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This is Why I Dropped Out of Electeonics School (1) GorillaToast at 2:50pm 08.31.17 Musings With Maine Sail 12/1266 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/file:///page2image27884.jpg It's elementary to understand a simpl
First 30e parts Iaino at 12:37pm 08.31.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/850 Hi, I hope to do a major refurb on my 30ethis winter, including headlining, rewiring and new goosene
Buying A Documented Vessel jviss at 10:29am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 17/1041 Has anyone here done the paperwork for this themselves? My understanding is that all that I need is
Icebox to fridge conversion. Easy way. (2) Skipper at 8:26am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 14/6467 Have been contemplating this for years. How to convert icebox to fridge. Burning up $100 a year in i
Solar charging a 24 Volt bank Bad Obsession at 7:04am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 13/846 Battery Bank: 2 deep cycle Group 29 flooded batteries in parallel to get 24Volts at approximately 1
Hurricane Irma & TS Lidia JamesG161 at 6:03am 08.31.17 Sails Call Lounge 53/4078 TS Irma was being noteworthy by world forecasters last Sunday. This 2017 season, African storm "spi
Differences Between Alternator Serpentine Pulley Kits jviss at 5:48am 08.31.17 Ask All Sailors 15/3434 There seem to be two 'brands' available, the Balmar and the "PK." Are these the same thing, in diff
need to replace control cable for transmission bugbitten at 7:17pm 08.30.17 S2 32/3436 Since my boat has been back in the water, I've found it very hard to move the engine's control lever
Legend 40.5 reef 1 & 2 rigging perse111 at 7:03pm 08.30.17 Big Boats 21/2078 Hello All, I recently purchased a 98 40.5. The running rigging for Reef 1 ' 2 had been removed by
Something missing? (1) Zephyr-Jeffer at 5:47pm 08.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1000 In the attached photo you can see the head of my mainsail. Today I realized that the nylon slug was
Recomended anchor chain and rode Keith Ingebrigtson at 4:27pm 08.30.17 Catalina 30 27/7767 I have a Catalina 30 and wish to replace my anchor chain and rode. I can't seem to find recommendat
Microburst on Granby Dave@Granby at 3:55pm 08.30.17 Smaller Boats 13/1134 Beautiful day of sailing on Lake Granby, Co. Light, 5 kt wind until about 1 PM. I had been watching
Engine room blower fuse? Newport Bob at 3:33pm 08.30.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/680 Need help locating fuse. the inline blower on our 2004 373 needs to be replaced- Jabsco model no lon
Edson Pedestal Guard jviss at 11:30am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 17/1932 I'm posting here because this is a bit odd for the "gear wanted" section. I am reverting an Edson p
Engine Noise Reduction Material FlimFlamII at 10:39am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 13/2699 Any suggestions on who makes good thin engine noise reduction material? Thanks! Joe
Belt Size Roland5048 at 10:17am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1575 Have a Yanmar 3ym20 in my boat. Last Sunday, about 200yds from my slip, the belt to the raw water
Finger Lakes of NY -or- Kermit and agprice22 (1) Kermit at 7:33am 08.30.17 Sails Call Lounge 2/423 What a treat it was to meet @agprice22! He and his wife welcomed me aboard yesterday at his slip on
Looking at a '85 Pearson 385 BobHorn at 7:24am 08.30.17 Pearson 2/916 Are there any issues specific to that boat that I need to look at? Thanks, Bob
Reattaching Swim Step MarkR at 7:01am 08.30.17 Catalina 310 6/819 One of the white plastic steps fell off our swim ladder (stock Catalina 310, 2004). Luckily, it fell
1987/8 oceanis 430 3berth robby squire at 6:22am 08.30.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/371 hi would anyone know what the right size prop and shaft is ,shes running a perkins 4108 50 hp

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Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems capntmitch at 5:32am 06.19.23 New Kuma water heater worked great for a season - and now won't heat through the heat exchanger R
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 sailme88 at 5:25am 06.19.23 get a test strip that indicates water from NAPA etc.. pull the dip stick and use that oil to run a c
Rudder Bearing thetone at 4:52am 06.19.23 Update : Got the rudder out. Had to cut the steering arm connecter, the pin on that side of the coll
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Scott T-Bird at 4:47am 06.19.23 I thought the purpose of a variable speed pump was to eliminate the need for an accumulator tank. I
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Timm R Oday25 at 4:46am 06.19.23 Several valid points have been raised here . Most of us who trailer our boats use an aftermarket out
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems spadaforaj at 3:49am 06.19.23 There is definitely a pressure relief valve, but I don;t know what a thermostatic valve looks like -
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Ralph Johnstone at 9:44pm 06.18.23 If the coolant pump doesn't work, your engine overheats. Is there anything like a thermostatic val
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Ralph Johnstone at 9:39pm 06.18.23 Deep six it. The PVC tank does not have a bladder and so the water is in contact with the air. Wat
2gm20f will not start (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:32pm 06.18.23 As I am waiting for fuel filters I decided to pull the injectors and inspect and clean them. If I
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 Ralph Johnstone at 8:31pm 06.18.23 To bleed the injector pump of air, you must have someone crank the engine while you crack an inject
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 BigEasy at 8:27pm 06.18.23 Thanks again for the info! One additional note. On two occasions, I had an amber ground fault ind
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Tedd at 8:20pm 06.18.23 When I first got my boat the tongue weight was far too low. I found that it was actually quite easy
Do you trailer with the motor attached? BigEasy at 8:19pm 06.18.23 Most trailerable sailboats overhang the back end of the trailer by quite a bit. So, unlike with pow
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? FastOlson at 8:08pm 06.18.23 If the PVC tank does not leak, look at it as a way to have a little added water storage. In general
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? ricksoth at 7:59pm 06.18.23
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 jssailem at 7:56pm 06.18.23 bleed fuel lines, confirm starter is receiving charge. I unscrewed the injectors and did not obs
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Hayden Watson at 7:54pm 06.18.23 Back when I had a Clipper 26 on a trailer, I removed the engine and attached it to a mount on the st
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? obxjeff at 7:32pm 06.18.23 Keep, without an accumulator when you run the faucet the pump runs to keep the set pressure, once
ZF Hurth transmission slipping (1) Hayden Watson at 7:31pm 06.18.23 Thank you for the response and for the valuable info. You mean to tell me it's not as easy as just
Do you trailer with the motor attached? HEINZIR at 6:41pm 06.18.23 Most trailerable sailboats overhang the back end of the trailer by quite a bit. So, unlike with powe

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