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Imitation teak decking Reg M at 8:36am 10.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 9/1499 A year or so ago someone shared some info on a product, the name of which escapes me. It was an imit
Help,Tranny HF BW 7 dnamron41 at 7:34am 10.05.17 Engines and Propulsion 0/513 I am trying to locate a ZF BW7 marine transmission which attaches to marineengine, a Bukh DV 20 ME.
C&C 110 Owners Ted at 6:10pm 10.04.17 Ask All Sailors 4/1673 I know that some of us participate in multiple sailing forums besides Sailboatowners. There is prese
Restoring a ODay 20 Scott Rasmussen at 4:43pm 10.04.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2497
C250MKII Forward Hatch Brady Sullivan at 4:08pm 10.04.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/581 Hello Sailors, Still looking at C250s. I noticed that the C250MKIIs have a Bomar Plexiglass hatch (
Hunter 23 outboard motor mount jamesstrobel at 12:58pm 10.04.17 Smaller Boats 10/1655 I have a 1990 Hunter 23, and would like to upgrade my original Tohatsu 5hp outboard to a new 4-strok
Loose Volacno Tube (1) MaryEllaRose at 12:07pm 10.04.17 Catalina 22 8/749 In the process of changing my keel cable and volcano hose I discovered that the volcano tube is loo
Hurricane Nate, TD 16 JamesG161 at 9:34am 10.04.17 Sails Call Lounge 17/1860 Formed fast and is moving fast. It looks like a Northern Florida squall on ? 10/8/17 HIGH pressure
B331 standard two bladed prop size? rgbeuk at 9:11am 10.04.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1490 Does anyone know the 2004, B331 standard two bladed prop size and if it is CW or CCW? I intend to pu
Catalina 27 Holding Tank Pump Out Problem ccsailor at 8:42am 10.04.17 Mid-Size Boats 15/4567 Hi, I have a 1989 Catalina 27 and I'm having an issue pumping out the holding tank. The pump out ha
standard main on furling mast for racing only? danstanford at 7:20am 10.04.17 Racing 2/583 I had someone suggest I use a full battened standard main on the track of my furling mast to enhance
Info on Maine cruising Desert island region or contiguous regions Bfranchini at 6:26am 10.04.17 Destinations 12/1622 Good morning fellow cruisers, I'm writing from a campsite in beautiful Bass Harbour ME. We love the
Four Things Never To Trust Muttondressedaslamb at 5:40am 10.04.17 Engines and Propulsion 59/6013 Two weeks ago, I learned the hard way, how inaccurate the fuel gauges can be on most auxiliary sailb
Need advice, please. Lagoon 47 MSand at 7:34pm 10.03.17 Ask All Sailors 1/1086 Hello, I thought I would write you all today to get some feed back. I currently own a 1991 Lagoon 47
Kudos for Harken jviss at 5:35pm 10.03.17 Ask All Sailors 3/406 New (to me) boat has Harken hardware. I wrote to them on FB kind of complaining that there are no p
C25 plumbing diagram ChuckTurner at 5:33pm 10.03.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1317 The previous owner of the Catalina C25 that I just purchased removed the sink in the galley and the
Heater hoses? (3) Hydro Therapy at 5:00pm 10.03.17 Ask All Sailors 8/736 141523 I checked the transmission fluid in my Westerbeke 12C two and noticed a hose resting on top o
H-26 Zinc on Aluminum Rudder Head BrianW at 4:38pm 10.03.17 Smaller Boats 6/533 During my first 5 years in salt water with my H-26, the aluminum rudder head experienced significant
Contoure built-in coffee machine (1) murrayabbott at 4:29pm 10.03.17 Big Boats 32/7563 141521 Hi. I have a hunter 45DS with a built in Contoure coffee machine. Well it just stopped workin
Repair and painting issues with Hunter 146 AliceMS at 4:16pm 10.03.17 Day Sailers 2/1234 I bought my H146 new in 2006 and all was great for the first 8 yrs or so. Last few years I've had to

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Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (10) morbidfollower at 10:21am 05.12.24 photo dump
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 G Newboat at 10:18am 05.12.24 Friday was partly cloudy, 10-12 mph of steady wind. I was having a great day until dark clouds gathe
Flickering House Lights PeteT at 10:16am 05.12.24 I checked batteries and both banks are strong at 13.5. I think I'll just go down the line with a tes
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? morbidfollower at 9:47am 05.12.24 You can see some of my mods in the pics. I take inspiration from everybody with a few of my own idea
Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (4) morbidfollower at 9:43am 05.12.24 224747
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 9:38am 05.12.24 I wondered about that, but I don't know how to test that. Really strange. I wonder if they are in s
Self Tailers and the Catalina 22 New Design morbidfollower at 9:26am 05.12.24
Eco Flow Wave 2 Airconditioner Thoughts/Reviews jssailem at 9:01am 05.12.24 New to me.. Intereesting video... MgJ3-Wr-q2I
Winch placement jssailem at 8:45am 05.12.24 Locating additional winches is often a good step in making the boat easier to manage. You might al
Universal M 3 20 (1) jssailem at 7:47am 05.12.24 Agree... Fuel would be the suspect high on my list to chase down. You say the boat was built in 19
Happy Mothers Day... jssailem at 7:23am 05.12.24 I'll be pouring wine at the Winery for 1000 of my friends sharing brunch with their Mothers. :biggri
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Tally Ho at 6:02am 05.12.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls ment
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 4:38am 05.12.24 Type of house batteries and capacity. Age of house batteries Type of refrigerator (if we know the m
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 4:30am 05.12.24 I also have a basic converter which attaches to a battery and then has a standard three prong plug
Refrigerator/Solar east coaster at 4:11am 05.12.24 I have an Adler Barbour 50 and it runs great especially since I changed its controller to the 500 se
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 10:54pm 05.11.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls menti
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 MFD at 10:17pm 05.11.24 I have a 41DS, with an athwartship berth aft. I think there are actually some benefits. Offshore, an
Universal M 3 20 Stu Jackson at 8:30pm 05.11.24 In ADDITION to this fine advice, there is this: Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve F
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 shemandr at 7:09pm 05.11.24 We like that!
To cut or not to cut pushpit PaulK at 6:59pm 05.11.24 We have a short section of lifeline across the top opening there, secured with a pelican hook, inst

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