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Selling an expensive boat mitffonsok at 5:45am 06.28.18 Bigger Boats 45/4230 I am preparing to sell 54' center cockpit sailing yacht. It is a beautiful boat and it is loaded wit
Westerbeke Diesel overheating Steph at 4:27am 06.28.18 Ask All Sailors 12/5076 After just 10 minutes of running, my Westerbeke 13 is overheating. I have good fresh water intake
Hunter 40 legend mast questions riversloth at 4:52pm 06.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/492 Was wondering how many of you have had to replace your mast. I was considering a legend 40 but th
Bilge Pump for O'day 20 SUMB44 at 4:12pm 06.27.18 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1095 Has anyone installed an electric/automatic bilge pump or sump pump in their O'day 20 or similar? I
Rigging Line ? (3) BreakingWind at 2:51pm 06.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/752 I have a 2001 h260 and It came with a piece of rigging that I am not sure about.. a cable 30ft with
Install a new refrigeration unit? Pat T at 2:15pm 06.27.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1266 My current Adler Barbour cold machine is on the blink. It is probably as old as the boat. It starts
MKII vs. MKIII rpell1@msn.com at 2:04pm 06.27.18 Catalina 30 7/2202 Does anyone know the actual differences between a Cat30 MKII vs. a Cat30 MKIII in 1997? I've searche
O'day 20 Rebuild SUMB44 at 12:40pm 06.27.18 Day Sailers 0/668 An very interesting write-up of someone's experiences with the rebuild o their O'day 20: https://fo
Lazy Jacks and racing Jimski at 12:39pm 06.27.18 Catalina 30 25/4338 About 70% of the sailing I do is racing. I currently do not have lazy jacks. I know my crew would ap
Saw these drain plugs on D&R Marine... Anyone use them? And if so, where/how? (3) SUMB44 at 11:53am 06.27.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1797 https://www.drmarine.com/prodimages/ds236as.jpg Drain Plug to Drain Inner Hull (2 pc) FITS 1" HOLE.
Another rudder question (1) kclancy at 10:58am 06.27.18 Catalina 22 3/436 Hi Gang, I forgot to take my rudder off this weekend before coming up the ramp. (I'm sure nobody el
Climbing the mast. I HAVE A PROBLEM! Jimongee at 10:26am 06.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 24/2159 ok here is my dilemma; just arrived in MI for the summer sailing season. In prepping our 356 on the
H23.5 Salon Berth Conversion PropellerHead at 9:19am 06.27.18 Smaller Boats 1/412 We've spent a few nights on the boat now and I'm not liking the aft berth. I find it too cramped and
Hinged Tabernacle SUMB44 at 8:54am 06.27.18 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1466 Has anyone implemented the hinged tabernacle available on the drmarine.com website? If so, could y
Flagpole Using a Mast lehighsail at 8:41am 06.27.18 Ask All Sailors 9/5822 I have just gotten a 32 ft. aluminum mast that I would like to use as a flagpole. It has the shroud
1975 25' lancer manual Tomdewitt at 6:55am 06.27.18 Ask All Sailors 3/449 New to sailing and just purchased a 1975 lancer and I am trying to find an owners manual, can anyon
Cleating (the main) at the mast (6) ScubaGuy2 at 3:42am 06.27.18 Catalina 22 40/5373 We are a little confused about cleating off the main on the mast. There seems to be two ways this c
Fantasia engine swap? Ron Inglis at 1:42am 06.27.18 Fantasia 35 1/940
Rigging Question (2) pclarksurf at 10:03pm 06.26.18 Catalina 22 2/422
Thru Hull size BC Bernie at 5:53pm 06.26.18 Catalina 310 6/799

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Replace bulbs in stove light in the galley and sink light in the head arf145 at 3:54pm 07.28.23 Those are the little flush 3 or 4 inch round jobs with the iffy slider switch? If so, if I recall c
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue matts997 at 3:43pm 07.28.23 Thanks, this gives me a place to start. Makes sense it would be a fuel line connection point, especi
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Tally Ho at 3:32pm 07.28.23 Welcome aboard! So you jumped right into ownership on a Hunter Legend 37? Nice boat. Greg
Need first hand info on the 2007 Hunter 33 Tally Ho at 3:08pm 07.28.23 I am looking at a 2007 Hunter 33 and want to hear the bad stuff (if any) before I spend. Are there
Hunter 49 Rudder Question artboas at 2:39pm 07.28.23 We pulled our boat out of the water today for bottom paint. I noticed that above the rudder there i
Hunter 38 Cowl Vent (1) artboas at 2:33pm 07.28.23 yes a bit pricey at $219. But in boat unit terms it was only .2 boat units so a virtual bargain.
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? Sunbird22358 at 2:30pm 07.28.23 The only "red flag" that I see is why the heck is one of the port shrouds connected to the spinnaker
Sail numbers for a Widgeon Sunbird22358 at 2:13pm 07.28.23 Mine were self-stick, peel and apply.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't JamesG161 at 1:57pm 07.28.23 So the water was coming from the weep hole? per John there are 4 weep holes. He was amazed how mu
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 1:48pm 07.28.23 Thanks Dave. I have a shout out to a local Yanmar repair guy to see if he can come by and confirm.
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping jon hansen at 1:47pm 07.28.23 https://www.blue-water-marine.com/detroit/yanmar_boat_diesel_motor_repairs_detroit.htm prolly walki
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping dlochner at 1:39pm 07.28.23 Here's where I'm at. Have approx. 1200 miles on engine. Checked the Morse MV throttle control. V
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue ggrizzard at 1:21pm 07.28.23 :plus:On the fuel return line or at one of other five fuel line connections. Some re-ins
Yanmar 3JH3E clutch slipping Gary Ryan at 1:07pm 07.28.23 Here's where I'm at. Have approx. 1200 miles on engine. Checked the Morse MV throttle control. Ve
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue Ralph Johnstone at 12:55pm 07.28.23 WOW ! ! ! ! That's one big leak. You've "GOT" to be able to see the fuel leaking from the engine
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Hayden Watson at 12:53pm 07.28.23 Did you ever find the source of your leak?
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Alan Gomes at 12:51pm 07.28.23 His issue is the Sherwood G65 water pump Lip Seal. I helped his search and found one for $25. Li
Odd fuel leak: Need a diagnostic clue kloudie1 at 12:48pm 07.28.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 12:45pm 07.28.23 His issue is the Sherwood G65 water pump Lip Seal. I helped his search and found one for $25. Li
What about our Medicine? dlochner at 12:44pm 07.28.23 If your physician is reluctant to issue a year long script (4 90 supplies) you can ask about a Telem

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