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Slightly different focus (4) Jackdaw at 6:41pm 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 31/1445
Universal 35B Intermittent Overheat adelboat at 6:20pm 08.13.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/915 Hi, all - hope you are enjoying a great season! A bit of unseasonal weather this season in NE, but a
Guest 900 Oscillating Cabin Fan (1) jviss at 6:10pm 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 7/936 I have two of these on my boat. https://newcontent.westmarine.com/content/images/catalog/large/24
Anti-Foul on a Mac 26M annon2019 at 5:14pm 08.13.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/416 My husband and I are VERY novice sailors, who bought our Mac 26M because it seemed the ideal boat to
Dinghy Outboard Motors: Mercury versus Johnson jviss at 4:08pm 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 5/382 I have two 15HP Mercury 2-stroke motors for my 9' RIB, the tender for our sailboat. I have been on
How do I run a new main halyard? DStegs49 at 4:00pm 08.13.18 Big Boats 4/959 I have a legend 37 and over the winter the wind and ice caused one of my main halyards to chafe and
C270 New Sails Sailfish03 at 11:35am 08.13.18 Mid-Size Boats 8/1032 Hi All, Our main and 155 genny are in need of replacement and our Variable winds at Bear Lake are an
Chart plotter choice Jimski at 11:19am 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 29/4041 It is time to replace my aging Garmin 178 chart plotter. The other instruments (depth and speed thro
Boat Capacity Limits jimedwards at 9:42am 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 28/3928 Is there a maximum capacity for my 1981 Catalina 27? Weight or number of persons? I know number of l
Time to Let Her Go... Simon Sexton at 8:09am 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 14/837 Hey Everyone, I am sad to report that we are selling Valiant, our first boat. She's been great fun
Well, sold my boat Kommy000 at 7:49am 08.13.18 The Cherubini Hunters 6/793 Well, after all the work, I ended up selling my boat. Moving on to a bigger boat, hopefully my last
Hunter Vision 32 engine to water heater lines. SonnyMarshall at 7:23am 08.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/896 Found some chaffing on the coolant lines that go to the water heater. Chaffing has occurred on the
Port Replacement Screens carriemeaway at 7:02am 08.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/889 I have been looking to replace the screens in my small ports on our 2006 38 foot hunter. Has anyon
Adding Air conditioning to a 38 ft 2006 Hunter carriemeaway at 7:00am 08.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1122 We own a 2006 38 foot Hunter. We would like to add air conditioning. The electrical panel has th
Dodger Jeff Scheid at 6:35am 08.13.18 Catalina 30 17/2699 Hi All, Looking for a Dodger pattern or and old dodger, so I can fab a new one. My boat 1980 C30 T
New 1/2"� genoa sheets. Hayden Watson at 9:41pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 8/392 I need to replace my genoa sheets and want something different than the stay-set that I am replacing
Universal diesel multiple sudden symptoms Skipper at 8:13pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 60/4037 UPDATED POST 8/25 page 2 UPDATED AGAIN 9/20 page 3 -- it was the air cleaner. Pretty sure I know w
Lawnmower-type battery for starting small diesel? Gene Neill at 4:02pm 08.12.18 Musings With Maine Sail 5/709 My Beta 14 (Kubota) engine recommends 350-400 CCA for starting. To me, that's what I consider a lawn
Careful out there Ken Cross at 3:24pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 7/481 I heard a call this morning to the US Coast Guard. Seeing the name of the boat right near us we moto
O'Day 322 replacement sliding hatch Mickstr at 1:51pm 08.12.18 Bigger Boats 17/1678 Has anyone replaced their sliding hatch on a 322 or similar boat (the horizontal sliding hatch, not

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Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker rgranger at 7:50am 08.06.23 Looks like your boat could also benefit from a topping lift.
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker rgranger at 7:50am 08.06.23 I think you would want to put your light air drifter sail a bit forward of the forstay and sweep it
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker stickinthemud57 at 7:43am 08.06.23 Welcome to the forum! While I share Joe's frustration with the lack of punctuation, I thought I shou
Outboard Fuel Hose Recommendation rgranger at 7:41am 08.06.23 I buy my fuel line at auto-part stores. I've never had an issue... The only things missing on an
Flush Thru-Hulls replace with Mushroom Type rgranger at 7:37am 08.06.23 ...and used mushroom head thru hulls that sat fully into the recess. He then filled with G Flex epo
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 7:16am 08.06.23 I was also wondering what extra hardware would need to be added to the mast.
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 7:11am 08.06.23
New Campbell Sailer Prop (1) SycloneDriver at 7:09am 08.06.23 The nut might have been just more than finger tight. The prop came off so easily I don't think I e
New Campbell Sailer Prop (1) SycloneDriver at 6:56am 08.06.23 Just by fact that you are missing a couple of sections of blade while adjacent sections look smooth
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. chriscampbell at 6:33am 08.06.23 Replacing the joker valve helped a lot with the pumping efficiency. Super fun job, too. Haha. The ol
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Joe at 6:14am 08.06.23 Why not. Beats learning to punctuate.:D
Outboard Fuel Hose Recommendation JBP-PA at 6:12am 08.06.23 Hmm. The only fuel hose I've had that hardened were ones not compatible with ethanol. The ethanol s
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery barnstormer at 6:09am 08.06.23 Geez, sorry to have stirred up a hornet's nest about battery cables! I was just trying to tell jonel
Flush Thru-Hulls replace with Mushroom Type Ward H at 5:35am 08.06.23 Catalina flush mounts the thru hulls on their boats, at least earlier boats. Mine are flush mounted
Flush Thru-Hulls replace with Mushroom Type dlochner at 5:07am 08.06.23 Welcome to SBO. I'd take Option 3.
Life Is Good (2) ShotgunSlim at 5:00am 08.06.23 Late spring weekend boat camping with all the fun: swimming, lounging, drinking, cockpit cooking, lo
Catalina Metal Plaque ShotgunSlim at 4:54am 08.06.23 When I first looked into having my plate re made by the factory, it was $35. When I finally got aro
Bomar hatch dog jviss at 4:35am 08.06.23 I saw your post about the punch. So I went to harbor freight and bought a basic pin punch set. It
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment Maine Sail at 3:36am 08.06.23 Manual lift pump seems pretty fickle on my 3GM. On Yanmar engines, the manual pump just needs th
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery jonelli at 12:51am 08.06.23 I don't refute any of these claims about battery cables. My experience is the polar opposite. My

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