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"Rehabilitation" of a 5-hp Tohatsu 4-stroke that went to the bottom Kings Gambit at 10:05pm 08.13.18 Engines and Propulsion 15/2194 A strange event occurred the evening of July 3rd that sent my 5-hp Tohatsu 4-stroke to the sea botto
Portsmouth classes glaufman at 7:39pm 08.13.18 Racing 2/673 Is it reasonable to use Portsmouth to handicap races between boats in different portsmouth classes a
How do I clean my fuel tank?? 1979 Newport 30 (1) coreth at 7:30pm 08.13.18 Newport 4/1521 Greetings Skippers, After replacing every part of my fuel delivery system, I'm still not able to sta
Slightly different focus (4) Jackdaw at 6:41pm 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 31/1929
Universal 35B Intermittent Overheat adelboat at 6:20pm 08.13.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/1554 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 7/1269 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 1/558 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 5/738 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 4/1196 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 8/1374 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 29/5198 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 28/8628 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 14/1028 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 6/992 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 16/1145 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 8/1030 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 9/1555 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 17/4089 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 8/495 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 60/5489 UPDATED POST 8/25 page 2 UPDATED AGAIN 9/20 page 3 -- it was the air cleaner. Pretty sure I know w

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Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 10:16am 09.26.24 My thoughts exactly. Can you take a picture of the flange on edge and lets' see if there is any ro
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 10:03am 09.26.24 In looking at the picture of the broken bolt/damage, it appears like you have attempted to drill it
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot Hello Below at 9:51am 09.26.24
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:49am 09.26.24 Tiller, wheel, pilot, new, used? The OP's just screwing with you and put all the spec's in the ti
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot Globe Pilot at 9:11am 09.26.24 Sorry for the stunning lack of info in my original post. It's for a Hunter 34 with a wheel, and I ca
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Ralph Johnstone at 9:01am 09.26.24 In looking at the picture of the broken bolt/damage, it appears like you have attempted to drill it
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer smokey73 at 8:47am 09.26.24 In looking at the picture of the broken bolt/damage, it appears like you have attempted to drill it
What is this paint? (1) william24424 at 8:40am 09.26.24 Total Boat makes a product for nonskid that works well enough over painted surfaces. I had a nonskid
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot jssailem at 8:37am 09.26.24 :plus: For Binnacle. They are good people.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine jssailem at 8:35am 09.26.24 The hurricane landing as terrible as it will be, I think, is just the beginning of this storms impac
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine smokey73 at 8:19am 09.26.24 I fear too many here in Beaufort are focused on the track rather than the impacts off of the track.
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer (2) Moondawg at 8:12am 09.26.24 Got the exhaust manifold off. Now I need to drill and tap it. Should have the new thermostat in a
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot Hello Below at 8:09am 09.26.24 Greg, it appears the OP resides in Canada (Trenton, ON) so his best bet for duty and possible warran
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot Tally Ho at 7:59am 09.26.24 https://defender.com/en_us/raymarine-evolution-ev-100-wheel-autopilot-pack?srsltid=AfmBOorAWaX3DnD5s
Looking for Raymarine EV-100 Autopilot Hello Below at 7:55am 09.26.24 Tiller, wheel, pilot, new, used?
Standup blocks dlochner at 7:29am 09.26.24 The toe rail is one of the strongest parts of the boat. There is a bolt holding it down every 6 or 8
Standup blocks FlimFlamII at 7:24am 09.26.24 The more I think of it the more I like eliminating the self tacking hardware for all the reasons men
Purchase questions 38 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:09am 09.26.24 As a dealer, I found the three turnoffs were the head, leaks and engine compartment.
Purchase questions 38 ldd at 7:08am 09.26.24 Marcham, another great answer. Thanks! the interior cushions are Pleathera. The magical combination
Whos Mast Rick.johnson at 7:04am 09.26.24 Also i have a Yanmar 4jhe engine aboard her an just had a mechanic replace all the major system on

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