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Masthead View on Seagull III (1) Jacktar at 9:33am 12.11.17 Catalina 22 7/980 A view of the masthead of my boat showing the vhf antenna , anchor light etc all labeled as seen in
Lewmar port light seal , replacing mehmworld at 7:53am 12.11.17 Ask All Sailors 20/9303 I ordered a new seal for our port light . Having a terrible time trying to replace the new gasket .
Yanmar 2gm fuel lift pump leak pateco at 7:34am 12.11.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/5570 I am getting a fuel leak on my Yanmar 2gm engine, and it looks to be coming from the area of the fue
Loose-Footed, or Solid Footed Main? Simon Sexton at 7:22am 12.11.17 Ask All Sailors 30/2311 Hey Guys, Good morning everyone! I just wanted to ask, since the time is coming soon, whic
Salvage Oday 272 carpet? HillbillyWanderer at 6:43am 12.11.17 Ask An Oday Owner 20/1598 Winter is here and started to make a list of projects for the 272. Several areas in roof are saggin
Hallo everybody. I am a new owner of a 323. koko Sailor at 1:50am 12.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 33/1747 And do much work myself. so I will be hapy to read your comments
Chilly day for the Etchels in Miami JimInPB at 7:25pm 12.10.17 Racing 4/610 Some Etchels races went off in Biscayne Bay this morning. During the first leg of the first race, t
Hmm Terry Cox at 6:48pm 12.10.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 14/1041 https://freesound.org/people/damonmensch/sounds/121511
Genset for Hunter 38 (1) Sergey Vetrov at 6:36pm 12.10.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/781 Hi Hunters Owners, I am starting my new project - Genset for Hunter 38 (2006). Main usage - Microwa
Wrong engine oil! marchem at 4:25pm 12.10.17 Catalina 310 39/6195 Changed the engine oil and filter today (25XPB, 2200+ hours). Getting easier to do. While writing
Audio interface for easier navigating on Android & iOS? Sparkman and Stephens 26 at 1:53pm 12.10.17 Ask All Sailors 5/911 Knowing that smartphone/tablet screens can be hard to see out on the water, there is a new audio int
Need winless advice Paul saunders at 12:37pm 12.10.17 Big Boats 16/2130 I have a 1982 Catalina C38 would like to install electric windlass any advice on what type, model, a
Irish Citizenship jviss at 11:09am 12.10.17 Sails Call Lounge 18/928 Specifically, Irish - U.S. dual citizenship. If you were born outside of Ireland before 1986 with a
CARnage. More gamesmanship! (1) BlowMeAway at 10:30am 12.10.17 Sails Call Lounge 14/925
Pearson P30 rudder Fast Lane at 9:52am 12.10.17 Parts Search 0/413 I lost my rudder in a soft grounding, in the channel no less, when it broke off just inside the hull
Yamaha 6hp difficult shifting Full Circle 473 at 9:04am 12.10.17 Engines and Propulsion 1/1133 I have a Yamaha 6hp long shaft that is very difficult to shift gears. Both forward to neutral and ne
Locker sized holding tank (1) CMBii at 7:06am 12.10.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1153
Bavaria 44 Vision 2007 Lee Hadjiosif at 6:52am 12.10.17 Ask All Sailors 2/464 I am looking for the owner's/user's manual for the 2007 Bav 44 Vision. Searched all over but can't f
78-79 c 22 hull number shafferdb at 4:35am 12.10.17 Smaller Boats 2/770 I have recently become the owner of a c 22 with the serial number 8401. The HIN missing due to sand
adding my boat to the owners group? Dbnichols at 7:38pm 12.09.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/498 OK... maybe Im just dense but I was trying to get my 240 listed on the 240 owners list here and for

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A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 7:29am 08.10.23 Alan, very good question. No definitive answer. I sucked about 2 gallons of water along withe the en
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 Alan Gomes at 7:29am 08.10.23 Is that engine raw water cooled? Yes.
ForeDeck Windows step on capacity, No Step On? Davidasailor26 at 7:28am 08.10.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (2) jssailem at 7:23am 08.10.23 @kappykaplan They have been more like skirmishes. The latest challenge was the failure of my Sher
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Alan Gomes at 7:22am 08.10.23 How is the engine itself? Any damage to it from the water intrusion? (Perhaps the level did not get
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 7:19am 08.10.23 Have you decided on the system best for you? I find these discussions very interesting. There is s
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp CamaroMan at 7:18am 08.10.23 KM3P? my old ('85 vintage ) shows that seal for my KM3A as a Yanmar part# 177088-02961 which is a s
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Johann at 7:09am 08.10.23 It would depend on the waters you are sailing. If you are more than 200 NM from shore, you cannot c
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 RoyS at 7:03am 08.10.23 Before you remove the head you might want to check pressure in water jacket with engine running. I u
Need an old Navionics CF card BigEasy at 7:02am 08.10.23 I used a 128 MB San disc card that worked well.
Advice for a Solo Sailor? tfox2069 at 6:54am 08.10.23 If you're going to invest in a personal rescue signal device, I highly recommend you consider this n
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't JamesG161 at 6:54am 08.10.23 So now with an electrical rebuild, a lot of decisions face you. Luckily, for John, I had same iss
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather dLj at 6:50am 08.10.23 Good thing you did NOT go to Ireland. Best thing are the two weather routers that are tirelessly w
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 RoyS at 6:48am 08.10.23 Not familiar with your engine. Some engines have cylinder liners with o ring type gaskets to separat
Hunter 146 boom pulling away from gooseneck rivets isaksp00 at 6:46am 08.10.23 I wish my boat had even one robot let alone 4
Advice for a Solo Sailor? dLj at 6:46am 08.10.23 I'm staying in bays and sounds. Will never venture south of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Is
VHF Handheld RoyS at 6:36am 08.10.23 I suspect one reason the newer radios do not measure up is because they are made to float. The manuf
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 6:35am 08.10.23 It would depend on the waters you are sailing. If you are more than 200 NM from shore, you cannot c
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather JamesG161 at 6:34am 08.10.23 Good thing you did NOT go to Ireland.
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather dLj at 6:31am 08.10.23 You were lucky to pass thru the Storm that is now Cat 2 Hurricane.:yikes:

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