sailors 44/7336 Sailboats are infamous for perilous backing under power. Favoring port, favoring starboard, favoring
hard windshield hunter (6) Navicula at 12:04pm 05.02.19 Big Boats 1/718 I built this last year and installed it this year for the Bahama winter...its a tinted Acrylic and I
Made in the shade All U Get at 11:59am 05.02.19 Ask All Sailors 7/976
Water in bilge... Jazzydaze at 11:49am 05.02.19 Newport 34/5330 My bilge has been staying pretty wet..Today i dried it..left for half an hour and came back to an in
Hole in my hull? Jdscar at 9:15am 05.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1046 I have recently purchased a 1981 25 ft Macgregor and while cleaning on it I noticed a hole in the ce
Torque spec for 3/4 bolt - h49 Chain Plate Velero49 at 7:46am 05.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/666 Im going to rebed the outboard chain plate and would like to know how much torque to apply. TY Bol
Repair of Quadrant Cover Question (2) Ward H at 7:14am 05.02.19 Ask All Sailors 7/790 I'm ready to repair the quadrant cover on my C30. The core of 1/4" plywood is rotten and the cover s
MacGregor 26x Motoring for SPEED Tom McCormack at 6:13am 05.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/4357 Under what conditions can the Mac26x with a 50hp Evinrude perform as a speedboat. In glass calm con
Replacing vented loop MarkCAP at 5:53am 05.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1159 Hi all, I have recently purchased a 1993 Hunter 375. It appears that the vented loop for the Jabsco
SANITATION HOSE twodzusfittings at 4:29am 05.02.19 Bigger Boats 3/1185 Working on the Black Water Tank. I currently have the 1 1/2" black with green stripe sanitation hose

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Another chainplate question (1) jssailem at 2:18pm 12.17.24 One of these is not like the other. Your chainplate is made up of two pieces. On the other 3 image
Upgrading to the Raymarine linear drive smokey73 at 2:14pm 12.17.24 When I called RM with the problem of "Low Voltage" and they told me the newer wheel drives weren't
Rufus and the Christmas Weather Forecast jssailem at 2:01pm 12.17.24 Oh my... take your golf clubs. Pinehurst #2 #3 & #5 are true golf experiences. One day I would love
Barton Marine removable traveler (2) jssailem at 1:54pm 12.17.24 Greg. Perhaps the simplest way to look at this is to use a load calculation. Harken has one for the
Yanmar Engine mounts. dlochner at 1:47pm 12.17.24 Glancing through Ellobgen's pages on larger engine mounts, I can see that the idea of having the he
Yanmar Engine mounts. (1) kloudie1 at 1:32pm 12.17.24 My original parts manual from 1984 shows 100 in front and 75 in the rear.. When I changed out the or
Another chainplate question dlochner at 1:27pm 12.17.24 To answer the important question, "is this an OK repair?" The answer is a resounding NO. The bulkh
Barton Marine removable traveler Tally Ho at 12:55pm 12.17.24 This is an advantage. The end of the boom with reduced force puts less stress on the boom. Just n
Another chainplate question Tally Ho at 12:51pm 12.17.24
Rufus and the Christmas Weather Forecast Hello Below at 11:47am 12.17.24 My son and his family just moved into their brand new built house in a little village called Pinehur
Panting Rod, how tight? dlochner at 11:36am 12.17.24 When Bob Perry specified a hold-down device for the cabin top on his V-40, he referred to it as a "
Panting Rod, how tight? FastOlson at 11:09am 12.17.24 When Bob Perry specified a hold-down device for the cabin top on his V-40, he referred to it as a "t
Replacing reefing line sheeves on a 1983 Beneteau First 38 Benny35 at 10:51am 12.17.24 Hi Marcos, If memory serves, for the boom end they used the same system as for the masthead, that i
Yanmar Engine mounts. Ralph Johnstone at 10:13am 12.17.24 On the other hand, Ellobogen shows 2 pairs of mounts, 100 and 150, with the 150s on the port side a
Panting Rod, how tight? dlochner at 9:20am 12.17.24 Getting ready to re-install my panting rod sometime this week. . I know it should be tightened whi
Do you folks strap your boats to your trailers? (1) RussC at 9:16am 12.17.24 Naaaaaa. who needs em? ;)
Panting Rod, how tight? jssailem at 9:07am 12.17.24 Never have I had to deal with a panting rod. This link on Cruisers Forum may be helpful. https://ww
Barton Marine removable traveler bob45 at 8:16am 12.17.24 It changes the pressure. The pressure on the boom is a function of sail area and wind speed and it
Taking the mast down PlaneTom at 8:09am 12.17.24 There is a lot going on with this msg. First the wiring.. Try to get wiring connections out of the
Barton Marine removable traveler jssailem at 8:04am 12.17.24

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