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Need bunk design for 1978 OD-23-II trailer Huntr at 2:31pm 07.11.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/440 I am buying a 1978 OD-23-II. It has no trailer. The mast blew over in a wind. The screws pulled out
Mac 25 Bow Eye vwjon Mac25 at 2:06pm 07.11.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1046 I need to access the bow eye from inside and am not sure where to cut into the liner. Anyone have a
Roller Furler will not completely unfurl/furl Calvin1Calvin at 12:51pm 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 11/3497 I have a 1983 Hunter 27 that came with a Sea Furl roller. The furler was working fine until I tried
H23.5 com (4) Dennis Kitchen at 12:27pm 07.11.17 Smaller Boats 11/1215 I recently replaced my bulkhead compass and during the process discovered that the companionway bul
Baba 40 Port hole rubber gaskets Hannah Knecht at 10:58am 07.11.17 Parts Search 2/577 Hello! I am looking for port hole rubber gaskets to replace the ones on my 1985 Baba 40 that are ol
DSC from MFD to VHF DougM at 9:56am 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 6/514 Just replaced my Raymarine C70 MFD with an eS750. I have everything communicating except making a c
Removing handrails on H-31 Reg M at 8:53am 07.11.17 Mid-Size Boats 18/1622 I started stripping and sanding the deck handrails and the eyebrows along the coachroof of our 1984
A/C Seawater Pump Size Question JRacer at 8:47am 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 22/10244 My First 310 has an older 12,000 BTU Marine Air AC Unit (circa 1997). The seawater pump it uses is a
What's normal temperature what's not Ken13559 at 8:36am 07.11.17 Engines and Propulsion 23/2153 Not that my 2GM20F is overheating, just that it's 15years old with almost 2,300 running hours. I've
Does your club or marina have an AED? Jumpstart at 8:19am 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 17/867 My club has an AED (automated external defibrillator). I recently had an experience where I had a su
Sailors Solutions Hook Knive (1) Marc14857 at 7:52am 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 11/2085 Headed on a three week trip to Maine next week and we are pretty well all set with spares etc. Was t
Hunter 212 Headsail Advice Needed MikeRottenborn at 7:12am 07.11.17 Smaller Boats 6/506 Hi Folks, I'm a new owner of a Hunter 212 (built in 2000) and very glad to have found these forums!
Headsail Needed for Hunter 212 - Advice Also Welcome... MikeRottenborn at 7:11am 07.11.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/445 Hi Folks, I'm a new owner of a Hunter 212 (built in 2000) and very glad to have found these forums!
3gmf fuel pump replacement b crites at 6:42am 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 7/427 Original 3gmf yanmar on my 84 Hunter has many hours but has been serviced regularly. original fuel p
ORR ez or ORR sleazy??? BH1 at 6:21am 07.11.17 Ask All Sailors 12/1850 Folks, I have the pleasure of being a two boat owner, one to race and one to cottage. Recently the r
Just picking up a new to me Beneteau 461 BH1 at 6:01am 07.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1665 Any advice for a new Beneteau owner? Motor is a 4JH3-TE, where is the water impeller? Boat is splas
NauticEd app jssailem at 7:59pm 07.10.17 Ask All Sailors 5/531 I came across this new app by NauticEd.org Has any one experience with this app?
Ever since I cleaned my strainer ... Scott T-Bird at 7:13pm 07.10.17 Ask All Sailors 34/1626 Well, I lost the rubber gasket at the top of the stainer, stupid me. Could this allow enough air in
VHF went kaplooie kimelmore at 6:46pm 07.10.17 Ask All Sailors 14/1036 Half way to Catalina from LA light the VHF stopped working. The Admiral sez : " you planned this did
More knots All U Get at 6:33pm 07.10.17 Ask All Sailors 11/750 Hi all, 1378180488886985 Here's what I need. All

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Volvo V Vetus Muffler Davidasailor26 at 2:38am 12.12.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not speci
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 2:15am 12.12.23 I have no idea what you are talking about I have never posted before so I put this post under Engine
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:04pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Re-installing the shaft coupling shemandr at 5:01pm 12.11.23 Might have to blame that one on spell check. I try to review posts and still some get by. I should

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