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Proper water tank reading here? (1) JosefR at 11:46am 05.31.17 Catalina 30 16/920 137199 My physics ain't that good, since I never had any, but I was wondering if you stuck a SCAD se
O'Day 20 Centerboard CHris F at 11:14am 05.31.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/610 I think that the centerboard on our "new to us" 1976 O'Day 20 is not extending fully - she does not
Long time sailer returning to the water Steve Atkinson at 7:43am 05.31.17 Catalina 22 17/812 My son Ethan just purchased a 1983 Catalina 22, his first large boat after sailing a sunfish for 10
Bentteau 373 engine won't turn over Peter M at 6:40am 05.31.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/1917 My 373 with Yanmar 3ym30 wont start on first turn of the key. Sometimes it takes 7 or 8 times before
Florida bound wyctoronto at 6:34am 05.31.17 Ask All Sailors 25/1246 Getting a second anchor and rode for the trip south and requesting feedback on how much chain most o
Speaker blocks for stack pack install questions (3) Adrock1.8t at 5:08am 05.31.17 Ask All Sailors 11/484 Hey all, I am having Doyle stack packs and lazy Jack's installed today. They have already installed
Admiral's Galley..12502 (6) rpludwig at 2:28am 05.31.17 Catalina 22 18/2323 2 pc 4/4x6"x6' sapele, a pc of scrap sandstone corian....damn, not a square/plumb/level 90angle in*
C'Mon! Seriously? --and a question about new mast base: (3) pclarksurf at 9:58pm 05.30.17 Catalina 22 4/962 Back Story-- "Maryann" is getting ever closer to a splash date, and after finishing the keel refurb
How does the Bilge work on a Hunter 20? (1) CanyonLake at 9:31pm 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/780 I have been recently gifted a Hunter 20 that has been out of the water for ten years. It's dirty an
A novella, dedicated to a cool tool I never even knew about..... (1) ilance at 8:40pm 05.30.17 Catalina 22 4/564 having been reading about this Fein "Multi Tool" for several years, I still avoided temptation.....
Victoria 18 Sliding Hatch Covers karena at 8:07pm 05.30.17 Ask All Sailors 1/272 Any photos of your fiberglass sliding hatch cover for your Vic 18? I own 1.5 Vics - please don't ju
1975 Mac venture 25 spreader tips Boogaloo at 7:26pm 05.30.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/827 Im new to this forum. I resently purchased a 75 Macgregor venture 25. Can anyone tell me where I can
Part to hold the shrouds in the mast stackwalker at 7:14pm 05.30.17 Smaller Boats 8/661 I'm not sure what these are called, but the previous owner jammed these pieces of folded up plastic
SBO store measurements for running rigging VanIslandGuy at 4:31pm 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/630 Anyone have experience with this: When I go into my H410 owners manual on page 46A; the mainsail,
guppy 13 d furler install (4) sailorforever at 3:56pm 05.30.17 Guppy 0/1095 weathers great sailing is fun, got my furler installed, here are some pictures. i had an old sail
Lightning Strikes Milton.Audas at 2:22pm 05.30.17 Catalina 22 20/3215 While trying tho understand why none of my electronics worked on the boat this past weekend, but had
Improving pointing ability by sheeting inside shrouds Alctel at 1:49pm 05.30.17 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1796 Now I know Rardi was looking at this a while back but not sure if he ended up doing anything. On my
Remote for Windless seadaddler at 11:55am 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/451 Just installed this remote for windless that I found on Amazon and it was $39.80 plus free prime shi
Jib sock tsennett at 9:04am 05.30.17 Day Sailers 12/2989 I am refreshing an old O'day Javelin. It has a jib furler (Harken) so the jib stays on the forestay
Troubleshooting my bilge pump circuit reset/fuse (2) plenny7 at 8:48am 05.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/4424 The gist of the problem, other than that I'm a noob, is that I'm not sure how the bilge reset works

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Raymarine Autopilot Problems (ST4000+) McPhee at 2:04pm 06.03.23 Hi everyone - Updating the thread. The fluxgate compass is under the port side of the aft-birth in m
Cleat recommendations for Hunter 26 kloudie1 at 1:59pm 06.03.23 A more traditional one.. it is available in 8" size which would handle 5/8" line. Amazon.com : Boat
3 Blade Prop Swap? (1) Dudenhoeffer at 1:55pm 06.03.23 Wanna circle back and thank everyone for the feedback / guidance! We stuck with the 2 blade prop fo
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 kloudie1 at 1:47pm 06.03.23 Yes, the vapors would carry some oil aerosol that would condense and look like an oil leak ... and a
Its funny Friday! rbringle at 1:46pm 06.03.23 https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/351309352_1600948760408005_8618913723109480107_n.
Its funny Friday! (1) rbringle at 1:45pm 06.03.23 216436
New Cat 22 Owner mbaker267 at 1:44pm 06.03.23 Very good job on the swing keel. I am a project manager for a software company so I am used to break
Does anyone own a Widgeon??? Joe at 1:39pm 06.03.23 I'm sure someone does.:)
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 Joe at 1:36pm 06.03.23 I agree with Kloudie, it's more likely a breather hose. That's not a place you'd see oil being trans
New Alternator Regulator? dlochner at 1:21pm 06.03.23 The regulator and programming for the 618 is basically the same as the 614, except the the 618 can b
Recommendations for a new head Tally Ho at 1:13pm 06.03.23 No experience with electric either, but +1 for Raritan. My presumably 30-year Raritan PH manual he
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 lsavocchi at 1:07pm 06.03.23 Thanks for the response. Could that being disconnected cause an oil leak?
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report (1) Hayden Watson at 1:01pm 06.03.23 Yep, it was pretty aggressive. ?
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 kloudie1 at 12:48pm 06.03.23 That looks like a crankcase breather. It takes the crankcase vapors back to the intake where the vap
Macgregor 26 pungojim at 12:37pm 06.03.23
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 justsomeguy at 12:18pm 06.03.23 Was wondering if I should also clamp down the hose from the side furthest from the boat. Not sure h
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate Mike25 at 11:41am 06.03.23 How does one go about repairing a rotted core. It has taken me time to figure my deck has a core in
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 11:32am 06.03.23 or the older simpler 614 series How about the 612?
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 11:28am 06.03.23 Your Link 2000 R was the regulator controller, and we have no way to know why you had that separate
SBO PacificNW Racing Crew Report jssailem at 10:46am 06.03.23 Crew shifts are a bitch... I limited my nap to 2 hours. Felt I might be in the way of your aggressiv

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