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Choking Diesel All U Get at 5:11pm 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 14/1057 Hi all, Just changed the fuel filter on our Perkins diesel and read an interesting comment in the m
Bumper Boats...not like I remember! BlowMeAway at 3:59pm 08.29.18 Sails Call Lounge 0/489 n8lC2vnXJtY
Southern California Oday Rendezvous MaritimeTees at 3:06pm 08.29.18 Ask An Oday Owner 0/357 Trying to put together a Rendezvous in the Channel Islands area. The east coast has one with Peter a
Standard Horizon Meriachee at 11:43am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 7/524 In the spirit of full and complete disclosure, I'd like to state that this is not, (although it may
Anchor for a 41ac /41ds dakno at 11:40am 08.29.18 Big Boats 14/1453 I'm thinking I need to replace the oe Lewmar/delta 45# anchor on my 08 41ds with a Mantus or Ronca.
Beneteau Battery Switch Part Number BigEasy at 11:20am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 8/1772 Do any of you have the part number for a positive (red) battery switch from Beneteau or OEM supplier
USCG Safety Alert 13-18: Potential interference of VHF-FM Radio and AIS Reception. jviss at 9:43am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 7/1077 Let us enlighten you about LED lighting! Potential interference of VHF-FM Radio and AIS Reception.
Weird Jabsco Head Experience jviss at 9:21am 08.29.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/923 For what it's worth: I have a Jabsco 29090 head, vintage 1996. It works O.K. Sometimes it squeals
Navico� Announces Tariff-Related Price Increase on VHF Radios nat55 at 9:08am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 8/1156 Here it comes folks.......some of the price increases in the Navico lineup are pretty impressive. 2
MacGregor Swing Keel - Complete rebuild (5) Nicole Matz at 8:54am 08.29.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/9771 Hi Everyone, I have a 1982 MacGregor Venture with a swing keel. When we bought the boat we could s
The "new" Active Captain... (?) rgranger at 8:20am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 42/4121 So I migrated my old Active Captain account to the new Garmin Active Captain. Anyone here using
Broken strut, another question????? Ken Cross at 7:43am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 22/2367 With my Hunter 30G I've motored at least 15 miles with the strut broken off. It was run up to 2900 r
Where is seacock on 1987 Hunter 285? Philgreene at 7:09am 08.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/901 Hello everyone, I have to admit to feeling like a moron asking this, I've had sailboats (Cal 25, Eri
Leaky Inflatable Boat Valves (1) Fog Ducker at 5:25am 08.29.18 Sirius 21/22 5/4683 Hi, I have an inflatable boat that I use as a tender for my Sirius 21. I bought the inflatable used,
Jabsco Electric Quiet Flush minor rebuild..... NYSail at 5:12am 08.29.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1273 Hello all, So the new to me boat came with two electric Jabsco Quiet Flush heads. This past weekend
Standing rigging..... NYSail at 3:12am 08.29.18 Ask All Sailors 13/937 Question (and pretty sure I know the answer): Is the tension on the standing rig suppose to match on
Rare find in Puget Sound Mark Maulden at 7:43pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 34/2399
Knock under the boat Ken Cross at 4:46pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 18/863 I think I know the answer to this but I am going to ask those of you who are more experienced than I
Handling Issues while docking (4) Ward H at 3:56pm 08.28.18 Ask All Sailors 68/6794 Yesterday was another great day of sailing marred by a very sloppy docking maneuver and dock bump. I
H31 Composting Head mark porter at 3:33pm 08.28.18 Mid-Size Boats 8/1350 I'm thinking about upgrading my holding tank system on my 1986 Hunter 31 to a composting head system

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Megayacht Bayesian sank (1) Hello Below at 11:02am 08.20.24 Makes one wonder why we even untie the dock lines. An Environment Canada marine forecast for all of
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:49am 08.20.24 There is no connection between dirty cooling water lines (either raw water or AF) and the engine shu
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine kappykaplan at 10:39am 08.20.24 Good morning JB, and Welcome to the SBO Forum. The thread about the Tiller Pilot on a Catalina 27 o
Megayacht Bayesian sank Project_Mayhem at 10:30am 08.20.24 Dont fck with nature. It will own you*
Putting a hole in the transom Project_Mayhem at 10:27am 08.20.24 Yes. Also, consider the use of premium ethanol-free gas. I've been using it in my small equipment f
Hunter 26 mast foot not flush to mast base hunter240 at 10:06am 08.20.24 My guess is the forestay needs to be shortened if you can pull it level with the jib halyard. My for
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:48am 08.20.24 You're describing a strong indication of a blocked holding tank vent. When air replaced by incomin
Distress Call Bob S at 9:47am 08.20.24 Hi there. What time was that? I was anchored in Block Island. We had wicked t-storms at night, but
Megayacht Bayesian sank kloudie1 at 9:30am 08.20.24 246 foot tall mast.. Yeeowsa! Quite a tragedy.
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage jssailem at 9:30am 08.20.24 Your post was great. It sounds like you did a good job of covering all the basics till the issue of
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage kloudie1 at 9:17am 08.20.24 Quick note: the fuel pickup tube in the fuel tank sometimes has a little screen on the tip.. If the
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine jssailem at 8:54am 08.20.24 Good morning JB, and Welcome to the SBO Forum. The thread about the Tiller Pilot on a Catalina 27 o
1983 H34 Refit Claude L.-Auger at 8:48am 08.20.24 Kloudie is right about the T-P Valve. Other possibilities around the water heater could be a small l
Distress Call jviss at 8:38am 08.20.24 I was out on Rhode Island Sound Thursday afternoon and got a Coast Guard severe thunderstorm warnin
Stepping a mast on a Hunter 33 Scott B at 8:20am 08.20.24 Stepping can be tricky, but doable once you get used to it. Main thing to watch is to keep the mast
Which jib car to use on a Hunter 33 Scott B at 8:13am 08.20.24 Upper ones on top of the cabin were stock installation and will allow you to sail closer into the wi
Raw water strainer for the air conditioner pump Moon Dytuck at 8:12am 08.20.24
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage ManicFarmer at 7:46am 08.20.24 It doesn't take much of an air leak in the fuel system to bring the engine to a sputtering halt. It
Megayacht Bayesian sank dmax at 7:43am 08.20.24 Crazy that a boat that big could be sunk at anchor.
Faucet replacement HELP JRacer at 7:41am 08.20.24 Could you use a dremmel tool to enlarge the problem side of the opening to allow the faucet removal

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