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1984 Beneteau 345 RIDAVIDK at 6:26am 05.23.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/429 HI all I am new to the forum, so hello. I have been sailing a 1975 Pearson 28 for the last 4 years
Hatch drop boards Dimensions (3) tempest1964 at 6:25am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 4/571 I have been reading a lot of the old posts on here regarding drop board dimensions and couldn't find
Time management - Fog LeslieTroyer at 6:07am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 58/1872 For those of you who travel in fog - what percentage of the time is spent looking at AIS and RADAR
Nyloc brass prop nut or not ?? Brahmany at 3:46am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 15/1901 Currently undertaking an opportunistic antifoul and am changing the cutlass bearing while on the har
Outboard stand (3) kimelmore at 10:29pm 05.22.17 Engines and Propulsion 2/463 I used some scrap lumber I had around the garage to make this outboard stand. I thought I would shar
Hunter 29.5 SL Coastin at 9:00pm 05.22.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/380 Looking at a 29.5. I have a few questions regarding the boat. What are the trouble spots to look fo
Attempted Shaft Sleeve Remedy For Leaking Jabsco 2760-003 Seawater Pump (2) rardiH36 at 8:55pm 05.22.17 The Cherubini Hunters 5/770 In a recent thread, Kloudie1 shared that SKF makes a product called Speedi-Sleeve. It is a very thin
Fresh Water Pump on O'day 28 tlv1231 at 7:17pm 05.22.17 Bigger Boats 10/1709 Doing some research and figured I'd reach out to see if anyone here had any knowledge about this...
Already to go cruise... then FOG... Then (3) jssailem at 7:10pm 05.22.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 5/594 It started out simple and got very complicated... I am attaching my story of a fateful event as I wa
Free to a good home BAT SAVER 8 Charger (2) bawlmer at 4:17pm 05.22.17 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/396 This is an 8 amp 2 bank charger that came with my Catalina 270. I am sure it is original equipment (
Webasto hydronic issue Tricky at 4:05pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 1/340 Hi there! So we have a Webasto S90 hydronic heater onboard that hasn't really work since we bought
Sail Trim Forum Don Guillette at 3:58pm 05.22.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/1415 Today I received a phone call from a FL sailor. Normally, it's about a sail trim question but this c
Tach quits when battery full gettinthere at 3:27pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 3/256 When the battery bank is totally charged up full, my tach gets a bit wonky and then quits. I believe
S2 6.8 PrairieSailor21 at 2:55pm 05.22.17 S2 8/1728 Hoping to connect with other 6.8 owners or those that have sailed on them. I picked up the shoal dra
Changing keel cable and lifting boat. pulsewave at 2:41pm 05.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/717 Hi, I have a macgregor 22 and will be changing out the keel cable soon. A friend has a way to lift
Upgrade Origo 3000 to heater? (3) Jackdaw at 1:32pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 10/2863 Last weekend was COLD here in Minnesota, windy, rain and in the upper 40s. And we sailed. It starte
Has anyone replaced a rub rail? Leatherneck at 12:30pm 05.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/631 Had to do some fiberglass repair on a 10 inch section under the rub rail. That portion of the rail w
Has anyone repaired Cross beam crack On Hunter 34 (2) Capt Robbie at 11:39am 05.22.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2003 136849 I have had what I thought was just a delaminated gelcote section on the forward fiberglass cr
Why Those Troublesome "Rubber" Impeller Type Pumps? rardiH36 at 11:25am 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 10/813 I've often wondered but haven't been able rationalize an answer why the seawater pumps for our small
Yoga on land is hard enough... (1) Brian D at 10:54am 05.22.17 Sails Call Lounge 18/948 I was at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, Ca., on Saturday and saw this lady doing Yoga on a p

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Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler Blue Horizon at 11:04am 06.02.23
Advice before I buy C30 Hayden Watson at 11:03am 06.02.23 Catalina stopped putting plywood in the keel shoe during the 1988 production year so it's possible
Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler (3) Blue Horizon at 10:57am 06.02.23 I can only speak for Hunter, Cat, Bene, and a few other production boats I see at the boat shows, b
Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler Blue Horizon at 10:47am 06.02.23 So, the engine is located in the V berth? That sounds like a strange place to mount an engine. M
Yamaha 30 - YSM12 diesel engine - need new stainless steel wet muffler Blue Horizon at 10:41am 06.02.23
Modification of a Catalina 320 for solo sailing Calif. Ted at 9:47am 06.02.23 Autopilot, I do almost everything from in front of the pedestal.
Modification of a Catalina 320 for solo sailing HMT2 at 9:42am 06.02.23 Autopilot, autopilot autopilot
Marine diesel engine classes? Stu Jackson at 9:39am 06.02.23 The ONLY diesel engine course worth spending a penny on is the one that includes THE ENGINE THAT IS
Modification of a Catalina 320 for solo sailing Stu Jackson at 9:30am 06.02.23 I think that I would need two winches for the genoa brought aft for access from behind the wheel.
Marine Toilet Question Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:44am 06.02.23 Fwiw a clog created by an overload of TP will usually "melt" on it's own in an hour or less, even if
Marine diesel engine classes? jssailem at 8:26am 06.02.23 It is all about expectations of the curriculum vs the cost of the program. In a weekend class I wo
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. isaksp00 at 8:25am 06.02.23 I don't need any help, but thanks Dave. I dealt with mine a while back.
Marine Toilet Question jviss at 8:22am 06.02.23 everyone - no matter what gender - sits! No way I'm sitting to pee! I don't want to have to pull
Macgregor 26 stickinthemud57 at 8:11am 06.02.23 shipping would make it ridiculously what would you want for it? It is a 26S, thanks for the respon
Marine Toilet Question FastOlson at 8:05am 06.02.23 This one cost $5 ood Sign... as long as the crew/guests actually pay attention. (!) The 'attention'
Advice before I buy C30 Justin_NSA at 7:53am 06.02.23 I'd be more concerned about the mast compression. From what I think I know based on posts here, the
Operating temp Yanmar 3GM30F kloudie1 at 7:52am 06.02.23 Thermostat spec is to start openiing at 160 F and be fully open at 185 F. if you measured 170 on the
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? (1) Justin_NSA at 7:22am 06.02.23 Update on my progress: I rolled 4 coats of Pettit Protect epoxy paint with a 3/16 roller for a smoot
Operating temp Yanmar 3GM30F (8) sailcapt340 at 7:17am 06.02.23 I remembered your post yesterday while I was maneuvering through the marina. About 1.5 hours of run
Possible SmartPlug problem jviss at 7:09am 06.02.23 However, the low numbers might not represent a proper sample set meaning the resulting statistics m

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